Required off-street parking areas shall be used only for residential customer or employee parking. No vehicles, trucks, trailers or goods shall be serviced, stored, dismantled or abandoned in any off-street parking area or yard except as provided in §§ 197-20C and 197-21F of this article.
Each required parking space shall be not less than 162 square feet
and nine feet by 18 feet in width and length, exclusive of roadways
and driveways, except that driveways for single-family residences
are considered as part of the parking space.
Where off-street parking and loading areas are reviewed by the Planning Board under the provisions of Chapter 155, Site Plan Review, the Planning Board may approve such facilities to be constructed in phases. Such an approval may be granted, provided that the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Board that the number of parking spaces constructed initially is adequate to meet the needs of the proposed use and that the site plan approved has adequate area set aside for construction of the total required number of spaces in accordance with the standards identified in Table 3.[2]
Two parking spaces are required for each single-family dwelling,
and four parking spaces for each two-family dwelling, and 1 1/2
parking spaces are required per dwelling unit in each multifamily
dwelling, regardless of district.
No parking space shall be allowed in the front yard of multifamily
residences, but required parking spaces shall be allowed in the front
yard of single- and two-family dwellings, regardless of district.
No front or side yard or parking area in an AR or R1 District shall
be used for the storage of trucks or trailers, except that one camping
or travel trailer and one boat, snowmobile or other utility trailer
will be permitted per dwelling unit in the side or rear yard of residential
units. This provision shall not apply to farm vehicles.
No vehicle may be stored or parked in a front yard which does not
have a valid registration sticker properly affixed and valid license
plates properly affixed to the vehicle.
Portable storage containers may be placed on a residential lot for
a maximum of 90 days. No portable storage container may be placed
within 20 feet of a front property line or 20 feet of a side or rear
property line.
In all Commercial and Business Districts, provisions for parking
and loading facilities shall be in accordance with the requirements
outlined in Table 3.[1] The ZBA may grant permanent greenspace to be used in lieu
of required parking spaces pursuant to an area variance.
Open off-street parking and loading areas shall be screened for adjoining
residential lots by walls, fences or hedges of sufficient height to
prevent the viewing of parked vehicles by a line of sight originating
five feet above any point within the area bounded by the minimum adjoining
side or rear yard setback line of such adjoining residential lots.
Entrance and exit drives connecting the parking area and the street
shall have at least 60 feet of unobstructed vision in both directions
along the street on which they enter.
Commercial parking lots, when allowed by special permit, shall be
landscaped in accordance with provisions set forth by the ZBA in cooperation
with the Town Engineer and/or Planning Board Consultant, and no vehicle
shall be parked within 10 feet of any side property line or 25 feet
of any street right-of-way.
New and used vehicle sales lots may be used for the temporary storage of vehicles awaiting sale, subject to the requirements for commercial parking lots of Subsection E above.
Open off-street parking and loading areas shall be screened from
adjoining residential lots by walls, fences or hedges of sufficient
height to prevent the viewing of parked vehicles by a line of sight
originating five feet above any point within the area bounded by the
minimum adjoining side or rear yard setback line of such adjoining
residential lots.
Entrance and exit drives connecting the parking area and the street
shall have at least 60 feet of unobstructed vision in both directions
along the street on which they enter.
For facilities located in the IG District which are allowed by right
in BG, BN, and PBD Districts, the commercial and business parking
and loading regulations shall apply.
For places of public assembly, such as churches, theaters, bowling
alleys, etc., one parking space for each four seats or four persons,
based on capacity attendance, whichever is greater, shall be provided.