[Added 12-15-1969]
For the purposes of this Article, the following
definitions apply:
The total floor area available for tenant occupancy and potential
use, including basements, mezzanines and upper floors, but excluding
shafts, elevators, stairs and areas devoted to off-street parking
in the building, as expressed in square feet measured from the center
lines of joint party walls and exteriors of outside walls.
An open or enclosed, paved or surfaced space for the parking
of a private passenger vehicle. Each such space shall be accessible
at all times when the building to which it is an accessory is in use,
shall be accessible from a driving aisle or maneuvering space, as
hereinafter provided, and shall further conform to the minimum standards
hereinafter provided.
A.
In appropriate cases, the Board of Trustees, upon
the recommendation of the Planning Board, may reduce the number of
off-street parking spaces required, in the event that the owner can
demonstrate that his building does not now nor in the future will
require such a ratio of parking spaces to floor area on the basis
of unusual design, construction or particular use for which the building
is solely designed and adapted.
B.
Where special circumstances exist, such additional
off-street parking facilities shall be provided as may be required
by the Board of Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Planning
Board.
[Amended 7-20-1970]
The provisions contained in Subsections A through
F of this section shall apply to the parking areas of all buildings
which are erected or structurally altered so as to increase the gross
floor area or converted for a more intensive use subsequent to the
effective date of this chapter.
A.
Width of parking spaces; stall depth; maneuvering space. Parking spaces shall have a minimum width of nine feet, including striping as required by Subsection B, except for parking spaces which are a minimum width of seven feet. The width of parking spaces, except spaces in which parallel parking is permitted, shall be measured from the center of the striping on each side of such space. When the axis of the space is oriented parallel to the driveway or access aisle, the length of the space shall be a minimum of 20 feet, including hairpin striping. Where the axis of the space is angled to the driveway or access aisle, the stall depth of the space, measuring perpendicular from the axis of the driveway or access aisle, shall be as herein provided. Each space shall have minimum maneuvering space to permit safe and easy access as herein provided:
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Parking Angle
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Total Maneuvering (Aisle) Space and Stall
Depth
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Stall Depth
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0° or parallel
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20 feet 0 inches
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7 feet 0 inches
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45°
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30 feet 3 inches
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17 feet 3 inches
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50°
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32 feet 0 inches
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18 feet 0 inches
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55°
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34 feet 0 inches
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18 feet 4 inches
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60°
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36 feet 0 inches
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18 feet 9 inches
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65°
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37 feet 6 inches
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19 feet 3 inches
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70°
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39 feet 0 inches
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19 feet 3 inches
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90°
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44 feet 0 inches
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18 feet 0 inches
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B.
Striping; wheel stops. Each space shall be separated
from the adjacent space by means of two four-inch-wide stripes with
a sixteen-inch space between said stripes. The spaces at the end of
every row to which the striping requirements apply shall be so marked
that each such space shall be nine feet in width from its outside
edge to the center of the striping between such space and the adjacent
space. Whenever two spaces, except spaces parallel to a driveway or
access aisle, abut each other end to end, each such space shall have
a wheel stop at least four inches high which shall prevent an automobile
parked within such space from extending into the abutting space.
C.
Driveways and cuts. The designation of driveways and
cuts for egress and ingress in all parking areas and the layout for
driveways and parking aisles in all parking areas consisting of 15
or more parking spaces shall be approved by the Planning Board and
the Village Police Department, in addition to all other governmental
agencies whose approval is required by law.
D.
Width of driveways. Driveways or access aisles connecting
parking areas or spaces to each other or to the property line shall
not be less than 13 feet wide where one-way traffic is required or
less than 20 feet wide where two-way traffic is permitted. The provisions
of this subsection shall not modify or eliminate the requirements
for minimum maneuvering spaces as hereinafter provided.
E.
Screening.
