A.
No obstructions permitted. No visual obstructions, such as structures,
parking, or vegetation, shall be permitted in any district between
the heights of 2.5 feet and 10 feet above the plane through the mean
curb grades within the triangular space formed by any two existing
or proposed intersecting street or alley right-of-way lines and a
line joining points on such lines, located a minimum of 30 feet from
their intersection.
B.
Corner cutoff distances for intersecting arterial and/or collector
streets. In the case of arterial and/or collector streets intersecting
with other arterial and/or collector streets, the corner vision clearance
distances establishing the triangular vision clearance space shall
be 60 feet from the two intersecting street right-of-way lines and
a line joining the two points on such lines. No visual obstructions,
such as structures, parking, or vegetation, shall be permitted in
any such triangular vision clearance space.
In all districts and in connection with every use, 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.
Adequate access. Adequate access to a public street shall be provided
for each parking space, and driveways shall be at least 12 feet wide
for one- and two-family dwellings and a minimum of 24 feet wide for
all other uses. Each required off-street parking space shall open
directly onto an aisle or driveway that is wide enough to provide
safe and efficient means of vehicular access to the parking space.
B.
Minimum parking space size. The size of each parking space shall
be not less than 180 square feet nor less than nine feet in width,
exclusive of the space required for ingress and egress.
C.
Minimum required parking lot setbacks and screening/landscaping.
(1)
General. Any building hereafter erected or structurally altered
shall be provided with off-street parking spaces within the property
line limits of the property being served, or within the limits of
a common parking lot serving one or more buildings, and in no case
closer than 10 feet to the base setback line, including front yard,
side yard, and rear yard.
(2)
Minimum screening and landscaping requirements to be met when off-street parking areas abut the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7 or R-8 Residential District. All off-street parking areas, except in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7 or R-8 Residential District, shall be screened and maintained at the base setback from any abutting R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7 or R-8 Residential District pursuant to the buffer yard and landscape requirements set forth in Article XVIII of this chapter. All screening and plant materials shall be a minimum of six feet in height at the time of installation.
(3)
Minimum off-street parking setback when the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4,
R-5, R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9, R-10 or PUD Residential District abut. In
the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9, R-10 or PUD Residential
District, no parking stall or driveway shall be closer than six feet
to a side lot line of an abutting R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7,
R-8, R-9, R-10 or PUD Residential District, except where the Zoning
Board of Appeals grants a variance.
(4)
Minimum distance of truck parking from any residential zoning
district. No truck parking shall be allowed within 150 feet of any
residential zoning district.
D.
Off-street parking area surfacing. All open, off-street loading,
vehicular drives, and parking spaces shall be improved with pavement
of either asphalt or concrete and stormwater drainage facilities as
approved by the Town Engineer. This subsection shall not apply to
single-family residential districts or to single-family detached dwellings
in the R-9 or R-10 Residential District. Open, off-street loading,
vehicular drives, and parking spaces associated with mini storage
facilities located within the LM Limited Manufacturing District do
not need to be improved with pavement of either asphalt or concrete
if the following conditions are met:
[Amended 6-18-2002 by Ord. No. 02-007]
(1)
A stable compacted, dust-free gravel, crushed stone, and/or
crushed asphaltic material is provided for all areas proposed for
open off-street loading, parking spaces, and vehicular drive areas.
No such compacted, dust-free gravel, crushed stone, and/or crushed
asphaltic material shall be allowed to be placed within any required
landscape area or within any landscape surface ratio area.
(2)
All such gravel, crushed stone and/or crushed asphaltic material
areas shall be contained within designated areas as indicated on a
site plan, shall be well-maintained by the owner in a state of good
repair, shall be free of noxious weeds, shall not contribute to nor
be subjected to soil erosion, and shall not pose any access hazards
for access by emergency vehicles at all times.
