Brutus Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 125-32 Required parking and loading spaces.
Parking spaces. The following off-street parking provisions shall constitute the minimum space required for the following buildings and uses hereafter erected, converted or otherwise established in any district.
One-family detached dwelling, two-family dwelling and mobile home on an individual lot: two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
Multiple-family dwelling, condominium and mobile home in a mobile home park: 1 1/2 parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
Motel, hotel or bed-and-breakfast facility: one off-street parking space for each rented room or suite, plus one additional space for each full-time employee on the premises at one time.
Eating or drinking establishments: one off-street parking space for each 50 square feet of floor area devoted to customer uses, plus one additional space for each full-time employee on the premises at one time.
Church, library, fire station, theater and auditorium: one off-street parking space for every four seats provided for patrons, customers, members or guests, plus one additional space for each full-time employee on the premises at one time.
Retail and office uses: one off-street parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.
Hospitals: one off-street parking space for each patient or resident (excluding bassinets) plus one space for each full-time employee on the premises at one time. However, hospitals, sanitariums or convalescent homes providing primarily long-term custodial care for patients need not provide more than one space for each four patient beds.
Industrial: one parking space for each employee on the premises at one time.
Home occupation: two off-street parking spaces in addition to the requirements for the dwelling.
Drive-in stand: one off-street parking space for each 100 square feet of area occupied by the stand, but in no case fewer than three such spaces.
Agricultural tourism and seasonal agricultural uses:
[Added 4-8-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
For agricultural tourism and seasonal agriculturally related uses, one space for every 200 square feet of retail area and one space for every 500 square feet of outdoor related activities such as agricultural mazes, petting farms, outdoor play equipment, etc.
For agricultural tourism uses permitted by right, parking facilities may be located on a grass or gravel area.
For agricultural tourism uses permitted by special use, permit parking may be either gravel or paved as determined by the Planning Board based on applicant estimates for parking and the intensity of the use. Overflow parking areas may be required by the Planning Board to accommodate peak demand.
All parking areas shall be located in such a manner to avoid traffic hazards associated with entering and exiting the public roadway.
Unpaved parking areas shall not be located in required side and rear parking setback areas. Paved parking areas must meet all design, landscape screening and setback requirements set forth in this chapter.
Loading and unloading space. Off-street loading and unloading space, sufficient to accommodate the maximum demand generated by the use of the lot, shall be provided on any lot on which a building for commercial or industrial use is hereafter erected or substantially altered. All off-street loading or unloading spaces shall have an all-weather surface to provide safe and convenient access and use during all seasons.
§ 125-33 New uses.
§ 125-34 Existing uses.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the existing uses, subject to the following exceptions:
No existing uses shall be allowed to reduce existing parking spaces below the minimum required by § 125-32.
§ 125-35 On-premises parking facilities.
All parking facilities shall be located on the same property as the principal use within the required setbacks of the applicable district.
§ 125-36 Off-premises parking facilities.
For the nonresidential uses enumerated in only the C-I and S-D Districts, up to 50% of the required number of parking spaces for a principal use may be located on a different property upon issuance of a site plan approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Findings for off-premises parking:
It is impractical to provide the required number of parking spaces on the same lot with the principal structure.
Documentation satisfactory to the Zoning Board of Appeals shows that the required spaces will be provided in a permanent and accessible manner.
The off-premises parking area is within 500 feet of the principal property, is within the same or less restricted zoned district and complies with the setback requirements of the applicable district.
A safe means of pedestrian access between the off-premises parking area and the principal property is available.
§ 125-37 Location of parking facilities.
No parking facilities shall be allowed in the required front yard setback on any property in the R and A-R Districts except for access driveways.
Parking facilities shall be allowed in the required front yard setback on any property in the C-I District.
On corner lots, no parking facilities shall be allowed within the required side yard contiguous to a public right-of-way, except for access driveways.
§ 125-38 Size of parking spaces; access.
Each parking space or stall shall have a minimum width of 10 feet and a minimum length of 20 feet and have direct access to a maneuvering area, aisle or access driveway.
§ 125-39 Maneuvering area.
Each parking facility shall provide an area so that parking maneuvers can be accomplished without encroaching upon a public right-of-way, walkway or landscaped area.
§ 125-40 Parking surface.
Each parking space shall have an all-weather surface to provide safe and convenient access and use during all seasons.
§ 125-41 Driveways.
Access driveways from the public right-of-way to the parking area shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width for one-way traffic and 20 feet in width for two-way traffic.
Driveways which form the maneuvering aisle or area for contiguous parking spaces must provide a maneuvering area of 24 feet in width for two-way traffic and 15 feet in width for one-way traffic.
§ 125-42 Shared parking facilities.
Two or more establishments may join in meeting the requirements of this article, provided that the total area for parking is the sum of the individual requirements.
§ 125-43 Design of facilities.
Accessways to parking and loading areas shall be provided as follows:
No vehicular accessway shall exceed 35 feet in width at the street line, except as increased by necessary curb radii.
Accessways shall enter a public road at not less than a sixty-degree acute angle to the public road center line.
For the purpose of servicing any property held under single and separate ownership, entrance and exit drives crossing the street line shall be limited to two along the frontage of any single street, and their center lines shall be spaced at least 100 feet apart. On all corner lots there shall be a minimum distance of 60 feet, measured at the lot line, between the center line of any entrance or exit drive and the center line of the street parallel to said access drive.
Parking and loading facilities shall be set back not less than 12 feet from any property or street line and physically separated from lot lines and each adjacent street by a curb, planting strip or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle movement except where exit and entrance drives cross lot lines.
All illumination on parking lots shall be shielded so as not to produce a strong dazzling light upon abutting properties.
Off-street parking facilities existing at the effective date of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced to an amount less than that required under this chapter for a similar new building or new use. Off-street parking facilities provided to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced below the requirements of this chapter.