A. Intent And Purpose: The intent of this section is to supplement on street parking, with safe, convenient, properly designed and well landscaped off street parking that will help fulfill the goals, objectives and policies of the adopted comprehensive plan. The purpose of these requirements is to set forth certain minimum requirements that may, pursuant to certain review procedures set forth in this title, serve as flexible guidelines for application to specific circumstances.
B. Minimum Design And Improvement Standards; Angle Parking:
1. Stall, Aisle And Driveway:
a. Parking stall dimensions - for sixty (60) or ninety degree (90°) angle parking:
Width: | Standard - 9 ft. | Compact - 8 ft. | Handicapped - 13 ft. |
Length: | Standard - 20 ft. | Compact - 16 ft. | Handicapped - 20 ft. |
b. Parking aisle and driveway dimensions:
One-way traffic - 16 ft. | Two-way traffic - 22 ft. |
2. Backing Into Public Rights Of Way: Backing into the public street from a private parking lot, other than an alley, is prohibited except in the case of one-, two- and three-family dwellings and individual townhouse units fronting on streets not designated as arterial streets in the comprehensive plan (US 287 and SR 287).
3. Surfacing: Except for single-family development on individual lots, all areas intended to be utilized for permanent parking space and driveways shall be paved with concrete, asphalt or approved pavers to control dust and erosion. However, paving shall not be required for permitted and conditional uses in the AG and R-RD zoning districts when all the following circumstances exist:
a. The use is required to provide fewer than fifteen (15) parking spaces and no loading spaces under the provisions of this section;
b. The lot or tract on which the use is located is not adjacent to a paved street or road; and
c. The applicant shall enter into an improvement agreement with the town agreeing that the lot shall be paved within nine (9) months of the time an adjacent roadway is paved.
4. Parking Lot Curbing: Except for one-, two- and three-family dwellings and individual townhouse units, all off street parking areas and driving accessways shall be enclosed by a six inch by six inch (6" x 6") poured concrete perimeter curb built according to standards provided by the zoning administrator. Concrete pindown wheel stops may be permitted as an alternative to continuous concrete curbing in front of parking spaces that front on the perimeter of the parking lot. However, continuous concrete curbing as described above shall be provided in all situations where deemed necessary by the zoning administrator to assure pedestrian safety, control drainage and prevent vehicular movement damaging to landscaping. Alternative perimeter treatment may be permitted adjacent to snow storage areas if approved by the zoning administrator.
5. Striping: Except for one- to three-family dwellings and individual townhouse units, all parking stalls shall be marked with painted lines not less than four inches (4") wide.
6. Protruding Vehicles: All on site parking stalls which abut property lines shall be designed and constructed such that parked vehicles shall not protrude over property lines and/or sidewalks.
7. Storm Water Management: All proposed parking area and driveway improvements require grading, drainage and storm water management plans. Storm water shall be directed into landscaped detention/retention and water quality improvement facilities as required by the storm water management ordinance.
8. Snow Removal Storage Areas: Snow removal storage areas shall be provided on site sufficient to store snow accumulation. Such areas shall be designed and constructed to assure:
a. Safe ingress and egress to the parking area;
b. Prevent snow from being deposited on public rights of way and public or private walks, trails and access driveways;
c. Protection of all landscaping;
d. The resultant storm water runoff will be directed into landscaped and approved water management facilities.
9. Lighting: Any lighting used to illuminate an off street parking area shall not exceed twenty feet (20') in height and be so arranged and hooded as to reflect light down and/or away from adjoining property, abutting residential uses and public rights of way.
10. Parking And Stacking For Drive In/Drive Through Facilities: Required parking and stacking spaces for waiting automobiles shall be determined by the zoning administrator as a part of site plan review procedures. Such facilities shall be designed to assure pedestrian and vehicular safety and to facilitate on site and off site vehicular circulation.
11. Stacking Of Off Street Parking Spaces: Required parking spaces shall be located so as to preclude stacking of off street parking spaces, with the exception of single-family dwellings and individual townhouse units, and duplexes with physically separated individual driveways.
12. No Parking Permitted In Required Front Or Side Yards: Parking spaces shall not be located in any required front or side yard, except that detached single-family dwellings and duplexes may have one space located within a driveway area in the required side yard behind the front yard building line.
13. Ownership/Leasehold: Required parking lots shall be owned or leased by the owner or lessee of the building or use being served by such parking. Such parking lots shall be maintained as a parking lot so long as the building and/or use served is in operation or until another approved parking area is established for such building or use.
14. Maintenance: It shall be the joint and separate responsibility of the lessee and owner of the principal use, uses or building to maintain in a neat and adequate manner, the parking space, accessways, striping, landscaping and required fences or screening.
