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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - MC-85-343 - 08/07/1985 - Zoning Off-street parking and loadingORDINANCE NO. MC-85-343 AN ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MCHENRY, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Article XVI of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of McHenry, Illinois be and the same is hereby amended by repealing the present provisions of said Article XVI and by substituting in the place thereof the following provisions: ARTICLE XVI. OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING The purpose of this Article is to promote the establishment of adequate off-street parking facilities in order to alleviate traffic problems and engender public safety and convenience. Compliance with the provisions of this Article shall be required in all districts. A. APPROVAL OF PARKING PLAN When off-street parking facilities are required under this Article, the pl ans for such facil ities shall be submitted to the Building and Zoning Officer for review of the proposed grading and drainage structures related to the control and removal of storm water, and for general compliance with this Article. A Building Permit or Certificate of Compliance shall not be issued until the Building and Zoning Officer reviews recommendations and approves the plan with changes, if any. B. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS All off-street parking facilities shall be used solely in conjunction with the building or use to be served by the parking facility. The duty to provide and maintain an off-street parking area shall be the responsibility of the owner or operator of the use which requires the off-street parking area. When an existing use requiring parking spaces under this Ordinance is enlarged, expanded or changed, parking spaces shall be provided for the increment of expansion as if the increment were a separate use. For all uses established or placed into operation after the effective date of this ordinance, the amount of off-street parking space set forth in this Article shall be provided. All off-street parking spaces, whether provided in accordance with the provisions of this or former ordinances, shall be continued to be provided and shall be maintained as required in this Article. Parking spaces for all types of uses may be provided in either garage or open parking areas conforming with the provisions of this Article. C. LOCATION OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES In all districts, parking facilities shall be located on the same or contiguous lot or lots with the building they are required to serve. Enclosed buildings and carports containing off-street parking shall be subject to applicable yard requirements. In all districts, unroofed parking space may be located in the required front yard. However, not more than fifty (50) percent of the area of the required front yard may be developed as parking space and, except in Single Family Districts, an unobstructed space of at least ten (10) feet shall be left along the lot l i ne . Unroofed parking space may be located in a required side or rear yard, but only if an unobstructed space of at least ten (10) feet is left along the lot line in all districts except Single Family Districts. -2- D. COMBINING OF PARKING AREAS When two (2) or more uses on the same lot or parcel require off-street parking space, such space may be combined and used jointly. However, when parking space is combined and used jointly, the parking space shall be adequate in area to provide the sum total of off-street parking space requirements of all such uses. E. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS After the effective date of this Ordinance, every parcel of land used as a public or private parking area, commercial parking lot, or automobile sales lot, and every off street parking space or area in all Districts except Single Family Districts shall be designed, developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements: The parking area shall be graded for proper drainage and provided within one year of the date of issuance of a building permit, a paved blacktop, sealcoat, or concrete surface to the satisfaction of the City and maintained in such manner as to be free of dust, trash, and debris. The volume of storm water run-off shall be controlled so as not to exceed that which existed in the natural state. The parking area shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such manner as to minimize interference with traffic movement. It shall be provided with entrances and exits not less than twelve (12) feet in width and not more than twenty-five (25) feet in width. When such parking areas or lots abut upon adjacent residential properties, there shall be provided a wall or solid screen planting of appropriate shrubs to a height of not less than four (4) feet, along the entire boundary, common to both the residential and parking areas. Walls or solid screen planting to a height of not less than four (4) feet shall also be placed along the street line where a parking lot abuts upon a street which provides access to adjacent residential properties. Lights used to illuminate such parking lots shall be so arranged as to reflect lighting away from the adjoining premises in the -3- residential district. For any use which requires twenty (20) or more parking spaces, space and facilities shall be provided for the parking of bicycles. Al off-street parking areas shall provide parking spaces designed and reserved for handicapped persons as follows: one (1) for each fifty (50) spaces for the first one hundred (100) spaces (minimum of 1 space required); one (1) space per one hundred (100) spaces thereafter. The parking area shall be provided with wheel guards, bumper guards or curbs so as to prevent the parked vehicles from extending beyond the outside perimeter of the parking area. When off-street parking for fifty (50) or more vehicles is required, a minimum of 10% of the entire surface area of the parking lot shall be maintained as landscaped open space. The parking area shall be designed such that 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. No aisle designed for two-way traffic shall be less than twenty-four (24) feet in width. The following minimum design standards shall be observed in laying out off-street parking facilities: Parking Stall Aisle Parking Stall Curb to Angle Width Width Depth Curb 0° to 15° 9 ft. 12 ft. 23 ft. 30 ft. 16° to 37° 10 ft. 11 ft. 19 ft. 47 ft. 380 to 570 10 ft. 13 ft. 19 ft. 54 ft. 580 to 740 10 ft. 18 ft. 19 ft. 61 ft. 750 to 900 10 ft. 24 ft. 19 ft. 63 ft. All spaces shall have a minimum vertical clearance of seven (7) feet. -4- F. SPACE REQUIRED The required off-street parking spaces for a particular use shall be determined by the following minimum requirements: When units of measurement result in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction shall require one (1) additional parking space. When the number of employees is used in a calculation of required parking spaces, the maximum number of employees who will be working at one time shall be used. 1. Financial institutions shall have one (1) parking space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area, plus two (2) parking spaces for every three (3) employees. In addition, each drive - in banking window shall have a stacking requirement of five (5) spaces. The required stacking space shall not be located in an access aisle if the presence of vehicles in queque would prohibit parked vehicles from being readily removed. In addition, no required stacking spaces shall be permitted upon the publlic right-of-way. 2. Businesses or professional offices, and buildings not specifically mentioned elsewhere in this Article, shall have one (1) parking space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area. 3. Churches or places of worship shall have one (1) parking space per three (3) seating spaces. 