Mendon City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 260-65 Off-street parking and loading requirements.
A.
Off-street parking. The off-street parking requirements shall be as follows:
[Amended 10-15-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
Type of Use | Minimum Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required | |
|---|---|---|
Residential | ||
Single- and two-family dwellings | 2 per dwelling | |
Multiple-family developments, garden apartments and townhouses | 2 per dwelling | |
Home-operated barbershops and beauty shops | 2 per beauty or barber chair, plus 1 for each nonresident employee, in addition to the off-street parking spaces required for the dwelling | |
Home occupations and professional offices | 3 for client use, plus 1 for each nonresident employee, in addition to the off-street parking spaces required for the dwelling | |
Home-operated doctor or dentist offices | 5 for clients, plus 1 for each nonresident employee, in addition to the off-street parking spaces required for the dwelling | |
Business | ||
Motels, hotels and auto courts | 1 for every 150 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof, but not less than 1 per sleeping or dwelling unit | |
Business and professional offices | 1 for every 150 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof | |
Banking offices | 1 for every 100 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof. Drive-in windows shall have sufficient space to adequately handle 10 cars, separate and apart from any required parking spaces or travel lanes. | |
Retail and service shops, except when otherwise specifically covered herein | 1 for every 150 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof | |
Stores for the retail sale of furniture, appliances or hardware | 1 for every 500 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof | |
Supermarkets and self-service food stores | 1 for every 100 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof | |
Laundromats | 1 for every 2 washing machines | |
Motor vehicle service stations | 1 for every 100 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
Motor vehicle sales, including used car sales | 1 for customer parking for every 300 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof. In no case, however, shall a motor vehicle sales establishment provide fewer than 10 off-street parking spaces exclusively for customer use. | |
Car wash establishments (coin-operated) | 4 entering each washing bay and 3 exiting each washing bay, plus 1 for each employee | |
Car wash establishments (automatic) | 10 entering each washing bay if there are 2 bays, or 7 if there are 3 or more bays, and 5 exiting each washing bay, plus 1 for each employee | |
Commercial storage buildings (includes mini-warehouses) | 1 for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area | |
Restaurants, cafeterias, taverns and bars | 1 for every 2 seats for customers, or 1 for every 25 square feet of floor area available to patrons, whichever is higher | |
Restaurants, fast-food | 1 for every 100 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof | |
Funeral homes and mortuaries | 15 per parlor, plus 1 for each employee | |
Medical or dental clinics or offices | 5 for each doctor or dentist, plus 1 for each employee | |
Farm stands | 3 | |
Nursery or day-care centers | 1 for each 2 children of capacity, plus 1 for each employee | |
Flea markets | 5 for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or major fraction thereof of a permanent structure, plus 3 for every 150 square feet of gross area or major fraction thereof of booths, stands or outside display areas | |
Tourist homes, bed-and-breakfast establishments and rooming houses | 2 for the family residing on the premises, plus 1 additional space for each lodging room | |
Industrial | ||
Industry; includes truck terminals | 1 for each employee, plus 1 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area in the building for use by guests or visitors. The employee ratio shall be applied to that shift of work activity which has the greatest number of employees. | |
Public and other uses | ||
Non-office public utility installations | 5; except for box substations, where no off-street parking spaces shall be required | |
Parks and other outdoor recreation sites | 5 for each gross acre of land up to 50 acres, and 1 per gross acre of land above 50 acres | |
Country clubs and golf courses | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area occupied by principal and accessory structures, except those used for parking purposes | |
Nursing and convalescing homes | 1 for each 3 beds, plus 1 for every 2 employees and members of the staff in the largest working shift. Notwithstanding the provisions of other sections of this chapter, off-street parking which serves nursing homes, retirement homes, housing for the elderly and other similar uses predominantly serving senior citizens shall be no further than 150 feet from the building it serves. | |
Auditoriums, churches, theaters, assembly halls and similar places of public and quasi-public assembly having fixed seating facilities | 1 for every 3 seats in the main assembly hall | |
Auditoriums, exhibition halls, assembly halls, community centers, places of public and quasi-public and similar assembly not having fixed seating facilities | 1 for every 150 square feet of gross floor area | |
Schools | 4 for each classroom or 1 for every 3 seats in the auditorium, whichever is greater | |
NOTES: | |
1. | If any proposed use is not specifically identified herein, the Planning Board shall determine the number of parking spaces to be required for such proposed use. |
2. | Required parking space for employees refers to the maximum number of employees working on the site at any one time. |
B.
