A. Intent. Parking is an accessory use to both residential and business land uses. This section sets forth the standards for parking and storage of personal vehicles, customer vehicles, commercial vehicles, non-operative vehicles, and recreational vehicles.
B. Definitions.
(1) Outdoor Storage: The keeping within an unroofed and unenclosed area any goods, materials, merchandise or vehicles in the same place for more than thirty (30) days.
(2) Parking: The placement of a vehicle or equipment at a location for thirty (30) or fewer days.
(3) Parking Lot: Any area used for the express purposes of parking automotive vehicles, but not including a single family dwelling’s parking area incidental to the principal use.
C. Parking requirements in the RS-Residential District, and Residential parcels within the CCOD 1 and CCOD 2 Districts. (3/20/12)
(1) Parking lots are not permitted in the RS-District or residential portions of CCOD 1 and 2 Districts. (3/20/12)
(2) To the extent possible, parking areas should be twenty (20) feet to the rear of the Principal Building’s front facade.
(3) In the residential portion of CCOD 1 and 2 districts, designated off-street parking area of at least 324 sq. ft. shall be required. Such area may be left in a pervious state. (3/20/12)
(4) Outdoor Storage of vehicles and equipment:
(a) Storage of personal recreation vehicles, cars, boats, campers, and trailers shall be permitted in the RS-District and residentially zoned lots within the CCOD 1 and CCOD 2 Districts; (3/20/12)
(b) Storage shall be limited to a total of six hundred (600) square feet;
(c) Storage areas shall be located a minimum of twenty (20) feet to the rear of the Principal Building’s front facade;
(d) Recreation vehicles may be parked anywhere on residential premises for a period not to exceed seven (7) days during loading and unloading. After seven (7) days they must be parked to the rear of the front facade;
(e) All setbacks shall be met as required by the zoning district;
(f) Neither vehicles nor equipment shall be used for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes when parked or stored on a residential lot.
D. Parking requirements on Split zoned lots within the CC-Community Commercial District and on commercial lots within the CCOD 1 and CCOD 2 Districts. (3/20/12)
(1) Areas suitable for parking automobiles in on-street and off-street locations shall be required in the CC-Community Commercial District. A parking plan shall be required
(a) At the time of the initial construction of any Principal Building;
(b) When a structural alteration or other change in a Principal Building produces an increase in floor area; or
(c) If there is a change in use that increases the demand for parking.
(2) A parking plan shall be submitted to the Design Review Board for approval and required parking shall be within the CC-Community Commercial District or area otherwise designated by Town Council. The plan must:
(a) Demonstrate how parking demand shall be accommodated;
(b) Provide information as to how the existing lot will accommodate the proposed use;
(c) Provide information as to plans to utilize on-street parking, valet parking or shared parking between businesses that may have different operating hours;
(d) Identify available on-street parking area;
(e) Provide a scaled drawing or layout of all parking areas showing the location, size, and arrangement of the individual parking spaces, loading spaces, and landscaped areas; and,
(f) Be prepared by a professional who shall be knowledgeable about commercial parking demand.
(3) Parking design requirements:
(a) Direct access provided from parking lot to a public street;
(b) Parking space: 18 feet x 9 feet; on-street parallel parking space a minimum of twenty (20) feet in length;
(c) Wheel stops shall be required for all parking area without raised curbing; the vehicle side of the wheel stop shall be no less than eighteen (18) inches from the end of the parking space; where sidewalks or other walkways occur, parked vehicles shall not overhang or extend over the sidewalk. In these parking facilities, wheel stops shall be provided even if the parking facility has curbing;
(d) Parking driveway aisle for off-street parking: minimum width of eighteen (18) feet for sixty (60) degree angle parking; minimum width of twenty four (24) feet for ninety (90) degree parking;
(e) Permeable materials shall be used for on-site parking and drives;
(f) Access to parking areas shall not be permitted to cross residentially-zoned portions of lot;
(g) Access driveways shall not exceed fourteen (14) feet in width; and,
(h) Driveways shall be sited to minimize interruption of the continuity of the public sidewalk.
(4) Buffer and landscape plan for parking lot. The applicant shall submit a proposed buffer and landscape plan to the Design Review Board for their approval. At a minimum, each parking newly developed or redeveloped commercial lot area shall have a six (6) to eight (8) foot fence high solid fence or wall abutting the residential zoning district boundary; lot area adjacent to the right-of-way lines shall be planted borders not less than five (5) feet in width parallel to the right-of-way (except where egress to the street is needed). The planted border areas shall have at least one (1) tree (having a minimum clear trunk of five (5) feet and a minimum height of eight (8) feet for each thirty (30) linear feet of the border area). The remainder of the required landscape buffer area shall be landscaped with shrubs, lawn, ground cover, or other approved materials.
(5) Joint use of off-street parking areas. Two or more principal uses may utilize a common area in order to comply with the parking requirements, provided that a covenant agreement with the Town shall be signed that relinquishes the development rights over the property that is being utilized for off-site parking until such time as the lot is no longer required to comply with the parking requirement of the permitted business.
(6) Overnight parking. Parking lots for the daily use of customers in the CC-Community Commercial District shall not be used for the overnight parking of vehicles, unless the vehicles are commercial vehicles used in the conduct of the commercial activity; if such vehicle is parked overnight, it shall be located a minimum of twenty (20) feet to the rear of the Principal Building’s front facade.
(7) Outdoor Storage. No Outdoor Storage shall be permitted in the CC-District.