12.13.030 Parking requirements (8/6/02).
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) Number of Off-Street Parking Stalls
Residential Uses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Single-Family dwellings including manufactured and mobile homes | 2 spaces per dwelling | ||
Two-Family Dwellings | 4 spaces for each bldg. | ||
Multiple-Family Dwellings | 2 spaces for one and two-bedroom units; 2.5 spaces for three or more bedroom units; plus one space for every eight units for guest parking | ||
Assisted Living Arrangements/Community Based Residential Facilities | 1 space for each six patient beds, plus 1 space for each employee on the largest shift, plus 1 space per staff member and visiting doctor | ||
Commercial Uses | 1 SPACE/SQ. FT. | SPACE/EMPLOYEE | SPECIAL CRITERIA |
|---|---|---|---|
Automatic Teller Machine | 2 per Machine | ||
Auto Part Store | 400 | Largest Work Shift | |
Automotive body repair or service | 250 | Full Time Employee | 2 per Service Bay |
Automobile Sales or rental, farm equipment sales or service | 100 | 1 per 500 Outdoor Display Area | |
Bank/Financial Institutions | 300 | 6 Stacking/Drive-up | |
Brewpub/ Tavern /Coffee Shop | 100 | Largest Work Shift (2) | |
Barber/beauty shop | Full Time Employee (2) | 1 per Chair | |
Bed and breakfast | 2/owner or operator | 1 per bedroom rented | |
Bookstore | 300 | Full Time Employee | |
Car Wash (self-service) | 2 per bay | 2 Stacking for each bay | |
Car Wash (automatic) | 1 per bay | 5 Stacking Before & 2 Stacking After each bay | |
Contractors Yard | 1,000 | 1 per Company Vehicle | |
Convenience Store | 200 | ||
Largest Work Shift | 1 For Every Six Children & 15' Safety Zone | ||
Physical Fitness Facilities | 100 | Largest Work Shift | |
500 | |||
Garden Centers, including Greenhouse or Nursery | 200 | Largest Work Shift (3) | 2 For Each 3 Employees |
Gas Station/No Store | Largest Work Shift | No Less Than 3 | |
Gas Station/Store | 200 | Largest Work Shift | |
Gas Station/Store & Restaurant | 150 | Largest Work Shift | 8 Stacking |
Greenhouse or Nursery | 150 | 1 per 500 outside sales & display area | |
Grocery/Retail Store | 200 (<50,000) 250 (50,000–100,000) 300 (>100,000) | ||
Largest Work Shift (3) | 1 per Guest Room | ||
Medical, dental, and other professional health service offices | 250 | ||
400 | |||
400 | |||
Restaurant, Standard | 100 | Largest Work Shift | 1 per 3 Seats at Max Capacity |
Restaurant, Drive-in or Fast Food | 50 | Largest Work Shift | 8 Stacking & No < 50 For Drive-in |
Restaurant, Pick-up/Takeout | 50 | Largest Work Shift | No Fewer than 8 Spaces |
Self-Storage/Mini-warehouse | Full Time Employee | 1 per 10 Storage Units | |
Department Stores/Shopping Centers | 200 (<50,000) 250 (50,000-1,000,000) 300 (>1,000,000) | ||
Veterinary Clinic | Full Time Employee | 4 per Doctor | |
Zoo/Botanical Gardens | 2,000 lot area | ||
Industrial Uses | SPACE/SQ. FT. | SPACE/EMPLOYEE | SPECIAL CRITERIA |
Contractors Yard | 1,000 | 1 per Fleet Vehicle | |
Largest Work Shift | Plus 5 | ||
Warehousing/Distribution Center | 2,000 | Full Time Employee (2) |
Institutional Uses | SPACE/SQ. FT. | SPACE/EMPLOYEE | SPECIAL CRITERIA |
|---|---|---|---|
Administrative Government Center | 300 | ||
Full Time Employee | |||
Colleges & High Schools | Largest Work Shift | 1 per 5 Students | |
Elementary & Junior High Schools | Largest Work Shift | 1 per 2 Classrooms | |
Largest Work Shift | 1 per Bed & 1 per 5 Outpatients | ||
Libraries, Museums and gallery | 400 | ||
Sororities/Dorms /Boarding House | 1 per Bed | ||
Worship Facility | Largest Work Shift | 1 per Every 4 Seats |
Recreation and Entertainment | SPACE/SQ. FT. | SPACE/EMPLOYEE | SPECIAL CRITERIA |
|---|---|---|---|
Amusement Center, arcades, aquariums, banquet halls, exhibition halls | 1 space per 3 persons at maximum capacity | ||
Athletic Field | 10 per Field | ||
Bowling Alley | Full Time Employee | 5 per Bowling Lane | |
Largest Work Shift (2) | 3 per Hole | ||
Golf Driving Range | 2 per Tee | ||
Indoor Shooting Range | Full Time Employee | 1 per Shooting Lane | |
1.5 per Boat Slip | |||
Miniature Golf Course | Largest Work Shift | 1 per Hole | |
Park/Recreation Areas/Community Centers | Full Time Employee (2) | TBD by P & D | |
Skating Rinks/Swimming Pools | Full Time Employee (2) | 1 per 3 Persons Based on Maximum Capacity | |
Uses Not Listed | Provisions for a Similar Use Shall Apply as approved by P&D | ||
(b) Handicap Parking Requirements. In addition to any other requirements relating to parking spaces contained in this Ordinance, 346.503 of the State of Wisconsin Administrative Code sections adopted pursuant thereto, are hereby adopted by reference and are made applicable to all parking facilities whenever constructed.
