A.
No obstructions such as signs, structures, parked vehicles, fences
or vegetation shall be permitted in any district between the heights
of 2 1/2 feet and 10 feet above the plane through the mean curb
grades within the triangular space formed by a fifteen-foot setback
from the intersection of the two street right-of-way lines, except
for the B1 Central Business District.
B.
For collector and arterial streets intersecting with other collector
or arterial streets or railways, the corner cutoff distances establishing
the triangular vision clearance space shall be increased to 50 feet.
In all districts, except Business B1, adequate loading areas
shall be provided so that all vehicles loading, maneuvering, or unloading
are completely off the public right-of-way and so that all vehicles
need not back onto any public right-of-way.
Size and location. Each loading space shall be not less than
12 feet in width, 35 feet in length, and have a minimum vertical clearance
of 14 feet, and may occupy all or any part of any required yard.
|
Uses
|
Square Feet of Floor Area*
|
Required Off-Street Loading Spaces
|
|---|---|---|
|
School
|
—
|
1
|
|
Hospital
|
Under 10,000
|
1
|
|
From 10,000 to 30,000
|
1
| |
|
For each additional 30,000 or major fraction thereof
|
1 additional
| |
|
Funeral Home
|
—
|
1
|
|
Office, hotel retail, service, wholesale, warehouse manufacturing,
processing or repairing uses
|
Under 10,000
|
1
|
|
From 10,000 to 25,000
|
1
| |
|
From 25,001 to 40,000
|
2
| |
|
From 40,001 to 60,000
|
3
| |
|
From 60,001 to 100,000
|
4
| |
|
For each additional 50,000 or major fraction thereof
|
1 additional
|
|
NOTES:
| |
|
*
|
See § 690-9 for definitions.
|
In all districts except B1 and in connection with every use,
there shall be provided, at the time any use of building is erected,
enlarged, extended, or increased, off-street parking stalls for all
vehicles in accordance with the following:
A.
Size of each parking space shall be not less than 180 square feet
(10 feet by 18 feet) exclusive of the space required for ingress and
egress.
[Amended 10-10-2022 by Ord. No. 1945-22]
B.
Location to be on the same lot as the principal use. No parking stall
or driveway except in a residential district shall be closer than
10 feet to a residential district lot line or a street line opposite
a residential district.
C.
Surfacing. All off-street parking areas shall be hard-surfaced with
either hot mix or cold mix asphalt or concrete and shall be properly
drained so as not to create either a hazard or nuisance on either
private or public property. Any parking lot for five or more vehicles
shall have the aisles and spaces clearly marked. In the extraterritorial
area, parking lots may be excepted from these requirements if they
do not contribute to sedimentation of ditches, culverts and road surfaces
or are otherwise hazardous or a nuisance.
D.
Number of parking stalls required are 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
|
|
Hotels, motels
|
1 stall for each guest room, plus
|
|
1 stall for each 3 employees
| |
|
Hospitals, clubs, lodges, dormitories, lodging houses and boardinghouses
|
1 stall for each 2 beds, plus
|
|
1 stall for each 3 employees
| |
|
Sanitariums, institutions, rest homes 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, auditoriums, community centers, vocational
and night schools, and other places of public assembly
|
1 stall for each 5 seats
|
|
Colleges, secondary and elementary schools years of age or more
|
1 stall for each 2 employees, plus
|
|
1 stall for each 10 students of 16
| |
|
Commercial, retail, restaurants, bars, places of entertainment,
stores
|
1 stall for each 200 square feet of building area accessible
to the public
|
|
Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories, and warehouses
|
1 stall for each 2 employees
|
|
Financial institutions, business, government and professional
offices
|
1 stall for each 300 square feet of floor area
|
|
Funeral homes
|
1 stall for each 4 seats
|
|
Bowling alleys
|
5 stalls for each alley
|
|
NOTES:
| |
|
*
|
See § 690-9 for definitions.
|
E.
