[Amended 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 00-01-01; 6-26-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-10; 5-14-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-2]
When any building or structure is hereafter erected or structurally altered, or any building or structure is converted for any use listed below, off-street parking shall be provided as follows:
Use
Parking Requirement
Automobile service and repair garage and public parking garage
1 space per 500 square feet of floor area, plus 1 space per employee during peak period of employment.
Beauty and barber shops; other personal services
1 space per 200 square feet of floor area.
Car wash establishment:
Coin-do-it-yourself
2 parking spaces at waiting area for each lane. 1 parking space at exit area for each lane.
Coin operated automatic drive-through
4 parking spaces at waiting area for each lane. 2 parking spaces at exit area for each lane.
Employee-operated
8 parking spaces at waiting area for each lane. 2 parking spaces at exit area for each lane.
Church or other place of worship
1 space for each 4 seats
Commercial nurseries, sales of outdoor equipment or furniture, sales of new and used cars, trucks boats, mobile homes, trailers and campers
2 spaces per salesman during peak period of employment.
Community residential facility, emergency housing facility, freestanding foster care home, overnight shelter, shelter for battered persons, transitional housing facility
1.5 spaces per every 4 adult facility residents
Day nursery, day-care center, private preschool or kindergarten
1 space per 1,000 square feet of floor area, plus 1 space per employee.
Eating place, tavern or bar, and night club
1 space for each 50 square feet assigned for patron use, plus 1 space per 2 employees on the largest shift.
Elementary and junior high or
3 spaces per room used middle school for administrative purposes, plus 1 space per classroom, plus 1 space for each 5 seats in the auditorium or gymnasium or other facility open to the public.
Filling station
2 spaces for employees, plus 1 space for each service bay.
Food service drive-in facility
15 spaces minimum plus 1 space per 150 square feet of floor area.
Funeral home
1 space per 20 square feet of floor area used for seating accommodations, plus 1 space per employee.
Furniture and appliance stores
1 space per 400 square feet of floor area devoted to sales and display purposes.
Hospital
1 space for each 3 patient beds (except bassinets), plus 1 space per medical staff member, plus 1 space per 2 employees on the largest shift.
Hotel, motel, lodging inn
1 space per rental room or suite. If a restaurant, open to the public, is operated in connection with such use, additional off-street parking space meeting the minimum requirements for a restaurant must be provided.
Indoor commercial recreation
1 space per 150 square feet of floor area or 1 space per 4 seats for patron use, whichever is applicable to the particular use.
Medical and dental clinics and offices
1 space for each 2 employees, plus 4 spaces per doctor or dentist.
Nursing home, convalescent home and home for the aged
1 space for each 4 patient beds, plus 1 space per 2 employees on the largest shift.
Office, office building, bank or other financial office
1 space per 200 square feet of floor area, exclusive of basement, if not used for office or customer service purposes.
Public library
1 space per 400 square feet of floor area for public use, plus 1 space per 2 employees.
Retail store, supermarket
1 space per 200 square feet of floor area used for sales or display of merchandise purposes, plus 1 space for each 2 employees on the largest shift.
Rooming house, boardinghouse
1 space per 3 occupancy units
Tourist house or bed-and-breakfast inn
1 space per rental room, plus 2 spaces for the resident owner.
Senior high, trade and vocational school, college and university
3 spaces per room used for administrative offices, plus 1 space for every 10 pupils enrolled, plus 1 space for each 5 seats in the auditorium, gymnasium or other facility open to the public.
Shopping center
5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area.
Single and multifamily dwellings, townhouses and condominiums
2 spaces per family unit.
Stadium, assembly hall, theater and community center
1 space per 4 fixed seats in the assembly area or for each 50 square feet of floor area for rooms having movable seats.
Sober house
1.5 spaces per every 4 adult facility residents
Wholesaling, manufacturing establishments
1 space for every 2 employees on the major shift.
[Added 5-9-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
A. 
The Town Manager may reduce the required number of spaces by up to 20% if for the reasons of topography, mixes of uses, ride share programs, availability of transit, limited customer stays, or other conditions specific to the site, provided the reduction in the required number of parking spaces satisfies the intent of this article.