(3)
For the purposes of this section and the definition of "landscaping" as set forth within § 500-201 of this chapter notwithstanding, such gravel, crushed stone, and/or crushed asphaltic material used for the surfacing of open off-street loading, vehicular drives, and parking spaces associated with mini storage facilities in the LM Limited Manufacturing District shall not be considered landscaping.
E.
Concrete curb and gutter required for all off-street parking areas.
Except for off-street parking spaces associated with mini storage
facilities located within the LM Limited Manufacturing District which
are not improved with pavement of either asphalt or concrete, concrete
curb and gutter meeting Town specifications shall be required for
all off-street parking areas serving more than five vehicles in all
nonresidential zoning districts and in the R-9, R-10 and PUD Districts.
This requirement shall also apply to the expansion of any existing
off-street parking lot where the number of off-street parking spaces
is increased by 20 spaces or more.
[Amended 6-18-2002 by Ord. No. 02-007]
F.
Off-street parking stalls. Except for off-street parking spaces associated
with mini storage facilities located within the LM Limited Manufacturing
District which are not improved with pavement of either asphalt or
concrete, off-street parking stalls shall be marked by painted lines
or other approved material and shall be maintained so as to be legible
at all times.
[Amended 6-18-2002 by Ord. No. 02-007]
G.
Landscaping. All public 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 meeting all applicable requirements of Article XVIII of this chapter.
H.
Parking spaces for use by persons with disabilities. All open, off-street
parking areas shall provide parking spaces for persons with disabilities
meeting all applicable "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guidelines
for Buildings and Facilities," as documented in the Federal Register,
Vol. 56, No. 144, July 26, 1991, as amended. Unless conflicting with
the above-specified "Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Guidelines
for Buildings and Facilities" requirements, as amended, the following
standards are applicable:
(1)
Minimum required number of accessible off-street parking spaces
for use by persons with disabilities. The following Table 500-117H
shall apply. The minimum required number of accessible off-street
parking spaces for use by persons with disabilities shall be considered
as a part of the total off-street parking spaces required.
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Table 500-117H
Minimum Required Number of Accessible Off-Street Parking
Spaces
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|---|---|---|
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Total Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces in Parking Lot
or Area
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Minimum Required Number of Accessible Off-Street Parking
Spaces
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1 to 25
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1
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26 to 50
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2
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51 to 75
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3
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76 to 100
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4
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101 to 150
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5
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151 to 200
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6
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201 to 300
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7
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301 to 400
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8
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401 to 500
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9
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501 to 1,000
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2% of total
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1,001 and over
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20, plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000
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(2)
Minimum dimensions for off-street parking spaces provided for
use by persons with disabilities. The minimum dimensions for all parking
spaces provided for use by persons with disabilities shall be 13 feet
wide by 20 feet long for automobiles and 16 feet wide by 20 feet long
for vans.
(3)
Distance to facility entrances for the location of off-street
parking for persons with disabilities. Off-street parking spaces provided
for the use of persons with disabilities shall be located as close
as possible to an entrance which allows such persons to enter and
leave the parking area without assistance.
(4)
Signage of off-street parking spaces serving persons with disabilities.
All parking spaces provided for the use of disabled persons shall
be marked by a sign which includes the international symbol for barrier-free
environments and a statement informing the public that the parking
space is reserved for use by disabled persons. Such signs shall comply
with the requirements of the aforementioned "Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities," as amended, and
with §§ 346.50, 346.503, and 346.505, Wis. Stats.,
as amended.
A.
Minimum number of off-street parking spaces and on-site queuing required
for uses. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces accessory
to designated uses (except for a specific use which has a special
ordinance with requirements for off-street parking, in which event
the special ordinance shall apply, such as for a PUD District or as
a condition of the granting of a special use permit) shall be provided
as set forth in Table 6, included at the end of this chapter. Calculations
resulting in fractional numbers of off-street parking and/or queuing
spaces required shall be rounded to the next higher whole number.
B.
