Lots in two municipalities. Where a City boundary line divides a lot, all calculations which are based, in whole or in part, on gross floor area in determining the number of parking spaces which are required under the provisions of Article V of this chapter shall use only the floor area that is located within the boundaries of the City of Waltham.

Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements. (e)

Footnotes.

Parking requirements for the Business C District.

Parking requirements for the Hope Avenue Redevelopment Districts.

No cars shall be parked on untreated earth, it being required that areas shall be surfaced with tar, hot-top, concrete, belgian block or other substantial paving material.

No such paved parking area shall be placed within five feet of the front of any building, excluding garages, said area being reserved for landscaping treatments and access. In Residence B and C Districts, no such parking area shall be placed within five feet of any street line, said area being reserved for landscape treatments and access.

No driveway connecting such a parking area to the street shall be in excess of 20 feet in width as it crosses the five-foot reserve strip noted in Section 5.32 above, but where two such driveways are provided on a single lot, they shall not exceed 12 feet in width in the reserve strip.

Where such parking areas are required under the terms of Section 5.21, Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements, they shall be designed with available stalls nine feet wide by 18 feet long and so arranged that entrance to and exit from each car space may be made without the need to move other cars.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, in Residence B and C Districts, parking of motor vehicles is prohibited in that portion of the front yard lying between the building and the street line where five or fewer cars are required.

Parking areas shall be developed in a manner which will allow cars to maneuver easily and exit in a forward direction within prescribed driveways. Stalls shall be a minimum of nine feet in width and 18 feet in length. Twenty-five percent of the stalls may be 16 feet by 8 feet and shall be appropriately designated as restricted for use by small cars. Where stalls head into a curb which bumpers can overhang, the length of an eighteen-foot stall may be reduced by one foot and a sixteen-foot stall by one foot. All parking aisle widths shall have the following minimum dimensions: parallel parking: 10 feet; angled parking 45° or less: 13 feet; angled parking from 46° to 60°: 18 feet; and angled parking 61° or more: 20 feet, all related to the direction of line of flow of traffic in the aisle. Where stall widths are wider than eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet, the aisle width may be narrowed by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in width. Entrance and exit drives shall not exceed 25 feet in width and shall not be greater in number than deemed reasonable by the Inspector of Buildings with such advice and assistance as he may obtain from the Traffic Engineer. The Board of Survey and Planning (Board) may grant a special permit for a driveway opening greater than 25 feet if the Board finds that said driveway will benefit public safety and traffic flow. The slopes of aisles and parking areas shall not exceed 5% for surface parking areas, and 8% for above or below grade parking structures. No new driveway shall be opened within 100 feet of an intersection, except where the entire lot is within 100 feet of the intersection and there is no alternate access available, in which case the driveway may be opened, provided that a special permit therefor has been granted by the Board of Survey and Planning, and such permit may only be granted provided that the driveway is as far from the intersection as deemed feasible after consultation with the Traffic Engineer; and in no instance shall the driveway be located on the radius of the intersection.

No paved area, excluding entrances and exits, shall extend within five feet of any lot or street line, nor into any front yard; and an area equal to 40 square feet per car space shall be provided on which snow cleared from parking areas may be placed, but said area may be provided in whole or in part by the five feet referred to above or other yard space.

Trees with a minimum size of 3 1/2 inches in diameter (measured six inches from ground level) shall be provided at the rate of one for every 10 cars.

The area shall be graded, paved and drained with on-premises catch basins or appropriate dry wells or connection to the street drainage system.

The area shall be lighted in such a manner that no direct light shall fall on adjacent residential properties.

The area shall be fenced and/or landscaped in a manner which will minimize headlight glare on adjacent residential properties.

Up to 25% of all parking spaces may be designed for small cars, i.e., sixteen-by-eight-foot parking spaces. Further, the Board of Appeals may grant a special permit allowing up to 50% of the spaces to be 16 feet by eight feet where it can be shown that up to 50% of the cars will be, in all probability, 85 square feet or less in area, subject, however, to the restriction that such a special permit can only be granted for lots in excess of 25 cars and that said spaces shall be appropriately designated as restricted for use by small cars.

Parking stall design standard in parking structures. All off-street parking spaces for all uses located in parking structures below, above or at grade shall conform to the criteria set forth in Section 5.41 except that stall width may be reduced to 17 1/2 feet by 8 1/2 feet.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Zoning Ordinance to the contrary, where parking is being provided for development occurring as part of an intensity of use special permit, and where the number of residential parking spaces being provided exceeds the number of parking spaces required under Article V, the excess spaces may be combined in tandem with any required spaces, provided that a) each of the tandem spaces shall otherwise comply with all of the design criteria in Section 5.4; and b) tandem spaces shall not be more than two spaces deep; and c) such spaces may only be used in tandem if both of such spaces are for the exclusive use of the occupants of the same residential unit or their temporary guests or visitors and the parking spaces are so designated and assigned; and d) the Special Permit Granting Authority finds a need for such spaces and approves the location and safety of such spaces, and further provided all such tandem spaces shall only be allowed in structured parking facilities as defined by Subsection 2.3432, and shall not be allowed in surface parking areas.

Loading and unloading of motor vehicles. In any Residential or Business District used for assisted living facilities, as provided in Section 3.218A, and in a Business, Commercial or Industrial District, any building erected for commercial purposes shall be designed in such a way as to provide for an area comprising not less than 70 feet by 12 feet immediately adjacent to the building, or as more specifically located when development occurs as part of an intensity of use special permit, for off-street loading and unloading of motor vehicles delivering or receiving goods at such premises in accordance with the following schedule:

Special permit for reduced parking requirements for retail uses in Business, Commercial and Industrial Zones. A special permit allowing the construction or use of a building or portion thereof for retail use in a Business A, Business B, Commercial or Industrial Zone, where the petitioner will provide fewer than the minimum number of parking spaces required in that zone, may be issued by the City Council after a finding that the proposed number of spaces to be provided is sufficient to satisfy the demand typically generated by similar uses and that granting such special permit will not be injurious to the neighborhood and will serve the public interest; provided, however, that no such special permit shall be issued unless a minimum of four spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area is to be provided. In making its decision, the City Council may consider, among other things, the availability of public transit services, the provision of ride-sharing programs by the petitioner, shared parking arrangements, the provision of off-site parking and contributions to the Traffic Safety and Infrastructure Maintenance Fund in lieu of parking. The City Council may issue a special permit providing the following determinations are met: Sections 3.531, 3.532, 3.533, 3.534, 3.535, 3.536, and 3.538, and if the City Council grants a special permit for a decrease in parking, said Council shall require the applicant to make a contribution into a Traffic Safety and Infrastructure Maintenance Fund ("fund") for each parking space reduced by this special permit. The rate of contribution for retail buildings less than 30,000 gross square feet shall be $250 per parking space. The rate of contribution for retail buildings greater than 30,000 gross square feet shall be $1,500 per parking space, this "fund" being the same as established in Section 3.539 and following the same provisions of said section.