Chenango Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 73-20 Off-street parking requirements.
Adequate number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided according to the design criteria set forth below:
Each vehicle parking space shall measure eight feet six inches in width by 18 feet in length and shall be reached by an access driveway at least 12 feet clear in width for one- and two-family residential and 20 feet wide for multifamily, subject to site plan review.
[Amended 11-6-1989]
No parking space shall be located on any public right-of-way, nor shall it obstruct access between the highway and the site.
Parking lots shall be provided with planter or dividing strips as determined by site plan review.
All parking areas shall be adequately lighted.
Off-site parking would allow any applicant to provide noncontiguous off-street parking on land nearby a given operation not more than 200 feet therefrom and on the same side of any given road or highway.
[Added 7-18-1983]
Shared parking. Parking that is contiguous to a given multiple use operation may be provided on a shared basis; 25% of the required parking for each use will be the maximum allowed, provided that no substantial conflict in the principal hours or periods of peak demand of the uses for which the shared parking is proposed will exist.
[Added 7-18-1983]
Vehicle parking space shall be provided for:
Each family dwelling unit: two spaces.
One space for each:
Five seats in a church or place of worship.
Two employees in a school or one per 200 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
[Amended 7-18-1983]
One hundred square feet of an auditorium, theater, stadium or assembly hall.
Restaurants, bars, etc.: one per two seats or 50 square feet of gross floor area (excluding kitchen and storage), whichever is greater.
[Amended 7-18-1983]
One hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area in a retail or service establishment.
Two hundred fifty feet of gross floor area in a business office, governmental or financial establishment, business school, private school or manufacturing, processing, fabricating, repair or other similar establishment.
Five hundred square feet of gross floor area in public buildings (fire stations, museums, library, post office, etc.) or in a warehouse and wholesale establishment.
Rental unit in a hotel, motel, boardinghouse or tourist home.
Amusement center, parks and recreational facility: as determined by site plan review, evaluation of additional spaces with relation to the proposed use.
Gasoline service stations and vehicle repair garages: one per employee and two stacking spaces per pump, two additional spaces for storage of vehicles being serviced; the total number to be determined at site plan review.
[Added 7-18-1983]
Shopping center: one per 250 square feet of gross floor area.
[Added 7-18-1983]
§ 73-21 Off-street loading requirements.
An adequate number of off-street loading areas, determined at site plan review, shall be provided for loading and unloading of vehicles in uses for the purpose of business trade or industry. The design criteria for loading spaces are:
The required loading space shall measure 12 feet in width, 40 feet in length and shall have 14 feet vertical clearance.
No off-street loading area shall impinge upon required off-street parking spaces, public rights-of-way or means of general access to or circulation through the site.
Off-street loading space(s) located within 50 feet of a residential property shall be shielded by a wall, fencing or other suitable material, which shall serve to screen noise and fumes that originate in said loading.
Loading space shall be provided as follows:
One space for each 7,500 square feet of gross floor area in a retail or service establishment, restaurant, eating and/or drinking establishment.
One space for each 5,000 square feet of gross floor area in hotels, motels, etc.
One space for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area in wholesale and warehouse establishments, plus one additional space for each 10,000 square feet (or fraction thereof) thereafter.
One space for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area in manufacturing, processing, fabricating or repair establishments, plus one additional space for each 5,000 square feet (or fraction thereof) thereafter.
One space for an auditorium, theater, stadium, assembly hall or other place of public assembly.