(a)

Applicability. In any district, except as may be otherwise provided in a Performance District or Section 28-8-4, Nonconforming Uses of Land, if any building or structure is constructed or enlarged or if any use of land is established or changed, off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided for the entire use or combination of uses in accordance with the requirements established by this ordinance. Wherever the provisions of Section 28-7-12, Performance District Standards, are applicable to the parking requirements for a use, the Performance District standards shall supersede the relevant portions of the requirements as specified in this Article.

(b)

Design Approval. Where approval pursuant to the Site Plan Review Regulations is required for a use in accordance with Section 28-9-4, Site Plan Review, of this ordinance, the driveway, parking lot, and loading area layout and design for said use are subject to approval as part of the Site Plan Review process; otherwise, all driveway, parking lot, and loading area layout and designs shall be approved by the City Engineer and shall conform to the provisions of the Construction Standards of the Engineering Department of the City of Concord. Driveway, parking lot, and loading area layout and design approvals are inclusive of surfacing, drainage, landscaping, lighting, setbacks, signing, striping, wheelstops, and guardrails.

(c)

Demarcation Required. Parking spaces, loading spaces, stacking lanes, entry and exit drives, direction of traffic flow, and pedestrian ways shall be appropriately demarcated with pavement markings and signs. Signs used for these purposes are subject to the standards and requirements of Article 28-6, Sign Regulations, of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 2697, § I, 3-10-08)

(a)

Computation of Number of Spaces Required. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with Section 28-7-2(e), Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements, of this ordinance. In computing total parking requirements for a land use, fractional numbers shall be summed. Where the sum of the parking space computations results in a fractional number, fractions of one-half (½) or more shall be counted as one (1).

(b)

Parking Requirements for Uses Not Listed. The parking requirement for a use that does not fall within one of the categories in Section 28-7-2(e), Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements, of this ordinance, shall be as required for the closest similar use, as determined by the Deputy City Manager for Development, or their designee.

(c)

Requirements Where There are Multiple Uses or Buildings on a Lot. Where more than one principal use or more than one structure are located on the same lot, the parking requirements shall be computed for each use or structure, and the number of spaces provided shall not be less than the sum of the number of spaces so calculated, except where a conditional use permit has been granted by the Planning Board pursuant to Section 28-7-11, Alternative Parking Arrangements, of this ordinance.

(d)

Parking Requirements for Public Assembly Uses. Parking shall be provided for any use which involves spectator seating within an area of public assembly, including but not limited to such uses as a theater, concert hall, auditorium, gymnasium, field house, conference centers, or banquet room. Where the parking requirement for a public assembly use listed in the Section 28-7-2(e), Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements, of this ordinance, is indicated as a function of seating capacity, that capacity shall be based on the fixed seating capacity determined under the requirements of the Life Safety Code. The minimum parking standard for all such uses shall be one space for every three (3) fixed seats. If the public assembly use does not provide for fixed seating, then the parking requirement shall be based on a floor space ratio of one space per forty (40) square feet of gross floor area.

(e)

Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements.

* Refer to Section 28-7-2(d), Parking Requirements for Public Assembly Uses, of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 2837, §§ II, III, 7-11-1; Ord. No. 2943, § III, 5-11-15; Ord. No. 3091, § I, 6-14-21; Ord. No. 3166, § XIII, 7-8-24)

The parking spaces required for the uses listed in Section 28-7-2(e), Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements, of this ordinance, shall be provided on the same lot as the use or uses that they are intended to serve, except as may be otherwise provided for Performance Districts, or where a conditional use permit is issued by the Planning Board pursuant Section 28-7-11, Alternative Parking Arrangements, of this ordinance. In the case of principal residential uses, required parking spaces shall be located not more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from the principal residential use intended to be served.

Stacking spaces for uses incorporating drive-through services shall be located on the same lot as the principal use, shall not interfere with other required parking and loading spaces or access aisles to said parking and loading spaces, and shall minimize or avoid conflict with pedestrian circulation and access. The required number of stacking spaces required for individual uses shall be as provided in Section 28-7-2(e), Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements, of this ordinance, and shall be sufficient to ensure that no stacking occurs within the right-of-way of any adjacent street. The Planning Board may grant a Conditional Use Permit, in accordance with the requirements of Section 28-9-4(b), to allow for a reduction in the number of required stacking spaces, provided the applicant submits a traffic study or other documentation prepared by a licensed Traffic Engineer sufficiently demonstrating the reduced need and which is acceptable to the City Engineer.

(Ord. No. 3073, § III, 8-10-20)

Handicapped accessible spaces for vans and passenger cars shall be provided in accordance with the following standards. One in every eight (8) accessible spaces, but not less than one (1), shall be designed and designated for vans.

Source: The Building Code

For nonresidential principal uses, up to twenty-five (25) percent of the total number of required spaces may be designated for compact automobiles. Additional compact spaces may be allowed where the Planning Board issues a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 28-7-11, Alternative Parking Arrangements, of this ordinance.

Parking area design shall be regulated by the following provisions:

(a)

Standard Parking Spaces. Each standard parking space shall contain a rectangular area of at least nineteen (19) feet in length and nine (9) feet in width, except where the spaces are located parallel to the travel aisles, the length shall be increased to twenty-two (22) feet.

(b)

Compact Automobile Spaces. Parking spaces for compact automobiles shall contain a rectangular area of at least fifteen (15) feet in length and eight (8) feet in width, except where the spaces are located parallel to the travel aisles, the length shall be increased to eighteen (18) feet. These spaces must be conspicuously designated as reserved for compact automobiles by a sign in accordance with Section 28-6-3(e), Signs Allowed and Exempt from Permit Requirements, of this ordinance, located such that it will not be obscured by a vehicle parked in the space.

(c)

Handicapped Accessible Spaces. Parking spaces for passenger vehicles carrying handicapped individuals shall contain a rectangular area of at least nineteen (19) feet in length and eight (8) feet in width together with an access way of five (5) feet in width immediately adjacent to the parking space. Parking spaces for vans carrying handicapped individuals shall contain a rectangular area of at least nineteen (19) feet in length and eight (8) feet in width together with an accessway of eight (8) feet in width immediately adjacent to the parking space. Two (2) adjacent parking spaces for the handicapped may share one accessway. All handicapped accessible parking shall be designated as such by a sign in accordance with Section 28-6-3(e), Signs Allowed and Exempt from Permit Requirements, of this ordinance, bearing the symbol of accessibility, located such that it will not be obscured by a vehicle parked in the space.

(d)

Stacking Spaces. Stacking spaces shall contain a rectangular area of at least twenty (20) feet in length and nine (9) feet in width. Where there are separate windows or stations for ordering and for receiving services or products, the required stacking spaces shall be counted from the ordering station, with stacking for multiple ordering stations counting towards the total required. Where there are not separate ordering station(s) the stacking spaces shall be counted from the pick-up window.

(e)

Minimum Aisle Width. Aisles in parking lots shall be at least twenty-four (24) feet in width for two-way traffic. Aisles shall be provided at the minimum widths shown below for one-way traffic. Parking spaces at an angle of less than ninety (90) degrees shall provide for one way traffic flow.

(f)

Driveway Widths. Driveways connecting parking lots to a street or another parking lot shall be at least twenty-four (24) feet in width for two-way traffic flow and at least twelve (12) feet in width for one-way traffic flow. No driveway shall exceed twenty-eight (28) feet in width except where the Planning Board requires a driveway of three (3) lanes or more as part of the approval of a site plan pursuant to Section 28-9-4(b), Site Plan Review, of this ordinance.

(g)

Setbacks and Restrictions. The following setbacks and restrictions shall apply to the location of parking spaces on a lot:

(1)

Parking restrictions in the required front yard. Except for the use of a driveway for parking in conjunction with one-family and two-family dwellings, off-street parking shall not be located within the required front yard in any residential district, the Institutional (IN) District, or the Urban Transitional (UT) District.

(2)

Setbacks from lot lines. No off-street parking shall be located within five (5) feet of any lot line except that parking lots may be contiguous or interconnected. In nonresidential districts, no off-street parking shall occur within ten (10) feet of the front lot line where it abuts the edge of the right-of-way of a collector or an arterial street.

(3)

Parking to be located to the side or rear of a building. In the Neighborhood Commercial (CN), the General Commercial (CG), and the Urban Commercial (CU) Districts, off-street parking shall be located to the side and rear of any building or structure which houses the principal use on the lot, and no off-street parking may be located in front of that building, so as to be located between the building and the street.

(h)

Surfacing and Drainage. With the exception of single-family dwellings, farm stands, and pick-your-own facilities, all parking areas and driveways shall have a durable and dustless paved surface which shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation, unless the Planning Board issues a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 28-7-11, Alternative Parking Arrangements, of this ordinance.

(i)

Curbing and Guardrails. Except at exit or access driveways or walkways, curbing or guard rails shall be placed around the perimeter of parking areas containing more than five (5) spaces. For parking areas requiring less than twenty-five (25) spaces, the curbing or guardrails may be omitted along the sides and rear of said parking area with the approval of the Deputy City Manager for Development, or their designee, provided that there will be no negative impact to abutting property.

(j)

Illumination of Parking Areas. Lighting fixtures used to illuminate parking areas shall be designed to minimize glare and sky-glow, and to direct the light away from adjacent properties and away from traffic on adjacent streets. Lighting shall be designed to limit any increase in off-site illumination to a maximum of two-tenths (0.2) of a footcandles as measured at the side and rear lot lines, except where parking lots are interconnected. The maximum mounting height of a lighting fixture above the ground shall be twenty (20) feet in a residential district and twenty-five (25) feet in a nonresidential. Lighting fixtures mounted higher than fifteen (15) feet above the ground shall be limited to cut-off fixtures as defined by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). All parking lot lighting shall be subject to a four to one (4:1) uniformity ratio, which is the ratio of average illumination to minimum illumination.

(Ord. No. 2838, § I, 7-11-11; Ord. No. 3091, § II, 6-14-21; Ord. No. 3166, § XIV, 7-8-24)

(a)

Restrictions on Backing Into a Street. Except in connection with single-family detached dwellings and two-family dwellings, parking areas shall be designed so that, without resorting to extraordinary movements, vehicles may enter and exit the parking area without backing within or into a street, and without inhibiting pedestrian safety. Parking spaces for each dwelling unit in a duplex or two-family dwelling shall be independently accessible from a street.

(b)

Separation of Driveways in Residential Districts. For all streets in residential districts, driveways entering such streets shall be located at least thirty (30) feet from street intersections, and at least forty (40) feet from other existing driveways on the same lot or an adjacent lot. One driveway is permitted for lots with up to one hundred (100) feet of lot frontage. One additional driveway is permitted for each additional one hundred fifty (150) feet of lot frontage. Where compliance cannot be achieved with these standards, the Planning Board may grant a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 28-7-11, Alternative Parking Arrangements, of this ordinance.

(c)

Separation of Driveways in Nonresidential Districts. Except as may be otherwise provided in Performance Districts, and except where a conditional use permit has been granted by the Planning Board pursuant to Section 28-7-11, Alternative Parking Arrangements, of this ordinance, the following standards are established in nonresidential districts:

(1)

For all local streets, driveways entering such streets shall be located at least one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from street intersections, and at least one hundred (100) feet from other existing driveways on the same lot or an adjacent lot. One driveway is permitted per lot for lots with up to one hundred fifty (150) feet of lot frontage. One additional driveway is permitted for each additional one hundred fifty (150) feet of lot frontage.

(2)

For all collector and arterial streets, driveways entering such streets shall be located at least two hundred (200) feet from street intersections, and at least two hundred (200) feet from other existing driveways on the same lot or an adjacent lot. One driveway is permitted per lot for lots with up to three hundred fifty (350) feet of lot frontage. One additional driveway is permitted for each additional three hundred fifty (350) feet of lot frontage.

(d)

Separation of Median Openings. Except as may be otherwise provided in Performance Districts, there shall be a minimum distance of five hundred (500) feet between openings in a median, where medians exist or are established on collector or arterial streets.

(e)

Measurement of Separations. The separation between public street intersections and driveways is measured from the point of intersection of the nearest edge of each of the street rights-of-way to the nearest edge of the driveway where it intersects with the right-of-way line. The separation between driveways is measured from the nearest edge of each driveway where it intersects with the street right-of-way. The separation between median openings is measured from centerline to centerline of each opening.

(a)

Circulation Within Parking Lots. The design of parking lots shall provide for pedestrian circulation between the parking lot and the principal use. Crosswalks shall be provided and clearly demarcated.

