Off-street parking and loading areas, access driveways and aisles shall be required for all principal buildings newly constructed or enlarged or new uses established after the effective date of this Zoning Chapter. Where more than one use occupies a structure or parcel of land, the requirement for such structure or parcel of land shall be the total for each use therein, computed separately according to the appropriate requirements. Floor areas for the purposes of computing parking requirements shall be the sum of the horizontal area within exterior walls of several floors of a building or buildings, excluding basement, cellar and attic areas used primarily for storage or service. Special consideration may be given by the Planning Board to existing structures predating the effective date of this Zoning Chapter where strict compliance with the provision of this article may impose an extreme hardship.
Off-street parking shall be provided for all uses in accordance with the following standards:
A.
Residential uses: two parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
B.
Tourist homes, hotels, motels, boardinghouses: one parking space for every guest room.
C.
Retail sales: one parking space for every 200 square feet of floor area.
D.
Wholesale trade, warehouse or storage: one parking space for every 1,000 square feet of floor area.
E.
Theaters, restaurants, eating and drinking places, churches and places of worship and places of public assembly: one parking space for every four seats or, in the absence of fixed seating, one space for every 60 square feet of floor area, exclusive of kitchens, stage, dance floor, waiting areas or storage areas.
F.
Hospitals, nursing homes, adult homes: one parking space for every patient bed.
G.
Manufacturing uses: one parking space for every 1,000 square feet of floor area.
H.
Offices, businesses and professional offices: one parking space for every 300 square feet of floor area.
I.
Home occupation: one space for every 100 square feet of floor area devoted to such use.
J.
Unspecified uses: one parking space for every 200 square feet of building area or one parking space for every 1,000 square feet of site area, whichever is greater or as specified by the Village Planning Board during site plan review based upon the greatest number of employees and customers using the structure or use at any single time.
The off-street parking requirements for all uses permitted in Business District (B-1) and Business District (B-2) may be waived in whole or in part by the Zoning Enforcement Officer, provided that the required off-street parking is provided by public or private facilities within 500 feet of the building, and provided that such waiver is consistent with the intent and the orderly development of this district and will not create conditions that will compromise the public health, safety or general welfare.
Off-street loading spaces shall be provided for all new nonresidential uses hereafter erected or present nonresidential uses enlarged or replaced, at a rate of one space for every receiving door or loading dock intended for use to load or unload cargo to or from a truck.
Except for one- or two-family dwellings, all parking spaces required by this Zoning Chapter shall be accessible from a public street by a driveway or aisle which shall conform to the following minimum requirements:
A.
No space in any required driveway or aisle shall be counted toward satisfying the parking requirements of this Zoning Chapter.
B.
Driveways serving parking areas containing eight or fewer parking spaces shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width while those serving nine or more parking spaces or one or more loading spaces shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width.
C.
Aisles providing access between parking and loading spaces and driveways shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width.
D.
Driveways, aisles and required off-street parking and loading spaces shall have a minimum vertical clearance of 14 feet clear of any obstructions.
E.
Entrances to a public street shall be no narrower than the driveway or aisle they serve, nor more than 36 feet in width, except where land dividers are installed to segregate entering, exiting or turning traffic.
Wherever any driveway, aisle, parking space or loading space is adjacent to or within two feet of any building wall, a guardrail or other suitable protection consistent with the level of use as determined by the Village Planning Board shall be installed. This provision shall not apply to one-, two- and multiple-family dwellings.
Parking and loading spaces, driveways and aisles serving or located in a parking area containing eight or fewer spaces shall be paved with at least a suitable base of compacted gravel. All other parking or loading space, driveway or aisle shall be paved to at least the standards of a local street. Whenever a driveway, aisle or loading space is intended for use by heavy trucks or equipment, such facilities shall be constructed to a standard sufficient to withstand damage from such use.
All required parking and loading spaces, driveways and aisles shall be maintained to at least the standard of original construction by the property owner.
All parking areas, driveways and aisles shall be graded to permit drainage either by surface or by storm drains of suitable capacity and shall cross adjacent property only by way of a drainage easement to natural watercourses or collective storm sewers.
All required parking spaces shall contain a minimum of 200 square feet and shall be at least 10 feet in width and 20 feet in depth. All required loading spaces shall be at least 10 feet in width and 55 feet in depth.
The location of any entrance or exit of a driveway, aisle, parking or loading area where it enters a public right-of-way shall be subject to approval by the Village Superintendent of Highways and, in the case of Route 7, by the New York State Department of Transportation and a permit for the same shall be obtained prior to construction.