B. 
The Town Manager shall make available an appropriate procedure and a parking reduction request form to be used by applicants requesting consideration under this section.
The following provisions shall be applicable with respect to the requirements for off-street parking:
A. 
The parking requirements set forth in this article are in addition to any space for storage of trucks or other vehicles used in connection with any permitted use.
B. 
Floor area shall be as defined in Article III, Definitions.
C. 
Where fractional spaces result, the number of parking spaces required shall be construed to be the next highest whole number.
D. 
Except as otherwise provided, the number of employees shall be computed on the basis of the maximum number of persons employed on the premises at one time on an average day or average night, whichever is greater. Seasonal variations in employment may be recognized in determining an average day.
E. 
Parking space requirements for use not specifically listed in this article shall be the same for a listed use of similar characteristics.
F. 
In the case of mixed uses, uses with different parking requirements occupying the same building or premises, or in the case of a joint use of a building or premises, or in the case of a joint use of a building or premises by more than one use having the same parking requirements, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the various uses computed separately.
G. 
Whenever the building or use is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise creating a need for an increase of parking spaces of 10% or more than those required before the change or enlargement, such additional space shall be provided on the basis of the change or enlargement. No additional spaces shall be required for the first change or enlargement which would result in an increase of spaces of less than 10% of those required before the change or enlargement but this exception shall not apply to a series of changes or enlargements which together result in a need for an increase in parking spaces of more than 10%.
Whenever joint use for parking facilities and off-site parking facilities are provided, the following regulations shall apply:
A. 
All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except that where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where such spaces are provided collectively or used jointly by two or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located and maintained at a distance not to exceed 400 feet from an institutional building or other nonresidential building served by such facilities.
B. 
Up to 50% of the parking spaces required for theaters, public auditoriums, bowling alleys, dance halls and night clubs and up to 100% of the parking spaces required for a church or auditorium may be provided and used jointly by banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally opened, used or operated during the same hours as those permitted by the joint use, and up to 100% of parking spaces required for schools may be provided and used jointly by a church auditorium; provided, however, that a written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of such use is properly executed and recorded.
C. 
In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided or used, such parking area shall be established by a recorded covenant or agreement as parking area to be used in conjunction with the principal use and shall be reserved as though such an encumbrance on the title of the property to be designated as required parking space, such encumbrances to be valid for the total period the use or uses for which the parking is needed are in existence. A Certificate of Recording shall be furnished to the Town Manager.
The following design standards are required for all parking areas:
A. 
For the purpose of these regulations, an off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley and having an area of no less than 10 feet by 20 feet for vertical or diagonal parking, and 10 feet by 22 feet for parallel parking, exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one vehicle and connected with a street or alley by a paved driveway which affords ingress and egress for an automobile without requiring another automobile to be moved. Off-street parking areas that make it necessary for vehicles to back out directly into a public road are prohibited, except for dwelling units each having an individual driveway. An all-weather surfaced area will be a minimum of two courses of bituminous surface treatment.
B. 
Off-street parking facilities shall be drained to eliminate standing water and prevent damage to abutting property and/or public streets and alleys and surfaced with erosion-resistant material in accordance with applicable state and local specifications.
C. 
Off-street parking areas shall be maintained in a clean and orderly condition at the expense of the owner or lessee and not used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.
D. 
Off-street parking spaces shall be separated from walkways, sidewalks, streets or alleys by a wall, fence or curbing or other approved protective device, or by distance so that vehicles cannot protrude over publicly used areas. Parking within front yard setback shall be discouraged and subject to site plan review by the Planning Commission.
E. 
Location and design of entrances and exits shall be in accord with the requirements of applicable state regulations and standards. Landscaping, curbing or approved barriers shall be provided along lot boundaries to control entrance and exit of vehicles or pedestrians.
F. 
Interior roadways shall be a minimum width of 25 feet if on-street parking is prohibited, and a minimum of 45 feet if on-street parking is permitted.
