Owasco Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 150-108 Purpose and intent.
The regulations of this article establish the standards for the amount, location, and development of motor vehicle parking and standards for on-site loading areas. The parking standards are designed to avoid parking shortages, to encourage compact development patterns and mixed uses, and to encourage parking configurations that do not disrupt the Town's traditional streetscape.
§ 150-109 Minimum required off-street parking and loading space.
Parking spaces. The following off-street parking provisions shall constitute the minimum space required for the following buildings and uses hereafter erected, converted, or otherwise established in any district:
Building/Use | Minimum Off-Street Parking Required |
|---|---|
Single-family detached dwelling | 2 spaces per dwelling unit |
Two-family dwelling | |
Multiple-family dwelling | 1 1/2 spaces per dwelling unit |
Motel or hotel | 1 space per rental room/suite, + 1 additional space per full-time employee on the premises at one time |
Restaurant, eating or drinking establishment | 1 space for each 50 sq ft of floor area devoted to customer uses, + 1 additional space per full-time employee on the premises at one time |
Church1 | 1 space for every four seats provided for patrons, customers, members, or guests, + 1 additional space per full-time employee on the premises at one time |
Library | |
Fire station2 | |
School (public or private) | 5 spaces per classroom, + 1 additional space per office |
Retail | 1 space for each 150 sq ft of gross floor area |
Office | |
Health care facility | 1 space for each resident bed, excluding bassinets, + 1 additional space per full-time employee on the premises at one time, or 1 space for every four patient beds for "hospitals, sanitariums, or convalescent homes primarily providing long-term custodian care for patients" |
Assisted living facility | |
Home occupation | 2 spaces in addition to the parking requirement for the dwelling |
Agricultural drive-in stand | 1 space for each 100 sq ft of area occupied by the stand, but in no case fewer than 3 such spaces |
Benevolent society club | 1 space for each 50 sq ft of gross floor area |
NOTES: | |
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1 | Where places of public assembly are provided with benches rather than fixed divided seats, each two linear feet of bench shall equal one seat. |
2 | Where no fixed seats are used, each 50 square feet of floor area shall equal one seat. |
Loading and unloading areas. Off-street loading and unloading areas, sufficient to accommodate the maximum capacity of the lot, shall be provided on any lot on which a building for commercial use is hereafter erected or substantially altered. All off-street loading and unloading areas shall have an all-weather surface which shall consist of gravel, crushed stone, concrete, or blacktop and provide safe and convenient access and use during all seasons.
Parking of vehicles that require a commercial drivers license (CDL) to operate. The parking of a vehicle requiring a CDL to operate on any residential or vacant parcel of land in the Residential District and the Lakeshore District is prohibited unless such vehicle is owned by the owner of the parcel upon which such vehicle is parked.
This prohibition shall not extend to such vehicles temporarily parked for the purpose of making deliveries of products or materials, provided such vehicles are parked only for the duration necessary to make such deliveries.
This prohibition shall not apply to any vehicle that has been routinely parked on a residential or vacant parcel of land for the 30 days immediately preceding the enactment of this subsection.
§ 150-110 Design, location, sharing of facilities, turnarounds, and illumination.
All parking facilities provided under this article shall not be located in the public right-of-way or a required front yard and each automobile parking space shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width and 20 feet in length and clear to a height of eight feet, exclusive of accessways, aisles, and maneuvering space, but may include usage of garage floor area. Each space shall have an all-weather surface which shall consist of gravel, crushed stone, concrete, or blacktop.
Two or more establishments may join in meeting the requirements of this article, provided that the total area for parking is not less the sum of the individual requirements.
Driveways and parking areas for nonresidential uses, except home occupations, shall include, within the property lines, turning areas so constructed and surfaced that a vehicle entering or leaving the property is not required to back onto the street.
Driveways shall be designed to provide for the safe and efficient movement of traffic between the roadway and the site, to eliminate the potential for stacking of vehicles along the public right-of-way, and to minimize interference with pedestrians and vehicles using the site and the public right-of-way.
All illumination of parking lots shall be shielded so as not to project light or glare upon abutting properties.
§ 150-111 Outdoor storage of vehicles, watercraft, and recreational vehicles.
The outdoor storage of motor vehicles and vehicles towed by motor vehicles such as trailers that do not display current license plates and current registration and state inspection stickers shall be prohibited on residential and vacant property. The outdoor storage of motorized watercraft and watercraft designed to be propelled by a motor that do not display current registration stickers or any type of watercraft that is not seaworthy shall be prohibited. No seaworthy, motorized watercraft or watercraft designed to be propelled by a motor shall be stored on any residential or vacant property unless said watercraft is registered to the owner of the property or to the tenant or tenants who reside thereon.
A personal vehicle for sale by the owner may be displayed for sale for a period of time not exceeding 90 days after which such vehicle shall be removed from the parcel or stored in a fully enclosed structure.
Any person cited by the Code Enforcement Officer for violation of this section shall remove the vehicles causing the violation within 30 days following the date on which such citation is served.
No recreational vehicle or boat trailer, with or without a boat thereon, shall be stored in the front yard of a residential parcel unless such recreational vehicle or trailer is owned by the property owner on which the recreational vehicle or boat trailer is parked and current New York State registration and inspection stickers are displayed thereon.