All structures and land uses shall be provided
with a sufficient amount of off-street parking to meet the needs of
persons employed at or making use of such structures or land uses
and sufficient off-street loading facilities to meet the needs of
such structures or land uses, but not less than the minimum standards
of this Article. No certificate of occupancy or certificate of compliance
shall be issued for any structure or land use until the required off-street
parking and loading spaces have been established. Required off-street
parking facilities shall be maintained as long as the use or structure
exists which the facilities are designed to serve.
Structures and land uses in existence or for
which building permits have been approved at the time of the adoption
of this chapter shall not be subject to the parking or loading space
requirements set forth in this Article. However, any parking and loading
facilities now existing to serve such structures or uses shall not
be reduced except where they exceed such requirements, in which case
they shall not be reduced below such requirements.
A.
Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements. Off-street
parking spaces shall be provided as follows:
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Use
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Minimum Off-Street Parking
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1-family and 2-family dwellings
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2 spaces for each dwelling unit
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Multifamily dwelling (including DH District)
[Amended 10-18-1994 by L.L. No. 3-1994] |
1 space for each dwelling unit, plus 1/2 space
for each bedroom
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Home occupations
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2 spaces in addition to spaces required for
the residential use, except that there shall be 4 spaces for each
medical or dental practitioner in addition to spaces required for
the residenttial use
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Rooming or boarding house
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1 space for each guest sleeping room
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|
Place of worship, theater, auditorium, athletic
field or other place of public assembly
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1 space for each 3 seats or, in places without
seats, 1 space for each 100 square feet of floor space used for public
assembly
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|
Hospital
|
1 space for each patient bed and 1 space for
each employee on the maximum shift
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|
Nursing home or home for the aged
|
1 space for each 3 patient beds and 1 space
for each employee on the maximum shift
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|
Hotel or motel
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1 space for each sleeping room, plus 1 space
for each employee on the maximum shift
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|
Golf and country club
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1 space for each 3 members
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|
Retail or service business
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1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor
area with access at grade level; 1 space for each 400 square feet
above the grade floor level
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|
Conventional restaurant
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1 space for each 100 square feet of gross floor
area
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|
Fast-food restaurant
|
1 space for each 50 square feet of gross floor
area
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|
Office for business or professional use (other
than accessory to residential use)
|
1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor
area
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|
Banking office
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10 spaces, plus 5 additional spaces for each
employee in excess of 2 acting as tellers. Waiting spaces shall be
provided for drive-in windows
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Self-service laundry
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1 space for each rentable machine
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Funeral home
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1 space per employee on the maximum shift, plus
1 space per 50 square feet of gross floor space in assembly rooms
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Greenhouse and the sale of nursery products
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10 spaces
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Motor vehicle sales and service
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1 space per employee on the maximum shift, plus
1 space per 150 square feet of gross floor space
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Veterinary office
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1 space per employee on the maximum shift, plus
1 space per 400 square feet of gross floor space
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|
Car washing establishment
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10 spaces per washing bay
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Bowling alley
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5 spaces per bowling lane
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Research and development laboratory
|
1 space per employee on the maximum shift, but
not less than 1 space per 400 square feet of gross floor space
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Manufacturing or industrial use
|
1 space per employee, but not less than 1 space
per 400 square feet of gross floor space
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Wholesale, storage, utility or other similar
commercial use
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1 space per employee, but not less than 1 space
per 1,000 square feet of gross floor space
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Housing for the elderly
[Added 9-17-1985] | ||
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Efficiency or 1-bedroom unit
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.75 space per unit
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2-bedroom unit
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1.0 space per unit
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Reasonable and appropriate off-street parking
requirements for structures and land uses not listed above shall be
determined by the Planning Board upon consideration of all factors
affecting the parking needs of each such use.
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B.
Location.
