§ 7. Off-street loading and off-street parking.

A.

Off-street loading. In connection with any building or structure which is to be erected or substantially altered, and which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise trucks or similar vehicles, there shall be provided off-street loading berths having no less than the minimum requirements specified in this section.

1.

Location. All required loading berths shall be located on the same lot as the use to be served and no portion of the vehicle shall project into a street or alley. In manufacturing districts, no loading berth for vehicles of more than two-ton capacity shall be located less than 50 feet from any residential district.

2.

Size. A required off-street loading berth shall be at least ten feet in width by at least 50 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have vertical clearance of at least 14 feet, except in a M-2 district an open off-street loading berth which is in existence on the effective date of this ordinance and located within a front yard or a side yard adjoining a street may be not less than 27 feet in length and at least ten feet in width.

3.

Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements, and shall be subject to approval of the zoning administrator of the Town of Cicero.

6.

Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted macadam base not less than seven inches thick or equal, surfaced with not less than two inches of asphaltic concrete or some comparable all weather, dustless material.

7.

Repair and service. No storage of any kind nor motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted within any required loading berth.

8.

Space allowed. Space allowed to any off-street loading berth shall not while so allocated be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.

9.

Required loading berths. For the uses here listed, loading berths shall be provided as specified:

a.

Auditorium; banks, business and professional offices or public administration buildings; bowling alleys; hospitals, schools, colleges, sanitariums, and other similar institutional uses; and hotels or private clubs and lodges. For such a building containing 10,000 to 100,000 square of floor area or fraction thereof in such a building, one loading berth. For each additional 100,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in such a building, one additional loading berth.

b.

Manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, warehousing, storing, cleaning, servicing, testing, and repairing establishments. For such a building containing 5,000 to 40,000 square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For such a building containing 40,000 to 100,000 square feet of floor area, two loading berths plus one additional loading berth for each additional 100,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.

c.

Retail stores, shopping centers, furniture and appliance stores, household equipment and furniture stores, repair shops, wholesale stores, and establishments handling the sale and consumption of food on the premises. Loading berths in accordance with the following schedule:

Square Feet of Floor Area	Minimum Number
5,000—10,000	1
10,000—25,000	2
25,000—40,000	3
40,000—100,000	4

 

For each additional 100,000 square feet of floor are or fraction thereof in such a building, one additional loading berth.

d.

Theaters. For such a building containing 8,000 to 25,000 square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional 50,000 square feet of floor are or fraction thereof, one additional loading berth.

e.

Other uses. Off-street loading berths shall be provided in accordance with requirements determined by the town board based upon requirements heretofore set forth for the most similar case.

B.

Off-street parking. Any off-street parking space in connection with existing building or structure on the effective date of this ordinance shall be removed, enlarged, or altered except in conformance with the requirements of this ordinance.

In connection with any building or structure which is to be erected or substantially altered, and which requires off-street parking spaces, there shall be provided such off-street parking space in accordance with regulations set forth hereinafter: For the purpose of this section, "substantially altered" shall mean one or more of the following:

a.

A change in the use of building or structure;

b.

Converting a building or structure into a "Conversion Condominium" as defined in the Condominium Property Act. 765 ILCS 605/1 et seq.;

c.

Any change extending the useful life of a building or structure;

d.

Any remodeling or renovation of existing building or structures which increase the value of the building or structure by five percent of its pre-construction equalized assessed valuation ad determined by the Cook County Assessor; or

e.

Opening or reopening a business in any building or structure, or portion of a building or structure which has been vacant for three years. (Ord. No. 314-99, 11-9-1999; Ord. No. 93-00, 4-11-2000)

1.

Use. Except as may otherwise be provided for the parking of trucks or special uses; required accessory off-street parking facilities required as accessory to uses listed herein, shall be solely for the parking of passenger automobiles of patrons, occupants, or employees.

2.

Location. Parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served except use other than single or two-family dwellings which are in existence on the effective date of this ordinance, and which are subsequently altered or enlarged; and new use in the C-2 commercial district and M-1, M-2 or M-3 manufacturing districts may be served in accordance with requirements of this ordinance by parking facilities located on land zoned in the same manner other than the lot on which the building or use served in located; provide such facilities locate on land zoned in the same manner other than the lot on which the building or use served is located; provided such facilities are located within 300 feet walking distance from the main entrance to the use served.

3.

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

4.

