[Amended 4-16-1996 ATM by Art. 11, approved
7-29-1996; 4-20-1999 ATM by Art. 7, approved 8-23-1999; 5-14-2001 ATM by Art.
28, approved 12-21-2001; 11-18-2002 ATM by Art. 2, approved 1-21-2003; 5-25-2005
ATM by Art. 5, approved 10-18-2005; 5-22-2006 ATM by Art.
50, approved 10-17-2006; 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-009; 10-15-2012 by Ord.
No. 2012-022]
No land shall be used or occupied and no structure
shall be erected or used unless the off-street parking spaces as hereinafter
required are provided. No application for a permit for the erection
of a new structure or for the development of a land use shall be approved
unless it includes a plan for off-street parking facilities to be
maintained thereafter in accordance with the requirements of this
article, except that such parking spaces are not required for any
structure or use existing at the time of enactment of this article;
provided, however, that parking spaces as specified in this article
shall be provided for any enlargement or alteration to any such existing
structure or use; provided, further, that the increase is greater
than fifteen percent (15%).
The off-street parking spaces required by this
article shall be on the same lot as the structure or use they are
intended to serve. Where such off-street parking spaces cannot reasonably
be provided on the same lot as the principal use, parking may be located
on other property.
A.
The Planning
Board may grant exceptions to allow provision of the required spaces
on a separate lot or lots within a radius of six hundred (600) feet,
measured from the lot line of the principal use.
(1)
An
applicant must demonstrate that the required spaces on a separate
lot or lots within the district are located within a reasonable walking
distance from the entrance to the establishment to be serviced.
(2)
Clear,
pedestrian passage must be available with no crossing of an arterial
street except at a signalized intersection along the pedestrian pathway.
B.
In the
CSBD, parking shall be located in the rear of the lot.
A.
The gross
area devoted to parking spaces and aisles or driveways shall be no
less than three hundred (300) square feet for each vehicle.
B.
The net area for each individual parking space shall
be no less than one hundred sixty-two (162) square feet, having minimum
dimensions of nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet.
C.
A driveway may be considered a parking space for a
one-family dwelling.
Each parking space shall have a vehicular access
to a street. Driveways, aisles and spaces in all districts except
residential single-family or two-family shall be so arranged that
vehicles will leave and enter the street with a forward motion.
Every parcel of land which, after the effective date of this chapter, is changed to a parking area for more than five (5) vehicles, or to a drive-in business or motor vehicles sales or service establishment, shall be developed as follows, subject to the approval of the plans as defined in Article XI, Site Plan and Design Review, of this chapter.
A.
Such area, where subject to wheeled traffic, shall
be smoothly graded, properly drained and treated with bituminous or
other all-weather hard surface and shall have appropriate bumper or
wheel guards where needed.
B.
Where such area abuts a residential district, it shall
not be located within ten (10) feet of the lot line in a Business
District or Business Professional District or within fifty (50) feet
of the lot line in an Industrial District; and, when required by the
site plan administrator, in all districts it shall have a wall or
fence of solid appearance or tight evergreen hedge having a height
of no less than five (5) feet, which shall be erected and maintained
between such area and the property in the residential district.
C.
Any light used to illuminate said parking areas shall
be so arranged as to reflect light away from adjoining premises and
streets.
D.
The surfaced area of all parking areas and parking
spaces shall be set back a minimum of five (5) feet from all street
lines except when an access drive crosses the street layout. Such
setback area shall be landscaped and maintained.
E.
Tiered parking. Nothing in this section shall prohibit
the construction of parking shelves or garages where it is deemed
beneficial to the community. All setbacks, height, and other requirements
shall be that of the underlying zoning district; provided that parking
garages, parking decks or any other parking structures and the parking
of any motor vehicles shall be limited to parking at a maximum of
two (2) tiers above grade.
F.
Parking lot design.
(1)
In addition to the provisions above, new and renovated off-street parking areas shall be constructed in accordance with the guidelines as defined in Article XI, Site Plan and Design Review, § 200-94B(2)(f).
(2)
Paving, alteration or installation of parking lots, driveways, or
similar shall require a permit by the Building Commissioner in all
districts.
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided
in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
B.
Commercial/Business: one (1) space for each two hundred
(200) square feet of gross floor area on the first floor of a building
and one (1) space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross
floor area thereafter for all floors used for business purposes, excluding
storage area.
C.
Warehouse/Industrial: one (1) space for each two (2)
employees, plus space for every company-owned and -operated vehicle,
plus spaces for customers' vehicles as determined appropriate by the
Building Commissioner or Site Plan Administrator.
D.
Eating/Drinking establishments: one (1) space for
each two (2) seats provided for patron use.
E.
Assembly/Meeting halls/theaters: one (1) space for
each five (5) seats or for each one hundred (100) square feet of auditorium
area (if there are no fixed seats).
F.
Hotel/Motel: one (1) space per room/dwelling unit.
G.
Mixed
uses: Where a building has a mixture of uses for which off-street
parking is required, the number of spaces will be the sum of the requirements
of the various individual uses.
H.
Other:
Reasonable off-street parking requirements for uses not listed in
this section shall be determined by the Site Plan Administrator.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued
unless the required parking facilities shall have been provided in
accordance with those designated and approved on the approved plan.
