The following provisions shall apply to the
establishment of off-street parking and loading spaces. It is the
intent of this chapter to encourage indoor parking whenever possible,
especially vehicles to be left on site overnight.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Constitutes an unobstructed area 12 feet in width and 30
feet in length with a vertical clearance of 15 feet and having such
slope and unobstructed shape and access as to accommodate one truck
having an overall length of 30 feet.
Constitutes an area having the following minimum unobstructed
width and having such slope and unobstructed shape, vertical clearance
and access as to accommodate one automobile as follows:
[Amended 8-20-2015 by L.L. No. 7-2015]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
[Amended 4-24-2003 by L.L. No. 7-2003]
All off-street parking and loading spaces for
commercial uses shall conform to the following design standards, except
that the requirements of this section shall not apply to parking spaces
provided in connection with a permitted office, customary home occupation
or leasing of rooms in a dwelling unit.
A.
Parking spaces. Each parking space shall be provided
with adequate area for an automobile, having an overall length of
18 feet, to approach the space and exit and execute any necessary
backing and turning movements without need to use any part of a street
right-of-way.
B.
Loading spaces. No off-street loading space, including
any truck loading bay, ramp or dock, shall be designed or arranged
in a manner that trucks must back within any part of a street right-of-way
in order to use such space.
C.
Access. Driveway entrances and exits onto any street
shall be provided in such a manner that no undue traffic hazards or
traffic congestion will be created. There shall be no more than two
driveways entering any lot from any one additional driveway for each
additional 300 feet of lot frontage, or fraction thereof, in excess
of 300 feet. Driveways shall not exceed 30 feet in width at the street
line unless a greater width is required by the County of Putnam or
State of New York.
D.
Setbacks. No off-street parking or loading space or
access aisle in connection therewith shall extend within the minimum
yards set forth in the Commercial Zoning Schedule;[1] provided, however, that the Planning Board may approve the following modifications in connection with a site plan under Article IX:
(1)
The owners of two abutting lots in other than residence
districts may establish a continuous parking area or loading area
across the common property line when there are connecting aisles across
such line and serving such areas.
(2)
In NB-1 and NB-2 Districts, off-street parking spaces
and access aisles therefor may extend into the area required for setback
from a street line but shall not occupy more than 50% of such area.
(3)
Where the street line frontage of a lot, the property
line of a lot or a residence district boundary line on a lot is irregular
and would cause a setback unusually irregular for layout of a parking
or loading area, an averaged street line, property line or residence
district boundary line may be established on the site development
plan for the purpose of measurement of the required setback.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Commercial Zoning Schedule
is located as an attachment to this chapter.
E.
Improvements. All off-street parking and loading spaces
shall be suitably improved, graded, stabilized and maintained so as
to cause no nuisance or danger from dust or from stormwater flow onto
any street. All off-street parking and loading spaces located within
10 feet of any street line shall be separated from such line by a
curb, fence, wall, embankment or other barrier and shall be provided
with such barrier in such a manner that cars will not overhang the
street line.
F.
Vehicle storage. Storage of vehicles used for commercial
purposes (excluding passenger vehicles) and recreational vehicles
and boats shall be located in the rear portions of a lot (outside
of all side and rear yard lines) and shall be suitably screened from
adjoining properties.
[Added 4-24-2003 by L.L. No. 7-2003]
All off-street parking spaces for residential
uses shall conform to the following design standards:
A.
One-family residential and two-family residential
uses.
(1)
Parking spaces required for one-family or two-family
dwellings may be reduced in width to eight feet and may be provided
in accessory garages or carports or in a side or rear yard or in a
driveway not less than eight feet and no more than 30 feet in width,
or in a combination thereof.
(2)
No parking spaces shall exist outside of a driveway
that is not less than eight feet and no more than 30 feet in width,
in the front yard of any one-family or two-family residential use.
All parking spaces and driveways shall be at least five feet from
any side or rear lot line.
B.
Multifamily uses.
(1)
No parking space accessory to a multifamily
use shall be closer than 10 feet to any side or rear lot line. No
parking space or parking area other than approved entrance and exit
driveways shall be permitted in any front yard.
(2)
All off-street parking and loading spaces shall
be suitably improved, graded, stabilized and maintained so as to cause
no nuisance or danger from dust or from stormwater flow onto any street.
All off-street parking and loading spaces located within 10 feet of
any street line shall be separated from such line by a curb, fence,
wall, embankment or other barrier and shall be provided with such
barrier in such a manner that cars will not overhang the street line.
