Off-street automobile storage or parking space shall be provided on every lot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established. The number of parking spaces provided shall be at least as great as the number specified below for various uses. When application of said provision results in a fractional space requirement, the next larger requirement shall prevail. Each lot abutting a major thoroughfare, as determined by the Zoning Administrator, shall be provided with adequate space for turning so that no vehicle shall be required to back into the street. All parking spaces except parallel parking shall consist of an area not less than nine feet wide by 20 feet long, except that where parking spaces abut landscaped areas or parking bumpers, the area of the parking spaces shall be nine feet wide by 18 feet long measured to the wheel bumper or edge of parking surface at landscaped area. Parallel parking spaces shall be eight feet wide by 25 feet long. Residential parking spaces shall be sized as required in division (B) below. All paved parking lots must have their parking spaces lined.
(A) Aisle space. Aisle space for parking shall be provided as follows:
(1) The aisle width for 90-degree parking and angle parking of more than 60 degrees shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide.
(2) The aisle width for angle parking of 60 degrees and less shall be a minimum of 15 feet wide.
(3) The aisle width for parallel parking shall be a minimum of ten feet wide for single loaded parking and 20 feet for double loaded parking.
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(B) Minimum parking requirements. The required number of off-street parking spaces specified below for each use shall be provided.
(1) Residential uses. Two accessible off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each residence and condominium unit of three bedrooms (including lofts) or less constructed in the Town of Beech Mountain. In addition, for every unit having more than three bedrooms, an additional parking space will be required for each additional bedroom. The parking space shall be constructed prior to the beginning of construction of the structure and each parking space shall be a minimum of ten feet by 22 feet in size.3
(2) Public and semi-public uses and business/commercial uses. Each business or establishment is responsible to provide ample parking to suit their needs within the confines of their property or property acquired for that purpose. The provisions and requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding parking requirements shall be satisfied.
(C) Location on other property. 4 If the required vehicle parking spaces cannot reasonably be provided on the same lot on which the principal use is conducted, such spaces may be provided on other off-street property, provided (a) such property lies adjacent to the property of the principal use, and (b) the owner of the principal use lot has an irrevocable exclusive parking easement recorded at the Public Registry allowing said owner to use the adjacent lot for parking that benefits the principal use lot. The parking easement shall be appurtenant to and shall run with the title of the property of the principal use.
(D) Landscaped areas. Where parking areas exceed 2,500 square feet in area, open landscaped area shall be provided as follows: 10% of the area must be left open and landscaped with shrubs, trees or flower beds. This required area shall be considered part of the area required in § 154.166. 5
(E) Voluntary annexation. 6 It is the policy of the town to require property owners petitioning for voluntary annexation who do not have the parking spaces required by §§ 154.130 through 154.149 of this chapter to submit a plan with their annexation petition to maximize the number of available parking spaces. The required plan must be a scaled sketch identifying the existing and future parking spaces. The property owner shall construct and have in place all of the future parking spaces identified on the plan which the town has accepted and approved within six months after the effective date of the annexation. The property owner shall also retain the same number of existing parking spaces shown on the plan.
(1989 Code, Title V, Ch. 51, Art. XI, § 1102) (Ord. passed 5-20-1983; Ord. passed 7-27-1988; Ord. passed 9-10-1991; Ord. passed 10-8-1996; Ord. 2012-09, passed 10-9-2012; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)
Editor's note:
1 Amended September 10, 1991.
2 Aisle space added by amendment September 10, 1991.
3 Amended May 20, 1983.
4 Added by amendment July 27, 1988.
5 Added by amendment September 10, 1991.
6 Division (E) added by amendment October 8, 1996.