(b)

Access From Streets and Sidewalks. In all districts where there are sidewalks on the street which provides frontage for a lot, the design of a parking area for a principal use located on such a lot shall provide for pedestrian improvements to facilitate safe access from adjacent streets and sidewalks through the parking area to the principal use.

(a)

Parking Lot Perimeter Landscaping Required. Where the provision of a parking lot of more than ten (10) spaces is required, an area of not less than five (5) feet in width along the perimeter of the parking lot shall be landscaped. Where a setback of ten (10) feet is required along collector and arterial streets pursuant to Section 28-7-7(g), Setbacks and Restrictions, of this ordinance, the landscaped area shall be increased to ten (10) feet in width to coincide with the required setback. The landscaped area shall be increased to ten (10) feet in width along the perimeter of a parking lot required to contain more than three hundred seventy-five (375) parking spaces, and the landscaped area shall be increased to fifteen (15) feet in width along the perimeter of a parking lot required to contain more than seven hundred fifty (750) parking spaces. If a parking lot is located within fifty (50) feet of a residential district boundary, in order to shield the residential district from the glare from headlights, the perimeter landscaping shall include at least one of the following features:

(1)

A hedge or other dense planting at least four (4) feet in height consisting of at least fifty (50) percent evergreen shrubbery;

(2)

An earth berm or change in grade of not less than four (4) feet vertical measure above the elevation of the parking area surface;

(3)

A solid wall at least four (4) feet in height; or

(4)

Any combination of the above listed options (1), (2), and (3) which will achieve four (4) feet in height.

(b)

Parking Lot Interior Landscaping Required. Where the provision of off-street parking for fifty (50) or more vehicles is required, there shall be landscaped open space within the perimeter of the parking lot in the minimum amount of five (5) percent of the gross parking lot area. Where more than three hundred seventy-five (375) parking spaces are required, landscaped open space shall be provided within the perimeter of the parking lot in the minimum amount of six (6) percent of the gross parking lot area. Where more than seven hundred fifty (750) parking spaces are required, landscaped open space shall be provided within the perimeter of the parking lot in the minimum amount of seven (7) percent of the gross parking lot area. All such landscaped areas shall be computed as an addition to the gross parking lot area required for parking spaces, aisles and circulation. The landscaped open space shall have no horizontal dimension of less than nine (9) feet and shall be located so that no parking space is more than one hundred twenty (120) feet from a portion of such landscaped areas. The Planning Board may grant a Conditional Use Permit, in accordance with the requirements of Section 28-9-4(b), to allow the distance between a parking space and a landscaped area to exceed one hundred and twenty feet (120) for vehicular display in the Highway Commercial District (CH).

(c)

Use of Required Landscape Areas Restricted. Parking, and the storage and display of vehicles, goods, and materials are prohibited within the required landscaped areas.

(d)

Landscape Material Standards. All landscaped areas required by this Article shall contain no less than one live shade or ornamental tree for every two thousand (2,000) square feet of parking area. Such trees shall have a minimum trunk diameter (measured twelve (12) inches above the ground level) of not less than two (2) inches and shall be planted not more than fifty (50) feet apart within each contiguous landscaped area. All landscaped areas shall contain shrub and ground cover plantings, and shall not be paved except for walkways necessary for pedestrian safety. The Planning Board may grant a Conditional Use Permit to pay a fee in lieu to the City of Concord Urban Tree Trust Fund in an amount equal to the wholesale and installation cost of the trees required but not installed under this provision for nonresidential developments.

(e)

Landscape Maintenance. All required landscaped areas shall be adequately maintained such that the minimum landscape material standards are always met.

(Ord. No. 3057, § II, 12-9-19)

In order to provide for more flexible alternatives to satisfy the parking requirements of this Article, the Planning Board may issue a conditional use permit in accordance with the requirements of Section 28-9-4(b), Conditional Use Permits, of this ordinance, for one or more alternative parking arrangements in the following circumstances:

(a)

Off-site Parking. Off-site parking may be authorized at a distance of no more than five hundred (500) feet from a principal use where the Planning Board finds that such off-site parking is appropriate for the characteristics and location of the use, and that the off-site parking can be provided without detriment to pedestrian and traffic safety. The off-site parking must be located in the same district as the principal use, or in another district in which the principal use is permitted by right, special exception or conditional use permit, or in another district in which parking is permitted as a principal use. The off-site parking must be permanently related to the principal use by easement, condominium declaration, or other recordable binding legal instrument that may terminate only upon termination of the principal use.

