All new parking lots and all alterations of existing lots shall be subject to the approval of the Village Board. Requests for said parking lots shall be accompanied with detailed plans on landscaping, parking layout, drainage provisions and driveway locations. In all districts, except those areas which are located in a fire district as designated on the Official Map, 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.
B. Design standards. Each required off-street parking space shall have a stall width of at least nine feet and a stall length of at least 17 feet, or 153 square feet in area, excluding access drives. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least 6 1/2 feet. Minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls for one-way traffic shall be as follows: aisles shall be not less than 24 feet wide for ninety-degree parking, 18 feet wide for sixty-degree parking, 15 feet wide for forty-five-degree parking (angle shall be measured between center line of parking space and center line of aisle), and 12 feet wide for parallel parking. For parallel parking, the minimum length of the parking space shall be increased to 23 feet. No parking area of more than two spaces 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.
C. Location.
(1) Off-street parking is permitted in side and rear yards of all districts but shall not be closer than five feet to a side lot line, nor closer than 10 feet to a street right-of-way.
(2) Off-street parking in the R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Residential Districts is permitted in the front yard on a paved driveway, provided the driveway conforms to the requirements in Chapter
245, Driveways and Culverts, of this Code, and such parking does not intrude into a required vision triangle.
D. Surfacing. All open 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 4,000 pounds (normally, a two-inch blacktop on a four-inch base or five inches of portland cement will meet this requirement). Any parking area for more than five vehicles shall have the aisles and spaces clearly marked.
E. Landscaping requirements.
(1) Landscaping. All public and private off-street parking areas which serve five vehicles or more and are created or redesigned and rebuilt subsequent to the adoption of this chapter shall be provided with accessory landscape areas totalling not less than 10% of the surfaced area. The minimum size of each landscape area shall not be less than 100 square feet.
(2) Location. Location of landscape areas, plant materials, protection afforded the plantings, including curbing, and provision for maintenance by the property owner shall be subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator.
(3) Plans. All plans for such proposed parking areas, at the discretion of the Zoning Administrator, shall include a topographic survey or grading plan which shows existing and proposed grades and location of improvements. The preservation of existing trees, shrubs, and other natural vegetation in the parking area may be included in the calculation of the required minimum landscape area.
(4) Special residential requirements. Those parking areas for five or more vehicles, if adjoining a residential use, shall be screened from such use by a solid wall, fence, evergreen planting of equivalent visual density, or other effective means, built and maintained at a minimum height of five feet. Where a solidly constructed decorative fence is provided along the interior lot line, the minimum setback for the parking area shall be five feet from said lot line. Said fence shall be located a minimum of one foot from said lot line.
(5) Street setback area. No parking shall be permitted between the street right-of-way line and the building setback line prevailing in the zone in which the proposed parking area is to be located. The resulting open area shall be planted in grass or otherwise landscaped to create a permanent green area.
F. Use restrictions.
(1) Repair and service. No major motor vehicle repair work or extensive service of any kind shall be permitted in association with unenclosed parking facilities provided in residence districts. Disabled vehicles shall be removed from parking areas.
(2) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties and public streets in such a way as not to create a nuisance. However, in no case shall such lighting exceed three footcandles measured at the lot line.
G. Number of stalls. Number of parking stalls required for newly created parking lots is shown in the following table:
Use | Minimum Parking Required |
|---|
Single-family dwellings and mobile homes | 2 stalls for each dwelling unit |
Multifamily dwellings | 1.5 stalls for each dwelling unit |
Housing for the elderly | 0.75 stall for each dwelling with 1/2 of these stalls to be built before occupancy and the balance of which stalls shall be reserved until such time as the Village Board may order them installed |
Group and retirement homes | 1 stall for each 4 beds, plus 1 stall for each 3 employees |
Mobile home park | 2 stalls |
Travel trailer parks and campgrounds | 1 stall per trailer or camp site plus 0.5 stall per unit at convenient locations |
Hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfast establishments | 1 stall for each guest room, plus 1 stall for each 3 employees |
Sororities, lodges, clubs, dormitories, rooming and boarding houses | 1 stall for each bed, plus 1 stall for each 3 employees |
Institutions, clubs, rest and nursing homes | 1 stall for each 5 beds, plus 1 stall for each 3 employees |
Medical and dental clinics | 3 stalls for each doctor |
Churches, theaters, community centers, vocational and night schools, and other places of public assembly | 1 stall for each 6 seats |
Secondary and elementary schools, junior and senior high schools, and other educational facilities | 1 stall for each 2 employees, plus 1 stall for each 5 students 15 years of age or older |
School gyms, auditoriums, stadiums | 1 stall for each 8 seats |
Restaurants, bars, places of entertainment, repair shops | 1 stall for each 200 square feet of floor area |
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 |
Funeral parlors | 5 stalls for each chapel or parlor, plus 1 stall for each 2 employees |
Financial institutions; business, government and professional offices | 1 stall for each 400 square feet of floor area and 1 stall for each 2 employees |
Motor vehicle sales (new and used) | 1 stall for each 600 square feet of floor area used, plus 1 stall for each 900 square feet of outdoor display area for each motor vehicle to be displayed (this requirement does not include service stations; see below) |
Automobile repair garages and service stations | 1 stall for each employee, plus 1 stall for each 250 square feet of floor area used for repair work |
Bowling alleys | 5 stalls for each alley |
Central Business District establishments | 1 stall for each 300 square feet of floor area per establishment or 1 stall for each 400 square feet of aggregate floor area in an integrated parking lot |
Retail shops, sales and service stores | 1 stall for each 400 square feet of floor stall used to display products |
H. Uses not listed. In the case of structures or uses not mentioned, the provision for a use which is similar shall apply. Floor space or area shall mean the gross floor area inside the exterior walls, where floor space is indicated above as a basis for determining the amount of off-street parking required.
I. Handicapped parking requirements. 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.
J. Changes in buildings or use. Whenever a building or use is changed, structurally altered or enlarged to create a need for an increase of 50% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change.
K. Off-lot parking.
(1) Required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot with the principal use, or when this requirement cannot be met, such parking spaces may be located off-lot, provided the parking spaces are located in the same district. Off-lot parking spaces shall also be held in fee simple ownership by the owner of the use requiring such parking or be leased or rented through a written agreement satisfactory to the Village Attorney.
(2) Off-lot parking spaces for residential uses shall be within 300 feet of the principal entrance or the entrance for the individual occupants for whom the spaces are reserved while the farthest portions of a parking lot for all other uses shall be within 300 feet of the entrance of the establishment.
(3) Accessory parking may be located in residential districts, provided that said lots or property is immediately adjacent to a commercial, business or industrial zoning district.
(4) All off-street parking lots adjoining lots zoned for residential use shall have a minimum setback of 10 feet from any interior lot line, except if the adjoining lot is used for legally conforming parking purposes.