No building or premises shall be built or erected,
nor shall any building be altered so as to expand its usable floor
area, nor shall the use of any building or premises be expanded unless
there is provided off-street parking in accordance with the requirements
of this article.
A.
Required spaces shall be computed on the basis of
300 square feet per space, including aisles or turning area. The dimensions
of individual spaces for nonresidential development shall be at least
10 feet by 20 feet; when the number of required spaces results in
a fraction, the fraction shall require one parking space.
B.
If a use is not listed in § 280-206, then the number of required off-street parking spaces becomes the number of spaces required for the use which most nearly approximates the proposed use based on general standard references (consensus code such as time saver standards, Institute of Traffic Engineers, and American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, etc.).
Off-street parking areas shall be paved according
to the following specifications:
All off-street parking areas shall be maintained
in good condition and shall be adequately graded and drained so as
to dispose of all surface waters.
All off-street parking spaces within any parking
area shall be clearly marked to show the parking arrangement within
the parking area.
All lighting for off-street parking areas shall
be so arranged and shielded as to reflect the light downward and prevent
any light from shining directly on adjoining streets and residential
zones and buildings.
Except in the B-2 District, off-street parking
spaces shall not be located in any required front yard. No off-street
parking area shall be located any nearer than five feet to any lot
line.
A.
Off-street parking areas shall provide unobstructed
access to and from a street. Such access shall consist of at least
one twelve-foot lane for parking areas with fewer than 10 spaces,
and at least two twelve-foot lanes for parking areas with 10 spaces
or more. No access to a parking lot in a business or industrial district
shall be located within a residential district.
B.
Access to off-street parking areas shall be limited
to several well-defined locations. In a business or industrial district,
curb cuts shall not exceed 30 feet for any permitted use. In no case
shall there be permitted unrestricted access along the length of the
street or streets upon which the parking area abuts.
All off-street parking areas which are located
in front of a building shall be landscaped with a bordering hedge
or decorative concrete wall not less than two feet nor more than 4
feet in height.
A.
Entrance or exit drives shall have at least 60 feet
of unobstructed vision in both directions along the street into which
the drive enters, measured from the center line of the drive at the
point where it enters the street, and the center line of such drive
shall be at least 60 feet from the center line of any street intersecting
the street onto which the drive enters.
B.
Such drives shall have on each side a triangular area
formed by the intersection of the driveway line, the street line and
a straight line joining such line at points 30 feet distant from their
point of intersection. Within such triangular area, no parking, loading
or unloading shall be permitted, nor shall there be located therein
any sign, fence, other structure or plant material over 2 1/2
feet in height.
A.
In a residence district, automobiles, motorcycles,
or utility and recreational trailers shall not be parked or left standing
or stored in any front yard area or side yard or rear yard abutting
a street; provided that this restriction shall not apply to the parking
or standing of automobiles or motorcycles on driveways for a single-family
dwelling. A driveway is an open area used as a means to provide vehicular
ingress and egress to a property. The use of a driveway for the parking
of motor vehicles shall be subject to the following limitations:
(1)
Front yard. The driveway shall consist of the
area directly opposite and adjacent to the front of an attached garage,
detached garage or depressed garage or the extension of the side yard
into the front yard; the driveway may also include a circular driveway
no more than 10 feet in width providing access into and out of the
lot.
(2)
Side yard of corner lots. The driveway shall
consist of the area directly opposite and adjacent to an attached
garage, detached garage or depressed garage or the extension of the
rear yard into the side yard which abuts a street.
(3)
In a residence district, the following motor
vehicles and boats shall not be parked or left standing in any yard
area or on a driveway:
(a)
Unregistered motor vehicles of any type or design.
(b)
Buses.
(c)
Trucks or tractors, meaning every motor vehicle
designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so
constructed so as to carry a load other than a part of the weight
of the vehicles and load to be drawn.
(d)
Trucks, meaning every motor vehicle designed,
used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property which
meet any two of the following three characteristics:
[1]
Being capable of having a combined weight of
vehicle and load of 6,000 pounds or more.
[2]
Having dual wheels.
[3]
Being registered with commercial plates, provided
that these restrictions shall not apply to trucks being used in the
rendering of service to the premises. For the purposes of this subsection,
the weight of the truck shall be determined by the gross weight provided
on the registration certificate of the same.
(e)
Trailers used for dwelling purposes; recreational
vehicles, camping trailers, exceeding 18 feet in length.
(f)
Boats of any type or design in excess of 20
feet.
B.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the storing or garaging
of commercial vehicles having a capacity of three tons or less in
an enclosed garage.
C.
Any violation of this section shall result in a penalty of $50 for
a first offense, $100 for a second offense, and a mandatory Municipal
Court appearance for any third or subsequent offense.
[Added 5-20-2013 by Ord. No. 1176]
The Planning Board may permit certain required
off-street parking space to be located elsewhere than on the same
lot with the use to which it is appurtenant, provided that all such
space, through ownership or permanent easement, be under the control
of the owner or operator of the use to which such space is appurtenant.
Such required off-street parking shall not be reduced below the minimum
requirements of this chapter, unless a variance is granted by the
Planning Board.
A.
No building or premises shall be used, nor shall any
building be built or erected, nor shall any building be altered so
as to expand its gross floor area, unless there is provided parking
space upon the same premises upon which the use or structure is located
in accordance with the following schedule except where RSIS supersede
local regulations:
|
Use
|
Number of Spaces Required
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Single-family dwelling
|
2 per dwelling unit
| |
|
Two-family dwelling
|
2 per dwelling unit
| |
|
Garden apartments
|
2 per dwelling unit
| |
|
Townhouses
|
2 per dwelling unit
| |
|
High-rise apartments
|
2 per dwelling unit
| |
|
Retail stores
|
1 per 200 square feet of sales area
| |
|
Service establishments
|
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Business, professional and governmental offices
|
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Banks
|
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Eating and drinking establishments
|
1 per each 2 seats
| |
|
Funeral homes
|
8 per visiting room
| |
|
Auto laundries
|
1 per each 2 employees, plus 1 for each 300
square feet of floor area
| |
|
Automobile sales and service
|
1 per each 2 employees, plus 1 for each 300
square feet of floor area
| |
|
Meeting rooms, clubs, places of public assembly
|
1 per 50 square feet of seating area
| |
|
Nursing homes
|
1 per every employee, plus 1 per each 3 beds
| |
|
Churches
|
1 per each 2 seats
| |
|
Elementary schools
|
1 per classroom
| |
|
High schools
|
5 per classroom
| |
|
Theaters
|
1 per each 2 seats
| |
|
Industrial uses
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Warehouses
|
1 per each employee
| |
|
College dormitories
|
1 per 5 individuals in residence
| |
|
College classroom buildings
|
1 per 5 classroom seats
| |
|
College laboratory buildings
|
1 per 5 students to be accommodated
| |
|
College administrative and faculty offices
|
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Stadiums
|
1 per 3 seats
| |
|
Motor inns and hotels
|
1 per room, plus 1 for each two employees; plus
space for meeting rooms and restaurants as provided above
|
B.
Off-street loading space shall be provided in such
amount and manner that all loading, unloading and maneuvering operations
shall be conducted entirely within the boundaries of the lot concerned,
and no vehicle or conveyance shall in any manner use public streets,
sidewalks or rights-of-way for loading or unloading operations, other
than ingress or egress to the lot.
C.
Off-street loading space shall not be located in the
required front yard.