(3)
Where an off-street parking area for a multifamily
use adjoins a single-family residential zoning district, a park, or
public open space, there shall be a suitably maintained landscaped
strip of a minimum of 10 feet in width.
C.
Vehicle storage. Storage of recreational vehicles
and boats shall be located in the rear portions of a lot (outside
of all side and rear yard lines) and shall be suitably screened from
adjoining properties.
For each use of land and buildings and other
structures, off-street parking spaces in residential districts shall
be provided in such number as specified in the Table of General Use
Requirements.[1] For nonresidential districts, the number of off-street
parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following:
A.
Motor vehicle repair garages: 10 spaces and located
on the same lot with the building. No parking of vehicles and no temporary
or permanent storage of vehicles shall be permitted outside of those
10 spaces.
B.
Undertaker establishments: 10 spaces and located on
the same lot with the building.
C.
Retail stores and shops, personal and business services:
one space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.
[Amended 7-12-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
D.
Motels and hotels: one space for each sleeping room
and located on the same lot with the building.
E.
Restaurants, taverns, bars, dance halls and skating
rinks: one space for each 50 square feet of patron floor area and
located on a lot distant not more than 300 feet in a direct line from
the building.
F.
Assembly halls, churches and places of worship: one
space for each three seats and located on the same lot with the building
or a lot in a nonresidential district and distant not more than 500
feet in a direct line from the building.
G.
Athletic fields and stadia: one space for each five
seats and located on a lot distant not more than 1,000 feet from the
field or stadium.
H.
Warehouses, wholesale businesses, research laboratories,
office buildings (not primarily serving customers or clients on the
premises) and establishments for the manufacture, processing or assembling
of goods: one space for each 1 1/2 employees during the largest
daily work shift period and located on a lot distant not more than
500 feet in a direct line from the building.
I.
Theaters: one space for each three seats if a theater is a standalone facility or not integrated with other uses or a majority tenant of a center. If a theater is a minority tenant of a center and it can be demonstrated that, as a result of space use overlap and offset timing of peak parking utilization, a modification of the parking standard is appropriate, then the Planning Board may apply the provisions of § 138-71; however, such parking standard shall not be modified to less than one space for each five seats.
J.
Offices: one space for each 250 square feet of gross
floor area.
[Added 7-12-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
K.
Banks: one space for each 333 square feet of gross
floor area.
[Added 7-12-2007 by L.L. No. 4-2007]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Table of General Use Requirements
is located at the end of this chapter.
Whenever two or more classifications provided in § 138-67 shall apply to a use of land or buildings or other structures, the standard requiring the larger number of parking spaces shall apply, but where separate parts of a building or structure are used for purposes requiring a different number of parking spaces, the number of required spaces shall be determined by adding the number of spaces required for each type of use.
Each hospital, hotel, motel, retail store building, undertaker's establishment, restaurant, tavern, bar, warehouse, wholesale business, trucking terminal, contractor's business, research laboratory, office building and establishment for the manufacture, processing or assembling of goods, having a ground floor area in excess of 4,000 square feet, shall have one off-street loading space for each 40,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof, excluding basements and located on the same lot with the building or as provided in § 138-70.
Except where off-street parking spaces are required under § 138-67 to be located on the same lot with the building, joint parking areas and loading spaces may be established by the owners of separate lots in order to provide the total number of off-street parking and loading spaces required.
[Amended 8-20-2015 by L.L. No. 7-2015]
The Planning Board, in connection with its action on a site
plan, may approve modification of off-street parking and loading standards
as follows:
A.
Number. The Planning Board may authorize off-street parking and/or loading spaces up to 15% less in number than specified in §§ 138-67 and 138-69 if the Board determines that the following standards and conditions are met:
(1)
The number of spaces provided on the plan are sufficient to accommodate
the vehicles of all persons using and visiting the particular use
or occupancy of land and buildings and other structures specified
in the application for a building permit and certificate of occupancy.
(3)
The authorization of such spaces, less in number, is applicable only
to the particular use or occupancy of land and buildings and other
structures specified in such application, and approval of the site
plan shall be null and void in the event that such use or occupancy
is changed to another use or occupancy.
B.
Overnight parking of vehicles associated with a principal permitted use. If the general health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Southeast or the performance standards as expressed in § 138-12 are better served by the indoor parking of vehicles associated with a principal use, then the Planning Board should have the power to mandate such indoor parking.
