In any zoning district, if a structure is constructed, enlarged,
or extended and any use of land established, or any existing use is
changed after the effective date of this bylaw, parking and loading
spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedules:
A. Off-street parking schedule.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM
by Art. 30; 4-9-2019 ATM by Art.
33]
Land Use
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Minimum Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces
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Dwelling, single-family and 2-family units.
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2 per dwelling; 2-family in B2, 2 spaces per unit
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Dwelling, multifamily (3 or more units)
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1.5 per unit in Business 1; 2.0 in all other zones
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Hotel, motel, tourist court
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1 per sleeping room
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Automobile repair garage
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1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
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Liquor store
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1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
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Theater, gymnasium, auditorium, church, meeting rooms, or similar
place of public assembly with seating facilities.
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1 for each 4 seats of total seating capacity (20 linear inches
of bleachers or benches may be considered equal to 1 seat)
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General business, or commercial, personal services (barber,
hair dresser, and tailor), department stores, drug stores, variety
stores, medical centers, and outpatient clinics; banks, bowling alleys,
and business, professional and other offices less than 25,000 square
feet
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1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area. In B1 and B2, 1 per
1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
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Business, professional, and other offices 25,000 square feet
and greater
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In PBD, 2.75 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
In all other districts, 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross
floor area
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Manufacturing and warehousing and offices incidental thereto
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1 per employee on the largest operating shift
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Restaurant
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1 per 4 seats; in B1 and B2, 1 space per 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area. In the B1 and B2 Zones, off-street parking is not
required where valet parking is provided. Only for conversion to restaurant
use in the B1 and B2 Zones, the Planning Board may waive the off-street
parking requirement as part of site plan or special permit approval
based upon alternate parking solutions. ADA-compliant parking must
still be provided.
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Retail use greater than 25,000 square feet
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One per 250 square feet of gross floor area
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Mixed use
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Number of tandem parking spaces which, in the judgment of the
Planning Board are adequate to provide off-street parking for the
proposed use
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Any use permitted by this bylaw not interpreted to be covered
by this schedule
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Number of spaces which in the judgment of the Planning Board
are adequate to provide off-street parking for the proposed use
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B. Off-street loading area requirements.
Use
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Minimum Number of Loading Space Areas
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All uses under 5,000 square feet of gross floor area
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None required except instances where existing loading is done
in the public street or sidewalk
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Retail trade, manufacturing, wholesale, and industry with over
5,000 square feet of gross floor area
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1 per 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor
area up to 40,000 square feet; 1 additional space for every 60,000
square feet thereafter.
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Business services, community facilities, and other service areas
(school, church, Town building, recreation) with over 5,000 square
feet of gross floor area
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1 per 75,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor
area up to 2 spaces; 1 additional space for each 20,000 square feet
or fraction thereof of gross floor area over 150,000 square feet
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Any use permitted by this bylaw interpreted to not be covered
by this schedule
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Number of spaces which in the judgment of the Planning Board
are adequate to provide off-street loading for the proposed use(s)
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C. Handicapped parking. Specially designed parking spaces for the physically
handicapped shall be provided according to the most recent rules and
regulations of the State of Massachusetts Architectural Barriers Board.
D. Design standards and special conditions.
(1)
Computation of spaces. When the computation of required parking
or loading spaces results in the requirement of a fractional space,
the fractional space shall require a full space if the fraction is
greater than 1/2.
(2)
Combined uses/multiple uses. In the case of combined or mixed
uses, the parking facilities required shall be of the sum of the requirements
for the various individual uses, computed separately in accordance
with this bylaw. Parking facilities for one use shall not be considered
as providing the required parking facilities for any other use unless
it can be clearly demonstrated that the need for parking occurs at
different times.
(3)
Location.
(a) Required parking spaces and loading spaces shall be on the same lot
as the principal use(s) served; or if not reasonably possible, on
other property in the same zoning district within 200 feet of the
principal building. This 200 feet shall be measured along a public
way. Such off-premises parking shall be in possession, by deed or
lease, of the owners of the use served.
(b) In the Business 1 and Business 2 Districts, all required parking
shall be located at the rear of the principal building.
(4)
Existing spaces. Parking or loading spaces being maintained
in any district in connection with any existing use on the effective
date of this bylaw, or any spaces subsequently provided in accordance
with this bylaw, shall not be decreased or in any way removed from
service to the use originally intended to be served so long as said
use remains, unless a number of parking or loading spaces is constructed
elsewhere such that the total number of spaces conforms to requirements
of the parking and loading schedules.
(5)
Materials. All parking areas shall contain 2 1/2 inches
of pavement. Durable curbing shall be installed for four inches above
the pavement at appropriate locations to provide for adequate drainage
and protection of buffer areas. Parking areas shall be constructed
with a subsurface drainage system which is either connected to or
designed in conjunction with the existing and proposed street or driveway
drainage system. The drainage shall be designed for a twenty-five-year
storm frequency.