(c) Uses Not Listed. In the case of structures or uses not listed, the provisions for a use which is similar shall apply as determined by Planning & Development.
(d) Adjustments to Number of Required Parking. In all commercial, institutional, residential, and industrial districts, the minimum number of required parking spaces may be adjusted by the Department of Planning & Development on a case-by-case basis. The petition for such adjustment shall show that adequate parking will be provided for customers, clients, visitors, and employees. The following provisions and factors shall be used as a basis to adjust parking requirements:
1. Evidence, such as peak versus off-peak demand, those actual parking demands will be less than the ordinance requirements. The petitioner shall submit written documentation that the operation will require less parking than the ordinance requires.
2. Availability of shared parking.
The petitioner shall submit written documentation that shared parking spaces are available to satisfy the parking demand on either the same or an adjacent parcel.
a. Shared parking agreements shall provide evidence that either parking lots are large enough to accommodate multiple users or that parking spaces will be shared at certain times of the day (i.e. a church uses parking on Sundays, when other businesses are closed).
3. Space set aside for reduced parking.
The site plan for proposed use shall be designed to provide sufficient open space on the subject site to accommodate the additional parking spaces otherwise required by this ordinance. The open space shall be provided which, if converted to parking spaces, would provide off-street parking to meet the full requirements of this ordinance along with all related open space requirements, storm water management standards, and any other code regulation or adopted standards.
4. Changes in occupancy or use.
When the use of a building, structure, or land is changed to another use or occupant that requires more parking spaces than required for the use existing immediately prior to such change, additional parking spaces shall be constructed for the new use or occupant in the amount necessary to conform to this ordinance.
5. Changes in intensity of use. When the intensity of use of a building, structure or land is increased by an addition of employees, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement, additional parking spaces shall be constructed for such additions in the amount necessary to conform to this ordinance.
(e) Combinations of uses. Combinations of any of the above uses shall provide the total of the number of spaces required for each individual use.
(f) Interconnecting Parking Lots. Interconnecting parking lots may be required to promote safe and controlled access points. All required setbacks shall apply. The connecting aisles shall have a maximum width of 24 feet. A cross access easement agreement, including a legal description, specific use and maintenance responsibilities, shall be approved by the Department of Planning & Development and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office.
(g) Adequate Access. Adequate access to a public or private roadway shall be provided for each parking space. Driveways for all single-family and two family residential uses shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width and not exceed 24 feet at the property line. For all other properties, vehicular ingress and egress shall not exceed 35 feet in width at the property line.
(h) Size. The minimum area of each parking space shall be 10 feet wide by 20 feet long, exclusive of the area required for ingress and egress. Parking space width shall exclude the curb gutter width. Parking space length can include the curb gutter width up to the curb face.
(i) Location. The location of each parking space shall be on the same lot or parcel as the principal use, and all parking lots shall have the same zoning district as the principal use. .
(j) Setback. Except for a single-family or two-family residence, parking spaces and driveways shall be a minimum of 20 feet from the established highway right-of-way, a minimum of 10 feet from all rear and side lot lines and a minimum of 75 feet from the Ordinary High Water Mark of a navigable water body. When abutting a residential district or a planned residential district (based on a Town’s adopted Land Use Plan), driveways or parking lots shall be a minimum of 20 feet to the property line.
(k) Surfacing. All off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be graded and surfaced with asphalt or concrete and properly drained.
(l) Markings. Any parking area for more than five (5) vehicles shall have the aisles and spaces identified by surface markings and shall be maintained in a manner so as to be readily visible and accessible at all times. Such markings shall be arranged to provide for orderly and safe loading, unloading, parking and storage of vehicles. Marking shall be maintained in a highly visible condition including striping, directional arrows, lettering on signs and in handicapped-designated areas.
(m) Curbs or Barriers. Curbs or barriers shall be installed so as to prevent vehicles from extending beyond the parking setback requirements. Landscaped islands and planting strips shall be required to be curbed.
