Hamilton Village City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Off-Street Parking
§ 174-60 General off-street parking requirements.
A.
For uses not specified in § 174-62, the Planning Board shall establish parking requirements.
B.
For any property or building having more than one use, parking spaces shall be required for each use.
C.
There must be safe pedestrian access and egress to and from all parking areas.
D.
For the purpose of computing parking requirements, floor areas shall be the sum of the horizontal areas within exterior walls of the several floors of a building, excluding basement, attic, and cellar areas used primarily for storage or service.
E.
In all districts except the Mixed-Use Core (MC) and the Mixed-Use Green (MG), required parking spaces will be on-site.
(1)
Off-site parking in use at the time of the passage of this chapter may be continued unless interrupted for 365 consecutive days.
(2)
In the MC District, parking required for museums in excess of 2,000 square feet and hotels/inns will be on-site.
(3)
In the MB District, required residential parking must be on-site.
F.
Spaces on streets and in municipal lots may not be counted as part of the required parking for private uses.
G.
No designated bus parking spaces in any district may be on a street.
H.
Screening and hedges shall be in accordance with §§ 174-46, 174-47 and 174-48.
I.
Storage or sale of materials in required parking areas.
(1)
Temporary use of required parking areas for sales is restricted to 20 days per year and may not cover more than 20% of required parking spaces.
(2)
Outdoor seasonal vending or sales within required parking areas may cover no more than 20% of such required spaces.
J.
Accessibility parking requirements.
(1)
Federal ADA-accessible parking spaces must be provided in addition to the required parking spaces in § 174-62 when fewer than three on-site spaces are required for the residential, commercial or institutional use.
(2)
Required accessibility parking spaces will be counted toward the required on-site parking total if the latter is more than two.
(3)
Accessibility parking requirements must be in compliance with ADA standards when new construction or substantial modifications take place to structures or the surfacing of the parking area.
K.
All parking lots and required parking areas or supplemental parking areas are subject to screening requirements as specified in §§ 174-46 and 174-47.
L.
In the Family Residential District, there shall be no overnight parking of commercial trash or garbage handling vehicles, not counting dumpsters on site for temporary projects.
M.
Overnight parking of commercial trash or garbage hauling vehicles, not counting dumpsters on site for temporary projects, within 500 feet of a residence is not permitted in any district.
§ 174-61 Applicability of requirements.
A.
Off-street parking and loading requirements as specified in §§ 174-62 and 174-63 shall apply as follows:
(1)
Mixed-Use Core (MC) District:
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 6-2017]
(a)
Other than museums having more than 2,000 gross square feet of floor area and hotels/inns, there is no parking requirement for uses within the MC District.
(b)
Museums having more than 2,000 gross square feet of floor area and hotels/inns are subject to the requirements as specified in §§ 174-62 and 174-63.
(c)
All required parking is subject to setback and screening standards as found in §§ 174-46 and 174-47.
(2)
Mixed-Use Broad (MB) District:
(a)
On-site parking is required for bed-and-breakfasts, for residential and for home occupation uses.
(b)
Parking areas may not be located on in a required front yard.
(c)
On-site parking requirements for other commercial, service, professional, community and office uses are waived.
(d)
All required parking is subject to setback and screening standards as found in §§ 174-46 and 174-47.
(3)
Mixed-Use Green (MG) District:
(a)
On-site parking is required for bed-and-breakfasts, for residential and for home occupation uses.
(b)
Parking areas may not be located on in a required front yard.
(c)
On-site parking requirements for other commercial, service, professional, community and office uses are waived.
(d)
All required parking is subject to setback and screening standards as found in §§ 174-46 and 174-47.
(4)
Mixed-Use Eaton (ME) and Mixed-Use Perimeter (MP), Business North (BN), Business Development (BD), Business Aviation (BA).
(a)
All required parking is subject to setback and screening standards as found in §§ 174-46 and 174-47.
(b)
Supplemental parking is permitted in the ME and MP Districts so long as it is in addition to required on-site parking. Supplemental parking will be subject to setback and screening standards as found in §§ 174-46 and 174-47.
(c)
All residential and commercial, retail, service, professional, community, and office uses must provide on-site parking as specified in §§ 174-62 and 174-63.
(d)
In the MP, no new parking spaces may be introduced in front yards.
(5)
Business hospital.
(a)
All medical, service, professional and office uses must provide on-site parking as specified in §§ 174-62 and 174-63.
(b)
All required parking is subject to setback and screening standards as found in §§ 174-46 and 174-47.
