Subject to the limitations of this article and §
22-18 of this chapter, off-street parking is permitted as an accessory use in all districts. Off-street parking as a principal use is permitted only when expressly authorized by the regulations applicable to the district.
Every parking lot and garage shall be designed, constructed,
and maintained in accordance with the standards and requirements herein
set forth:
A. Location on lot. Off-street parking spaces may be provided on surface lots, underground, under a building, or in parking structures. Parking lots, areas and garages shall comply with the yard requirements made applicable to them by the regulations of the district in which they are located. See §
22-18 for additional regulations concerning the off-street storage of vehicles in residential districts.
B. Screening and landscaping. All parking lots and garages shall comply with the screening and landscaping requirements set forth in Article
IX of this chapter.
C. Design.
(1) Access to street.
(a)
Least interference. All parking lots, areas and garages shall
be so located and designed as to provide access to adjacent streets
with the least interference with through traffic movements.
(b)
Return radii. Driveways shall have a return radii of 20 feet
at the point of access to the street.
(c)
Driveways. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
driveways serving single-family dwellings and driveways providing
direct access from a parking lot to a street (and not serving as a
circulation aisle) may traverse any required yard. The surface area
of any such driveway from a parking lot to a street shall not exceed
an area calculated by multiplying the width of the driveway times
the depth of the required yard times a factor of 1.5.
(d)
Curb cut width. No curb cut across public property shall exceed
30 feet in width without the written approval of the Zoning Administrator.
(e)
Access across separate zoning lot. No such principal access
to an adjacent street shall be provided through a zoning lot other
than the zoning lot on which the parking lot is located, except that
a secondary access across a permanent, recorded access easement may
be provided in the form and substance satisfactory to the Village
Attorney.
(2) Turnaround area. Every parking lot or garage, other than a parking
lot or garage accessory to a single- or two-family dwelling, shall
be provided with a turnaround area or other means to permit cars to
exit the parking lot or garage without backing onto any street or
sidewalk.
(3) Surface; drainage; marking. Every off-street parking lot and garage
serving new residential and commercial structures shall be surfaced
with bituminous or portland cement concrete pavement or other durable,
dustless surface. All parking surfaces shall be graded and drained
to dispose of surface water accumulation by means of a positive stormwater
drainage system connected to a public storm sewer system. Except for
surfaces designed to serve single- and two-family dwellings, individual
stalls shall be clearly identified by painted markings four inches
to six inches in width.
(4) Lighting. Fixed lighting shall be provided in all parking lots and
garages accommodating more than 10 vehicles. Such lighting shall be
so arranged as to prevent direct glare of beams onto any public or
private property or streets by the use of luminaire cutoffs. All lighting
shall be reduced to security levels at all times of nonuse.
(5) Tree planting area. Trees located within planting islands in paved
areas shall have a minimum landscaping area of at least 36 square
feet of surface area and a depth sufficient to allow the bottom of
the tree ball to be planted with a washed gravel layer at the bottom
of the tree planting area to allow proper drainage. If the soil is
impervious, then a drainage pipe shall connect the tree planting area
to a drainage structure.
(6) Car stops. Every parking lot and garage, except parking lots and
garages accessory to single- and two-family dwellings, shall be provided
with curbs, car wheel stops, guardrails, barrier fences, or other
suitable devices designed and located to protect required screening
devices, landscaping, and structures from damage by vehicles using
such lot or garage. This provision shall not construed to require
car wheel stops for every parking space, but only in those cases where
the Zoning Administrator determines that such stops are necessary
or desirable to achieve the purposes of this subsection.
(7) Circulation aisles. Each parking space, except spaces accessory to
single- and two-family dwellings, shall be accessed by a circulation
aisle of a width, in feet and inches, as specified below:
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Parking Angle
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One-Way Aisle Width
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Two-Way Aisle Width
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Parallel
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12' 0"
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24' 0"
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45°
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12' 6"
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24' 0"
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60°
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14' 6"
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24' 0"
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90°
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22' 6"
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24' 0"
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(8) Tandem spaces. No parking spaces shall be designed in tandem so that
ingress to or egress from one space is blocked by a second space,
except for spaces accessory to single-family or multiple-family dwelling
units.
(9) Backup area. Each parking space, except spaces accessory to single-family
and two-family dwellings, shall be provided with sufficient backup
area to permit egress in one maneuver, consisting of one backward
and one forward movement, and shall be designed so that no vehicle
is required to back up onto any street.
(10)
Space dimensions.
(a)
Each off-street parking space, excluding its associated circulation
aisle, shall have the following minimum dimensions, in feet and inches:
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Parking Angle
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Stall Width
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Stall Length
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Stall Height
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Parallel
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8' 0"
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20' 0"
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6' 8"
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45°
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9' 0"
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17' 6"
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6' 8"
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60°
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9' 0"
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19' 0"
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6' 8"
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90°
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9' 0"
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18' 0"
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6' 8"
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(b)
The above-stated stall width dimensions shall be increased to
16 feet for required handicapped parking spaces or to the width required
under applicable state law, whichever is greater.
