Off-street parking and truck loading spaces
shall be provided and kept available as an accessory use to all permitted
and special exception uses of buildings, structures and lots in amounts
not less than those specified in this Article.
For the uses listed below, the number of off-street
parking spaces required shall be as indicated:
A. Single-family dwelling: two, housed in a garage, except
that a single-family dwelling having a floor area not exceeding 1,800
square feet shall have at least one housed in a garage.
[Amended 4-25-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989; 9-11-1989 by L.L. No. 10-1989; 7-11-1994 by L.L. No. 9-1994]
B. Two-family dwelling: two per dwelling unit; at least
50% shall be enclosed parking.
C. Multiple dwelling: 1 1/2 per dwelling unit; at
least 60% shall be enclosed parking. In addition, all outdoor off-street
parking shall be subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, and
plans therefor shall be submitted with each application. The Board
of Trustees, after due public notice and hearing and subject to appropriate
conditions and safeguards and in harmony with the general purpose
and intent of this chapter, may approve the same if the use is found
reasonably necessary for the health, safety, convenience and general
welfare of the village and the residents thereof and for the proper
and facilitated movement of traffic through the village and the parking
of automobiles, and if it is further found that the use will not unreasonably
depreciate or impair the value of the buildings, lots and premises
in the neighboring territory in the village. Front yard, rear yard
and side yard requirements shall be as determined by said Board of
Trustees, and the provisions of this section shall apply also to nonconforming
multiple dwellings and apartment houses.
D. Hospital, nursing home, clinic: one per two beds,
plus one per employee, but in no event less than one per 150 square
feet of gross floor area.
[Amended 6-13-1994 by L.L. No. 8-1994; 9-8-1994 by L.L No. 12-1994]
E. Office buildings: one for each 225 square feet of
gross floor area.
[Amended 8-13-1979 by L.L. No. 5-1979; 4-25-1989 by L.L. No. 3-1989; 8-10-1992 by L.L. No. 6-1992; 6-13-1994 by L.L. No. 8-1994; 7-26-1994 by L.L. No. 10-1994; 9-8-1994 by L.L. No. 12-1994]
(1) Professional offices, whether located in office buildings
or otherwise, as may be permitted by law: one per 225 square feet
of gross floor area, except that offices for medical professionals
or medical services (other than hospitals, nursing homes or clinics)
shall provide at least one space for each 150 square feet of gross
floor area.
F. Manufacturing, industrial establishment, research
institute, laboratory: one per 300 square feet of gross floor area.
G. Place of public assembly (auditorium, church, convention
hall, theater, lodge, club, hall, bowling, gymnasium, studio or other
place of public assembly not otherwise classified): one per four seats
or per four persons which can be legally accommodated, plus one per
employee.
H. Retail store, personal service shop: one per 300 square
feet of gross floor area in excess of 500 gross square feet, with
a minimum of two spaces.
I. Wholesale establishment, warehouse: same as Subsection
F, Manufacturing.
J. Home occupation, home professional office: two for
the first 150 square feet of area given over to this component of
the land use, plus one for each additional 150 square feet or fraction
thereof, but in no case less than two spaces.
K. Restaurant: one per four permanent seats and, in dining
areas where there is no fixed seating, one per 60 square feet of gross
floor area, less any floor area devoted exclusively to cooking and
food preparation or storage, as may be determined by the Code Official,
plus one for each two employees.
[Amended 4-25-1989 by L.L. No. 3-1989]
L. School: one per employee, plus one per each eight
students in the 12th grade or above, or the parking requirement for
the auditorium or gymnasium component of the use, whichever is greater.
M. Buildings used for any other purpose specified in §§
203-56 or
203-62 (other than accessory uses and other than a bus passenger shelter): one for each 300 square feet of gross floor area in excess of 500 square feet, with a minimum of two spaces.
[Added 4-25-1989 by L.L. No. 3-1989; amended 1-10-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994]
N. All other businesses: one per each 300 square feet
of gross floor area in excess of 500 square feet of gross floor area,
with a minimum of two spaces.
O. Filling station, parking garage, repair garage: sufficient
parking spaces, as determined by the Building Commission for all vehicles
being serviced at any one period of time, plus a minimum of five additional
spaces.
