[Amended 1-10-1994 by Ord. No. 94-55; 6-24-1996 by Ord. No. 96-241; 10-27-2003 by Ord. No. 03-318; 10-22-2007 by Ord. No. 07-321; 1-11-2010 by Ord. No. 10-038; 4-11-2011 by Ord. No. 11-100; 1-23-2012 by Ord. No. 12-044; 10-12-2016 by Ord. No. 16-364; 1-23-2017 by Ord. No. 17-054; 3-13-2017 by Ord. No. 17-096; 5-8-2017 by Ord. No. 17-146; 1-8-2018 by Ord. No. 18-064; 3-8-2021 by Ord. No. 21-099; 3-8-2021by Ord. No. 21-099; 7-19-2021 by Ord. No. 21-259; 6-27-2022 by Ord. No. 22-214; 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 23-258; 3-11-2024 by Ord. No. 24-089; 3-25-2024 by Ord. No. 24-099]
A minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained by the owner of every building or property hereafter erected, altered or changed in use, in accordance with the following requirements:
A. Governmental-subsidized, low-income housing for the elderly: 1/2 space per dwelling unit.
B. Affordable housing developments as defined in §
165-13 (for the purposes of this section, does not include governmental-subsidized, low-income housing for the elderly): two spaces for every three dwelling units.
C. Congregate housing for the elderly, boardinghouses, and co-living dormitories: one space per three dwelling units or rooms.
D. Group home, halfway house, community living facility or emergency shelter: one space for each six clients to be housed, plus one space for each staff person to be on the premises during the peak shift.
E. All other dwellings: one space per dwelling unit.
F. Bed-and-breakfast: one space per guest room.
G. Hotel, motel or inn: one space per guest room.
H. Hospital, sanitarium or nursing home: one space for every four patient beds.
I. Medical complex, including a hospital as the central facility.
(1) The sum of spaces required for the various activities, based upon:
(a) One space for each 1 1/2 hospital employees on the peak shift.
(b) Visitor parking: one space for every four patient beds.
(c) Outpatient parking sufficient to provide for all outpatient activities.
(d) Office parking for physicians and others and their clients, but at least one space for every 200 square feet of floor area for such offices.
(e) Adequate parking for such other facilities and services, such as retail sales, overnight accommodations for non-hospital-bed persons, etc., in accordance with standards for comparable uses in this article.
(2) The Code Enforcement Officer, in consultation with the Planning Officer and City Engineer, may accept an empirical determination of overall parking needs of such a complex prepared by a qualified parking analyst.
J. Place of assembly, such as a restaurant, tavern, entertainment or recreation facility, private club, community center or church, for which seating capacity can be determined: one space for every four seats and every eight linear feet of bench space. Such places of assembly for which seating capacity cannot be determined: one space for every 200 square feet of assembly area.
K. Office building:
(1) Open space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.
(2) Reuse of historic residential structures for office use: one space for each 1 1/2 employees and sufficient space to meet their anticipated client needs.
L. Retail or service business:
(1) Retail stores limited to furniture and large appliance sales: one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area for the first 2.000 square feet and one space for each 600 square feet in excess of 2,000 square feet.
(2) Information processing and communications: one space per employee; if shifts are used, one space per employee working during the shift with the most employees.
(3) Personal services establishment: 1/2 space per work station.
(4) All other retail and service businesses: one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.
M. Drive-in business serving food: one space for every 200 square feet of seating area; other drive-in businesses: minimum five spaces.
N. Wholesale, warehouse business or industrial plant: one space for each 1 1/2 employees per shift, plus visitor and customer parking to meet needs of specific operations.
O. Other provisions:
(1) Uses not listed in this schedule: The Code Enforcement Officer, in consultation with the Planning Officer and City Engineer, shall determine the number of spaces required based on Institute of Transportation Engineers standards for the most similar use or uses, or may accept an empirical determination of overall parking needs of a use as prepared by a qualified parking analyst.
(2) Combination of above uses in §
165-72: the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately if the peak hour use is similar in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, or in the opinion of the Planning Board if a land development permit is required; otherwise, the number of parking spaces required for the use requiring the greatest number of spaces.
(3) In addition to the above requirements, sufficient spaces shall be provided to accommodate parking requirements of employees and company vehicles as may be needed.
(4) The Planning Board may authorize a reduction in the required number of parking spaces for any use requiring a land development permit per §
165-111 if the applicant provides a parking study or other method of demonstrating a lesser parking demand for the use.
P. Combination of above uses: the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately if the peak hour use is similar in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, or in the opinion of the Planning Board if a land development permit is required; otherwise, the number of parking spaces required for the use requiring the greatest number of spaces.
Q. In addition to the above requirements, sufficient spaces shall be provided to accommodate parking requirements of employees and company vehicles as may be needed.
R. Exemptions from the requirements of this §
165-72 are as follows:
(1) The Downtown Development District and the Bass Park District shall be exempt from the requirements of this section except Subsection
S.
(2) The Waterfront Development District shall be exempt from the requirements of this section if:
(a) The total on-site requirement is less than 25 spaces and there is adjacent on-street parking; or
(b) There is an existing public parking lot or parking garage of 25 or more spaces within 1,000 feet of the building; or
(c) The City Council has authorized funding to construct parking of 25 or more spaces intended to serve this use within 1,000 feet of the building.
(3) Uses in Neighborhood Service District parcels are permitted to have five fewer parking spaces than would otherwise be required under this section. If the number of parking spaces required would as a result be zero or fewer, then no parking spaces are required for that use.
(4) Small day-care facilities are not required to have any parking spaces other than those required by other uses on the property.
(5) Outdoor seating for places of assembly shall not be subject to parking requirements for the outdoor seating area.
(6) Accessory dwelling units shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
S. Handicapped accessible spaces.
(1) In addition to the above requirements, any building or facility constructed as a place of public accommodation, as defined by the Maine Human Rights Act, as it may be amended from time to time, or when the estimated total costs for remodeling or enlarging such an existing building or facility exceed $150,000, shall provide for the following:
Total Parking Spaces | Required Minimum Number of Handicapped Accessible Spaces |
|---|
1 to 25 | 1 |
26 to 50 | 2 |
51 to 75 | 3 |
76 to 100 | 4 |
101 to 150 | 5 |
151 to 200 | 6 |
201 to 300 | 7 |
301 to 400 | 8 |
401 to 500 | 9 |
501 to 1,000 | 2% of total |
1,001 and over | 20 plus 1 for every 100 over 1,000 |
(2) The total number of accessible parking spaces shall be distributed to serve the various accessible entrances as well as possible.
T. In addition to the above requirements, any building or facility constructed as a place of employment, as defined by the Maine Human Rights Act, as it may be amended from time to time, or when the estimated total costs for remodeling or enlarging such an existing building or facility exceed $100,000, shall be subject to the same requirements as in Subsection
S above.
U. Leases for parking spaces must run for the life of the lease of the use or five years, whichever is greater, and be to the benefit of the applicant specifically, except for formal leases with the City for public parking spaces.