After the effective date of this bylaw, off-street parking spaces shall be provided for every new structure, the enlargement of an existing structure, the development of a new land use or any change in an existing use in its entirety in accordance with the Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations and the other requirements contained herein.

For every building hereafter erected for retail and service, wholesale, transportation and industrial, and community facility use as specified in the Table of Use Regulations and for every such use hereinafter established in an existing building or area, the off-street loading and unloading requirements presented in the Table of Off-Street Loading Regulations shall apply.

Parking or loading spaces being maintained in any district in connection with any existing use on the effective date of this bylaw, or any spaces subsequently provided in accordance with this bylaw, shall not be decreased or in any way removed from service to the use originally intended to be served so long as said use remains, unless a number of parking or loading spaces is constructed elsewhere such that the total number of spaces conforms to the requirements of the tables of this article, provided this regulation shall not require the maintenance of more parking or loading spaces than are required according to the tables.

When the computation of required parking or loading spaces results in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of 1/2 or more shall require one space.

Parking required for two or more buildings or uses may be provided in combined facilities on the same or adjacent lots subject to approval by the Building Commissioner/Zoning Enforcement Officer where it is evident that such facilities will continue to be available for the several buildings or uses. Recognizing that parking requirements in the underlying zoning district may hamper development of village-style land use and development, the Board may, by way of special permit, permit the reduction of the parking space requirements to 80% of that required in the Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations where uses on adjacent lots generate substantially different peak-hour parking lot use patterns. In determining the appropriate reduction, if any, the Board may give consideration to the hours of usage of the proposed use/structure, hours of usage of other uses/structures within the district, amount of shared parking with other uses, the opinions of merchants, residents and municipal officials as to the adequacy or inadequacy of parking spaces within the specific area of the proposed use/structure, as well as other relevant information to assist the Board in determining the need for additional parking for motor vehicles.

Required off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the principal use they are required to serve or, when practical difficulties as determined by the Board prevent their establishment upon the same lot, they shall be established no further than 300 feet from the premises to which they are appurtenant. The Board may permit parking spaces to be located greater than 300 feet but in no case further than 500 feet from the premises to which they are appurtenant where the applicant provides pedestrian improvements in addition to those required by this bylaw, including but not limited to benches, lighting, bicycle racks and street trees, to the corridor between the parking spaces and the premises to which they are appurtenant.

The loading spaces required for the uses listed in the Table of Off-Street Loading Regulations shall in all cases be on the same lot as the use they are intended to serve. In no case shall the required loading spaces be part of the area used to satisfy the parking requirements of this bylaw.

All parking and loading areas containing over five spaces, including automotive and drive-in establishments of all types, shall be either contained within structures or subject to the following: