(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