(n) Aisle widths. The aisle width within parking lots shall be a minimum of 24 feet between the ends of parking spaces, except for one-way aisles which shall be 18 feet for 60° spaces.
(o) Screening from abutting residential uses. Those parking areas for five (5) or more vehicles if, abutting a residential use, shall be screened from such use by a solid wall, fence, berm, evergreen planting of equivalent visual density or other effective means, built and maintained at a minimum height of four feet at the time of planting or installation.
(p) Landscaping. Those requirements as described in Section 12.18.9-8 and 12.18.9-9 of this ordinance shall apply.
(q) Lighting. Lighting fixtures shall be provided in all parking areas and driveways, except for single-family and two-family residential districts and then according to the requirements as set forth in Section 12.11.040 (m) Exterior Lighting Standards. A photometric plan of all parking areas and driveways shall be submitted to Planning and Development for review and approval.
(r) Vehicle Parking and/or Storage in a Residential District.
1. Semi-truck cabs shall not be parked and/or stored on a parcel in any residential district for more than a total of 4 days in a 30-day period. A day is counted if the semi-truck cab is parked and/or stored for any length of time within in a normal 24-hour day.
2. The following vehicles shall not be parked and/or stored on a parcel in any residential district:
a. Semi-trailers, tow trucks, garbage trucks, septic waste trucks and aerial lift trucks.
b. Dump trucks, flatbed trucks, box trucks, panel trucks, high cube vans, and step vans with licenses rated for a gross weight equal to or greater than 12,000 lbs.
c. Specialized construction type equipment and vehicles such as, but not limited to backhoes, bulldozers, bobcats, skid loaders, and chippers.
3. Exceptions.
a. One dump truck, flatbed truck, box truck, panel truck, high cube van, or step van with licenses rated for a gross weight less than 12,000 lbs.
b. One local electrical power utility emergency response truck is permitted on a parcel with approval by the Department of Planning and Development.
(s) Vehicle Parking and/or Storage in an Agricultural or Conservation District.
1. The following vehicles shall not be parked and/or stored on a parcel in any agricultural or conservation district:
a. Tow trucks, garbage trucks, septic waste trucks and aerial lift trucks.
b. Dump trucks, flatbed trucks, box trucks, panel trucks, high cube vans, and step vans with licenses rated for a gross weight equal to or greater than 12,000 lbs, except when they are engaged in the production, storage, trucking and/or transport of products grown on the property.
c. Specialized construction type equipment and vehicles such as, but not limited to backhoes, bulldozers, bobcats, skid loaders, and chippers, except when they are engaged in the production, storage, trucking and/or transport of products grown on the property.
2. The following vehicles may be parked and/or stored on a parcel in any agricultural or conservation district.
a. One (1) semi-truck cab and one (1) related semi-trailer is permitted to be parked and/or stored on a parcel for every resident of the parcel who is engaged in the profession of over-the-road transport, with a maximum of two (2). Verification of residency and profession may be required by the Department of Planning and Development.
b. Semi-truck cabs and related semi-trailer parking and/or storage are permitted on a parcel when they are engaged in the production, storage, trucking and/or transport of products grown on the property, with a maximum total of four (4)
c. No semi-trailer shall be used for storage or parked for any reason for more than 30 days in a 365-day period, except as stated in a. and b. of this section.
d. One (1) local electrical power utility emergency response truck is permitted on a parcel with approval by the Department of Planning and Development.
(t) Semi-Trailer Storage or Parking in a Business, Manufacturing, or Institutional District.
1. Semi-trailer storage or parking is permitted without exception only within permitted transshipment depots and trucking facilities.
2. No semi-trailer shall be used for storage or parked for any reason for more than 30 days in a 365-day period, except as stated in 1. of this section.
(u) Recreational Vehicle Parking.
1. Recreational vehicles shall include but are not limited to the following: boats, jet skis, mini-bikes, trail bikes, off-road vehicles, motor homes, travel trailers, camping trailers, and boat, motor bike, snowmobile, or vehicle trailers.
2. Recreational vehicles are permitted in any district subject to the following:
a. Parking and/or storage of recreational vehicles are permitted inside an enclosed accessory structure.
b. Parking and/or storage of recreational vehicles shall not be permitted on any vacant lot.
c. No more than two (2) recreational vehicles shall be parked and/or stored in the side or rear yard outside of an enclosed structure. No recreational vehicles shall be parked and/or stored in the street yard. Recreational vehicles stored outside of an enclosed structure shall be owned by the property owner or resident on whose property the vehicle is parked and/or stored, except for approved commercial storage facilities.
3. Recreational vehicles shall not be used as follows:
a. As a dwelling unit or temporary housing at any time, including use during construction of a permanent dwelling.