Uses not listed. In the case of structures or uses not mentioned,
the provision for a use that is similar shall apply.
F.
Combinations of any of the above uses shall provide the total of
the number of stalls required for each individual use.
G.
Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall
be arranged to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any
residential district and streets.
H.
During a site plan review, parking waiver reductions shall be reviewed
by the Plan Commission as follows:
(1)
The applicant made a good-faith effort to provide as many parking
spaces as possible on the site, on other property under the same ownership,
or through joint-use provisions; or
(2)
That there is a surplus of on-street or public spaces in the area
that can accommodate the generated parking demand; or
(3)
That the applicant can provide evidence that the minimum parking
required is excessive for the proposed business.
(4)
The requested waiver is the smallest possible reduction of parking
spaces that would accommodate the proposed use.
(5)
Adjacent or nearby properties will not be adversely affected.
(6)
The applicant proposes to add bicycle and/or pedestrian walkway facilities
in lieu of some required auto parking spaces.
[Added 12-31-2015 by Ord.
No. 1821-16]
I.
Parking lot landscaping.
[Added 11-25-2019 by Ord.
No. 1893-19]
(1)
Parking lots or additions to existing parking lots, located in residential,
commercial, or industrial districts are to be landscaped around the
perimeter. Landscaping can be accomplished with a variety of plants
and berms. A variety of tree heights, shrubs and planting materials
shall be incorporated into the design to provide visual interest,
provided that said trees do not interfere with public utilities.
(2)
Tree islands, new parking lots. Tree islands, along with other landscaping
within open, off-street parking areas, shall be designed to help control
circulation of cars and pedestrians, identify entrances and exits,
provide reference points for locating cars in large lots, give summer
shade to people and cars, furnish open ground for drainage and snow
storage, camouflage, soften and improve the appearance of large parking
lots, provide environmental and aesthetic benefits and be a positive
asset to a shopping area or a business establishment. Any parking
lot or parking lot addition constructed after this chapter's effective
date that contains all of the following: more than one aisle, two
or more rows of parking stalls, and an area of 15,000 square feet
or more shall provide and maintain in that area constructed after
this chapter's effective date, canopy-type shade trees hardy to this
region in tree islands totaling not less than 3% of the surfaced parking
area constructed after this chapter's effective date. The minimum
size of each tree island shall be not less than 162 square feet. The
Zoning Administrator or Plan Commission shall review a drawing of
the perimeter or islands indicating the size, type and location of
the islands, the plant materials, the protection afforded the plantings,
including curbing, staking and mulching, and provisions for maintenance.
Preserving existing trees is encouraged and shall be a factor in considering
the proposal.
[Amended 1-8-2018 by Ord.
No. 1857-18]
A.
Driveways for one- and two-family dwellings shall be a minimum of
10 feet wide and a maximum of 24 feet wide. Two-family residential
properties may have a single driveway up to 48 feet wide.
B.
Driveways for commercial and industrial uses shall not exceed 35
feet in width.
C.
Driveways for commercial and industrial uses may exceed 35 feet in
width if approved by the Plan Commission. The applicant shall show
evidence of hardship, and the extended width shall be the minimum
needed.
D.
Islands between driveway openings in new developments shall be provided
with a minimum of 12 feet between all driveways and six feet at all
lot lines.
E.
All driveways shall be hard-surfaced with either hot mix or cold
mix asphalt or concrete and shall be properly drained so as not to
create either a hazard or nuisance on either private or public property.
In the extraterritorial area, driveways may be excepted from these
requirements if they do not contribute to sedimentation of ditches,
culverts and road surfaces or are otherwise hazardous or a nuisance.
[Added 12-31-2015 by Ord.
No. 1821-16]
All commercial, industrial, multifamily, and mixed-use developments
that require parking areas of 50 or more spaces shall provide an internal
pedestrian walkway(s). The walkway shall be marked, separated and/or
constructed of materials distinguishable from the driving surface
with a minimum width of five feet to and between or among the following
areas, unless modified by the Plan Commission:
