A.
On a corner lot in all zoning districts, no fence, wall hedge, planting
or structure shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow
in such a manner as to obstruct vision between a height of 2 1/2
feet and 10 feet above the center-line grades of the intersecting
streets in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots
and a line joining the points along said street lines 25 feet from
the point of intersection.
B.
In the case of arterial streets intersecting with other arterial
streets or railways, the corner cutoff distances establishing the
triangular vision clearance space shall be increased to 50 feet.
A.
Loading space requirements. On every lot on which a new business,
trade or industrial use is hereafter established, space with access
to a public street or alley shall be provided as indicated below for
the loading and unloading of vehicles off the public right-of-way:
|
Use
|
Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Loading Space
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Retail, wholesale warehouse, service, manufacturing, and industrial
establishments
|
2,000 to 10,000
10,000 to 20,000
20,000 to 40,000
40,000 to 60,000
Each additional 50,000
|
1
1
2
3
1
| |
|
Motels, schools, offices, hospitals, places of public assembly
|
50,000 to 10,000
10,000 to 50,000
50,000 to 100,000
Each additional 25,000
|
2
2
2
1
| |
|
Funeral homes
|
2,500 to 4,000
4,000 to 6,000
Each additional 10,000
|
1
1
1
|
B.
Multiple or mixed uses. Where a building is devoted to more than
one use or for different uses and where the floor area for each use
is below the minimum required for a loading space but the aggregate
floor area of such uses is above such a minimum, then off-street loading
space shall be provided as if the entire building were devoted to
that use in the building for which the most loading spaces are required.
C.
Location. Required off-street loading spaces shall be located on
the same lot with the principal use requiring such space. No loading
space shall be located within 30 feet of the nearest point of intersection
of two streets or require any vehicle to back into a public street.
D.
Design standards. Each off-street loading space shall have a width
of at least 12 feet, a length of at least 40 feet, and a vertical
clearance of at least 15 feet. Dimensions for loading spaces in connection
with funeral homes shall be reduced to 10 feet in width, 25 feet in
length, and eight feet in vertical clearance. All loading berths shall
be completely screened from residential properties by building walls
or a uniformly painted solid fence, wall or door, or any combination
thereof, not less than eight feet in height.
E.
Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with
a compacted gravel base, not less than seven inches thick, surfaced
with not less than two inches of asphalt or treated with some comparable
all-weather dustless material.
F.
Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any
kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided
in any residence district.
G.
Utilization. Space allocated 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.
H.
Central loading. Central loading facilities may be substituted for
loading berths on the individual zoning lots, provided the following
conditions are fulfilled:
(1)
Each zoning lot served shall have direct access to the central loading
area without crossing streets or alleys at grade.
(2)
Total berths provided shall meet the requirements based on the sum
of the several types of uses served. (Areas of types of uses may be
totaled before computing number of loading berths.)
(3)
No zoning lot served shall be more than 300 feet removed from the
central loading area.
(4)
The tunnel or ramp connecting the central loading area with the zoning
lot served shall not be less than seven feet in width and have a clearance
of not less than seven feet.
All new parking lots and all alterations of existing lots shall
be subject to the approval of the Town Board. Requests for said parking
lots shall be accompanied with detailed plans on landscaping, parking
layout, drainage provisions and driveway locations. In all districts,
except those areas which are located in a fire district as designated
on the Official Map, there shall be provided at the time any use or
building is erected, enlarged, extended or increased off-street parking
stalls for all vehicles in accordance with the following:
A.
Access. Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for
each parking space.
B.
Design standards. Each required off-street parking space shall have
a stall width of at least nine feet and a stall length of at least
18 feet. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least 6 1/2
feet. Minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls for one-way
traffic shall be as follows: Aisles shall be not less than 24 feet
wide for 90° parking, 18 feet wide for 60° parking, 15 feet
wide for 45° parking (angle shall be measured between center line
of parking space and center line of aisle), and 12 feet wide for parallel
parking. For parallel parking, the minimum length of the parking space
shall be increased to 23 feet. No parking area of more than two spaces
shall be designed as to require any vehicle to back into a public
street. Any parking area of more than five spaces shall be sufficiently
screened in the form of a solid fence or shrubbery to protect adjacent
residential uses. Large expanses of unchanneled parking areas shall
be avoided by interior landscaping and safety islands.
C.
Location. Off-street parking is permitted in all yards of all districts,
except in the front yards of single-family and two-family residence
districts, but shall not be closer than five feet to a side lot line,
right-of-way line or rear lot line.[1]
D.
Surfacing. All open off-street parking areas, except a single parking
space accessory to a single-family dwelling, shall be surfaced with
a dustless all-weather material capable of carrying a wheel load of
4,000 pounds (normally a two-inch blacktop on a four-inch base or,
in the alternative, five inches of portland cement will meet this
requirement). Any parking area for more than five vehicles shall have
the aisles and spaces clearly marked.
E.
Landscaping requirements.
(1)
Landscaping. All public and private off-street parking areas which
serve five vehicles or more and are created or redesigned and rebuilt
subsequent to the adoption of this chapter shall be provided with
accessory landscape areas totaling not less than 10% of the surfaced
area. The minimum size of each landscape area shall not be less than
100 square feet.
(2)
Location. Location of landscape areas, plant materials, protection
afforded the plantings, including curbing and provisions for maintenance
by the property owner, shall be subject to review by the Zoning Administrator/Permit
Issuer.
