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AN ORDINANCE
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Amending Sections 6-3-4 of the
Evanston City Code concerning
the size of parking spaces and
accessory buildings and uses
WHEREAS, the Evanston Zoning Amendment Committe conducted
public hearings on February 6, February 12, March 12, April 2, May 7,
June 4, and July 9, 1981 upon reference by the Evanston City Council to
. review parking requirements as they relate to: (1) The size of parking
i spaces and (2) The creation of requirements for compact cars, said public
�! hearings having been conducted pursuant to notice and publication thereof
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in the manner prescribed by law; and
WHEREAS, in May,,1980 the City Council upon the recommendation
of the CBD Parking Committee assigned the above reference a high priority
and the Zoning Amendment Committee in order to meet this high priority
objective considered this reference as two separate parts: (1) The size
of parking spaces and (2) The creation of requirements for compact cars; and
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council on June 15, 1981 upon the
recommendation of the Zoning Amendment Committee adopted Ordinance 34-0-31
which in part amended Section 6-9-2-8 of the City Code concerning the
size of parking spaces; and
14HEREAS, -('-.he Zoning Amendment Committee conducted further public
hearings on May 2, June 4, and July 9, 1981 on the aforementioned reference;
and
WHEREAS, based upon evidence presented at said hearings, findings
of fact, consideration of existing conditions, conservation of property j
values and the direction of building development to the best advantage of
the entire city, the Evanston Zoning Amendment Committee has recommended that
the following amendments of the Zoning Ordinance are required for the public
good.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That section 6-3-4 of the Evanston City Code, 1979,
as amended be and hereby is further.amended to
read as follows:
(A) Accessory uses shall be compatible with the principal
use and shall.not be established prior to the es-
tablishment of the principal use; accessory uses shall_
not include a dog kennel or an accessory building for
the keeping or the propagation of birds, poultry or
livestock. ,
(B) No accessory building, unless it is structurally a
part of the principal buildi.ng or unless it conforms
with the required conditions for accessory building
for authorized special uses, shall be erected or
altered at, nor be moved to, a location within ten
feet (10') of the nearest wall of the principal
building, nor within the required front or side yards
on the lot. In residence districts, an accessory
building in a rear or side yard shall be not less than
three feet (3') from any property line. In any dis-
trict, accessory buildings used for required off-
street parking purposes shall be both: a) not less
than five feet (5') from the alley lot line, across
which access is provided, and b) shall also comply
with the minimum standard stall aisle width (module)
dimensions contained in section 6-9-2(A).
(C) No accessory building shall encroach upon the required
side yard of a corner lot which is adjacent to the
street, including the required side yard of a re-
versed corner lot which is adjacent to the street.
(D) No accessory building located in the rear yard of a
corner lot shall be nearer to a street lot line than
the minimum width required for a side yard abutting a
street in the district where the lot is located. When
the rear lot line of a reversed corner lot is con.
tiguous to a lot in a residence or university district;,
any accessory building located within twenty five feet
(25') of the rear lot line shall be no nearer to the
street lot line than the required depth of the front
yard on such contiguous lot; provided that, on lots
less than fifty two feet (52') in width, such accessory
building may extend beyond the required depth of the
front yard one foot (P) for each foot of lot width
less than fifty two feet (52').
(E) No accessory building shall exceed fourteen and one-
half feet (142') in height for a flat roof or mansard
roof, or seventeen and one-half feet (1712') for all
other roofs, unless either (1) authorized (in the
manner required for a special use) or (2) accessory
to and located on the same lot as a use permitted
and located in a university, business, commercial
or manufacturing district.
(F) Nursery schools and child day care facilities shall be
considered accessory uses in churches whether or not
they are operated by the church in which they are
located.
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SECTION 2: That section 6-9-2-8 of the Evanston City Code,-
1979, as amended be and hereby is further amended
to read'as follows:
i 6-9-2-8: PARKING AREA SIZE AND ACCESS:
(A) Each required parking space shall be open directly upon
an aisle, a driveway or public alley of such width and
design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular
access to such parking space at all times, as shown in
the Stall and Aisle (Module) Dimensions tables contained
in this section.
