In conjunction with any principal building hereafter erected or any use of land hereafter established, there shall be provided on the same lot therewith sufficient parking spaces to meet the minimum requirements specified herein. For nonresidential uses, each parking space shall have independent access to aisles and/or driveways. The New York State Department of Transportation and the Rockland County Highway Department have jurisdiction over certain roads in the Village. Where the design standards of the county or state vary from the provisions contained in this section, the county or state standards shall prevail.
A. 
Residential districts. In residential districts, no required parking space shall be located within the required front yard, except on a driveway of a width no greater than the garage entrance, or on a driveway turnaround.
B. 
Nonresidence and Mixed Use Districts. Except as provided in § 402-70C below, in nonresidence and mixed use districts, the following regulations shall apply to nonresidential uses or mixed uses. No parking space or access thereto, except entrances or exit drives as limited in this section, shall be within 15 feet of a street right-of-way line. Entrance or exit drives connecting the parking area and the street shall be permitted within the fifteen-foot strip required above, provided:
(1) 
Such drives shall not exceed 10 feet in total aggregate width for each 50 feet of street line abutting such lot, but in no case shall any entrance or exit exceed 30 feet in total width.
(2) 
Drives shall have at least 100 feet of unobstructed vision in both directions along the street onto which the drive enters.
(3) 
Such drives shall have on each side, unobstructed, a triangular area formed by the intersection of the driveway line, the street line and a straight line joining said line at points 30 feet distant from their point of intersection. Within such triangular area no parking or loading or unloading shall be permitted nor shall there be located therein any sign, fence, other structure or plant material over 2 1/2 feet in height.
C. 
IP and O Districts. In the IP and O Districts, no parking space shall be located in a required front yard.
D. 
Required parking spaces.
(1) 
The following table identifies the minimum number of required parking space for each use allowed by this chapter:
Table of Parking Requirements
Use
Parking Standard
One-family dwelling, attached or detached
2 spaces per dwelling unit
Two-family and multiple dwellings
Studio or one-bedroom unit, 1.5 spaces per unit; two bedroom, 2 spaces per unit; 3 or more bedrooms, 2.5 spaces per unit. The number of bedrooms shall be determined by the Planning Board based on a review of floor plans provided by the applicant.
Club, lodge, community center, theater, auditorium, stadium, bowling alley or other place of amusement or recreation, church or other places of public assembly,
1 space for each 4 persons based on maximum seating capacity. Any place not having seating capacity for patrons or assemblage shall provide 1 space for each 4 persons based on capacity attendance.
Office, business, commercial and personal service use and retail store
1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof
Restaurants
1 space for each 4 seats or 1 space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
Wholesale or warehouse establishment
3 spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof.
Light industrial or manufacturing establishment
1 space per 2 employees computed on the basis of the greatest number of persons to be employed during peak hours of employment, but not less than 1 parking space for each 500 square feet of floor area. For office space associated with industrial or manufacturing establishments, the parking requirement for office space shall apply.
Bed-and-breakfast, hotel, country inn
1 space for each guest bedroom, and two spaces for the owner/operator. Any restaurant operated in conjunction with an inn shall provide additional parking spaces as per the requirements for restaurants.
Home occupations
As determined by the Planning Board on a case-by-case basis.
Any use not listed herein
To be determined by the Planning Board on a case-by-case basis.
Country inn center
[Added 5-1-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018]
1/2 space for each 1 guest bedroom; and 1 space for every 4 seats of restaurant/food establishment; and 1 space for every 500 square feet of commercial/retail gross floor area. The parking requirement for a country inn center and the uses associated with it may be reduced by the Board of Trustees or Planning Board if adequate alternate or additional parking arrangements are provided. In determining the number of spaces required for dining seats or retail parking, every 2 spaces already counted towards overnight guest parking shall reduce the total number of spaces required for dining/retail parking by 1.
(2) 
Off-street parking areas shall not be used for any purpose other than parking of vehicles for resident, guest, customer, or employee use. There shall be no storage, servicing or dismantling of automobiles or other vehicles. Loading or unloading shall occur only in accordance with §§ 402-71 and 402-72. In no event shall any part of the parking areas, lawn or other required open space be used for the storage or abandonment of any articles or goods or the storage of trucks or trailers.
(3) 
Where possible, sufficient turn-around area shall be provided so that vehicles can exit the driveway onto the street front first without having to back out into traffic.
(4) 
Where handicapped spaces are required by code, the provisions of the NYS Fire Prevention and Building Code shall be met.
(5) 
Required accessory parking spaces, open or enclosed, may be provided upon the same lot as the use to which they are accessory, or elsewhere within 1,000 feet of such lot. In all cases such parking spaces shall conform to all the regulations of the district in which they are located; and in no event shall such parking spaces be located in any residential district, unless the uses to which they are accessory are permitted in such districts or unless such lot is owned by the Village of Sloatsburg. Such spaces shall be in the same ownership as or under lease for parking purposes for a term of at least 30 years to the use to which they are accessory, and, in the case of ownership, shall be subject to deed restriction, filed of record with the County Clerk, binding the owner and his heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available throughout the existence of such use to which they are accessory.
[Added 5-1-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018]
E. 
Landscaping.
(1) 
Parking lots for more than five vehicles shall be provided with landscaped areas amounting to an aggregate minimum of 10% of the total paved area of the parking lot. These landscaped areas shall be provided wholly within the paved parking area and shall be adequately distributed and maintained. Said landscaping shall be subject to the requirements and approval of the Planning Board.
(2) 
Landscape plans shall be designed by a licensed landscape architect who shall certify as to plant hardiness, and shall provide as-built plans to the Building Inspector and Planning Board of the completed project. The applicant's landscape architect who prepared and certified the landscape plan approved by the Planning Board shall supervise construction and installation of the landscape materials. Before the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, there shall be filed with the Building Inspector and the Planning Board an affidavit of the registered landscape architect stating that the deponent has examined the approved plans, that the landscaping has been installed in accordance with approved plans, and that the landscaping complies with these regulations except insofar as variations therefrom have been authorized by the Planning Board.
(3) 
The minimum landscape requirements contained herein are a general guide only and may be modified by the Planning Board where, due to special characteristics of the project site, the proposed use, surrounding area or buildings and structures, such changes are necessary to ensure compatibility and conformance with other standards or criteria of this chapter.
(4) 
Traffic movement. In areas where landscape materials are used to define paths of traffic movement, the following guidelines shall be used:
(a) 
Plant materials shall consist of upright Juniper or Yew, Barberry, Firethorn, Evergreen Euonymus or equivalent approved by the Planning Board.
(b) 
Plants shall be selected to achieve not more than three feet mature height. Planting height shall be 18 inches to 24 inches.
(c) 
Plants shall be spaced to create a compact hedge border at time of planting.
(d) 
At the discretion of the Planning Board, street trees may be used. Trees shall be approved by the landscape architect, 3 1/2 inches - four inches caliper, spaced 20 feet on center. Street trees shall consist of sugar maple, norway maple, red oak, little leaf linden, green ash, london plane or equivalent approved by the Planning Board.
(e) 
Planting beds shall be covered with the following material:
[1] 
Licorice mulch or approved equivalent at four inches minimum depth.
[2] 
Stone aggregate at three inches minimum depth, minimum one inch stone.
[3] 
Where pedestrian cross traffic is evident, a paving material shall be used such as paving blocks set in sand with tight joints.
(5) 
Parking areas. In areas where landscape materials are used to complement parking areas, the following guidelines shall be used:
(a) 
Planting islands shall be provided at the end of or within parking bays and shall contain the following materials:
[1] 
Honey Locust, 3 1/2 inches - four inches caliper planted 20 feet on center.
[2] 
Other columnar varieties may be substituted upon Planning Board approval.
[3] 
Trees with low growing branches, gum or moisture, seeds or pods shall be avoided.
[4] 
Branching of trees shall begin at a height no less than six feet and no greater than 12 feet.
[5] 
Areas under shade trees shall be planted with Horizontal Juniper or other ornamental Evergreens of comparable growth habit. Plant material shall have an 18 inches - 24 inches spread and shall be spaced 18 inches on center.
[6] 
Planting beds shall be covered as in Subsection E(4)(e) above.
(6) 
Entrance definition. Where landscape materials are used to define the point of entrance to a commercial facility, the following guidelines shall be used:
(a) 
Plant materials shall consist of a carefully designed variety of evergreen shrubs.
(b) 
Design may be a natural or formal setting; however, plant height shall not interfere with required sight distance.
(c) 
Planting beds shall be covered in elsewhere in these regulations.
(7) 
Pedestrian circulation. Where landscape materials are used to complement areas intended for pedestrian activity, the following guidelines shall be used:
(a) 
Pedestrian areas shall be paved with concrete or paving block. Areas to be paved shall be tamped or underlain with gravel.
(b) 
In order to minimize large areas of paving, landscape features, such as two feet to three feet earth mounds and planters, shall be used.
