No structure or land shall be used for any use listed in Table B of Section 8-3 (Use Regulations) under Use Items Nos. 1, 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13A, 14 or 15, unless off-street parking facilities are provided as follows:

* Where use is not divided into dwelling units:

(a)

If sleeping rooms have accommodations for not more than two persons, each two sleeping rooms shall constitute one dwelling unit; and

(b)

If sleeping rooms have accommodations for more than two persons, each four beds shall constitute one dwelling unit.

† or, in the case of affordable residential housing, no off-street parking shall be required. Affordable residential housing shall be considered to describe those projects where at least 60% of the proposed residential units are income-restricted at or below 100% of Area Median Income (AMI), as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(As amended on November 26, 1965, April 14, 1967, November 9, 1978, April 11, 1979, August 10, 1979, and June 29, 1984; Text Amd. No. 454, § 1, 12-22-21; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14d., 4-3-2024)

Except in a restricted parking district, no structure or land shall be used for any use listed in Table B of Section 8-3 (Use Regulations) under Use Item Nos. 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 36A, 37, 38, 38A, 52, 62, 63, or 66 unless off-street parking facilities are provided as follows:

* Where benches are used for seating purposes, each two lineal feet of bench shall constitute one seat.

Except that places of worship need provide no more than one half of such number of spaces.

(As amended on September 27, 1973 and March 5, 1975; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14d., 4-3-2024)

Except in a restricted parking district, no structure or land shall be used for any use listed in Table B of Section 8-3 (Use Regulations) under Use Item Nos. 16, 16A, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20A, 22, 22A, 23, 24, 25, 39A, 77 or 79, unless off-street parking facilities are provided as follows:

Provided that any use under Use Item Nos. 16, 17, 18 or 19 primarily for children under sixteen need provide no more than one half of such number of spaces; and provided further that where an institution maintains one or more dormitories, the number of parking spaces accessory to such dormitories shall be deducted from the number of parking spaces otherwise required by this section for a lot with classrooms, libraries, lecture halls, laboratories and similar educational areas normally used by persons resident in such dormitories unless such lot is regularly used by persons not resident in such dormitories or the parking spaces accessory to such dormitories are more than twelve hundred feet from such lot.

(As amended on July 9, 1973, September 27, 1973, October 19, 1978 and January 8, 1982; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14d., 4-3-2024)

Except in a restricted parking district, no structure or land shall be used for any use listed in Table B of Section 8-3 (Use Regulations) under Use Item Nos. 32, 33, 34, 34A, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 61, 73, 74 or 78 unless off-street parking facilities are provided as follows:

* Where main use on a lot is an open-air use not enclosed in a structure, the area of the part of the lot actually devoted to such use shall constitute floor area.

(As amended on August 12, 1971, July 9, 1973, September 27, 1973, and March 5, 1975; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14d., 4-3-2024)

Except in a restricted parking district, no structure or land shall be used for any use listed in Table B of Section 8-3 (Use Regulations) under Use Item Nos. 31, 45, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 60A, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, or 70 unless off-street parking facilities are provided as follows:

* Where main use on a lot is an open-air use not enclosed in a structure, the area of the part of the lot actually devoted to such use shall constitute floor area.

(As amended July 9, 1973, and September 27, 1973; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14d., 4-3-2024)

(a)

When the maximum floor area ratio specified in Table B of Section 13-1 for a lot is 8.0 or 10.0, off-street parking facilities are not required for such lot.

(b)

When the maximum floor area ratio specified in Table B of Section 13-1 for a lot is 0.8, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0, off-street parking facilities are not required for such lot if the lot is devoted to residential uses and no more than two car spaces are required by Section 23-1 or if the lot is devoted to non-residential uses and no more than four car spaces are required by other provisions of this Article.

(c)

When the maximum floor area ratio specified in Table B of Section 13-1 for a lot is 0.3 or 0.5, off-street parking facilities are not required for such lot if the lot is devoted to non-residential uses and no more than two car spaces are required by other provisions of this Article.

(d)

When a use occurs on a lot located in a Squares + Streets District specified in Article 26 or Skyline District specified in Article 31 and designated on any official Boston Zoning Map, off-street parking facilities are not required for such lot and such use.

(Text Amd. No. 470, § 3, 4-23-2024; Text Amd. No. 491, 10-28-2025)

(a)

If a lot by reason of a diversity of occupancies is subject to more than one of the first five sections of this Article, the number of car spaces required by each section for the occupancies subject to it shall be determined, and then such numbers totalled; and off-street parking facilities with such total number of car spaces shall be provided.

