(A) Generally. Off-street parking and loading for all uses except single-family dwelling units shall be paved and shall be provided with adequate drainage to dispose of all surface water.
(B) Parking adjoining sidewalk. Where any parking area adjoins an existing or proposed sidewalk, the owner shall erect six-inch concrete barrier curbs, wheel stops or bollards on the private property to prevent vehicles from crossing the sidewalk, excepting in the case of a single family home.
(C) Pavement surface. Loading areas, parking lots, driveways, access ways and any other areas on which motor vehicles are parked or stored, or which are used for motor vehicle circulation, shall be constructed with a dust free surface. Acceptable pavement surfaces are limited to concrete, asphalt or oil and chip. Any other pavement surface must be approved by the city’s Department of Engineering as being capable of providing a dust free surface. Concrete wheel stops shall be used on oil and chip surfaces to designate the parking stalls in lieu of painted striping. Property owners are allowed to have a temporary gravel surface for a maximum period of one year. This stipulation is intended to allow time for settlement, compaction or allow for off-season construction.
(D) Curbs and gutters. Combination of six-inch concrete barrier curbs and gutters or six-inch concrete curbs are required around all parking lot islands. The material and design shall conform to the specifications contained in the most recent edition of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, adopted by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
(E) Striping. Single striping shall be provided for all parking stalls as a minimum. Each stripe shall be a minimum of four inches in width and 18 feet in length for each parking space. Striping of each parking space shall be painted in yellow or white. Thermoplastic pavement markings are an acceptable alternative. All areas designated as fire lanes shall be marked by posting of signs and/or yellow markings, provided that signs shall be used wherever feasible.
(F) Re-striping. Parking lots existing prior to the date of this subchapter may be re-striped in the course of normal maintenance in accordance with their original plans and requirements.
(G) Parking lot design. The following are requirements for parking lot design:
(1) Circulation aisles shall align with one another;
(2) Smooth and efficient on-site circulation must be provided;
(3) All parking rows shall be bound by islands with six-inch concrete barrier as described in Figure 4 - Minimum Island Dimensions in § 162.098;
(4) Shared interconnects and shared driveways with adjoining properties shall be provided wherever feasible as determined by the Director of Planning and Development or his or her authorized designee; and
(e) All parking stalls shall have a minimum dimension of nine feet wide by 18 feet long. This rectangular area must be included in all shapes of parking stalls for any angle of parking. An automobile overhang may be included in stall depth calculations where the overhang does not extend beyond a required parking setback line or encroach upon a sidewalk. When an automobile overhang beyond an installed curb is included in the stall depth calculation, the overhang shall be considered as part of the parking stall for landscaping or setback purposes.
(H) Access. Except on lots accommodating single-family dwellings, each off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway at least 12 feet wide for one-way travel or 24 feet wide for two-way travel. However, a ten foot wide aisle for one-way travel is permitted provided that there are no points of vehicular or pedestrian access to any building from the driving aisle. The minimum width of an access drive intersecting a street or alley is 24 feet for two-way travel or 12 feet for one-way travel. The minimum return radius from an access drive to a street or alley shall be 20 feet as measured from the back of the curb wherever possible.
(I) Maintenance. Upon completion, all parking areas shall be properly maintained at all times, without pot holes, broken curbing or other irregularities.
(J) Sidewalks.
(1) Sidewalks are required for all multiple-family, commercial, industrial and institutional uses including special permits and planned developments that front a major street within the city or the contiguous unincorporated territory within one and one-half miles of the city corporate limits.
(2) Sidewalks shall be a minimum of five feet wide and shall be placed within the street right-of-way one foot from the property line along the street frontage(s). The sidewalk shall be placed on a minimum of four-inch-thick compacted subgrade. At all residential drive locations the minimum pavement thickness shall be six inches extended through the driveway to five feet on each side. At all commercial drive locations this minimum thickness shall be eight inches extended through the driveway to five feet on each side. The surface shall be a light broom finish with contraction joints at five-foot intervals. Expansion joints are required where the new sidewalk abuts all curb, buildings, poles, other structures, through all drives. The maximum cross slope for all sidewalks shall be 2% including through the driveways. Sidewalk curb ramps with a detectable warning surface shall be constructed at all crosswalks according to latest IDOT Standard or ADA regulation.
(1980 Code, § 29.606) (Ord. 9268, passed 11-3-2014; Ord. 9351, passed 10-1-2018; Ord. 9423, passed 8-16-2021)
Penalty, see § 162.999