(b)

Construction of Fewer Parking Spaces. Authorization may be granted to construct fewer parking spaces than are required by Section 28-7-2(d), Table of Parking Requirements, of this ordinance, provided that a sufficient land area is allocated and shown on a site plan for the full number of spaces required. Such authorization may be granted where the Planning Board finds that projected parking demand, the presence of public transportation, or other factors indicate that a lower number of parking spaces will sufficiently accommodate the parking needs of the principal use. Once such a principal use has been established with fewer parking spaces, the Deputy City Manager for Development, or their designee, may require the construction of up to the full number of spaces required by this ordinance upon finding that the actual parking demand has exceeded the projected demand, or that other factors or conditions upon which the Planning Board based its decision have changed or failed to materialize.

(c)

Shared Parking Arrangements. Two (2) or more principal uses may share parking spaces, either on a lot with one of the principal uses or on a site which is independent of all of the principal uses, provided that the Planning Board finds that the characteristics of the principal uses are such that the parking spaces will be occupied at different times by the respective uses that are sharing them, and that concurrent attempts at occupancy of the spaces will not occur. The parking spaces must be within five hundred (500) feet of all principal uses sharing said spaces; be located in the same district as the principal uses, or in another district in which the principal uses are permitted by right, special exception or conditional use permit; and comply with one of the following standards:

(1)

Sufficient land area is allocated on the same lot with each principal use and a site plan prepared for the full number of spaces required to serve the respective use; or

(2)

The parking spaces must be permanently related to each principal use by easement, condominium declaration, or other recordable binding legal instrument that may terminate only upon termination of the respective principal use.

(d)

Additional Compact Automobile Spaces. In parking lots containing fifty (50) or more spaces serving a nonresidential principal use, the Planning Board may permit an increase in the proportion of total parking spaces which may be devoted to compact automobiles from twenty-five (25) percent to a proportion of up to fifty (50) percent of the total.

(e)

Alternative Surfacing. For uses that function less than six (6) months each year, the Planning Board may permit a complete or partial substitution of an alternative surfacing for a paved surfacing on a parking lot, provided that the Board finds that the alternative surfacing will not be detrimental to adjacent property and streets by reason of the generation of dust, the disintegration of the surfacing, or the dispersal of stormwater runoff; that the surfacing is appropriate to the intensity of vehicular movements associated with the use; and that the surfacing will support an acceptable degree of access to the property by Fire Department apparatus.

(f)

Driveway Separation Alternatives. Where compliance cannot be achieved with the standards for driveway separation as contained in this article, the Planning Board may permit a reduction in the dimension or dimensions that cannot be achieved in order to allow the establishment of driveway access to a lot, provided that the Board finds that the reduction in dimension is the most minimal reduction which will still allow the access to be established to the lot while minimizing to the greatest extent possible the potential conflicts of turning movements into and out of the driveway with other turning and through traffic movements on the adjacent street. In granting the permit, the Board may mandate the sharing of driveways for properties in the same ownership, or the reservation of space which will provide an option for adjoining property under separate ownership to share the use of a driveway in the future if the property owners are able to agree to the terms of such use. The Board may establish conditions relative to the width of driveways, the number of entry and exit lanes, the installation or expansion of medians, the construction of turning and bypass lanes, the installation or modification of signals, and other such conditions that will promote the safe and efficient movement of traffic.

(g)

Driveway Width Reduction. The Planning Board may permit a reduction in the minimum width of a driveway connecting a parking lot to a street or another parking lot as established in Section 28-7-7(f), Driveway Widths, of this Ordinance, for those driveways which are designed for two-way traffic flow and where the total traffic using such a driveway does not exceed thirty-five (35) vehicle trip ends on a weekday based upon criteria published in the latest edition of Trip Generation by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). In no case shall the Planning Board permit a driveway designed for two-way traffic flow with a width of less than eighteen (18) feet.

