The requirement for a single use (e.g., a single-family dwelling or a retail store) shall be determined directly from the schedule of such requirements which is a part of this article.

The requirement for a combination use made up of several component uses (e.g., a bowling alley combined with an auditorium; a restaurant and bar; or a retail store combined with an office building) shall be determined by establishing the requirement for each component use from the schedule of such requirements which is a part of this article and adding them together.

When the required number of spaces is determined to result in a fraction, it shall be increased to the next highest whole number.

If the use is not specifically listed in the schedule of such requirements, the requirement shall be the same as for the most similar listed use.

A garage or carport may be used to meet the requirements of this article. A driveway may only be used to meet the requirements of this article where it serves a single- or two-family dwelling.

Uses which require approval pursuant to the special exception use procedure set forth in Article VII may be required to provide off-street parking spaces in excess of the requirements of this article, as is indicated in Article VII.

Schedule of Off-street Parking Space Requirements for Residential Uses.

Schedule of Off-street Parking Space Requirements for Nonresidential Uses.

All uses at a location shall be considered when calculating the required number of spaces for any location. A primary use shall be identified for the base amount and additional amounts added for each use. Any change or addition in use shall require a recalculation of the amount of parking spaces required.

These schedules are the minimum required; the Planning Board may determine based upon the individual project that additional spaces are required. If the applicant demonstrates to the Planning Board during the site plan approval process that the initial needs for parking are less than that which is required, the Planning Board may permit such limited parking only if adequate space is reserved to implement such required parking at full development or at any future time. Such reserved space shall be noted on the site plan. In addition the stormwater design shall be based upon the entire parking area requirement.

Not more than two parking spaces per dwelling unit may be rented to persons living off the premises in the case of a single- or two-family dwelling use; and not more than one parking space per each two dwelling units may be rented to persons living off the premises in the case of any other residence use.

In other than an AR2 district, one commercial motorized vehicle may be housed or parked on a property per dwelling unit, provided that there is sufficient space, and that such vehicle shall not exceed a gross motor vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or 24 feet in length.

Parking garages, public parking areas, filling stations and repair garages may have separate or combined entrances and exits.

Every separate entrance or exit driveway shall have a minimum unobstructed width of 10 feet. Every combined entrance and exit driveway shall have a minimum unobstructed width of 20 feet. Parking areas with 20 spaces or more shall have at least two separate ten-foot driveways.

The intersection of an exit or combined exit and entrance driveway of a public parking area with the public street shall have the same corner clearance as prescribed for intersecting streets in § 130-31.

Private driveway.

Fire lanes. Dimension, design, location, quantity, signage and stenciling of fire lanes shall be as required by the Town of Wheatland Fire Marshal and/or Building Inspector. The Planning Board may consider this as part of a site plan review.

Parking in fire lanes prohibited. No person shall stop, stand or park in any public or private area designated and posted as a fire lane according to regulations prepared by the Town of Wheatland Fire Marshal and/or Building Inspector establishing the width necessary to permit access and operation of firefighting equipment and personnel and the egress of occupants and the appropriate markings designating the fire lane. Police, emergency and fire personnel may park vehicles in such areas in the performance of their official duties.

Compatibility with use district. Any driveway, exit, access road, private road or roadway constructed within the Town of Wheatland must be compatible with and for a permitted use for the district in which it is constructed.

Permits required. Any driveway, exit, access road, private road or roadway, other than for agricultural use, is required to obtain a permit from the Town of Wheatland. Such permit may be part of a subdivision or site plan.

All accessory off-street parking and truck loading areas shall be located in accordance with the provisions of § 130-23.

The physical improvements of off-street parking and truck loading areas shall include:

All aisles within parking areas shall have a minimum width of 24 feet when the parking spaces are at a ninety-degree angle with the aisle; 18 feet when the parking spaces are at 60º; and 12 feet when the parking spaces are at 45º.

Aisles and turning areas shall have adequate radii to assure ease of mobility, ample clearance and convenient access and egress.

Center-line gradients of aisles shall not exceed 8%.

Accessory off-street parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 18 feet; or, in the case of parking spaces for trucks or special equipment, parking spaces of a minimum size to be determined by the municipality based on the nature of the parked vehicles.

An accessory off-street truck loading space shall have a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum length of 25 feet and a minimum clear height of 14 feet. The related aisle shall have the same minimum clear height.

Existing buildings and uses are exempt. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any building or structure or lot lawfully in use at the effective date of this chapter, whether continued as a permitted use or as a legal nonconforming use or thereafter converted or changed without enlargement to a different lawful use having the same parking and truck loading requirements.

Within an established municipal parking district where the municipality has, as a matter of public policy, taken the responsibility for providing adequate off-street parking facilities for all uses in the district, the off-street parking space requirements stipulated in this article shall be automatically waived.

The Board of Appeals, subject to the applicable provisions of § 130-66D(5), may waive the requirements, in whole or in part, for the off-street parking or truck loading spaces stipulated in this article.