Village of Warrensburg, IL Off-Street Parking and Loading

Off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles shall be provided in accordance with the regulations set forth hereinafter:

Use. Accessory off-street parking facilities required as accessory to uses listed herein shall be solely for the parking of vehicles of patrons, occupants or employees. (When bus transportation is provided for patrons, occupants or employees of a specific establishment, additional open or enclosed off-street parking spaces for each bus to be parked on the premises shall be provided in accordance with the regulations hereafter for access, in yards, design and maintenance and area in accordance with the size of the buses.)

Computation. When determination of the number of off-street parking spaces required by this article results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of 1/2 or less may be disregarded while a fraction in excess of 1/2 shall be counted as one parking space.

Collective provision. Off-street parking facilities for separate uses may be provided collectively if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each such use and provided that all regulations governing location of accessory parking spaces, in relation to the use served, are adhered to. Further, no parking spaces or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise authorized by the Board in accordance with procedures set forth herein in Article XXI, Zoning Variances, of this chapter.

Area. A required off-street parking space shall be at least 10 feet in width and 20 feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or office work areas. Enclosed, covered parking spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.

Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or driveway of such width and design as 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 which will least interfere with traffic movement. No driveway across public property at the right-of-way line shall exceed a width of 25 feet.

In yards. Off-street parking spaces, open to the sky, may be located in any yard except a front yard and a side yard adjoining a street, except as specified in § 980-9. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking spaces shall be subject to applicable yard requirements.

Design and maintenance.

(1)

Open, covered and enclosed parking spaces. Accessory parking spaces may be open to the sky, covered by roofing or enclosed in a building.

(2)

Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas containing four or more parking spaces shall be improved with a compacted base and a permanent wearing surface as approved by the designated Village Engineer. Further, these parking areas shall be graded, tiled and drained so as to dispose of all surface water without causing a nuisance to surrounding property owners.

(3)

Screening and landscaping. All open or covered parking areas containing more than four parking spaces, located less than 40 feet from a property line, shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any property situated in a residential zone or any institutional premises by a uniformly finished wall, fence or densely planted compact hedge, not less than four feet in height, maintained in good condition. Chain-link (except with 100% slatting), any form of barbed wire or other wire or mesh fences shall not be considered to be effective screening.

(4)

Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be directed away from residential properties in such a way as not to create a nuisance; and in a parking area containing 40 or more parking spaces, such lighting shall be extinguished 1/2 hour after the close of business except as may otherwise be permitted or required by the Board for maintaining illumination with less candle-power after the time specified above.

(5)

Repair and service activities. No commercial motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with any parking facilities. No gasoline or motor oil shall be sold in conjunction with any accessory parking facilities unless such accessory parking facilities are enclosed in a building, in which case gasoline and motor oil may be sold within such building to the users of said accessory parking facilities, provided that no sign advertising the sale of same is visible from outside, and provided further that all gasoline pumps shall be effectively screened from view from the public way.

Location. All parking spaces required to serve buildings or uses erected or established after the effective date of this chapter shall be located on the same lot as the building or use served. Buildings or uses existing on the effective date of this chapter which are subsequently altered or enlarged so as to require the provision of parking spaces under this chapter or new uses established in any Business Zone may be served by parking facilities located on land other than the lot on which the building or use served is located, provided such facilities are within 300 feet walking distance of a main entrance to the use served, and provided that a special parking lot permit is obtained, as required under § 980-12C.

Employee parking. Parking spaces required on an employee basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time.

Maximum number of spaces. The total number of accessory parking spaces provided for a single-family, two-family or multiple-family dwelling shall not exceed that required by this article for such use or for an equivalent new use by more than 50% or four spaces, whichever number is greater.

Required spaces. Off-street parking spaces accessory to designated uses shall be provided as follows:

[Amended 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764]