(b)

If a single occupancy involves uses subject to more than one of the first five sections of this Article, off-street parking facilities shall be provided for such occupancy in accordance with the section to which the dominant use is subject, except that if a minor use subject to another of said sections occupies more than ten thousand square feet or more than twenty-five percent of the gross floor area of the structure, off-street parking facilities shall be provided as if the lot were by reason of a diversity of occupancies subject to more than one of said sections.

If a structure existing on December 31, 1964, is altered or extended so as to increase its gross floor area or the number of dwelling units, only the additional gross floor area or the additional number of dwelling units shall be counted in computing the off-street parking facilities required.

(As inserted April 14, 1967)

(a)

Except in the case of a lot serviced by a common parking facility, the off-street parking facilities required by this Article shall be provided on the same lot as the main use to which they are accessory; provided, however, that if the Board of Appeal shall be of the opinion that this is impractical with respect to a particular lot, said Board, after public notice and hearing and subject to the provisions of Sections 6-2, 6-3 and 6-4, may grant permission for such facilities to be on another lot in the same ownership in either of the following cases:

(1)

where the main use on the particular lot is for residential purposes and the other lot is within four hundred feet of the particular lot; and

(2)

where the main use on the particular lot is for non-residential purposes and the other lot is within twelve hundred feet of the particular lot.

(b)

After public notice and hearing and subject to the provisions of Sections 6-2, 6-3 and 6-4, the Board of Appeal may grant permission for a common parking facility cooperatively established and operated to service two or more uses of the same or different types; provided, that there is a permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces for each use and that the total number of spaces is not less than the aggregate of the numbers required for each use.

(c)

Parking spaces provided by the City on public right-of-way adjacent to housing units for families of low or moderate income or families displaced from urban renewal areas or as a result of governmental action, when such housing units will have mortgage insurance provided according to Title 12 U.S. Code (1964 edition) S. 1715 (L), as amended from time to time, and when such parking spaces are clearly intended by their location and design to be used primarily by residents of such housing units and their visitors, may be substituted space for space for the parking spaces required by this code. This section shall not apply to parking spaces along the curb of any street which is used primarily for the movement of vehicles belonging to others than residents of such housing or their visitors.

(As amended April 14, 1967)

All off-street parking facilities shall meet the following specifications:

(a)

Locations of Accessory Parking. Accessory off-street parking in a residential or mixed use district shall not occupy any part of the front yard required by this code and may only occupy side yards required by this code if located more than five feet from the side lot line.

(b)

Off-street parking in a mixed use district shall not immediately abut the street.

(c)

For parking facilities accessory to residential main uses, curb cuts for access to such parking facilities shall not exceed 12 feet in width for facilities with fewer than 50 spaces; and shall not exceed 24 feet in width for facilities with 50 or greater spaces.

(d)

For parking facilities accessory to non-residential main uses, curb cuts for access to such parking facilities shall not exceed 12 feet in width for one-way driveways; and shall not exceed 24 feet in width for two-way driveways.

(e)

Such facilities shall have car spaces to the number specified by this Article, maneuvering areas and appropriate means of vehicular access to a street, and shall be so designed as not to constitute a nuisance or a hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic, bicyclists and pedestrians; and all lighting shall be so arranged as to shine downward and away from streets and residences.

(f)

Such facilities, whether open or enclosed in a structure, shall be so graded, surfaced, drained and maintained as to prevent water and dust therefrom going upon any street or another lot.

(g)

Such facilities shall not be used for automobile sales, dead storage, or repair work, dismantling or servicing of any kind.

(Text Amd. No. 470, § 3, 4-23-2024)

All off-street parking facilities provided to comply with this Article shall be maintained exclusively for the parking of motor vehicles so long as a use requiring them exists. Such facilities shall be used in such a manner as at no time to constitute a nuisance or a hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.

Off-street parking facilities are required to provide accessible parking spaces designed in accordance with the state standards as set forth in Title 521 CMR 23 in the Massachusetts Code. For residential uses, accessible parking shall be provided in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of the dwelling unit occupants, and if parking spaces are assigned to individual units, those spaces designated for accessible units shall have signage reserving said space. The required minimum number of accessible parking spaces must be provided as follows:

(Text Amd. No. 470, § 3, 4-23-2024)