The Town Manager may reduce the required number of spaces by up to 20% if for the reasons of topography, mixes of uses, ride share programs, availability of transit, limited customer stays, or other conditions specific to the site, provided the reduction in the required number of parking spaces satisfies the intent of this article.

The Town Manager shall make available an appropriate procedure and a parking reduction request form to be used by applicants requesting consideration under this section.

The parking requirements set forth in this article are in addition to any space for storage of trucks or other vehicles used in connection with any permitted use.

Floor area shall be as defined in Article III, Definitions.

Where fractional spaces result, the number of parking spaces required shall be construed to be the next highest whole number.

Except as otherwise provided, the number of employees shall be computed on the basis of the maximum number of persons employed on the premises at one time on an average day or average night, whichever is greater. Seasonal variations in employment may be recognized in determining an average day.

Parking space requirements for use not specifically listed in this article shall be the same for a listed use of similar characteristics.

In the case of mixed uses, uses with different parking requirements occupying the same building or premises, or in the case of a joint use of a building or premises, or in the case of a joint use of a building or premises by more than one use having the same parking requirements, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the various uses computed separately.

Whenever the building or use is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwelling units, seating capacity or otherwise creating a need for an increase of parking spaces of 10% or more than those required before the change or enlargement, such additional space shall be provided on the basis of the change or enlargement. No additional spaces shall be required for the first change or enlargement which would result in an increase of spaces of less than 10% of those required before the change or enlargement but this exception shall not apply to a series of changes or enlargements which together result in a need for an increase in parking spaces of more than 10%.

All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same lot with the building or use served, except that where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use or where such spaces are provided collectively or used jointly by two or more buildings or establishments, the required spaces may be located and maintained at a distance not to exceed 400 feet from an institutional building or other nonresidential building served by such facilities.

Up to 50% of the parking spaces required for theaters, public auditoriums, bowling alleys, dance halls and night clubs and up to 100% of the parking spaces required for a church or auditorium may be provided and used jointly by banks, offices, retail stores, repair shops, service establishments and similar uses not normally opened, used or operated during the same hours as those permitted by the joint use, and up to 100% of parking spaces required for schools may be provided and used jointly by a church auditorium; provided, however, that a written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of such use is properly executed and recorded.

In any case where the required parking spaces are not located on the same lot with the building or use served, or where such spaces are collectively or jointly provided or used, such parking area shall be established by a recorded covenant or agreement as parking area to be used in conjunction with the principal use and shall be reserved as though such an encumbrance on the title of the property to be designated as required parking space, such encumbrances to be valid for the total period the use or uses for which the parking is needed are in existence. A Certificate of Recording shall be furnished to the Town Manager.

For the purpose of these regulations, an off-street parking space is an all-weather surfaced area not in a street or alley and having an area of no less than 10 feet by 20 feet for vertical or diagonal parking, and 10 feet by 22 feet for parallel parking, exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one vehicle and connected with a street or alley by a paved driveway which affords ingress and egress for an automobile without requiring another automobile to be moved. Off-street parking areas that make it necessary for vehicles to back out directly into a public road are prohibited, except for dwelling units each having an individual driveway. An all-weather surfaced area will be a minimum of two courses of bituminous surface treatment.

Off-street parking facilities shall be drained to eliminate standing water and prevent damage to abutting property and/or public streets and alleys and surfaced with erosion-resistant material in accordance with applicable state and local specifications.

Off-street parking areas shall be maintained in a clean and orderly condition at the expense of the owner or lessee and not used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.

Off-street parking spaces shall be separated from walkways, sidewalks, streets or alleys by a wall, fence or curbing or other approved protective device, or by distance so that vehicles cannot protrude over publicly used areas. Parking within front yard setback shall be discouraged and subject to site plan review by the Planning Commission.

Location and design of entrances and exits shall be in accord with the requirements of applicable state regulations and standards. Landscaping, curbing or approved barriers shall be provided along lot boundaries to control entrance and exit of vehicles or pedestrians.

Interior roadways shall be a minimum width of 25 feet if on-street parking is prohibited, and a minimum of 45 feet if on-street parking is permitted.

Parking spaces in lots of more than 10 spaces shall be marked by painted lines or curbs or other means to indicate individual spaces. Signs or markers shall be used as necessary to ensure efficient traffic operation of the lot.

Adequate lighting shall be provided if off-street parking spaces are to be used at night. The lighting shall be arranged and installed to minimize glare on property in a residential area.

When off-street parking areas for 10 or more automobiles are located closer than 50 feet to a lot in a residential district, or to any lot upon which there is a dwelling as a permitted use under these regulations, and where such parking areas are not entirely screened visually from such lot by an intervening building or structure, there shall be provided along the lot a continuous visual screen with a minimum height of six feet. Such screen may consist of a compact evergreen hedge or foliage screening, a louvered wall or fence.

In small parking areas, as determined by the Planning Commission, properly maintained weather-resistant stone of sufficient quantities may be used in place of bituminous surface treatment.

Holding or detention ponds utilized in stormwater management plans or other ponds and ditches shall be located at the rear of a property away from highly traveled areas or areas of high public use and shall be constructed so as to protect the public safety and character of the neighborhood, except as approved by the Planning Commission.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when any building or structure is hereafter erected or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area by 25% or more, or any building is hereafter converted, for the uses listed in Column 1 of the chart below, when such buildings contain the floor areas specified in Column 2, accessory off-street loading spaces shall be provided as required in Column 3 or as required in subsequent sections of this article:

The loading space requirements apply to all districts, but do not limit the special requirements which may be imposed in the district regulations.

The loading space requirements in this article do not limit special requirements which may be imposed in connection with nonconforming uses or special use exceptions.

Under the provisions of Article XXIII, the Board of Adjustment may waive or reduce the loading space requirements whenever the character of the use is such as to make unnecessary the full provision of loading facilities, where provision is made for community loading facilities, or where provision of loading space requirements is impractical under certain conditions for uses which contain less then 10,000 square feet of floor area.

Where a building is used for more than one use or for different uses, and where the floor area used for each use for which loading space is required is below the minimum for required loading spaces, but the aggregate floor area used is greater than such minimum, then off-street loading space shall be provided as if the entire building were used for that use in the building for which the most spaces are required. In such cases, the Town Manager may make reasonable requirements for the location of required loading spaces.

Design standards for off-street loading shall be as follows: