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.
A.
Sufficient parking shall be provided for every use
on a site or a lot. The amount of required parking shall be determined
by the Planning Board. In determining the required amount of parking,
the Planning Board may consider the use or mix of uses, available
shared parking, studies, reports, experiences at similar sites and
other pertinent information. Unless the Planning Board finds that,
considering overall conditions, a larger amount or a lesser amount
of parking is required, minimum parking shall be as set forth in this
section.
[Amended 5-5-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010]
(1)
Nursery schools: one space for each staff member or
employee, plus one space for each seven students for pickup or dropoff.
(2)
Elementary schools and junior high schools: one space
for each 10 students of design capacity.
(3)
High schools: one space for each five students of
design capacity.
(4)
In any of the above schools for any auditorium or
other facility for public assembly: one additional space for each
10 seats or other accommodation for spectators.
(5)
Auditoriums, multipurpose rooms, gymnasiums or other
facilities used for public assembly but having no fixed seating arrangement
specified: one space per 50 square feet of floor area.
(6)
Establishments other than schools involving public
assembly (excluding church sanctuaries), club buildings (other than
golf clubs, and community buildings): one space for each three seats
or other accommodations for attendants or participants, computed on
the basis of one accommodation for each attendant or participant.
(7)
Golf courses: 40 spaces for each standard nine holes,
plus one space for each employee or attendant.
(8)
Community swimming pools: one space for each 40 square
feet of pool area.
(9)
Hospitals, rest homes, nursing homes, sanitariums,
convalescent homes and institutions: one space for each four beds,
plus one space for each two employees (other than staff doctors),
plus one space for each doctor assigned to the staff.
(10)
Libraries, art galleries and museums, private
and public: one space for each 500 square feet of floor area.
(11)
Single-family dwellings: one space for each
dwelling unit.
(12)
Dwellings, other than single-family: two spaces
for each dwelling unit.
(13)
Establishments with sleeping accommodation,
other than dwellings, including tourist courts, tourist homes, lodging
or rooming houses, motels and motor hotels: one space for each dwelling
unit or guest room, plus one space for each two employees or permanent
residents, plus such additional spaces as are required herein for
affiliated uses such as restaurants and the like.
(14)
Retail and service uses, not delineated elsewhere:
One space for each 200 square feet of floor area, including basement
or other areas usable or adaptable without structural alterations
for service uses, except as delineated herein.
(15)
Automobile service station and public garage:
three standing spaces for each wash rack, lubrication rack, repair
bay or similar facility for the servicing or repair of motor vehicles,
not including said rack or bay as a space, plus one parking space
for each employee.
(16)
Bowling alleys: three spaces for each alley,
plus required parking space for any additional uses, such as restaurants.
(17)
Attended car wash: one parking space for each
two employees, in addition to standing or stacking areas.
(18)
Self-service car wash: eight standing or parking
spaces for waiting vehicles for each wash rack, plus one space for
maintenance.
(19)
Drive-in banking and similar "drive-in" service
establishments: eight standing spaces for each teller or customer
window, plus one parking space for each teller or customer window,
plus one space for each additional employee.
(20)
Establishments for the servicing or handling
of articles or goods, "e-z cleaning" establishments, sign painting
shops, etc.: one space for each 250 square feet of floor area, but
not less than three spaces for any one establishment.
(21)
Furniture and appliance stores, furniture repair
shops: one space for each 400 square feet of floor area.
(22)
Greenhouses and nurseries: one space for each
400 square feet of floor area, plus such space as may be determined
to be necessary in accordance with the policy set forth above.
(25)
Other office buildings: one parking space for
each 300 square feet of floor area, including that portion of the
basement adaptable for use as an office or sales space.
(26)
Restaurants: one space for each four seats in
addition to required stacking area for any drive-through restaurants.
(27)
Theaters, auditoriums and other commercial places
of public assembly: one space for each three seats or one space for
each 200 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.
(28)
Undertaking establishments, funeral parlors:
one space for each five seats, provided that there shall not be less
than 20 spaces for each chapel or parlor.
(29)
Warehouse, wholesale and manufacturing uses:
For uses consisting of the manufacture, processing, assembly, storage,
warehousing, wholesale, but not wholesale associated with retail uses,
and distribution of products, one space for each 1,000 square feet
of floor area or one space for each two employees, whichever is the
greater.
B.
Off-street loading: Off-street loading spaces shall
be provided for each use, as permitted in respective classifications,
in not less than the amounts set forth below for every building, or
addition thereto, and for all uses of land established or expanded:
(1)
All conditional uses: Sufficient space to provide
on the lot for the use as determined by the Planning Board in conformity
to the policy set forth above.
(2)
Over 6,000 square feet of space for offices and personal
service establishments, including prescription filling, out-patient
clinics and schools, not adaptable for the use for retail purposes:
one loading space.
(3)
Over 3,000 square feet of floor area designed or adaptable
for retail business purposes: one loading space; one additional space
for more than 15,000 square feet; one additional space for more than
50,000 square feet; and one additional space for each 100,000 square
feet of such floor area.
(4)
For all wholesale and manufacturing uses: one loading
space; one additional space for more than 15,000 square feet of floor
area; one additional space for each 50,000 square feet; and one additional
space for each 100,000 square feet of such floor area.