4. Convalescent, nursing, and other health homes and institutions shall have one (1) visitor parking space per four (4) patient beds, two (2) parking spaces per three (3) employees, plus one (1) parking space per staff doctor. 5. Hospitals shall have one (1) visitor parking space per two (2) patient beds, plus two (2) parking spaces per three (3) employees, plus one (1) parking space per staff doctor. 6. Hotels and motels shall have one (1) parking space per room or suite, plus two (2) parking spaces per three (3) employees. 7. Industrial, manufacturing, warehouse, and wholesale establishments shall have one (1) parking space per two employees. 8. Clinics (medical, chiropractic, veterinar- ian) shall have six (6) parking spaces per staff doctor, plus two (2) parking spaces for every three (3) other employees. -5- 9. Funeral Homes shall have twenty-five (25) parking spaces on the premises, plus five (5) spaces for each area which can be used as a parlor. 10. Private clubs and lodge halls shall have one (1) parking space per three persons based on the design capacity of the facility. 11. Recreational businesses shall have one ( 1 ) parking space per three (3) patrons, based on the design capacity of the facility. 12. Residential structures and residential dwelling units in Commercial structures shall have two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit. In addition, there shall be one ( 1 ) visitor parking space for very three (3) dwelling units. 13. Restaurants, taverns, and lounges shall have one (1) parking space per fifty (50) square feet of floor area. 14. Retail sales and personal service shops shall have one ( 1 ) parking space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor space. 15. Private schools shall have parking spaces as follows: A. Elementary and junior high schools shall have one (1) parking space for each teacher and other employee. B. Senior high schools, colleges and universities shall have one ( 1 ) parking space for each teacher and other employee, plus one (1) parking space per five (5) students. C. Nursery schools shall have one (1.) parking space for each teacher and other employee, plus one (1) off-street loading space per eight pupils. D. If a school has an auditorium or assembly hall which may be used by persons other than students of the school, the parking requirements set forth under "theaters, auditoriums, and places of assembly" shall be used to fulfill the parking requirements of the school, provided the parking spaces are located near both uses. E. Commercial and trade schools shall have two (2) parking spaces per five (5) students, plus two (2) parking spaces per three (3) employees. IM 16. Theaters, auditoriums, and places of assembly shall have one (1) visitor parking space per each three seating spaces designed for the structure. 17. Residential Alternatives for the Developmentally Disabled shall have one (1) visitor parking space per six (6) developmentally disabled residents, plus two (2) parking spaces per three (3) employees. G. OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE All uses involving receipt or distribution of goods by motor vehicle shall have space on the premises for the pickup, service and delivery vehicles necessary for normal daily operation. These spaces shall be in addition to any required off-street parking space. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a ten (10) foot by twenty-five (25) foot loading space, with fifteen (15) feet height clearance. A minimum of one such space shall be provided for each structure in the Industrial Park District and "I-1" Heavy Industrial District. H. PARKING OF ROAD TRACTORS, SEMI -TRAILERS, DUMP TRUCKS AND CERTAIN OTHER VEHICLES PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN AREAS. The parking of any road tractor, semi -trailer, dump truck, transporter, tow truck, farm tractor, implement of husbandry, bus or earth moving vehicle is prohibited in all Single Family Districts, Multi -Family Districts, Condominium Districts, and Commercial Districts. The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply in Commercial Districts where the principal use of the premises is for (1) automobile sales and service shop, (2) garages or lots, public or private, for storage of automobiles, trucks or buses, (3) trailer sales, or (4) uses customarily incidental to the principal use of such premises; nor shall the prohibition apply to prompt and expeditious loading and unloading operations, nor to such vehicles which are then in use at the specific site undergoing construction, maintenance or repair pursuant to a permit issued by the City. SECTION 2. That Article XX of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of McHenry, Illinois be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following additional provision: "The provisions of this Article relating to discontinuance, termination and change of non -conforming uses shall not apply to off-street parking, provided, however, that the pre -November 5, 1951 conditions of any subject premises do not permit greater compliance with the requirements of Article XVI; where such conditions permit greater compliance with the requirements of Article XVI, such compliance shall be implemented." SECTION 3. That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of McHenry, Illinois be and it is hereby amended by deleting all references therein to Superintendent of Public Works and by substituting in the place thereof the position of Building Officer. SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense committed on each day during, or on which, a violation occurs or continues. SECTION 5. All ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict with the terms and provisions hereof, be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be published in pamphlet form —by and under the authority of the corporate authorities of the City of McHenry, Illinois. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be in full force andn effect from and after its passage, approval and publ icatio in pamphlet form, as provided by law. PASSED t h i s7th day of August , 1985. AYES: Bolger, Lieder, McClatchey, Nolan, Serritella, Smith, Snell, Teta NAYS : None ABSTAINED: None ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None APPROVED this 7th day of August 1985. Loe MA OR ATTEST: CITY CLERK 10