This article contains general regulations which are applicable
to several or all districts as stated.
A.
In all districts, off-street parking spaces shall be provided as
set forth in the following table whenever any building is erected
or enlarged. Such spaces shall have an area of at least 180 square
feet and shall have adequate and well-designed ingress and egress
and shall be located on the same lot as the use to which they are
accessory. Off-street parking area does not include the public right-of-way.
B.
As a conditional use, the provision of required parking in any district
may be located on another lot which is reasonably convenient and accessible
to the principal use.
C.
In the Central Business District, parking requirements may be provided
by public or private commercial parking facilities within 1,000 feet
of the principal entrance to the use involved.
D.
Regulations for off-street parking spaces.(a)
|
Type of Use
|
One Space for Each:
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|---|---|---|
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Offices, retail businesses and service establishments
|
300.0 square feet of floor area
| |
|
Restaurants, taverns, nightclubs
|
2.5 seats
| |
|
Professional offices or clinics
|
0.2 professional persons, unless the applicant can satisfactorily
demonstrate a need for fewer spaces, but in no case less than 5 spaces
| |
|
Motels
|
Sleeping room and 1 for each employee
| |
|
Hotels
|
Sleeping room and 1 for each employee
| |
|
Theaters, auditoriums
|
3.5 seats
| |
|
Elementary and secondary public and parochial schools
|
15.0 classroom seats and 1 for each employee
| |
|
Colleges, universities and commercial schools
|
5.0 classroom seats and 1 for each employee
| |
|
Social halls, clubs and lodges
|
200.0 square feet of floor area
| |
|
Bowling alleys
|
0.5 alley
| |
|
Hospitals
|
2.0 beds
| |
|
Residential dwellings
|
0.5 dwelling unit
| |
|
Funeral homes
|
5.0 seats based on maximum capacity
| |
|
Rooming houses and dormitories
|
2.0 beds
| |
|
Manufacturing plants and laboratories
|
3.0 employees(b) (c)
| |
|
Wholesale establishments and warehouses
|
2.0 employees(b)
| |
|
Nursing homes
|
4.0 beds
| |
|
Churches
|
10.0 seats
|
|
NOTES:
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|---|---|---|
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(a)
|
The table setting forth regulations for off-street parking spaces
applies only to new construction and to the enlarged sections to any
additions.
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|
(b)
|
Plus one additional space for each 1,000 square feet of floor
area.
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|
(c)
|
In no case shall the total parking area be less than 24% of
the floor area.
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A.
All commercial and industrial establishments shall provide loading
and unloading and commercial vehicle storage space adequate for their
needs. This required space will be provided in addition to established
requirements for patron and employee parking. In no case where a building
is erected, converted or enlarged for commercial, manufacturing, or
business purposes shall the public right-of-way be used for loading
or unloading of materials.
B.
The minimum size loading space shall be 50 feet in depth, 12 feet
in width, with an overhead clearance of 14 feet.
All off-street parking and loading areas shall conform to the
following:
A.
Off-street parking and loading areas may be developed on any required side, front or rear yard, but not closer than five feet to any street pavement unless provided with screening as described in § 330-47E.
B.
They shall be provided with a durable dust-free surface such as a
bituminous-treated, bituminous or concrete paving material and shall
be properly graded and drained to dispose of all surface water.
C.
They shall be arranged and marked for the orderly and safe movement,
loading, parking and storage of vehicles and shall be adequately illuminated
if designed for use by more than three cars after dusk.
D.
Exit and entrance driveways or access points shall be at least 20
feet wide and shall not exceed 40 feet in width and, wherever practical,
shall not occupy the full width of the streets, alleys or other rights-of-way
from which they derive their access, but shall be limited to well-defined
points and shall be so designed to provide maximum safety for other
adjoining or nearby uses.
E.
All off-street parking areas which provide more than five parking
spaces shall be considered parking lots and shall be screened from
any abutting property zoned residential or used for residential purposes.
Screening may be accomplished by the placement of adequate buildings,
a solid fence high enough to provide screening, and/or provision and
maintenance of solid planting in the form of contiguous evergreen
shrubs. Evergreen trees or shrubs shall be at least two feet from
any property line. Where off-street parking lots face a public right-of-way
at least 16 feet in width, a landscaping strip no less than 10 feet
wide and planted in sufficient and acceptable trees or shrubs may
be provided in lieu of a solid fence or shrub hedge.
F.
Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking shall be so
arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and
public rights-of-way.
Accessory off-street parking areas or garages serving the residential or nonresidential parking demand created by the principal building are permitted in accordance with § 330-45. Said parking areas may be located in any required front, side or rear yard, although persons are encouraged to use side or rear parking facilities wherever possible.
