[Ord. No. 99-1145 Art. 6 §1, 9-20-1999]
A.
Specific Requirements By Use. Except as otherwise provided
in this Chapter, when any building or structure is hereafter erected
or structurally altered, or any building or structure hereafter erected
is converted, accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided
as follows:
Use or Use Category
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Off-Street Parking Spaces Required
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One-, two-, or three-family dwelling
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2 per dwelling unit
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Townhouse
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2 per dwelling unit
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Multiple-family dwelling, more than 3 dwelling units:
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2.0 per dwelling unit for all classifications thereunder
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Efficiency apartments One bedroom apartments Two or more bedroom
apartments
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Church, synagogue, or other place of worship
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1 per 4 seats or bench seating spaces (seats in main auditorium
only)
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College or high school
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1 per 4 seats or bench seating spaces (seats in main auditorium
or field house only) or 1 for each 4 students whichever is greater
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Elementary, junior high or nursery school
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1 per 10 seats in main assembly room or 2.5 per classroom, whichever
is greater
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Country club or golf club
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1 per 5 members or 1 for each 400 square feet of floor area,
whichever is greater
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Public library, museum, art gallery or community center
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10 per use plus 1 additional space for each 300 square feet
floor area in excess of 1,000 square feet
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Office or office building (other than medical), post office
or studio
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1 per 400 square feet of area, 3 spaces minimum
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Medical offices or clinic
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area, 10 spaces minimum for a
clinic
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Funeral home
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1 per 50 square feet of floor area excluding storage and work
area, 30 spaces minimum
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Restaurant or other establishment for consumption of food or
beverages inside a building on the premises
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1 per 100 square feet of floor area, 3 spaces minimum
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Retail store or personal service establishment and banks
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1 per 20 square feet of floor area; retail food stores over
4,000 sq. ft; 1 per 150 sq. ft. of floor area
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Automobile service station
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3 for each service bay; 3 spaces minimum
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Showrooms such as machinery, equipment, and automobile and boat
sales and services
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area; 2 spaces minimum. Automobile
sales and service; 10 minimum
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Auditorium, theater, gymnasium, stadium, arena or convention
hall
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1 per 4 seats or seating spaces
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Bowling alley
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5 per lane
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Amusement place, dance hall skating rink, swimming pool, or
exhibition hall, without fixed seats
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1 per 100 square feet of floor area
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Combined indoor ice skating rink (hockey only), indoor soccer
fields and in-line hockey fields, with fixed seats
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1 space per 225 square feet of floor area
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General service or repair establishment, printing, publishing,
plumbing and heating
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1 per 1 employee on premises, plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of
floor area
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Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing
laboratory, creamery, bottling plant, wholesale, warehouse or similar
establishment
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1 per 2 employees on maximum working shift plus space for storage
of trucks or other vehicles used in connection with the business or
industry
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When determining the required parking spaces for mixed uses
[Ord. No. 15-2123 §1, 10-5-2015] |
1 per 250 square feet of area, unless the use involves retail
sales, in which event the requirement shall be 1 per 250 square feet
of retail sales area, subject to such additional requirements of this
Section as may be applicable (as example, warehousing area)
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B.
Interpretation Of Specific Requirements.
1.
The parking requirements in this Article do not limit other parking
requirements contained in the district regulations.
2.
The parking requirements in this Article do not limit special requirements
which may be imposed with planned unit developments or uses permitted
by approval of a special use.
3.
Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall
be construed to be the next highest whole number.
4.
Except as otherwise provided, the number of employees shall be compiled
on the basis of the maximum number of persons employed on the premises
at one (1) time on an average day or average night, whichever is greater.
Seasonal variations in employment may be recognized in determining
an average day.
5.
The parking space requirements for a use not specifically listed
in the chart shall be the same as for a listed use of similar characteristics
of parking demand generation.
6.
Whenever a building or use constructed or established after the effective
date of this Chapter is changed or enlarged in floor area, number
of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity, or otherwise
to create a need for an increase of ten percent (10%) or more in the
number of parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis
of the enlargement or change. Whenever a building or use existing
prior to the effective date of this Chapter is enlarged to the extent
of fifty percent (50%) or more in floor area or in the area used,
said building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking
requirements of the district in which it is located.
C.
Location Of Parking Spaces In The "H" Historic District. Within the "H" Historic District, the required parking may be located
anywhere within the district or adjacent to the district. Two (2)
or more uses or establishments within the district may set aside a
parking lot for joint use, provided the parking spaces equal the total
required for each of the uses, and provided that maintenance and control
of such lot is arranged in a manner approved by the City.
