Newtown City Zoning Code
§ B70-7.05
Number of parking spaces required.
The number of parking spaces set forth in the following schedule of requirements will be considered as the minimum required for each such use to meet the standards set by 7.01 hereof, subject to the exception provided by 7.06 below. The schedule is intended to be representative and not inclusive, and the minimum parking required by 7.01 hereof for permitted uses not specified herein shall be determined by reference to the most similar use for which a requirement is given. More parking spaces may be required where the Zoning Enforcement Officer reasonably determines that the nature of the use is such that more vehicles than the minimum number of spaces specified herein are probably going to be parked in connection with such use at one time.
A.
Places of assembly with fixed seats, such as a theater, church, auditorium, or funeral parlor - two spaces per six seats. Where pews or benches are used as fixed seats, two spaces will be required per nine linear feet.
B.
Places of assembly without fixed seats such as banquet halls and club houses, including volunteer fire departments - one space for 100 square feet of gross floor area (limited in the case of volunteer fire departments to the area of the fire house used for meetings or banquets) subject to the exceptions of 7.06.
C.
Bowling alleys - five per bowling lane.
D.
Intentionally omitted.
[Amended 12-10-2014, effective 12-22-2014]
E.
Hotels or motels - one space for each bedroom, plus one for each employee on the largest shift.
F.
Restaurant or Tavern - one space per two seats (or per four linear feet of bench), plus one for each employee on the largest shift.
G.
Uses permitted by 4.09A shall require parking at the rate of one space per 200 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof and any use permitted as an accessory use pursuant to 4.07A wherein articles are sold on the premises shall require parking at the rate of one space per 75 square feet of gross floor area or part thereof (limited in the case of residences to the area of the residence actually devoted to the accessory use permitted by 4.07A)."
H.
Professional office buildings, the portion of buildings used for banking or publishing, and professional offices carried on as an accessory use pursuant to 4.07A - one per 250 square feet of gross floor area (limited in the case of residences to the areas of the residence actually devoted to the accessory use permitted by 4.07A).
I.
All industrial uses and uses permitted by 4.09C - one per employee on the largest shift plus one per industry or business vehicle usually kept on the premises.
J.
Roadside stands for a sale of agricultural produce or nursery stock - one space per linear foot measured on the longest dimension of the stand - not less than 10.
K.
Single family residential dwellings - two spaces (which may be provided by the use of an enclosed garage or breezeway).
L.
Dwellings carrying on an accessory use pursuant to 4.07A which is not a professional office nor any portion of which is devoted to retail sales - dwelling requirements plus one space for each employee not residing on the premises.
M.
Nursery school as an accessory use pursuant to 4.07B - dwelling requirement plus one space for each employee or other supervising parent.
N.
Where roomers or boarders are kept by a family pursuant to 4.07C - dwelling requirement plus one space for each roomer or boarder.
O.
Public libraries - one space for each 500 sq. feet of gross floor area.
P.
Use of small car parking spaces.
(1)
Uses obtaining approval of a site development plan for which the minimum number of parking spaces to be provided determined by application of Section 7.05 is at least 50 may utilize small car parking spaces containing a rectangle eight feet width plus 16 feet length for not more than 25% of the total number of parking spaces provided. Uses existing on July 13, 1985 for which the minimum number of parking spaces which should be provided by application of Section 7.05 is at least 50 may modify their parking lots to utilize small car parking spaces for not more than 25% of the total number of parking spaces provided by application to and approval by the Commission. Any application to permit small car parking spaces for existing uses shall be accompanied by a survey plan of all parking lots and driveways serving the existing use, drawn to scale of not less than one inch equals 40 feet, certified by a registered land surveyor as meeting the A-2 classification of the Connecticut Technical Council. Said plan shall also show the information required by Subsection 7.05P.2 below and all other information and improvements described in this Article 7. Small car parking spaces shall not be allowed unless approved by the Commission under site development plan review or by application to an existing use.
(2)
Small car parking spaces shall be laid out in groups of four or more. Pavement markings shall be different from the regular sized parking spaces and shall contain the phrase "COMPACT VEHICLE ONLY" in letters not less than nine inches high in each small car space. Pavement markings shall be maintained and repainted as needed to clearly delineate the difference between small car parking spaces and regular sized parking spaces.
[Amended 12-10-2014, effective 12-22-2014]