All off-street parking lots shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards and regulations.
(A) No parking lot shall be constructed unless and until a permit therefor is issued by the Code Enforcement Officer. Applications for a permit shall be submitted to the village in such form as may be determined by the Code Enforcement Officer and shall be accompanied with two sets of site plans for the development and construction of the parking lot showing in compliance with section. Before issuing a construction permit, Code Enforcement Officer may request Village Engineer to review the site plan for compliance with village ordinances.
(B) Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accord with the following minimum requirements.
Minimum Requirements for Off-Street Parking Facilities
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Maneuvering lane width | 12 feet | 12 feet | 15 feet | 20 feet |
Parking space length | 23 feet | 20 feet | 20 feet | 20 feet |
Parking space width | 8 feet | 8 feet, 6 inches | 8 feet, 6 inches | 9 feet |
Total width of one tier of spaces, plus maneuvering lane | 20 feet | 32 feet | 32 feet, six inches | 40 feet |
Total width of two tiers of spaces, plus maneuvering lane | 28 feet | 52 feet | 58 feet | 60 feet |
(Refer to Appendix A, Illustration 9 for diagrams of these requirements.) | ||||
(C) All spaces shall provide adequate access by means of maneuvering lanes. Backing directly onto a street shall be prohibited.
(D) (1) Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot by means of clearly limited and defined drives shall be provided for all vehicles.
(2) Ingress and egress to a parking lot lying in areas zoned for other than single-family residential use shall not be across land zoned for single-family residential use.
(E) All maneuvering lane widths shall permit one-way traffic movement, except that the pattern may permit two-way movement.
(F) Each entrance and exit to and from any off-street parking lot located in an area zoned for other than single-family residential use shall be at least 25 feet distant from adjacent property located in any single-family residential district.
(G) (1) The portion of any off-street parking area which is contiguous to or faces a residential district shall be provided with a continuous and obscuring wall not less than four feet, six inches in height measured from the surface of the parking area.
(2) When a front yard setback is required, all land between said wall and the front property line or street right-of-way line shall be kept free from refuse and debris and shall be landscaped with deciduous shrubs, evergreen material and ornamental trees. The ground area shall be planted and kept in lawn. All such landscaping and planting shall be maintained in a healthy, growing condition, neat and orderly in appearance.
(H) (1) The entire parking area, including parking spaces and maneuvering lanes, required under this section shall be provided with asphaltic or concrete surfacing in accordance with specifications approved by the Village Engineer. The parking area shall be surfaced within six months of the date the certificate of compliance is issued.
(2) Off-street parking areas shall be drained to dispose of all surface water accumulated in the parking area in such a way as to preclude drainage of water onto adjacent property or toward buildings.
(I) All lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so installed as to be confined within and directed onto the parking area only.
(J) In all cases where a wall extends to an alley which is a means of ingress and egress to an off-street parking area, it shall be permissible to end the wall not more than ten feet from such alley line to permit a wider means of access to the parking area.
(K) The Zoning Board, upon application by the property owner of the off-street parking area may modify the yard or wall requirements where, in unusual circumstances, no good purpose would be served by compliance with the requirements of this section.
(Ord. 18-108, passed 5-7-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99