(6)
University Districts.
(a)
Colgate University will file a comprehensive inventory of campus parking spaces with the Village. Updates to the comprehensive inventory should be filed with the CEO following significant construction in any University District.
(b)
The comprehensive parking inventory on file will be submitted as part of any special permit application associated with University properties in University Districts, and parking requirements within such special permit applications may be addressed in the contexts of proximate needs and the comprehensive parking inventory.
(c)
On-site parking plans must be part of any special permit application by a private, non-University applicant in the U2 District.
(d)
All required parking is subject to setback and screening standards as found in §§ 174-46 and 174-47.
(7)
Family Residential District.
(a)
In the Family Residential Districts, parking areas or spaces shall not be located in a front yard, except on an access drive not more than two eight-foot-wide lanes. Parking spaces may not impede pedestrian movement or be closer than three feet from a sidewalk.
(b)
In the Family Residential District, access to all on-site parking shall be through a single curb cut and driveway.
B.
Modification of requirements. In its site plan review and approval, the Planning Board may permit a fewer number of off-street parking spaces than otherwise required under this chapter (but not less than 50% of the otherwise required spaces) if it determines that the number of spaces required under this chapter is excessive, and provided that the approved site plan includes designated area(s) for the installation of additional on-site parking spaces to provide the number of spaces required by this chapter should the intensity of the use change, or if the Planning Board determines that the number of spaces as originally constructed is insufficient.
[Added 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 6-2017]
§ 174-62 Minimum required off-street parking spaces.
[Amended 10-17-2017 by Ord. No. 6-2017; 5-16-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
Where uses on a lot overlap multiple categories, the determination of minimum requirements will be made by the Planning Board taking into account all uses of the property. See § 174-60B.
Use | Minimum Required Off-Street Parking | |
|---|---|---|
Residential Uses | ||
Family | 1 per family | |
Supplemental apartment | 1 per supplemental apartment | |
Boarding house; rooming house | 1.20 per resident, rounded down | |
Multiunit dwelling | Sum of requirements for all units on the lot | |
Institutional home; group residence | 1 per 2.5 beds rounded down | |
Home occupation | 1 per nonresident employee plus spaces required for the residential use | |
Commercial or Institutional | ||
New commercial construction | 1 per 200 gross square feet | |
Retail; personal service; automotive and machine service | 1 per 200 gross square feet | |
Office; clerical, professional or administrative | 1 per 250 gross square feet | |
Medical facility; e.g., clinic, office, allied medical service, hospital | 1 per 250 gross square feet | |
Bank | 1 per 200 gross square feet | |
Public assembly; new place of worship; performing arts center; theater | 1 per 10 seats or 1 per 100 gross square feet, whichever is greater | |
Place of worship, existing | No requirement | |
Library | Community room treated as public assembly reading and clerical areas at 1 per 300 gross square feet | |
School | 1 per 10 auditorium seats or 1 per 15 classroom seats | |
Bed-and-breakfast | 1 per operator plus 1.25 per room, rounded down | |
Motel | 1 per guest room plus 1 per 100 square feet of assembly area | |
Hotel; inn | 1 per guest room + 1 per 100 square feet of assembly area | |
Commercial short-term transient rental | 1 per maximum number of permitted bedrooms | |
Museum (over 2,000 square feet) | 1 per 800 gross square feet | |
Restaurant; bar; tasting room; club | 1 per 100 gross square feet | |
Restaurant, fast-food | 1 per 50 gross square feet | |
Banquet facility | 1 per 50 gross square feet | |
Gasoline station | Retail space will be treated as a convenience store or fast-food restaurant as is appropriate; all parking will be clear of lanes to access pumps | |
Convenience store | 1 per 50 gross square feet | |
Warehouse; storage facility | 1 per 1,200 gross square feet | |
Funeral home | 2 plus 1 per 100 square feet of assembly area | |
§ 174-63 Minimum required off-street loading spaces.
A.
At least one off-street loading facility shall be provided for each business establishment hereafter erected or altered in such a manner which would create a gross floor area in excess of 5,000 square feet, computed per § 174-60.
B.
Each berth shall be not less than 12 feet wide, 35 feet long and 14 feet in height when covered.
C.
Space for such berth may occupy any part of any required side or rear yard, except that no such berth shall be located closer than 50 feet to any lot in any R District or to any residence unless wholly within a completely enclosed building. Not possible in BC.
D.
Off-street loading facilities shall be in addition to required off-street parking spaces