Table of Uses and Required Off-Street Parking

[Amended 2-17-2011 by Ord. No. 2010-28; 4-8-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-4; 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-8]

Requirements for off-street parking are as follows:

Uses	Required Off-Street Parking ^{1, 2, 3}
Dwellings, three units or less, greater than 1,000 feet from transit service	Two car spaces for each dwelling unit
Dwellings, four units or more, greater than 1,000 feet from transit service	1,75 car spaces for each dwelling unit
Dwellings, four units or more, less than 1,000 feet from transit service	1.5 car spaces for each dwelling unit
Hotels, motels and lodging houses	One car space per unit plus 5% for management and employees
Continuing care retirement community	One car space for every three beds plus 10% of those spaces
Office uses	One car space for every 300 square feet of gross leasable area. In a B-1 zone, the maximum number of parking spaces shall not exceed four car spaces per 1,000 square feet
Retail and service business	Three car spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area. In a B-1 zone, the maximum number of parking spaces shall not exceed four car spaces per 1,000 square feet
Restaurants, theaters, and other places of public assembly	One car space for every four seats or for every public assembly four persons of occupancy
Industrial and wholesale use	One car space for every two employees
All other uses	Four car spaces per 1,000 square feet

NOTES:
¹ In the event that the amount of required car spaces results in a fraction, the required number of spaces shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
² Parking spaces shall include the required number under the RI State Building Code for Accessibility.
³ Any office or retail business employing 100 or more employees on any single shift shall provide one electric charging station for every 100 employees on said shift.