A.
Number of Spaces—Off-street parking shall be provided in all
districts for uses where off-street parking is required, according
to the standards set forth in the following schedule.
B.
Mixed Uses—Where mixed uses occur, the parking and loading
spaces required shall be the sum of the requirements for the several
individual uses, computed separately unless it can be demonstrated
to the Board of Appeals under a variance application that the need
for parking occurs at different times and that adequate spaces will
exist to handle the requirements for each use.
C.
Parking Space Schedule.
(1)
Employees—One per each employee in addition to other land
uses and their required spaces as outlined below.
(2)
Handicapped Spaces—The availability of handicapped parking
spaces must comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities
Act.
(3)
Residential—Two per dwelling unit.
(4)
Hotel or Motel—1.2 per guest room.
(5)
Place of assembly, church meeting hall or room, club, lodge
and county club—One per each four seats of total seating capacity
or one for 400 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
(6)
Restaurant, stadium, gymnasium, auditorium, arena—One
per each three seats of total seating capacity.
(7)
Theater—One per each two seats of total seating capacity.
(8)
Bank—One per each 150 square feet of gross floor area
or fraction thereof.
(9)
Shopping center, mall, strip shopping mall, retail establishment—Five
per 1,000 square feet of gross feasible floor area for the first 25,000
square feet; four per 1,000 square feet of gross feasible floor area
for the second 25,000 square fee, and three per 1,000 square feet
of gross feasible floor area for all remaining area.
(10)
Wholesale, warehouse, or storage establishment—One per
employee on the largest shift.
(11)
Medical or dental clinic—Three per each doctor plus one
for each employee.
(12)
Hospital—Two per bed at design capacity.
(13)
Nursing home—One per two beds.
(14)
Business, trade or industrial school or college—Three
per each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area in classrooms and other
teaching stations.
(15)
School or college dormitory facilities—One space per person
of ultimate dormitory resident capacity.
(16)
Other Schools—Two per classroom in an elementary and junior
high school; four per classroom in a senior high school plus any other
"mixed use" requirement.
(17)
Office—One per 300 square feet of gross floor area, or
one per each employee, which ever is greater.
(18)
Golf course—10 per green.
(19)
Tennis Court—One per four spectator capacity and two per
court.
(20)
Swimming pool, skating rink—One per four spectator capacity
plus one per each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(21)
Sports field—One per four spectator capacity.
(22)
Amusement park—One per each 30 square feet of amusement
area.
(23)
Ranges (golf, batting, etc.)—1 1/2 per station.
(24)
Campgrounds—2 1/2 per campsite.
(25)
Public Utility—One per each 200 square feet of gross floor
area.
(26)
Manufacturing or industrial establishments—Two per each
three employees in the largest shift.
(27)
Any use permitted by these bylaws not interpreted to be covered
by this schedule—Closest similar use as determined by the Building
Inspector.
D.
Dimensions. Each off-street parking space shall be a minimum of 10
feet in width by 20 feet in length. Each off-street handicapped parking
space shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width by 20 feet in length.
In the case of angle parking, the measurement of the width shall be
perpendicular to the parking line.
E.
Aisle and Entrance Dimensions. The minimum width of aisles and entrance
drives providing access to more than two spaces, excepting single
family and residential, shall be at least 24 feet wide. On lots where
one entrance and exit driveway or access is constructed, the access
shall not exceed 35 feet in width. Where two or more driveways or
accesses are constructed, the accesses shall not exceed 30 feet in
width. For automotive service stations, the maximum width shall be
32 feet for each driveway or access.
A.
Off street Loading - For every building hereafter erected and for
every use hereafter established in an existing building or area, the
off-street loading requirements presenting in the Loading Space Schedule
apply. Provided however, that for any building existing prior to the
enactment of the bylaw, but not expanded after such date, the Zoning
Board of Appeals may grant a variance to allow for on or off loading
on the street where conditions unique to the use reasonably justify
such loading.
B.
Loading Space Schedule
|
Use
|
Minimum number of loading spaces per unit
|
|---|---|
|
All uses under 500 square feet of gross floor area
|
No minimum; sufficient provisions to eliminate all on or off
loading on any street pursuant to normal economic activity.
|
|
Retail, trade, manufacturing and hospital establishment with
over 5,000 square feet of gross floor area
|
One per 10,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor
area up to two spaces; one additional space for each 30,000 square
feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area over 20,000 square feet;
space used for ambulance receiving at a hospital is not to be used
to meet these loading requirements.
|
|
Business services, other services, community facilities (school,
church, Town building, recreational, etc.) or public utility establishments
with over 5,000 square feet of gross floor area
|
One per 40,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor
area up to two spaces; one additional space for each 20,000 square
feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area over 150,000 square feet.
|
C.
Dimensions. Each space for off-street loading shall be a minimum
of five feet longer than and four feet wider than the largest vehicle
which shall use the loading space. Each loading space shall have a
vertical clearance of at least 14 feet. Each loading space shall have
an additional area adequate for parking, loading and maneuvering off
any public street, sidewalk or any portion thereof.
A.
Change in Use. Whenever after the date of this bylaw, there is a
change in the use of the premises, except residential, or in the floor
area, or number of employees or other unit of measurement specified
in the foregoing Parking Space and Loading Space Schedule, off-street
parking and loading facilities shall be provided on the basis of the
adjusted needs as determined by the aforesaid Schedules.
B.
