(A) Off-street parking spaces are required.
(B) (1) The following numbers of off-street parking spaces shall be provided with the construction of or addition to any of the buildings and uses listed below.
(2) The Zoning Manager may also consider the availability of on-street parking when determining the requirements.
Parking Space Requirements
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Use | Parking Requirements |
Parking Space Requirements
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Use | Parking Requirements |
All Residential Units: | |
Efficiency or 1-bedroom | 1.5 spaces per unit |
2-bedroom | 2 spaces per unit |
3-bedroom | 2 spaces per unit |
4 or more bedrooms | 2 spaces per unit |
Additional requirements for multiple-family residential and mobile home parks with 6 or more units (guest parking) | 0.25 spaces for each unit |
Multiple-family housing for the elderly or for the handicapped | 0.5 spaces per unit |
Motel or hotel | 1 space per unit, plus 2 spaces for the owner’s or manager’s unit |
Temporary multi-family or lodge | 1.5 spaces per unit, plus 2 spaces for the owner’s or manager’s unit |
Nursing home, rest homes | 1 space per 4 beds, plus 1 space for every 2 employees |
Nonresidential Uses: | |
Drive-in or fast food restaurant | 1 space for every 2 seats or 1 space for every 100 square foot of floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 space for every employee on the largest work shift |
Animal hospitals | 1 space for every 300 square feet of floor area |
Hospitals | 1 space for every 2 beds, plus 1 space for each staff doctor and employee on the largest work shift |
Motor vehicle sales | 1 space for every 500 square feet of floor area |
Motor vehicle service and repair | 1 space for every 300 square feet of floor area |
Business and professional offices | 1 space for every 250 square feet of floor area |
Medical, dental offices and clinics | 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area |
Indoor restaurants and bars | 1 space for every 3 seats or 1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater |
Retail business, except furniture stores and appliance stores | 1 space for every 300 square feet of floor area |
Furniture stores, appliance stores | 1 space for every 500 square feet of floor area |
Wholesale business and warehouse | 1 space for every 1,000 square feet of floor area or 1 space for every 2 employees, whichever is greater |
Nonresidential Uses: | |
Industrial uses (excluding offices) not mentioned specifically under another use in this section | 1 space for every 500 square feet or 0.75 spaces for every 1 employee, whichever is greater |
Places of public assembly, such as churches, auditoriums, meeting rooms | 1 space for every 4 seats in the principal place of assembly |
Libraries | 1 space for every 400 square feet of floor area, plus 1 for every 2 employees |
Educational Facilities: | |
Use | Parking Requirements |
Preschool nurseries or childcare centers, kindergarten and elementary schools and middle schools | 1 space per classroom, plus 1 space per employee |
High schools | 1 space per employee, plus 1 space for every 4 students, plus 1 space for every four seats on the principal place of assembly (bench capacity is determined as 1 seat per 20 inches) |
Recreational facilities | 1 space for every 500 square feet of recreational area |
Note: when determining the number of parking spaces to be required, fractions of spaces shall be rounded to the nearest whole number with 0.5 space being rounded up to 1 space. For example, if the calculation of parking spaces equals 27.25 spaces, then 27 spaces would be required. If the calculation equals 27.5 spaces, then 28 spaces would be required. | |
(C) Combination of uses.
(1) When one building is planned to include a combination of different uses, the minimum parking required width be determined by applying the above requirements based upon the floor area for each use.
(2) The maximum number of parking spaces required for the building shall be the sum of the requirements for each separate use. Under special circumstances, parking requirements may be reduced following reduction standards for combinations of uses.
(3) Applicants must fully document any requests for parking reductions.
(D) Uses not listed. For specific uses not listed, the Planning Commission shall determine the appropriate number of parking spaces required based upon the type of activity, intensity, number of employees and similarity to listed uses.
(E) Off-site parking. For any commercial or business use, the off-street parking requirements may also be met utilizing the following alternatives, if applicable.
(1) Off-street parking spaces may be provided on a site within 300 feet of the use that generates the parking requirements; provided that the site is owned or under the control of the owner of the parking generator.
(2) The owner of the use may participate in a parking district or joint venture that assures the town that the off-street parking requirements will be met. All parking districts or joint ventures shall be subject to the approval of the town.
(F) Parking area standards.
(1) All off-street parking areas shall be unobstructed and free of all other uses.
(2) All off-street parking spaces shall have unobstructed access to and from a street.
(3) (a) All off-street parking areas, except those for single-family or two-family dwellings, shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete.
(b) Other dustless surfaces such as washed road base with a chemical dust suppressant may be approved by the Board of Trustees for parking areas in the Industrial District, based on type of use, location and impact to adjoining properties.
(4) Off-street parking areas with six or more spaces shall be adequately screened from any adjoining residentially zoned lot by landscaping or solid fencing.
(5) Lighting from any parking area shall not be directed toward any adjacent residential area or public street.
(6) Off-street parking areas may be located to jointly serve two or more buildings or uses; provided that the total number of spaces is not less than that required for the total combined number of buildings or uses. However, this number may be reduced based on the results of a shared parking demand analysis based on recognized standards and methodologies.
(7) (a) Off-street parking spaces shall be at least nine feet by 19 feet, except that up to 20% of the required spaces in a parking area with ten or more spaces may be designated for compact cars with a minimum space of eight feet by 16 feet.
(b) If compact spaces are approved, designated areas shall be clearly marked by above-grade signage for small or compact cars only.
(8) Where off-street parking areas designed for parallel parking are established, the dimensions of such spaces shall be not less than 22 feet by nine feet.
(9) No more than 12 parking spaces shall be permitted in a contiguous row without being interrupted by a landscaped area of at least six feet wide and 16 feet long, or unless otherwise stated in the design policies of the town.
(10) In multiple-family areas, areas included in driveways or otherwise required to move cars in and out of parking spaces shall not be considered to meet off-street parking requirements.
(11)
Minimum width of traffic aisles:
(a) Schedule:
Traffic Aisles Schedules | |||
Stall Angle | Direction of Traffic | Minimum Area Width | |
Feet | Inches | ||
Traffic Aisles Schedules | |||
Stall Angle | Direction of Traffic | Minimum Area Width | |
Feet | Inches | ||
0 parallel | One-way traffic | 12 | 0 |
0 parallel | Two-way traffic | 24 | 0 |
30 | One-way traffic | 12 | 0 |
30 | Two-way traffic | No angle parking permitted | |
45 | One-way traffic | 14 | 0 |
45 | Two-way traffic | No angle parking permitted | |
60 | One-way traffic | 18 | 0 |
60 | Two-way traffic | No angle parking permitted | |
90 | One-way traffic | 22 | 0 |
90 | Two-way traffic | 24 | 0 |
(b) All off-street parking areas shall be served with paved ingress/egress having minimum width of 12 feet for one-way traffic and 20 feet for two-way traffic.
(G) Off-street loading areas. For all business and industrial uses, off-street loading spaces containing 500 square feet, with no dimension less than ten feet, shall be required for new construction or major additions involving an increase in floor area as follows:
(1) New floor area between 5,000 and 20,000 square feet: one off-street loading space; and
(2) New floor area in excess of 20,000 square feet: one off-street loading space for each 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof.
(Ord. 2-98, passed 4-22-1998) Penalty, see § 153.999