A. General.
1. All required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the principal use they serve, except as allowed in Section 5.8.11, Parking Alternatives.
2. Required off-street parking shall be maintained for the duration of the principal use and shall not be reduced unless the principal use ceases or changes.
3. Except where allowed by this Ordinance, off-street parking spaces shall not be located in any required landscaping or stormwater management area.
4. Off-street parking spaces shall not protrude into any street, fire lane, drive aisle, sidewalk, greenway, or pedestrian connection.
B. Dimensional Standards for Parking Spaces and Aisles. Off-street parking spaces and drive aisles serving them shall comply with the minimum dimensional standards established in Table 5.8.5.B: Dimensional Standards for Off-Street Parking Spaces, and Figure 9.3.11.F: Parking Space and Access Aisle Dimensions.
Type of Parking [1] | Minimum Width (feet) | Minimum Depth (feet) | Minimum Aisle Width (feet) [2] | |
One Way | Two Way [3] | |||
Type of Parking [1] | Minimum Width (feet) | Minimum Depth (feet) | Minimum Aisle Width (feet) [2] | |
One Way | Two Way [3] | |||
Parallel (0°) | 9 | 20 | 13 | 19 |
Angled (30°) | 10 | 19 | 12 | 20 |
Angled (45°) | 10 | 19 | 13 | 21 |
Angled (60°) | 10 | 19 | 18 | 23 |
Perpendicular (90°) | 10 | 19 | 20 | 24 |
Compact | 8.5 | 18 | 20 | 24 |
Notes: [1] All off-street parking spaces shall remain unobstructed from grade level to a height of at least 6 ½ feet above the parking space's grade level. [2] Minimum aisle width shall be measured from edge-of-pavement to edge-of-pavement, and shall not include gutters or curbing. [3] The Town may require one direction of travel to maintain a wider width than the other direction. | ||||
C. Minimum Parking Lot Stem Length. All vehicular accessways serving off-street parking lots shall comply with the standards in Section 5.1.6.F Minimum Parking Lot Stem Length.
D. Parking Space Access.
1. All off-street parking spaces shall be accessed directly from drive aisles or private driveways and not directly from arterial or collector streets.
2. All off-street parking areas shall be designed with an appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner that allows for safe vehicular movements.
E. Vehicle Backing. Vehicular use areas shall be designed so that a vehicle is not required to back onto a street to enter or exit the parking lot, a parking space, or a stacking space.
F. Surface Materials.
1. Except for use types identified in subsection (3) below, all off-street parking spaces, accessible parking spaces, drive aisles, and vehicular use areas shall be paved and maintained with concrete, asphalt, or similar material of sufficient thickness and consistency to support anticipated traffic volumes and weights (see Figure O: Parking Lot Surface Materials).
2. The use of pervious or semi-pervious materials may be approved as part of an alternative parking plan (see Section 5.8.11, Parking Alternatives), provided it is demonstrated that the materials will function in a similar fashion as required materials.
3. Required off-street parking spaces (excluding accessible parking spaces), drive aisles, and vehicular use areas may be constructed with gravel or other approved comparable all-weather surface for the following:
a. Parking used on an irregular basis for religious institutions, private clubs or lodges, and other similar nonprofit organizations;
b. Parking for a bed and breakfast establishment where six or fewer spaces are required; and
c. Parking for an office use converted from a single-family detached dwelling where four or fewer spaces are required.
4. Configuration of parking lots in accordance with low impact development practices (see Table 5.12.6: Menu of Sustainable Development Practices) is encouraged.
G. Grading and Drainage.
1. The parking lot shall be graded, properly drained, stabilized, and maintained to minimize dust and erosion.
2. Parking lots shall not impound stormwater unless surface impoundment is required as a method of stormwater management. However, in no instance shall surface impoundment result in a fewer number of parking spaces than required by Table 5.8.4.H, Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements Table.
3. Parking lots shall not drain onto or across public sidewalks, or into adjacent property except into a natural watercourse or a drainage easement unless alternative provisions for drainage are proposed and accepted by the Planning Director.
H. Pedestrian Walkways. Pedestrian walkways between the principal buildings on a development site and a sidewalk or other pedestrian way (like a greenway trail) shall be provided in accordance with Section 5.1, Access and Circulation.
I. Markings. All parking spaces and lanes in parking lots shall be clearly delineated with paint lines, curbs, or other treatment.
J. Curbs and Wheel Stops. All off-street parking spaces provided in accordance with Table 5.8.4.H, Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements Table, shall have curbs or wheel stops located so that no part of the parked vehicle extends onto or over a sidewalk, walkway of six feet in width or less, adjacent property, or landscape area, whether the vehicular use area is paved or unpaved.
K. Separation from Fire Protection Facilities.
1. No required off-street parking space shall be located within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or other fire protection facility.
2. Parking shall not take place within designated fire lanes or other areas demarcated for fire protection.
L. Exterior Lighting.
1. Exterior lighting in parking lots shall be designed to provide illumination of parking lot areas for the purposes of safe vehicle and pedestrian circulation.
2. Exterior lighting within a parking lot shall be configured to prevent glare or illumination exceeding maximum allowable levels on adjacent land and shall comply with the standards of Section 5.4, Exterior Lighting, as appropriate.
M. Landscaping. Parking lot landscaping shall be provided in accordance with Section 5.6, Landscaping.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)