It is the intention of this chapter that all
structures and land uses be provided with a sufficient amount of off-street
motor vehicle parking to meet the needs of persons employed at or
making use of such structures or land uses and sufficient off-street
loading and unloading facilities to meet the needs of such structures
or land uses, properly paved, drained and lighted. At least 5% of
the parking area shall be suitably landscaped. No part of the parking
area shall exist in any required front, side or rear yards unless
the Planning Board shall grant a waiver therefor upon a finding that
such use will not unduly interfere with traffic safety in the public
street and safe access and egress to parking spaces, and that such
use will not detract from the compatibility of the use with uses in
or on abutting districts or properties, in which event the Planning
Board shall grant a waiver for a parking area not in excess of 50%
of the required yard depth.
The plans for any new building or any expansion
of an existing building, when submitted for a zoning permit, shall
show specifically the location and size and type of improvement of
the off-street parking and loading areas required to comply with this
chapter, and the means of access to parking spaces and loading platforms
from the public streets or highways. Except for residences, no zoning
permit shall be issued until such plan for parking and loading space
and access to it and required improvement is approved in the appropriate
case by the Planning Board or the Building Inspector, as the case
may be. They shall determine that traffic access, traffic circulation
and general layout of the parking facility are planned with regard
to safety to traffic on the public street and safety and adequacy
of access for cars and pedestrians using the parking facility. No
certificate of compliance shall be issued for any building or land
use until the required, improved off-street parking area has been
established.
A.
Structures and land uses in existence or for which
building permits have been approved at the time of the adoption of
this chapter shall not be subject to the parking or loading space
requirements of this chapter, provided that any parking and loading
facilities then existing to serve such structures or uses shall not
in the future be reduced, except where they exceed such requirements,
in which case they shall not be reduced below such requirements. Required
parking and loading facilities shall, however, be provided as a condition
for the issuance of any zoning permit for any enlargement of such
structures or uses in the future to serve both the existing and proposed
uses.
B.
In case of exceptional difficulty or unusual hardship
to such properties arising out of this requirement, appeal may be
made to the Board of Appeals, which shall require such degree of compliance
as it may deem reasonable for that part of the structure or use that
is legally nonconforming but shall not waive any part of the requirement
for that part of the structure or use that constitutes an enlargement
or expansion and shall not permit reduction or elimination of whatever
quantity of parking may already be in existence unless it is in excess
of requirements.
C.
Required off-street parking facilities which, after
development, are later dedicated to and accepted by the Town shall
be deemed to continue to serve the uses or structures for which they
were originally provided.
D.
Parking requirements for land in any C-PS Planned
Shopping District that is developed for nonresidential use shall be
in accordance with the regulations for such district as shown on the
Schedule of Regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Schedule of Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.
A.
Off-street motor vehicle parking facilities shall be provided as follows, except as provided above or where additional parking requirements may be made as a condition of the issuance of a special permit under Article III, in which case provisions of that article shall apply.
(1)
For one- and two-family dwellings, the minimum requirements
shall be two spaces for each dwelling unit
[Amended 8-17-1982]
(2)
For multifamily dwellings for three or more families,
the minimum requirements shall be 11/4 spaces for each dwelling unit.
At least 60% of the required spaces shall be located within 200 feet
by the most direct walking route to and shall be readily accessible
to the entrance or entrances of the multifamily dwelling units they
serve and shall not be located within a garage or other building.
(3)
For a professional office or home occupation permitted
in a residential zone as an accessory use, the minimum requirements
shall be two spaces in addition to spaces required for residential
units, except that medical or dental offices shall have four additional
spaces.
(4)
For a rooming or boarding house, the minimum requirements
shall be one space for each guest sleeping room.
(5)
For a hospital, clinic, sanatorium or convalescent
home, the minimum requirements shall be one space for each patient
bed or bassinet.
(6)
For a theater, auditorium, athletic field or other
place of public assembly other than a church, the minimum requirements
shall be one space for each five seats in such place of assembly.
(7)
For a church or other place of worship, the minimum
requirements shall be one space for each five seats or pew spaces.
(8)
For a bowling alley or other center of public amusement,
the capacity of which cannot be measured in terms of seats, the minimum
requirements shall be two square feet of parking area for each square
foot of floor space devoted to patron use.
(9)
For a restaurant or place dispensing food or drink,
the minimum requirements shall be four square feet of parking area
for each square foot of floor space.
(10)
For a retail or service business, the minimum
requirements shall be two square feet of parking area for each square
foot of floor space.
(11)
For warehousing, wholesale, storage and utility
uses, the minimum requirements shall be one space for each employee,
but not less than one space for each 1,000 square feet of building
area.
[Amended 4-14-1976]
(12)
For an office for business or professional use,
the minimum requirements shall be one parking space for each employee,
but not less than one space for each 350 square feet of gross floor
area or part thereof.
[Amended 4-14-1970; 4-14-1976]
(13)
For a funeral parlor or undertaking establishment,
the minimum requirements shall be at least 10 spaces, plus one space
for each two persons working in such establishment.
(14)
For a railroad passenger station, the minimum
requirements shall be one space for each three regular passengers
commuting from the station, as determined by the average number of
commuter ticket books in use per month, to be provided within 500
feet from said railroad station platforms.
(15)
For a railroad freight station, the minimum
requirements shall be at least five spaces, plus one space for each
two employees of the station.
(16)
For a light manufacturing, processing and assembly,
the minimum requirements shall be one space for each employee, but
not less than one space for each 750 square feet of gross floor area.
[Added 4-14-1976]
(17)
For child day-care centers, the minimum requirements shall be one parking space for each 350 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof, in addition to the required dropoff/loading spaces as per § 218-99A(3)(b)[4].