Collective provisions for nonresidential uses. Off-street parking facilities for separate use may be provided collectively if the total number of space so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements of each such use; and if all regulations governing the location of accessory parking spaces in relation to the use served are observed. But no parking space or portion thereof, shall serve as the required space for more than one use unless otherwise authorized in accordance with this ordinance.

5.

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

6.

Size. Except when located in manufacturing districts and in parking garages that contain over 50 stalls and are located in R-1 single-family residential districts, as set forth below, a required off-street parking space shall be at least ten feet in width and at least 20 feet in length, exclusive of access drivers, aisles, ramps, columns, and office or work areas. In manufacturing districts with controlled access, the size of any off-street parking space may be reduced to eight and one-half feet in width and 19 feet in length, however, such space shall have vertical clearance of at least seven feet. Off-street parking spaces in parking garages that contain over 50 stalls and are located in R-1 single-family residential districts shall be no smaller than eight and one-half feet in width and no smaller than 19 feet in length. (Ord. No. 97-07, § 3.01, 9-11-2007)

7.

Access. Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle, or a driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space.

Each parking area, regardless of the number of spaces shall have vehicular access to it over a street, or driveway, containing all weather, hard-surfaced pavement and the location and route of access to such a parking area shall be identified.

No driveway across public property shall have a width exceeding 28 feet exclusive of curb returns; except driveways for shopping centers the width of which may exceed 28 feet but shall not exceed 50 feet.

The zoning board of appeals may grant a variation in driveway widths from that of 28 feet to that of 35 feet and permitting access to a public alley upon a public hearing and finding of facts in the procedures as set forth in this ordinance.

A variation can only be granted when the zoning board of appeals establishes the following:

a.

That the variation will not conflict with any state requirements.

b.

That the variation can only be granted a major street.

c.

That the variation is necessary to protect the public safety and welfare.

8.

In yards. Off-street parking spaces may be located in yards except required front yards and side yards adjoining a street; except that in a M-1 manufacturing district, parking shall be permitted in front yards subject to the following provisions:

a.

The parking area must be blacktopped.

b.

Cement wheel stops must be constructed.

c.

The area is not to exceed 32 feet in depth as extended from the front of the building to the street.

d.

All maintenance and snow removal must be done by the owner.

e.

Access to said parking places must be obtained through ramps to aisles and not over the curbing or provided parkway.

f.

The owner is to be responsible for any replacement or blacktop to said parking area necessitated by the town's repair of underground facilities.

9.

Open and enclosed parking spaces. Accessory parking spaces located on the same lot as occupied by the use served may be open to the sky or enclosed in a building. Accessory parking spaces located elsewhere than on the same lot occupied by the use shall be open to the sky.

10.

Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas shall be improved with a compacted gravel or stone base, or equal, not less than four inches thick, and surfaced with all-weather, dustless material, in accordance with specifications established by the zoning administrator.

11.

Screening and landscaping. All open automobile parking areas containing more than four parking spaces shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining or fronting on any residential or any institutional property by a wall of fence not less than five feet high or more than six feet high, or a densely planted, compact hedge not less than five feet in height; and wheels stops of masonry, steel, or heavy timber shall be placed not nearer than five feet from, the street line in districts where a front yard is not required, or from side lot lines.

12.

Lighting. Illumination of an off-street parking area shall be arranged so as not to reflect direct rays of light into adjacent residential districts and streets.

a.

Detailed drawings are to be submitted with respect to the lighting of all parking areas containing eight or more spaces. Said drawing shall be submitted at the time application is made for a building permit in R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning districts. If a parking area containing less than eight spaces, when added to a contiguous are of parking which would result in a total area of more than eight spaces, said drawings shall be required.

b.

In any residential district where there is continuous strip parking with common entrances and aisles totaling eight spaces or more, lighting shall be required as in an R-2, R-3 and R-4 district.

c.

Said drawings shall show location of light supports (which may be affixed directly to the building), direction of light beams, heights, and number of lights.

d.

Light beams shall be directed so as not to affect or disturb adjacent properties or traffic on adjacent streets. Parking lots in R-2, R-3, and R-4 districts shall be illuminated from sunset to sunrise and shall be triggered with photoelectric cells or other automatic means as approved by the zoning administrator.

13.

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

a.

Single-family dwellings. At least two parking spaces.

b.

Two-family dwellings. At least three parking spaces.

c.

Multiple family dwelling. At least one and one-half parking spaces for each dwelling unit, except in an R-4 district where only one space per unit is required.

d.

