After the effective date of this chapter, off-street parking
spaces shall be provided as hereinafter specified at the time a building
or structure is erected or at the time a new use of open land is established.
In the case of an enlargement of any existing building, structure
or use after the effective date of this chapter, off-street parking
spaces shall be provided as hereinafter specified for the enlarged
portion of such building, structure or use.
A.
No existing off-street parking area shall be reduced in capacity
so as to be less than required by this chapter, or, if such parking
capacity is already less than herein required, such parking area shall
not be further reduced; provided, however, that a reduction in such
existing parking area shall be allowed if equivalent parking space
is provided for the use involved.
B.
In the case of change of use which would result in requirement for
a greater parking area than is provided, the Zoning Board of Appeals
shall determine the number of additional spaces to be required.
Off-street parking spaces for dwellings shall be required as
follows:
Off-street parking spaces for institutional uses shall be required
as follows:
Off-street parking spaces for places of assembly shall be required
as follows:
A.
School: one space for each classroom, plus one space for each five
seats in the auditorium.
B.
Church, principal or accessory auditorium, theater, stadium or sports
arena: one space for each five seats.
C.
Library, museum or art gallery: one space for each 300 square feet
of gross floor area.
D.
Bowling alley: 10 spaces per alley.
E.
Dance hall or studio, skating rink or other places of public amusement
not otherwise specified: one space for each 100 square feet of gross
floor area.
G.
Club or lodge: one space for each 100 square feet of floor area used
for club or lodge purposes, plus one space for each sleeping room.
H.
Mortuary or funeral parlor: 10 spaces for each parlor.
I.
Swimming pools for commercial purposes or private club, principal
or accessory, other than private pools which are accessory to a private
residence: one space for each 25 square feet of pool area.
A.
Furniture, floor covering or appliance stores, custom shops, wholesale
business: one space for each 700 square feet of gross floor area.
C.
Gasoline station, public garage or repair garage, principal or accessory:
three spaces for each service bay.
D.
Rapid car wash as a principal use: A minimum of 75 reservoir spaces
are provided for one wash rack or lane, plus 25 reservoir spaces for
each additional rack or lane.
E.
Food store, shopping center or group of stores over 20,000 square
feet of gross floor area: one space for each 175 square feet of gross
floor area.
F.
Other individual retail stores or service establishments: one space
for each 175 square feet of gross floor area.
G.
Office for treatment of humans, except dentist offices: two spaces
for each office or suite of offices, plus one space for each 200 square
feet of gross floor area.
H.
Other business or professional offices: two spaces for each office
or suite of offices, plus one space for each 300 square feet of gross
floor area.
I.
Banks: one space for each 350 square feet of floor area.
J.
Drive-in banks: At least 10 reservoir spaces are to be provided on
the lot for each drive-in teller's window. Such reservoir spaces shall
be in addition to required parking spaces.
K.
Manufacturing, storage or other industrial use. Parking shall be
provided in such amount that no employee need park on a public street
or on a lot more than 600 feet from the premises so used.
For all other principal uses not above enumerated or excepted,
off-street parking spaces shall be required as follows: one space
for each 350 square feet of gross floor area.
Except as otherwise provided in § 144-43, where any building or lot is occupied by two or more uses having different parking requirements, the parking requirement for each use shall be computed separately to determine the total off-street parking requirement.
A.
Size of parking space. For the purpose of computing gross parking
area for required off-street parking, 350 square feet of unobstructed
net standing, maneuvering or access area shall be considered one parking
space. However, a lesser area may be considered as one space if the
Zoning Enforcement Officer certifies that the layout and design of
the parking area are adequate to permit convenient access and maneuvering.
In any event, the size of a parking space shall be at least 20 feet
long and nine feet wide exclusive of access or maneuvering area.
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B.
Gross floor area. Gross floor area shall include all areas of a building used or occupied by any traffic generator mentioned in § 144-35; provided, however, that basement or cellar floor area not used for processing, servicing or sales of goods or merchandise shall not be counted as gross floor area.
C.
