The off-street parking and off-street loading provisions of this chapter shall apply as follows.
(A) Accessory off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided as required by the regulations of this section for all buildings and structures erected and all uses of land established in each district after the effective date of this chapter.
(B) When the intensity of use of any building, structure, or premises shall be increased through the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units or measurement in the amounts specified herein requiring parking or loading facilities, such additional parking and loading facilities as required herein shall be provided.
(C) Whenever the existing use of a building or structure shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking or loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the said building or structure was erected prior to the effective date of this chapter, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only to the extent by which the requirements for the new use would exceed those for the existing use if the latter was in compliance with the parking and loading provisions of this chapter.
(D) Accessory off-street parking and loading facilities in existence on the effective date of this chapter and located on the same lot as the building or use served shall not hereafter be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for a similar new building or use under the provisions of this chapter.
(E) For any conforming or legally non-conforming building or use which is in existence on the effective date of this chapter, which subsequently thereto is damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause, and which is reconstructed, re-established, or repaired, off-street parking or loading facilities need not be provided, except that such parking or loading facilities equivalent to any maintained at the time of such damage or destruction shall be restored or continued in operation. However, in no case shall it be necessary to restore or maintain parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this chapter for equivalent new uses or construction.
(F) Control of off-site parking facilities. In cases where parking facilities are permitted on a lot other than the lot on which the structure or use served is located, a written agreement shall be submitted to the Community Development Administrator indicating that portion of the lot which shall be designated for the off-street parking.
(G) Handicapped parking requirements.
Total Number of Required Off-Street Parking Spaces
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Total Number of Spaces Required for Handicapped
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Total Number of Required Off-Street Parking Spaces
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Total Number of Spaces Required for Handicapped
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1–20 | 1 |
21–50 | 2 |
51–75 | 3 |
76–100 | 4 |
101–150 | 5 |
151–200 | 6 |
201–300 | 7 |
301–400 | 8 |
401–500 | 9 |
501-1,000 | 2% of total number |
1,000+ | 20 + 1 for each 100 over 1,000 |
(H) Off-street parking spaces for the handicapped shall be designed as follows.
(1) All spaces for the handicapped shall have access to a curb ramp or curb cut when necessary to allow access to the building served, shall be located so that users will not be compelled to wheel behind parked vehicles, and shall be located the shortest possible distance between the parking area and the entrance to the principal building it serves.
(2) The total number of accessible parking spaces may be distributed among parking lots, if greater accessibility is achieved in consideration of such factors as anticipated usage, number, and location of entrances and level of parking areas.
(3) Each parking space for the handicapped shall be at least 16 feet wide, including an eight- foot wide access aisle, and adjacent parking spaces shall not share a common access aisle. All access aisles shall blend to a common level with an accessible route and shall be diagonally striped.
(4) Parallel parking spaces for the handicapped shall be located either at the beginning or end of a block, or adjacent to alley entrances. Curbs adjacent to such spaces shall be of a height which will not interfere with the opening and closing of motor vehicle doors.
(5) No accessible parking spaces shall be required if only attendant or valet parking is provided and is available at all times that the facility is open for public use. If accessible at-grade parking is available, at least one space for self parking of a vehicle with sensitive specialized control devices shall be provided.
(6) Each parking space for the handicapped shall be equipped with a sign which complies with 625 ILCS 5/11-301 et seq., as amended, and shall meet the requirements of Sign R 7-8, U.S. Department of Transportation standard and the state’s Department of Transportation. Signs shall bear the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol and shall be vertically mounted on a post or a wall at the front-center of the parking space, no more than five feet horizontally from the front of the parking space, and set a minimum of four feet from finished grade to the bottom of the sign.
(7) A plan shall be submitted with every application for a building permit for any building or use that is required to provide off-street parking. The plan shall accurately designate the required parking spaces, access aisles, and driveways, and the relation of the off-street parking facilities to the uses or structures such facilities are designed to serve. The proposed landscaping to comply with the requirements of these regulations shall also be depicted on the plan, where applicable.
(Prior Code, 7 TCC 1-19(b))