Off-street parking, loading, and unloading facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion in the streets. The facilities required herein shall be available throughout the hours of operation of the particular business or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered parking lot space located off the public right-of-way.

Each parking space shall consist of not less than an average of 270 square feet of usable area for each motor vehicle, including interior driveways, driveways connecting the garage, or parking space, with a street or alley. Notwithstanding the above, all parking spaces shall be ample in size for the vehicles for which use is intended. The net parking space per vehicle shall be not less than 10 feet wide and 20 feet long. Outdoor parking space, and the approaches thereto, shall be paved, or stabilized with a suitable material. Such outdoor parking spaces shall not be used to satisfy any open space requirements of the lot on which it is located.

A garage or carport may be located wholly or partly inside the walls of the principal building, or attached to the outer walls. If separated from the principal building, the garage shall conform to all accessory building requirements. The garage may be constructed under a yard or courtyard. The space above an underground garage shall be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on which it is located.

Parking spaces may be located on a lot other than that containing the principal use with the approval of the Zoning Hearing Board provided a written agreement approved by the municipal solicitor and accepted by the Board of Supervisors, shall be filed with the application for a zoning permit.

Surfacing. Any off-street parking area shall be graded for proper drainage and shall be surfaced so as to provide for a durable and dustless surface, such as a gravel, concrete or bituminous concrete surface, and shall be so arranged as to provide for orderly and safe parking and storage of vehicles.

Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and public right-of-way.

There shall be adequate provisions for ingress and egress to all parking and loading spaces designed for use by employees, customers, delivery services, sales people and/or the general public. Where a parking or loading area does not abut on a public right-of-way or private alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive per lane of traffic not less than 12 feet in width suitably graded and surfaced not less than 18 feet in width in all cases where the access is to storage areas or loading and unloading spaces required hereunder.

For other uses which do not fit into one of the categories listed in § 175-40 determination of the appropriate parking space requirement shall be made by the Zoning Officer.

Parking area screening. All off-street parking areas which provide more than five parking spaces shall be screened from any abutting property zoned residential or used for residential purposes. Screening may be accomplished by the placement of buildings, a solid fence six feet high, and/or the provision, and maintenance, of solid planting in the form of contiguous evergreen shrubs. Evergreen trees or shrubs shall be at least four feet in height at the time of planting and set back at least three feet from any property.

Parking area reservation. All off-street parking areas shall be reserved and used for automobile parking only, with no sales, dead storage, repair work, dismantling or servicing of any kind on residential dwelling lots in Residential Districts. The parking of one commercial vehicle up to one ton is permitted if needed by an individual for his livelihood for a business not conducted on the premises; or one vehicular dwelling is permitted for storage purposes only and is not to be used for sleeping, recreational or living purposes at any time or in any way, shape or form.

Off-street parking and loading space as required in this section shall be provided for all new buildings and structures and for additions to existing buildings or structures. The word "addition" as used above shall include any alterations intended to enlarge or increase capacity by adding or creating dwelling units, floor area or seats.

Existing off-street parking or loading facilities provided at the effective date of this chapter and actually being used at that time in connection with the operation of an existing use, shall not be reduced below the minimum required in this chapter.

Whenever the existing use of a building, structure or land shall hereafter be changed to a new use, parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required for such new use. However, if the said building or structure was erected or the use of land established prior to the effective date of this chapter, additional parking or loading facilities are mandatory only in the amount by which the requirements for the new use would exceed those for the existing use.

In the case of mixed uses, the total number of required parking or loading spaces shall be the sum of the required spaces for the various uses computed separately.

Residential parking requirements.

Commercial parking requirements.

Industrial parking requirements.

Public and semi-public parking requirements.

Parking prohibitions. Parking shall not be permitted on public rights-of-way except in designated areas.

In addition to the off-street parking space required above, any building erected, converted or enlarged for any nonresidential use shall provide adequate off-street areas for loading and unloading of vehicles. The minimum size loading space shall be 50 feet in depth, 12 feet in width, with an over-head clearance of 14 feet.

All commercial and industrial establishments shall provide loading and unloading and commercial vehicle storage space adequate for their needs. This required space will be provided in addition to established requirements for patron and employee parking. In no case where a building is erected, converted or enlarged for commercial, manufacturing, or business purposes shall the public rights-of-way be used for loading or unloading of materials.

Required off-street parking space shall not be computed for loading and unloading purposes.

Access drives shall not open upon any public right-of-way within 80 feet of the nearest right-of-way line of any intersecting public street or highway.

Access drives shall not open upon any public right-of-way where the sight distance in either direction along the public thoroughfare would be less than 500 feet when the posted speed limit exceeds 35 miles per hour; however, when the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less, the sight-distance requirement may be reduced to 250 feet.