A.
Applicability. In any district, if a new structure is constructed,
the use of any structure is enlarged or extended, and the use of any
lot is established or any existing use is changed after the effective
date of this chapter, off-street parking and off-street loading spaces
shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of the bulk
and area tables[1] for the appropriate district as well as the requirements
of this article.
B.
Exemption. If a structure or use in existence prior to the effective
date of this chapter is expanded or enlarged, it shall not have to
comply with the requirements of this article if such expansion or
enlargement would require less than a fifteen-percent increase in
the number of parking spaces that would have been required of the
use as it existed on the effective date of this chapter.
C.
When units or measurements determining the number of required parking
or loading spaces result in a requirement of a fractional space, any
fraction equal to or greater than 1/2 shall be rounded up.
E.
Off-street parking in front of the building will only be permitted
with site plan approval from the Planning Board. The plan shall include
trees and plantings that adequately screen the parked cars from street
views. All residential dwellings for which front yard parking is proposed
will have to have obtain site plan approval even if no significant
construction is occurring.
C.
New buildings shall include off-street parking plans as part of the
design of the building. Uses that are particularly parking dependent,
such as theaters and supermarkets, shall include the number of parking
spaces associated with their use as outlined in the Schedule of Use
Tables accompanying this chapter.[2]
D.
New buildings that require site plan approval shall include off-street
parking plans for bicycles as part of the design of the building.
The number of spaces and design of the facilities shall be determined
in consultation with the Planning Board as part of the site plan review
process.
A.
Standards for parking and loading spaces. When five or more parking
spaces or two or more loading spaces are required, said spaces shall
meet the following standards, and the plans shall be approved by the
Building Inspector.
(1)
Each perpendicular parking space shall not be less than nine feet
by 18 feet. No less than 300 square feet of parking area, including
space for maneuvers, shall be provided per parking space, and the
arrangement of parking spaces shall be approved by the Building Inspector.
(2)
Each loading space shall be not less than 1,000 square feet in horizontal
area nor less than 14 feet in height, including space for maneuvering,
and the arrangement of layout of off-street loading areas shall be
approved by the Building Inspector.
(3)
Any portion of any entrance or exit driveway shall not be closer
than 20 feet to the curbline of an intersecting street nor closer
than five feet to any lot line, and both distances shall be maintained
by a curb.
(4)
Any two driveways leading from a street to a single lot shall not
be within 30 feet of each other at their intersections with the front
lot line for an interior lot and 40 feet for a corner lot.
(5)
Any entrance or exit driveway for a residential use shall not exceed
20 feet nor be less than 12 feet in width at its intersection with
the front lot line. Any entrance or exit driveway for a nonresidential
use shall not exceed 24 feet nor be less than 12 feet in width at
its intersection with the front lot line.
(6)
Exits and entrances shall be a minimum of 50 feet from any entrance
or exit located on the same side of the street on which the entrance
or exit abuts, unless the Planning Board determines that this distance
may be reduced without impacting public safety.
(7)
Exits and entrances shall be a minimum of 200 feet, as measured along
the side of the street on which they abut, from any school, public
playground, church, public library, hospital, or institution for dependents
or children.
B.
Location and screening.
(1)
All off-street parking shall be located behind or to the side of the principal building, except as provided in §§ 300-31H(2), 300-33D, 300-66E, and 300-157, and except for the parking of bicycles. Parking spaces located in a side yard shall, if possible, be screened from public view. Adjoining parking areas shall be connected directly to one another or to a service road or alley wherever feasible to reduce turning movements onto roads.
(2)
If a parking lot containing five or more spaces lies within or borders
the WPO or any R District, a buffer zone at least five feet wide shall
be planted with trees or dense vegetation to provide screening along
all boundary lines, unless the adjoining properties are in the CD,
PO, or IND Districts.
(3)
No portion of the area used for parking within the Commercial, Industrial,
or Planned Office Districts shall be within 20 feet of a residential
dwelling on an adjoining lot. The Planning Board may reduce this setback
requirement based on the unique circumstances of the site plan application
or the inclusion of additional mitigation, such as appropriate landscaping,
fencing, or similar measures designed to screen and buffer the parking
lot from the residential dwelling.
C.
Construction of parking areas. Parking areas shall be surfaced with
a suitable durable dustless surface, including but not limited to
asphalt, concrete, paving stones, or Belgian block, which shall meet
the approval of the City Planning Board. Parking areas shall be constructed
with adequate drainage. Surfacing, grading, and drainage shall facilitate
groundwater recharge by minimizing impermeable pavement and runoff.
