[Amended 10-28-2004 by L.L. No. 4-2004]
In all districts there shall be provided, at the time any building
or structure is erected, enlarged, increased in capacity or changed
in use, approved and usable off-street parking spaces for motor vehicles
in accordance with the requirements of this article and Schedule III. 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 said building or land
is 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 purpose of this chapter, a parking space shall
not be less than 10 feet in width and 20 feet in depth exclusive of
accessways and driveways in any parking area with 50 or fewer parking
spaces total. In parking areas with over 50 parking spaces total,
the stall sizes may be reduced to a minimum of 9 1/2 feet wide
and 19 feet deep.
[Amended 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
(2)
Off-street parking areas for nonresidential uses shall provide
drive aisles with a minimum width of 24 feet for two-lane traffic
and 18 feet for one lane traffic.
(3)
Off-street parking areas with a capacity for more than 20 vehicles
shall delineate fire lanes and post no-parking markers at the direction
of the Town Fire Marshal. Designated fire lanes shall be a minimum
of 30 feet in width.
(4)
Any off-street parking area shall provide designated handicapped
parking spaces in compliance with current ADA design regulations.
(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 or farm residences
and buildings) shall be adequately drained and surfaced with a dustless,
durable, all-weather surface, subject to approval of the Town Board.
(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 driveway to an off-street parking area shall be located closer
than 50 feet to the intersection of any two streets or within 20 feet
of any side lot line, provided that sufficient distance will always
remain for all required radii for said driveway. The distance from
the driveway to the intersection shall be measured by extending the
curbline of the intersecting street until it intersects the curbline,
extended if necessary, of the driveway in question. In addition, a
minimum distance of 20 feet shall be maintained between two driveways
located on any one frontage.
(10)
Except where otherwise specified in this chapter, off-street
parking areas and associated drive aisles may be located in any yard
space for nonresidential uses but shall not be located closer than
40 feet to the right-of-way line of all streets and no closer than
10 feet to any other property line.
(11)
Off-street parking stalls shall have 90° orientation with
two-lane aisles for all parking areas with over 50 total parking spaces.
Parking areas with 50 total parking spaces or fewer may have a 60°
angled parking with approval of the Planning Board.
[Amended 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
(12)
Off-street parking stalls adjacent to buildings or structures
shall be no closer than 10 feet to any portion of the building or
structure, and must have a barrier consisting of parking bumpers or
curbing. Isolated building entry vestibules and canopies may extend
to within four feet of the parking area.
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, off-street parking facilities shall be located on the
same lot with the building they are required to serve.
(2)
For multiple-family dwellings, off-street parking facilities
shall be located not more than 200 feet from the building they are
required to serve.
(3)
For other uses, off-street parking facilities shall be located
not more than 500 feet from the building they are required to serve.
C. Screening and landscaping.
(1)
Off-street parking areas for five vehicles or more 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.
[Amended 6-25-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
(2)
Except where otherwise specified in this chapter, when a parking area for five or more vehicles is within or abuts a residential district, a planted buffer area not less than 10 feet in depth 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.
D. Lighting.
(1)
All off-street parking areas and appurtenant passageways and
driveways (excluding areas serving one- and two-family dwellings and
farm 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 all adjoining property.
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 20 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 Town 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.
H. Required off-street parking space. Required off-street parking space
for specific uses as regulated in this chapter is contained in Schedule
III, which is part of this chapter.
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.
B. The use of common access points by two or more permitted uses shall
be encouraged by the Town 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.
C. 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.