(a)

Off street parking required: Off-street vehicle parking space shall be provided for buildings and uses as hereinafter specified. Such parking shall be reasonably adjacent to the use or building served; be intended specifically to serve the residents, patrons, or employees of said use or building; and the required number of spaces must be demonstrably usable and accessible for such purpose.

(b)

Application to existing uses: The provision of parking space shall not be required for legally existing uses as of the date of this ordinance, but shall be required for any expansion for such use by the addition of new primary floor area or other spatial expansion of building or use generating new parking demand.

(c)

Determination of need: The number of parking areas required shall be based upon the anticipated parking demand of individual uses and shall be as follows or as may be designated hereinafter for specific uses or situations as per Plan Commission/Board approval. In any case of structures or uses not mentioned, the provision for a use which is similar shall apply:

(d)

Standard dimensions:

(1)

Parking stalls shall be no less than nine (9) feet in width and not less than 180 square feet in area exclusive of the space required for ingress and egress.

(2)

Drive aisles shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width for two-way traffic and 12-feet in width for one-way traffic on sites. Fire Code requirements may apply above these stated drive aisle requirements in some cases.

(e)

American disabilities act: Adequate parking stalls shall be made available for disabled persons per federal and state requirements.

(f)

Location: Location of parking areas shall be on the same lot as the principal use and not over four hundred (400) feet from the principal use.

(g)

Surfacing: Any driveway or off-street parking area (other than that provided for a residence) shall be hard surfaced or maintained in a reasonably dustless condition by dust-proofing applications. The method of surfacing shall be approved by the Plan Commission/Board.

(h)

Curbs: Curbs or barriers shall be installed so as to prevent parked vehicles from extending over any lot lines. The extent of curbing need on a given parking lot shall be approved by the Plan Commission/Board.

(i)

Screening: Any off-street parking area, other than that provided for a residence, which abuts or faces a residence district shall provide a planting screen, landscaped fence, or wall, at least four (4) feet in height along the side abutting or fronting on a residence district (Subject to Planning Commission discretion for unique situations). Plans for such screen shall be submitted to the Plan Commission/Board for approval prior to installation.

(j)

Parking setbacks:

(1)

In any residential district no vehicle shall be allowed to park closer nor shall any drive be permitted closer than five (5) feet to the abutting residential lot line and the parking of a vehicle must be on a hard surface of compacted gravel or concrete/asphalt.

(2)

In any off-street parking area for a commercial use, no vehicle shall be allowed to park closer nor shall any drive be permitted closer than fifteen (15) feet to an abutting residential district (Subject to Planning Commission discretion for unique situations and approved screening methods).

(k)

Driveway access:

(1)

Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for each parking area, and driveways shall be at least ten (10) feet wide for one- and two-family dwellings and a minimum of twenty-four (24) feet for all other uses.

(2)

No direct access shall be permitted to the existing or proposed rights-of-way of expressways, freeways or interstate highways, nor to any other road, street or highway, without permission of the authority maintaining the facility.

(3)

Vehicle entrances and exits to drive-in theaters, banks, and restaurants; motels; funeral homes; vehicular sales, service, washing and repair stations; garages; or public parking lots shall be not less than two hundred (200) feet from any pedestrian entrance or exit to a school, college, university, church, hospital, park, playground, library, public emergency shelter or place of public assembly.

(4)

Adjacent residential uses may agree to establish a common driveway. In such cases, the driveway midpoint should be the property line between the two (2) parcels; however, the precise location of such driveway will be determined by the jurisdictional authority. The driveway must meet standard specifications and the landowner(s) shall record cross access agreements to ensure continued use, upkeep and maintenance of the combined access points.

(5)

Cross access to and between neighboring properties shall be implemented wherever possible. The goal in this requirement is to remove as much incidental, site-to-site traffic from adjacent roads as practical thus reducing the possibility of traffic conflicts and accidents. Cross access may be achieved by the interconnection of parking lots or the construction of a separate drive. Sharing of access to state and county trunk highways by commercial or industrial land uses may also be permitted. Such shared access shall have the approval of the county highway department or state department of transportation, depending upon jurisdiction. A cross access agreement shall be recorded by all landowners utilizing such shared access. Such shared access must meet standard specifications.

(6)

Access drives to principal structures which traverse wooded, steep, or open fields shall be constructed and maintained to a width and base material depth sufficient to support access by emergency vehicles. All driveways shall have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet with road strength capable of supporting emergency and fire vehicles, in compliance with any Village standards.

(l)

Residential & commercial parking restrictions:

(1)

Parking of vehicles accessory to a residential use shall be limited to those actually used by the residents or for temporary parking for guests. Vans or pickup trucks used for private and recreational use, or a motor home (recreational vehicle), or a van or pickup truck used in a business or trade and commercial vehicle per subsection (b) used for transportation to and from a place of employment or workplace of the occupant may be parked on a residential property.