(1)
Except where a greater width of planting area
is otherwise required by this chapter, the perimeter of each off-street
parking area for every building or attached group of buildings having
five or more parking spaces shall, wherever such parking area abuts
on a public street, except for means of egress and ingress, be effectively
screened by not less than a five-foot-wide planting area; whenever
such parking area abuts on an arterial highway, parkway, residentially
zoned property or on a street abutting residentially zoned property,
such parking area shall be effectively screened by not less than a
fifteen-foot planting area. Such planting area shall be densely planted
with shrubs and trees, pursuant to a plan approved by the Planning
Board, and maintained in a healthy and luxuriant condition throughout
the year. Every parking area containing at least 12,000 square feet
shall have not less than 2% of its interior area devoted to planting
areas containing shrubs or trees, which planting areas shall be located
and planted pursuant to a plan approved by the Planning Board.
(2)
The landscaping and screening requirements of
this section shall be in addition to and shall not supersede or be
in substitution of any landscaping or screening requirements contained
elsewhere in this chapter. Whenever landscaping or screening requirements
contained elsewhere in this chapter require greater width of planting
or impose a higher standard than contained in this section, such requirements
shall apply.
F.
Height of parking area. At no point shall the peripheral
grade of an outdoor on-ground parking area be higher than four feet
above the grade of an adjoining property at the property line.
[Amended 3-22-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976]
The provisions contained in Subsections A through
G of this section shall apply to the parking areas of all commercial
buildings, whether erected prior to or subsequent to the effective
date of this Article, located in any building district in the Village
of Lake Success.
B.
Prohibition against storage and servicing. Storage,
servicing, dismantling or repairing of vehicles in parking areas shall
not be permitted.
C.
Prohibition against loading. Loading or unloading,
as related to use, shall not be permitted in any parking area, but
this prohibition shall not apply to personal effects transferred by
an individual to or from his own vehicle.
D.
Paving of parking areas. All parking, loading and
unloading areas and driveways giving access thereto shall be paved
with permanent concrete or asphalt paving material (Type C pavement
or better) in accordance with Village ordinances and standard specifications.
E.
Signs.
(1)
Direction signs visible from outside the parking
area may be erected, provided that they are not over two square feet
in area. Such signs may contain no legend other than the necessary
direction, with an arrow or other directive device. The top of such
signs shall not be more than four feet above ground.
(2)
Signs not over four square feet in area identifying
areas for different types of parking, as hereinabove defined, may
be erected to facilitate traffic movement.
(3)
Such signs may be illuminated in any reasonable
manner, provided that no flashing or moving signs shall be permitted,
nor shall the source of such illumination be visible from any point
outside the plot upon which the sign is located.
F.
Illumination. Every off-street parking area consisting
of five or more parking spaces shall be effectively lighted during
all nondaylight hours in which the building to which it is an accessory
is open. The minimum lighting level shall be 1/2 footcandle at any
point in the parking area, and the entire lighting system shall have
an average intensity of 3/4 footcandle. Light fixtures shall be of
a type approved by the Planning Board.
G.
Parking areas. All areas for the parking of vehicles
shall be indicated by pavement markings painted and maintained by
the owner, and no parking shall be permitted outside of such designated
stalls. The owner of said property shall post signs to indicate same,
the type, location and legend of such signs to be approved by the
Building Inspector. Owners and operators of vehicles parking in violation
of the above shall be subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions
of this chapter.
[Added 3-22-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976]
[Amended 8-18-1975 by L.L. No. 4-1975]
A.
Every building used, in whole or in part, as a place of public assembly, church, other places of worship, parish house, school, public library, municipal building or restaurant shall provide parking areas sufficient in size to accommodate a number of vehicles equal to not less than 50% of the number of the approved capacity of such premises, which parking areas shall conform to the provisions of § 105-209A through F if otherwise applicable, and § 105-210 A through G.
B.
The parking areas of every building used as a church,
other place of worship, parish house, school, public library and municipal
building shall not encroach upon minimum side, front or rear yard
requirements provided in Schedule Limiting Height and Bulk of Buildings
for the district in which such parking area is located. Such parking
area shall be effectively screened from public view by shrubbery at
least six feet in height and 10 feet in depth.
[Added 7-20-1970]
A.
The provisions contained in § 105-213 shall apply to all parking structures, whether below ground or on ground, which are erected subsequent to the effective date of this Article.
B.