(c)
The above-stated stall dimensions shall be reduced by 1/2 foot
in length and 1/2 foot in width for commuter parking lots and structures.
(11)
Maintenance. All tree planting areas, parking lots, garages,
and areas shall be properly maintained at all times so as to be free
of potholes, broken curbs and other damaged or neglected features.
No off-street parking lot or garage shall be used for any purpose
other than the temporary storage of motor vehicles related to the
premises. The storage of merchandise and the sale or commercial repair
of vehicles are prohibited.
For the following uses, the following minimum number of off-street
parking spaces or stacking spaces shall be provided:
A. Residential:
(1) Multiple-family dwellings: one for each efficiency dwelling unit,
plus two for each one- or two- bedroom dwelling unit, plus three for
each three- or more bedroom dwelling unit, plus one for each 20 spaces
required by this subsection.
(2) Single-family dwellings: three for each dwelling unit.
(3) Senior citizen housing: one for each dwelling unit, plus one for
each two employees.
(4) Staff dwellings: one for each two rooming units.
(5) Transitional service facilities: one for each three beds, plus one
for each licensed practitioner, not including nurses and assistants,
plus one for each additional two employees.
B. Retail trade:
(1) All retail trade uses not otherwise listed: one for each 200 square
feet of net floor area.
(2) Gasoline service stations, not including mini marts: three for each
service bay, plus one for each employee.
(3) Car washes: five stacking spaces leading to each washing rack or
bay, plus one parking space for each employee.
(4) Eating and drinking places: one for each two employees, plus one
for each three persons of design capacity.
(5) Drive-in facilities: six stacking spaces leading to each drive-in
window.
C. Finance, insurance, and real estate: one for each 250 square feet
of net floor area.
D. Business and professional offices: all uses except as otherwise listed
in this subsection, as follows:
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Gross Square Footage
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Required Spaces
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0 to 10,000
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1 for each 250 square feet of net floor area
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10,001 to 50,000
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1 for each 275 square feet of net floor area
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50,001 to 100,000
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1 for each 300 square feet of net floor area
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100,001 or more
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1 for each 335 square feet of net floor area
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E. Services:
(1) All services not otherwise listed: one for each 250 square feet of
net floor area.
(2) Hotels and other lodging places: one for each lodging room, plus
one for each 200 square feet of net floor area devoted to affiliated
meeting, lobby, recreational, and administrative uses, plus parking
for affiliated eating and drinking places as herein specified.
(3) Motion-picture theaters: one for each three persons of design capacity.
(4) Bowling and billiard establishments: five for each lane, plus two
for each table.
(5) Physical fitness facilities: one for each three persons of design
capacity.
(6) Membership sports and recreation clubs: one for each three persons
of design capacity.
(7) Health service offices: one for each 175 square feet of net floor
area.
(8) Nursing and personal care facilities: one for each three beds, plus
one for each licensed practitioner, not including nurses and assistants,
plus one for each additional two employees.
(9) Hospitals: one for each two beds, plus one for each active practitioner,
not including nurses and assistants, plus one for each additional
two employees.
(10)
Elementary schools: one for each two employees or one for each
15 students, whichever is greater.
(11)
Secondary schools: one for each five students or one for each
three persons of auditorium design capacity, whichever is greater,
plus one for each employee.
(12)
Libraries and information centers: one for each 250 square feet
of public area, plus one for each three persons of auditorium design
capacity.
(13)
Vocational schools, except correspondence schools: one for each
200 square feet of net floor area.
(14)
Child day-care services: one for each employee, plus one for
each 10 children or three for each 1,000 square feet of net floor
area, whichever is greater.
(15)
Museums and art galleries: one for each 250 square feet of public
area, plus one for each three persons of auditorium design capacity.
(16)
Undertaking and funeral establishments: 25 for first chapel
or parlor, plus 10 for each additional chapel or parlor.
(17)
Public parks: none for the first acre, plus five for each additional
acre up to five acres, plus five for each acre in excess of five acres,
plus one for each five persons of design capacity of any structure
or facility located in the park.
(18)
Golf courses, including all related facilities: 80 for each
nine holes.
(19)
Membership organizations: one for each 250 square feet of net
floor area or one for each four persons of auditorium design capacity,
whichever is greater.
F. Public administration: one for each 250 square feet of net floor
area or one for each three persons of design capacity, whichever is
greater.
G. Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories, and warehouses:
one for each two employees.
H. Uses conducted outside structures: all uses except as otherwise specifically
listed: one space for each 1,500 square feet of outdoor area devoted
to such use, plus spaces as above required for any aspect of the use
conducted within a structure.