(6)
Parking spaces. Each required off-street parking space shall
be marked with paint or other durable marking material and shall be
large enough to contain a rectangle measuring not less than nine feet
by 18.5 feet. This area shall constitute one space. For subcompact
cars, a space shall be large enough to contain a rectangle measuring
not less than eight feet by 17 feet.
(7)
Loading spaces.
(a)
Each space for off-street loading shall be a minimum of 14 feet
by 60 feet with a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet. Each loading
space shall have additional area adequate for maneuvering and/or parking
so that a public street, sidewalk, or area is not encroached upon.
The loading spaces required for uses listed in the off-street loading
schedule shall in all cases be on the same lot as the use they are
intended to serve unless information/data can be presented which demonstrates
that this requirement is not necessary.
(b)
In no case shall the required loading spaces be part of the
area used to satisfy the parking requirements of the bylaw.
(8)
All lighting of parking lots shall be arranged so as to adequately
light the entire parking lot and will be directed away from the street
and adjoining residential uses.
(9)
Entrance/Exit drive widths and location.
(a)
The minimum distance between an entrance or exit drive at the
street (right-of-way) line and the curb line of an intersection street
shall be 50 feet in all directions.
(b)
The maximum width of an entrance or exit drive at the street
(right-of-way) line shall be 24 feet in a Residential District and
40 feet in any other district. If the driveway is divided to separate
entrance and exit movements, the combined width may be increased to
60 feet.
(c)
The Planning Board may authorize departures from the above standards
as follows:
[1]
In Industrial, Business and Planned Business Districts, the
Board may authorize more than two access driveways if it determines
that such additional driveways are necessary to provide adequate area
for safe vehicular turning movements and circulation. In any case,
there shall be no more than one additional access driveway for each
100 feet of frontage, and all two-way access driveways on a single
lot shall be at least 100 feet apart measured from the center line
of each access driveway.
[2]
In Industrial, Business and Planned Business Districts, the
Board may authorize a driveway with a greater width than provided
for herein when the Planning Board finds that such width would facilitate
traffic flow and safety.
[3]
No increase in the number or widths of driveways shall be granted
unless the Planning Board specifically finds that the proposed design
would provide greater traffic safety than a design conforming to the
design standards set forth herein.
(10)
Subcompact car spaces.
(a)
The Planning Board may allow the construction of smaller parking
spaces designed to accommodate a subcompact car. Thirty percent of
subcompact parking spaces shall be allowed by right. Anything above
said number shall be approved by the Planning Board.
(b)
In the Planned Business District only, up to 40% of the required
parking spaces may be designed to accommodate subcompact cars by right.
(11)
Business 1 Zone exception. All businesses proposed for the Business
1 Zone may be exempted from the off-street loading requirements if,
in the opinion of the Planning Board, an unsafe traffic condition
is not created.
(12)
Display of merchandise. No parking or loading area shall be
used for the sale, repair, display, storage, dismantling, or servicing
of any vehicle, equipment, merchandise, material, or supplies except
as specifically permitted by these bylaws in conjunction with uses
directly involving sale, servicing, storage, or repair of vehicles
in districts where such uses are permitted.
(13)
Parking barriers. A substantial bumper of concrete, steel, or
heavy timber; or a concrete curb or berm which is backed; or a natural
berm; shall be so located at the edge of surfaced areas except driveways
so as to protect abutting structures, properties, sidewalks and landscaping.
(14)
Aisle and maneuvering space. The aisle maneuvering area shall
be provided based on recognized standards approved by the Highway
Research Board.
(15)
Senior citizen housing. In instances where a senior citizen
housing project is developed, the requirement for off-street parking
shall be one space for every two dwelling units.
(16)
Municipal parking lots and areas. The Planning Board shall not
allow the substitution of parking space within municipal parking lots
in lieu of the parking requirements of this bylaw.
(17)
Employee parking. In addition to the requirements for off-street parking in Subsection
A, all use(s) of land shall also provide one parking space per employee on the largest operating shift unless otherwise noted.
(18)
Drive-up window stacking lane requirements.
(a) For the purposes of this bylaw, a "stacking lane" and "stacking space"
shall be defined as follows:
STACKING LANE
An area of stacking spaces and driving lane provided for
vehicles waiting for drive-up service, which is physically separated
from other traffic and pedestrian circulation on the site.
STACKING SPACE
An area within a stacking lane for vehicles waiting to order
and/or finish a drive-up transaction.
(b)
Fast-food drive-up facilities shall provide a minimum of 10
stacking spaces (within the site) before the order board. The facility
shall provide another four stacking spaces between the order board
and the transaction window. If the facility has two transaction windows,
the four stacking spaces may be split between each of the windows.
An additional stacking space shall be provided after the last transaction
window(s).
[Amended 4-14-2020 ATM by Art. 34]
(c)
Non-fast-food drive-up facilities shall provide a minimum of
four spaces before the drive-up window.