Hotels and apartment hotels. At least five parking spaces plus one for each three separate lodging rooms.

e.

Boarding and lodging houses. At least two parking spaces; and one parking space for each three persons for whom living accommodations are provided.

f.

Private Clubs and Lodges. At least two parking spaces; and one parking space for each four seats in accordance with the design capacity of the main meeting room, provided that the main meeting room has a maximum capacity of at least 200 people and one parking space for each seven seats in accordance with the design capacity of the main meeting room, provided that the main meeting room has a maximum capacity of less than 200 people.

g.

Motor motels, tourist homes or tourist courts. At least five parking spaces, plus one for each dwelling unit or lodging room.

h.

Schools, elementary or junior high—public or private. Two parking spaces per classroom.

i.

Schools, high or colleges—public or private. At least one parking space for each five students.

j.

Churches and Religious Assemblies and Institutions. At least one parking space for each four seats, provided that the church or religious assembly or institution has a maximum capacity of at least 200 people and at least one parking space for each seven seats, provided that the church or religious assembly or institution has a maximum capacity of less than 200 people.

k.

School and Institutional Auditoriums. At least one parking space for each two persons employed on the premises, and an additional parking space for each four seats, provided that the school or institutional auditorium has a maximum capacity of at least 200 people and an additional parking space for each five seats, provided that the school or institutional auditorium has a maximum capacity of less than 200 people.

l.

Theaters. At least one parking space for each four seats in the theater, provided that the theater has a maximum capacity of at least 200 people and at least one parking space for each five seats in the theater, provided that the theater has a maximum capacity of less than 200 people.

m.

Hospitals and nursing homes. At least one parking space for each three hospital beds, plus one parking space for each four employees, other than doctors—plus one parking space for each two doctors assigned to the staff.

n.

Libraries and museums. At least one parking space for each 1,000 square feet of the floor area.

o.

Recreational Buildings or Community Centers. At least one parking space shall be provided for each three employees, plus one parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area in the building for all recreational buildings or community centers owned and/or operated by the Town or that have a maximum capacity of less than 200 people, and at least one parking space for each four seats in the main auditorium or meeting room of the recreational building or community center, provided that the main auditorium or meeting room has a maximum capacity of at least 200 people.

p.

Medical and dental clinics. At least three parking spaces for each examining or treatment room, plus one for each doctor and one for each employee in the building.

q.

Public utility and public service uses. At least one parking space for each three employees, plus spaces in adequate number as determined by the zoning administrator to serve the visiting public.

r.

Establishment handling the sale and consumption on the premises of good and refreshment. At least one parking space for each 150 square feet of floor area.

s.

Bowling alleys. At least five and one-fourth parking spaces for each alley which includes affiliated uses, such as restaurants, bars, etc.

t.

Bank, savings and loans and financial institutions. At least one parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

u.

Business and professional offices or public administration buildings. At least one parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area.

v.

Automobile service stations. At least one parking space for each employee, plus two for each service stall.

w.

Furniture and appliances stores, motor vehicle sales, wholesales stores, store for repair of household equipment or furniture. At least one parking space for each 600 square feet of floor area.

x.

Undertaking establishments and funeral parlors. At least ten parking spaces for each chapel or parlor, plus one parking space for each funeral vehicle maintained on the premises.

y.

Retail stores. At least one parking space for each 150 square feet of floor area.

z.

Manufacturing, fabricating, and processing plants not engaged in retail trade. At least one parking space for each two employees, as related to the working period when the largest number of employees are employed on the premises.

aa.

Warehouse and storage establishments and freight terminals. At least one parking space for each two employees or 2,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is the greater number of spaces.

bb.

Other Uses. Parking spaces on the same basis as required herein for the most similar use, as determined by the Zoning Administrator. If there is more than one use located at the same structure there must be an adequate number of parking spaces for each use, subject to Section 7, Subsection B.e.4 of An Ordinance Establishing Zoning Regulations for the Town of Cicero, Illinois. Notwithstanding the foregoing, meeting halls and meeting places, including buildings primarily devoted to religious worship, auditoriums and theaters, which have a maximum capacity of at least 200 people shall have at least one parking space for each four seats. The foregoing requirement shall not apply to buildings owned and/or operated by the Town.

cc.

Shopping centers. At least one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.

dd.

Senior assisted living center. Senior assisted living centers—at least one parking space for each seven residents plus one parking space for each three employees.

(Ord. No. 87-97, 7-15-1997; Ord. No. 86-08, § 3.00, 9-9-2008)