No land shall be used and no building shall
be erected, enlarged or converted to a new use with greater parking
requirements in any zone unless paved, off-street parking and loading
facilities are provided in accordance with the following requirements
and provisions:
A. Garages shall be included in off-street parking space
calculations.
B. Where multiple uses are present in the same structure,
but such uses do not occur concurrently, parking shall be provided
for the use having greatest intensity. When the uses occur currently,
space shall be provided for all uses.
C. Nonresidential off-street parking and loading facilities shall be screened pursuant to Article
IV on any side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residential zone.
D. Off-street parking, loading and driveway facilities
shall be located on the same tract with the principal building to
which they are an accessory use.
E. Off-street parking, loading and driveway areas shall
be used solely for their intended use, and no commercial repair work
or service of any kind shall be conducted thereon. Such facilities
shall be planned for convenient access and for safety of pedestrians
and vehicles. In the interest of safety, such facilities shall have
adequate means of access to and egress from a street.
F. Required parking facilities shall be completed prior
to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
G. Parking areas and access to parking areas shall be
planned and designed in accordance with accepted engineering parking
design principals such as those contained in Special Report No. 125
of the Highway Research Board of the National Academy of Science,
entitled "Parking Principals" (1971), Washington, D.C., except as
modified by requirements contained herein and the design standards
for site plan review of the site plan regulations.
H. All plans shall be reviewed by the Town Engineer,
and his recommendations shall be forwarded to the Board for its review
pursuant to the regulations and procedures governing site plan review.
I. Parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with
the design standards for site plan review to minimize nuisance factors
to adjacent properties and for aesthetic reasons. They shall be drained
and paved in accordance with good engineering and construction practices
as required by the Town Engineer and Town specifications.
J. Parking spaces, driveways and aisles shall be clearly
marked and delineated. For safety and fire-fighting purposes, direct
through-access between adjacent parking areas shall be provided.
Off-premises parking shall satisfy the requirements
of this section under the following conditions.
A. Required spaces are within 500 feet of the entrance
of the use or structure.
B. The off-premises space must be held by the same owner
in fee simple title as the owner of the use or structure or the required
parking can be provided in public lots or quasi-public lots or in
private lots. In any case, an easement shall be obtained ensuring
that the parking will be available for at least 20 years; such easement
will be approved by the Board Attorney and shall be filed with the
County Clerk.
C. The land encumbered by such easement may not be alienated
from the parent parcel or devoted to other use, so long as the parking
requirements of this chapter are in effect.
In all districts, for every building or use
requiring the receipt or distribution in vehicles of materials or
merchandise, there shall be designated and maintained on the same
premises at least one loading space.
A. New construction. New construction shall be required
to provide off-street loading spaces at the rate below. Each such
off-street loading space shall be not less than 15 feet wide, 45 feet
long and 14 feet high and have direct and usable access to a street
or alley.
B. Existing facilities. Existing facilities shall meet
the requirements for new construction wherever feasible. In any case,
facilities required to provide loading areas shall designate an area
or areas for the loading and unloading of delivery trucks and other
vehicles and for the servicing by refuse collection, fuel and other
service vehicles so that these areas can be used without blocking
or interfering with the use of the accessways, automobile parking
areas or pedestrian walkways.
C. Number of loading spaces required. Loading spaces
shall be required as follows:
|
Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Number of Spaces
|
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|
Less than 8,000
|
1
|
|
8,000 to 25,000
|
2
|
|
25,000 to 50,000
|
3
|
|
50,000 to 100,000
|
4
|
|
100,000 to 250,000
|
5
|