Uses not listed in Table 6 and other uses. Parking spaces for permitted
uses not listed in Table 6 shall be provided in accordance with requirements
designated by the Plan Commission upon recommendation of the Zoning
Administrator. In the case of special uses, parking spaces for special
uses not listed in Table 6 shall be provided in accordance with requirements
designated by the Plan Commission upon recommendation of the Zoning
Administrator and as may be required by the Town Board. The provisions
for a use which is deemed similar by the Plan Commission may be applied
upon recommendation of the Zoning Administrator.
C.
Employee parking. Parking spaces required on an employee basis as
set forth in Table 6 shall be based on the average number of employees
on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time.
D.
Off-street parking requirements for mixed or combined uses located
within the same building or on the same lot or parcel. Combinations
of any of the uses set forth in Table 6 shall provide the total number
of off-street parking stalls and/or queuing space required for each
individual use.
A.
Minimum width of off-street parking rows and aisles. The design of
all off-street parking regulated by this chapter shall be in conformance
with the requirements set forth in Table 500-119.
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Table 500-119
Minimum Width of Off-Street Parking Rows and Aisles
(feet)
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Angle Spaces
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Type of Row
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Parallel Spaces
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45°
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60°
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90°
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Single row and aisle
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20
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35
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40
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45
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Double row and aisle
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28
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60
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62
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65
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Off-street loading spaces accessory to designated uses shall
be provided as follows:
A.
Location. All required loading spaces shall be located on the same
lot as the use served. No permitted or required loading space shall
be located within 40 feet of the nearest point of intersection of
any two streets. No loading space shall be located in a required side
yard abutting a residential zoning district, residential portion of
a PUD District, or a required front yard.
B.
Access. Each required off-street loading space shall be designed
with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in
a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement. Loading
spaces on lots located adjacent to public ways shall be so situated
as to enable the vehicles to back into the loading dock from areas
other than public ways. The blocking of loading spaces by other loading
spaces, permanent or moveable structures of any type, including trash
receptacles or compactors, shall be prohibited.
C.
Surfacing. All open off-street loading spaces shall be improved with pavement and stormwater drainage facilities in accordance with such standards set forth in § 500-117 of this chapter, unless otherwise exempted from such requirements as set forth under the provisions of § 500-117D and E.
[Amended 6-18-2002 by Ord. No. 02-007]
D.
Computation. Where the total floor area of the use being served is
less than 2,000 square feet, the required off-street loading spaces
may be used to satisfy the requirements for any off-street parking
spaces. Employee parking maneuver areas may also be used for access
to loading docks and as truck standing areas.
E.
Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any
kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided
in any residential or nonresidential zoning districts.
F.
Maneuvering space required to service outdoor loading areas. Adequate
off-street truck maneuvering area shall be provided on site and not
within any public street right-of-way or other public lands.
G.
Interference with fire exit or emergency access prohibited. Off-street
loading facilities shall be designed so as not to interfere with any
fire exits or emergency access facilities to either a building or
site.
A.
Minimum required off-street loading spaces accessory to nonresidential
uses in business and public and semipublic districts. The minimum
number of required off-street loading spaces accessory to nonresidential
uses in the NHB, CB, FB, I, and PR Districts shall be one loading
space for buildings containing 10,000 to 100,000 square feet of gross
floor area, plus one additional loading space for each additional
100,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof. The minimum
required size of such loading space shall be 10 feet in width and
25 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and it
shall have a vertical clearance of not less than 15 feet.
B.
Minimum required off-street loading spaces accessory to nonresidential
uses in industrial districts. The minimum number and size of off-street
loading spaces accessory to uses in the LM, BP, and QE Districts shall
be in accordance with Table 500-121. For each additional 100,000 square
feet of gross floor area, or fraction thereof, over 100,000 square
feet of gross floor area, one additional loading space shall be provided.
Such additional space shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width by 50
feet in length and have a vertical clearance of not less than 15 feet.
Loading spaces on lots located on public ways shall be so situated
as to enable the vehicles to back into the loading dock from areas
other than the public way.