Overflow or peak period parking surfaces shall be permeable. Oil traps
may be required for larger paved parking lots.
D.
Landscaping and screening.
(1)
Parking areas shall be designed and landscaped to avoid long, uninterrupted
rows of vehicles by breaking them into separate parking lots divided
by tree lines, alleys, pedestrian areas, or buildings. Parking lots
containing more than 40 spaces shall be divided into smaller areas
by landscaped islands at least five feet wide located no more than
120 feet apart. All islands shall be planted with three-inch minimum
caliper shade trees at a density of at least one tree for every 20
linear feet of island. Parking lots containing fewer than 40 spaces
shall provide at least one three-inch minimum caliper shade tree per
eight spaces.
(2)
The screening shall consist of a solid fence or wall not less than
three feet nor more than six feet in height or shrubbery planted not
more than three feet apart on center, at least two feet from the lot
line, and all maintained in good condition. No portion of an area
used for parking shall be closer than five feet to a sidewalk.
(3)
A substantial bumper of masonry, steel or heavy timber shall be placed
near all interior lot lines to protect structures and property abutting
a parking or loading area for parking areas with five vehicles or
more.
E.
Lighting. Lighting within parking lots shall be on low poles of 12
to 15 feet maximum height, with color-corrected lamps and cutoff luminaires
designed to minimize glare and light pollution. Design of poles and
luminaires shall be compatible with the style of the architecture
and adjoining streetscape treatment. Sidewalks leading from parking
lots shall be lit with bollard lighting and indirect illumination
of buildings and vegetation.
F.
Nonconforming parking lots shall be brought into conformity with
this section to the extent practical whenever a site plan or special
use permit application is filed for an expansion or change of use.
A.
General requirement. Loading docks and service areas shall be located
to minimize visual intrusion on public spaces and ensure pedestrian
and automobile safety by separating truck traffic and loading operations
from pedestrian and automobile circulation. Where appropriate, loading
docks shall be screened by walls extending from a building face or
placed within arcades or other architectural features assigned to
blend them with the architecture of the building. Adjacent buildings
shall be sited to allow shared access to loading docks through the
use of common loading zones or service alleys.
B.
In any district, in connection with every building or building group
or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of
10,000 square feet or more which is to be occupied by industrial,
distribution, or commercial uses, there shall be provided and maintained
on the same zone lot with such building off-street loading berths
in accordance with the following requirements:
|
Use
|
Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Required Off-Street Loading Berths
|
|---|---|---|
|
Retail, commercial, wholesale, industrial storage
|
10,000 to 25,000
|
1
|
|
25,000 to 40,000
|
2
| |
|
40,000 to 60,000
|
3
| |
|
60,000 to 100,000
|
4
| |
|
For each additional 50,000
|
+1
| |
|
Marinas, boat repair
|
Per 10,000
|
1
|
C.
Each loading space shall be not less than 10 feet in width, 25 feet
in length, and 14 feet in height and may not occupy any part of a
required front or side yard.
A.
The use of the same off-street parking or loading spaces by two or more uses is allowed, subject to the provisions of Article XII or when an applicant has been granted a special off-street parking permit pursuant to the requirements of this section.
B.
When an application made pursuant to this chapter does not require
site plan approval, an applicant may apply for a special off-street
parking permit from the City Planning Board. The City Planning Board
may grant a special off-street parking permit to an applicant in order
to modify the number of parking spaces otherwise required by this
chapter.
C.
In order to grant the special off-street parking permit and modify
the required off-street parking requirements, the City Planning Board
must find that:
D.
When off-street parking or loading serves two or more uses, whether
such uses are on the same lot or on separate lots within 500 feet,
the City Planning Board may reduce the number of off-street parking
spaces required of each use if it finds that the number of off-street
parking spaces proposed will substantially meet the intent of this
article by reason of variation in the probable time of maximum parking
demand for each use. In such event, the City Planning Board may condition
the special off-street parking permit on certain hours of operation
for each use.
E.
Procedure.
(1)
Applications for a special off-street parking permit shall be submitted to the Building Inspector in the manner and form prescribed by the City Planning Board, accompanied by the fee as listed in Chapter 163 of the Code of the City of Newburgh.
(2)
Complete applications for a special off-street parking permit that
are received by the deadline stipulated in the approved City Planning
Board Policies and Procedures, which is available in the office of
the Building Inspector, will be reviewed by the City Planning Board
at the next regularly scheduled meeting.
