A. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to alleviate or prevent the congestion of the public streets and to promote the safety and welfare of the public by establishing minimum requirements for the off street parking and loading and unloading of motor vehicles in accordance with the use to which property is put and the district in which it is located.
B. General Provisions:
1. Procedure: An application for a building permit for a new, enlarged, or modified building, structure or use shall include therewith a plot plan in duplicate, drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing any parking or loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this title.
2. Extent Of Control: All buildings, structures, and uses and all modifications of existing buildings, structures, and uses initiated after the effective date hereof shall be provided with accessory off street parking or loading facilities as required herein. A building, structure or use for which a building permit has been issued prior to the effective date hereof shall comply with the requirement in effect at the time of issuance of the permit, until such building, structure, or use is enlarged or otherwise modified, or a new use is initiated, in which case the preceding sentence shall apply.
3. Existing Parking And Loading Spaces: Accessory off street parking and loading spaces in existence on the effective date hereof may not be reduced in number, except in compliance with the requirements of this section.
4. Permissive Parking And Loading Spaces: Nothing in this section shall prevent the establishment of off street automobile parking or loading facilities to serve any existing use of land or buildings, subject to the provisions of this section, except that existing off street parking areas accessory to existing uses cannot be located off the lot containing the main use unless on a lot adjacent thereto.
5. Joint Parking Facilities: Joint off street parking facilities may be provided for different buildings, structures, or uses, or for mixed uses; provided, however, that in no event shall joint parking facilities for compatible uses be reduced below the number required for all uses. Joint parking facilities for dissimilar uses which require parking at different times during the day may be reduced by not more than thirty five percent (35%) of the required number of spaces where the zoning officer finds that such a reduction will not result in any increased congestion in the public streets and will not otherwise violate the intent and purpose of this title. The zoning officer may require a shared parking study to determine if a reduction is warranted.
6. Control Of Off Site Parking: When required accessory parking facilities for existing uses are provided elsewhere than on the lot on which the principal use served is located they shall be in the same possession as the property occupied by such principal use, and the owner shall be bound by covenants filed of record in the office of the recorder of deeds, Lake County, Illinois, requiring the owner and his or her said heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of parking spaces during the existence of said principal use. Such off site parking facilities shall not be provided for new uses. Further, such facilities shall not be located in any agricultural or residential district.
C. Required Spaces: Off street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule of requirements:
Use
| Required Spaces
|
Use
| Required Spaces
|
Residential uses: | |
Bed and breakfast inn | 1 for each guestroom plus 2 for owner. |
Congregate Housing | 1 for every two 2 residents |
Daycare homes (adult and child) | 2 spaces for 1,000 square feet of area. |
Long term care facilities | 1for each 4 employees on the largest shift plus 1 for each 6 beds based on design capacity. |
Multiple-family dwellings | 2 for each swelling unit. |
Senior citizen housing | 1 ½ for each dwelling unit plus 1 for every employee on the largest shift. |
Single-family and two-family dwelling | 2 for each dwelling unit. |
Commercial uses: | |
Barber or beauty shop | 3 per operator chair. |
Bars, taverns and nightclubs | 14 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area. |
Convenience Store | 6 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area. |
Fast food restaurant | 14 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area, plus stacking spaces per subsection F of this section. |
Financial institutions | 21/2 for 1,000 square feet of floor area, plus stacking spaces per subsection F of this section. |
Funeral home | 1 per 4 seats, plus 1 for each funeral home vehicle. |
General offices | 4 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area. |
General retail | 4 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area. |
Grocery or supermarket | 4 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area. |
Hotel or motel | 1per room, plus 1 per employee, plus spaces for accessory uses such as restaurants, bars, and banquet facilities. |
Medical/dental offices | 3 for each examining room, plus 1 for each doctor and employee. |
Shopping center | 5 for each 1,000 square feet fo floor area. |
Standard restaurant | 12 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area. |
Vehicle service and repair | 21/2 per 1,000 square feet of floor area. |
Vehicle sales | ½ per 1,000 square feet of display area, whether indoor or outdoor, plus spaces for vehicle service and repair. |
Industrial uses: | |
Manufacturing and production industrial sales and service | 1,000 square feet of floor area, plus 4 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area for office space. |
Public, civic and institutional uses: | |
College | 1 per student, plus 1 per faculty/staff member |
Daycare | 1 per teacher/staff member, plus 1 per 6 enrollees, or off street waiting to accommodate at least 6 vehicles. |
Elementary school and junior high school | 1 per faculty/staff member, plus 1 per classroom. |
Parks and open space | 1 per 4 person capacity or as determined by the zoning officer based on anticipated usage. |
Physical fitness facilities | 4 per each one thousand (1,000) square feet. |
Religious institutions | 1 per 4) seats, plus 50% required for accessory uses such as daycare, banquet rooms, etc. |
Senior high school | 1 per faculty/staff member, plus 1 per 5 students. |
Community service not otherwise classified | 1 per 3 person capacity. |
D. Rules For Computing Requirements:
1. Multiple Uses: Unless otherwise approved, lots containing more than one use must provide parking in an amount equal to the total of the requirements for all uses.
2. Fractions: When measurements of the number of required spaces result in a fractional number, any fraction of one-half (1/2) or less shall be rounded down to the next lower whole number and any fraction of more than one-half (1/2) shall be rounded up to the next higher whole number.
3. Area Measurements: Unless otherwise specifically noted, all square footage based parking standards must be computed on the basis of gross floor area.
4. Unlisted Uses: When a use is not listed in subsection C of this section, the zoning officer shall determine the number of parking spaces required, based upon the requirements of this code for similar uses.