15. Use Of Required Parking Areas for Parking Only: Required off street parking spaces in any district shall not be utilized for open storage, sale or rental of goods, storage of inoperable vehicles, except where permitted as a temporary use or if designed as part of an approved traditional neighborhood development.
16. Number Of Spaces: The following number of off street, paved parking spaces shall be provided and maintained by ownership, easement and/or lease for and during the life of the respective uses. Mixed uses, for example motel/restaurant/meeting room facilities, shall provide space to accommodate each use, less effective multiple use, of allocated parking stalls. All site plans submitted for permit purposes shall identify parking space allocations.
a. Residential Uses (Including Driveway And Garage Spaces):
Bed and breakfast | (+1.00/guest room) | 2.00/res. mgr. |
Efficiency units | 1.25/unit | |
Group homes | (+1.00/emp.+0.25/resident) and | 2.00/res. mgr. |
Lodging house | 1.25/unit | |
Manufactured and modular homes | 2.00/unit | |
Multi-family residence | 1.50/unit | |
One- and two-family and individual townhouse units | 2.00/unit |
b. Nonresidential Uses:
Auto sales | (+1.00/10 vehicle display spaces) | 1.00/200 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Auto service | (minimum of 4.00 spaces) | 2.00/service bay |
Auto wash | (+ stacking space) | 2.00/stall |
Bank or financial institution | 1.00/300 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Bowling alley | (+1.00/5 gallery seats) | 4.00/alley |
Church | (+1.00/200 sq. ft. of meeting | 1.00/4 seats in auditorium rooms)areas |
Community or recreation | 1.00/200 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Court clubs | (+3.00/court) | 1.00/200 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Daycare center | 1.00/200 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Furniture stores over 20,000 sq. ft. | 1.00/1,000 sq. ft. gross floor | area |
Golf courses | (4.00/green) | 1.00/200 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Hospitals | 1.00/bed | |
Industrial uses | 1.00/1,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Medical offices | (+1.00/FTE) | 4.00/FT doctor or dentist |
Motels and hotels | (+1.00/FTE on maximum shift) | 1.10/guest room |
Nursing homes | (+1.00/FTE on maximum shift) | 1.00/patient bed |
Offices | 1.00/250 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Outdoor sales and rental | 1.00/500 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Restaurants and bars | (+1.00/100 sq. ft. outdoor sales) | 1.00/50 sq. ft. gross floor area area |
Retail sales and services | 1.00/300 sq. ft. gross floor area | |
Schools | Calculate by facility use | |
Theater or auditorium | 1.00/4 seats | |
Warehousing and storage | 1.00/1,000 sq. ft. | |
c. Disabled Accessible Spaces:
(1) Disabled parking spaces shall be provided subject to federal standards enumerated in the Americans with disabilities act (ADA) dated January 26, 1992, and federal standard 795, (uniform federal accessibility standards) dated April 1, 1988, chapter 4 (accessible elements and spaces: scope and technical requirements).
(2) All parking facilities shall be subject to current uniform building code guidelines for accessibility and shall contain a minimum number of disabled accessible parking spaces as set forth in the table below:
Total Spaces In Lot | Minimum Accessible Spaces
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Total Spaces In Lot | Minimum Accessible Spaces
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1 to 25 | 1 |
26 to 50 | 2 |
51 to 75 | 3 |
76 to 100 | 4 |
101 to 150 | 5 |
151 to 200 | 6 |
(3) One in every eight (8) accessible spaces shall have an aisle eight feet (8') wide (rather than 5 feet) and shall be signed "van accessible". Accessible spaces shall be located as near as practical to a primary entrance(s) and shall be designated as those spaces closest to the primary entrance(s) to a facility. Parking spaces and access aisles shall be level, with slopes not exceeding 1:50 in all directions, and shall be maintained in an ice and snow free condition.
(4) All accessible parking spaces shall be designated as reserved for disabled persons by a sign showing the symbol of accessibility at each space. A vehicle parking in the space shall not obscure such signs. Signs and symbols painted on the pavement, as the only means of identification, do not meet this requirement. Raised signs shall be located at a distance no greater than five feet (5') from the front of each accessible space and shall be subject to review and approval by the zoning administrator.
(5) Provision of an accessible path of travel from each disabled accessible parking space to the entrance of the facility shall include ramped access where necessary and an unencumbered minimum three foot (3') wide walk, sidewalk or ramps. The accessible path of travel shall be paved, smooth surface, free of defects or design features that would restrict, inhibit or unreasonably impede the movement of a physically disabled individual. The least possible slope shall be used for any ramp. The maximum slope of a ramp in new construction shall be 1:12, cross slope shall not exceed one-fourth inch (1/4") per foot. The maximum rise for any run shall be thirty inches (30") (760 millimeters).
