A. 
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 required in this Article.
B. 
Except as otherwise specified, required parking facilities shall be provided on the same lot as the building they serve. Two or more parking facilities on adjoining lots, if designed for use as a single parking area, may use the same means of access. Required parking facilities shall be located so as to be conveniently accessible to the principal entrance of the building they serve.
[Amended 5-5-1993; 4-20-1994]
A. 
The requirement for a single use (e.g., a one-family dwelling or a retail store) shall be determined directly from the schedule of such requirements which is a part of this Article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 235-37, Schedule of Off-Street Parking Space Requirements for Nonresidential Uses.
B. 
The requirement for a combination use made up of several component uses (e.g., a bowling alley combined with an auditorium and a restaurant and bar or a retail store combined with an office building) shall be determined by establishing the requirement for each component use from the schedule of such requirements, which is a part of this Article, and adding them together.
C. 
When the required number of spaces is determined to result in a fraction, it shall be increased to the next highest whole number.
D. 
The parking requirements established in § 235-37 of this chapter shall not apply to the first required 10 spaces for all uses in the Downtown Revitalization Target Area, as well as Block 132, Lots 24 and 27 through 35, and Block 134, Lots 1 and 28 through 32. If any use in the Downtown Revitalization Target Area requires more than 10 parking spaces, then such use shall provide the amount of parking spaces required hereunder in excess of the first 10 spaces on site.
[Amended 3-1-1995]
E. 
The parking requirements established in § 235-37 of this chapter shall not apply to the first required 10 spaces for uses in the Halstead Avenue Commercial Corridor, as defined as those lots fronting on Halstead Avenue from Broadway to the Mamaroneck boundary (Block 42, Lots 1, 11 and 14; Block 44, Lots 8 and 9; Block 45, Lots 1 and 10 through 15; Block 54, Lots 2 and 15 through 26; Block 73, Lots 18 through 34; Block 74, Lots 15 through 31; Block 75, Lots 1 through 17; Block 76, Lots 1 through 17; Block 91, Lots 9 and 31 through 46; Block 103, Lots 5 through 19; Block 104, Lots 1 and 19 through 33; Block 113, Lots 1 and 21 through 24; Block 116, Lots 5 through 17) and the Purdy Street Neighborhood Business Area (Block 171, Lots 1 and 3 through 18). Any parking requirement above and beyond the 10 spaces shall be provided for on site. This provision shall only apply if all of the following conditions are complied with:
(1) 
The parking waiver shall not apply to residential uses. The waiver shall only apply to commercial uses with the exception of restaurants, cabarets, eating establishments and fast-food restaurants.
(2) 
Half the number of waived off-street parking spaces can be accommodated within 1,000 feet of the site in either public off-street lots, private off-street lots or on-street.
(3) 
No parcel of land or land use which currently supports a legal nonconformity with respect to its off-street parking of more than 50% shall be eligible for the waiver.
F. 
The parking requirements established in § 235-37 of this chapter shall not apply to the first required 10 spaces for all commercial uses in the Silver Lake Commercial Area identified as Block 881, Lots 15 through 29; Block 871, Lots 3 through 26; Block 841, Lots 5 through 14, 36 and 43; Block 836, Lots 1 through 5, 33, 34 (34-PO35) and 35; Block 832, Lots 1 (1-2 and PO3-4) and 3 (PO3-4). If any use in the Silver Lake Commercial Area requires more than 10 parking spaces, then such use shall provide the amount of parking spaces required hereunder in excess of the first 10 spaces on site.
[Amended 3-1-1995; 4-17-1996]
G. 
If the use is not specifically listed in the schedule of such requirements, the requirement shall be the same as for the most similar use listed.
[Amended 3-1-1995]
H. 
A garage or carport may be used to meet the requirements of this Article. A driveway may only be used to meet the requirements of this Article where it serves a one-family or a two-family detached dwelling.
[Amended 3-1-1995]
I. 
Uses which require approval pursuant to the special exception use procedure set forth in Article V may be required to provide off-street parking in excess of the requirements of this Article, as indicated in Article V.
