A. Purpose And Scope: In order to relieve traffic congestion in the streets, to minimize any detrimental effects of off street parking areas on adjacent properties, and to ensure the proper and uniform development of parking areas throughout the village, off street parking and loading spaces for every use shall be provided in accordance with the standards established in this ordinance. Nothing in this section shall prevent the voluntary establishment of off street parking and loading facilities in excess of the number required by this ordinance, provided that such facilities meet all requirements of this ordinance.
B. Required Number Of Off Street Parking Spaces:
1. Table 4-2: Except as provided in subsection B2 of this section or elsewhere in this ordinance, each principal and accessory use of land shall be provided with at least the number of off street parking spaces indicated for that use in table 4-2 of this section. When the intensity of use of any structure or lot is increased through a change in use or the addition of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other units of measurement used in table 4-2 of this section, additional parking facilities shall be provided as required for the entire use as increased. When any calculation results in a fraction of a parking space, any fraction up to one-half (1/2) shall be disregarded and any fraction of one-half (1/2) or more shall be considered a whole parking space. (Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992)
2. Parking Exemption For The C1 District And MXD - Mixed Use Commercial-Residential District: All uses in the C1 - village center and MXD - mixed use commercial-residential districts shall be exempt from providing required parking spaces as established in table 4-2 of this section. However, if parking spaces are provided, they shall conform to all other applicable requirements of this ordinance. Newly constructed buildings (e.g., tear down developments) with dwelling units in the C1 - village center and MXD - mixed use commercial- residential districts shall provide a minimum of one on site parking stall per dwelling unit. (Ord. 15-2786, 2-23-2015)
3. Reduction In Parking Requirements For Existing Lots In The C2 District: In order to address parking deficiencies on existing lots in the C2 - community shopping district, the property owner or tenant/occupant (with the owner's consent) may petition the village for one or more elements of parking relief, which may be approved by the village board pursuant to passage of an ordinance after a public hearing is conducted by the village board with at least fifteen (15) days' prior written notice mailed via United States first class mail to all owners of record and taxpayers of record of lots within two hundred fifty feet (250') of the subject lot:
a. Provision Of Off Street/Off Site Alternate Parking: The applicant must provide off street/off site alternate parking in close proximity to the lot that eliminates or reduces the parking deficiency. Proof of the right to use the off street/off site alternate parking, such as a parking lot agreement, shall be required.
b. Shared Parking Lot Agreement Supported By A Shared Time Parking Report Prepared By A Licensed Professional Engineer: The applicant must provide a shared parking lot agreement that relates to one or more adjacent parking lots and is supported by a shared time parking report demonstrating the overall capacities of the parking lots based on daily peak and low parking usage for the businesses that are served by the parking lots.
c. Conformance To Design And Construction Requirements: All parking spaces shall conform to the other applicable design and construction requirements of this ordinance. (Ord. 15-2794, 3-23-2015)
TABLE 4-2
SCHEDULE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS
Parking Spaces Required | ||
Parking Spaces Required | ||
Residential uses: | ||
Apartment hotel | 1 space per unit | |
Continuing care retirement community | 1 parking space for each detached single- family dwelling unit or in a multiple-family building containing not more than 4 dwelling units plus 1 parking space per unit for each multiple-family building containing more than 4 dwelling units, provided, however, that up to 25 percent of said spaces may be land banked until the need for such spaces is determined by the village. In addition, 1 parking space for each 3 assisted care units, plus the number of parking spaces otherwise required for a nursing home located on the premises, plus 3 parking spaces for every 5 employees anticipated at the largest shift for all uses other than the nursing home. | |
Fraternities and dormitories | 1 space per room plus 1 space per manager, employee | |
Hotel/motel | 1 space per guestroom plus 1 space per employee on peak shift | |
Multi-family dwellings | 1.5 spaces per unit | |
Rooming house | 2 spaces plus 1 space for each room for rent | |
Single-family attached and detached dwellings | 2 spaces per unit | |
Two-family dwellings | 2 spaces per unit | |
Commercial/retail service uses: | ||
Auto sales | 1 space per 300 square feet of indoor display area plus those spaces required for auto service, if any | |
Auto service | 1 space per employee plus 2 spaces per service bay | |
Car wash | 4 spaces per bay or stall plus 1 space per employee plus 10 stacking spaces | |
Fast food with drive-in | 10 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area plus 8 stacking spaces for the first window and 2 stacking for each additional window | |
Fast food without drive-in | 10 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Freestanding stores and neighborhood centers (up to 200,000 square feet) | 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Furniture, appliances, etc. | 2 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Grocery (food store) | 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Medical/dental clinics | 6 spaces per practitioner plus 1 per employee | |
Personal services | 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Regional shopping center (more than 200,000 square feet) | 5 spaces per 1,000 feet gross floor area | |
