Off-street parking and truck loading space requirements shall
be provided for and kept available as an accessory use to all permitted
and special exception uses of buildings, structures and lots in amounts
not less than those specified in this article.
A.
The requirement for a simple use (e.g., a one-family dwelling or
a retail store) shall be determined directly from the schedule of
such requirements which is a part of this article.
B.
The requirement for a combination use made up of several component
uses (e.g., a bowling alley combined with auditorium and a restaurant
and bar, or a retail store combined with office building) shall be
determined by establishing the requirement for each component use
from the schedule of such requirements which is a part of this article
and adding them together.
C.
When the required number of spaces is determined to result in a fraction,
it shall be increased to the next highest whole number.
D.
If the use is not specifically listed in the schedule of such requirements,
the requirement shall be the same as for the most similar listed use.
E.
A garage or carport may be used to meet the requirements of this
article. A driveway may only be used to meet the requirements of this
article where it serves a single- or two-family dwelling.
[Amended 5-25-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993]
Off-street parking spaces for residential uses shall be provided
in accordance with the following schedule:
Uses
|
Requirement: Number of Spaces
| |
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Single-family and two-family dwelling units
|
2 per dwelling unit
| |
Multiple dwelling
| ||
Efficiency
|
1 per dwelling unit
| |
1-bedroom unit
|
1.25 per dwelling unit
| |
2-bedroom unit
|
1.75 per dwelling unit
| |
3-or-more-bedroom unit
|
2 per dwelling unit
| |
Senior citizen housing developments
[Added 9-14-1999 by L.L. No. 4-1999] |
1 per dwelling unit
|
Off-street parking spaces for nonresidential uses shall be provided
in accordance with the following schedule:
Uses
|
Requirement: Number of Spaces
|
---|---|
Animal hospital
|
1 per 200 square feet of floor area
|
Auditorium, church, convention hall, stadium, theater, studio
or other place of public assembly not otherwise classified
|
1 per 3 permanent seats or 1 per each 40 square feet of seating
area where fixed seating is not provided
|
Bank, savings and loan association
|
See "office"
|
Bowling alley
|
4 per alley
|
Drive-in facility or outdoor sales lots
|
1 per each 600 square feet of lot area
|
Funeral home
|
1 per 40 square feet of public room floor area
|
Gasoline station, parking garage, repair garage
|
Sufficient parking spaces for all vehicles stored or being serviced
at any one period of time plus a minimum of 5 additional spaces
|
Home occupation, home professional office
|
2 per 150 square feet of area given over to this component of
the land use plus 1 for each additional 150 square feet or fraction
thereof, but in no case less than 2 spaces
|
Hospital
|
1 per bed plus 1 per each 2 employees on the premises at any
one period of time
|
Hotel, motel
|
1 per guest bedroom plus 1 per each 2 employees on the premises
at any one period of time
|
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research institute
or laboratory
|
Parking area reservation equivalent to the total ground coverage
of the use, with a minimum of 2 improved spaces per 3 employees on
the premises at any one period of time, with a minimum of 2 spaces
|
Nursing home
|
1 per each 2 beds plus 1 per each 2 employees on the premises
at any one time
|
Office, office building
[Amended 5-25-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993] |
1 per 300 square feet of gross leasable area
|
Public or semipublic art gallery, library or museum
|
See "auditorium," etc.
|
Restaurant, club
[Amended 5-25-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993] |
1 per 75 square feet of gross leasable area
|
Retail store, personal service sales store
[Amended 2-14-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984; 5-25-1993 by L.L. No.
3-1993] |
1 per 300 square feet of gross leasable area
|
School
|
1 per employee plus 1 per each 8 students in the 12th grade
or above or the parking requirement for the auditorium or gymnasium
component of the use, whichever is the greater
|
Senior citizen developments (B-3 District)
[Added 4-1-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997] |
0.75 per dwelling unit, plus requirement of component nonresidential
use
|
Shop for custom work
|
1 per 150 square feet of floor area
|
Trucking station
|
Sufficient parking spaces for all trucks stored or being serviced
at any one period of time plus 2 per 3 employees on duty or on the
premises at any one time
|
Wholesale establishment, warehouse
|
See "manufacturing or industrial establishment"
|
[Added 2-14-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
Off-street parking for mixed uses shall be provided in accordance
with the following schedule:
Uses
|
Requirement: Number of Spaces
|
---|---|
Artist loft
|
2 per each artist loft
|
Office
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross leasable area
|
Residential
|
1 space for each bedroom per dwelling unit
|
Restaurant, club
|
1 space per six seats or fraction thereof
|
Retail
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross leasable area
|
All other uses
|
In accordance with § 305-27
|
NOTES:
|
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Within the Mixed Use District, applicants can meet their off-street
parking requirements in the following ways: 1) provide required spaces
on site; 2) on-street spaces directly in front or to the side of the
lot count toward the required off-street parking; and/or 3) provide
off-street parking spaces in a shared parking facility within 300
feet of the building.
