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Village of Walden, NY
Orange County
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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.
F. 
Uses which require approval pursuant to the special exception use procedure set forth in § 305-52 may be required to provide off-street parking spaces in excess of the requirements of this article as indicated in § 305-52.
[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
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:
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.
C. 
The intersection of entrance or exit driveways with the public street shall have the same corner clearances as prescribed for intersecting streets in § 305-19.
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:
(1) 
Curbs, paving, sidewalks and drainage facilities complying with the standards established in municipal ordinances, regulations or specifications.
(2) 
Adequate lighting in public parking areas to assure the general safety and convenience of the public.
(3) 
Appropriate screening for the protection of adjacent properties, particularly along zone district boundary lines as provided for in § 305-22.
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]