The Planning Board, in conjunction with site development plan approval, may permit a reduction in the number of developed parking spaces where adequate accessible reserve areas are available and designated on the plan as areas for overflow parking.

The Planning Board may reduce the required number of parking spaces upon demonstration by the applicant that the required number exceeds the actual peak parking hour (annual) and a demonstration that such reduction would not induce parking on public ways or result in hazardous conditions for vehicles and pedestrians within or proximate to the site. This reduction by the Planning Board may not exceed 25% of the normally required amount.

Location. Areas which may be considered as open or enclosed off-street parking spaces include any private garage, carport or other area available for parking, other than a street, entrance and exit lanes or a driveway, except that no vehicle shall be parked or stored in any required fire lane. A driveway beyond a required front yard for a one-family or two-family residence may count as one parking space. Where feasible, all driveways serving nonresidential uses shall include an adequate turnaround area to eliminate the need for backing onto a public road.

Size of spaces. Minimum parking stall width shall be nine feet, except that the Planning Board or the Building Inspector may reduce stall widths for employee parking areas to 8 1/2 feet.

Parking facilities for the handicapped. Parking spaces shall be reserved for the handicapped as required by state law and as directed by the Planning Board. The location of such spaces shall permit barrier-free access for the handicapped to proposed buildings and facilities, when required. All such spaces shall be designated by signs on stanchion as well as by ground markings.

Compact car parking. Compact car parking spaces may be permitted by the Planning Board, subject to the following requirements:

Access. Unobstructed access to and from a street shall be provided for nonresidential uses. Such access shall consist of at least one twelve-foot lane for parking areas with 20 or fewer spaces and at least two twelve-foot lanes for parking areas with over 20 spaces. Access to roads shall include adequate turnaround area to preclude the need for backing out onto the road right-of-way.

Drainage and surfacing. All open parking areas shall be properly drained, and all such areas shall be provided with a dustless surface, except that grassed areas may be used at the discretion of the Planning Board.

Joint facilities. Required parking spaces, open or enclosed, may be provided in spaces designated to serve jointly two or more uses or owners, whether or not located on the same lot, provided that the number of required spaces in such joint facilities shall not be less than the total required for all such uses.

Combined uses. When any lot contains two or more uses having different parking requirements, the parking requirements for each use shall apply to the extent of that use. Where one or more such uses will be generating a demand for parking spaces primarily during periods when the other use or uses is not or are not in operation, the Planning Board may reduce the total parking spaces required by 50% of the parking spaces required for that use with the least requirement.

Location and ownership. Required accessory parking spaces shall be provided upon the same lot as the use to which they are accessory or elsewhere, provided that all spaces therein are located within 400 feet walking distance of such lot along the existing road network. Parking spaces shall conform to all the requirements of the district in which the parking spaces are located. In no event shall such parking spaces be located in any residence district unless the use to which the spaces are accessory is permitted in such residence district. Such spaces shall be in the same ownership as the use to which they are accessory and shall be subject to deed restriction, in form approved by the Village Attorney, binding the owner and his heirs and assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available, either throughout the existence of the use to which they are accessory or until such spaces are provided elsewhere.

On lots divided by district boundaries. When a parking lot is located partly in one district and partly in another district, the regulations for the district requiring the greatest number of parking spaces shall apply to the entire lot. Parking spaces on such lot may be located without regard to district lines, provided that such parking spaces shall not be located in any residence district unless the use to which they are accessory is permitted in such district.

Requirements for parking spaces adjacent to lots in any residence district. Wherever a parking area of over five spaces abuts or is within 15 feet of a lot in any residence district, it shall be screened from such residential lot by a substantial wall, fence or thick hedge, approved by the Planning Board.

Driveways. No driveway shall provide access to a lot located in a nonresidential district across land in a residential district.

No commercial vehicle, as defined in § 255-6, may be parked out-of-doors overnight on any lot in any residential district or at a residential premises in a nonresidential district.

Not more than one commercial vehicle of 25 feet or less in length may be parked within a private garage in a residence district.

No commercial vehicle or otherwise shall be parked or stored on any unimproved lot.

