Location of parking spaces. Required parking spaces shall normally be provided upon the same lot as the use or structure to which they are accessory, except that off-street parking spaces required for structures or land uses on two or more adjacent lots may be provided in a single common facility on one or more adjacent lots may be provided in a single common facility on one or more of said lots, provided that a legal instrument, satisfactory to the Village Attorney, assures the continued existence of the parking facility to serve said structures or land uses as long as they may exist. Such agreements shall also guarantee that upon the termination of such joint use, each subsequent use of the premises will provide off-street parking facilities for its own use in accordance with all requirements of this section. In no event shall such parking spaces be located in any residence district.

Where two or more different uses occur on a single lot, the total amount of parking facilities to be provided shall be the sum of the requirements of such individual use on the lot, except that upon recommendation of the Planning Board, the Board of Trustees may approve the joint use of a parking space by two or more establishments on the same lot or on adjacent lots, the total capacity of which is less than the sum of the spaces required for each, provided that it can be conclusively demonstrated that the parking capacity to be provided will substantially meet the parking demand generated by reason of variations in the probable time of maximum use by occupants of such establishments and provided such approval of such joint use shall be automatically terminated upon a change of use at any such establishment. The Board of Trustees shall require, as a condition of its approval, a legal instrument satisfactory to the Village Attorney assuring the continued existence and use of the joint parking facilities in connection with the uses and establishments they serve. In all cases it shall be expressly demonstrated on the site plan that sufficient space remains for the provision of the total amount of off-street parking required and the site plan shall bear such designation. All such undeveloped parking space shall be used and maintained as additional landscaped grounds until required for parking. Written guarantees, satisfactory to the Village Attorney, shall be submitted by the applicant for the eventual improvement of any such spaces which may have been waived within six months of the date of written notice to the property owner by the Planning Board that such spaces have been determined as necessary and must be constructed.

Size of parking spaces. Each parking space shall be at least 180 square feet in area and shall be shaped as a rectangle at least nine feet wide and 20 feet long if unenclosed. Such spaces shall be 10 feet wide if bordered by walls or columns on two or more sides. Where parking spaces are defined by curbs providing space for overhang of vehicles such spaces may be reduced in depth to 18 feet as measured from said curb and exclusive of two-foot vehicle overhang. Backup and maneuvering aisles between rows of parking spaces shall be 25 feet wide if parking spaces are nine feet wide and 24 feet or 23 feet wide if such parking spaces are 9 1/2 feet or 10 feet wide, respectively.

Access. Unobstructed access to and from a street shall be provided for all parking spaces. Such access shall consist of at least one twelve-foot wide lane for parking areas with less than 30 parking spaces and at least two ten-foot wide lanes for parking areas with 30 parking spaces or more. No entrance or exit for any off-street parking shall exceed a grade in excess of 6% within 25 feet of any street line, nor 12% at any other point.

Grades, drainage and surfacing. The maximum slope of a parking space shall not exceed 5%. All parking areas shall be properly drained and all such areas, except for parking spaces accessory to a one- or two-family dwelling, shall be paved with a dust-free surface in accordance with specifications of the Village of Briarcliff Manor.

Landscaping within parking areas.

Traffic circulation. In order to promulgate safety and convenient traffic circulation the Planning Board may require the interconnection of parking areas via access drives within and between adjacent lots. The Board shall require written assurance and/or deed restrictions, satisfactory to the Village Attorney, binding the owner and his heirs and assignees to maintain and permit such internal access and circulation and inter-use of parking facilities.

Required off-street parking facilities which, after development, are later dedicated or leased to and accepted by the Village shall be deemed to continue to serve the uses or structures for which they were originally provided.

Improvement of parking facilities. Required off-street parking facilities may be enclosed in a structure, or may be open, except as may be specifically required elsewhere in this chapter, provided that all required parking facilities shall be graded, surfaced, drained and suitably maintained to the satisfaction of the Village Engineer to the extent necessary to avoid nuisances of dust, erosion, or excessive water flow across public ways or adjacent lands. In multifamily residential development and in nonresidential development, the Village Engineer shall require the provision of suitable markings to indicate individual parking spaces, maneuvering area, entrances and exits.

Operation and maintenance of off-street parking facilities. Required off-street parking facilities shall be completed before a certificate of occupancy shall be issued, and said parking facilities shall be maintained as long as the structure or use exists which the facilities are designed to serve. Required parking areas developed for specific structures and uses shall be reserved at all times for those persons who occupy or make use of such structures and land uses, except when dedicated to and accepted by the Village as public parking areas. The owner of the property used for parking shall maintain such area in good condition, including all facilities constructed, landscaping, plant care, snow plowing and the removal of leaves and other refuse throughout the duration of its use.

Alternate method of providing parking spaces. Where, because of limitations of size, dimensions, or topography of lot, an applicant for a building permit in a nonresidential district finds it impractical to provide all or a portion of the off-street parking spaces required in connection with a proposed building or addition, he may offer to grant and convey to the Village, appropriately and conveniently located and developed land for parking in an equivalent amount. Upon report to the Board of Trustees by the Planning Board stating that it concurs in such findings and the appropriateness of the proposed land for parking, the Board of Trustees, at its discretion, may accept such developed land, providing it is permanently dedicated to the Village.

Off-street loading requirements. Off-street loading and unloading facilities as defined in this chapter shall be located on the same site with the use to be served and shall be provided as follows:

Unless modified by the above provisions or by other provisions of this chapter, off-street parking facilities shall be provided in an amount as required by the list below. Reasonable and appropriate off-street parking requirements for structures and land uses which do not fall within the categories listed below, shall be determined in each case by the Planning Board. The Planning Board shall consider all factors entering into the parking needs of each such use or reuse of land or buildings and may, in the course of site plan or special permit review, reduce or increase the parking and loading requirements and in an amount which it considers appropriate and in the best interest of the Village. In all cases, the Planning Board shall require appropriate safeguards for the provision of the normally required parking and loading facilities. In no case shall such reduction or increase be greater than 25% of that normally required by the zoning chapter.