A.    Use of Off-Street Parking Facilities. Off-street parking facilities in any residential zoned district in the City shall be used solely for the parking of: (i) passenger automobiles and other vehicles which are not commercial, industrial or business vehicles, having a gross vehicle weight rating of not to exceed ten thousand five hundred (10,500) pounds as rated by their manufacturer, (including pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans) and/or (ii) not to exceed one (1) commercial, business or industrial vehicle having a gross weight as rated by their manufacturer of not to exude ten thousand five hundred (10,500) pounds.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this paragraph of this subsection (A) of section 17.44.020 of the City's Municipal Code to the contrary, self-propelled vehicles designed or used as a tractor to pull one (1) or more semi-trailers shall not be allowed on off-street parking facilities in residential zoned districts except for reasonable periods of time necessary for loading or unloading for the use and benefit of the residential premises served.

    B.    1. Joint Parking Facilities. Off-street parking facilities for different buildings, structures or uses, or for mixed uses, may be provided collectively in any zoning districts in which separate off-street parking facilities for each constituent use would be permitted, provided that the total number of spaces so located together is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use.

    2.    C-1 and C-2 Districts Only. In the C-1 neighborhood business district, and C-2 general business district, joint parking facilities shall not be more than one hundred (100) feet from the lot on which the main building is located.

    In any other district, joint parking facilities shall not be more than three hundred (300) feet from the lot on which the main building is located.

    In any case, where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided and used, a written agreement thereto assuring their retention for such purposes shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by an attorney, and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.

    C.    Not more than fifty (50) percent of the parking spaces required for: (a) theaters, and places of amusement; and up to one hundred (100) percent of the parking spaces required for a church or school may be provided and used jointly by: (b) banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments, and similar uses not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as those listed in (a); provided, however, that written agreement assuring the retention for such purpose shall be properly drawn and executed by the parties concerned, approved as to form and execution by an attorney, and shall be filed with the application for a building permit.

    D.    Control of Off-Site Facilities. When required accessory off-street parking facilities are provided elsewhere than on the lot on which the principal use served is located, they shall be in the same possession, either by deed or long-term lease, as the property occupied by such principal use, and the owner shall be bound by covenants filed of record in the office of the county recorder, requiring the owner and his or her heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of off-street parking spaces during the existence of such principal use.

    E.    Permitted Districts for Accessory Parking.

    1.    Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the business zoned lot of the principal use served, in accordance with the requirements of this section, may be located in any other business zoned district.

    2.    No parking facilities used for the parking or storage of commercial, business or industrial vehicles having a gross vehicle weight as rated by their manufacturer of over ten thousand five hundred (10,500) pounds shall be located in a residential zoned district in the City.  Parking facilities used for the parking or storage of passenger automobiles or other vehicles which are not commercial, industrial or business vehicles, shall be allowed in a residential zoned district in the City.  Not to exceed one (1) commercial, business or industrial vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating as rated by their manufacturer of not to exceed ten thousand five hundred (10,500) pounds may be allowed to be parked there, as is allowed and provided for in Subsection "A" of Section 17.44.020 of the City's Municipal Code.

    F.    Design and Maintenance.

    1.    Parking Space--Description. A required off-street parking space shall be an area of not less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet nor less than ten feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long, being measured perpendicular to the sides of the parking space exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns or office and work areas, accessible from streets or alleys or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys and to be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles under one and one-half ton capacity. Aisles between vehicular parking spaces shall be not less than twelve (12) feet in width when serving automobiles parked at a forty-five (45) degree angle in one direction, nor less than twenty-four (24) feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicularly. Under any circumstances, parking areas shall have a minimum gross area of two hundred eighty (280) square feet per vehicle.

    2.    Measurement of Space. When determination of the number of required off-street parking spaces results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over one-half shall be interpreted as one parking space.

    3.    Access. Parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed twenty-five (25) feet in width.

    4.    Signs. Other than in the C-3 highway business district, no signs shall be displayed in any parking area except as may be necessary for the orderly use of the parking facilities. Signs are permitted, as provided for in the street graphics control ordinance, in the C-3 district parking area.

    5.    Striping. All parking spaces shall be properly marked by durable paint in stripes a minimum of four inches wide and extending the length of the parking space.

    6.    Required Setbacks. No parking spaces nor portion thereof established on a zoning lot without a building shall be located closer to any street line than the established building line on adjacent properties nor closer than the front yard setback required for the district in which the parking lot is located. Further, any wall, fence or hedge developed around any parking area shall be subject to the front yard setback requirements of this code in the same manner as a building or structure.

    7.    C-2 District Only. Except in the C-2 general business district where parking spaces shall be set back three feet from any property line abutting a public right-of-way, and parking spaces when established on a zoning lot adjacent to a residential use shall be set back three feet from that established property line.

    G.    Surfacing and Maintenance.

         Construction.  All off-street parking and loading areas in the City shall be surfaced with Portland cement concrete or asphaltic concrete, constructed and installed in accordance with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) standards in effect at time of reference. Notwithstanding applicable IDOT standards in effect at time of reference, if asphaltic concrete surfacing is used, its sub-base shall be compacted CA-6 stone of minimum of six (6) inches in thickness and the asphaltic concrete surfacing shall be a minimum of two (2) inches in thickness. Notwithstanding applicable IDOT standards in effect at time of reference, if Portland cement concrete is used, then the concrete shall be a minimum thickness of six (6) inches of unreinforced concrete with minimum compressive strength of three thousand five hundred (3,500) pounds per square inch (PSI) and no aggregate sub-base shall be required.  In determining the compacted base and paving, the owner/developer (utilizing the recommendation of a duly licensed Illinois professional engineer) shall take into account the volume and type of motor vehicle traffic that will be utilizing the parking area or loading area and the weight bearing properties required for the contemplated usage of the parking area or loading area.  The owner/developer shall submit one (1) set each of the construction plans for the proposed parking areas and loading areas, prepared by a duly Illinois licensed professional engineer, to the City's Engineering Consultant and the City's Building Commissioner/Ordinance Administrator, which plans shall be suitably designed for the facility's intended use.  Said standards for off-street parking and loading areas are the minimum standards the City may allow for off-street parking and loading areas in the City.

     Maintenance.  Off-street parking and loading areas in the City shall be maintained in a clean, dustless and orderly condition, free of surface defects.

     Enforcement.  In the event off-street parking and/or loading areas in the City are not constructed and maintained as provided in this code, the City's Building Commissioner/Ordinance Administrator is hereby authorized to prohibit the use of the parking and/or loading area which is in violation of this code until the violation is cured by proper construction, maintenance, repair or replacement.    

    H.    Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from all adjoining properties.

    I.    Stormwater. Adequate stormwater drainage facilities shall be installed in order to insure that stormwater does not flow onto abutting property or abutting sidewalks in such a way or quantity that pedestrians using the sidewalk would be detrimentally affected or inconvenienced. The municipal engineer shall approve all such facilities. (Ord. 1715 § 1, 1999; Ord. 743 § 1 (part), 1989: prior code § 40-10-3(B))