E. Design And Maintenance:
1. Size: A required off street parking space shall be an area of not less than one hundred sixty two (162) square feet nor less than nine feet (9') wide by eighteen feet (18') long, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or other obstruction, accessible from streets or alleys or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys. Lines demarcating parking spaces may be drawn at various angles in relation to property lines, curbs, and aisles according to the dimensional requirements in section 10-5-14, table 11 of this chapter. The dimensions in section 10-5-14, table 11 of this chapter are required dimensions to be used for off street parking design.
2. Compact Cars: In parking lots that require more than fifty (50) parking spaces for employees and where it is appropriate to facilitate parking of compact automobiles, the dimensional standards may be reduced to allow up to twenty percent (20%) of the required parking spaces for compact cars. A compact car parking space shall be at least eight feet (8') wide and sixteen feet (16') long. The zoning officer is responsible for approving the use of reduced compact car parking spaces.
3. Handicapped Spaces: Handicapped parking spaces shall comply with the standards set in the state of Illinois accessibility code, as amended.
4. Landscaping: All off street parking lots will be landscaped according to the requirements of title 12 of this code - the village of Wadsworth landscape ordinance.
5. Open And Enclosed Spaces: Parking areas may be open or enclosed. Each parking space and aisle shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet (7').
6. Location On Lot: No parking space, or portion thereof, established on the same zoning lot with a building, shall be located within a required front yard except in the B business zone. In addition, no parking space shall be located within any required landscaping nor within five feet (5') of any property line on any lot.
7. Access: Parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed twenty five feet (25') in width, except that turning radii and divided entrances/exits with island dividers may be permitted to exceed this distance. Entrances/exits shall be approved and permitted by the Illinois department of transportation and the Lake County division of transportation for access to roadways under their respective jurisdictions.
8. Surfacing And Marking: All off street parking areas, lots, access drives, and structures shall be surfaced with a paver, asphaltic paving, or Portland concrete pavement providing an all weather, durable and dustless surface. All pavement design shall be subject to review and approval by the village engineer. Individual parking stalls shall be clearly identified by white or yellow painted markings four (4) to six inches (6") in width. See subsection E10 of this section for parking lot design requirements. Exceptions: gravel driveways extensions to detached accessory structures three hundred (300) square feet and larger in size are permitted.
9. Lighting: All required off street parking areas serving uses which operate at night, other than parking for single-family homes, shall be lighted as follows:
a. An average minimum illumination of two (2) foot-candles shall be required on the lot with no more than one-half (0.50) foot- candle at the property line.
b. Lighting fixtures shall be so arranged as to reflect the light downward and away from adjoining properties with the light source not visible.
c. All lighting cables shall be placed underground in accordance with the building code or other applicable ordinances.
d. All lighting system designs shall be reviewed for approval by the zoning officer.
10. Parking Lot Design Requirements: Parking lot design shall be compatible and efficient in relation to reasonable circulation of traffic within the parking lot and the adjacent roadways and land uses. Design of parking lots shall be conducive to the stormwater management of the site, public convenience and safety, and be subject to review and approval by the village engineer in accordance with current engineering design standards.
F. Vehicle Stacking Areas: Vehicle stacking shall be prohibited within public rights of way. The following guidelines will be used in determining the adequacy of vehicle stacking areas:
1. Number of spaces:
Activity Type | Spaces | Measured From |
Activity Type | Spaces | Measured From |
Automated teller machine (ATM) | 3 | Machine |
Bank teller lane | 4 | Teller or window |
Car wash - automatic | 6 | Entrance |
Car wash - self-service | 3 | Entrance |
Pharmacy/drugstore | 4 | Pick up window |
Restaurant drive-through | 5 | Order box |
Other uses | 3 | Pick up window |
2. Design and layout:
a. Size: Stacking spaces must be a minimum of eight feet by twenty feet (8' x 20') in size.
b. Location: Stacking spaces may not impede on or off site traffic movements or movements in or out of off street spaces.
c. Design: Stacking spaces must be separated from other internal driveways with the design of raised medians, striping, and separate bypass lanes if deemed necessary by the zoning officer.
G. Design And Location Of Loading Spaces: In all nonsingle-family residential districts, there shall be provided off street loading facilities for any building or structure which is erected or substantially altered, which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles.
1. Loading Berth Description: An off street loading berth shall be a hard surfaced area of land, open or enclosed, other than a street or a public way, used principally for the standing, loading or unloading of motor trucks, tractors and trailers so as to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets, sidewalks and alleys. A required loading space shall not be less than twelve feet (12') in width, forty five feet (45') in length and fourteen feet (14') in height exclusive of access aisles and maneuvering space, except as otherwise specifically dimensioned hereafter.
2. Location: No permitted or required loading berth shall be closer than fifty feet (50') to any property in a residential district unless completely enclosed by solid building walls or fence or any combination thereof not less than fourteen feet (14') in height and maintained in good condition. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within twenty five feet (25') of the nearest point of street right of way or the intersection of any two (2) street rights of way. Loading berths open to the sky may be located in any required side or rear yards. Where unusual circumstances exist, the village board may permit loading spaces to be closer to the right of way or may require additional height of fence or screening.
3. Landscaping: All off street loading facilities will be landscaped according to the requirements of title 12 of this code - the village of Wadsworth landscape ordinance.
4. Standard Berths: Loading facilities/berths shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall in all cases have a vertical clearance of fourteen feet (14') from grade:
Gross Floor Area Of Facility | Required Number And Size Of Berths |
10,000 to 30,000 | 1 - 12'x45' |
30,001 to 60,000 | 2 - 12'x45', each |
60,001 to 100,000 | 2 - 12'x55', each |
The zoning officer may require less or more loading berths if reasonably necessary to satisfy off street loading requirements. (Ord. 2010-807, 3-16-2010; amd. Ord. 2024-1146, 2-6-2024)