Existing Spaces. Parking or loading spaces being maintained in any
district in connection with any existing use of the effective date
of this bylaw, or any spaces subsequently provided in accordance with
this bylaw, shall not be decreased in number so long as said use remains,
unless a reduced number of parking or loading spaces conforms to the
requirements of the parking and off-street loading schedules.
C.
Computation of Spaces. When the computation of required parking or
loading spaces results in the requirements of a fractional space,
any fraction over 1/2 shall require one additional space.
D.
Location of Parking Spaces. Required off-street parking spaces shall
be provided on the same lot as the principal use they are required
to serve or when practical difficulties prevent their establishment
upon the same lot, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall rule upon the
acceptability of alternative plans.
E.
Combined Facilities. Parking required for two or more buildings or
uses may be provided in combined facilities on the same or continuous
lots, where it is evident that such facilities will continue to be
available for the several buildings or uses, regardless of ownership,
with Building Inspector's approval.
F.
Rental Spaces. No lot in common ownership shall contain more than
two spaces for rental or lease except as an understood accessory to
rental of a room on the same lot.
G.
Location of Loading Spaces. The loading spaces required for the uses
listed in the Loading Space Schedule shall in all cases be on the
same lot as the structure or use they are intended to serve. In no
case shall the required loading spaces be part of the area used to
satisfy the parking requirements of this bylaw.
H.
Illumination. The following shall be the minimum illumination levels
measured in foot-candles for all parking spaces serving the designated
uses: Industrial - 1.0; Commercial - 2.0; Shopping Centers - 3.0.
Any fixture used to illuminate any area shall be so arranged as to
direct the light away from the street and away from adjoining premises
used for residential purposes, and the sources of the light shall
not be visible therefrom. The maximum spillover illumination to adjacent
property shall be not more than a 1.0 foot-candle.
I.
Permits Required. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, a plan
for parking areas shall be submitted to the Planning Board for review
of compliance with these bylaws. Failure of the Planning Board to
make recommendations within 21 days of receipt of a petition shall
be deemed a lack of opposition thereto.
All parking and loading areas containing over five spaces in
total combination shall be either contained within structures or subject
to the following:
A.
The area shall be screened with landscaping, a grassed earth berm,
a fence, masonry wall or some combination of these screening devices,
on each side which adjoins or faces the side or rear lot line of a
parcel in residential use or in a residence district.
B.
The area and access driveways thereto shall be surfaced with bituminous
or cement concrete material and shall be graded and drained so as
to dispose of all surface runoff in a manner harmless to abutting
properties.
C.
The location of spaces shall be suitably marked by painted lines
or other appropriate markings.
D.
A substantial bumper of concrete, steel, or heavy timber, or a concrete
curb or berm curb which is backed, or a natural berm, shall be so
located at the edge of surfaced areas except driveways as to protect
abutting structures, properties, sidewalks, and landscaping.
E.
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.
F.
A minimum twenty-foot deep landscaped area shall be provided along the street lot line(s) where parking or driveways are planned in the required front yard area, exempting access and egress, and in conformance with § 265-6.5F.
G.
Parking and loading spaces other than those for single-family or
multi-family dwelling shall be so arranged as not to require backing
of vehicles onto any public street.
H.
No portion of any entrance or exit driveway shall be closer than
50 feet to the nearest edge of the legal layout of an intersecting
street.
A.
All parking areas shall have clearly defined traffic flow into and
out of the area and throughout the lot. Traffic moving in one direction
may be required to be separated from traffic moving in an opposite
direction at the entrance and exit to the parking lot by barrier,
striping, rumble strip or the like, as determined to be necessary
by the Planning Board. The flow pattern shall direct traffic into
parking units. All driveways shall be clearly identified as to exit
and/or entrance and direction of traffic flow.
B.
Traffic intersections throughout parking areas shall be designed
with use of devices such as islands containing landscape plantings
of trees and shrubs, not to exceed three feet in height, curbing and
intersecting lanes at angles designed to guide turning vehicles into
the normal flow of traffic.
C.
Parking units shall not include more than 25 adjacent spaces. Parking
units shall be defined by landscaping in conformance with other requirements
of this article. Any number of units is permissible.
(1)
An area equivalent to a minimum of 20% of the paved area shall
be provided in addition to said paved area for landscaped parking
unit dividers, landscaped island, pedestrian walkways and perimeter
landscaping and not to include wetlands. Landscaping shall be arranged
on the lot so that a landscaped area shall be arranged on the lot
so that a landscaped area shall be within 125 feet from any point
on the lot.
(2)
Landscaping shall be so designed as to prevent parking or driving on any portion of a landscaped area. Refer to § 265-6.4D.
(3)
Landscaping shall be all live vegetation combined with other
landscaping materials excluding paved surfaces.
(4)
Landscaping shall include trees or shrubs sufficiently spaced
to define and screen the area in the event the landscaping is inadequately
maintained. Landscaping shall not interfere with a safe view of traffic
or pedestrian flow.
E.
All parking spaces shall be accessible from the driving aisles or
lanes by a single turn.
F.
Display lots for motor vehicle sales shall be considered parking lots, but are allowed the following exemptions to layout regulations in § 265-6.5, as long as there is provided, adjacent to and parallel with the street lot line, a landscaped set back area not less than 20 feet in depth except in the area covered by access drives. No vehicle shall be parked in the landscaped area or nearer than 20 feet from the street lot line.