[Amended 3-1-1995]
J. 
In this Article, the term "floor area" shall mean the total floor area within the exterior building walls on all floors other than that of an unused basement, exclusive of floor area designed and used solely for accessory storage or garage, rest room, stair, stair hall or exit hall, elevator shaft or mechanical equipment space, provided that such excluded areas, for the purposes of this Article only, shall not exceed 25% of the total floor area of the building.
[Amended 3-1-1995]
The Schedule of Off-Street Parking Space Requirements for Residential Uses is as follows:
Use
Number of Spaces Required
Multiple dwelling
[Amended 5-5-1993]
1 1/2 per dwelling unit. For parcels within the Downtown Revitalization Target Area, the requirement shall be 1.25 per dwelling unit.
1-family and 2-family dwellings
2 per dwelling unit
The Schedule of Off-Street Parking Space Requirements for Nonresidential Uses is as follows:
Use
Number of Spaces Required
Auditorium, church, gymnasium, stadium, theater, studio or other place of public assembly not otherwise classified
1 per 3 permanent seats or 1 per each 40 square feet of seating area where fixed seating is not provided
Automobile or boat salesroom, outdoor sales area or repair garage
Sufficient parking spaces for all vehicles stored or being serviced at any 1 period of time, plus a minimum of 5 additional
Automobile service station
See automobile or boat salesroom, etc.
Bank or savings and loan association
1 per 200 square feet of floor area, and if drive-in teller stations are included, sufficient space shall be provided for off-street cuing of 6 per station
Bowling alley
4 per alley
Drive-in facility or outdoor sales area
1 per each 600 square feet of lot area
Executive learning center or corporate management training facility
1 per each employee, including faculty members, plus 1 per each 2 students or each 2 resident accommodations where residential quarters are provided or the parking required for the auditorium or gymnasium component of the use, whichever is the greater
Home occupation or home professional office
2 for the first 150 square feet of floor area given to this component of the land use, plus 1 for each additional 150 square feet or fraction thereof, but in no case fewer than 2
Hospital
4 for every 5 patient beds, excluding bassinets
Hotel/motel
1 for each guest room, plus 1 for each employee, plus the appropriate number for each other functional component of the facility
Newspaper establishment
1 per 300 square feet of floor area
Office, office building, financial institution, scientific research institute or laboratory
[Amended 5-5-1993]
1 per 200 square feet of floor area, except that a proprietary executive headquarters office building in an SB-35 or SB-100 District shall have whichever is the greater requirement as determined by the Planning Board during its site plan review, 1 per 350 square feet or 0.9 per each employee on the site at any 1 time; provided, however, that any such determination may be reviewed at any time when the Planning Board shall determine that such parking is not adequate to accommodate the number of vehicles to be parked on the site. Parcels located within the Downtown Revitalization Target Area shall comply with a requirement of 1 per 275 square feet of floor area.
Public parking garage or public off-street parking
See automobile or boat salesroom, etc.
Restaurant or club
1 per 4 permanent seats or 150 square feet of floor area, whichever is the greater
Retail store or retail service establishment
[Amended 9-22-1993]
1 per 175 square feet of floor area in a commercial or service use and 1/2 per 500 square feet of floor area used for storage. Parcels located within the Downtown Revitalization Target Area shall comply with a requirement of 1 per 300 square feet of floor area in a commercial or service use.
SB-0 day-care center
[Added 2-17-1993]
The greater of 1 for each employee of the SB-0 day-care center or 1 per employee required by the New York State licensing agency having jurisdiction over the operation of the SB-0 day-care center, plus a dropoff area and short-term parking spaces in combination sufficient to accommodate 1 vehicle per 7 children enrolled in the SB-0 day-care center
School
[Amended 5-17-1989]
1 per employee, plus 1 per each 8 students in the 12th grade or above, or the parking requirements for the auditorium or gymnasium component of the use, whichever is the greater; in addition, where residence quarters are provided for students in the 12th grade or above, 1 for each 2 resident accommodations
Undertaker's establishment
1 per 40 square feet of public room floor area
Warehouse or storage area
1 per 1,000 square feet of storage area
Every building or structure or lot used for nonresidential purposes, including a hotel or motel, shall be provided with off-street truck loading spaces in accordance with the following schedule, except when the lot has a total area of less than 20,000 square feet:
Floor Area
(square feet)
Number of Spaces Required
Under 19,999
None
20,000 to 29,999
1
30,000 to 60,000
2
Over 60,000
Additional spaces above the requirement for the first 60,000 square feet shall be determined by the Planning Board in its review of the site plan for the proposed use.
