Parking means a lot or structure that provides parking for motor vehicles where the facility is the principal use and a fee may be charged.
Structured Parking means a one or more level free-standing structure for parking or storing motor vehicles that does not share a common floor or ceiling with another use allowed in the zone. Structured Parking does not include Surface Parking.
1. Defined
Surface parking for Use Allowed in the Zone means surface parking in connection with any permitted or limited use allowed in the zone where no building or other use requiring parking is on the same lot, or surface parking allowed in a detached residential zone by a special exception approved before October 30, 2014.
2. Use Standards
Where Surface Parking for Use Allowed in the Zone is allowed as a limited use, it must satisfy the following standards:
a. Where a sketch plan is required, the surface parking is only allowed as part of an approved phasing plan and the Planning Board finds that the layout is safe, efficient, and compatible with adjacent development.
b. Where a sketch plan is not required:
i. the parking layout must accommodate the landscaping required under Section 6.2.9; and
ii. in the CRT, CR, LSC, and EOF zones:
(a) the surface parking must be providing parking for a use on an abutting lot or be a municipal public parking lot; and
(b) for properties on a Downtown Street or Town Center Street, site plan approval is required under Section 7.3.4. The Planning Board must find that the surface parking supports commercial or residential uses that substantially conform with the recommendations of the applicable master plan.
c. Whether or not a sketch plan is required, where parking located in a residential detached zone was approved as a special exception in connection with a commercial use, site plan approval under Section 7.3.4 may supersede the previously approved special exception at the option of the applicant.
1. Defined
Surface Parking for Commercial Uses in an Historic District means the parking of motor vehicles on land zoned Agricultural, Rural Residential, or Residential in a master plan-designated historic district, where the parking must abut land zoned Commercial/Residential or Employment in the same master plan-designated historic district.
2. Use Standards
a. Where Surface Parking for Commercial Uses in an Historic District is allowed as a limited use, it must satisfy the following standards:
i. The land zoned Agricultural, Rural Residential, or Residential is currently vacant. Removing or relocating structures to provide parking is prohibited.
ii. The amount of parking proposed is the minimum required under Division 6.2, Parking, Queuing, and Loading for the commercial use proposed. Providing extra spaces is prohibited.
iii. The parking area must be located behind the front building line of the commercial structure being served by the parking; however, for a through lot with 2 front setbacks, parking must normally front on the road with the lesser classification.
iv. Review and approval of the proposed parking must be obtained from the Historic Preservation Commission through the Historic Area Work Permit process under Chapter 24 (Section 24A-7).
v. In the AR, R, RE-2, RE-2C, RE-1, and R-200 zones, site plan approval is required under Section 7.3.4.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 19-15, § 1; Ord. No. 19-39, § 5.)