The following numbers of off-street parking spaces shall be provided with the construction of or addition to any of the buildings and uses listed below:

NOTE: When determining the number of parking spaces to be required, fractions of spaces shall be rounded to the nearest whole number with 0.5 space being rounded up to 1 space. For example, if the calculation of parking spaces equals 27.25 spaces, then 27 spaces would be required. If the calculation equals 27.5 spaces, then 28 spaces would be required.

(Prior code 70-35; Ord. 18 §1, 1992; Ord. 16 §2, 2003; Ord. 09 §2(Exh. A), 2022)

(a)

When one (1) building is planned to include a combination of different uses, the minimum parking required will be determined by applying the above requirements based upon the floor area for each use. The minimum number of parking spaces required for the building shall be the sum of the requirements for each separate use. Upon recommendation of a traffic or parking consultant acceptable to the Town, the required parking for a building developed with a combination of uses may be reduced by a maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) by the Town Council at a public hearing. The Town Planner may require a recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission prior to Town Council review of the request for reduction in parking.

(b)

When more than one (1) building is planned to be developed together with a mix of uses, the applicant may request a mixed use parking reduction only through the PUD process.

(Prior code 70-36; Ord. 16 §3, 2003)

For specific uses not listed, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall determine the appropriate number of parking spaces required based upon the type of activity, intensity, number of employees and similarity to listed uses.

(Prior code 70-37)

For any commercial or mixed use development, the off-street parking requirements may also be met utilizing the following alternatives if applicable:

(1)

Off-street parking spaces may be provided on a site within three hundred (300) feet of the lot that generates the parking requirements, provided that the site is owned or under the control of the owner of the parking generator.

(2)

The owner of the lot may participate in a parking district or joint venture that assures the Town that the off-street parking requirements will be met. All parking districts or joint ventures shall be subject to the approval of the Town.

(3)

In order to address in a comprehensive manner the concern of parking within the downtown area, to facilitate and encourage capital improvements, interior remodeling and renovations, to maintain the viability of the Midland Avenue business area and to ensure its architectural and historical character, and to promote the implementation of the River Stewardship Master Plan, the following properties shall be designated as property in the Downtown Parking Area:

a.

Zoned C-2 (Downtown Commercial) with street frontage on Midland Avenue between Homestead Drive and Highway 82 Business Route, and Midland Avenue Spur;

b.

Two Rivers Road where public parking is available adjacent to the property; or

c.

With frontage on the Roaring Fork River or the Frying Pan River.

(4)

Within this Downtown Parking Area, commercial or mixed use development may meet the off-street parking requirements by paying a fee in lieu of parking subject to the following criteria:

a.

An applicant must establish to the satisfaction of the Town that the proposed development is architecturally consistent, including but not limited to style, height, size and materials, with the architecture and historical character of the surrounding buildings and downtown area or consistent with the Basalt Master Plan Neighborhood Typologies. Compliance with this criteria shall be undertaken pursuant to and in compliance with the procedures set forth in Section 16-111 of this Code.

b.

The off-street parking requirements or a portion of the parking requirements for lots in the Downtown Parking Area may be satisfied by fees in lieu of parking. Upon approval by ordinance of the Town Council, at a noticed public hearing, the Town Council may allow the applicant to provide up to one hundred percent (100%) of the off-street parking requirement by payment of fees in lieu of parking in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Such payment of fees in lieu of parking in the Downtown Parking Area may be made upon a finding by the Town Council that payment of fees in lieu of parking, instead of requiring on-site parking, will (to the extent applicable) allow the continuation of important building frontage on Midland Avenue, preserve existing public parking in the Downtown Parking Area, not cause a significant negative impact on the available parking in the area, and for river frontage lots, the proposed development is consistent with the River Stewardship Master Plan. The requirement for a noticed public hearing may be waived by the Technical Review Committee on a finding that the proposal will not have a negative impact on properties in the area.

c.

All fees in lieu of parking shall be held in a restricted Downtown Parking Area Fund, which fund shall be used by the Town solely for the creation of new parking spaces, or improvement of existing parking in or adjacent to the Downtown Parking Area, or other improvements designed to serve or improve the parking situation in the Downtown Parking Area.

d.