A. 
Not more than one parking space per dwelling unit may be rented to persons living off the premises in the case of a one-family or two-family dwelling use, nor may more than one parking space per each two dwelling units be rented to persons living off the premises in the case of any other residence use.
B. 
Not more than one commercial vehicle shall be parked in a private garage. Such commercial vehicle shall not exceed a gross motor vehicle weight of 5,000 pounds or 25 feet in length. No commercial vehicle shall be parked outdoors in residence districts.
C. 
Not more than one unregistered vehicle may be stored outside an enclosed building on any premises.
A. 
Parking garages or off-street parking areas, automobile service stations and repair garages and other similar facilities may have separate or combined entrances and exits.
B. 
Every separate entrance or exit driveway shall have a minimum unobstructed width of 15 feet. Every combined entrance and exit driveway shall have a minimum unobstructed width of 25 feet. Parking areas with 20 spaces or more shall have at least two separate 15 foot driveways.
C. 
The intersection of an exit or combined exit and entrance driveway of a public parking area with a public street shall have the same corner clearance as prescribed for intersecting streets in § 235-27 and, further, shall be clearly visible from the public street and, where possible, shall be at least 75 feet from the intersection of street lines at a street intersection.
A. 
All accessory off-street parking and truck loading areas shall be located in accordance with the provisions of § 235-18.
B. 
The physical improvements of off-street parking and truck loading areas shall include:
(1) 
Curbs, paving, sidewalks and drainage facilities complying with the standards established in municipal ordinances, regulations or specifications.
(2) 
Adequate lighting in public parking areas to assure the general safety of and convenience to the public.
(3) 
Appropriate screening for the protection of adjacent properties, particularly along district boundary lines as provided in § 235-24.
(4) 
In all SB Districts, at least 10% of the total area of all off-street parking areas shall be landscaped, and there shall be at least one tree of three-inch caliper for each 12 parking spaces distributed within the area. In addition, the design of such landscaping shall give consideration to minimizing the visual impact of such off-street parking area.
C. 
Schedule of Minimum Dimensions for Parking Spaces and Aisles.
(1) 
Standard cars.
[Amended 7-21-2016 by L.L. No. 4-2016]
Aisle Width
Angle of Parking
Space Width
Stall Depth
One-Way
Two-Way
90°
9 ft. 0 in.
18 ft. 0 in.*
24 ft. 0 in.
24 ft. 0 in.
8 ft. 6 in.
18 ft. 0 in.*
25 ft. 0 in.
25 ft. 0 in.
60°
9 ft. 0 in.
19 ft. 0 in.
18 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
8 ft. 6 in.
19 ft. 0 in.
18 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
45°
9 ft. 0 in.
18 ft. 0 in.
13 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
8 ft. 6 in.
18 ft. 0 in.
13 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
Parallel to aisle
9 ft. 0 in.
23 ft. 0 in.
12 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
8 ft. 6 in.
(curb length)
12 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
*
The Planning Board is authorized to reduce the stall depth by up to 2 feet, to and length of 16 feet when the stall is adjacent to a landscaped area, and the front portion of the vehicle has clearance to overhang the curb. No plantings other than lawn (or similar ground cover) shall be permitted in this 2 foot area.
(2) 
Compact cars (refer to § 235-40J).
[Amended 12-2-81]
Aisle Width
Angle of Parking
Space Width
Stall Depth
One-Way
Two-Way
90°
7 ft. 6 in.
15 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
22 ft. 0 in.
60°
7 ft. 6 in.