BELOW-GROUND PARKING STRUCTURE
PARKING STRUCTURE
As used in this Article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
A parking structure, the roof of which is beneath soil or
other finished ground surfaces, such as pavement, concrete and similar
toppings, and the walls of which shall not be exposed or extending
above any finished ground surface.
A below-ground or on-ground structure used for the parking
of private passenger motor vehicles, and shall also include areas
of a building, which areas are devoted exclusively to the parking
of such vehicles.
[Added 7-20-1970]
A.
Permitted uses. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this chapter, it shall be permissible in every district except
Residence A, B and C Districts to use a building or a completely enclosed
portion of a building, which building or portion is situated wholly
on ground, partly below ground or wholly below ground, for the parking
of private motor vehicles belonging to the owners or tenants of such
building or their employees, agents and invitees. It shall not be
permissible to use a roof of any structure, except a completely below-ground
parking structure, for parking, nor shall parking be permitted in
more than one story which is located wholly or partly above ground.
Gasoline storage and sale shall not be permitted in any parking structure.
B.
Coverage and setback requirements. Parking structures
situated completely below ground shall not be subject to coverage
and setback requirements, provided that no such structures shall be
located beneath any portion of the lot in which surface parking is
not permitted, including areas in which screening or landscaping is
required. The whole of any parking structure, any part of which is
above ground, except ventilation facilities, shall be subject to the
coverage and setback requirements for the district in which it is
located.
C.
Exits.
(1)
At least two separate exit doors shall be provided
for any ground parking level, except that any opening for the passage
of automobiles may serve as a means of exit, provided that no door
or shutter is installed thereon. Floor exits shall be so arranged
that no point on such parking level is more than 100 feet from the
nearest exit or 150 feet, in the case of parking structures protected
by automatic sprinklers, distance being measured along the natural
path of travel.
(2)
At least two exits shall be provided for all
completely or partially below-ground parking levels, not counting
any automobile ramps, except that for structures extending only one
floor level below the ground, a ramp leading direct to the outside
may constitute one required means of exit. On below-ground parking
levels, exits shall be so arranged that no part of such parking level
will be more than 100 feet (measured along the line of travel) from
the nearest stair exit.
(3)
Every parking level shall have access to at
least two separate means of exit, so arranged that from any point
in the garage, the paths of travel to the two means of exit will be
in different directions, except that a common path of travel may be
permitted for the first 50 feet from any point.
D.
Columns; walls. Columns shall, unless otherwise required for the support of the building in that portion of the parking structure which is beneath the primary building, be located so that the entire minimum maneuvering space required by § 105-209A shall be free of columns. Each column shall be protected by a five-inch-high curb around such column for a distance of 12 inches by a steel angle, at least four feet high at all corners of such column. Walls shall be protected by a curb or wheel stop.
E.
Fire regulations. No building permit shall be issued
for a parking structure or any building which includes a parking structure,
unless the plans for such parking structure have been approved by
the Fire Marshal of Nassau County.
F.
Ventilation facilities. No ventilation facility shall be located less than 75 feet from any property which is zoned for residential use. All such facilities shall conform to the performance standards applicable to the district in which the parking structure is located. Where no performance standards are set forth, such facilities shall conform to the standards set forth in §§ 105-97 through 105-107 of this chapter.
G.
Lighting. The minimum lighting level at any point
in a parking structure shall be four footcandles, and the entire lighting
system shall have an average intensity of six footcandles. Transition
areas where vehicles pass from artificial to natural light or vice
versa shall be illuminated to a minimum of 50 footcandles for a minimum
distance of 50 feet along the travel path of the vehicle. The source
of such illumination shall not be visible from any point outside the
plot.
H.
Evidence of conformity. With respect to any application for a building or use permit or a certificate of occupancy, the Building Inspector may require the applicant, at its own expense, to provide him with such evidence, including tests by an independent laboratory, as he may deem necessary to determine whether or not the requirements of §§ 105-212 through 105-213G have been met. The Building inspector may obtain expert advice at the expense of the applicant, and payment in advance shall be condition of further consideration of the application. The installation, maintenance and operation of continuous recording instruments to demonstrate conformity with such requirements shall be provided at the expense of the applicant or developer, when requested by the Building Inspector.
