Off-street parking requirements for specific uses

A. Specific uses allowed in this chapter shall be required to provide a minimum number of parking spaces, as follows:
- (1) Dwellings: two car spaces for each single- and two-family dwelling unit.
  [Amended 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
- (2) Multifamily and mixed use.
  [Amended 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
  - (a) Accessory apartments, efficiency apartments: one-bedroom apartments: one car space for each dwelling unit, plus one guest space for every third unit in overall development.
  - (b) Two-bedroom units and larger: 1 1/2 spaces per unit, plus one guest space for every third unit in overall development.
- (3) Hotels, motels, tourist homes and lodging houses: two car spaces for each unit.
- (4) Convalescent center or nursing home: one car space for every four beds, plus one car space for every two employees based on the largest shift.
- (5) Elderly housing: one car space for each efficiency or one-bedroom unit, 1 1/2 car spaces for each two-bedroom unit, plus one car space for every two employees based on the largest shift.
- (6) Live-work space: One parking space is required for each live-work unit, with no fewer than two parking spaces per building.
  [Added 9-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-13]
- (7) Convertible space: Required parking will be based on the applicable parking standards for the uses initially proposed for the convertible space, whether residential or commercial. If a use changes to another use that requires more parking, such additional parking must be provided on site or else the applicant must demonstrate proof of a shared parking arrangement with a neighboring property owner per the Town's standards for shared parking (§ 185-78.E). Additionally, an applicant may request that on-street/public parking be counted toward the required parking spaces where these spaces are located within 300 feet from the building entrance and have safe, direct pedestrian access to the building entrance, via sidewalks and/or crosswalks.
  [Added 9-11-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-13]
- (8) Office uses: one car space for every 350 square feet of gross floor area.
  [Amended 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
- (9) Retail and service business: one car space for every 350 square feet of gross floor space in use.
  [Amended 1-10-2000 by Ord. No. 99-13; 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
- (10) Restaurants, theaters and other buildings or places of public assembly: one car space for every four seats, or for every four persons of capacity, except, however, if a restaurant is a fast-food restaurant as defined in Article II, one car space for every three seats.
  [Amended 1-10-2000 by Ord. No. 99-13; 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
- (11) Commercial and higher educational institutions: one car space for each four students, plus one car space for each instructor and one car space for every two employees or other staff members.
- (12) Manufacturing or wholesale uses: one car space for every two employees based on the largest shift, plus one car space for each company vehicle operating from the premises.
- (13) Marina or yacht club: one space per 350 square feet of gross floor area plus 1/2 space per boat or slip.
  [Added 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
  Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection A(11) as Subsection A(12).
- (14) Adaptive reuse: Must be exempt from off-street parking requirements over one space per dwelling unit.
  [Added 12-4-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
  Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection A(14) as Subsection A(15).
- (15) All other uses: three car spaces, one car space for every 350 square feet of gross floor area.
  [Amended 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
B. No part of a minimum front yard, nor any land physically inaccessible for the actual parking of a car because of a structure or for any other reason, shall be used to satisfy the above off-street parking requirements, except that the restriction against parking in the minimum front yard shall not apply to residentially used lots within Residence 10 Districts.
C. No parking provided for any individual business or community shopping center located along County Road within the Business District shall be placed within 25 feet of County Road, as measured from the edge of the property line.
[Added 1-10-2000 by Ord. No. 99-13]
D. The number of parking spaces provided for any individual business or community shopping center located along County Road within the Business District shall not exceed the minimum number of parking spaces required above by more than 15%.
[Added 1-10-2000 by Ord. No. 99-13]
E. Shared parking.
[Added 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
- (1) Applicability. The permitting authority may permit all or part of the required parking spaces to be located on any other lot owned or leased by the owner of the building, subject to meeting applicable requirements and criteria [§ 185-78E(2)].
  [Amended 12-4-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12]
- (2) Requirements and criteria. Approval is subject to the following requirements and criteria:
  - (a) This option is available where two different uses occur at nonsimultaneous times (e.g., a church with Sunday services and evening events together with a business that is closed evenings and on Sunday).
  - (b) Submission of a reciprocal agreement executed by the owners and operators of the different sources or uses ensuring the long-term joint use of such shared parking, and defining the terms upon which the parking is shared. The agreement for off-site parking in the form of a written lease [or deed restriction?] is to be recorded in the Land Evidence room at Town Hall and identify the number and location of shared parking spaces and the businesses those spaces serve.
  - (c) A determination shall be made by the Building Official or applicable board that the shared parking:
    - [1] Is no more than 500 feet from each use sharing the parking facility;
    - [2] Will have a safe and well-defined pedestrian connection from the parking area to the subject parcel.
    - [3] Hours of operation and peak demand of the uses involved shall not conflict; and
    - [4] Will provide an adequate number of spaces for the applicable uses.
  - (d) Information concerning the following also may be requested:
    - [1] The hours of operation and parking demand for each use;
    - [2] The hours of peak demand for parking;
    - [3] A description of the character of the land use and the parking patterns of adjacent uses;
    - [4] An estimate of the anticipated turnover in parking space use over a twenty-four-hour period of time;
    - [5] A site plan showing all proposed parking spaces, including the shared use spaces in the lot and the walking distance to the uses sharing the lot; and
    - [6] Any other information concerning parking deemed necessary by the approving official or review board to render a decision.
- (3) Decision.
  - (a) Once a leased lot is approved to provide parking for any building, an agreement acceptable to the Town that guarantees the required parking will be provided at the termination of the lease must be recorded in Land Evidence before any permit may be issued for the building. Once a privately owned lot is approved for parking for any building, it shall not be converted to any other use without approval of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Review after the Building Official makes a finding that the required parking is otherwise provided in accordance with this chapter.
F. Combined parking. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the combined use of off-street parking or off-street loading areas by two or more buildings or uses if the total number of spaces provided is not less than the requirements for each use computed separately in accordance with this article. In no case shall off-street loading space be considered as required off-street parking space, or vice-versa.
[Added 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]
G. In the case of single-family and duplex two-family residences, the car space size requirements will be deemed satisfied by the provision of two such spaces end-to-end without the necessity of provision for access aisles.
[Added 2-6-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-1]