Deposit City Zoning Code
Article VII Off
Street Parking, Loading and Stacking
§ 140-39 Purpose.
Off-street parking, loading and stacking requirements and regulations are established in order to achieve the following purposes:
A.
To ensure that parking facilities are properly designed in regard to orderly arrangement, topography, landscaping and ease of access and developed as an integral part of an overall site plan.
B.
To protect adjoining residential neighborhoods from on-street parking.
C.
To promote the safety and convenience of pedestrians by locating parking areas so as to lessen car movements in the vicinity of pedestrian traffic.
D.
To relieve congestion so that streets can be utilized more fully for movement of vehicular traffic.
§ 140-40 Scope of regulations.
Off-street parking, loading and stacking facilities shall be provided as a condition precedent to occupancy of all buildings and land. Off-street parking, loading and stacking facilities conforming to the requirements of this article shall be provided as follows:
A.
New or moved buildings and uses. Parking, loading and stacking facilities, as required shall be provided for all buildings and uses constructed, established or moved to new sites.
B.
Increase in intensity of use. An increase in the intensity of use of a building or premises shall mean the addition of dwelling units, gross floor areas, seating capacity or any other unit of measurement used as a basis for determining required parking, loading and stacking facilities. Additional parking, loading and stacking facilities, as required, shall be provided for any such increases in an existing use.
C.
Change in use. When the use of any building or premises is changed to a different use, parking, loading and stacking facilities, as required, shall be provided for the different use.
E.
Existing facilities. Off-street parking, loading and stacking facilities in existence on the effective date of this chapter shall not be reduced below, or, if already less than, shall not be further reduced below the requirements for an equivalent new building or use. In no case shall it be necessary to continue parking, loading and stacking facilities in excess of those required by this article for equivalent new buildings or uses.
§ 140-41 Off-street parking facilities; general requirements.
The administrative officer, as part of the recommendation to the Planning Board under site plan review, shall determine the adequacy of the proposed method of meeting the requirements listed below:
A.
Paving. All parking facilities shall have a smooth, all-weather surface. Such surface shall be permanent and capable of being kept free of snow, dust, dirt and being permanently marked.
B.
General requirements for off-street parking facilities serving three or more residential units on a single lot and/or nonresidential uses.
(1)
Drainage. Parking facilities and access driveways shall be graded so as to provide for the proper control of all surface water.
(2)
Fire lanes. As per the recommendation of the Fire Department.
(3)
Lighting. Adequate diffused lighting shall be provided if the parking facilities are to be operated during the hours of darkness, after 6:00 p.m. The lighting shall be arranged so as to reflect light away from adjacent properties.
(4)
Marking. All parking facilities and access driveways shall be clearly marked.
(5)
Operation and use. Required parking facilities shall be used exclusively for the temporary parking of passenger vehicles or light trucks of patrons, occupants or employees of the structure or use to be served. Required parking facilities shall not be used to satisfy the berth requirements for loading facilities or stacking or for the sale, display, rental or repair of motor vehicles.
(6)
Parking spaces for the disabled. Parking facilities shall comply with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
(7)
Location and areas computed as parking spaces. Areas which may be considered as off-street parking spaces include any street setback, private garage, carport or other area available for parking other than a street, entrance and exit lanes or a driveway, except that no vehicle shall be parked or stored in any required fire lane. Refer to perimeter strip requirements, § 140-35.
(8)
Grade. Access driveways from any private parking facility serving three or more residential units or nonresidential uses shall have a maximum grade of 10%.
(9)
Shared road cuts. Whenever possible, separate developments shall use common driveways and road cuts to limit the number of access points onto streets.
(10)
Arrangement. All parking facilities shall be arranged so that no vehicle shall have to enter a street to move from one location to another location within the parking facility.
§ 140-42 Aisle widths and size of parking space.
Aisle widths and the size of the parking spaces shall have the following minimum dimensions, based on the angle of parking, and shall be marked as follows:[1]
Angle of Parking | Aisle Width Minimum (feet) | Aisle Use | Parking Space Minimum (feet) |
|---|---|---|---|
90° | 24 | Two-way traffic | 9 wide by 18 long |
60° | 18 | One-way traffic | 9 wide by 18 long |
45° | 13 | One-way traffic | 9 wide by 18 long |
30° | 12 | One-way traffic | 9 wide by 18 long |
Parallel | 12 | One-way traffic | 9 wide by 20 long |
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Editor's Note: See also Appendix II, Parking Facility Aisle Width, Size of Parking Space and Access Driveway, which is included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 140-43 Access driveways.
Access driveway widths shall have the following minimum dimensions:
§ 140-44 Location of parking facility.
All parking, loading and stacking facilities shall be provided on the same lot as the building or use served, except when specifically permitted to be located on a different lot or zoning district.
A.
