Off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, are permitted as
accessory to any use subject to the following provisions:
A.
Schedule of parking requirements. Accessory off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be provided for any use as specified in § 300-60. Any land which is developed as a unit under single ownership and control shall be considered a single lot for the purpose of these parking regulations. Reasonable and appropriate off-street parking requirements for structures and uses which do not fall within the categories listed shall be determined by the Planning Board upon consideration of all factors entering into the parking needs of each such use.
B.
Areas computed as parking spaces. Areas which may be computed as open or enclosed off-street parking spaces shall include any private garage, carport or other area available for parking, other than a street or driveway. However, a driveway within a required front yard for a one-family or two-family residence may count as one parking space, other than on that portion of a corner lot which is subject to the provisions of § 300-11B(1).
C.
Size of spaces. Each parking space (stall) for automobiles shall
have a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 19 feet.
Adequate aisle space shall be provided for standing area and maneuvering.
Minimum aisle space shall be as follows: for ninety-degree angle parking,
25 feet; for sixty-degree angle parking, 18 feet; and for forty-five-degree
angle parking, 15 feet. Additional requirements may be made of the
applicant regarding reserved handicapped spaces and directions for
vehicular circulation patterns. Painted delineation of spaces is required
unless waived by the Planning Board.
D.
Access. Unobstructed access to and from a street with an internal
turnaround area shall be provided. Such access shall consist of at
least two ten-foot lanes for parking areas with 20 spaces or more.
No entrance or exit for any off-street parking area of five or more
spaces shall be located within 75 feet of any street intersection.
E.
Drainage and surfacing. All open parking areas shall be properly
drained and all such areas shall be provided with a dustless surface,
except for parking spaces accessory to a one-family or two-family
residence.
F.
Joint facilities. Required parking spaces, open or enclosed, may
be provided in spaces designed to serve jointly two or more establishments
whether or not located on the same lot, provided that the number of
required spaces in such joint facilities shall be not less than the
total required for all such establishments.
G.
Combined spaces. When any lot contains two or more uses having different
parking requirements, the parking requirements for each use shall
apply to the extent of that use. Where it can be conclusively demonstrated
that one or more such uses will be generating a demand for parking
spaces primarily during periods when the other use or uses is not
or are not in operation, the Planning Board may reduce the total parking
spaces required for that use to the least requirement.
H.
Location and ownership.
(1)
Required accessory parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be provided
upon the same lot as the use or uses to which they are accessory or
may be provided elsewhere, provided that all spaces are located within
500 feet walking distance of such lot. The Planning Board may approve
spaces located a distance greater than 500 feet, provided that alternative
transportation or shuttle services are provided to the location of
the use or uses, as a condition of the site plan. Such spaces may
be required to be in the same ownership as the use to which they are
accessory and may be subject to deed restrictions, approved by the
Planning Board, binding the owner and his heirs and assigns to maintain
the required number of spaces available either throughout the existence
of the use to which they are accessory or until such spaces are provided
elsewhere.
(2)
In all cases, parking spaces shall conform to all the regulations
of the district in which the parking spaces are located, and in no
event shall such parking spaces be located in any residential district
unless the use to which the spaces are accessory is permitted in a
residential district, or upon the approval of the Planning Board.
I.
On lots divided by district boundaries. When a parking lot is located
partly in one district and partly in another district, the regulations
for the district requiring the greater number of parking spaces shall
apply to the entire lot. Parking spaces on such lot may be located
without regard to district lines, provided that no such parking spaces
shall be located in any residence district, unless the use to which
they are accessory is permitted in such district, or upon approval
by the Planning Board.
A.
Regardless of zoning district, there shall be provided on the same
site (or adjoining the site where permitted by the Planning Board)
with any use off-street parking to meet or exceed the minimum requirements.
B.
Where any site or building shall include mixed uses of those listed,
the parking shall be based on a sum of the parking required for each
of the individual uses, as acceptable to the Planning Board.
C.
For any permitted use not specifically listed, there shall be provided
reasonable and appropriate parking areas based on the highest anticipated
parking required to meet maximum employee parking plus visitor and
customer parking, as determined by the Planning Board.
D.
Minimum parking requirements are as follows:
(1)
Single-family and two-family dwellings (including apartments): two
spaces per dwelling. Garage (indoor) spaces are included in the count.
(2)
Multiple dwellings, including workforce housing: 2.5 spaces per dwelling
unit. Garage (indoor) spaces and driveway spaces to the units are
included in the count. Additional spaces for accessory buildings such
as clubhouses or other recreational facilities shall be required.
(3)
Senior citizen housing: 2.5 spaces per dwelling unit. Garage (indoor)
spaces are included in the count. Additional spaces for accessory
buildings such as clubhouses or other recreational facilities shall
be required.
(4)
Bed-and-breakfast inns: parking spaces for the residential use plus
1.25 spaces per rental room.
(5)
Reserved.
(6)
Home occupation: a minimum of four, including the two required for
the residential use, or more as determined by the Planning Board in
connection with the special permit. Garage (indoor) spaces are included
in the count for the residential use. Access to the home professional
office spaces cannot be obstructed by any other spaces.
(7)
Mobile homes: two spaces per unit.
(8)
Recreation areas with no buildings: four spaces per acre, or as deemed
appropriate by the Planning Board based on the proposed use.
(9)
Recreation areas with buildings: four spaces per acre of outdoor
use, plus spaces as determined by the parking requirements for the
building use, including but not limited to retail stores, restaurants
and eating and drinking establishments (if permitted).
(10)
Fraternal, social and annual membership clubs: one space for
each 300 square feet of total floor area, plus additional spaces as
determined by the Planning Board for other accessory or principal
uses.
(11)
Hunting preserves (as approved by the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation): as deemed appropriate by the Planning
Board based on the proposed use.
(12)
Boat docks, marinas and related clubhouses: one for each two
slips, plus the use of the building or clubhouse.
(13)
Buildings or open stands for the display of agricultural products:
one for each 300 square feet of total floor area.
(14)
Hospitals, sanatoriums, and philanthropic and eleemosynary institutions:
one space for each two beds, plus five spaces for each operating room
and clinic suite.
(15)
Medical and dental clinics: one space per 150 square feet of
total floor area.
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(16)
Convalescence facility and nursing homes: one space per each
four beds, plus one space per employee.
(17)
Undertaking establishments and funeral homes: 30 spaces per
parlor or chapel.
(18)
Cemeteries: off-street standing area to accommodate 50 automobiles.
(19)
Railroad, public utility, radio and television transmission
antennas and essential services: minimum one space, or one space per
300 square feet of total floor area or one space per employee, as
determined by the Planning Board.
(20)
Churches and other places of worship: one space per each three-person
seating capacity.
(21)
Schools (non-adult): one for each 12 seats for students or one
for each four seats in auditoriums, whichever is greater.
(22)
Day-care centers: one space per employee, plus one space per
five children. A turnaround shall be provided so that no vehicle is
required to exit the facility by backing onto a public road.
(23)
Schools of special or private instruction: one space per each
student, plus one space per employee, or one space per 200 square
feet of total floor area, as determined by the Planning Board.
(24)
Dormitory: one space per resident.
(25)
Retail stores: one space per 200 square feet of total floor
area.
(26)
Wholesale establishments or warehouses: one space for each two
employees in the maximum work shift or one space for every 1,000 square
feet of total floor area, or as deemed appropriate by the Planning
Board based on the proposed use.
(27)
Shopping malls (exceeding 50,000 square feet of gross area):
four spaces per 1,000 square feet of total floor area.
(28)
Service establishments and personal service establishments and
shops: one space per 150 square feet of total floor area.
(29)
Theaters and cinemas: one space per four seats.
(30)
Banks: one space per 250 square feet of total floor area and
a minimum of five cars stacking per drive-through lane.
(31)
Offices: one space per 200 square feet of total floor area.
(32)
Office complex (exceeding 20,000 square feet of total floor
area per building): four spaces per 1,000 square feet of total floor
area.
(33)
Laboratory or research offices: one space for each two employees
in maximum work shift or one for each 400 square feet of total floor
area, whichever is greater.
(34)
Restaurants, eating and drinking establishments and catering
facilities: one space for each three-person seating capacity.
(35)
Motor vehicle sales: one space per 1,000 square feet of total
floor area.
(36)
Vehicle service repair establishment and gasoline service stations:
four spaces per service bay (400 square feet area of vehicle repair),
plus one space for each 300 square feet of floor area outside of service
area.
(37)
Automobile car wash facility: four spaces plus minimum stacking
room for seven vehicles, as approved by the Planning Board.
(38)
Laundromats: one space per each four machines installed.
(39)
Dry-cleaning and laundry establishments: four spaces or one
space per 1,000 square feet of total floor area, whichever is greater.
(40)
Commercial dog or veterinary clinics and kennels: one space
per 175 square feet of total floor area.
(41)
Hotels and motels: one space per rental room, plus additional
spaces for conference rooms, restaurants, etc., based on one space
per three-person seating capacity.
(42)
Bowling alleys: five spaces per lane.
(43)
Mini warehouses: five spaces for the office and management area,
plus additional convenience spaces distributed on site as deemed appropriate
by the Planning Board. Parking spaces cannot be used for vehicle,
boat, RV or other storage.
(44)
Light manufacturing and assembly: one per each two employees
in maximum work shift or one per 400 square feet of total floor area,
as deemed appropriate by the Planning Board.
(45)
Libraries, museums and galleries: one space per 300 square feet
of total floor area.
E.
Fractional spaces shall be rounded to the next highest number.
F.
The Planning Board, in its sole discretion, may modify the requirements
of this subsection, upon:
G.
Shared parking.
(1)
The Planning Board, in its sole discretion, may allow the use of
shared parking amongst adjoining lots upon:
(2)
The use of shared parking may be conditioned upon the establishment
of permanent cross-easements to ensure that future parking requirements
are met despite any changes in ownership amongst the lot owners.
H.
Land-banked parking. Land banking allows for designating a portion
of land on a site that would be required for parking to be held and
preserved as open space, rather than constructed as parking. The Planning
Board may permit land banking of up to 25% of the required parking
spaces through the site plan review process, subject to the following.
(1)
Sufficient evidence is provided by the applicant that supports the
reduced parking needs;
(2)
The area proposed for land banking of parking spaces must be an area
suitable for parking at a future time;
(3)
Landscaping of the land-banked area must be in full compliance of
the zoning regulations and, at a minimum, landscaped with turf or
left in its natural state. As a result of the site plan review process,
the Planning Board may require additional landscaping of the land-banked
area;
(4)
The land-banked area cannot be used for any other use and must be
part of the same lot and all under the same ownership;
(5)
As part of the site plan review process, the applicant must show
the area to be banked on the site plan and marked as "Land-Banked
Future Parking"; and
(6)
The Code Enforcement Officer, on the basis of increased parking demand
for the use, may require the conversion of all or part of the land-banked
area to off-street parking spaces.
A.
Wherever a parking area of over five spaces abuts or is within 15
feet of the side or rear lot lines of a lot in any residence district,
said parking lot shall be screened from such adjoining lot by a substantial
wall, fence or thick hedge, approved by the Planning Board. Generally,
such screen shall be not less than five nor more than eight feet in
height.
B.
Whenever a parking area of over five spaces is located across the street from other land in any residence district, it shall be screened from the view of such land by a thick hedge, wall or fence approved by the Planning Board, located along a line drawn parallel to the street and a distance of five feet therefrom, such screening to be interrupted only at points of ingress and egress. In general, no such screening shall be less than three feet nor more than eight feet in height. Such fencing shall supersede the requirements of § 300-11C(1)(d). The open area between such screening and the street shall be landscaped in harmony with the landscaping prevailing on neighboring properties fronting on the same street. Two identification and directional signs located on the street side of such screening shall be permitted; however, they shall not exceed an area of three square feet each.
No driveway shall provide access to a lot located in another
district, which lot is used for any use, except residential, prohibited
in the district in which such driveway is located.
A.
One commercial vehicle not exceeding 25 feet in length may be parked
on an occupied lot in any residence district, but not within the required
yards of such lot. For purposes of this section, trucks or sport utility
vehicles not exceeding 10,000 pounds shall not be deemed commercial
vehicles.
B.
Commercial farm vehicles are permitted as accessory to a commercial
farm use in any residence district.
A.
The storage or parking and use of a trailer by any person or persons
is hereby prohibited in all districts, except that:
(1)
One camping trailer or motor home may be stored, but not used for
any purpose, on an occupied lot in any residential district.
(2)
Where a building permit has been issued for the construction or alteration
of a building, the Code Enforcement Officer may issue a temporary
permit for one trailer for a period not to exceed six months. Said
temporary permit may be extended for one additional period of six
months if the Code Enforcement Officer finds that construction has
been diligently pursued and that justifiable circumstances require
such an extension.
B.
Not more than one boat per dwelling unit may be stored on an occupied
lot in any residential district.
A.
The storage, parking or use for storage purposes or otherwise of
an unlicensed or unregistered van, truck box, trailer box, trailer,
truck, bus or other vehicle of any size, with or without wheels, is
hereby prohibited in all districts. The storage, parking or use of
any such object as of the effective date of this section shall not
be deemed to be of such substantial nature as to warrant a preexisting
use status for the object or the activity.
B.
Boxes. The use of dropoff or donation boxes shall be allowed in nonresidential
districts subject to approval by the Building Department and upon
the following conditions:
(1)
The lot owner provides written permission for the location of the
box.
(2)
The location of the box cannot consume or obscure off-street parking,
and in no event can the location of the box reduce the amount of off-street
parking to an amount less than that required.
(3)
The box and its surroundings must be maintained and kept clear of
debris, refuse or abandoned property.
(4)
The box shall be removed if not in use.
(5)
If the box is located on a lot that has received site plan approval
from the Planning Board, then the Building Inspector may refer the
proposal to locate a box on such lot to the Planning Board for its
review and comment, and the Planning Board may, in its sole discretion,
require an amendment to the approved site plan.