D.
Design Standards.
1.
Minimum Space Area. For the purpose of these
regulations, and except as hereinafter provided for in the "H" Historic
District, an off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area,
either asphalt, concrete or other material approved by the Planning
and Zoning Commission, but not rock or macadam, not in a street or
alley, and, for angled and perpendicular parking spaces, having an
area of not less than nine (9) feet in width and twenty (20) feet
in length (exclusive of driveways), and, for parallel parking, having
an area of not less than nine (9) feet in width as measured perpendicular
to the travel lane, nor less than twenty-four (24) feet in length
as measured parallel to the travel lane, all permanently reserved
for the temporary storage of one (1) vehicle and connected with a
street or alley by a paved driveway which affords ingress and egress
for an automobile without requiring another automobile to be moved.
Within the Historic District, cobblestones, bricks or other similar
materials may be utilized as the surfaced area.
[Ord. No. 16-2148 §1, 5-16-2016]
2.
Drainage and maintenance. Off-street parking facilities
shall be drained to eliminate standing water and prevent damage to
abutting property and/or public streets and alleys and surfaced with
erosion-resistant material in accordance with applicable City specifications.
Off-street parking areas shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and
dust-free condition at the expense of the owner or lessee and not
used for the sale, repair or dismantling or servicing of any vehicles,
equipment, materials or supplies.
3.
Entrances and exits. Location and design of entrances
and exits shall be in accord with the requirements of applicable regulations
and standards and access to and egress to any public right-of-way
shall occur only in locations approved by the City of Manchester.
4.
Lighting. Adequate lighting shall be provided if
off-street parking spaces are to be used at night. The lighting shall
be arranged and installed in a manner approved by the Building Official,
and the light source shielded in the manner required by the ordinances
of the City of Manchester.
5.
Landscaping. In parking areas of one-half (½)
acre or more in the "R-5" and "R-6" Multi-Family Residential or "C-1"
and "C-2" Commercial Districts, there shall be one (1) shade tree
planted for each two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of
parking area. Such trees, at time of planting, shall have a trunk
diameter not less than three (3) inches. Only hard maple, ash, oak
and sweet gum trees shall qualify as trees acceptable for compliance
under this Section.
[Ord. No. 99-1145 Art. 6 §2, 9-20-1999]
A.
Specific Requirements By Use. Except as otherwise provided
in this Chapter, when any building or structure is hereafter erected
or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area
by twenty-five percent (25%) or more, or any building is hereafter
converted, for the uses listed below, when such buildings contain
the floor areas specified, accessory off-street loading spaces shall
be provided as required below or as required in subsequent Sections
of this Article.
Use or Use Category
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Floor Area in Square Feet
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Loading Spaces Required
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Retail store, department store, restaurant, wholesale house,
warehouse, general service, manufacturing, or industrial establishment
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2,000--10,000
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one
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10,000--20,000
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two
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20,000--40,000
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three
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40,000-60,000
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four
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each 50,000 over 60,000
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1 additional
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Apartment building, offices or office building, or places of
public assembly
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5,000-10,000
|
one
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10,000--100,000
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two
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100,000--200,000
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three
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each 100,000 over 200,000
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1 additional
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Funeral home or mortuary
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2,500--4,000
|
one
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4,000--6,000
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two
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each 10,000 over 6,000
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1 additional
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B.
Interpretation Of Specific Requirements.
1.
The loading space requirements in this Article do not limit special
requirements which may be imposed in connection with uses permitted
by approval of a special use permit.
2.
Under the provisions of Article XVI, the Planning and Zoning Commission may reduce the loading space requirements whenever the character of the use is such as to make unnecessary the full provision of loading facilities or where provision is made for community loading facilities or where provision of loading space requirements is impractical under certain conditions for uses which contain less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area.
C.
Design Standards.
1.
Minimum size. For the purpose of these regulations,
a loading space is a space within the main building or on the same
lot, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks, having
a minimum area of five hundred forty (540) square feet, minimum width
of twelve (12) feet, a minimum depth of thirty-five (35) feet, and
a vertical clearance of at least fifteen (15) feet.
2.
Drainage and maintenance. Off-street loading facilities
shall be drained to eliminate standing water and prevent damage to
abutting property and/or public streets and alleys and surfaced with
erosion-resistant material in accordance with applicable City specifications.
Off-street loading areas shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and
dust-free condition at the expense of the owner or lessee and not
used for the sale, repair, dismantling, or servicing of any vehicles,
equipment, materials or supplies.