Virtually every land use in the Town requires
access by motor vehicles. For the purposes of reducing and avoiding
congestion of streets and providing a more suitable living and working
environment, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Town that,
for every land use hereafter established, there shall be provided
sufficient space for access to, and for the off-street standing and
parking of, all motor vehicles that may be expected to come to the
establishment at any time under normal conditions for any purpose,
whether as patrons, customers, purveyors, guests, employees or otherwise.
The requirements of off-street parking space
and off-street loading space set forth in this chapter are minimum
requirements, and shall apply in all districts, except as otherwise
indicated. Off-street parking, standing and loading space shall comply
with the following regulations:
A. Use and parking on same lot. Off-street parking and
off-street loading space appurtenant to any use permitted in all districts
shall be provided in the same parcel of land occupied by the use to
which said space is appurtenant.
B. Vehicle access to parking space. In calculating any
required parking area other than for parking spaces required for single-
and two-family dwellings, sufficient access and maneuvering space
shall be provided to permit the parking and removal of any vehicle
without moving other vehicles.
C. Use of parking areas. No use shall be established
on the designated parking areas except the parking of customer or
employee vehicles.
D. No vehicle in excess of a 3/4 ton pickup truck or
a 3/4 ton van shall be housed or parked on any premises on which the
primary use is residential.
Every parcel of land hereafter used for a private
or public parking area (other than parking required for single- and
two-family dwellings) shall be provided with safe and convenient access
to a street and shall be improved in accordance with the following
requirements:
A. Paving. The ground surface shall be paved with a durable,
dust-free and hard material, such as bituminous hot mix or Portland
cement concrete or some comparable material. Such paving shall be
maintained for safe and convenient use at all times.
B. Curbs and delineation. Fixed and permanent wheel bumpers
or curbs of concrete or some comparable material at least four inches
high shall be installed for each parking area at least four feet within
the prescribed limits of the parking area. Where the parking is so
designed that the vehicle overhang does not protrude outside the prescribed
limits of the area, such curbs may be placed at the outside limits
of the area. Parking spaces shall be delineated and periodically restored
to maintain a clear identification of separate parking stalls.
C. Curb cuts. Driveway openings through the curb shall
be a minimum of 30 feet in width and a maximum of 50 feet in width
measured at the street line. There shall not be less than 25 feet
between driveway openings, and there shall not be less than 12 1/2
feet from any driveway openings to any property line.
D. Lighting. Any lights used to illuminate any such area
shall be so arranged and shielded as to confine all direct light rays
entirely within the boundary lines of such area.
E. Plans. Any application for a building permit, or for
a certificate of occupancy where no building permit is required, or
for site plan approval, shall include plans detailing all of the requirements
of this section.
[Amended 5-5-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
Unless otherwise determined by the Planning
Board during site plan review, parking or standing spaces shall be
provided for each use, as required in the amounts set forth in the
following subsections. Parking spaces or areas may be increased or
decreased by the Planning Board where overall conditions require more
or less parking:
A. Use of parking or standing space. Parking or standing
space required by this chapter shall be used only for those purposes.
Any other use of said space, including any repair work or servicing
of any kind, shall be deemed to constitute a separate commercial use
of said space in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
B. Minimum size of all parking and maneuvering space.
All parking (spaces) shall be a minimum of nine feet by 20 feet. The
minimum aisle space for ninety-degree parking shall be 24 feet in
width. The minimum aisle space for sixty-degree parking shall be 23
feet in width. The minimum aisle space for forty-five-degree parking
shall be 20 feet in width. The minimum aisle space for thirty-degree
parking shall be 17 feet in width. The aisle width of any parking
area where the degree of angular parking varies from the specifications
above shall be calculated by using a ratio of the above set forth
specification. However, in no case shall the aisle width be less than
16 feet.
C. Computation.
(1) For the purpose of computing required off-street standing
and parking or loading space in relation to floor area, the gross
floor area shall be used.
(2) For the purpose of computing parking space requirements
on the basis of the number of occupants, practitioners or employees,
the total maximum number of said occupants on the premises at any
one time shall be used.
(3) When application of the requirements would result
in a fractional space, any fraction shall be counted as one space.
(4) If there is any uncertainty with respect to the amount
of parking space required by the provisions of this chapter as a result
of any indefiniteness as to the proposed use of a building or of land,
the maximum requirement for the general type of use that is involved
shall govern.