Parking schedule.
§ 218-57. Parking schedule.
A. The following parking schedule shall be used to determine the minimum required and maximum allowable parking spaces for different uses. Requirements associated with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) shall not be counted toward the maximum allowed number of spaces.
B. Where a use is proposed that is allowed either by-right or by Special Use Permit in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance Section 218-23, an applicant may petition the Town for a different parking requirement. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant to demonstrate that a different requirement is appropriate. Any petition for a different parking requirement shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission as part of a development plan review, subdivision, or land development application as applicable. Where the permit review is ordinarily by the Building Official or the Town Planner in accordance with Section 218-71, these agents shall refer the application to the Planning Commission where a different parking requirement is sought. Minimum required number Maximum allowed number Use of spaces of spaces Single family dwellings Two per home NA Two-family dwellings (not 1.5 spaces per unit NA part of a multi-family development) Multi-family dwellings See Section 218-51E(8) See Section 218-51E(8) Educational facilities one space for four students of one space for three students of design capacity plus one space design capacity plus two for each administrative office spaces for each administrative office Inns, motels and hotels one space per guest room plus 1.5 spaces per guest room plus fifty percent of the seventy-five percent of the requirement for all other uses requirement for all other uses on the site. on the site. Restaurants, theaters, one parking space for every one parking space for every churches and places of six seats of design capacity or four seats of design capacity public assembly for six persons of capacity or for four persons of capacity whichever is greater whichever is greater; plus one space for every employee on the highest peak working shift Minimum required number Maximum allowed number Use of spaces of spaces Hospitals and institutions NA one parking space for every two beds plus one space for each administrative office Office one parking space for every one parking space for every three hundred square feet of two hundred square feet of floor area floor area Retail and service one parking space for every one parking space for every three hundred square feet of one hundred square feet of floor area devoted to sales; floor area devoted to sales; plus one space for every plus one space for every employee on the highest peak employee on the highest peak working shift working shift Industrial and wholesale one space per six hundred one space per four hundred square feet of gross floor area square feet of gross floor area plus one space for each plus one space for each vehicle operating from the vehicle operating from the premises premises Other use See Subsection C See Subsection C
C. Where a use is either allowed by right or through a Special Use Permit, and is not specifically listed in the parking schedule, the Building Official shall determine the parking requirement either by selecting a use from the parking schedule that most closely resembles the proposed use, or through consultation of applicable parking requirements as provided by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).
D. When any lot contains two or more non-residential uses, the sum of the individual parking demand values shall serve as the baseline parking demand. Fractions shall be rounded down where any component of this calculation uses more than the minimum parking requirements listed in the parking table. An applicant may petition for fewer parking spaces than the aggregate baseline demand through development plan review with the Planning Commission or land development review as applicable by submitting a peak demand analysis consistent with the guidance provided in the Institute of Traffic Engineers' (ITE's) Shared Parking, 2nd Edition as may be amended.
E. Up to 50 percent of on-site off-street shared parking requirements may be provided off-site provided that parking is located within 400 feet of the property boundary in a walkable route from one property boundary to another and safe, if applicable, well lighted pedestrian access can be demonstrated by the applicant.