A.
Off-street parking space shall be provided and shall
be furnished with necessary passageways and driveways. All such space
shall be deemed to be required space on the lot on which it is situated
and shall not be encroached upon or reduced in any manner and shall
be adequately drained, all subject to the approval of the Town Engineer
or Building Inspector.
B.
Exceptions. Off-street facilities that are required
in this article shall not be required for any existing building or
use, unless said building or use shall be enlarged, in which case
the provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the enlarged portion
of the building or use.
C.
Location. Except as noted elsewhere in this code,
parking areas shall be located in any yard space for nonresidential
uses but shall not be located closer than 20 feet to any street line.
Parking areas may abut side and rear yard lines, except where the
intended commercial uses abut residential zones or uses. In such instances,
no parking shall be permitted within 20 feet of any property line.
D.
Multiple uses. The collective provision of off-street
parking area by two or more buildings or uses located on adjacent
lots is permitted, provided that the total of such facilities shall
not be less than the sum required of the various buildings or uses
computed separately, and further provided that the land upon which
the collective facilities are located is owned or leased by one or
more of the collective users.
E.
Driveways. No more than two driveways not less than
20 feet nor more than 30 feet in width shall be used as a means of
ingress and egress for each nonresidential use. No driveway shall
be located closer than 25 feet to the intersection of any two streets
or within 10 feet of any side lot line, provided that sufficient distance
will always remain for all required radii for said driveway. There
shall be a minimum distance of 20 feet between two driveways located
on one frontage.
F.
Lighting. All parking areas and appurtenant passageways
and driveways serving commercial uses shall be illuminated adequately
during the hours between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation.
Adequate shielding shall be provided by commercial users to protect
adjacent residential zones from the glare of such illumination and
from that of automobile headlights.
G.
Parking space size. Parking spaces shall be a minimum
of nine feet by 20 feet.
H.
Vehicle impact protection. Where nonresidential use parking spaces
and or driveways are located adjacent to buildings, guard posts complying
with the design requirements of the Building Code of New York State
shall be provided, all subject to approval of the Town Engineers or
Building Inspector.
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The following parking shall be required for
the following uses:
B.
Commercial uses.
(1)
Retail and service stores in any commercial zone:
one parking space for every 140 square feet of gross floor area or
major fraction thereof.
(2)
Barber and beauty shops: two spaces per chair, plus
one additional space for each employee.
(3)
Banks, financial and business offices and professional
offices: one parking space for every 100 square feet of gross floor
area or major fraction thereof.
(4)
Stores for the retail sale of furniture, appliances,
hardware: one parking space for every 500 square feet of gross floor
area or major fraction thereof.
(5)
Supermarkets, self-service food stores: one parking
space for every 150 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction
thereof.
(6)
Laundromats: one parking space for every two washing
machines.
(7)
Motor vehicle sales: one parking space for every 300
square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof.
(8)
Restaurants and diners (in-door service only): one
parking space for every four seats for customers, plus one space for
every two employees.
(9)
Bowling alleys: two parking spaces for each bowling
lane.
(10)
Mortuaries and funeral homes: two parking spaces
for every 50 square feet of floor area and funeral service rooms,
plus one space per employee for each service vehicle.
(11)
Hospitals, nursing homes: one parking space
for each four residents or patients; one parking space for every two
employees and staff members on the largest working shift.
C.
Public and quasi-public uses.
(1)
Auditoriums, churches, theaters, stadiums, assembly
halls and similar places of public and quasi-public assembly having
fixed seating facilities: one parking space for every 10 seats in
the main assembly room.
(2)
Auditoriums, exhibition halls, assembly halls, community
centers and similar places of public and quasi-public assembly not
having fixed seating facilities: one parking space for every 10 persons
who may legally be admitted therein at one time under the State fire
prevention laws. For convalescent, nursing, housing for elderly persons,
retirement homes, parking shall be no further than 150 feet from the
main entrance.
D.
Industrial uses. Industrial manufacturing establishments:
one parking space for each employee, plus one space for each 1,000
square feet of gross floor area in the buildings for use by visitors
to the building or buildings. The employee ratio shall be applied
to that shift of work activity that has the greatest number of employees.
Such parking area may be located in the required yard area, but shall
not be located within 50 feet of a public street or within a buffer
area.
B.
Location. Each space shall be located to the side
or rear of the structure.
C.
Surfacing. Off-street loading and unloading areas
shall be surfaced with a dustless, all-weather pavement, which shall
be adequately drained, all subject to the approval of the Town Department
of Highways.
D.
Screening. Whenever an off-street loading and unloading
area shall be located next to a residential zone, said loading and
unloading area shall be screened and buffered.