(2)

One (1) commercial vehicle of not over one-ton rated capacity may be parked per residential dwelling unit, providing all of the following conditions are met: vehicle is registered and licensed; used by a resident of the premises; gross vehicle weight does not exceed ten thousand (10,000) pounds, including any load; height does not exceed nine (9) feet as measured from ground level, excluding antennas, air vents, and roof-mounted air conditioning units, but including any load, bed, or box; and total vehicle length does not exceed twenty-six (26) feet, including attachments thereto (such as plows, trailers, etc.).

(3)

Recreational vehicles shall be parked in the rear or side yards only or in compliance with same setbacks allowed for accessory structures. Recreational vehicles must maintain a minimum of a five-foot setback from the rear and side lot lines but are not restricted to a minimum setback to the principal structure. For the purpose of this Section, recreational vehicles shall include boats and trailers, snowmobiles and their trailers, minibikes or trailbikes and their trailers, and unoccupied tent campers and travel trailers, all-terrain vehicles and personal watercraft and their trailers.

(4)

Recreational vehicles shall be parked either within an enclosed attached garage or detached accessory structure or on an improved surface such as: asphalt; concrete; or compacted gravel.

(5)

Recreational vehicles may be parked in a front yard driveway area for the sole purpose of loading and unloading for a duration not to exceed two twenty-four-hour nonconsecutive days in a seven-day period.

(6)

No other vehicular equipment of a commercial or industrial nature, except as stated above, shall be parked or stored for more than two (2) consecutive hours and four (4) accumulated hours during any twenty-four-hour period on any lot in any zoning district except business and industrial districts or as permitted by an approved conditional use in the A-1 district.

(7)

Outdoor parking of semi-tractors/trailers on commercial property (B-districts), that is not a principal use (e.g., truck sales), an accessory use (e.g., delivery vehicles), or which has not been approved through the conditional use or site plan review process is prohibited.

(8)

Agricultural equipment (such as farm tractors, plows, farm plows, seeders, combines, cultivators, trucks owned and used by the farmer in the operation of the farm, etc.) used in a farm operation are permitted in all agricultural districts.

(m)

Occupation of parked vehicles prohibited: No Camping Trailer or Recreational Vehicle shall be used for the purpose of habitation in the Village.

(n)

Uses not enumerated: In any case where there is question as to the parking requirements for a use or where such requirements are not specifically enumerated, such case shall brought before the Plan Commission/Board, which shall have the authority to determine the appropriate application of the parking requirements to the specific situation.

(o)

Street servicing prohibited: No building for commercial or industrial purposes shall hereafter be erected or placed on a lot in a manner requiring servicing directly from the abutting public street.

(p)

Abandoned, unlicensed, inoperative, discarded or junked vehicles: The outside storage of abandoned, unlicensed, inoperative, discarded or junked vehicles on privately owned properties within the Village of Raymond is a source of annoyance to members of the public and to owners and occupants of adjacent land. The outdoor storage of such vehicles on private property is unsightly and constitutes an attractive nuisance to children and peril to their safety. This subsection is intended hereby to protect public health, safety and to curb the deterioration of the community environment.

(1)

No property shall be used for the outside storage of abandoned, unlicensed, inoperative, dismantled, partially dismantled, discarded or junked vehicles, except as may be otherwise permitted in this chapter.

(2)

No dismantled, partially dismantled or parts of vehicles shall be stored outside on any property within the county, except as otherwise permitted within this chapter.

(3)

No person shall abandon any vehicle within the Village of Raymond and no person shall leave any vehicle at any place within the Village for such time and under such circumstance as to reasonably cause such vehicle to appear to have been abandoned.

(4)

As used in this section, an abandoned, unlicensed, inoperative, discarded, or junked vehicles is:

a.

Any vehicle that:

1.

Without a current license;

2.

Being held or used for the purpose of resale of used parts therefrom or for the purpose of reclaiming for use some of the materials therein for the purpose of disposing of the same;

3.

Wrecked, discarded or dismantled;

4.

In such a condition as to cost more to repair and place in operating condition than its reasonable market value after such repair; or

5.

Left unattended for more than forty-eight (48) hours on property of another, if left without permission of the property owner.

b.

With respect to any vehicle not required to be licensed or not usually used on the public streets, the fact that such vehicle has remained unused for more than six (6) months and is not in condition to be removed under its own power shall be presumptive evidence that such vehicle is an abandoned, junked and/or inoperative vehicle.

(5)

The provisions of this section do not apply to vehicles kept by collectors or hobbyists pursuant to W.S.A., 341.266(4) or 341.268(4).

(Ord. No. 2024-6-24, 10-28-2024)