[Amended 1-8-1992 by Ord. No. 92-001]
G. 
Parking spaces in lots of more than 10 spaces shall be marked by painted lines or curbs or other means to indicate individual spaces. Signs or markers shall be used as necessary to ensure efficient traffic operation of the lot.
H. 
Adequate lighting shall be provided if off-street parking spaces are to be used at night. The lighting shall be arranged and installed to minimize glare on property in a residential area.
I. 
When off-street parking areas for 10 or more automobiles are located closer than 50 feet to a lot in a residential district, or to any lot upon which there is a dwelling as a permitted use under these regulations, and where such parking areas are not entirely screened visually from such lot by an intervening building or structure, there shall be provided along the lot a continuous visual screen with a minimum height of six feet. Such screen may consist of a compact evergreen hedge or foliage screening, a louvered wall or fence.
J. 
In small parking areas, as determined by the Planning Commission, properly maintained weather-resistant stone of sufficient quantities may be used in place of bituminous surface treatment.
[Added 1-8-1992 by Ord. No. 92-001]
K. 
Holding or detention ponds utilized in stormwater management plans or other ponds and ditches shall be located at the rear of a property away from highly traveled areas or areas of high public use and shall be constructed so as to protect the public safety and character of the neighborhood, except as approved by the Planning Commission.
[Added 1-8-1992 by Ord. No. 92-001]
The following provisions shall be applicable with respect to the requirements for off-street loading:
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when any building or structure is hereafter erected or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area by 25% or more, or any building is hereafter converted, for the uses listed in Column 1 of the chart below, when such buildings contain the floor areas specified in Column 2, accessory off-street loading spaces shall be provided as required in Column 3 or as required in subsequent sections of this article:
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Use or Use Category
Floor Area as
Defined in Article
III, in square feet
Loading
Spaces
Required
Retail store, depart- ment store, restaurant, wholesale house, ware- house, general service, manufacturing or industrial establishment
2,000 - 10,000
10,000 - 20,000
20,000 - 40,000
40,000 - 60,000
Each 50,000 over
60,000
1
2
3
4
1 addt'l
Apartment building, motel, hotel, offices or office building, hospital or similar institutions, or places of public assembly
5,000 - 25,000
25,000 - 100,000
100,000 - 200,000
Each 100,000 over
200,000
1
2
3
1 addt'l
Funeral home or mortuary
1 berth for each chapel
B. 
The loading space requirements apply to all districts, but do not limit the special requirements which may be imposed in the district regulations.
C. 
The loading space requirements in this article do not limit special requirements which may be imposed in connection with nonconforming uses or special use exceptions.
D. 
Under the provisions of Article XXIII, the Board of Adjustment may waive or reduce the loading space requirements whenever the character of the use is such as to make unnecessary the full provision of loading facilities, where provision is made for community loading facilities, or where provision of loading space requirements is impractical under certain conditions for uses which contain less then 10,000 square feet of floor area.
E. 
Where a building is used for more than one use or for different uses, and where the floor area used for each use for which loading space is required is below the minimum for required loading spaces, but the aggregate floor area used is greater than such minimum, then off-street loading space shall be provided as if the entire building were used for that use in the building for which the most spaces are required. In such cases, the Town Manager may make reasonable requirements for the location of required loading spaces.
F. 
Design standards for off-street loading shall be as follows:
(1) 
Minimum size. For the purpose of these regulations, a loading space is a space within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks, having a minimum width of 12 feet and a minimum depth of 40 feet.
(2) 
Loading spaces for a funeral home may be reduced in size to 10 feet by 25 feet and vertical clearance reduced to eight feet.
(3) 
Off-street loading facilities shall be drained to eliminate standing water and prevent damage to abutting property and/or public streets and alleys, and surfaced with erosion-resistant material in accordance with applicable Town specifications. Off-street loading areas shall be maintained in a clean and orderly condition at the expense of the owner or lessee and not used for sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.
(4) 
Location and design of entrances and exits shall be in accord with applicable requirements of state traffic regulations and standards.