The off-street parking provisions of this chapter shall apply
to all buildings and structures erected after the effective date of
this chapter. Accessory parking shall be according to the provisions
of this article; where an intensity of the use of any building structure
or premises shall be increased, additional parking to match the increased
intensity of use shall be provided; or wherever an existing building
or structure is converted to a new use, parking shall be provided
according to the requirements of the new use. All new nonresidential
parking lots and all alterations of existing lots shall be subject
to the approval of the Town Administrator. Requests for said parking
lots shall be accompanied with detailed plans on landscaping, parking
layout, drainage provisions and driveway locations. In all districts,
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 sections.
Each off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle
or driveway designed to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular
access to such parking space. All off-street parking facilities shall
be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street
or alley in a manner that will least interfere with traffic movement.
[Amended 9-15-2008]
Each parking space shall not be less than 180 square feet in
area, 18 feet in length and 10 feet in width, nor less than nine feet
wide, exclusive of aisles and access drives. No parking area shall
be designed as to require any vehicle to back into a public street.
Any parking area of more than five spaces shall be sufficiently screened
in the form of a solid fence or shrubbery to protect adjacent residential
uses. Large expanses of unchanneled parking areas shall be avoided
by interior landscaping and safety islands.
A.
All parking spaces required shall be located on the same lot with
the building or use served, or may be located not to exceed 400 feet
from the principal use. "Park and ride" lots or shuttle parking lots
will be the exception to this rule.
B.
Off-street parking is permitted in all yards of all districts, except
in the non-driveway front yards of single-family and duplex residential
districts, but shall not be closer than five feet to a nonresidential
side lot line or rear lot line or closer than 15 feet to a right-of-way.
No parking space or driveway, except in residential districts, shall
be closer than 25 feet to a residential district lot line.
C.
Off-street parking in the single-family and duplex districts is permitted
in the front yard in the driveway, even though closer than five feet
to a side lot line.
D.
There shall be no customary storage of any sports vehicle, boat,
trailer, utility trailer, camper or any like business or recreational
vehicle in the required front yard of any residential district.
E.
No person may offer more than three motor vehicles per year for sale
on a recurrent basis in any residential district.
All off-street parking areas, except a single parking space
accessory to a single-family dwelling, shall be surfaced with a dustless
all-weather material capable of carrying a wheel load of 40,000 pounds
(normally, a two-inch blacktop on a four-inch base). Compacted stone
or gravel may be used only with the approval of the Planning Commission.
Minimum number of parking stalls required are shown in the following
table:
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Single-family dwelling and mobile homes
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2 stalls for each dwelling unit
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Multifamily dwellings
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1.5 stalls for each dwelling unit
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Hotels, motels
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1 stall for each guest room plus 1 stall for each 3 employees
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Hospitals, clubs, lodges, and boarding houses
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1 stall for each 2 beds plus 1 stall for each 3 employees
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Sanitariums, institutions, rest and nursing homes
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1 stall for each 5 beds plus 1 stall for each 3 employees
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Medical and dental clinics
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3 stalls for each doctor
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Churches, theaters, auditoriums, community centers, vocational
and night schools and other places of public assembly
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1 stall for each 3 seats
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Colleges, secondary and elementary schools
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1 stall for each employee
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Restaurants, bars, places of entertainment, repair shops, retail
and service stores
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1 stall for each 150 square feet of area
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Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories and warehouses
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1 stall for each employee per shift
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Financial institutions; business, governmental and professional
offices
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1 stall for each 300 square feet of floor area
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Funeral homes
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1 stall for each 100 square feet of floor space
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Bowling alleys
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5 stalls for each alley
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Bed-and-breakfast establishments
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1 off-street stall for each guest room
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Large merchandise retail (hardware, furniture, appliances)
[Added 10-13-2008] |
1 stall for each 300 square feet of retail floor area
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In the case of structures or uses not mentioned, the provision
for a use, which is similar, shall apply, as determined by the Planning
Commission.
In addition to any other requirements relating to parking spaces
contained in this chapter, 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.
Whenever a building or use is changed, structurally altered
or enlarged to create a need for an increase of 25% or more in the
number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on
the basis of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use
is enlarged to the extent of 50% or more in the floor area, said building
or use shall then comply with the parking requirements set forth in
the district in which it is located.
Signs located in parking areas necessary for orderly operation
of traffic movement shall be permitted in addition to others permitted
in this chapter.
Off-street parking spaces shall not be reduced in numbers unless
said number exceeds the requirement set forth herein.
