(A) Size and access (off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage).
(1) Size. Each off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage space provided on a zoning lot shall be at least 12 feet in width and at least 50 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space thereto, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.
(2) Access. Each required off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage space shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will lease interfere with traffic movements.
(B) Design and maintenance.
(1) Open and enclosed loading, unloading and outdoor storage Spaces. Accessory loading, unloading and outdoor storage spaces located on the same lot as occupied by the use served may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building.
(2) Surfacing. All open off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage areas, including driveways and aisles, shall be improved with a compacted stone base, not less than eight inches thick, surfaced with not less than three inches of compacted asphalt or concrete as approved by the village.
(3) Curbing. All parking lots shall have complete non-mountable curbing system at the perimeter of the lots. This system shall be designed to retain and direct storm water on-site.
(4) Screening and landscaping. All applications for building permits requested for new construction in multi-family residential, commercial, and manufacturing districts shall provide a landscaping plan which shall be submitted to the Village Planner for review and subject to approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Village Board of Trustees. All open loading, unloading and outdoor storage areas containing more than four loading, unloading and outdoor storage spaces shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any property by a wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge not less than five feet nor more than seven feet in height. The required screening shall conform with the front and side yard setback requirements of the district in which the loading, unloading and outdoor storage is located. Landscaping requirements under the business/commercial section of this chapter shall also apply where required (see § 159.070(G)).
(5) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage areas shall be directed away from any residential properties and public highways in such a way as not to create a nuisance.
(6) Signage. Directional and regulatory signs only are permitted in loading, unloading and outdoor storage areas. All other signage must meet with the approval of the Village Planner and the Planning and Zoning Commission if required.
(7) Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with accessory off- street loading, unloading and outdoor storage facilities provided in a residential district. The sale of gasoline and motor oil in conjunction with accessory off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage facilities is not permitted in any residential district.
(8) Space requirements. Space allocated to any off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage facility shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facility or portions thereof.
(9) Receiving facilities. Uses for which off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage facilities are required herein but which are located in buildings of less floor area than the minimum prescribed for the required facilities shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities off any adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same lot which is accessible by motor vehicles.
(10) Special uses. For special uses other than prescribed herein, loading, unloading and outdoor storage facilities adequate in number and size to serve the use, as determined by the Village Planner, shall be provided.
(C) Location of off-street loading, unloading and outdoor storage facilities:
(1) All required loading, unloading and outdoor storage facilities shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. No loading, unloading and outdoor storage facilities for vehicles over two ton capacity shall be closer than 50 feet to any property in a residential district unless completely enclosed by building/structural walls, or any combination thereof, not less than six feet in height. No permitted or required loading, unloading and outdoor storage facility shall be located within 50 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets.
(2) Within all commercial zoning districts and within the M-R, Manufacturing/Research District, loading, unloading and outdoor storage facilities shall not be permitted on any portion of a building facade having street frontage on a public roadway, except as directed and reviewed by the Village Planner and Planning and Zoning Commission.
(D) Additional Criteria for outdoor storage spaces. The maximum number of outdoor trailer storage spaces for truck trailers shall not be greater than 1 1/2 outdoor trailer storage spaces for each loading dock on the principal building(s) on the same lot. Outdoor trailer storage spaces shall be landscaped in the manner prescribed for off-street parking spaces in § 159.030(D) of this chapter.
(Am. Ord. 06-0369, passed 2-1-06)