Weston City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 240-52 Intent and purpose.
It is the intention of these regulations that all structures and land uses shall be provided with a sufficient amount of off-street vehicular parking and loading space to meet the needs of persons making use of such structures or land uses, but in no case less than the minimum standards specified in § 240-54 of these regulations.
§ 240-53 Existing structures and uses.
Structures and land uses in existence, or for which building permits have been issued prior to the adoption of these regulations, shall not be subject to any additional parking or loading space requirements of these regulations, provided that any parking or loading facilities then existing to serve such structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced, except where they exceed such requirements, in which case they shall not be reduced below such requirements. Required parking and loading facilities for the existing portion of such structures or uses shall, however, be provided at the time of any enlargement of such existing structures or uses in the future.
§ 240-54 Schedule of off-street parking space requirements.
A.
Off-street parking space shall be provided as follows, except that the Commission, in approving the issuance of a special permit, may require additional off-street parking where said Commission determines that such is necessary in accordance with the purposes set forth in § 240-52 above:
Use | Minimum Required Off-Street Parking Spaces | |
|---|---|---|
Place of worship | 1 per each 5 seats or pew spaces | |
Club | 1 per member or, in case of family memberships, 1 per family, except that where the maximum capacity of the use served is not adequate to accommodate all members at the same time, the Commission may permit an appropriate reduction of the parking requirement | |
Private school, nursery school, day camp | 1 per each teacher and staff member, plus 1 per each 6 pupils or campers | |
Museum/art gallery | 1 per employee, plus 1 per each 400 square feet of floor area. | |
Retail and personal service establishments, businesses and professional offices | 1 per each 125 square feet of ground floor area and 1 per each 250 square feet of other floor area, not including basement area devoted to utilities and storage and not open to the public | |
Restaurants | 1 per each 75 square feet of floor area | |
Automotive service stations | At least 10 spaces per station | |
Other uses | Off-street parking requirements for uses that do not fall within the categories listed above shall be determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission. |
B.
Where two or more different uses occur on a single lot, the total amount of parking facilities required shall be the sum of the requirements for each individual use on the lot, except that the Commission, in approving a special permit application, may approve a plan with a lesser amount of total parking, provided that said Commission finds that the capacity to be provided will substantially meet the intent of the requirements of these regulations by reason of variation in the probable time of maximum capacity of each such use, or for other similar reason.
§ 240-55 Off-street loading space requirements.
[Amended 2-1-1984]
Within Neighborhood Shopping Center Districts, off-street loading space shall be required for each 5,000 square feet, or major fraction thereof, of ground floor area. In the case of special permit uses, off-street loading requirements shall be as determined necessary by the Commission in accordance with the purposes set forth in § 240-52 above.
§ 240-56 Location of off-street parking and loading facilities.
[Amended 2-1-1984[1]]
The off-street parking and loading facilities as required by these regulations shall be provided on the same lot or premises with the structure or land use served, except that off-street parking spaces required for structures or land uses on two adjoining lots may be provided in a single common facility on one or both of said lots if approved by the Commission. Where said Commission approves the location of required off-street parking spaces on a different lot than that occupied by the use served, the Commission shall require, as a condition of its approval, a legal instrument satisfactory to assure the continued use of said parking spaces in connection with the land uses and structures served.
§ 240-57 Parking and loading specifications.
All off-street parking and loading spaces shall comply with the following standards and requirements:
A.
The area required for the parking of one motor vehicle shall have a width of at least nine feet and a depth of 20 feet if unenclosed, and a width of at least 10 feet and a depth of at least 20 feet if bordered by walls or columns on two or more sides, exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto and giving access thereto, and having direct usable access to a road, but not requiring the backing of a vehicle into the road right-of-way. Aisles between rows of parking spaces shall be at least 25 feet wide, except where the Commission approves a lesser distance as adequate for areas with angled parking spaces.
[Amended 2-1-1984]
B.
Each off-street loading space shall have a width of at least 12 feet and a length of at least 30 feet, with a height clearance of not less than 14 feet.
C.
Access drives serving any off-street parking or loading area shall be designed so as to provide for safe and efficient vehicular and pedestrian circulation both on the subject premises and in relation to the adjoining road system.
D.
In all off-street parking areas containing 20 or more parking spaces, at least one tree shall be provided within such parking area for each 10 parking spaces. Such trees shall be distributed throughout the entire parking area and shall be so arranged and located as to define the areas of major traffic flow and not in any way impede or interfere with such flow.
§ 240-58 Improvement and maintenance.
A.
Required off-street parking facilities may be enclosed in a structure or may be open, provided that all such facilities serving nonresidential uses shall be graded, surfaced, drained and suitably maintained to the satisfaction of the Commission, to the extent necessary to avoid nuisances of dust, erosion, or excessive water flow across public ways or adjacent lands. Nonresidential parking facilities containing 10 or more spaces shall be provided with suitable markings to indicate each such individual space and, where required by the Commission, markings to indicate direction of traffic flow, entrances, exits, etc. Except for one-family dwellings, suitable landscaping and screening shall be provided between parking areas and adjoining residential properties.
B.
Required off-street parking and loading facilities shall be maintained as long as the use or structure exists which the facilities are designed to serve.
§ 240-59 Parking plan.
Where a parking plan is required by these regulations, it shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its approval and shall consist of a plot plan drawn to scale and showing all of the following information:
A.
The location and dimensions of the proposed parking area, the location of any buildings or other facilities served by this area, the location of a property lines within 50 feet of the area, and the location of the road or roads from which access is to be obtained.
B.
Contour data and/or spot elevations in sufficient detail to enable the Commission to readily determine the existing and proposed grading of the parking area.
C.
Indication on the plan of the type of surfacing proposed, the method of providing for storm drainage, and any other improvements, including landscaping, which may be required or appropriate. The Commission shall act to approve or disapprove such a plan within 60 days of the date it is received, and failure to act within such time limit shall constitute approval of the plan.