(3)
Plans. All plans for such proposed parking areas, prior to submission
to the Town Board for approval, shall include a topographic survey
or grading plan which shows existing and proposed grades and locations
of improvements. The preservation of existing trees, shrubs and other
natural vegetation in the parking area may be included in the calculation
of the required minimum landscape area.
(4)
Special residential requirements. Those parking areas for five or
more vehicles if adjoining a residential use shall be screened from
such use by a solid wall, fence, evergreen planting of equivalent
visual density, or other effective means, built and maintained at
a minimum height of five feet. Where a solidly constructed decorative
fence is provided along the interior lot line, the minimum setback
for the parking area shall be five feet from said lot line. Said fence
shall be located a minimum of one foot from the said lot line.
(5)
Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any
kind shall be permitted in association with unenclosed parking facilities
provided in residence districts.
(6)
Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas
shall be directed away from residential properties and public streets
in such a way as not to create a nuisance. However, in no case shall
such lighting exceed three footcandles measured at the lot line.
F.
Number of stalls. Number of parking stalls required for newly created
parking lots are shown in the following table:
|
Use
|
Minimum Parking Required
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Single-family dwellings and mobile homes.
|
2 stalls for each dwelling unit
| |
|
Multifamily dwellings
|
2 stalls for each dwelling unit
| |
|
Housing for the elderly
|
0.75 space for each dwelling with 1/2 of these spaces to be
built before occupancy and the balance of which spaces shall be reserved
until such time as the Town Board may order them installed
| |
|
Hotels, motels
|
1 stall for each guest room plus 1 stall for each 3 employees.
| |
|
Sororities, lodges, clubs, dormitories, rooming houses and boardinghouses
|
1 stall for each bed plus 1 stall for each 3 employees
| |
|
Institutions, rest 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, community centers, vocational and night
schools, and other places of public assembly
|
1 stall for each 5 seats
| |
|
Secondary and elementary schools
|
1 stall for each 2 employees plus 1 stall for each student auto
permitted
| |
|
Restaurants, bars, places of entertainment, repair shops, retail
and service stores
|
1 stall for each 100 square feet of retail floor area, plus
1 stall per employee
| |
|
Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories and warehouses
|
1 stall for every 3 employees; number of employees shall be
construed to mean the maximum number on the premises at one time
| |
|
Financial institutions, business, government and professional
offices
|
1 stall for each 200 square feet of floor area and 1 stall for
each 2 employees
| |
|
Motor vehicle sales (new and used)
|
1 space for each 500 square feet of floor area used plus 1 space
for each 300 square feet of outdoor display area for each motor vehicle
to be displayed (This requirement does not include service garages.)
| |
|
Automobile repair garages and service stations
|
1 space for each employee plus 1 space for each 250 square feet
of floor area used for repair work
| |
|
Bowling alleys
|
5 spaces for each alley
|
G.
Uses not listed. In the case of structures or uses not mentioned,
the provision for a use which is similar shall apply. Floor space
or area shall mean the gross floor area inside the exterior walls
where floor space is indicated above as a basis for determining the
amount of off-street parking required.
H.
Handicapped parking requirements. In addition to any other requirements
relating to parking spaces contained in these ordinances, the provisions
contained in §§ 101.13, 346.503 and 346.56, Wis. Stats.,
and any Wisconsin Administrative Code sections adopted pursuant thereto,
are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable to all parking
facilities whenever constructed.
I.
Changes in buildings or use. Wherever a building or use is changed,
structurally altered or enlarged to create a need for an increase
of 50% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, such spaces
shall be provided on the basis of the enlargement or change.
J.
Off-lot parking.
(1)
Required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot
with the principal use or, when the requirements cannot be met, such
parking spaces may be located off lot, provided the parking spaces
are located in the same district. Off-lot parking spaces shall also
be held in fee simple ownership by the owner of the use requiring
such parking or be leased or rented through a written agreement satisfactory
to the Town Attorney.
(2)
Off-lot parking spaces for residential uses shall be within 250 feet
of the principal entrance or the entrance for the individual occupants
for whom the spaces are reserved, while the farthest portions of a
parking lot for all other uses shall be within 300 feet of the entrance
of the establishment.
(3)
Accessory parking may be located in residential districts, provided
that said lots or property are immediately adjacent to a commercial,
business or industrial zoning district.
(4)
All off-street parking lots adjoining lots zoned for residential
use shall have a minimum setback of 10 feet from any interior lot
line, except if the adjoining lot is used for legally conforming parking
purposes.
A.
Private access restricted. No direct private access shall be permitted
to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of expressways, nor to any
controlled access arterial street, without permission of the highway
agency that has access control jurisdiction.
B.
Public or private access prohibited. No direct public or private
access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way
of the following:
(1)
Freeways, interstate highways and their interchanges or turning lanes
nor to intersection of interchanging streets within 1,500 feet of
the most remote end of the taper of the turning lanes.
(2)
Arterial streets intersecting another arterial street within 100
feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines.
(3)
Streets intersecting an arterial street within 50 feet of the intersection
of the right-of-way lines.
C.
Public access barriers. Access barriers, such as curbing, fencing,
ditching, landscaping or other topographic barriers, shall be erected
to prevent unauthorized vehicular ingress or egress to the above-specified
streets or highways.
D.
Temporary access. Temporary access to the above right-of-way may
be granted by the permit issuer after review and recommendation by
the highway agencies having jurisdiction. Such access permit shall
be temporary, revocable and subject to any conditions required and
shall be issued for a period not to exceed 12 months.
