It is the intention of this chapter that all
structures and land uses shall be provided with a sufficient amount
of off-street motor vehicle 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 persons using such structures
or lands.
Required off-street parking facilities may be
enclosed in a structure or may be open, provided that all such facilities
shall be graded, surfaced, drained and suitably improved to the satisfaction
of the approving authority to the extent necessary to avoid nuisances
of dust, erosion or excessive waterflow across public ways or adjacent
lands. In appropriate situations, the approving authority may require
the plan to provide for suitable markings to indicate individual parking
spaces, maneuvering area, entrances and exits.
Required off-street parking facilities shall be maintained, in a manner acceptable to the Board, as long as the use or structure for which the facilities are designed to serve exists. The Town Engineer, pursuant to §
300-199 of this chapter, has the responsibility to monitor this requirement. Required parking areas developed for specific structures and uses shall be reserved, at all times, to those persons who are employed at or make use of such structures and land uses, except when dedicated to and accepted by the Town as public parking areas.