Off-street loading berths are required for all nonresidential structures or uses. Nonresidential uses permitted in residential districts shall have one loading berth with minimum dimensions of ten by forty-four (10 x 44) feet and a clear height of 15 feet for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor area and one additional berth of the same dimensions for each additional 20,000 square feet of gross floor area or major portion thereof. In NB, GB and HB Districts, there shall be one loading berth with minimum dimensions of ten by sixty (10 x 60) feet with a clear height of 15 feet for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor area and one additional berth of the same dimensions for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area or major portion thereof. In PLI Districts, there shall be one loading berth with minimum dimensions of ten by sixty (10 x 60) feet with a clear height of 15 feet for the first 20,000 square feet of gross floor area and one (l) additional berth of the same dimensions for each 20,000 square feet of gross floor area or major portion thereof. The Planning Board may modify the minimum requirements where necessary to ensure proper circulation and traffic safety or where such change would not create future difficulties in the event that the structures or uses are changed to any other use permitted by right in the district.

Location and access. Unobstructed access, at least 12 feet wide, to and from a street shall be provided to off-street loading berths. Such access may be combined with access to parking areas. No off-street loading berth shall be located between the street line and the principal building. A loading berth shall not be located in any required yard and shall be screened where visible from any residential district boundary.

Joint facilities. Loading berths may be provided in spaces designed to serve jointly two or more adjacent establishments, provided that the number of required berths in such joint facilities shall not be less than the aggregate of all such requirements.

On lots divided by district boundaries. When a lot is located partly in one district and partly in another district, the regulations for the district requiring the greater number of loading berths shall apply to the entire lot. Loading berths on such lot may not be located in any residence district unless the use to which they are accessory is permitted in such district.

Access near street intersections. No entrance or exit for any accessory off-street parking area with more than four parking spaces nor for any loading berth shall be located closer than 75 feet from the intersection of any two designated street lines. This distance shall be 100 feet for any signalized intersection or an intersection providing for a designated left-turn storage lane on the same intersection leg as the proposed access drive.

Screening. Parking areas with more than four spaces in a residential district shall be screened from all property lines, including any roads bordering the property. All parking areas and loading berths shall be screened from any residential district boundary where visible. Such screening shall not obstruct sight distance. The Planning Board may require landscaping between nonresidential use parking areas to prevent massing of such areas and to protect the character and compatibility of adjacent uses.

Requirements for lighting. The Planning Board is empowered, subject to § 255-74A, to adopt rules and regulations pertaining to lighting systems for parking areas.

Requirements for landscaping. The Planning Board is empowered, subject to § 255-74A, to adopt rules and regulations pertaining to landscaping systems for parking areas.

Regulations for parking spaces. The Planning Board is empowered, subject to § 255-74A, to adopt rules and regulations providing for standard design of parking areas, including striping of stalls; provision of vehicle stops; control of traffic movements; and specifications for surfacing of required parking spaces.

The Village Board may, in its discretion, accept all or a portion of the offered fee-in-lieu in substitution for all or a portion of the required parking spaces. Where appropriate, it may require the submission of studies and plans demonstrating that practical considerations preclude the provision of such spaces by the applicant.

The amount of the fee-in-lieu required in such cases shall be established on a case by case basis by the Village Board, based on the projected construction cost for municipal provision of the required parking spaces, operating costs where the spaces are not revenue-producing and any loss in taxes resulting from municipal provision of such spaces. Provision may be made for periodic payment of an amount to cover operation and maintenance costs.

By acceptance of the fee-in-lieu, the Village of Spring Valley undertakes to provide parking of a type, location and quantity appropriate for the particular use within a reasonable period of time, taking into account the existing supply and demand for parking in the area of said use. The village may charge for the use of such spaces an amount generally consistent with the charge for other publicly provided parking in the same area.

At least that portion of the fee-in-lieu which is based on the projected construction cost shall be placed in a Village of Spring Valley parking fund. The expenditure of revenues from such parking fund shall be limited exclusively to those actions designed to increase the quantity and/or the quality of parking spaces available to serve properties within the central business area, as defined by the Village Board.