|
Shared parking: Where the applicant can demonstrate that the
tenant mix in a proposed mixed use building will involve different
uses utilizing parking at different times during the day, the required
off-street parking may be reduced by up to 20%.
|
[Amended 2-14-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
Every building or structure or lot used for nonresidential purposes
shall be provided with off-street truck loading spaces in accordance
with the following schedule:
Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Requirement: Number of Spaces
|
---|---|
Under 25,000
|
1
|
25,000 to 39,999
|
2
|
40,000 or more
|
1 additional space for each 40,000 square feet in addition to
the first 40,000 square feet
|
NOTE: For mixed use buildings within the MX District, the number
of off-street loading spaces shall be based upon the nonresidential
square footage of the building and not upon the residential component.
In addition, where feasible, access to off-street loading should be
provided from designated alleys.
|
A.
Accessory private garages shall not be designed to rent parking spaces
to persons living off the premises.
B.
Not more than one parking space per dwelling unit may be rented to
persons living off the premises in the case of single- or two-family
dwelling uses, nor more than one parking space per each two dwelling
units may be rented to persons living off the premises in the case
of any other residence use.
C.
Not more than one commercial vehicle shall be housed or parked in
a private garage or off-street parking area. Such commercial vehicle
shall not exceed a gross motor vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or
25 feet in length. There shall be no limitation on the number of agricultural
vehicles permitted as accessory equipment to a farm use.
A.
Access driveways for parking garages, public parking areas, filling
stations, repair garages or trucking stations may have separate or
combined entrances and exits.
B.
Every entrance or exit driveway shall have a minimum unobstructed
width of 10 feet. Every combined entrance and exit driveway shall
have a minimum unobstructed width of 20 feet. Parking areas with 20
spaces or more shall have at least two separate ten-foot driveways.
A.
All truck accessory off-street parking and truck loading areas shall be located in accordance with the provisions of § 305-13.
B.
The physical improvements of off-street parking and truck loading
areas shall include:
C.
All aisles within parking areas shall have a minimum width of 24
feet when the parking spaces are at a ninety-degree angle with the
driveway, 18 feet when the parking spaces are at 60°, and 12 feet
when the parking spaces are at 45°.
D.
Aisles and turning areas shall have adequate radii to assure ease
of mobility, ample clearance and convenient access and egress.
E.
Center-line gradients of aisles shall not exceed 8%.
F.
Accessory off-street parking areas shall be marked off into parking
spaces with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 18
feet or, in the case of parking spaces for trucks or special equipment,
parking spaces of a minimum size to be determined by the municipality
based on the nature of the parked vehicle; provided, however, that
as many as 10% of the total spaces provided can be designated as compact
car parking spaces with a minimum width of 7 1/2 feet and a minimum
length of 15 feet located at least 100 feet from an entrance; and
not more than 20% of the total spaces can be designated as employee
parking spaces with a minimum width of eight feet.
[Amended 2-14-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also provided that this amendment
shall only apply to the B-1 Neighborhood Business District.
G.
An accessory off-street truck loading space shall have a minimum
width of 12 feet, a minimum length of 25 feet and a minimum clear
height of 14 feet. The related aisle shall have the same minimum width
and clear height.
Existing buildings and uses are exempt from the provisions of
this article and it shall not apply:
A.
To any building or structure or lot lawfully in use at the effective
date of this chapter, whether continued as a permitted or legal nonconforming
use or thereafter converted or changed without enlargement to a different
lawful use having the same parking and truck loading requirements.
B.
Where a use is located within 500 feet walking distance of the entrance
to one or more municipal parking facilities, the Planning Board may
waive the required parking for such use in whole or in part. Such
waiver shall not be made unless the Planning Board shall find that
capacity sufficient to accommodate the additional demand exists at
the facility or facilities or will be provided prior to the proposed
use being put into operation.
[Amended 5-25-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993]
C.
Upon the establishment of a municipal parking fund by the Village Board of Trustees, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Planning Board, may require that a monetary contribution be paid into said fund in lieu of provision of parking which would otherwise be required on site. In making this determination, the Board of Trustees shall find that the parking requirement for the particular use cannot reasonably by satisfied either on site or by utilization of a nearby municipal parking facility as provided for in § 305-33B. The amount of such payment in lieu shall be on a per-space basis; such per-space figure shall be established by the Board of Trustees and may be amended periodically.
[Added 5-25-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993]