After the effective date of this chapter, off-street parking spaces shall be provided at the time a building or structure is erected or at the time a new use of open land is established. In the case of an enlargement of any existing building, structure or use after the effective date of this chapter, off-street parking spaces shall be provided for the enlarged portion of such building, structure or use.

No existing off-street parking area shall be reduced in capacity so as to be less than required by this chapter.

Any alteration, enlargement or change in use to an existing building, structure or parcel of land which increases the demand for off-street parking per the requirements of this article shall meet that requirement accordingly.

Within any C-3 District, there shall be no minimum number of off-street parking spaces required, regardless of use.

All required off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot with the building or use they serve, except as provided in § 300-0504.

Surfacing. Every automotive use area and access driveway shall be surfaced with a durable and dustless material and shall be so graded and drained as to efficiently dispose of surface water accumulation into the City storm sewer network. All parking spaces shall be clearly marked.

Lighting. Any fixture used to illuminate any automotive use area shall be so arranged as to direct the light away from the street and any adjoining premises.

Screening. Every automotive use area, except off-street parking areas for fewer than five vehicles, shall be screened from an adjoining lot in any R District along a rear lot line or an interior side lot line by a compact evergreen hedge which has a height of five feet or by a solid fence or masonry wall five feet in height. Such hedge, fence or wall shall not extend along the front yard or exterior side yard of an adjoining lot in any R District and shall be maintained in good condition at all times.

Access. No entrance or exit to any automotive use area shall be permitted within 30 feet of any intersecting exterior property lines. No entrance or exit shall be permitted within 10 feet of a lot in any R District, except for off-street parking areas for uses permitted in any R District requiring fewer than 10 parking spaces. Access to automotive use areas, except for off-street parking areas for residential uses in R Districts for fewer than five vehicles, shall be approved by the Building Inspector and shall be so arranged that vehicles shall not back into a street.

Location. In all L-C or R Districts, no automotive use area shall be located in any front yard or exterior side yard.

Setback.

Parking space size requirements.

Maneuvering and access space requirements. Between each row of parking, there shall be at least 24 feet of maneuvering space (unless as otherwise approved by the Director of Public Works).

Driveways. One-way driveways serving nonresidential uses shall be at least 15 feet but not more than 20 feet in width. Two-way driveways serving nonresidential uses shall be at least 20 feet but not more than 30 feet in width. No more than two such driveways shall be provided for each 200 feet of frontage on a public street.

Trash, refuse and waste disposal. Facilities for the storage and collection of trash, refuse, waste and recyclable materials shall be concealed and not be visible from any street, sidewalk or abutting parcel.

Signage. All signs shall meet the specifications set forth in Article VII.

Gross floor area. Gross floor area shall include all areas of a building used or occupied by any traffic generator mentioned in this article. Basement or cellar floor areas not used for processing, servicing or selling goods or merchandise shall not be considered as gross floor area.

Seats. For places of assembly where bench-type seats are provided or where standing patrons are served at a counter or bar, each 22 linear inches of such seating or standing space shall be considered as one seat for the purpose of determining off-street parking requirements.

Fractional units. When application of the units of measurement to determine required off-street parking spaces results in a fractional parking space of 1/2 or more, one parking space shall be required.

Auxiliary parking shall be permitted within 300 feet of the principal use, provided that 50% of all required spaces are located on site.

In any case where required off-street parking spaces are not provided on the same lot with the building or use they serve, such off-street parking spaces shall be subject to deed, lease or contract restrictions acceptable to the Corporation Counsel binding the owner, his heirs or assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available throughout the life of such use.

Each use shall provide one space with minimum horizontal dimensions of 12 feet by 35 feet by 14 feet in height for the parking of commercial vehicles while they are being loaded or unloaded. Such space shall have convenient access to a public street, shall not be used for customer or employee parking and shall not be considered as part of any required off-street parking area.

Industrial buildings, shopping plazas, storage warehouses, furniture, appliance and department stores and hospitals shall provide one additional space, as described above, for each 20,000 square feet of gross floor area.

Office buildings, apartment buildings or hotels over three stories in height shall provide one additional space for each 40,000 square feet of gross floor area (not including the area of unfinished basements or cellars).

All automotive use areas shall be surfaced with a durable and dustless material.

For all structures with a residential use, off-street parking areas (not including driveways) for noncommercial vehicles shall be restricted to rear yards.

For all structures with a residential use, parking in any front yard shall be restricted to a driveway, provided that no such driveway shall be located in the area which extends from the primary residential structure to the exterior property line. Should the primary residential structure include an attached garage, such driveway shall be restricted to the area which extends from the garage to the exterior property line.

All driveways shall be perpendicular to the street of access.

No automotive use area shall be used for auto wrecking or the storage of wrecked, partially dismantled or junked vehicles or equipment or for the storage of motor vehicles which do not qualify for New York State motor vehicle registration.

All required off-street parking areas shall be unobstructed and free of other uses.

No off-street parking shall be required for uses accessory to any institutional use specified in § 300-0506 or for accessory restaurants used primarily for students, patients, tenants or employees occupying principal buildings.

In the case of accessory retail sales, boat berths or restaurants, the parking requirement for either the accessory use or the principal use, whichever requirement is less, may be reduced by 50%.

Except as otherwise provided, where any building or lot is occupied by two or more uses having different parking requirements, the parking requirement for each use shall be computed separately to determine the total off-street parking requirement.

In the case of a church and school on the same lot, the lesser parking requirement shall be waived.

Gasoline pumps. A minimum of 36 feet of stacking lane is required between a curb cut and the nearest gasoline pump.

Other drive-through facilities.

Stacking lane design and layout. A stacking lane is measured from the property line behind the curb cut to the services area. Stacking lanes do not have to be linear. Stacking lanes shall be designed so that they do not interfere with parking and vehicle circulation.

Stacking lanes identified. All stacking lanes shall be clearly identified through the use of means such as striping, landscaping, signs and bollards.