Off-street parking requirements
(a) General regulations. Any structure or use erected or developed after July 6, 1967, must provide off-street parking facilities in accordance with the following regulations:
(1) Dwellings, one car for each dwelling unit;
(2) Hotels, motels, and lodging houses, one car space for every two suites or rooms;
(3) Office uses, one car space for every 250 square feet of floor area;
(4) Retail and service businesses, one car space for every 200 square feet of gross building area;
(5) Parking space width, nine feet;
(6) Restaurants, theaters, churches and other places of assembly, one car space for every five persons of capacity;
(7) Industrial and wholesale uses, two car spaces for every three employees; and
(8) All other uses, parking as may be required by review of an application under chapter 32 or this chapter.
Plans and specifications—Minimum standards. Plans and specifications for the required parking facility and its access drives shall be submitted at the time of the pertinent land development application for the main use. In allocating space for off-street parking facilities, each car space shall have a minimum width of nine feet and minimum length of 18 feet and shall be served by suitable aisles to permit access to all car spaces. In no case shall the gross area of the facility be less than 200 square feet per car space.
(b) Off-street parking lots. Off-street parking lots of more than two motor vehicles capacity shall conform to the following standards of construction. These standards shall not apply to driveways:
(1) The area shall have a dust free, hard surface and shall be provided with bumper guards where needed.
(2) Where such area adjoins or lies within an AR agricultural/residential district, or adjoins a residential use in any other district, an opaque fence not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height, or a compact evergreen screen not less than four feet in height shall be erected and maintained between such area and the adjoining AR district or residential use.
(3) Lighting fixtures used to illuminate the parking area shall reflect away from adjoining property and away from adjacent traffic arteries. All lighting shall be directed downward, and incorporate full cutoff fixtures to reduce light pollution, utilizing fixtures meeting the criteria of the ISA International Dark Sky Association, and shielded from directing light on abutting properties.
(c) Commercial vehicles.
(1) In the GB and HC2 zoning districts, the parking or storage of commercial vehicles up to and including a class 8 vehicle class as classified by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or a Heavy Duty Vehicle 8b as classified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall be permitted.
(2) In the AR zoning district, the parking of three commercial vehicles, up to and including a class 6 vehicle class as classified by the Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) or a Heavy Duty Vehicle 6 as classified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), registered to a permanent resident of the property or registered to the business entity employing the permanent resident at which the vehicle is parked shall be permitted.
(3) Overnight parking of any vehicles in the municipal zoning district shall only be permitted for vehicles registered to the Town of Foster.
(Ord. of 6-23-1994, art. VI, § 15; Ord. of 4-24-2025(10))
Cross reference— Traffic, ch. 36.