(d)
Each stacking space shall be a minimum of 20 feet in length
and 10 feet in width along straight proportions. Stacking spaces and
stacking lanes shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width along curved
segments.
(e)
Stacking lanes shall be delineated from traffic aisles, other
stacking lanes and parking areas with striping, curbing, landscaping
and the use of alternative paving materials or raised medians.
(f)
Entrances to stacking lanes shall be clearly marked and a minimum
of 60 feet from the intersection with the public street. The distance
shall be measured from the property line along the street to the beginning
of the entrance.
(g)
Stacking lanes shall be designed to prevent circulation congestion,
both on-site and on adjacent public streets. The circulation shall:
(1) separate drive-up traffic from site circulation, (2) not impede
or impair access into or out of parking spaces, (3) not impede or
impair vehicle or pedestrian traffic movement, and (4) minimize conflicts
between pedestrian and vehicular traffic with physical and visual
separation between the two. Stacking lanes or bypass lane shall not
interfere with required loading and trash storage areas and loading
or trash operations shall not impede or impair vehicle movement. An
emergency bypass lane or exit shall be provided.
(h)
Stacking lanes shall not enter or exit directly into a public
right-of-way. Stacking lanes shall be integrated with the on-site
circulation pattern.
(i)
The intersection of stacking lanes and walk-in customer access
shall be a minimum of 50 feet from any access connections and/or transaction
windows. Said intersections shall be provided with a crosswalk. These
crosswalks shall use enriched paving and striping and include warning
signage aimed at both the pedestrian and the vehicle.
(j)
For any drive-up window use permitted by this bylaw interpreted
not to be covered by these queuing and stacking requirements, the
Planning Board may require the number of spaces which, in the judgment
of the Planning Board, are adequate to provide sufficient parking
and queuing lanes to provide off-street access for the proposed use(s).
(19)
Tandem parking spaces, as defined in §
230-1.5, may be allowed in the Business 1 (B1), Business 2 (B2), Business 4 (B4), Industrial 1 (I1), Industrial 2 (I2) and the Industrial 3(I3) Zones. The Planning Board may make the finding that tandem parking may be used in the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and North Main Street Business Overlay District.
[Added 4-11-2017 ATM
by Art. 30]
On a corner lot, to provide visibility, unobstructed at intersections,
no sign, fence, wall, tree, hedge, or other vegetation and no building
or other structure more than 3 1/2 feet above the established
grade of the street shall be erected, placed, or maintained within
the area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line
joining said street lines which is 25 feet distant from the point
of intersection, measured along said street lines.
The height of structures in airport approach zones shall be
regulated in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 756 of the
Acts of 1960 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Planning Board may grant a special permit for additional
nonresidential building floor area above the maximum floor area ratio
allowed in the Industrial 1, Reservoir and Planned Business Districts
in accordance with the schedule below, provided that a linkage payment
is made into the Town of Mansfield Capital Improvement Fund in an
amount equal to 5% of the total construction cost of the additional
floor area allowed by special permit.
A. Schedule of floor area ratio.
(1)
Schedule.
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Floor Area Ratio by Special Permit
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Use
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I-1
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RD
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PBD
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Retail
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0.50
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0.50
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—
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Office
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0.75
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0.75
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0.85
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Industrial
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0.75
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0.75
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—
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Other nonresidential
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0.75
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0.75
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—
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Research and development
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—
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—
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0.85
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Biotechnology
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—
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—
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0.85
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Light manufacturing
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—
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—
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0.85
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OR
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(2)
In the Planned Business District only, an additional density
bonus may be added to the by-right density when an applicant chooses
to use green building or sustainable design and/or construction techniques.
(a)
An applicant for a density bonus must accrue at least five points
from the following list to implement building and/or site-wide or
new construction or a major, 51% or more of the total value, renovation.
[1]
Provision for encouragement of ride sharing; use of shuttle
buses to public transportation; electric car recharging stations;
covered bicycle lockers: one point.
[2]
Shared parking, structured, decked or on-grade — one point.
[3]
Solar arrays in parking field: one point.
[4]
Permeable paving: two points.
[5]
Roof garden on primary building: two points.
[6]
Structured parking with green or solar roof: two points.
[7]
Silver or higher LEED-certified building: two points.
[8]
Permanent change of use:
[a] Warehouse to manufacturing: five points.
[b] Warehouse to office: five points.
[c] Warehouse to research and development: five points.
B. In no case shall the additional floor area allowed by special permit result in development exceeding the dimensional regulations of Article
IV, except for by-right maximum floor area ratio.
C. The cost of additional building construction shall be determined
by the Planning Board in consultation with the appropriate Town departments
and the developer.
D. If at the time of linkage payment a Town of Mansfield Capital Improvement
Fund has not been created, payment shall be made to the Town of Mansfield
to be held in an escrow account by the Select Board until such time
as said fund is created.