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Table 500-121
Minimum Number of Required Off-Street Loading Spaces Accessory
to
Nonresidential Uses in Industrial Districts and Related
Minimum Dimensional Requirements
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|---|---|---|---|
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Gross Floor Area of Building/Use Served
(square feet)
|
Minimum Required Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces
|
Minimum Size of Required Off-Street Loading Spaces
(feet)
|
Minimum Vertical Clearance Required for Each Off-Street
Loading Space
(feet)
|
|
5,000 to 10,000
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1
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10 x 35
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15
|
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10,000 to 25,000
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2
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12 x 40
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15
|
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25,000 to 40,000
|
2
|
12 x 50
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15
|
|
40,000 to 100,000
|
3
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12 x 60
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15
|
A.
Driveways for multiple-family residential and nonresidential uses. All driveways installed, altered, changed, replaced, or extended for multiple-family residential and nonresidential uses after the effective date of this chapter shall meet the following requirements, those requirements set forth in § 500-112 of this chapter, and the requirements of Chapter 239, Driveways and Culverts:
(1)
Islands. Islands between driveway openings shall be provided
with a minimum of 12 feet between all driveways and six feet from
all lot lines.
(2)
Openings. Openings for vehicular ingress and egress shall not
exceed 24 feet at the street right-of-way line and 30 feet at the
roadway.
(3)
Vehicular entrances and exits. Vehicular entrances and exits
to drive-in theaters; banks; restaurants; motels; funeral homes; vehicular
sales, service, washing and repair stations; garages; and public parking
lots shall be not less than 200 feet from any pedestrian entrance
or exit to a school, college, university, church, hospital, park,
playground, library, public emergency shelter, or other place of public
assembly.
B.
Driveways for residential uses (not including multiple-family residential uses). All driveways installed, altered, changed, replaced, or extended for residential uses (not including multiple-family residential uses) after the effective date of this chapter shall meet those requirements set forth in § 500-112 of this chapter and the requirements Chapter 239, Driveways and Culverts.
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. Additional access requirements are set forth in greater detail in § 500-112 of this chapter.
In order to minimize the number of vehicular access points on arterial and collector streets when development occurs in an area, the Town may require an area circulation plan be prepared pursuant to the requirements set forth in § 500-112A(5) of this chapter.
A.
Snow storage prohibited in required off-street parking, drive, and
loading areas. The storage of snow for more than 48 hours is hereby
prohibited in required off-street parking, drive, and loading areas.
B.
Snow storage plan required. Prior to the approval of any site plan
for any off-street parking area which exceeds five vehicles or a loading
area which exceeds one outdoor loading berth, a snow storage and/or
removal plan shall be submitted to the Plan Commission for review
and approval.
(1)
Said snow storage plan shall adequately address, either graphically
and/or in writing, the on-site storage of snow removed from said off-street
parking or loading area or the removal from the site of such snow.
(2)
If the snow is to be physically removed from the site, the location
of the proposed snow repository site shall be made known to the Plan
Commission in writing.
(3)
A determination shall be made by the Plan Commission if the
proposed repository site is adequate to accommodate the proposed storage
of snow.
(4)
If the snow is proposed to be stored off site, a letter of permission
from the owner of the snow repository site shall be furnished the
Plan Commission with the snow storage or removal plan.
C.
On-site snow storage standards for parking and loading areas. If
an off-site snow repository is not used, adequate on-site snow storage
shall be provided using the following standards:
(1)
A minimum site area representing 10% of the total required off-street
parking or loading area, inclusive of access drives, shall be provided
as the snow storage area.
(2)
The required snow storage area may be paved or not paved. In
either case, adequate drainage of the snow storage area shall be provided
to accommodate snowmelt, and no snowmelt shall drain on abutting properties.
(3)
Required setbacks, yards, and buffer yards may be used to accommodate
the required snow storage area. However, areas landscaped with shrubs
and/or trees shall not be used as snow storage areas.