Every building or structure over 5,000 square
feet of gross area or lot used for nonresidential purposes shall be
provided with off-street truck loading spaces in accordance with the
following schedule:
Gross Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Requirement
(number of spaces)
|
---|
Over 5,000 but less than 25,000
|
1
|
25,000 to 39,999
|
2
|
40,000 or more
|
Additional spaces as determined to be needed
by the Building Commission in its review of the plot plan for the
proposed use
|
[Amended 2-27-1990 by L.L. No. 2-1990]
A. Exemption for prior nonconforming uses. Any use in
existence on December 11, 1989, in a building, structure or premises
which did not on that date conform to the requirements of this Article
and which use was lawful on that date or entitled on that date to
continue as a legal nonconforming use may continue without compliance
with this Article. However, such use shall not be altered, enlarged
or expanded or changed to any other use on or after December 11, 1989,
unless said use and the building, structure or premises in or on which
it is located shall conform to the requirements of this Article at
the time of such alteration, enlargement, expansion and change and
thereafter.
B. As to any premises, building, structure or use within
an established municipal parking district where the village has, as
a matter of public policy, taken the responsibility for providing
adequate off-street parking facilities for all uses in the district,
the requirements of this Article may be waived by the Board of Trustees
after public hearing in the same manner and upon the same terms and
conditions as provided for the issuance of a special permit.
[Added 10-16-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995]
A. The provisions of this section shall be applicable in all residential districts, and the provisions of §
203-129 of this chapter shall not be applicable to the restrictions set forth in this section.
B. No property in a residential district shall be used
for the parking or storage of a commercial vehicle unless such vehicle
is:
(1)
Parked or stored entirely within an enclosed
garage and such vehicle is not visible from any location off said
property during the period of such parking or storage;
(2)
Parked on such property only during active loading
or unloading of merchandise; or
(3)
Parked on such property only during the active
performance of any commercial service or duty undertaken by the operator
of such vehicle in connection with said premises.
C. For the purposes of this section, a "commercial vehicle"
is a vehicle which requires commercial registration under the New
York State Vehicle and Traffic Law or the regulations adopted thereunder,
or any other vehicle which, by reason of the attachment of advertising
messages and/or storage of service equipment or other commercial merchandise
or hardware, presents the outward appearance of a vehicle which is
primarily utilized in furtherance of a commercial or industrial enterprise.
[Added 4-2-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
A. No boat or vessel, or part thereof, of any kind or
description shall be stored outdoors on any property in a residential
district, except in compliance with the following conditions:
(1)
Not more than one boat or vessel, or part thereof,
shall be stored outdoors on any property in a residential district.
(2)
No boat or vessel, or any equipment connected
thereto, may be stored outdoors in a front yard.
(3)
At all times during such storage, the owner
of such boat or vessel shall be an occupant of the property on which
the boat or vessel is stored.
(4)
No boat or vessel with an overall length in
excess of 25 feet shall be stored outdoors on any property in a residential
district.
B. For the purposes of this section, any trailer, hitch
or equipment used to support, hold up, or otherwise used in connection
with the storage of any boat or vessel shall be considered a part
of the boat or vessel.
C. For the purposes of this section, the terms "boat"
or "vessel" shall include every description of watercraft used or
capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
D. Any use of property in a residential district for
the storage of any motor vehicle or trailer in a manner which would
constitute a nonconforming use of such property on the effective date
of this section shall not be a violation of the provisions of this
section unless such use occurs or continues on or after 180 days after
the effective date of this section.
E. No person, as the owner or occupant of real property,
or as the owner of any boat or vessel, shall cause or permit the storage
of a boat or vessel on property in a residential district in violation
of the provisions of this section.
[Added 4-2-2001 by L.L. No. 2-2001]
A. No motor vehicle or trailer may be parked or stored
outdoors on property in a residential district unless such vehicle:
(1)
Is registered in accordance with the provisions
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and the certificate of registration
is conspicuously displayed in a location as required under the Vehicle
and Traffic Law; and
(2)
Has affixed or displayed thereto a number plate
issued by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles with
a number and other identification matter, if any, corresponding to
that of the certificate of registration displayed thereon.
B. Any use of property in a residential district for
the storage of any motor vehicle or trailer in a manner which would
constitute a nonconforming use of such property on the effective date
of this section shall not be a violation of the provisions of this
section unless such use occurs or continues on or after 180 days after
the effective date of this section.
C. No person, as the owner or occupant of real property,
or as the owner of any motor vehicle or trailer, shall cause or permit
the storage of a motor vehicle or trailer on property in a residential
district in violation of the provisions of this section.