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§ 159.136 PARKING AND LOADING; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   (1)   Procedure. An application for a building permit for a new or enlarged building, structure, or use shall include therewith a plot plan, drawn to scale, and fully dimensioned showing driveways and parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
      (2)   Access to lots. On corner lots, access may be afforded across either the front lot line or the corner side lot line, or both, access across the rear lot line of through lots shall be prohibited.
   (B)   Extent of control. The off-street parking and loading requirements of this chapter shall apply as follows:
      (1)   All buildings and structures erected and land uses initiated after the effective date of this chapter shall provide accessory off-street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for the use thereof.
      (2)   When a building or structure erected prior to or after the effective date of this chapter shall undergo any decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities; and further when said decrease would result in a requirement for fewer total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter thereto, parking and loading facilities may be so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.
      (3)   When a building or structure shall undergo any increase in the number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required parking or loading facilities; and when said increase would result in a requirement for additional total parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter thereto, parking and loading facilities shall be increased accordingly, so that existing parking or loading facilities shall be so increased that the facilities would at least equal or exceed the parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.
   (C)   Existing parking and loading spaces. Accessory off-street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date of this chapter may not be reduced in number unless already exceeding the requirements of this section for equivalent new construction; in which event said spaces shall not be reduced below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.
   (D)   Permissive parking and loading spaces. Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent the establishment of off-street automobile parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, subject to full compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, except that off-street parking areas accessory to existing multiple-family structures cannot be located off the premises containing the main use unless on a lot adjacent thereto without authorization by the Village Board of Trustees.
   (E)   Damage or destruction. Any building, structure, or use which is in existence and is a conforming use on the effective date of this chapter and which subsequently shall be damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause may be reconstructed, re-established, or repaired with or without off-street parking or loading facilities, except that parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. However, it shall not be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required in this chapter for equivalent new construction.
   (F)   Schedule of requirements.
      (1)   Tables for required parking and loading. Requirements governing the number and location of off- street parking and off-street loading facilities in relation to the use of property are established hereinafter in sections of this chapter. The parking and loading requirements for any use not specified therein shall be the same as for a similar specified use, as determined by § 159.146.
      (2)   Floor area. The term FLOOR AREA as employed in this parking and loading section in the case of office, merchandising, or service types of use shall mean the gross floor area of a building or structure used or intended to be used for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, patients, or tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for sale or sale of merchandise. FLOOR AREA for the purposes of this subchapter shall not include any area used for:
         (a)   Storage accessory to the principal use of a building;
         (b)   Show windows, or offices incidental to the management or maintenance of a store or building;
         (c)   Restrooms; or
         (d)   Utilities.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77; Am. Ord. 78-13, passed 12-13-78; Am. Ord. 82-06, passed 6-23-82)
§ 159.137 USE OF PARKING FACILITIES.
   Unenclosed, off-street parking facilities accessory to residential use and developed in any residential district in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles owned by occupants of the dwelling structure to which such facilities are accessory or by guests of said occupants. Under no circumstances shall required parking facilities accessory to residential structures be used for the storage of commercial vehicles or for the parking of automobiles belonging to the employees, owners, tenants, visitors, or customers of business or manufacturing establishments, except as permitted in this section.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77) Penalty, see § 159.999
§ 159.138 JOINT PARKING FACILITIES.
   Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures, or uses, or for mixed uses, may be provided collectively in any zoning district in which separate parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted; provided that the total number of spaces so located together shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use. However, if the parking demand for these separate or mixed uses can be shown to occur at different times, the Planning, Zoning and Development Commission may recommend and the Village Board of Trustees may approve that only 90% of the sum of the separate requirements for each use be provided.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77; Am. Ord. 95-06, passed 4-10-95)
§ 159.139 CONTROL OF OFF-SITE FACILITIES.
   When required accessory off-street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot upon which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such principal use, and the owner shall be bound by covenants filed of record in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds requiring the owner and his heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking spaces during the existence of said principal use.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77)
§ 159.140 PERMITTED DISTRICTS FOR ACCESSORY PARKING.
   Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served in accordance with § 159.146 may be located in any zoning district except as follows:
   (A)   No parking facilities accessory to an apartment use shall be located in a R-1, R-2, or R-3 District.
