G-370 - 11/26/1985 - ZONING - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. G— 370
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION XI OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, ORDINANCE NO. G-60, AS_ AMENDED
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Oak
Brook hired Richard S. Beebe and Associates to conduct appropriate field studies
and prepare a report concerning small car parking in the Village for use in
analyzing small car parking space requirements; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees requested the Plan
Commission to review the Beebe report and other available evidence and to report
back with suggested revisions to the small car and loading berth requirements set
forth in the Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, by letter dated July 17, 1985, the Plan Commission reported
back its proposed revisions to the Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 1985 the Village of Oak Brook, a municipal
corporation, filed an application with the Village Clerk of the Village of 0ak
Brook requesting that the text of the Zoning Ordinance be amended as it pertains
to certain requirements pertaining to off—street parking spaces and loading
berths; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on October 21, 1985, the Plan _Commission
recommended that, in general, the proposed text amendments be approved, with
--certain modifications pertaining to exterior building surfaces of parking
.structures, and the computation of loading berths; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals, pursuant to due and appropriate
legal notice, conducted a public hearing thereon on November 5, 1985, and
recommended that the proposed text amendments be approved, with certain
modifications pertaining to exterior building surfaces of parking structures; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests- of the Village of Oak Brook that
the amendments set forth below be made;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK, DU PAGE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS as follows:
Section 1: That the provisions of the preamble hereinabove set forth
are hereby adopted as though fully set forth herein.
Section 2: That Section XI(D)(7) of the Zoning Ordinance of the
Village of Oak Brook, Illinois, Ordinance G-60, as amended, be and the same is
hereby amended as follows:
(7) Required Berths. (a) The minimum number of off—street
loading berths accessory to office uses hereafter erected,
structurally altered or enlarged in all Business and Office-
Research—Assembly Districts shall be in accordance with the
following schedule:
Floor Area
of Establishments Required
(square feet) Number
0 to 200,000 2 a'
For each additional 200,000 square feet of floor area, or
fraction thereof, over 200,000 square feet of floor area: One
additional loading berth.
rf (b) The minimum number of off—street loading berths accessory to
non—office uses hereafter erected, structurally altered, or
enlarged in all Business and Office—Research—Assembly
Districts shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
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the Zoning Ordinance
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Floor Area
of Establishments Required
(square feet) Number
5,000 to 25,000 1
25,001 to 40,000 2
40,001 to 100,000 3
For each additional 100,000 square feet of floor area, or
fraction thereof, over 100,000 square feet of floor area: One
additional loading berth.
Section 3: That Section XI(E)(3) of the Zoning Ordinance of the
Village of Oak Brook, Illinois, Ordinance G-60, as amended, be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(3) Size and Aisles: A required off-street parking space
shall have a width and length, exclusive of access drives or
aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas in accordance
with standards set forth below. Enclosed parking spaces shall
have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet. Each
required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an
aisle or driveway of a width and design in accordance with
standards set forth below:
MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PARKING SPACES, AISLES, AND PARKING BAYS
FOR PARKING ACCESSORY TO NON-OFFICE USES
Minimum Space Per Car: Width 910" Length 181011
Parking Space and Aisle Dimensions Width of Parking
Bays1
Width of Depth of
Space . Space
Width of Parallel Perpendicular Width of
Angle of Space to Aisle, to Aisle, Aisle Head-In to Curb,
Parking ft. and in. ft. and in. ft. and in. ft. and in. ft. and in.
450 9 0 12 9 19 1 12 0 50 2
600 9 0 10 5 20 1 17 0 57 2
750 9 0 9 4 19 9 22 0 61 6
900 9 0 9 0 18 0 27 0 63 0
MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PARKING SPACES, AISLES, AND PARKING BAYS FOR
PARKING ACCESSORY TO OFFICE USES
Minimum Space Per Car: Width 816" Length 1716"
Parking Space and Aisle Dimensions Width of Parking
Bays1
Width of Depth of
Space Space
Width of Parallel Perpendicular Width of
Angle of Space to Aisle, to Aisle, Aisle Head-In to Curb,
Parking ft. and in. ft. and in. ft. and in. ft. and in. ft. and in.
