To serve every use of land or improvement thereon,
there shall be provided permanent and conveniently available spaces
for off-street parking of motor vehicles and areas affording uncongested
and safe access between such spaces and a public street. To serve
hospitals, institutions, hotels, retail, wholesale and industrial
buildings, there also shall be provided permanent and conveniently
available space for loading and unloading of trucks and areas affording
uncongested and safe access between such spaces and a public street.
No use of any land or improvement thereon shall be commenced until
required off-street parking and truck loading space has been completed
in accord with this article.
[Amended 11-1-2016]
Such parking or loading facilities shall be located on the same premises as the use which they serve, except that the Commission may, by grant of a special exception, approve their location elsewhere. On any premises, parking facilities including access thereto, shall be not less than 10 feet from the front lot line or less than five feet from any side or rear lot line. The grant of special exception approving an alternate location for parking or loading facilities hereunder shall be subject to the conditions prescribed in or pursuant to Article XXVI.
Such parking or loading facilities may be enclosed
within a building or may be open. All spaces for parking, loading
and access, except in single-family residence lots, shall be graded,
surfaced, drained and adequately lighted and suitably maintained in
the manner and to the extent necessary to avoid dust, erosion, and
excessive discharge of collected surface water onto public streets
or adjacent property. The spaces and access areas shall be so arranged
as to afford clearly safe and convenient maneuvering room, entrances
and exits in light of the volume and frequency of expected parking,
loading and unloading. The access areas shall be so connected to a
public street as to avoid unsafe driving conditions and traffic congestion.
Such parking or loading facilities shall remain
in existence so long as the use which they serve exists and shall
at all times be exclusively reserved for, and available to, the persons
occupying or visiting the land or improvement, the use of which such
facilities are provided to serve.
A single parking facility may serve more than
one use, provided that the aggregate number of spaces shall be the
sum of that required for each use.
A.
Parking facilities serving the following uses shall
afford parking spaces as indicated below in addition to space necessary
for safe and convenient access to and from a public street.
(1)
Where the number of car spaces is based on square
footage of building area, the building area shall be computed as the
gross area of all usable floors in the building.
(2)
Where two or more different principal or accessory
uses are located on the same premises, the parking requirements for
the different uses shall be computed separately and cumulatively.
The following is a typical but not exclusive example of a multiple
use: a bowling alley with a restaurant.
(3)
Where the number of car spaces is determined by the
number of employees, that number shall be determined periodically
by the maximum number working on the premises at any one time. The
number of employees reported on the most recent quarterly report to
the State Labor Department shall be considered prima facie evidence
of the number of employees under this section.
(4)
Where computation of required parking spaces results
in a fraction of a car space, the required number of spaces shall
be increased to the next whole number of spaces.
B.
Required parking spaces are as follows:
(1)
One- and two-family dwellings: three car spaces per
family dwelling unit.
(2)
Hotels: one car space per bedroom plus one car space
per three employees.
[Amended 6-3-2008]
(3)
Business and professional offices (other than medical
or dental), banks and lending institutions: one car space per employee
plus one car space per 600 square feet of building area.
(4)
Retail sales: one car space per employee plus one car space per 600 square feet of building area plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(5)
Warehouses, wholesale distributors, testing, cleaning or servicing of materials or products and printing service establishments: one car space plus one car space per employee plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(6)
Customary home occupations: two car spaces plus one
car space for each employee.
(7)
Medical and dental professional offices: three car
spaces per doctor plus one car space per employee or staff member.
(8)
Emergency medical facilities: five car spaces per
doctor on duty, plus one car space per employee.
(9)
Hospitals: one car space per doctor, staff member
or employee on duty plus one car space per inpatient bed.
(10)
Convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes
and extended care facilities: one car space per employee or staff
member plus one car space per four patient beds.
(11)
Animal hospitals and kennels: two car spaces
per doctor plus two car spaces per employee.
(12)
Contractor or construction shops, offices or
yards, public utilities and motor vehicle sales: one car space per
employee.
(14)
Building material sales: one car space per employee plus one car space per 300 square feet of sales area plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(15)
Production or processing of material or goods or manufacturing of products: one car space per employee plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(16)
Restaurants: one car space per three customer
seats plus one car space per three employees.