   (B)   No parking facilities accessory to a business or manufacturing use shall be located in a residential district, except when authorized by the Village Board of Trustees as prescribed hereinafter.
   (C)   No parking facilities accessory to a manufacturing use shall be permitted in a B-1 District.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77) Penalty, see § 159.999
§ 159.141 NONRESIDENTIAL PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
   Accessory off-street parking facilities serving nonresidential uses of property may be permitted in R-5 and R-6 Districts when authorized by the Village Board of Trustees, subject to the following requirements in addition to all other relevant requirements of this subchapter.
   (A)   The parking lot shall be accessory to and for use in connection with one or more nonresidential establishments located in adjoining districts or in connection with one or more existing professional or institutional office buildings or institutions.
   (B)   Said parking lot shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles.
   (C)   No commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted on said parking lot.
   (D)   No signs of any kind other than signs designating entrances, exits, and conditions of use, shall be maintained on said parking lot.
   (E)   The parking lot may be open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and shall be closed at all other times; however, when supervised by one or more full-time attendants the parking lot may be kept open until 12:00 midnight.
   (F)   Each entrance to and exit from said parking lot shall be at least 20 feet distant from any adjacent property located in any residential district, except where ingress and egress to the parking lot is provided from a public alley or public way separating the residential areas from the proposed parking lot.
   (G)   In addition to the foregoing requirements, such parking lots shall conform to any further requirements and conditions as may be prescribed by the Village Board of Trustees for the protection of properties adjacent to and in the vicinity of the proposed parking lot.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77)
§ 159.142 DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE.
   (A)   Parking space; description. A required off- street parking space shall be an area of not less than 180 square feet nor less than nine feet wide by 20 feet long, such space will have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet and be exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas, accessible from streets or alleys or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys, and to be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles under 1-½ tons capacity. Aisles between vehicular parking spaces shall be not less than 12 feet in width when serving automobiles parked at a 45 degree angle in one direction nor less than 24 feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicular to the aisles or accommodating two-way traffic.
   (B)   Measurement of spaces. When determination of the number of required off-street parking spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including ½ shall be disregarded, and fractions over ½ shall be interpreted as one parking space.
   (C)   Open and enclosed spaces. Parking areas may be open or enclosed except that when parking facilities accessory to a multiple dwelling are located in a residential or B-1 or B-2 District elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served, such parking facilities shall be open to the sky.
   (D)   Access. Parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such a manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed 25 feet in width, without variance.
   (E)   Signs. No sign shall be displayed in any parking area within any residential district except such as may be necessary for the orderly use of the parking facilities.
   (F)   Required setbacks. No parking space nor portion thereof established on the same zoning lot with a building shall be located within a required front yard. No parking space nor portion thereof established on a zoning lot without building shall be located closer to any street line than the established building line on adjacent properties nor closer than the front yard setback required for the district in which the parking lot is located. Further, any wall, fence, or hedge developed around any parking area shall be subject to the front yard setback requirements of this chapter in the same manner as a building or structure.
   (G)   Surfacing.
      (1)   All off-street parking areas and driveways shall be improved with a compacted macadam base not less than four inches thick, surfaced with asphaltic concrete or some comparable all-weather dustless material not less than 1-½ inches thick. Portland cement concrete having a thickness of not less than five inches may be substituted in lieu of the above requirement. Where a water-bound macadam is used preparatory to asphalt surfacing the base may be left without surface treatment for a period of not more than one year.
      (2)   Driveways for single-family attached or detached dwellings shall be constructed in a manner or material of portland cement concrete or asphalt at least four inches in thickness. Single-family dwelling driveway concrete shall be as specified by ordinance for sidewalks.
   (H)   Screening and landscaping.
      (1)   All open off-street parking areas for six or more cars shall be effectively screened by a wall, a solid fence, or a densely planted compact hedge along any side which adjoins or is directly across a street or alley from a property in a residential district or an institutional property. Such wall, fence, or hedge shall be at least five feet, but not more than eight feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition.
      (2)   The village may elect to make repairs to any screenn not maintained in a good condition after giving the owner 15 days notification. Such repair work shall be paid for by the owner, or the village repairs at owner's expense.
   (I)   Lighting. Any lighting used to illustrate an off- street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining properties.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77) Penalty, see § 159.999
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