(A) Provisions shall be made for one usable off-street parking space for each dwelling unit, plus one for each bedroom over one, up to three spaces. Parking in residential zones is only permitted as an accessory use. In no case is it intended that parking or access drives to parking spaces or facilities be permitted as a principal use of any residentially zoned lot. Parking areas must be on an approved surface of asphalt or concrete.
(B) Apartments require two spaces per dwelling unit. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than 162 square feet exclusive of access drives or aisles. Parking areas must be on an approved surface of asphalt or concrete. Dwelling units located above commercial uses shall provide one space per unit that may be in conjunction with the parking provided for the commercial use on the ground floor.
(C) For all institutional, public, or essential services in a residential district, the required parking area shall be provided on the same lot with the buildings or on a lot immediately adjacent, under the same ownership.
(D) The parking areas shall not be permitted in any required front yard area, except in a defined driveway no wider than ten feet (excluding that portion of the drive leading to a garage or parking area), or the width of a garage serving the residence or site. However, in the case of a dwelling with a driveway leading to a garage or parking area, the drive may be used for parking. No driveway shall occupy more than 25% of a required front yard.
(E) No commercial repair work, commercial servicing, or selling of any kind except for periodic garage or yard sales shall be conducted on parking areas in residential districts, and no sign of any kind other than those indicating entrances, exits, and conditions of use shall be erected thereon. The storage of merchandise, motor vehicles for sale, trucks or the repair of vehicles is prohibited. No person shall park, place or otherwise store any item in public parks or alleys within the village limits.
(Ord. passed 11-16-2020)