(17)
Clubs: one car space per four legal occupants
(per Fire Safety Code, State of Connecticut) plus one car space per
bedroom.
(18)
Post offices: one car space per employee plus one car space per 600 square feet of building area plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(19)
Commercial greenhouses and nurseries: two car
spaces plus one car space per employee plus one truck loading space.
(20)
Car washing establishments: one car space per
employee plus 10 car spaces per bay.
(21)
Automobile service stations: one car space per
employee plus four car spaces per bay.
(22)
Bowling alleys: one car space per employee plus
three car spaces per alley.
(23)
Theaters, meeting halls and auditoriums: one
car space per three seats.
(24)
Beauty shops, barbershops and other personal
service establishments: two car spaces per employee.
(25)
Self-service laundries and cleaners: one car
space per employee plus one car space per each two washing, drying
or cleaning machines.
(26)
Funeral homes: 30 car spaces.
(27)
Elementary schools: one car space per employee
plus safe and convenient space for discharging and picking up passengers
from automobiles and school buses.
(28)
Junior high schools: one car space per employee
or one car space per three auditorium seats, whichever is greater,
plus safe and convenient space for pickup and discharge of passengers
from automobiles and school buses.
(29)
High schools: one car space per employee plus
one car space per each three students in the 11th and 12th grades
or one car space per three auditorium seats, whichever is greater,
plus safe and convenient space for pickup and discharge of passengers
from automobiles and school buses.
(30)
Technical, trade or craft schools: one car space
per employee plus one car space per each two legal occupants (per
Fire Safety Code, State of Connecticut).
(31)
Churches and synagogues: one car space for each
four seats in principal worship area.
(32)
Public libraries, public museums, and public
art galleries: eight car spaces plus one car space per 800 square
feet of building area.
(33)
Recreational facilities not otherwise specified:
one car space per each three legal occupants.
(34)
Classes including dance, art, singing, and exercise: one car space
per employee and one car space per participant of driving age up to
the maximum number of such participants at any one time.
[Added 8-2-2011]
(35)
Boarding stables: one car and trailer space for every three
stalls.
[Added 7-15-2014]
(36)
Communication towers: two car spaces.
[Added 7-15-2014]
(37)
Medical marijuana production facility: one car space per employee plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
[Added 7-15-2014]
(38)
Medical marijuana dispensary facility: one car space per employee
plus one car space per 600 square feet of building area.
[Added 7-15-2014]
The required truck loading space shall be determined
with reference to the gross area of all usable floors in the building
or buildings to which such space is an accessory in accordance with
the following table:
|
Gross Floor Area
(square feet)
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Over
|
But not more than
|
Required Number of Truck Loading Spaces
|
|
0
|
15,000
|
1
|
|
15,000
|
30,000
|
2
|
|
30,000
|
150,000
|
3
|
|
150,000
|
1 space per 50,000 square feet or fraction thereof
| |
A.
Car space. Each car space shall be a minimum of nine
feet wide and 20 feet in length and shall be so arranged in relation
to other car spaces as to provide easy and convenient access.
B.
Truck loading space. Truck loading spaces shall be
located only at the side or rear of buildings and shall be not less
than 10 feet in width and not less than 25 feet in length and shall
leave a minimum clear height of 14 feet.
C.
Plot plan. Each plot plan submitted with an application
for a zoning administrative permit shall clearly show all required
parking facilities and for every use except residential uses shall
show truck loading spaces, curbs and curb cuts, lighting, landscaping,
surface material, drainage, grades and elevations. The Zoning Enforcement
Officer may require that such plot be designed and prepared by a registered
professional engineer licensed to practice in Connecticut.
[Amended 6-3-2008; 11-1-2016]
A.
The Planning and Zoning Commission may determine that
the total number of parking spaces required by this article will not
be immediately required by a particular use and may therefore further
determine that up to 50% of the required parking area may be kept
in reserve. It must then be planted and maintained rather than surfaced
for parking until such time as the Planning and Zoning Commission
may determine that the additional parking area is required. At such
time as the Planning and Zoning Commission shall inform the applicant
in writing by certified mail that additional parking area is to be
completed, as authorized in the approved application, the area shall
be completed within 60 days of dispatch of such notification.
[Amended 6-3-2008]
B.
No aboveground improvement shall be constructed or
placed upon such reserve parking area.
