(a)

Off-street automobile storage or parking space shall be provided on every lot on which any permitted or conditional use is established in accordance with this article.

(b)

For purposes of this article, the term "off-street parking space" shall mean a space at least nine feet wide and 20 feet in length with a minimum net area of 180 square feet, excluding area for egress and ingress and maneuverability of vehicles.

(c)

Off-street parking existing at the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived in connection with the operation of an existing building or use shall not be reduced to an amount less than required in this article for a similar new building or use.

(Ord. No. 00-10-1, § 3.5, 10-4-2000)

Off-street parking space requirements are as follows:

(1)

Single-family and two-family dwellings: Two spaces per dwelling unit.

(2)

Multifamily dwellings: Three spaces per two dwelling units plus one space for the owner or operator.

(3)

Mobile home parks and subdivisions: Three spaces per two mobile homes.

(4)

Institutional uses such as sanitariums, rest homes, hospitals, and nursing homes: One space for each two beds plus one space for each employee.

(5)

Place of public assembly such as auditoriums and theaters: One space for each three seats.

(6)

Clubs, lodges, dance, art and music studios, and other similar semipublic uses: One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.

(7)

Hotels and motels: One space for each sleeping room plus one space for each employee. Additional spaces for accessory uses such as restaurants shall also be provided as per subsection (10) of this section.

(8)

All commercial uses excepting motels and hotels: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

(9)

Offices: One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.

(10)

Restaurant/bar uses: One space for each 150 net square feet of seating area, or one space for each three seats. The highest number of spaces required will be the controlling number.

(11)

Shopping centers: 5.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable retail floor area.

(Ord. No. 00-10-1, § 4.3, 10-4-2000)

(a)

Drainage. Off-street parking and loading areas shall be drained to prevent damage to abutting property and/or public streets and alleys. Where more than two off-street parking spaces are required they shall be surfaced with erosion-resistant material.

(b)

Entrances and exits. Landscaping, curbing or other barriers shall be provided along lot boundaries to control entrance and exit of vehicles.

(c)

Screening.

(1)

Where off-street parking spaces for ten or more automobiles are located closer than 40 feet to a lot zoned residential and when such parking spaces are not entirely screened visually from such a lot by an intervening building or preexisting screen, there shall be provided along, but not on or over, the lot line a continuous screen with a minimum height of six feet.

(2)

Such screen (with the abutting property owners' written agreement and approval relating to height, construction and material used), in conjunction with the approval of the town planning and zoning board, shall consist of a solid wall (must be penetrable by fire and emergency services), fence or compact permanent shrubbery. This screen will be designed so as to cause no extra effort in the maintenance of the abutting property, and so as not to hinder or enhance the flow of water in either direction, and so as not to inhibit in any way the vision of a driver entering or leaving either property.

(3)

It shall be the responsibility of the parking lot owner to keep the screen in good repair, trim the screen, etc. If the screen is living material it must be kept trimmed back to the lot line. Permission from the abutting property owner must be obtained before entering that property for such maintenance. If the fence is not kept in good repair, and after summons, and 60 days, the town may have it repaired. All costs, including legal costs, will be borne by the property owner of record.

(Ord. No. 00-10-1, § 4.4, 10-4-2000)