The Town Council by resolution shall regularly establish a dollar amount to be paid in lieu of each parking space required to be created. The amount to be paid for fees in lieu of parking set forth in the resolution approving such amount shall control until such amount is changed by subsequent resolution.

e.

Approval by the Town Council of requests to pay fees in lieu of off-street parking shall be valid for a period of six (6) months from the date of approval to be used only in connection with the project for which it is requested. Ten percent (10%) of the fees in lieu of off-street parking shall be considered a nonrefundable administrative fee and shall be paid within ten (10) days of approval by the Town Council. The balance of the fees required by such approval shall be paid at the time of building permit issuance. Should the applicant fail to obtain a building permit and pay the required fees within the six-month period of approval by the Town Council, such approval shall expire. A maximum of one (1) three-month extension of the Town Council's approval may be requested in writing from the Town Council and must include evidence of the applicant's efforts and ability to proceed with the project.

f.

In addition, should an applicant obtain a building permit and pay all required fees but fail to initiate construction within one hundred eighty (180) days of the issuance of permits, all permits and associated fees shall be forfeited and the building permit shall expire by limitation and become null and void. The fees in lieu of parking paid by the applicant shall be returned within a reasonable period of time, less the nonrefundable administrative fee.

(Prior code 70-38; Ord. 29 §2, 1990; Ord. 4 §1, 1992; Ord. 9 §4, 1998; Ord. 16 §4, 2003)

(a)

All off-street parking areas shall be unobstructed and free of all other uses.

(b)

All off-street parking spaces shall have unobstructed access to and from a street.

(c)

All off-street parking areas, except those for single-family or two-family dwellings, shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete. Other dustless or more environmentally sensitive surfaces such as washed road base or other pervious surface may be approved by the Town Council for parking areas, based on type of use, location, impact to the environment and impact to adjoining properties.

(d)

Off-street parking areas with six (6) or more spaces shall be adequately screened from any adjoining residentially zoned lot by landscaping or solid fencing.

(e)

Lighting from any parking area shall not be directed toward any adjacent residential area or public street.

(f)

Off-street parking areas may be located to jointly serve two (2) or more buildings or uses, provided that the total number of spaces is not less than that required for the total combined number of buildings or uses.

(g)

Off-street parking spaces shall be at least nine (9) by nineteen (19) feet, except that up to twenty percent (20%) of the required spaces in a parking area with ten (10) or more spaces may be designated for compact cars with a minimum space of eight (8) by sixteen (16) feet. If compact spaces are approved, designated areas shall be clearly marked by above-grade signage for small or compact cars only.

(h)

Where off-street parking areas designed for parallel parking are established, the dimensions of such spaces shall be not less than twenty-two (22) by nine (9) feet.

(i)

No more than twelve (12) parking spaces shall be permitted in a contiguous row without being interrupted by a landscaped area of at least six (6) feet wide and sixteen (16) feet long, or alternatively, landscaping buffers in a different configuration roughly proportionate to the preceding standard and approved in writing by the Technical Review Committee.

(j)

In multiple-family areas, areas included in driveways or otherwise required to move cars in and out of parking spaces shall not be considered to meet off-street parking requirements.

(k)

Minimum width of traffic aisles.

(1)

Schedule.

(2)

All off-street parking areas shall be served with paved ingress/egress having minimum width of twelve (12) feet zero (0) inches for one-way traffic and twenty (20) feet zero (0) inches for two-way traffic.

(Prior code 70-39; Ord. 29 §§3, 4, 5, 1990; Ord. 16 §5, 2003)

For all business and industrial uses, off-street loading spaces containing five hundred (500) square feet, with no dimension less than ten (10) feet, shall be required for new construction or major additions involving an increase in floor area as follows:

(1)

New floor area between five thousand (5,000) and twenty thousand (20,000) square feet: one (1) off-street loading space.

(2)

New floor area in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet: one (1) off-street loading space for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or fraction thereof.

(3)

Relief from the above provisions can be granted by the final reviewing authority, including the Technical Review Committee when no Planning and Zoning Commission or Town Council review is required, where the applicant demonstrates that alternative loading zone options have been provided, including area within an alleyway, center lane loading areas on adjacent streets, or joint use loading agreements with adjacent properties.

(Prior code 70-40; Ord. 16 §6, 2003)