X — means that the standard is required
- — means that the standard is not required
U — means that standards in the underlying District prevail
In order to have safe, well designed parking areas that successfully accommodate the pedestrian and are subordinate in design and appearance to adjacent buildings, the following standards apply to all accessory and principle use parking lots in all Districts unless otherwise noted.
(A) Location.
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(1) Parking shall be located primarily to the rear of the principle building and may be accessed from the front, side or rear of the property. No more than two rows of parking shall be located between a primary facade and the street. (This standard does not apply to retail stores, shopping centers or industrial buildings in the CB, SP or GI Districts.) | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | X | X | X | - | U |
(2) On-site parking shall be located primarily to the rear of the principle building and may be accessed from the front, side or rear of the property. None of the parking provided shall be located between a primary facade and a public street. | - | - | - | - | X | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
(3) On multi-building development sites where the principle buildings are located close to the perimeter of the development site, parking may be permitted to be located in the front of any building which does not front a public street (such as an interior courtyard parking arrangement). On the sites, any street fronting portion of the development, whether for lease or sale, which is intended to provide screening between the public street and interior parking lot(s) but which has not yet been developed shall, in addition to outparcel landscaping requirements, be subject to the landscaping and screening requirements for parking lots adjacent to street frontages prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any use on site after the interior parking lot is constructed. At the discretion of the planning director, the additional landscaping may be incorporated into the parking lot itself instead of the outparcel and may only be required for that portion of the lot which is exposed to the public street.  | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(4) Parking lots and parking garages shall not abut an intersection of arterial streets or occupy lots which terminate a vista (a distant view through or along a street or public space). | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | - | X | - | - | - | - | U |
(5) On-street parking directly in front of the zoning lot shall count toward fulfilling the parking requirement of that lot. | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | U |
(B) Connectivity.
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(1) New parking areas on adjacent non-residential and non-industrial lots shall be connected unless the town determines that topography or other natural features prevents it. | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(2) All off-street parking shall be served by interior circulation drives. No private off-street parking spaces shall directly connect to public streets. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(C) Paving.
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(1) All driveway and parking areas shall be paved with asphalt, concrete or brick pavers except for areas used for overflow, special events and peak parking. (This standard does not apply to single-family detached residential lots and shall only apply to that portion of an industrial lot that is used for and serves employee and/or visitor parking.) | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2) Any non-paved surface used for overflow, special events and peak parking that cannot be maintained with healthy, living turf grass or similar ground cover shall be paved with asphalt, concrete, pervious pavement or brick pavers. (This standard does not apply to single-family detached residential lots.) | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(3) Any non-paved surface used for parking or driveways on industrial sites shall be maintained with crushed rock, stone, gravel or similar material. | - | - | - | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(D) Aisles.
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(1) No more than two parking aisles (defined as a travel lane and the parking located on each side) shall abut. Otherwise, parking aisles shall be separated from each other by planted medians which may include pedestrian walkways. (See § 8-3.5 for landscaping requirements.) As an alternative for parking lots designed for any single large retail store or any shopping center containing 300 or more parking spaces, up to 4 parking aisles may abut provided the interior landscaping and design requirements for large parking lots are met within the parking lot excluding any perimeter, streetyard, internal driveway, required buffer or other landscape area required by § 8-3.5 Landscaping. The maximum distance between required landscape medians shall be no greater than 250 feet. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2) No more than 15 parking spaces shall be contiguous and adjoining in a single row of parking spaces except as provided for large parking lot landscaping and design in § 8-3.5, Landscaping. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(3) Aisles shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width if serving two-way traffic and a minimum of 12 feet in width if serving one-way traffic. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(4) No parking aisle serving the general public that contains more than 10 parking spaces shall dead-end. Any parking aisle that dead-ends shall be provided a suitable turnaround. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(E) Spaces and loading/unloading areas.
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(1) Required parking shall be provided on-site or adjacent to the development site requiring the parking. Shared parking areas are encouraged and shall be permitted whenever the Zoning Administrator determines that the minimum parking requirements can be met for each use. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2) Parking spaces shall be clearly marked on the ground for all uses except single-family detached residential. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(3) No parking space shall measure less than nine feet in width and eighteen feet in length. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(4) Parking shall be provided at the rate of one space per 500 square feet of gross floor area except for the following: (a) Office uses shall have at least one space per 300 gross square feet of building area. (b) Warehouse uses shall have at least one space per each employee on the shift with highest employment plus one space per each vehicle in business use. (c) Schools shall have at least one space per employee, one space per five students and one space per each school bus kept on site. (d) Private parking is not required for uses located within the TC District. (e) Shopping centers shall have at least three spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(f) Industrial uses shall have at least one space per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. (g) Single-family and duplex residential units shall have at least two spaces per unit. (h) Multi-family residential units shall have at least 1-1/2 spaces per unit. (i) Civic, social and fraternal organizations shall have at least 1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area. (j) Auditoriums and places of public assembly shall have at least 1 space per 6 seats or 1 space per 50 square feet of gross floor area if no seats are provided. | |||||||||||||||
(5) In addition to required parking spaces, drive-thru facilities shall provide a minimum of five stacking spaces per drive-thru facility, window or bay, except for the following: (a) Fast food restaurants shall have an additional five stacking spaces. A minimum of five of the total stacking spaces shall be located at or prior to the ordering station. (b) Non-automated car washes shall only be required to have a minimum of two stacking spaces per bay, one of which is located for use as a dry down area. (c) Automated car washes shall be required to have an additional two stacking spaces per bay. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(6) Stacking spaces shall be located entirely outside of a required driveway or parking aisle needed to access required parking spaces, | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | X |
(7) Adequate on-site turnaround area shall be provided for all parking spaces. | X | X | X | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | U |
(8) Adequate on-site turnaround area shall be provided for all loading and unloading areas. | - | - | - | U | U | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | U |
(2003 Code, § 8-3.4.4) (Updated 2009)