In all districts and in connection with every
use, there shall be provided at the time any use or building is erected,
enlarged, extended, or increased off-street parking stalls for all
vehicles in accordance with the following:
A. Access. Adequate access to a public street shall be
provided for each parking space, and driveway openings shall be at
least 10 feet wide for one- and two-family dwellings and a minimum
of 16 feet for all other uses.
B. Size. Size of each parking space shall be not less
than 180 square feet exclusive of the space required for ingress and
egress.
C. Location. Location to be on the same lot as the principal
use or not over 400 feet from the principal use. No commercial or
industrial parking stall or driveway shall be closer than 25 feet
to a residential district lot line or a street line opposite a residential
district.
D. Surfacing. All off-street parking areas shall be graded
and surfaced so as to minimize dust and be properly drained. Any parking
area for more than five vehicles shall have the aisles and spaces
clearly marked.
E. Curbs. Curbs or barriers shall be installed so as
to prevent the parked vehicles from extending over any lot lines.
F. Number of stalls. Number of parking stalls required
are shown in the following table:
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Use
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Minimum Parking Required
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Single-family dwellings and mobile homes
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2 stalls for each dwelling unit
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Multiple-family dwellings
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2 stalls for each dwelling unit
|
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Hotels and motels
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1 stall for each guest room plus 1 stall for
each 2 employees
|
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Hospitals, dormitories, clubs, lodges, sororities,
dormitories, lodging houses and boardinghouses
|
1 stall for each 2 beds plus 1 stall for each
3 employees
|
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Sanitariums, institutions, rest homes and nursing
homes
|
1 stall for each 5 beds plus a stall for each
3 employees
|
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Medical and dental clinics
|
3 stalls for each doctor
|
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Churches, theaters, auditoriums, community centers,
vocational and night schools, and other places of public assembly
|
1 stall for each 4 seats
|
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Colleges and secondary and elementary schools
|
1 stall for each 2 employees plus 1 stall for
each 5 students of 16 years of age or more
|
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Restaurants, bars, clubs and lodges and places
of entertainment
|
1 stall for each 3 seating accommodations
|
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Retail and service stores and repair shops
|
1 stall for each 150 square feet of floor area
|
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Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories
and warehouses
|
1 stall for every 3 employees; number of employees
shall be construed to mean the maximum number on the premises at one
time
|
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Financial institutions, businesses and government
and professional offices
|
1 stall for each 200 square feet of floor area
|
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Funeral homes
|
1 stall for each 100 square feet in the main
assembly area plus 1 stall for each vehicle used with the business
|
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Bowling alleys
|
4 stalls for each alley
|
G. Combined uses. Combinations of any of the above uses
shall provide the total of the number of stalls required for each
individual use.
H. Handicapped parking requirements. In addition to any
other requirements relating to parking spaces contained in these ordinances,
the provisions contained in §§ 101.13, 346.503 and
346.56, Wis. Stats., and any Wisconsin Administrative Code sections
adopted pursuant thereto, are hereby adopted by reference and made
applicable to all parking facilities whenever constructed.
I. Reduction of parking space. Off-street parking space
required under this section may be reduced at a time when the capacity
or use of a building is changed in such a manner that the new use
or capacity would require less space than before the change. Such
reduction, however, shall not be below the standards as set forth
in this section.
J. Unspecified uses and mixed occupancies. In the case
of a use not specifically mentioned in this section, the requirements
for off-street parking facilities shall be the same as for the uses
listed in this section which, in the opinion of the Plan Commission,
shall be deemed most similar. In the case of mixed uses, the parking
facilities required shall be the sum of the requirements for the various
individual uses computed separately in accordance with this section.
K. Parking areas development and maintenance. Every parcel
of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area shall be
developed and maintained by the owner in accordance with the following
requirements: Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles
shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces
premises situated in any residential district by a fence of acceptable
design wall or compact hedge. Such fence, wall or hedge shall not
be less than four feet in height and no solid portion shall be more
than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition.
The space between such fence, wall or hedge and the side lot line
adjoining premises in any residential district shall be landscaped
with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover and maintained
in good condition.
All driveways installed, altered, changed, replaced
or extended after the effective date of this chapter shall meet the
following requirements:
A. Islands between driveway openings shall be provided
with a minimum of 12 feet between all driveways and six feet at all
lot lines.
B. Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall be
at least 10 feet wide at the property line for residential properties
and a minimum of 16 feet wide at the property line for all other uses
but shall not exceed 24 feet at the property line and 30 feet at the
curb opening.
C. Vehicular entrances and exits to drive-in theaters,
banks, and restaurants; motels; funeral homes; vehicular sales, service,
washing and repair stations; garages or public parking lots shall
be not less than 200 feet from any pedestrian entrance or exit to
a school, college, university, church, hospital, park, playground,
library, public emergency shelter, or other place of public assembly.