All parking, loading and stacking facilities shall be located in the same or less restrictive zoning district than the building or use served, according to the following:
Abbreviation | District |
|---|---|
R-A | Agricultural (most restrictive) |
R-1 | Residential Single-Family |
R-2 | Residential Two-Family |
R-M | Residential Multifamily |
C-B | Central Business District |
C-H | Commercial Highway Oriented |
IND | Industrial (least restrictive) |
B.
Off-site facilities. The parking spaces may be located elsewhere than on the same lot when approval is granted by the Planning Board as part of site plan review.
(1)
Some portion of the off-site parking facility's parking spaces shall lie within 500 feet of an entrance regularly used by patrons into the building or premises served thereby. Measurement shall be along public or private rights-of-way available for pedestrian access.
(2)
If the off-site parking facility is not owned by the applicant, a written agreement between the applicant and the owner of the property for the use of the lot must be presented to the Planning Board in a form approved by the Village Attorney.
(3)
If at any time the off-site lot ceases to be used for required parking, the applicant shall be considered in violation of this article.
§ 140-45 Reduction of required parking spaces.
The Planning Board, as part of site plan review, may waive a portion of the required parking facility paving and striping if the applicant can prove the spaces will not be needed. However, the applicant must set aside land on the site which can provide space for additional required parking if the need develops. The set-aside area shall be indicated on the site plan as "reserved for required parking."
§ 140-46 Specific requirements for facilities.
The off-street parking, loading and stacking requirements for permitted principal and accessory buildings and uses shall be computed as one complete unit, measured and applied in accordance with this article.
A.
Units of measurement.
(1)
Fractional remainders. When the unit of measurement determining the number of required spaces results in the requirement of a fractional space, fractions equal to or greater than 1/2 shall require one parking space.
(2)
Seating capacity. When the unit of measure determining the number of required spaces is based on seating capacity of a building or use, each chair, stool or two feet of pew, bench or other seating space shall be counted as one unit of measurement.
(3)
Gross floor area. When the unit of measurement determining the number of required spaces is based on gross floor area, such area shall be calculated by measuring the total floor area from outside the surface of the walls of the building but shall exclude:
(a)
Mechanical equipment, spaces and shafts.
(b)
Elevators, stairways, escalators and ramps.
(c)
Restrooms.
(d)
Enclosed or covered parking facilities, loading berths, docks or ramps.
(e)
Cafeterias, which are accessory to permitted uses and which are used by employees and guests and are not open to the general public.
B.
Requirements of accessory uses. Accessory uses shall conform to the parking, loading and stacking requirements applicable to principal uses, which requirements shall be in addition to any spaces required by the principal use.
C.
Requirements for commercial vehicles used in connection with a building or use. In addition to the parking spaces required, one parking space shall be provided for each commercial vehicle used in connection with the operation of the building or use and normally parked on the premises. Parking spaces for such accessory vehicles shall be provided on the same lot as the building or use to which the vehicles are necessary.
§ 140-47 Schedule of off-street parking requirements.
See Appendix I, Table of General Use, Bulk and Off-Street Parking and Stacking Space Requirements.[1]
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Editor's Note: Appendix I is included as an attachment to this chapter.
§ 140-48 Off-street loading berths.
A.
Accessory off-street loading berths shall be provided for all warehousing and industrial uses. Any commercial uses which desire or are required by the Planning Board, under site plan review, to have off-street loading berths shall comply with all the provisions of this article. Loading and unloading facilities shall be maintained by the owner of the property in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
B.
Allocation of use. Spaces required and allocated for any off-street loading facility shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for off-street parking and stacking.
C.
Location of facility. All required loading facilities shall be related to the building and use to be served to provide for loading, delivery and other service vehicles and shall be so arranged that they can be used with out blocking or otherwise interfering with the use of accessways, parking or stacking facilities, public streets or sidewalks. A required loading space shall not be located in required side or rear yards adjoining a residentially zoned district. Provisions shall be made for the stacking of vehicles, if such stacking is anticipated by the developer.
D.
Access driveways. Each required off-street loading space shall be designed for vehicular access by means of a driveway or driveways to a public street in a manner which will least interfere with adjacent traffic movements and internal circulation.
E.
Joint facilities. Permitted or required loading berths may be designed to serve two or more adjacent establishments.
F.
Size criteria. A required off-street loading space shall be at least 12 feet wide by at least 35 feet in length. Each facility shall have a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
§ 140-49 Stacking.
Stacking spaces shall be provided far all drive-in facilities.
A.
All spaces shall be contiguous and at least eight feet wide and 18 feet long.
B.
Stacking spaces shall be located so as not to interfere with the internal parking facility circulation, access driveways or required fire lanes.
C.
Schedule of stacking requirements. See Appendix I, Table of General Use, Bulk and Off-Street Parking and Stacking Space Requirements.[1]
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Editor's Note: Appendix I is included as an attachment to this chapter.