Section 33 Parking and Loading Requirements
Section 33. Parking and Loading Requirements
33.1 General. Adequate off-street parking must be provided on paved surfaces to service all parking demand created by new construction, whether through new structures or additions to old ones, and by change of use of existing structures. Such parking shall be either on the same premises as the activity it services, or within five hundred feet (500') on a separate parcel, which may be used jointly with other premises for this purpose. In applying for a building or use permit, the applicant must demonstrate that the following minimums will be met unless these are reduced on special permit from the special permit granting authority upon determination that special circumstances render a lesser provision adequate for all parking needs. (By-laws of 4-1-78, Art.
40)
33.2 Schedule of Requirements. Nonresidential uses in the Business I District are exempt from these requirements (parking) if having a public entrance located within a two hundred foot (200') walking distance of an existing municipal off-street parking lot.
Dwellings: One (1) space per two (2) dwelling units if serving subsidized elderly housing, two (2) spaces per dwelling unit for all others.
Motel, motor court, lodging house: One (1) space per guest unit.
Offices, stores: One space per two hundred (200) square feet gross leasable floor area, but not fewer than three (3) spaces per retail establishment.
Restaurant, place of assembly: One (1) space per four (4) seats.
Bowling alley: Four (4) spaces per lane.
Nursing home, hospital: One (1) space per four (4) beds.
Industrial, wholesale: One (1) space per one and one-fourth (1 1/4) employees per shift.
Others individually determined. (By-laws of 4-2-77, Art. 67.s.1,2; by-laws of 6-6-89, Art.70, s. 1; By-laws of 6-6-89, Art. 71, s. 2
33.3 Parking Area Design. No off-street parking area shall be maintained within ten (10) feet of a street line. Within a required front yard no parking area or driveway shall be located closer to a side lot line than the required side yard setback. Single-family residences shall not share egress. For parking areas of six (6) cars or more the following shall apply: (By-laws of 5-4-74, Art. 92)
33.31 Parking area use shall not require backing onto a public way.
33.32 Center lines of driveways serving twenty (20) or more parking spaces, if egressing onto a major street, shall observe separations and visibility requirements as follows:
Industrial II All Other Districts
Separation
Other such driveways
Same side of road 400 feet minimum 200 feet minimum
opposite side of road 0 or 250 ft. min. 0 or 125 ft.
Intersecting street sideline 250 feet 125 feet
Visibility
In each travel direction 400 feet 200 feet
In the Industrial I and Industrial II districts, no existing parcel shall be divided into lots with frontage which would preclude meeting the separation requirements unless access rights-of-way are provided to enable compliance. (By-laws of 9-30-74, Art. 8 (IV))
33.33. Such parking lots shall be screened from any abutting residential use by densely planted shrubs or a fence.
33.34. In a Residential or Suburban district, no such parking lot shall extend into a required yard.
33.35. In an Industrial II district - Industrial Park, driveway separation distances on the same side of the road and on opposite sides of the road shall be determined by the special permit granting authority through Section 14.11 (1), site plan review. (By-laws of 10-7-86, Art. 8)
33.4 Adequate off-street loading facilities and space must be provided to service all needs created by new construction, whether through new structures or additions to old ones, and by change of use of existing structures. Facilities shall be so sized and arranged that no trucks need back onto or off a public way, or be parked on a public way while loading or unloading, or waiting to do so.
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