Proposed Amendment to
Pavement Zoning
PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ZONING CHANGE IS SCHEDULED FOR
July 16, 2007 at 7:30PM in the ALDERMANIC CHAMBERS
Amend ARTICLE
II, Word Usage and Definitions,
Section 235-5. Definitions, by inserting the
following definitions:
Building
Front Yard – The area of the front yard
between the front lot line and the principal building bound by lines extending
from each front corner of the of the principal building perpendicular to the
street. No more than 20 percent of
the building front yard shall be covered with an impervious surface.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACES - A surface composed of any material that significantly impedes or prevents natural infiltration of water into the soil. (A surface with an overall permeability coefficient which is less than 10-4 centimeters per second (cm/sec) is considered significant.) Impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to, roofs, paved areas (e.g., streets, sports courts) and swimming pools.
Amend ARTICLE
II, Word Usage and Definitions,
Section 235-5. Definitions, by replacing the
definition of Open Space with the following language:
OPEN SPACE - The space on a lot not covered by buildings, structures, or
impervious surfaces, unobstructed to the sky by man-made objects and expressed
as a percentage of total lot area.
Amend ARTICLE VIII,
Off-Street Parking and Loading, Section 235-38. Location of parking spaces as
follows:
A.
Required off-street parking spaces
shall be provided on the same lot as the principal use they are required to
serve or, when practical difficulties as determined by the Board of Appeals
prevent their establishment upon the same lot, they shall be established no
further than 300 feet from the premises to which they are appurtenant.
No required off-street parking spaces shall be located within the
required front yard area in any district, except for one-family dwellings.
B.
In no instance may the open space
required for a lot be used for the provision of off‑street parking spaces.
Amend Article VIII,
Off-Street Parking and Loading, Section 235-41. Parking and loading space
standards, paragraphs B and L as follows:
B.
The area and access driveways thereto shall be surfaced with bituminous
or cement concrete material and shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of
all surface water accumulation in accordance with acceptable engineering
practices. The location of spaces shall be suitably marked by painted lines or
other appropriate markings. Driveways
and contiguous parking areas in residential districts shall be surfaced with
pervious material systems that utilize porous pavement, pavers, brick or other
materials in accordance with acceptable engineering practices or bituminous or
cement concrete.
L.
Any entrance or exit driveway shall not exceed 24 feet in width at its
intersection with the front lot line except for automotive service stations and
fire stations, in which cases the width may be increased to 40 feet.
Driveways in residential districts shall not exceed 20 feet in width.