§ 260-77

Off-street parking regulations

[Amended 5-15-2000 by Ch. No. 1300; 10-12-2004 by Ch. No. 1510; 4-9-2007 by Ch. No. 1598; 10-26-2020 by Ch. No. 1997]

A. Parking required. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any structure or use erected or developed must provide off-street parking facilities in accordance with the following minimum standards.
- (1) Residential dwelling units:
  - (a) Two car spaces for each dwelling unit except as follows:
    - [1] One car space for an accessory dwelling unit.
    - [2] Multifamily dwellings of four or more units shall provide one assigned car space per one bedroom unit and one additional unassigned car space per unit with two or more bedrooms.
- (2) Hotels/motels and inns: one car space per room plus one for every three employees on the largest shift, plus one car space per four seats capacity for each accessory use open to the public.
- (3) Restaurants, theaters and other places of public assembly.
  - (a) Restaurants, taverns and bars: one car space for every three seats or every three persons of capacity.
  - (b) Theaters and other places of public assembly: one car space for every four seats of capacity.
- (4) Hospitals, nursing homes and congregate housing.
  - (a) Hospitals or institutions: one car space for each bed, and one car space for every staff member/employee on largest shift.
  - (b) Nursing homes: one car space per two beds plus one car space per employee on largest shift.
  - (c) Assisted living complex: one car space per two beds, plus one car space per employee on largest shift.
  - (d) Congregate housing complex: one car space per bed, plus one car space per employee on largest shift.
- (5) Office use: one car space for every 250 square feet of floor space, excluding stairways, service areas, storage and equipment areas; not applicable to office space ancillary to a commercial use.
- (6) Retail and service business: 4.5 car spaces for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area up to 10,000 square feet; 4.75 car spaces for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area greater than 10,000 square feet.
- (7) Outdoor recreation use.
  - (a) Camp or campground: one car space per employee, plus one car space per campsite, plus one car space per three campsites, if visitors are permitted.
  - (b) Golf course: four car spaces per green, plus one car space per employee, plus those spaces as otherwise required for all accessory uses, such as restaurant, banquet facility, etc.
  - (c) Recreational vehicle park: 1.5 car spaces per RV site, plus one car space per employee, plus one car space per five sites, if visitors are permitted.
  - (d) For all other outdoor recreation uses: one car space for every three persons of total capacity.
- (8) Industrial and wholesale uses:
  - (a) Manufacturing uses: one car space per each two employees on largest shift, plus one car space per 500 square feet of floor space devoted to customers and visitors.
  - (b) Wholesale/warehouse uses: one car space per two employees and one car space per truck bay and/or loading dock.
- (9) All other nonresidential uses: one car space for every 300 square feet of gross floor area.
- (10) In the DC-1, DC-2 and NB Zoning Districts the following standards shall apply:
  - (a) Dwelling units: one car space for each dwelling unit containing up to two bedrooms, and one additional car space for any unit with more than two bedrooms.
  - (b) Restaurants, taverns and bars: one car space for every four seats or every four persons of capacity.
  - (c) Theatres and other places of assembly: one space for every six seats or every six persons of capacity.
  - (d) When an existing unit in a multi-unit commercial or mixed-use building is repurposed with no expansion in gross floor area, no additional off-street parking shall be required regardless of use.
- (11) Ministorage: 0.15 car space per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area plus one per employee on largest shift.
  [Added 5-1-2023 by Ch. No. 2034]
B. Plans and specifications for off-street surface parking facilities. Plans and specifications for a required off-street surface parking facility and its access drives shall be submitted at the time of application for a permit for the development or redevelopment of the use of the property. In allocating area for off-street surface parking, each parking space shall have a minimum width of nine feet, a minimum length of 18 feet and shall be served by suitable aisles to permit access into all parking spaces. For driveways serving two-way traffic, the aisle width shall be 24 feet, and drive aisles serving one-way traffic shall have an aisle width of 15 feet. In no case shall the gross area per parking space be less than 270 square feet. Such plans and specifications for off-street surface parking shall include circulation, landscape, directional signage and lighting plan.
C. Regulations for off-street parking facilities. All parking facilities provided under this section must be developed on the site of the main use unless otherwise specified herein. Any off-site facilities must be located within 500 feet of the main use, provided that they are located within a commercial or industrial district as defined in § 260-12.
D. Parking lots shall conform to the following regulations:
- (1) The area shall be paved and provided with bumper guards where needed, except in areas designated as critical resource areas by the Coastal Resources Management Council or otherwise required for stormwater infiltration. The Planning Board, as part of its review and approval, may require all or part of the parking area surface to be pervious, or a combination of previous and impervious.
- (2) The surface parking lot shall have a five-foot-wide perimeter buffer that shall be landscaped with ground cover, shrubs and trees that are salt-tolerant and of seasonal interest. The buffer should be undulating and have a variety of materials to provide interest and separation from the site's parking surface. Where such area adjoins a residential district, a solid wall or opaque fence not less than five feet nor more than seven feet in height or a compact evergreen screen not less than five feet in height shall be erected and maintained between the buffer and the adjoining residential district.
- (3) Parking lot surfaces, curbing and landscaping shall be maintained, including but not limited to regular sweeping, plowing, repaving and striping, replacement of curbing, irrigation, pruning, and leaf collection.
E. Oceanfront historic hotel. Parking required for an oceanfront historic hotel may be located on and/or off the site of the hotel on any property which has heretofore been used for parking in conjunction with such hotel.
F. Adult entertainment. All parking for employees and customers shall be located between the building and the street on which the building has frontage.
G. Trailer trucks, heavy construction equipment, and associated trailers may not be stored or parked greater than one hour in any twenty-four-hour period in any residential area, except for heavy construction equipment during the active on-site construction period.