(1)
Required parking and loading spaces shall normally
be provided upon the same lot as the use or structure to which they
are accessory. Parking and loading spaces designed for a specific
use under this Article shall not be allocated for another use without
the approval of the Planning Board. Off-street parking spaces required
for structures or land uses on two or more adjacent lots may be provided
in a single common facility on one or more of said lots, provided
that a legal instrument, satisfactory to the Town Attorney, assures
the continued existence of the parking facility to serve said structures
or land uses as long as they may exist. Such agreements shall also
guarantee that upon the termination of such joint use, each subsequent
use of the premises will provide off-street parking facilities for
its own use in accordance with all requirements of this Article. In
no event shall parking and loading spaces for a nonresidential use
be located in any residence district.
(2)
Where two or more different uses occur on a single
lot, the total amount of parking facilities to be provided shall be
the sum of the requirements of each individual use on the lot, except
that the Planning Board may approve the joint use of parking spaces
by two or more establishments on the same or contiguous lots, the
total capacity of which is no more than 15% less than the sum of the
spaces required for each, provided that the Planning Board finds that
the capacity to be provided will substantially meet the intent of
the requirements by reason of variation in the probable time of maximum
use by patrons and employees among such establishments, and provided
that such approval of such joint use shall be automatically terminated
upon the termination of the operation of any such establishments.
If more than one lot is involved, the Planning Board shall require,
as a condition of its approval, a legal instrument satisfactory to
the Town Attorney, assuring the continued use of joint parking facilities
in connection with the uses they serve.
(3)
For buildings in the CB District, the Planning Board,
after notice and hearing, may permit all or part of the required parking
spaces for a building to be located on any lot in the CB District
within 250 feet for retail and service uses and 500 feet for office
uses, if the Board determines that it is impractical to provide parking
on the same lot with the building. The distance above shall be measured
by normal pedestrian travel from the entrance of the building to the
closest parking space in the parking facility. Where the Board approves
the location of such off-site parking spaces, the Board shall require
as a condition of approval, a legal instrument satisfactory to the
Town Attorney assuring the continued existence and use of said parking
spaces in connection with the land uses and buildings they serve.
C.
For cafe uses in the CB and NB Districts, the Planning Board, after notice and hearing, may waive up to 50% of the off-street parking spaces required by § 125-102A under the following conditions:
[Added 10-5-2010 by L.L. No. 5-2010]
(1)
The
Board must determine that the proposed use and parking waiver will
be in accordance with the principles of the Town Comprehensive Plan.
(2)
The
proposed parking waiver may be granted only for an existing building
in the CB and NB Districts and shall be in effect so long as the existing
building remains in its current area and the use remains the same
as approved by the Planning Board.
(3)
The
Planning Board shall determine that the proposed waiver will not significantly
affect the use and availability of parking spaces in the immediate
area of the subject building due to the schedule of parking space
use by patrons and employees. In granting a parking waiver, the Planning
Board may restrict the hours of operation of the proposed use.
(4)
The
Board may require a legal instrument satisfactory to the Town Attorney
documenting the permanent parking waiver and its relationship to the
continued use of the building. This legal instrument shall be filed
in the office of the Planning Board.
(5)
The
Board may require the applicant to furnish parking studies to determine
the need for parking in the area.
A.
Each parking space shall be at least nine and one-half
(9 1/2) feet wide and 20 feet long if unenclosed and at least
10 feet wide and 20 feet long if bordered by walls or columns on two
or more sides. Where parking spaces are defined by curbs providing
space for overhang of vehicles, such spaces may be reduced in depth
to 18 feet.
B.
The layout of parking facilities shall be in conformance with the Table of Minimum Parking Dimensions (§ 125-107). Suitable barriers shall be provided to prevent any vehicle parking within the facility from overhanging a property line or projecting over any sidewalk, other walkway or a public road.
C.
No vehicle shall be forced by the nature of the design
of the parking area to back out of the parking facility onto a public
road.
D.
Suitable sidewalks shall be provided within the facility
for the safety of pedestrians moving to or from their vehicles.
E.
Unobstructed access to and from a street shall be provided for all parking spaces. Such access shall consist of at least one twelve-foot-wide lane for parking areas with less than 30 parking spaces and at least two ten-foot-wide lanes for parking areas with 30 parking spaces or more. No entrance or exit for any off-street parking shall exceed grades in excess of those permitted in § 125-112 of this Article.