Sit down restaurant | 13 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Undertaking establishments | 1 space per 4 seats in parlor plus 1 space per 2 employees plus 1 space per vehicle used in connection with the enterprise | |
Office and institutional uses: | ||
Bank with drive-through facility | 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area plus 8 stacking spaces for the first window plus 2 stacking spaces for each additional window | |
Financial/civic offices | 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Hospital/sanatorium | 1 space per 2 beds plus 1.5 spaces per 1 emergency room bed plus 1 space per employee | |
Office, business and professional services | 3 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Religious institution | 1 space per 4 seats | |
Educational uses: | ||
College/university | 1 space per 2 employees plus 1 space per 4 students based on maximum capacity | |
Daycare center/nursery | 2 spaces per 3 employees plus a sufficient number for others who may use the facility plus 1 space per 6 pupils based on maximum capacity | |
High school | 1 space per employee plus 1 space per 8 students | |
K - 8th grades | 1 space per employee plus 8 spaces for visitors | |
Public/semipublic uses: | ||
Dance/music/vocational/trade schools | 2 spaces per 3 employees plus 1 space per maximum number of students as determined by the code enforcement officer | |
Library | 3 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Cultural/entertainment uses: | ||
Amusement establishments | 1 space per 3 persons capacity plus 1 space per employee | |
Arena/stadium | 1 space per 4 seats plus 1 space per 2 employees | |
Bowling alley | 5 spaces per lane | |
Club/lodge | 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Cultural institutions and museums | 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Golf course | 60 spaces per 9 holes plus 1 space per 2 employees | |
Gym/health club | 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Swimming pool or natatorium | 1 space per 6 persons at capacity plus 1 space per employee | |
Tennis club | 4 spaces per court | |
Theater | 1 space per 4 seats plus 1 space per employee | |
Industrial uses: | ||
Manufacturing, research and development, utility | 1 space per 1.5 employees plus 1 space per company vehicle | |
Warehouse | 1 space per 1,000 square feet gross floor area for the first 20,000 square feet plus 1 space per 2,000 square feet gross floor area for the second 20,000 to 40,000 square feet plus 1 space per 4,000 square feet gross floor area for building area above 40,000 square feet gross floor area | |
Transportation/communication: | ||
Airport/bus/rail facilities | As recommended by the department of code enforcement to the village manager and subject to approval by the village board | |
Radio/TV/studio | 1 space per employee | |
(Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992; amd. Ord. 98-2064, 12-21-1998; Ord. 04-2308, 9-13-2004; Ord. 15-2794, 3-23-2015)
C. Location Of Parking Spaces:
1. To limit parking in front of single-family dwellings, in the A, R1, R2, and R3 districts parking shall be permitted within front and corner side yards only on driveways not exceeding twenty two feet (22') in width. No more than three (3) vehicles may be parked on driveways within front or corner side yards for more than eight (8) continuous hours. In addition, no right of way area adjacent to the lot may be used for parking.
2. Except as provided for below, all required parking spaces shall be located on the same zoning lot as the principal use. In nonresidential districts off site parking may be used to satisfy the parking requirements if such off site parking facility conforms to the following:
a. Such facility is within three hundred feet (300') walking distance of said structure or use;
b. Such facility is located in a zoning district where such facilities are allowed as a permitted use or conditional use;
c. Such facility is on a lot owned by the same party as the lot on which the structure or use to be served is located;
d. A covenant running with the land and prohibiting any other use of the lot, naming the village as a beneficiary of the covenant, is recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds or registrar of titles of Cook County for the lot on which the parking facility is located;
e. A copy of the recorded covenant, certified by the recorder of deeds or registrar of titles, is filed with the village manager; and
f. The covenant required under subsection C2d of this section shall not be released until such time as one of the following conditions occurs: 1) the use served by the required off street parking is terminated and the structure housing that use is removed; 2) the required off street parking is provided on the same lot as that on which the structure or use served is located; or 3) another lot meeting all the requirements set forth in subsection C2d of this section is used to provide the required parking. (Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992)
3. With the exception of situations where parking is the principal use on a parcel, parking shall not be permitted within front or corner side yards in the C1 district. (Ord. 03-2266, 10-27-2003)
D. Size Of Required Parking Spaces And Aisles:
1. The minimum size of off street parking spaces shall conform to the requirements established on table 4-3 of this chapter. Parking spaces may be shortened by two feet (2') with the approval of the department of code enforcement to allow for car overhang extending over a landscape area. Such parking spaces must be bounded by a continuous concrete curb which meets village standards. Spaces designated and marked for handicapped parking shall be at least sixteen feet (16') wide. (Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992; amd. Ord. 98-2064, 12-21-1998)
2. Any aisle providing access to required parking spaces shall be at least the width designated in table 4-3 of this chapter, based on the angle of parking provided and whether the aisle serves one or two (2) rows of parking spaces.