[Added 3-26-1996]
(18)
For laboratories devoted exclusively to research, design and experimentation,
the minimum requirement shall be one parking space for each 475 square
feet of gross floor area.
[Added 9-13-2011]
(19)
For car storage facilities, the minimum requirement shall be
one space for every 40 vehicle storage spaces in the facility.
[Added 4-10-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
B.
Reasonable and appropriate off-street parking requirements
for structures and land uses which do not fall within the categories
listed above shall be determined in each case by the Board of Appeals,
which shall consider all factors entering into the parking needs of
such use and shall fix requirements in conformity with the general
requirements of this chapter.
C.
Where two or more different uses occur on a single
lot, the total amount of parking facilities to be provided shall be
the sum of the requirements for each individual use on the lot, except
that the Board of Appeals may approve the joint use of parking space
by two or more establishments on the same or on contiguous lots, the
total capacity of which space is less than the sum of the spaces required
for each, provided that the Board finds that the capacity to be provided
will substantially meet the intent of the requirements by reason of
variation in the probable time of maximum use by patrons or employees
among such establishments and provided that such approval of such
joint use shall be automatically terminated upon the termination of
the operation of any of such establishments.
D.
The Board of Appeals may waive the off-street parking
requirements for any business establishment if it finds that a municipal
parking lot located within 500 feet of such establishment will serve
the parking needs of such establishment, provided that the off-street
parking requirements shall be waived only to the extent that the municipal
parking lot satisfies such requirements, giving due weight to the
distance from such lot and other establishments served by such lots.
E.
In a C-NR Neighborhood Retail or C-GC General Commercial
District, any retail business or service establishment with a floor
area of less than 250 square feet shall be exempt from the off-street
parking requirements of this section.
F.
The Planning
Board, as part of a site plan approval, may designate a portion of
land on a site that would otherwise be utilized for required off-street
parking to be maintained as open space, until such time as future
parking demands necessitate its use for off-street parking purposes.
The Planning Board may permit such land banking of area devoted to
off-street parking to include up to 40% of the required number of
off-street parking spaces. The land banking of off-street parking
spaces may be authorized by the Planning Board upon demonstration
that reduced parking needs exist as of the time of site plan approval
and the area subject to such land banking is suitable for potential
future parking needs. The site plan approval shall provide that the
land banked area will not be used for any other use and may, on the
basis of increased parking demand, be converted from land banked open
space to off-street parking spaces with the approval of the Town Engineer
and Building Inspector, upon request of the property owner or as required
by the Town Engineer or Building Inspector.
[Added 9-13-2011]
A.
The required off-street parking facilities for structures
and land uses which are hereafter developed shall be provided on the
same lot or premises with such structure or land use, except that
off-street parking spaces required for structures or land uses on
two adjoining lots may be provided in a single common facility on
one or both of said lots and except that the Board of Appeals may
permit all or part of the required spaces to be located on any lot
within 300 feet of the building, except in a residence district, if
the Board determines that it is impractical to provide all or part
of the parking on the same lot with the building.
B.
In any residence district except an R-5A or R-3A District,
no unenclosed off-street parking facility shall be developed within
25 feet of a front lot line nor developed within five feet of a side
or rear lot line. In a Residence R-5A or R-3A District, no unenclosed
off-street parking facility shall be developed within 25 feet of a
front lot line or 20 feet of a side or rear lot line. For purposes
of this subsection, an off-street parking facility shall not include
up to four unenclosed parking spaces on a lot improved by a one- or
two-family dwelling.
[Amended 6-24-2003]
Required off-street parking facilities may be
enclosed in structures or may be open, except as required specifically
for multifamily dwellings, provided that all required parking facilities
shall be graded, paved, surfaced according to Town specifications
and suitably maintained to the extent necessary to avoid disintegration
of pavement, erosion or excessive water flow across the parking area,
access driveways, public ways or adjacent lands or water standing
thereon. In appropriate situations, the Building Inspector may require
the plan to provide for suitable markings to indicate individual parking
spaces, maneuvering area, entrances and exits. The Planning Board,
in approving site plans, shall require such markings.
Required off-street parking facilities shall
be maintained as long as the use or structure exists which the facilities
are designed to serve. Required parking areas developed for specific
structures and uses shall be reserved at all time to those persons
who are employed at or make use of such structures and land uses,
except when dedicated to and accepted by the Town as public parking
areas.
Driveways, service roads and other means of
access to every lot and parcel in Town shall be designed and located
with respect to the public street system so as to avoid unsafe conditions
and traffic congestion and so as to provide a convenient and practical
means of ingress and egress.
Off-street loading and unloading facilities,
as defined in this chapter and located on the same site with the use
to be served, shall be provided as follows:
A.
For retail and service business establishments, restaurants
and other places serving food and beverages: one space for the first
4,000 square feet of floor area or major portion thereof used for
business purposes, and one additional spare for each additional 10,000
square feet of business floor space or major portion thereof. At least
one loading space shall be required for each separate store.
B.
For wholesale business, storage warehouse, manufacturing
or industrial establishments, light manufacturing assembly or processing:
one space for the first 10,000 square feet or portion thereof and
one additional space for each 25,000 square feet or major portion
thereof used for such purpose.
[Amended 4-14-1976]
C.
Reasonable and appropriate off-street loading requirements
for structures and land uses which do not fall within the categories
listed above shall be determined in each case by the Board of Appeals,
which shall consider all factors entering into the loading and unloading
needs of such use and shall fix requirements in conformity with the
general requirements of this chapter.
D.
For laboratories
devoted exclusively to research, design and experimentation, one space
per 75,000 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof, provided
that the number of required spaces may be reduced if spaces are shared
between contiguous buildings, subject to Planning Board approval.
[Added 9-13-2011]
