Cummington City Zoning Code
SECTION 8
OFF STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
8-10 Off-Street Parking and Loading.
The intent of these regulations is to provide adequate off-street parking to avoid motor vehicles from unnecessary parking on the street.
1. Off-street parking.
a. After the effective date of this By-Law, off-street parking spaces shall be provided for every new structure, the enlargement of an existing structure, the development of a new land use or any change in existing land use, in accordance with the table of Off-Street Parking Regulations and other requirements contained herein, within three hundred feet of the principal structure or use of the premises.
b. An area of two hundred square feet of appropriate dimensions for the parking of an automobile, exclusive of drives or aisles, shall be considered as one off-street parking space.
c. All outdoor parking areas shall be treated with a surface binder, gravel, crushed stone or as otherwise specified herein or required under a Special Permit.
d. No required off-street parking area shall be located in the required front yard or within ten feet of a side lot line within the Village District.
e. No new off-street parking area shall be permitted within 10 feet of the side lot lines.
2. Parking shall be provided in accordance with the following Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations:
TABLE OF OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS | |
Use | Minimum Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces |
Dwelling, one family | Two spaces. |
Dwelling, two family | Four spaces. |
Multi-family* | Two spaces for each dwelling unit. |
Hotel, Motel, Inn, Tourist or Boarding House* | One space for each sleeping room. |
Business, Public Buildings, other* | Adequate number of spaces in the judgment of the Board Of Appeals to accommodate customers, patrons and Employees for the maximum use of the proposed facility. |
*Parking spaces must provide accessibility for any given motor vehicle without requiring the movement of any other motor vehicles. | |
3. Other.
a. Frequent parking of vehicles on a public or private street or way adjacent to the premises shall be considered evidence of inadequacy of the off-street parking space provided.
b. The minimum number of required off-street parking spaces as set forth in Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations herein may be reduced by Special Permit from the Board of Appeals upon determination that special circumstances render a lesser provision adequate for all parking spaces.
c. Adequate off-street loading facilities and space must be provided to service all needs created by new construction whether through new structures or additions to existing ones, or by change of use of existing structures. Facilities shall be so sized and arranged so that no vehicle need back onto or off of a public way, or be parked on a public way while loading, unloading or waiting to do so.
