§ 135-806. Schedule of off-street parking requirements.  


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  • A. 
    Off-street parking for the following uses shall be provided as follows:
    Use
    Parking Required
    Single-family
    2
    Two-family
    4
    Multifamily
    2 per unit
    Hotel, motel
    1.25 spaces/guest unit plus additional spaces for other commercial uses as required
    Club or lodge
    1 space/100 gross sq. ft.*
    Fraternities, sororities, dormitories
    1 space/200 gross sq. ft.
    Hospital
    1 space/bed plus 1 space/100 gross sq. ft. devoted to medical uses and/or office space
    Sanatorium, nursing,
    1 space/2 beds plus 1 space/
    convalescent home,
    250 gross sq. ft. devoted to adult
    home for the aged
    day care and/or office space
    Funeral home, mortuary
    1 space/250 gross sq. ft. (entire structure)
    Museum, library, community center
    1 space/250 gross sq. ft.
    Commercial post office
    1 space/200 gross sq. ft.
    Bowling alley
    3 spaces/bowling lane
    Theater, auditorium
    1 space/4 seats
    Church
    1 space/4 seats
    Elementary and middle school
    1.5 spaces/employee
    High school
    1.5 spaces/employee plus 1 space per 5 students of designed capacity
    General office, professional or public building
    1 space/250 gross sq. ft.
    Heliport
    As required by the special permit granting authority
    Restaurant
    1 space/3.5 seats
    Fast-food establishment
    1 space/100 gross sq. ft.
    Filling station, motor vehicle repair shop
    1 space/500 gross sq. ft.
    General business, retail and personal service establishments
    1 space/200 gross sq. ft.
    Commercial and manufacturing establishments
    1 space/1,000 gross sq. ft.
    Private school
    1 space/500 gross sq. ft.
    Training school
    1 space/500 gross sq. ft. including outside training areas
    Institution of historic, philanthropic, charitable character
    Board of Appeal (see § 135-806C)
    Riding academy or stable
    1 space/horse stall
    Boathouse, marina
    .75 space/boat
    Golf course
    2 spaces/green plus 50% of requirements for any associated uses
    Motor vehicle sales
    1 space/250 gross sq. ft. (exclusive of outside sales area)
    Amusement/place of assembly
    1 space/250 gross sq. ft.
    Newspaper or job printing
    1 space/250 gross sq. ft.
    Open storage, boats
    1 space/5 boats
    Medical office/clinic
    1 space/150 gross sq. ft.
    Greenhouse
    1.25 spaces/employee
    Animal clinic/hospital
    1 space/500 gross sq. ft.
    Indoor commercial recreation
    1 space/250 gross sq. ft.
    Outdoor commercial recreation
    Board of Appeal (see § 135-806C)
    Fair, carnival, similar events
    As required by the special permit granting authority
    Data center,
    1 space per 1,000 gross sq. ft.,
    communications facility
    together with parking as required for any portion devoted to office space
    Municipal public park
    As required under site plan review
    * Gross square feet is the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all the floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or from the center line of a wall separating two buildings.
    B. 
    Off-street parking requirements for uses not specifically listed in the preceding schedule shall be determined by the Zoning Board of Appeal. Said determination shall be based on the requirements set for similar uses and on any appropriate traffic engineering and planning data. For projects requiring a special permit or site plan review, the SPGA shall be the determining board.
    C. 
    For those uses for which the parking requirements are to be determined by the Zoning Board of Appeal as specified in § 135-806A, an applicant proposing to develop or expand said uses shall submit a parking study which provides justification for the off-street parking being proposed. The Zoning Board of Appeal, in making its determination, shall review this study and any appropriate engineering and planning data. For projects requiring a special permit or site plan review, the SPGA shall be the determining board.
Added 8-10-2011 by Ord. No. 11-032