Design requirements. An off-street parking layout and dimensional requirements showing compliance with this chapter shall be submitted to the CEO for approval only for one- and two-family dwellings before the issuance of a building permit for the structure for which the parking facility is required. The approval of a site plan by the Planning Board shall constitute compliance with the parking standards of this chapter for the proposed development indicated on the site plan.
(1)
Each parking space shall consist of an area not less than nine feet wide by 18 feet deep; provided, however, that such dimensions shall be increased when necessary to permit safe ingress and egress.
(2)
Required off-street parking areas for uses other than one- or two-family dwellings shall have individual spaces marked and shall be so designed, maintained and regulated that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any public street, walk or alley and so that any automobile may be parked and unparked without moving or damaging another.
(3)
For purposes of rough computation, an off-street parking space and necessary access and maneuvering room may be estimated at 300 square feet, but off-street parking requirements will be considered to be met only when actual spaces meeting the requirements above are provided and maintained or improved in a manner appropriate to the circumstances of the case and in accordance with all laws and regulations of the Town.
C.
Off-street loading spaces. All off-street loading spaces for specified land uses shall be provided in accordance with the following requirements:
(1)
Retail and personal service uses. All retail sales facilities exceeding 10,000 square feet in area shall provide two loading spaces plus one loading space for each additional 30,000 square feet of floor area over 10,000 square feet.
(2)
Industrial uses. All industrial land uses shall provide one loading space for each 10,000 square feet of floor area, with a minimum of two loading spaces.
[Amended 10-15-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
(3)
All loading spaces shall be located and designed to avoid creating traffic hazards to the public use of all public rights-of-way; provided, further, that each loading space shall have a minimum width of 14 feet and a minimum length of 60 feet.
(4)
The loading area layout and dimensional requirements shall be indicated on the site plan submitted to the Planning Board for approval before the building permit for the structure for which the loading facility is required is issued by the CEO.
D.
Landscaping of parking lots and loading areas. A landscaping plan is to be included whenever parking and/or loading is required. The landscaping plan shall include the following:
(1)
A landscaped buffer surrounding the parking lot.
(2)
A landscaped buffer at the loading area.
(3)
The landscaped buffer shall consist of a mix of native deciduous and evergreen species, with no one species dominating.
(4)
The landscaped buffer shall consist of a minimum of one deciduous shade tree per 10 parking spaces. The minimum size of each deciduous shade tree at planting shall be two inches' to three inches' caliper measured at six inches above ground level.
(5)
Interior landscaping, when the lot is more than 75 spaces, to consist of islands, with a minimum area of 100 square feet, including a minimum dimension of eight feet. It is recommended that landscaping for these islands includes shade trees and/or groupings of ornamental trees.
(6)
All landscaped areas shall be protected from vehicles.
(7)
All landscaped areas shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the approved site plan and shall be the responsibility of the property owner.
(8)
A location identifying snow storage is required.
E.
Future parking option; designation on plans. All areas to be used for parking and site access shall be identified on the site plan approved by the Planning Board. Since use of a site may not require all parking spaces at the time of initial construction, the applicant may request that a portion of the required parking spaces be designated as future parking at the time of site plan approval.
(1)
All sites shall be designed to provide sufficient parking area and parking spaces to satisfy the requirements of this chapter. These required spaces may include those to be constructed immediately and those designated for future needs of the site.
(2)
The ratio of future-to-constructed parking spaces shall be determined by the Planning Board.
(3)
Construction details, including landscaping and drainage for all parking, shall be shown on the site plan as approved.
(4)
Consistent parking of vehicles on a public right-of-way or outside constructed parking areas shall be the primary indicator of the need for converting future parking areas to functional constructed parking spaces.
(5)
The need for conversion from future to functional parking spaces shall be determined by the Planning Board. The owner must comply with such determination within 120 days of receipt of the notice thereof.