Except as provided in this section, no application for a building permit shall be approved unless there is included with the plan for such building improvements, or use, a plot plan showing the required space reserved for off-street parking and service purposes. Occupancy shall not be allowed unless the required off-street parking and service facilities have been provided in accordance with those shown on the approved plan. These provisions shall not apply to the C-1 and I-2 districts.

Off-street parking shall not be reduced below the minimum required number for the use or facility to which they are assigned.

All off-street parking, loading, and service areas shall be drained so as to prevent damage to abutting properties and/or public streets and shall be constructed of materials which will assure a surface resistant to erosion. All such areas shall be at all times maintained at the expense of the owners thereof, in a clean, orderly, and dust-free condition. All plans for development with off-street parking must have a drainage plan certified by a professional engineer.

All off-street parking, loading, and service areas shall be separated from walkways, sidewalks, and streets by curbing or other suitable protective device.

Parking stalls shall have a minimum width of ten feet and length of 20 feet and shall be comprised of a smooth surface asphalt or concrete. There shall be provided adequate interior driveways to connect each parking space with a public right-of-way. Interior driveways shall be at least 24 feet wide where used with 90-degree angle parking, at least 18 feet wide where used with 60-degree parking, at least 12 feet wide where used with 45-degree parking, and at least 12 feet wide where used with parallel parking, or where there is no parking, interior driveways shall be at least ten feet wide for one-way traffic movement and at least 20 feet wide for two-way traffic movement.

Two or more neighboring uses, of the same or different types may provide joint facilities, provided that the number of off-street parking spaces are not less than the sum of the individual requirements.

Each off-street parking space shall be clearly marked, and pavement directional arrows or signs shall be provided wherever necessary. Markers, directional arrows and signs shall be properly maintained so as to ensure their maximum efficiency.

In order to assure a proper and uniform development of public parking areas throughout the area of jurisdiction of this ordinance, to relieve traffic congestion on the streets, and to minimize any detrimental effects on adjacent properties, off-street parking space shall be provided and maintained as called for in the following schedule. For any use or class of use not mentioned in this schedule, the requirements shall be the same as a similar use as mentioned herein. Parking requirements for additions to existing uses shall be based only upon the new addition even if the existing use is deficient. These regulations shall not apply to C-1 and I-2 districts.

(Ord. of 5-21-2009)

Industrial, wholesale, and retail operations shall provide loading space as follows:

Section 7-9.1. Spaces appropriate to functions. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided as appropriate to the functions and scope of operation of individual or groups of buildings and uses.

Section 7-9.2. Design of loading spaces. Off-street loading spaces shall be designed and constructed so that all maneuvering to park and unpark vehicles for loading and unloading can take place entirely within the property lines of the premises. Loading spaces shall be provided so as not to interfere with the free normal movement of vehicles and pedestrians on public rights-of-way.

Section 7-9.3. Ingress and egress. Ingress and egress of street loading spaces shall conform to driveway entrance regulations of the City of Brooklet.

Within any district where the lowering or cutting away of curbs for purposes of ingress or egress is required, such curb cut shall be subject to the following provisions:

Section 7-10.1. No more than two combined entrances and exits shall be allowed on any parcel of property, the frontage of which is less than 200 feet on any street. Additional entrances or exits for a parcel of property having frontage in excess of 200 feet shall be permitted after approval of the planning commission. Where frontage is 50 feet or less, only one combined entrance/exit shall be permitted.

Section 7-10.2. At street intersections, no curb shall be located within 25 feet of the intersection of two curb lines or such lines extended, or within 15 feet of the intersection of two property lines or such lines extended, whichever is least restrictive. No fence, wall, hedge, or shrub planting which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two and six feet above the roadways shall be placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the triangular area formed by the street property lines and the line connecting them at points 25 feet from the intersection of the street lines, or in the case of a rounded property corner form [from] the intersection of the street property lines extended. The same sight-line limitations shall apply to any lot within ten feet from the intersection of a street property line with the edge of the driveway or alley pavement. No tree shall be permitted to remain within such distances of such intersections unless the foliage line is maintained at sufficient height to prevent obstruction of such sight lines.

Section 7-10.3. The distance between any two curb cuts on the same side of the street shall be not less than ten feet. Said distance shall be measured between the points of tangency of the curb return radii and the established curb line of the abutting street.

Section 7-10.4. All driveways shall be constructed so as to be at least five feet from any property lines, except that a curb return may become tangent to a curb line at a point where said property line extended intersects said curb line.

Section 7-10.5. The maximum width of any driveway shall not exceed 35 feet measured at the right-of-way line.

Section 7-10.6. The maximum width of any curb cut, including curb returns, shall not exceed 50 feet.

Section 7-10.7. The sum of the two curb return radii for any one curb cut shall not exceed 15 feet.