§ 156-42. Off-street parking and loading.

A. 

General regulations for off-street parking and loading facilities. The following regulations and schedules with specific requirements shall apply to all off-street parking and loading facilities for all uses of land in all districts:

(1) 

All off-street parking and loading facilities shall be designed at least according to the dimensions as contained in § 156-8, Definitions, of this chapter, i.e., a parking space shall be at least 10 feet wide and 20 feet long exclusive of circulation aisle space; a length of 18 feet shall be permitted if a raised bumper to allow a minimum overhang of two feet is provided. A loading space shall be at least 12 feet wide and 35 feet long exclusive of circulation aisles and shall have headroom of 14 feet if enclosed.

(2) 

No off-street loading area or off-street parking area or part thereof for three or more vehicles shall be closer than 10 feet to any dwelling, school, hospital or other institution for human care located on an adjoining lot.

(3) 

For development other than single-family dwellings, any off-street parking area or off-street loading area for three or more vehicles shall be permanently improved according to the standards of the Town of Carmel. All parking and loading spaces shall be marked in accordance with a plan approved by the Planning Board so as to provide for the orderly and safe loading, parking and storage of motor vehicles.

(4) 

All off-street parking areas and off-street loading areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water without detriment to surrounding uses.

(5) 

Access drives.

(a) 

All off-street parking areas and off-street loading areas shall have safe and convenient access to a street. Access drives or driveways shall be in accordance with the design controls in Subsection D of this section. If any such area is located contiguous to a street, the street side thereof shall be curbed, and ingress and egress shall be provided only through driveway openings through the curb located and constructed in accordance with specifications prescribed by the Town, county or state, whichever has jurisdiction.

(b) 

No access drive or driveway in any residential district shall be used to provide access to uses other than those permitted in such residential district.

(6) 

Off-street parking areas for three or more vehicles and off-street loading areas adjoining residences or residential districts shall be screened as approved by the Planning Board. The screening shall be on the side or sides which adjoin or face premises in any residential district, residentially improved lot or institutional premises, such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.

(7) 

Where there are practical difficulties in the location of parking spaces or if the public safety or public convenience, or both, would be better served by the location of such parking spaces other than on the same lot as the use to which it is appurtenant, the Board of Appeals, on specific application, may authorize such alternative location of required parking space as will adequately serve the public interest, subject to the following conditions:

(a) 

Such off-site spaces shall be located on land in the same ownership or under a legally binding, perpetual arrangement between the premises.

(b) 

The entrance to such space shall be within a radius of 250 feet from an entrance to the use that such space serves.

(c) 

Such off-site parking spaces shall be usable without causing hazard to pedestrians, hazard to vehicular traffic, traffic congestion, detriment to the appropriate use of other property in the vicinity or detriment to any residential neighborhood.

(8) 

Off-street parking and loading facilities for separate uses may be provided jointly for more than one use, provided that the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use, and provided that all regulations governing the location of accessory spaces in relation to the uses served are adhered to. No accessory space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use unless otherwise approved by the Board of Appeals in accordance with the purposes and procedures set forth herein.

(9) 

Accessible parking spaces shall be provided as required by the New York State Building Code.

[Amended 7-2-2008 by L.L. No. 2-2008]

(10) 

All off-street parking areas shall be designed so as to ensure maximum safety for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic and shall include all necessary traffic flow control devices, including raised islands, bumpers, etc., to establish a safe and orderly traffic flow.

B. 

Off-street parking spaces.

	Schedule of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required
	[Amended 5-31-1994; 10-21-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998; 9-20-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006; 1-17-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
	Land Use		Off-Street Parking Spaces Required (gross = 300 square feet)
	Dwellings		See Schedule of District Regulations
	Apartment houses for the elderly		1.5 for each apartment with handicapped spaces as required under § 156-42A(9)
	Multifamily dwellings for the elderly		1.5 for each dwelling unit plus handicapped spaces as required under § 156-42A(9)
	Apartment houses		2 for each dwelling unit
	Places of worship, theaters, auditoriums, stadiums or similar places of assembly		1 for each 3 seats or, where capacity is not determined by the number of fixed seats, 1 per 40 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use
	Hotels, motels and other transient		1.25 for each unit of occupancy
	Community buildings, fraternal and social clubs and similar		1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area devoted to patron use
	Hospitals		4 for each 5 beds
	Nursing homes		1 for each 3 beds
	Government administrative offices		5 for each 800 square feet of gross floor area
	Retail stores, service establishments and professional offices		1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
	Designed shopping centers		6 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area
	Professional offices in homes		1 for each professional and other full-time employee plus 3 additional
	Restaurants, bars, commercial entertainment establishments		1 for each 3 seats, including barstools, or 1 for each 40 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use where capacity is not determined by the number of fixed seats
	Wholesale, warehouse, storage, heavy commercial establishments		1 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area
	Light impact industries		1 for each 500 square feet of floor area
	Doctor or dentist offices		4 for each doctor and 1 for each employee
	Office buildings		1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
	Golf and country clubs		10 for each golf hole
	Tennis clubs		6 for each court
	Swim clubs		1 for each 3 memberships
	Rooming or boarding houses		1 for each guest sleeping room
	Recreation center
		Baseball batting facility	1 space per station plus 1 per employee
		Fields, baseball, football, soccer, etc.	10 spaces per each acre of lot area
		Golf driving range	1 per tee plus 1 per employee
		Indoor wall or rock climbing facility	1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area
		Meeting room	1 per 150 square feet of gross floor area
		Miniature golf and putting course	1 space per hole/station plus 1 per employee
		Pool	1 space per 50 square feet of water surface area plus 1 per employee
		Restaurant	1 space per 3 seats; 1 space per 30 square feet of gross floor area in quick-food establishments
		Retail store	1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area
		Skating rink	1 per 100 square feet of rink area plus 1 per employee
		Squash, handball, racquetball and similar courts	2 per court
		Tennis courts	5 per court
	All other nonresidential		1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area

Editor's Note: The Schedule of District Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.

C. 

Off-street loading spaces.

	Schedule of Off-Street Loading Spaces Required
	Land Use	Off-Street Loading Spaces
	Apartment houses	1 for each building
	Schools	1 for each building
	Hospitals	1 for each 50 beds
	Undertakers	1 for each 5,000 square feet of floor area
	Retail stores	1 for each establishment
	Designed shopping centers	3 for the first 50,000 square feet plus 1 for each additional 50,000 square feet
	Wholesale, storage, distributive and other industrial establishments	1 for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 additional for each additional 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross floor area

D. 

The minimum width of access aisles shall conform to the following requirements:

	Schedule of Parking Aisle Width
	Parking Angle	Width One-Way (feet)	Width Two-Way (feet)
	0°, parallel	12	24
	30°	14	24
	45°	14	24
	60°	18	24
	90°, perpendicular parking	24	24