Killingworth City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
Off-Street Parking and Truck Loading Space
§ 500-94 General requirement.
To serve every use of land or improvement thereon, there shall be provided permanent and conveniently available spaces for off-street parking of motor vehicles and areas affording uncongested and safe access between such spaces and a public street. To serve hospitals, institutions, hotels, retail, wholesale and industrial buildings, there also shall be provided permanent and conveniently available space for loading and unloading of trucks and areas affording uncongested and safe access between such spaces and a public street. No use of any land or improvement thereon shall be commenced until required off-street parking and truck loading space has been completed in accord with this article.
§ 500-95 Location.
[Amended 11-1-2016]
Such parking or loading facilities shall be located on the same premises as the use which they serve, except that the Commission may, by grant of a special exception, approve their location elsewhere. On any premises, parking facilities including access thereto, shall be not less than 10 feet from the front lot line or less than five feet from any side or rear lot line. The grant of special exception approving an alternate location for parking or loading facilities hereunder shall be subject to the conditions prescribed in or pursuant to Article XXVI.
§ 500-96 Standards for parking and loading facilities.
Such parking or loading facilities may be enclosed within a building or may be open. All spaces for parking, loading and access, except in single-family residence lots, shall be graded, surfaced, drained and adequately lighted and suitably maintained in the manner and to the extent necessary to avoid dust, erosion, and excessive discharge of collected surface water onto public streets or adjacent property. The spaces and access areas shall be so arranged as to afford clearly safe and convenient maneuvering room, entrances and exits in light of the volume and frequency of expected parking, loading and unloading. The access areas shall be so connected to a public street as to avoid unsafe driving conditions and traffic congestion.
§ 500-97 Operation and maintenance.
Such parking or loading facilities shall remain in existence so long as the use which they serve exists and shall at all times be exclusively reserved for, and available to, the persons occupying or visiting the land or improvement, the use of which such facilities are provided to serve.
§ 500-98 Joint use of single parking facility.
A single parking facility may serve more than one use, provided that the aggregate number of spaces shall be the sum of that required for each use.
§ 500-99 Parking spaces required.
A.
Parking facilities serving the following uses shall afford parking spaces as indicated below in addition to space necessary for safe and convenient access to and from a public street.
(1)
Where the number of car spaces is based on square footage of building area, the building area shall be computed as the gross area of all usable floors in the building.
(2)
Where two or more different principal or accessory uses are located on the same premises, the parking requirements for the different uses shall be computed separately and cumulatively. The following is a typical but not exclusive example of a multiple use: a bowling alley with a restaurant.
(3)
Where the number of car spaces is determined by the number of employees, that number shall be determined periodically by the maximum number working on the premises at any one time. The number of employees reported on the most recent quarterly report to the State Labor Department shall be considered prima facie evidence of the number of employees under this section.
(4)
Where computation of required parking spaces results in a fraction of a car space, the required number of spaces shall be increased to the next whole number of spaces.
B.
Required parking spaces are as follows:
(1)
One- and two-family dwellings: three car spaces per family dwelling unit.
(2)
Hotels: one car space per bedroom plus one car space per three employees.
[Amended 6-3-2008]
(3)
Business and professional offices (other than medical or dental), banks and lending institutions: one car space per employee plus one car space per 600 square feet of building area.
(4)
Retail sales: one car space per employee plus one car space per 600 square feet of building area plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(5)
Warehouses, wholesale distributors, testing, cleaning or servicing of materials or products and printing service establishments: one car space plus one car space per employee plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(6)
Customary home occupations: two car spaces plus one car space for each employee.
(7)
Medical and dental professional offices: three car spaces per doctor plus one car space per employee or staff member.
(8)
Emergency medical facilities: five car spaces per doctor on duty, plus one car space per employee.
(9)
Hospitals: one car space per doctor, staff member or employee on duty plus one car space per inpatient bed.
(10)
Convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes and extended care facilities: one car space per employee or staff member plus one car space per four patient beds.
(11)
Animal hospitals and kennels: two car spaces per doctor plus two car spaces per employee.
(12)
Contractor or construction shops, offices or yards, public utilities and motor vehicle sales: one car space per employee.
(14)
Building material sales: one car space per employee plus one car space per 300 square feet of sales area plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(15)
Production or processing of material or goods or manufacturing of products: one car space per employee plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(16)
Restaurants: one car space per three customer seats plus one car space per three employees.