All required parking facilities shall be graded,
surfaced, drained and maintained throughout the duration of their
use to the satisfaction of the Building Inspector to the extent necessary
to avoid nuisances of dust, erosion or excessive water flow across
public ways or adjacent lands. The maximum gradient within parking
areas shall not exceed 5%. In multifamily residential developments
and in nonresidential developments, the Planning Board shall require
the provision of suitable markings to indicate individual parking
spaces, maneuvering area, entrances and exits.
In order to encourage safe and convenient traffic
circulation, the Planning Board may require the interconnection of
parking areas via access drives within and between adjacent lots.
The Board shall require written assurance and/or deed restrictions,
satisfactory to the Town Attorney, binding the owner and his heirs
and assignees to permit and maintain such internal access and circulation
and interuse of parking facilities.
A.
Except for parking spaces accessory to a one-family
or two-family dwelling, all off-street parking areas shall be curbed
and landscaped with appropriate trees, shrubs and other plant materials
and ground cover, as approved by the Planning Board, based upon consideration
of the adequacy of the proposed landscaping to assure the establishment
of a safe, convenient and attractive parking facility needing a minimum
amount of maintenance, including plant care, snowplowing and the removal
of leaves and other debris.
B.
Wherever possible, planting islands at least eight
feet in width and protected by curbing shall be provided to guide
vehicle movement and to separate opposing rows of parking spaces so
as to provide adequate space for plant growth, pedestrian circulation
and vehicle overhang. Such planting islands and the landscaping within
them shall be designed and arranged in such a way as to provide vertical
definition to major traffic circulation aisles, entrances and exits,
to channel internal traffic flow and prevent indiscriminate diagonal
movement of vehicles and to provide relief from the visual monotony
and shadeless expanse of a large parking area. Curbs of such islands
should be designed so as to facilitate surface drainage and prevent
vehicles from overlapping sidewalks and damaging landscaping materials.
C.
No obstruction to driver vision shall be erected or
maintained on any lot within the triangle formed by the street line
of such lot, the outer edge of the access driveway to the parking
area and a line drawn between points along such street line and access
drive 30 feet distant from their point of intersection.
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Diagonal Parking
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Parallel Parking
(0 °)
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Note paired spacing for additional maneuvering
area.
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a.
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Parking angle
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0 °
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60 °
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90 °
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b.
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Length of stall, feet
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20.0
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22.0
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20.0
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c.
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Aisle width, feet One-way flow Two-way flow
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12.0
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19.0
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20.0
25.0
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All parking stalls shall be 9.5 feet in width.
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Except for one-family and two-family dwellings, screening shall be provided between parking areas and adjoining property in residence districts as required in § 125-24 of this chapter. Driveways are not permitted within the required screening area. Parking facilities, not including driveways, shall be located at least 25 feet from any residential district.
All parking facilities shall be suitably illuminated,
if nighttime use is a regular function of the facility. No unshaded
light sources shall be permitted, and no light sources shall be visible
beyond the boundaries of the site.
Where the Planning Board determines that the
immediate use of any property may not require the full initial improvement
of all off-street parking and loading facilities, the Planning Board
may waive the improvement of not more than one-third (1/3) of the
required number of spaces, provided that the total number of spaces
is shown on the approved plan, and provided that the area not to be
improved is reserved for such future use. All such reserve land shall
be used and maintained as additional landscaped grounds until the
reserve spaces are required to be improved. The reserve spaces shall
be improved within six months of the date of a written notice from
the Planning Board that such spaces have been determined to be necessary.
Appropriate written guaranties to the above must be provided by the
owner and approved by the Town Attorney.
Off-street loading and unloading facilities,
as defined in this chapter and located on the same site as the use
to be served, shall be provided as follows:
A.
For retail and service business establishments, restaurants
and other places serving food and beverages: one space for the first
3,000 square feet of the area or any portion thereof, used for business
purposes, and one additional space for each additional 10,000 square
feet, or major portion thereof, used for business purposes in excess
of said 3,000 square feet.