(Ord. No. 2836, § I, 7-11-11; Ord. No. 3166, § XV, 7-8-24)

The following standards shall apply in the Performance Districts as specified herein, and shall supersede the relevant portions of those requirements specified in other sections of this Article. Other parking arrangements are available in the Performance Districts through issuance of a conditional use permit by the Planning Board pursuant to Section 28-7-11, Alternative Parking Arrangements, of this ordinance.

(a)

Standards Applicable to the Central Business Performance (CBP) District.

(1)

The requirements of Section 28-7-2(d), Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements; Section 28-7-13, Off-Street Loading Requirements; and Section 28-7-14, Off-Street Loading Area for Refuse Containers, of this ordinance, shall not apply to the CBP District.

(2)

Parking lots shall not be permitted within one hundred (100) feet of North and South Main Streets and Storrs Street within the CBP District in downtown Concord, nor shall new driveway access be allowed to North and South Main Streets.

(b)

Standards for Performance Districts Other Than the CBP District.

(1)

The parking requirements of Section 28-7-2(d), Table of Off-street Parking Requirements, of this ordinance, must be met for all uses in the Gateway Performance (GWP), Opportunity Corridor Performance (OCP), Office Park Performance (OPP), and Civic Performance (CVP) Districts. Required parking spaces may be provided through the options available pursuant to Section 28-7-11, Alternative Parking Arrangements, of this ordinance. Required parking spaces shall be included in the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) in accordance with Section 28-9-4(e), Comprehensive Development Plans (CDPs), of this ordinance. Once a CDP has been approved, the required parking spaces may be located on a separate parcel from the principal use in accordance with the CDP, provided that the parking spaces are permanently dedicated to the principal use by easement, condominium declaration, or other similar recordable binding legal agreement.

(2)

Standards and requirements for parking lot design and landscaping contained in this article shall apply to the overall CDP, but not to individual parcels created within the CDP as long as the overall CDP remains in full compliance with the standards and requirements.

(3)

In the CVP District, and in that portion of the OCP District which lies easterly of Storrs Street between Loudon Road and Water Street, all parking spaces shall be located to the side and rear of buildings.

(c)

Standards for Performance Districts Other Than the CBP and CVP Districts.

(1)

Along arterial and collector streets, as well as along interstate highways, a fifteen (15) foot wide landscaped area shall be provided along the entire CDP boundary adjacent to the edge of the right-of-way. Parking and the storage and display of vehicles, goods and materials are prohibited within these landscaped areas. This landscaped area may vary between ten (10) to twenty (20) feet in width, provided that an average width of fifteen (15) feet is maintained along the entire boundary line.

(2)

For all collector and arterial streets, driveways entering such streets shall be located at least two hundred fifty (250) feet from street intersections, and at least two hundred fifty (250) feet from other existing driveways within the same CDP or an adjacent lot. One driveway is permitted per CDP for CDPs with up to five hundred (500) feet of frontage. One additional driveway is permitted for each additional five hundred (500) feet of frontage. There shall be a minimum distance of one thousand (1,000) feet between openings in a median, where medians exist or are established on collector or arterial streets.

(a)

Table of Off-Street Loading Requirements. In order to accommodate the delivery or shipment of goods or merchandise to a principal use, off-street loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following Table of Off-street Loading Requirements. Where more than one principal use or more than one structure are located on the same lot, the loading space requirements shall be computed for each use or structure, and the number of spaces provided shall not be less than the sum of the number of spaces so calculated for each use or structure. The loading space requirement for a use that does not fall within one of the categories in Table of Off-Street Loading Requirements shall be as required for the closest similar use, as determined by the Deputy City Manager for Development, or their designee.

(b)

Location of Loading Spaces. Loading spaces shall in all cases be located on the same lot as the principal use that they are intended to serve and may be located within the building containing the principal use. The area for required loading spaces shall not be used to satisfy parking space requirements, and vice-versa. Loading spaces shall be designed to allow a delivery vehicle to maneuver safely and conveniently to and from an adjacent street, and to complete the loading and unloading operation without obstructing or interfering with on-site fire lanes, parking spaces, or access aisles, and without any maneuvering, backing or standing on any street. With the exception of loading spaces at warehousing and freight terminal uses, all loading spaces shall be located at the side or rear of the building intended to be served.

