[Amended 9-8-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998; 6-13-2000 by L.L. No.
2-2000]
A.
All parking/loading areas shall be adequately drained with appropriate
stormwater management facilities and subject to the approval of the
Town Engineer.
B.
None of the off-street facilities that are required in this article
shall be required for any existing building or use unless said building
or use shall be enlarged or changed to a more intensive use requiring
additional parking, in which case the provisions of this chapter shall
apply.
C.
Off-street parking areas located in commercial zones and which provide
parking for 20 or more vehicles shall be provided with a landscaped
buffer strip along the highway or primary access drive planted with
shade trees of a type approved by the Town Superintendent of Highways
and located on the approved site plan as shown. Total green space
in such parking areas shall be 25% of the total parking area and designated
to provide for separation of parking areas, snow storage and organization
of circulation in the parking area.
D.
Improvements. Every parcel used as a 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:
(1)
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.
(2)
Curbs and delineation. Fixed and permanent wheel bumpers at least
four inches high shall be installed for each parking space that faces
a highway or slope declining down from the parking area. Parking spaces
shall be delineated and periodically restored to maintain a clear
identification of separate parking stalls.
(3)
Curb cuts. Driveway openings through the right-of-way 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 10 feet from any driveway
openings to any property line. All the above requirements may be superseded
by the State of New York or the County of Niagara. All driveways located
in the state highway right-of-way will be required to conform to the
New York State Department of Transportation Policy and Standards for
Entrances to State Highways.
(4)
Screening. Except between abutting R-zoned lots or where topography
achieves the same effect, where any part of such parking area is located
closer than 50 feet to a side or rear lot line of a lot in A or R
Districts, or where such parking extends into A or R Districts as
a permitted transitional use, a wall or fence shall be erected along
the boundary thereof. Such wall or fence shall consist of durable
material so arranged that direct light cannot penetrate the face thereof.
Such wall or fence shall have a minimum height of 3 1/2 feet
above the finished surface.
(5)
Lighting. Any lights used to illuminate any such area shall be so
arranged and shielded as to confine all light rays entirely within
the boundary lines of such area.
(6)
Plans. Any application for a building permit, or for a certificate
of occupancy where no building permit is required, shall include plans
in duplicate covering all the foregoing requirements, which shall
be approved by the Code Enforcement Officer before work is commenced.
[Amended 9-10-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996; 6-13-2000 by L.L. No.
2-2000]
A.
Parking or standing spaces shall be provided for each use, as permitted
in respective classifications, in not less than the amounts set forth
as follows for every building, or addition thereto, and for all uses
of land hereafter established or expanded. 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.
Residential uses.
(1)
Establishment with sleeping accommodation, other than dwellings,
including hotels, motels, tourist homes and courts and lodging or
rooming houses: one space for each room or unit and one space for
each two employees or permanent residents.
C.
D.
E.
Dimensions.
(1)
Minimum of all parking and maneuvering space. All parking (spaces)
shall be a minimum of nine feet by 20 feet. The minimum aisle space
for 90° parking shall be 24 feet in width. The minimum aisle space
for 60° parking shall be 22 feet in width. The minimum aisle space
for 45° parking shall be 20 feet in width.
(2)
Computation.
(a)
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.
(b)
When 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.
(c)
When application of the requirements would result in a fractional
space, any fraction shall be counted as one space.
(d)
If there is any uncertainty with respect to the amount of parking
space(s) required by the provision 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.
For every building, structure or part thereof having over 5,000 square
feet of gross building area erected and occupied for commerce, hospital,
laundry, dry cleaning, places of public and quasi-public assembly,
industry and other similar uses involved in the receipt and distribution
by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and
permanently maintained adequate space for standing, loading and unloading
services in order to avoid undue interference with the public use
of streets or alleys. Every building, structure or addition thereto
having a use which complies with the above definition shall be provided
with at least one truck standing, loading and unloading space to the
rear or side of the premises not less than 12 feet in width and 35
feet in length. One additional truck space of these dimensions shall
be provided for every additional 20,000 square feet, or fraction thereof,
of gross area in the building.
B.
Access to truck standing, loading and unloading space shall be provided
directly from a public street or alley or from any right-of-way that
will not interfere with public convenience and will permit orderly
and safe movement of truck vehicles.
C.
Loading space as required under this section shall be provided an
area in addition to customer off-street parking space and shall not
be considered as supplying off-street parking space.
D.
Off-street loading and unloading areas shall be surfaced with a dustless,
all-weather pavement, which shall be adequately drained, subject to
the approval of the Town Superintendent of Highways.
E.
Whenever an off-street loading and unloading area shall be located
next to a residential zone, said loading and unloading area shall
be screened and buffered.