(17)
Clubs: one car space per four legal occupants (per Fire Safety Code, State of Connecticut) plus one car space per bedroom.
(18)
Post offices: one car space per employee plus one car space per 600 square feet of building area plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
(19)
Commercial greenhouses and nurseries: two car spaces plus one car space per employee plus one truck loading space.
(20)
Car washing establishments: one car space per employee plus 10 car spaces per bay.
(21)
Automobile service stations: one car space per employee plus four car spaces per bay.
(22)
Bowling alleys: one car space per employee plus three car spaces per alley.
(23)
Theaters, meeting halls and auditoriums: one car space per three seats.
(24)
Beauty shops, barbershops and other personal service establishments: two car spaces per employee.
(25)
Self-service laundries and cleaners: one car space per employee plus one car space per each two washing, drying or cleaning machines.
(26)
Funeral homes: 30 car spaces.
(27)
Elementary schools: one car space per employee plus safe and convenient space for discharging and picking up passengers from automobiles and school buses.
(28)
Junior high schools: one car space per employee or one car space per three auditorium seats, whichever is greater, plus safe and convenient space for pickup and discharge of passengers from automobiles and school buses.
(29)
High schools: one car space per employee plus one car space per each three students in the 11th and 12th grades or one car space per three auditorium seats, whichever is greater, plus safe and convenient space for pickup and discharge of passengers from automobiles and school buses.
(30)
Technical, trade or craft schools: one car space per employee plus one car space per each two legal occupants (per Fire Safety Code, State of Connecticut).
(31)
Churches and synagogues: one car space for each four seats in principal worship area.
(32)
Public libraries, public museums, and public art galleries: eight car spaces plus one car space per 800 square feet of building area.
(33)
Recreational facilities not otherwise specified: one car space per each three legal occupants.
(34)
Classes including dance, art, singing, and exercise: one car space per employee and one car space per participant of driving age up to the maximum number of such participants at any one time.
[Added 8-2-2011]
(35)
Boarding stables: one car and trailer space for every three stalls.
[Added 7-15-2014]
(36)
Communication towers: two car spaces.
[Added 7-15-2014]
(37)
Medical marijuana production facility: one car space per employee plus truck loading space as prescribed in § 500-100.
[Added 7-15-2014]
(38)
Medical marijuana dispensary facility: one car space per employee plus one car space per 600 square feet of building area.
[Added 7-15-2014]
§ 500-100 Truck loading space.
The required truck loading space shall be determined with reference to the gross area of all usable floors in the building or buildings to which such space is an accessory in accordance with the following table:
Gross Floor Area (square feet) | ||
|---|---|---|
Over | But not more than | Required Number of Truck Loading Spaces |
0 | 15,000 | 1 |
15,000 | 30,000 | 2 |
30,000 | 150,000 | 3 |
150,000 | 1 space per 50,000 square feet or fraction thereof | |
§ 500-101 Configuration of parking spaces and areas.
A.
Car space. Each car space shall be a minimum of nine feet wide and 20 feet in length and shall be so arranged in relation to other car spaces as to provide easy and convenient access.
B.
Truck loading space. Truck loading spaces shall be located only at the side or rear of buildings and shall be not less than 10 feet in width and not less than 25 feet in length and shall leave a minimum clear height of 14 feet.
C.
Plot plan. Each plot plan submitted with an application for a zoning administrative permit shall clearly show all required parking facilities and for every use except residential uses shall show truck loading spaces, curbs and curb cuts, lighting, landscaping, surface material, drainage, grades and elevations. The Zoning Enforcement Officer may require that such plot be designed and prepared by a registered professional engineer licensed to practice in Connecticut.
[Amended 6-3-2008; 11-1-2016]
§ 500-102 Portion of required parking area held in reserve.
A.
The Planning and Zoning Commission may determine that the total number of parking spaces required by this article will not be immediately required by a particular use and may therefore further determine that up to 50% of the required parking area may be kept in reserve. It must then be planted and maintained rather than surfaced for parking until such time as the Planning and Zoning Commission may determine that the additional parking area is required. At such time as the Planning and Zoning Commission shall inform the applicant in writing by certified mail that additional parking area is to be completed, as authorized in the approved application, the area shall be completed within 60 days of dispatch of such notification.
[Amended 6-3-2008]
B.
No aboveground improvement shall be constructed or placed upon such reserve parking area.