(A) Prohibited uses of parking lots and loading areas. It shall be unlawful to lease, sell, convey, or use a lot that is required for off-street parking, or any other purpose or use by another property with providing other parking facilities which meet the requirements of this chapter. It shall be unlawful to store merchandise, materials, equipment, refuse containers, inoperable vehicles, or to conduct the major repair of vehicles in required off-street parking spaces.
(B) Sales in parking area. It is unlawful to maintain a permanent outdoor sales area in required off-street parking areas. Temporary sales may be conducted under the following conditions:
(1) Temporary sales are allowed at any time in parking areas that exceed the minimum required spaces.
(2) For the purposes of this section, temporary sales shall not exceed five continuous days or a total of five days in one month.
(C) Parking in front yards. Parking in front yards is permitted in accordance with the following regulations:
(1) All parking shall be upon an approved driveway or parking lot.
(2) In any R-l, R-2, or R-3 District, where it is not physically possible to provide parking in side or rear yards or required setbacks, parking of licensed vehicles is permitted. Parking in the front yard is required to be located directly in front of the garage to minimize paving of the front yard.
(3) In any R-4 District, when a town or rowhouse building is located on a street that is a cul-de-sac, then off-street parking may be provided in the required front yard setback contiguous to the street, as long as said parking is at least 15 feet from the townhouse or rowhouse. Two parking spaces for each dwelling unit may be provided on the lot in the required front yard setback in this instance. Parking spaces provided in this manner shall not be enclosed, covered, or otherwise obstructed.
(4) In any commercial or industrial district, parking spaces may be situated in a required front yard provided that the parking lot meets the design standards for parking lots in this subchapter.
(D) Parking in side yards. Parking in required side yards is permitted in accordance with the following regulations. All parking shall be upon an approved surface.
(1) Parking spaces may be situated in a side yard under the following conditions. When parking is situated in a side yard and no other landscaping or screening is required, then an opaque screen fence of not less than four feet or more than six feet in height, or living screen not less than four feet in height, shall be provided between such parking and the abutting property.
(2) Where a shared driveway spanning the property line between two residential lots existed prior to February 18, 2020, such driveways shall not be required to comply with side yard setback provisions or the screening requirements of this section.
(E) Parking in rear yards. Parking in required rear yards is permitted in accordance with the following regulations. All parking shall be upon an approved surface. Parking spaces may be situated in any rear yard. Parking areas adjacent to residential zoning districts that are located within the required rear lot line, and contain more than three spaces, shall provide a screen as specified in §§ 154.210 through 154.214. Such screening shall not be required when the property adjoins an alley.
(F) Recreational vehicles, watercraft and commercial vehicles. In residential districts, the following shall regulate the parking of recreational vehicles, watercraft and their trailers, off-road vehicles, travel trailers, campers, motorized dwellings, and the like, and cases or boxes used for transporting recreation equipment, whether occupied by such equipment or not:
(1) No person(s) shall park any semi-trader, pole trailer, trailer, or bus (except school buses) on any lot in a residential zoning district. School buses are allowed to be parked on any residential lot only during the daylight hours. In the event that the owner or lessee of an affected property has been engaged in a use otherwise prohibited in this division (F)(1) prior to February 18, 2020, such use may continue notwithstanding the prohibition of this division (F)(1). Any allowed uses shall comply with all other applicable ordinances.
(2) No more than two recreational vehicles and/or watercraft may be stored outdoors at any one time. Such vehicles stored to the side or front of the principal structure must provide an approved surface for the vehicle, which shall be an approved surface or brick or concrete pavers set into the ground. Dirt, wood, or sod surfaces are prohibited. Parking of recreational vehicles on gravel is only permitted in the rear yard. If gravel is used, the surface must be surrounded with a solid form to hold the gravel in place. Recreational vehicles, and the like, cannot be parked where they extend into the front yard farther than the front of the principal structure, nor can they be parked there they obstruct the sight visibility triangle.
(3) No recreational vehicle shall be used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes while stored on the property or upon public right-of-way.
(G) Special requirements for garbage and special waste hauling trucks.
(1) These vehicles and similar types of vehicles are not allowed be parked on streets or lots in any residential districts.
(2) These vehicles and similar types of vehicles which transport any type of hazardous materials are not allowed to be parked on streets or lots in any residential districts.
(3) These vehicles and similar types of vehicles are not allowed to be parked on streets in a manner that would obstruct or impede the flow of traffic.
(H) Parking facilities off-site.
(1) Required off-street parking for residential uses must be provided on the lot which the residential use is located.
(2) Any off-street parking facilities that are not provided on the same lot as the principal use can be located by right in the same zoning district as the principal use. These lots may be located immediately adjacent to the use or within 600 feet of the use, unless the property is zoned RS, R-l, R-2, or R-3. In these districts, the parking lot must be located immediately adjacent to the use. Off-premise parking lots may be located in other zoning districts as provided for in the following table. Accessory parking lots may be permitted in residential districts providing they meet the requirements of division (I) below.
ZONING DISTRICT OF USE | DISTRICTS WITHIN WHICH OFF-STREET PARKING MAY BE PROVIDED |
ZONING DISTRICT OF USE | DISTRICTS WITHIN WHICH OFF-STREET PARKING MAY BE PROVIDED |
RS | Any district |
R-1 | Any district |
R-2 | Any district |
R-3 | Any district |
R-4 | I-1, CB, CN, R-4 |
R-5 | R-5 |
CB | I-1, CB, CN |
CN | I-1, CB, CN |
I-l | I-1 |
(3) If the principal use is or becomes a nonconforming use, expansion of the off-street parking facilities which are not located in the site of the principal use are not permitted.
(4) The distance specified herein and the distances specified in the district use regulations shall be measured from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the lot occupied by the building or use that such facility is required to serve.
(I) Off-site parking limitations. When off-street parking facilities are provided on a lot other than the lot upon which the building or use requiring such facilities is located, the owner of the lot upon which the principal use is located and the owner of the lot upon which parking is provided, shall execute a written covenant containing at least the following:
(1) In consideration of the issuance of a building permit for the principal use, the lot or portion of the lot on which the parking facility is located will be used and maintained solely for off-street parking purposes for such principal use.
(2) Such covenant will be in effect so long as the structures comprising such principal use continue to exist without sufficient parking elsewhere or upon the lot with the principal use.
(3) The parking lot or portion of the parking lot shall contain appropriate signage to indicate that certain parking spaces are reserved for the use herein described.
(4) The owners shall notify the Zoning Administrator if the right to use such facilities lapses for any reason within 30 days of cessation of the right to use. The covenant shall not be released except with the written approval of the Zoning Administrator. The instrument shall be in the form acceptable to the Village Attorney, and recorded with the County Recorder.
(J) Accessory parking lots in residential districts. In addition to the regulations provided in this subchapter, accessory parking lots in residential districts must comply with the following stipulations:
(1) Accessory parking lots located within the RS, R-1 and R-2 Districts may be provided on property immediately adjacent to permitted uses within any district. Said accessory parking lot shall have vehicular access only through the property on which the associated use is located or through adjacent alleys between the accessory parking lots and the associated use.
(2) Accessory parking lots may only be used for the temporary parking of vehicles for the customers or employees of its associated use.
(3) Design standards.
(a) Setbacks.
1. Yard immediately adjacent to use: zero feet.
2. Front yard: 15 feet.
3. Side yard: ten feet.
4. Street side yard: 15 feet.
5. ear yard: ten feet, unless adjacent to a public alley. Setback would then be zero feet.
(b) Size. Paved area not to exceed 20,000 square feet or comprise more than 50% of any block face.
(K) Parking and storage of certain vehicles. Automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind or type without current license plates shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property other than in completely enclosed buildings.
(Ord. 2020-O-3, passed 2-18-2020)