450 8 6 12 0 18 5 12 0 48 10
600 8 6 9 10 19 5 16 0 54 10
750 8 6 8 10 19 1 20 0 58 2
900 8 6 8 6 17 6 24 0 59 0
1Parking bay consists of two rows of parking spaces and one aisle.
Ordinance No. G- 370
Amending Section XI Of
the Zoning Ordinance
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Section 4: That Section XI(E)(4) of the Zoning Ordinance of the
Village of Oak Brook, Illinois, Ordinance G-60, as amended, be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(4) Access: All off-street parking facilities shall be
provided with appropriate means of vehicular access to a
street or alley with location and design of intersection of
parking area access driveway and the street or alley in
accordance with regulations set forth below:
ACCESS DRIVEWAYS FROM STREETS TO
OFF-STREET PARKING AND
LOADING SPACES
a. Width of driveways. (measured at the lot line adjoining
a street)
(1) Residential Uses: Not less than 9 feet wide or more than
20 feet wide.
(2) Nonresidential Uses:
(i) Not less than 12 feet wide or more than 22 feet wide
for a one-way driveway.
(ii) Not less than 22 feet wide or more than 25 feet wide
for a two-way driveway serving 20 or fewer parking
spaces or one loading berth.
(iii) Not less than 24 feet wide or more than 30 feet wide
for a two-way driveway serving more than 20 parking
spaces or two or more loading berths.
b. Radius connecting street pavement edge and driveway edge.
(1) In residential and Institutional Districts: Not less
than five feet, except driveways more than 20 feet in
width, not less than 8 feet.
(2) In Business and ORA Districts:
(i) Not less than 15 feet at the intersection of a
driveway and street pavement in a street having a
right-of-way more than 66 feet in width.
(ii) Not less than 8 feet at the intersection of a
driveway and a street pavement in a street having a
right-of-way of 66 feet or less in width.
c. Angle at intersection of a driveway and street.
The acute angle formed at the intersection of driveway and
street pavement edges shall be not less than 60 degrees. The
required turning angle for a vehicle entering or leaving a
driveway shall not exceed 90 degrees.
d. Spacing between separate driveway entrances on a lot
(measured center to center at the lot line adjoining a
street)
No less than 40 percent of the length of the lot line
adjoining the street, or 400 feet, whichever is less.
e. On corner lots -- spacing between driveway entrance and
right-of-way line of an adjacent intersecting street
(measured from the nearest edge of the driveway pavement
at its intersection with the street pavement to the
nearest right-of-way line, extended, of an adjacent
intersecting street)
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the Zoning Ordinance
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No less than 20 percent of the length of the lot line
adjoining the street being entered. (Ord. No. G-141,
1-25-72)
Section 5: That Section XI(E)(12)(d) (8) of the Zoning Ordinance of the
Village of Oak Brook, Illinois, Ordinance G-60, as amended, be and is amended to
read as follows:
(8) Offices: Business, professional, administrative, and
public (other than medic91 and dental clinics, and offices of
physicians and dentists)--One parking space for each 300
square feet of floor area. (Ord. No. G-142, 1-25-72)
Section 6: That Appendices I and II to Appendix A, the
Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oak Brook, Ordinance No. G-60, as
amended, are hereby deleted, because they have been incorporated, as
amended, into Sections XI(E)(3) and (4) above.
Section 7: That Section XI(E) of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village
of Oak Brook, Ordinance G-60, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by
adding subsection 13 as follows:
(13) Parking Structures:
All parking structures shall be landscaped and/or bermed to
screen substantially the first level from adjacent streets.
All exterior walls of such structures, which are visible from
adjacent roadways, shall be finished with a material so as to
maintain a common architectural character, as defined in
Section VIII-A of this Ordinance, with the principal
building.
Section 8: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval as provided by law.
Section 9: That all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED THIS 26th day of November . , 1985.
Ayes: Trustees Bushy, Imrie, Maher, Philip and Rush
Nays: None
Absent: Trustee Winters
APPROVED THIS 26th day of November 1985.
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Village President
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
Approved as to Form:
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Village Attorney