Seats. In places of assembly where bench-type seats are provided
or where standing patrons are served at a counter or bar, each 20
lineal inches of such seating or standing space shall be considered
as one seat for the purpose of determining off-street parking requirements.
D.
Fractional units. When application of the units of measurement to
determine off-street parking spaces results in a fractional parking
space of 1/2 or more, one parking space shall be required.
A.
Accessory uses.
(1)
No off-street parking spaces shall be required for uses accessory to any institutional use specified in § 144-37 or for an accessory restaurant used primarily for students, patients, tenants or employees occupying a principal building.
(2)
In the case of accessory retail sales, restaurants or swimming pools,
the parking requirement for either the accessory use or the principal
use, whichever requirement is less, shall be reduced by 50%.
B.
Joint facilities.
(1)
In the case of a church and school on the same lot, the lesser parking
requirement shall be waived.
(2)
Where places of assembly specified in § 144-38 are located on the same lot with other uses, the Zoning Board of Appeals may permit a reduction in the number of required off-street parking spaces for such places of assembly.
(3)
Where public off-street parking facilities are available, other than
off-street parking provided for a public building, the Zoning Board
of Appeals may permit a reduction in the number of required off-street
parking spaces for uses located on any lot within 600 feet of such
public parking facility.
A.
Location of required parking spaces.
(1)
General provisions. All required off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot with the building or use they serve, except as provided in Subsection A(2), Group facilities.
(2)
Group facilities. In any commercial or manufacturing district, required
off-street parking spaces may be provided in group parking facilities
designed to serve two or more buildings or uses on different lots,
provided that:
B.
Encroachment of required parking spaces prohibited. All areas counted
as required off-street parking area shall be unobstructed and free
of other uses except off-street loading or unloading.
C.
Guaranty for off-site parking spaces. In any case where required
off-street parking spaces are not provided on the same lot with the
building or use they serve, such off-street parking spaces shall be
subject to deed, lease or contract restrictions acceptable to the
Town Attorney, binding the owner, his heirs or assigns to maintain
the required number of spaces available throughout the life of such
use.
D.
Additional requirements for all open off-street parking spaces. All open off-street parking spaces shall be considered as automotive use areas and shall be subject to the requirements of Subsection E in addition to the provisions of this section.
E.
Automotive use areas. Any portion of a lot used for open off-street
parking or reservoir space for open sales, service or storage areas
for motor vehicles, contractors' equipment or boats shall be deemed
to be an automotive use area. New automotive use areas or enlargements
of existing automotive use areas shall be subject to the following
requirements:
(1)
Surfacing. Every automotive use area and access driveway thereto
shall be surfaced with a durable and dustless material and shall be
so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water accumulations.
(2)
Lighting. Any fixture used to illuminate any automotive use area
shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from the street and
from adjoining premises in any residential district.
(3)
Screening. Every automotive use area, except off-street parking areas
for less than five vehicles, shall be screened from any adjoining
lot in any residential district, including lots situated across the
street, as follows:
(a)
Along a street line by a planting strip five feet wide; provided,
however, that no shrub planting or tree foliage shall be placed or
maintained which obstructs vision at an elevation between three and
seven feet above the street level. Such screening may be interrupted
by normal entrances or exits.
(b)
Along a rear lot line or an interior side lot line by a compact
evergreen hedge which will reach a height of five feet within three
years or by a solid fence or masonry wall five feet in height. Such
screening shall be maintained in good condition at all times.
(4)
Access. No entrance or exit to any automotive use area shall be permitted
within 30 feet of any intersecting street lines and, except for off-street
parking areas for uses permitted in any residential zone requiring
less than 10 parking spaces, no entrance or exit shall be permitted
within 10 feet of a lot in any residential zone. Access to automotive
use areas, except for off-street parking areas in residential zones
for less than 10 vehicles shall be approved by the Zoning Enforcement
Officer and shall be so arranged that vehicles shall not back into
a street.
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(5)
Restriction. No automotive use area shall be used for auto wrecking
or for storage of wrecked, partially dismantled or junked vehicles
or equipment or motor vehicles which do not qualify for New York State
motor vehicle registration.