Parking

Specific parking and loading requirements are identified in article VIII of this chapter and shall be provided as required for the underlying use.

• • (1) Off-street parking spaces required for historic institution uses shall be located in the HPC zone.

  • (2) When a historic institution has a noncontiguous campus, parking may be supplied on one part of the campus to meet the parking needs of the other noncontiguous part of the campus provided that a shuttle service is supplied by the historic institution to move visitors, guests and staff between the noncontiguous campuses. This provision is applicable only if an institutional master plan, which includes a parking/shuttle plan, has been submitted and approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

  • (3) Notwithstanding article VIII of this chapter, the planning board as part of its approval of the institutional master plan may:

    • a. Allow sodium vapor lights to be used provided that such lights are aimed and shaded so as not to cast glare or light onto neighboring properties, including public spaces such as Mount Hope Bay.

    • b. Allow the size of certain parking spaces to be reduced to not less than nine feet in width, provided such spaces are conspicuously marked for compact cars and that provision is also made for extra large vehicles such as sport utility vehicles.

    • c. Modify interior landscaping standards for parking lots, provided that any reduced landscaping is replaced elsewhere on the campus and so delineated on the institutional master plan.

  • (4) The parking requirements are hereby declared to be an integral part of the nature of the historic institution use and therefore any variance sought from the zoning board from parking requirements shall be deemed to be a use variance.