B.
For wholesale businesses, storage warehouses, manufacturing
or industrial establishments and other commercial establishments:
one space for the first 8,000 square feet of the area, or any portion
thereof, used for business purposes, and one additional space for
each additional 20,000 square feet of business space, or major portion
thereof, in excess of said 8,000 square feet.
For reasons of traffic and pedestrian safety,
both on- and off-street, as well as to provide for possible future
road widening or other improvements, all new driveways and sidewalk
crossings entering onto any street shall comply with all requirements
of these regulations and shall be subject to the approval of a permit
by the Town Superintendent of Highways, Westchester Department of
Public Works or New York State Department of Transportation for access
onto Town, county or state roads, respectively.
A.
Driveway gradients.
(1)
The maximum gradient for any new driveway accessory
to a single-family dwelling and connecting its off-street parking
area to a street shall not exceed 14%.
(2)
The maximum gradient for new driveways accessory to
uses other than single-family dwellings and connecting the required
off-street parking area to the street shall not exceed 8%.
(3)
Notwithstanding the maximum permitted gradients specified in Subsection A(1), a driveway serving a single-family dwelling shall have a platform with a gradient not greater than 4% within 35 feet of the center line of the traveled way of the street or within 10 feet of the right-of-way line of the street, whichever distance is greater.
(4)
Notwithstanding the maximum permitted gradient specified in Subsection A(2), a driveway serving a use other than a single-family dwelling shall have a platform with a gradient not greater than 3% within 50 feet of the center line of the traveled way of the street or within 25 feet of the right-of-way line of the street, whichever distance is greater.
B.
Driveway alignment and location. Any driveway entering onto a street shall be located and aligned in such a way as to create the minimum possible traffic hazard. The platform portion of the driveway, as required by Subsection A(3) and (4) above, shall be aligned at approximately right angles to the street.
C.
Sight distance. Clear visibility shall be provided
in both directions at all exit points so that the driver of an automobile
stopped on the platform portion of any new driveway will have an unobstructed
view of the highway for a reasonable distance (commensurate with the
speed and volume of traffic on such highway) and so that the driver
of an automobile traveling on the highway shall have a similar view
of the automobile in the driveway.
D.
Drainage. Stormwater runoff from driveways to the
street shall be conducted to the street drainage system. Driveways
shall be constructed so as not to impede the street drainage system.
Establishments offering goods and services to
the public shall be encouraged to designate parking spaces for employees
to maintain convenient access to parking spaces for the public.
[Amended 8-16-1994]
A.
Parking spaces shall be reserved for the handicapped
persons as required by state law or as directed by the Board approving
the special use permit or site plan. The location of such spaces shall
permit barrier-free access for the handicapped to proposed buildings
and facilities.
B.
Traffic circulation shall be so arranged as to provide
access by fire apparatus to all structures. Where there is likelihood
of public parking to impede such access, suitable separate fire lanes
shall be provided as directed by the Planning Board.
[Amended 8-16-1994]
A.
For office, manufacturing, warehousing, multifamily
and other uses with similar long-term parking characteristics and
in those cases where at least 25 off-street parking spaces are required,
the Planning Board, as part of its site plan review, may approve the
designation of not more than one-third (1/3) of the spaces as compact
car parking spaces, subject to the following conditions:
(1)
Compact car parking spaces shall be conveniently located
for both vehicular and pedestrian access. Such spaces shall be located
in groups of not fewer than five contiguous spaces and shall be identified
by appropriate signage.
(2)
Prior to Planning Board approval, the applicant shall
submit a plan for full-size parking spaces in compliance with the
requirements of the Town Code. This plan must receive Planning Board
approval.
(3)
If the compact car spaces create a serious problem,
the Building Inspector may require the construction of all or part
of the original full-size spaces on the land reserved for this purpose.
B.
This authorization shall not be construed as allowing
additional parking on a property; rather, it is for the purpose of
making more environmentally sensitive use of the land.