Use	Required Spaces
Dwelling and Lodging Uses
Hotels and apartment hotels	At least 1 parking space for each 3 separate lodging rooms and 1 parking space for each dwelling unit in an apartment hotel
Lodging houses	At least 2 parking spaces plus 1 parking space for each 3 lodging rooms
Motels, tourist homes or tourist courts	At least 1 parking space for each dwelling unit and 1 parking space for each sleeping room
Multiple-family dwellings	At least 2 parking spaces for each dwelling unit
Single-family dwellings	At least 2 parking spaces for each dwelling, plus 1 additional parking space for each 2 roomers or lodgers accommodated; but no more than 4 parking spaces for each single-family dwelling
Tourist camps or parks	Automobile parking spaces equal in number to the number of trailers permitted shall be provided
Two-family dwellings	2 parking spaces for each dwelling unit
School, Institution, Auditorium, or Other Places of Assembly Uses
Colleges, junior colleges and universities	1 parking space for each 6 students, based upon the maximum number of students that can be accommodated in accordance with design capacity
Convalescent homes, nursing homes, rest homes, institutions for the care of the aged and for children and sanitariums	1 parking space for each 4 beds, plus 1 parking space for each 2 employees (other than staff doctors), plus 1 parking space for each doctor assigned to the staff
Fraternity houses, sorority houses and dormitories in conjunction with colleges, junior colleges and universities	1 parking space for each 3 active members or dormitory residents, plus 1 parking space for the manager
Gymnasiums, stadiums and grandstands	1 parking space for each 6 seats or for each 108 inches of seating space
Hospitals	At least 1 parking space for each 2 hospital beds, plus 1 parking space for each 2 employees, other than staff doctors, plus 1 parking space for each doctor assigned to the staff
Libraries and museums	At least 1 parking space for each 800 square feet of floor area
Medical and dental clinics	At least 3 parking spaces for each examining or treatment room, plus 1 for each doctor and employee in the building
Meeting halls, convention halls and exhibition halls	Not less than the number of parking spaces equal to 30% of the maximum number of people that can be accommodated in accordance with design capacity
Private clubs and lodges	At least 1 parking space for each lodging room and 1 parking space for each six seats in accordance with design capacity of the main meeting room
Schools; commercial or trade, and music, dance or business	1 parking space for each 2 employees, plus 1 space for each 5 students, based on the maximum number of students that can be accommodated in accordance with design capacity
Schools; high, public or private	At least 1 parking space for each 7 students in accordance with design capacity of the building
School and institutional auditoriums	At least 1 parking space for each 2 persons employed on the premises, and an additional parking space for each 6 seats or for each 108 inches of seating space in the main auditorium or assembly hall
Schools, nursery, elementary or junior high	At least 1 parking space for each 3 faculty members and other full-time employees
Auditoriums (other than incidental to a school), arenas, race tracks of all kinds or other places of assembly	Parking spaces equal in number to 30% of the capacity in persons shall be provided
Recreational Uses, Commercial or Noncommercial
Bowling alleys	At least 7 parking spaces for each alley, plus such additional spaces as may be required herein for affiliated uses such as restaurants and the like
Health salons, swimming pools, skating rinks and dance halls, commercial	At least 1 parking space for each 3 persons, based upon the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time in accordance with design capacity, and 1 parking space for each 3 employees
Parks, recreation areas or community centers, private, semi-public or public	At least 1 parking space for each 3 employees, plus spaces in adequate number as determined by the Village Board to serve the visiting public
Business, Commercial and Manufacturing Uses
All business and commercial establishments except those specified hereafter	At least 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area
Automobile laundries	1 parking space for each 3 employees, plus 1 space for the owner or manager; and in addition, reservoir parking spaces equal in number to 5 times the maximum capacity of the automobile laundry for automobiles awaiting entrance to the automobile laundry; "maximum capacity" in this instance shall mean the greatest number possible of automobiles undergoing some phase of laundering at the same time
Gasoline stations	At least 1 parking space for each employee, plus 2 for each service stall
Banks	At least 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area
Business, professional and administration or service office buildings	At least 1 parking space for each 2 persons employed based upon the designed maximum employee capacity of the building
Cartage, express, parcel delivery and freight terminal establishments	At least 1 parking space for each 2 employees as related to the working period when the maximum number of persons are employed on the premises, and 1 parking space for each vehicle maintained on the premises
Establishments handling the sale and consumption on the premises of food and refreshment	At least 1 parking space for each 3 persons based upon the maximum number of persons that can be accommodated at the same time in accordance with the design capacity
Furniture and appliance stores, motor vehicle sales, wholesale stores, stores for repair of household equipment or furniture	At least 1 parking space for each 400 square feet of floor area
Production, processing, assembly, cleaning, servicing, testing or repairing of materials, goods or products	At least 1 parking space for each 3 employees, as related to the working period when the maximum number of persons are employed on the premises
Theaters	At least 1 parking space for each 6 seats up to 400 seats, plus 1 parking space for each 4 seats over 400
Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors	At least 8 parking spaces for each chapel or parlor, plus 1 parking space for each funeral vehicle maintained on the premises
Warehouse, storage, wholesale and mail order establishments	At least 1 parking space for each 2 employees
Miscellaneous Uses
Planned developments	Parking spaces shall be provided on the basis of the required spaces for each individual use
Public utility and public service uses	At least 1 parking space for each 2 employees, plus spaces in adequate number as determined by the Board to serve the visiting public
Other Uses	Parking spaces for other permitted or special uses not listed above shall be provided in accordance with requirements designated by the Board.