(6) Exceptions: Residences containing three (3) or less dwelling units or congregate residences accommodating ten (10) persons or less.
17. C-CR District Parking: In accordance with the goals, objectives and policies of the comprehensive plan, off street parking requirements for uses located in the core commercial/residential (C-CR) district shall be one-half (1/2) those required of the same uses in the other zoning districts. In addition, a property owner applicant may satisfy parking needs for a proposed facility by acquiring and developing the required number of spaces elsewhere in the C-CR district.
18. Joint Use Of Parking Facilities:
a. Up to thirty percent (30%) of the parking facilities required for a church or for an auditorium incidental to a public or parochial school may be supplied by the off street parking facilities of commercial and industrial daytime uses.
b. Other joint use of parking by adjacent commercial uses to reduce total parking spaces may be allowed with an approved parking study prepared by a registered professional.
c. Conditions Required For Joint Use: Any off site parking that is used to meet the requirements of this section shall be reviewed by the zoning administrator for compliance with this title and shall be subject to the conditions listed below:
(1) The building or use for which application is being made to utilize the off street parking facilities provided by another building or use shall be located adjacent to such parking facilities. In the core commercial/residential district the two (2) uses need not be adjacent but shall be within seven hundred feet (700').
(2) The applicant shall show that there is a comparatively minor conflict in the operating hours of the two (2) buildings or uses for which joint use of off street parking facilities is proposed.
(3) Off site parking shall be developed and maintained in compliance with all requirements and standards of this title.
(4) Convenient, safe pedestrian access from off street parking facilities to the use being served shall be available.
(5) A properly drawn legal instrument, executed by the parties concerned, for joint use of off street parking facilities, duly approved as to form and manner of execution by the town legal counsel, shall be filed with the zoning administrator and recorded with the Madison County clerk and recorder.
19. Improvement Schedule: All parking area improvements, to include surfacing, drainage, walkways, lighting, landscaping, screening, traffic control, etc., shall be installed according to the provisions of chapter 1 of this title.
C. Off Street Loading Requirements; Exception:
1. Spaces Required: Every establishment or use that has an aggregate gross floor area of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet or more and ships or takes delivery by large commercial carrier van shall provide off street loading or unloading berths in accordance with the following table. The core commercial/residential district shall be exempt from this requirement.
Square Feet Of Aggregate Gross Floor Area | Number Of Berths |
15,000 sq. ft. up to and including 40,000 sq. ft. | 1 |
40,001 sq. ft. up to and including 100,000 sq. ft. | 2 |
100,001 sq. ft. up to and including 160,000 sq. ft. | 3 |
2. Standards For Off Street Loading Facilities: All off street loading facilities shall conform to the following standards:
a. The first loading berth shall be at least seventy feet (70') in length. Additional berths required shall be at least forty five feet (45') in length unless certified by the applicant in writing that additional loading activity will take place exclusively with small delivery vans, in which case the berth(s) shall be at least twenty five feet (25') in length.
b. All loading berths shall be at least twelve feet (12') in width and fourteen feet (14') in height, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space.
c. Such space may occupy all or any part of any required yard space, except front yard space. However, in no event shall a loading berth be located closer than fifty feet (50') to any lot in any residential zone unless separated from such zone by screening meeting the provisions set forth in the performance standards section of this title.
d. Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles shall be provided on site.
e. Each loading berth shall be accessible from a street or alley or from an aisle or drive connecting with a street or alley, without traversing a residential district.
f. The loading area, aisles and access drives shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dust free surface and shall be so graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water into an approved stormwater management system and without damage to private or public properties, streets or alleys.
g. Bumper rails shall be provided at locations where needed for safety or to protect property.
h. If the loading area is illuminated, lighting standard shall be a maximum of twenty feet (20') in height and shall be deflected down and/or away from abutting properties and residential districts so as to cause no annoying glare.
i. No regular repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in a loading area.
j. Off street loading facilities shall be located on the same site with the use for which the berths are required.
k. If more than one use is located on a site, the number of loading berths provided shall be equal to the sum of the requirements prescribed in subsection C1 of this section for each use. If more than one use is located on a site the gross floor area of the combined uses shall be used basis for calculating the number of berths that shall be provided.
l. Off street loading facilities for a single use shall not be considered as providing required off street loading facilities for any other use.
m. At the time of initial occupancy, major alterations or enlargements of a site, or of completion of construction of a structure or of a major alteration or enlargement of a structure, off street loading berths shall be provided meeting these requirements. (Ord. 131, 3-14-2002)