3. Enclosed parking spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet (7'). (Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992)
E. Design And Maintenance:
1. Off street parking facilities may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building, except in the SFA single-family attached district where they must be enclosed. (Ord. 03-2266, 10-27-2003)
2. A required off street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway. All off street parking facilities shall be provided with appropriate means of vehicular access to a public street or alley.
3. All open, off street parking areas, excluding driveways for single-family and two-family dwellings, shall be improved with a compacted macadam base not less than six inches (6") thick, or equal, and surfaced with not less than two inches (2") of asphaltic concrete or comparable hard surfaced, all weather, dustless material, as approved by the village engineer.
4. For any open, nonresidential off street parking area containing more than four (4) parking spaces, wheel stops of Portland cement concrete curbing not less than six inches (6") in height shall be placed two feet (2') into the required length of the space. (Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992)
5. Illumination of an off street parking area shall be arranged so as not to reflect direct rays of light into adjacent residential districts and streets so as not to create a nuisance. In no case shall such lighting cause more than one-half (0.5) foot-candle of light to fall on adjacent properties as measured horizontally at the lot line. (Ord. 03-2266, 10-27-2003)
6. Required off street parking facilities shall be solely for the parking of automobiles of patrons, occupants or employees. When bus transportation is provided for patrons, occupants or employees of a specific establishment, additional open or enclosed off street parking spaces for each bus to be parked on the premises shall be provided. (Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992)
7. Except for commercial commuter parking lots used in conjunction with automobile service stations, parking lots shall not be used for the storage of cars not in use in conjunction with the principal use of the lot. In the case of automobile service stations, cars awaiting repair may be stored on site for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. In no case shall accessory parking be used to store trucks, buses, or construction vehicles/equipment. (Ord. 93-1885, 12-20-1993)
8. No motor vehicle repair work of any kind, other than noncommercial repairs or repairs to one's own vehicle, shall be permitted in off street parking areas. Short term emergency road service is permitted.
9. Any landscaped area provided in a parking area shall not contain bare soil; any ground area shall be covered with mulch, grass, or other vegetative ground cover.
10. All parking lots shall be illuminated as needed to accommodate public safety in relation to the use being served.
F. Parking Lot Landscaping And Buffering Requirements: Off street parking areas shall be separated from the street and from abutting properties and landscaped in accordance with the requirements of section 10-4-9 of this chapter.
G. Parking Garages And Structures: All parking spaces contained within a multilevel garage, including basement and rooftop parking, are hereby designated as conditional uses in all districts and are subject to the provisions of section 10-3-14 of this ordinance. (Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992)
H. Commercial Commuter Parking Lots: All commercial commuter parking lots shall comply with the off street parking requirements, including parking lot landscaping and buffering requirements contained in this development control ordinance. (Ord. 93-1885, 12-20-1993)
Table 4-3
PARKING SIZE REQUIREMENTS
Parking Angle (Degrees)
|
Space Width Parallel To Aisle (Ft-In) |
Space Depth To Wall (Ft-In) | Wall To Wall (Ft-In) |
Module Aisle Width (Ft-In)
|
Parking Angle (Degrees)
|
Space Width Parallel To Aisle (Ft-In) |
Space Depth To Wall (Ft-In) | Wall To Wall (Ft-In) |
Module Aisle Width (Ft-In)
|
45 Degrees | 12' - 9" | 17' - 4" | 13' - 0" | 47' - 8" |
9' - 0" | ||||
60 Degrees | 10' - 5" | 19' - 0" | 17' - 0" | 55' - 0" |
9' - 0" | ||||
90 Degrees | 9' - 0" | 18' - 0" | 24' - 0" | 60' - 0" |
9' - 0" | ||||
Parallel Parking | 24' - 0" | 9' - 0" | 24' - 0" | n/a |
24' - 0" | ||||
Legend: | |
a Parking angle | d Aisle width |
b Space width | e Width parallel to aisle |
c Depth to wall or curb | f Wall to wall (curb to curb) |
(Ord. 92-1855, 12-14-1992)