In all districts there shall be provided, at the time any building
or structure is erected, enlarged, increased in capacity or changed
in use, improved and usable off-street parking spaces for motor vehicles
in accordance with the requirements of this Article and Schedule II.[1] None of the off-street parking facilities as required
herein shall be required for any existing building or use, unless
said building shall be enlarged or the use of land changed. In such
cases, off-street parking facilities shall be provided as hereinafter
specified for the building as enlarged or to accommodate the needs
of the new use.
A.
Design requirements.
(1)
Off-street parking space shall be provided as further specified in
this chapter and shall be furnished with necessary passageways and
driveways. For the purposes of this chapter, a parking space shall
not be less than nine feet in width and 20 feet in depth exclusive
of accessways and driveways.
(2)
Off-street parking areas for nonresidential uses shall provide an
additional area of 100 square feet of area per off-street parking
space to provide sufficient area for access drives and aisles.
(3)
Off-street parking areas with a capacity for more than 20 vehicles
shall delineate fire lanes and post "no parking" markers at the expense
of the owner.
(4)
Any off-street parking area with at least 20 off-street parking spaces
shall designate a minimum of 5% of those spaces, up to a maximum of
10 spaces, as only for the handicapped and clearly mark them for such
use. Parking spaces designated to serve handicapped individuals shall
be at least 14 feet in width and 20 feet in depth.
(5)
All off-street parking space shall be deemed to be required space
on the lot on which it is situated and shall not be encroached upon
or reduced in any manner.
(6)
All parking areas, passageways and driveways (except where provided
in connection with one- and two-family dwellings) shall be adequately
drained and surfaced with a dustless, durable, all-weather surface,
subject to approval of the Superintendent of Public Works.
(7)
Each off-street parking space shall be so designed, maintained and
regulated that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall
be on any public street, walk or alley and so that any motor vehicle
may be parked and unparked without moving or damaging another.
(8)
The collective provision of off-street parking areas by two or more
buildings or uses located on adjacent lots may be approved by the
Planning Board, provided that the total of such facilities shall not
be less than the sum required of the various buildings or uses computed
separately.
(9)
No more than two driveways, of not less than 20 feet nor more than
30 feet in width, shall be used as a means of ingress and egress for
each nonresidential use, except where the deviation in the number
of or width of such driveways may be deemed necessary by the Planning
Board because of traffic safety conditions.
(10)
Off-street parking for nonresidential or multiple-family uses
shall be set back not less than 20 feet from the front lot line. Off-street
parking may be permitted in rear and side yard areas, subject to approval
of the Planning Board. Off-street parking for single- and two-family
dwellings shall be provided on a driveway which provides access to
such residences or a garage which is accessory to such residential
uses.
(11)
No driveway providing access to an off-street parking area shall
be located within 20 feet of any side lot line or within 50 feet of
a street intersection measured along the curbline of the same street
on which the driveway is located. In addition, a minimum distance
of 20 feet shall be maintained between two driveways located on any
one frontage.
B.
Location of off-street parking facilities. Off-street parking facilities
shall be located as hereinafter specified. Where a distance is specified,
such distance shall be walking distance measured from the nearest
point of the parking facility to the nearest public entrance of the
building that such facility is required to serve.
(1)
For one- and two-family dwellings and for all types of residential
structures: on the same lot with the building they are required to
serve.
(2)
For multiple-family dwellings: not more than 200 feet from the building
they are required to serve.
(3)
For other uses: not more than 500 feet from the building they are
required to serve.
C.
Screening and landscaping.
(1)
Off-street parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be effectively
screened on the rear and side yards by a fence of acceptable design,
unpierced masonry wall, landscaped berm or compact evergreen hedge.
Such fence, wall or hedge shall not be less than six feet in height
and shall be maintained in good condition.
(2)
When a parking area for five or more vehicles is within or abuts a residential district, a planted buffer area shall be provided in addition to the fence or wall specified in Subsection C(1) above. Landscaping utilized to provide this buffer shall not be less than four feet in height at the time of planting and spaced not more than three feet apart. The planted buffer area shall not be less than 10 feet in depth.
D.
Lighting.
(1)
All off-street parking areas and driveways (excluding areas serving
one- and two-family dwellings) shall be illuminated adequately during
the hours between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation.
(2)
Any lights used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be
so arranged as to reflect the light away from the street and all adjoining
properties.
E.
Units of measurement.
(1)
In churches and other places of assembly in which patrons or spectators
occupy benches, bleachers, pews or other similar seating facilities,
each 18 inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one
seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking
facilities.
(2)
When units of measurement determining the number of required parking
spaces result in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction
shall require one parking space.
F.
Mixed occupancies and uses not specified. In any case of mixed uses,
the total requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be
the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.
In the case of a use not specifically mentioned in this section, the
requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be determined
by the Planning Board. Off-street parking facilities for one use shall
not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any
other use, except as hereinafter specified for joint use.
G.
Joint use. The off-street parking requirements of two or more uses,
structures or parcels of land may be satisfied by the same parking
or loading space used jointly to the extent that it can be shown by
the owners or operators of the uses, structures or parcels that their
operations and parking needs do not overlap in point in time. If the
uses, structures or parcels are under separate ownership, the right
to joint use of the parking space must be evidenced by a deed, lease,
contract or other appropriate written document to establish the joint
use. Said document shall bind the owner, his heirs and assigns to
maintain the required joint uses throughout the life of such uses
and shall be approved by the Village Attorney.
I.
Central Business District exception. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this section to the contrary, no off-street parking shall be required
for any permitted principal or special use in the C-B District.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule II is included at the end of
this chapter.
For every building, structure or part thereof having more than
4,000 square feet of gross building area erected and occupied for
business or industrial use as well as other uses requiring the receipt
and distribution of materials and merchandise by vehicles, there shall
be space provided and permanently maintained for loading and unloading
berths provided on the same lot with such building. Such berths shall
be located to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets,
alleys or parking areas and provided in accord with the following
standards:
In order to encourage the sound development of street frontage,
the following special regulations shall apply to all nonresidential
buildings and uses:
A.
Each separate use, grouping of attached buildings or groupings of
permitted uses shall not have more than one point of access. Additional
accessways may be approved by the Planning Board based on the need
for such additional access which is supported by a traffic analysis
prepared and submitted by the applicant.
B.
The use of common access points by two or more permitted uses shall
be encouraged by the Planning Board in order to reduce the number
and closeness of access points along the streets and to encourage
the fronting of significant traffic generating uses upon a parallel
access street and not directly upon a primary road. Access points
for industrial uses shall not be less than 24 feet nor more than 40
feet in width. All other access points shall not be less than 20 feet
nor more than 30 feet in width.