16 ft. 9 in.
16 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
45°
7 ft. 6 in.
15 ft. 0 in.
13 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
Parallel to aisle
7 ft. 6 in.
18 ft. 6 in. (curb length)
12 ft. 0 in.
20 ft. 0 in.
D. 
All parking spaces shall be marked with solid lines.
E. 
Driveways may in no case be less than 10 feet in width and of such design that a car may turn in a ten-foot wide path with no interference from parked cars or building obstructions at an outside turning radius of 24 feet.
F. 
Aisles and turning areas shall have adequate radii to assure ease of mobility, ample clearance and convenient ingress and egress.
G. 
Center-line gradients of aisles shall not exceed 8%, nor shall the grade across parking spaces exceed 5%.
H. 
Accessory off-street parking space dimensions for trucks or special equipment shall be determined by the town, based on the nature of the vehicles to be parked.
I. 
A required accessory off-street truck loading space shall have a minimum area of 400 square feet and a minimum clear height of 14 feet.
J. 
Where at least 50 off-street parking spaces are required, the Planning Board, as part of site plan review, may approve the designation of no more than 1/3 of the spaces for compact car use.
[Amended 12-2-81]
(1) 
Compact car spaces shall conform to the dimensional requirements of § 235-41C(2).
(2) 
Parking spaces for compact cars shall be conveniently located for both vehicular and pedestrian access in order to attract users. Such spaces shall be grouped in a location or locations to be approved by the Planning Board. Single compact car spaces shall not be distributed throughout the parking area.
(3) 
All compact car spaces and areas shall be clearly designated by signs and color coding.
(4) 
Compact car spaces shall not be located in areas that are designated by the Fire Inspector/Fire Marshal as emergency lanes for fire, police and other emergency vehicles. Such emergency lanes shall be clearly marked.
[Amended 1-20-1999 by L.L. No. 4-1999]
K. 
In the SB-100 District only, where at least 50 off-street parking spaces are required, the Planning Board, as part of site plan review, may permit a reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces required or originally installed for a particular use pursuant to §§ 235-37 and 235-38 in cases where the Planning Board determines that, with respect to a particular proposed use, there is reasonable analytic evidence with reference to its special character and function, including, among other things, the projected density of employees or other site population or the provision of a communal transportation system, to warrant a finding that the demand for construction of such spaces is, at least in the initial development, less than that required pursuant to §§ 235-37 and 235-38 without transferring such demand to on-street sites or to inadequately improved off-street sites; or with respect to particular existing uses, by reason of diminution in number of persons or in floor area, seating capacity or area, number of employees or change in other factors, the demand for such spaces is less than that required pursuant to §§ 235-37 and 235-38 and that their removal would not result in the transferring of such demand to on-street sites or to inadequately improved off-street sites; provided, however, that any such determination to authorize a reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces shall be contingent upon the Town Attorney, on behalf of the Town, entering into a written agreement with the owner of such property, which shall include a copy of a Landbanking Plan acceptable to the Planning Board, which accurately depicts the location of the landbanked parking spaces, and which shall be in recordable form and recorded in the Land Records Division of the Westchester County Clerk's office, guaranteeing the reservation of an adequate area shown on an approved site plan for the construction of the number of such spaces by which the requirement was reduced or the number of spaces by which an existing parking facility was reduced, and provided, further, that any such permitted reduction may be automatically rescinded where the Planning Board shall subsequently determine that such reduced number has proven inadequate for a period of 90 days, in which case the then owner of such premises shall be found in violation of the requirements of this chapter, and such violation shall become effective within 90 days if the additional required spaces are not constructed and available within such ninety-day period.
[Added 7-22-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
A. 
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any building or structure or lot lawfully in use at the effective date of this chapter, whether continued as a permitted use or as a legal nonconforming use or thereafter converted or changed without enlargement to a different lawful use having the same parking and truck loading requirements.
B. 
The Board of Appeals, subject to the applicable provisions of § 235-61E, may waive the requirements, in whole or in part, for the off-street parking or truck loading spaces stipulated in this Article.