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STALL AND AISLE (MODULE) DIMENSIONS
1.. Standard Car Stalls (Spaces)
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DEPTH OF
DOUBLE
SINGLE
PARKING
STALL PER-
LOADED
LOADED
STALL
STALL
PENDICULAR
AISLE
MODULE
MODULE
ANGLE
WIDTH
TO AISLE
WIDTH
WIDTH.
WIDTH
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22'
8'
12'
28'
20'
24'*
40'*
32'*
450
816"
1716"
13'
48'
3016"
9'
1716"
12'
47'
2916"
600
816"
19'
18'
56'
3716"
9'
19'
16'
54'
3516"
750
816"
1916"
25'
64'
4416"
9'
1916"
23'
62'
4216"
900
816"
1816"
28'*+
65'*
461611*
9'
1816"
26'*+
63'*
441611*
* Two-way traffic authorized
+ For authorized aisle widths for listed permitted uses in
R1, R2 and R3 Districts, see subsection "b" below.
b. In R1, R2 and R3 District, aisles (which may be partially
comprised of driveways or public alleys) serving off-street parking
spaces which are required for listed permitted uses and which are
located in the rear yard, are not required to exceed twenty-one
feet (21').
2. Small Car Stalls (Spaces): Small car stalls may be used to satisfy
a percentage of the required number of off-street parking spaces mandated
by Section 6-9-2-10 in accordance with the following:
a. The number of small car stalls shall not exceed the following:
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If the Total Parking
Requirement is
1 to 9 spaces
10 to 30 spaces
31 to 100 spaces
101 or more spaces
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The Maximum Number of
Small Car Stalls is
None
10% of all spaces
3 spaces plus 30% to 40% of all
spaces in excess of 30
25 spaces plus 30% of all spaces
in excess of 100 to 35 spaces plus
40% of all spaces in excess of 100
Initially the allowable number of small car stalls shall
be the lesser of the numbers set forth in the table above.
The City Council may, by ordinance without public hearing
jor recourse to any other committee or commission, modify
the allowable number within the ranges set forth above.
Before any such modifications are made by the City Council,
a study shall be conducted evaluating the effect of such
f modifications.
b. Whenever the determination of small car spaces allowed by this
ordinance results in a fractional space, any fractional space less
than .51 shall be rounded down to the next lower whole number, and
any fractional space of .51 or greater shall be rounded up to the
next higher whole number.
C. Small car stalls must be identified by signage or other designa-
tion and must be differentiated from standard car stalls.
d. Small car stalls are provided in accordance with the following
table:
DEPTH OF
DOUBLE
SINGLE
PARKING
STALL PER-
LOADED
LOADED
STALL
STALL PEND.ICULAR
AISLE
MODULE
MODULE
ANGLE
WIDTH TO AISLE
WIDTH
WIDTH
WIDTH
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19, 7'
10,
24'
17'
20'*
34'*
27'*
i 450
716" 15'11"
1212"
44'
2811"
600
716" 1619"
15'
4816"
31'9"
750
716" 16'5"
19'
51,10"
3515"
90o
716" 15'
24'*
54'*
39'*
* Two -.way
traffic authorized
(B) All off-street parking
spaces shall
be provided with
appropriate means
of vehicular access
to a street
or
alley in a manner
which will least
interfere with
traffic movements
as determined by
the Traffic Engineer.
No driveway to such
parking spaces,
across public
property
shall have a width
exceeding twenty
five feet (25')
exclusive to curb
returns.
(C) Required parking for stall angles other than those contained
in the above tables may be interpolated from said tables.
(D) All required parking spaces shall be marked to provide a
delineation between parking stalls and aisles.
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(E) Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be
designed and provided in accordance with application stand-
ards.
(F) Minimum parking module dimensions for modules in which both
standard car stalls and small car stalls are provided may
be interpolated from_the above tables, provided that all
stalls in said module are served by the required aisle
widths applicable to standard stalls and the provided angle
or the required aisle width applicable to small car stalls
at the provided angle, whichever aisle width is greater.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publi-
cation in the manner provided by law.
Introduced 3 1981.
Adopted 3/ 1981
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ATTEST:
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City Cler
Approved as to form:eZu
orporation Counsel
Ma
, 1981