(c)

Design Standards for Loading Spaces. Each loading space shall be of a minimum width of fourteen (14) feet, have a minimum height clearance of fourteen (14) feet above grade, and contain an area of not less than one thousand (1,000) square feet, including space for maneuvering.

(d)

Surfacing and Drainage of Loading Areas. Loading areas and access driveways shall be surfaced with a durable and dustless paving material which shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation.

(e)

Setbacks for Loading Spaces. No loading space in a nonresidential district shall be located within fifty (50) feet of a residential district boundary or within fifty (50) feet of the lot line of an abutting residential use within a residential district. No loading space in any district shall be located within ten (10) feet of a property line.

(f)

Screening of Loading Areas. Where loading areas are located within or abutting a residential district, a solid fence not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height shall be erected and maintained in good condition around the loading area, and a landscaped buffer shall be established between such loading area and any adjacent lot lines from which the loading area is visible. The landscaped buffer shall be a year-round visual barrier that is created at a minimum height of six (6) feet and a depth of at least ten (10) feet from each such lot line.

(g)

Illumination of Loading Areas. Lighting fixtures used to illuminate loading areas shall comply with the standards and requirements of Section 28-7-7(j), Illumination of Parking Areas, of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 3166, § XVI, 7-8-24)

(a)

Requirements for Refuse Container Siting and Loading. For all principal uses where municipal curbside refuse collection is not provided or available, space shall be required on each lot to accommodate refuse containers and to facilitate an access and loading area for refuse collection vehicles. The loading area for refuse containers and the collection vehicle access shall be in addition to the off-street loading space requirements of Section 28-7-13, Off-Street Loading Requirements, of this ordinance.

(b)

Location of Refuse Container Loading Areas. The area required for the siting and loading of refuse containers shall not be used to satisfy parking or loading space requirements. Refuse container loading areas shall be designed to allow a collection vehicle to maneuver safely and conveniently to and from an adjacent street without any maneuvering, backing, or standing on any street. All refuse loading areas shall be located at the side or rear of the building they are intended to serve, except that the Planning Board may issue a conditional use permit in accordance with the requirements of Section 28-9-4(b), Conditional Use Permits, of this ordinance, for an alternative location for refuse loading that limits visibility from, and the effects of noise and odors on, adjacent streets and properties.

(c)

Surfacing and Drainage for Refuse Container Loading Areas. Reuse container sites and loading areas, and the access driveways thereto, shall be surfaced with a durable and dustless paving material which shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation.

(d)

Setbacks for Refuse Container Loading Areas. No refuse container site and loading area shall be located within ten (10) feet of a property line, nor within twenty-five (25) feet of a residential district boundary, or within twenty-five (25) feet of the lot line of an abutting residential use within a residential district.

(e)

Screening of Refuse Containers. A solid fence not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height shall be erected and maintained in good condition around three (3) sides of a refuse container loading area. The solid walls of a building can be used to satisfy the requirement for one or more of the sides of the fenced enclosure for refuse containers. A landscaped buffer shall be established between a refuse container loading area and any adjacent lot lines from which the loading area is visible. The landscaped buffer shall be a year-round visual barrier that is created at a minimum height of six (6) feet and a depth of at least ten (10) feet from each such lot line.

No recreational vehicles shall be parked or stored in a residential district except in a carport or enclosed building or in the rear yard area. No such equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, or housekeeping purposes.

In any district, motor vehicles or trailers subject to registration under the provisions of RSA 261, Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles, if operated on the ways of this state, but which do not have a current valid number plate or plates attached, shall be parked and stored only in motor vehicle sales areas, enclosed buildings, or recycling centers.

In residential districts, and for residential uses in nonresidential districts, not more than one commercial vehicle may be parked on a lot as a special exception in accordance with Section 28-9-3(b), Special Exceptions, of this ordinance, provided that the vehicle is regularly used by a resident of the premises in conjunction with an off-site occupation, and the vehicle is not parked in the minimum front or side yards as specified in Section 28-4-1(h), Table of Dimensional Regulations, of this ordinance. The requirement for a special exception, and the limitation of parking for only one commercial vehicle, shall not apply to the parking of buses and other common carriers that are used and operated in conjunction with, and parked on the premises of developments of, multifamily dwelling units for the elderly, assisted living residences, or residential social service centers.