(c) 
Plant materials shall consist of a variety of Evergreen and Deciduous shrubs and trees as approved by the Planning Board.
(d) 
Planting beds shall be covered with a Licorice mulch or approved equivalent at four inches minimum depth.
A. 
Adequate off-street loading facilities shall be provided by each commercial or business use, industrial establishment, public or semipublic building or use. The location, number, size and design of such loading and unloading areas and access ways thereto shall conform to the requirements of and be approved by the Planning Board prior to the issuance of a building permit or a certificate of occupancy in accordance with site plan requirements.
B. 
In the VC-1, and VC-2 and VC-3 Districts, off-street parking areas may be used for loading or unloading, provided that:
[Amended 5-1-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018]
(1) 
No more than one space shall be so used for each 2,000 square feet of usable floor area or any part thereof.
(2) 
Such space shall not be so used for more than three hours during the period that the establishment is open for business and such use shall be arranged so as not to coincide with rush hour customer parking demand.
A. 
A parking space for one passenger vehicle shall have a minimum width of nine feet, a minimum depth of 19 feet, and a backing area with a minimum depth of 25 feet; except, however, that the Planning Board may increase the space size where appropriate.
B. 
An off-street truck loading space shall have a minimum width of 10 feet, a minimum length of 30 feet, adequate maneuvering area, and a minimum clear height of 14 feet.
C. 
Double loaded spaces or stack parking shall not be permitted as a means of satisfying the parking requirements. In no event shall parking and loading spaces for a use not permitted in a district be located in that district.
D. 
To the greatest extent practicable, residential uses along State Route 17 shall be designed so as to provide adequate turnaround area and to preclude the need to back out onto the road right-of-way.
E. 
No entrance or exit for any accessory off-street parking area with more than four parking spaces, nor for any loading berth, shall be located closer than 75 feet from the intersection of any two designated street lines as determined by the Official Map. This distance shall be 100 feet for any signalized intersection or an intersection providing for a designated left-turn storage lane on the same intersection leg as the proposed access drive.
The Planning Board may allow off-street parking and loading spaces required for structures or uses on the same or adjacent lots to be provided in a single common facility, on one or more of said lots, subject to the following:
A. 
The total capacity of the common facility shall be the sum of the requirements of each individual use, except that said total capacity may be reduced by the Planning Board, provided the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Planning Board that the capacity of such facility will meet the intent of the requirements by reason of the provision of non-reserved parking spaces and variation in the probable time of maximum use by residents, visitors, patrons and employees among such uses.
B. 
As a condition of the approval of the joint use, the Planning Board shall require a legal instrument satisfactory to the Planning Board and Village Attorney assuring the continued existence and use of said parking spaces in connection with the uses and structures that they serve. Such instrument shall also guarantee that upon termination of such use, each individual participant will provide off-street parking and loading spaces for its own use in accordance with all requirements of this chapter. Such instrument shall be recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Rockland County.
A. 
Trailer bodies and shipping containers. The use of trailer bodies or shipping containers for storage within any zoning district is prohibited.
B. 
Commercial vehicles. This section shall not apply to farming equipment or vehicles operated in conjunction with agricultural operations nor to vehicles intended for the transport of livestock or poultry with agricultural operations. In a residential district, the on-site parking of commercial vehicles shall be permitted only as an accessory use to a one-family detached dwelling, subject to the following:
(1) 
One commercial vehicle not exceeding 25 feet in length may be parked on a residential lot. No commercial vehicle shall be stored within the front yard of the lot, nor shall any vehicle be parked within 10 feet of any lot line or within a required yard, whichever is greater.
(2) 
The commercial vehicle shall be registered to the owner who shall be the occupant of the dwelling.
(3) 
The on-site parking of more than one commercial vehicle shall constitute a contractor's yard and shall not be allowed except as otherwise maybe permitted in this chapter.
C. 
Tractor trailers, cabs, and the tractor portion of a tractor trailer, garbage trucks, dump trucks, and similar vehicles shall not be parked or stored in any residential zoning district or on any residential lot within the Village of Sloatsburg and the parking of said vehicles shall be permitted only as an accessory use to a nonresidential use that complies with this chapter.
D. 
Storage of recreation vehicles. The on-site parking of recreational vehicles (which shall be deemed to include boats exceeding 25 feet in length) shall be permitted as an accessory use to a one-family detached dwelling only. The outdoor storage of one recreation vehicle or boat is permitted for every 10,000 square feet of minimum lot area, provided that such trailer or boat is unoccupied and not stored in any front yard or other required yard. No more than two such recreational vehicles shall be permitted per lot.