(A) Off-street automobile storage or parking space shall be provided on every lot on which any of the following uses are hereafter established in all districts. 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.
(B) Each lot abutting a major thoroughfare shall be provided with vehicular access thereto and shall be provided with adequate space for turning so that no vehicle shall be required to back into the street. A parking space shall consist of an area not less than ten feet by 20 feet, plus the necessary access space unless otherwise authorized by the Board of Adjustment.
(1) Minimum parking requirements. The required number of off-street parking spaces specified below for each use shall be provided.
Residential Uses | Required Parking |
Residential Uses | Required Parking |
Business and Consumer Services of All Kinds | |
Business and special schools | 1 space for each students |
Clubs and lodges | 1 space for each 3 members |
Day nursery and private space for each kindergarten | 1 space for each staff member, plus 1 space for each 5 students |
Business Uses | |
Commercial services; retail space | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor |
Medical and dental offices | 5 spaces per doctor or dentist |
Professional and business offices | 1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor space |
Public and Semi-Public Uses | |
Churches | 1 space for each 4 seats in the principal assembly room |
Public building space | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space |
Recreational facilities | 2 spaces for every tennis, squash, or racquetball court; health exercise facility—1 space per 50 square feet; golf or country clubs— 2 spaces per tee; places of recreation and assembly shall have 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor space |
Schools; public/private | 1 space for each classroom and administrative office, plus 1 space for each 20 seats or 1 space for each 400 square feet of area used primarily for public assembly |
Residential Uses | |
Residential dwellings in a residential planned unit development | 2 spaces for each dwelling unit |
Residential dwellings, single-family | 2 spaces for each dwelling unit |
(2) On-site parking of vehicles.
(a) All motorized vehicles (including, but not limited to, cars, trucks, motorcycles, mopeds/scooters, golf carts) must be parked entirely upon a prepared driveway/parking surface (asphalt/pavement, concrete, pavers, gravel, pebbles) located on the lot or tract, or located on any adjoining lots or tracts, of the principal residence or structure. Parking on grassed areas, dirt/soil areas, mulched areas, landscaped areas, or any other natural areas of a lot or tract is expressly prohibited. This provision is applicable to all zoning districts within the town.
(b) Temporary parking (less than five hours per day) is excepted from the requirements of this section for vehicles operated by persons who are visiting the owners or occupiers of the residence.
(c) Nothing herein shall be deemed to modify or impact, in any way, the requirements found under § 153.071, “Recreational and Commercial Vehicle Storage."
(Ord. passed 10-19-1983; Ord. passed 6-8-2021)