Appendix 3. Off-street parking and loading area regulations.(Superseded by article XVIII)  


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  • 1.

    Location of parking and loading areas on the lot:

    (a)

    The required off-street parking and loading area shall be provided in the rear yard or within that portion of the side yard which lies between the main building and the side lot line.

    (b)

    No off-street parking space shall be provided within 25 feet of any lot which abuts a dwelling district.

    2.

    Provision of required parking area on remote lots: The required parking area may be located on the lot with the principal use or on a lot separated therefrom by not more than 300 feet along a directly accessible walkway.

    3.

    Joint use of off-street parking areas: One-half of the off-street parking area required for any permitted use in this district, not including multiple dwellings, may be counted toward the parking requirements or the following uses, provided the uses sharing such parking areas are not normally open, used or operated during the principal operation hours of these uses:

    (a)

    Auditorium.

    (b)

    Assembly halls.

    (c)

    Churches.

    (d)

    Gymnasiums.

    4.

    Minimum requirements for off-street parking and loading:

    (a)

    Rooming house, boardinghouse, and professional office in place of abode; same as those in A-1 Apartment Dwelling District.

    (b)

    Multiple dwelling; 1½ spaces for every dwelling unit.

    (c)

    Hospitals or institutions: one space for every four beds, plus one space for each staff or visiting doctor (based on the average number), plus one space for every two employees, including nurses.

    (d)

    Clinics and offices of doctors, dentists, osteopaths and similar offices; five spaces for ever doctor plus one for every two employees.

    (e)

    Auditoriums, assembly halls, churches, gymnasiums, stadiums, libraries, museums, art galleries, private club or lodge, one space for each four fixed seats in the largest assemble room or facility or for each 35 square feet of enclosed floor area used for accommodation of movable seats in the largest assembly room, whichever is greater, plus one space for each 100 square feet of ground area used for assembly.

    (f)

    Government buildings, financial establishments, and office buildings other than clinics and offices for doctors, dentists, etc., one space for every 200 square feet of floor area (excluding storage area) plus one space for every two persons employed in an accessory use.

    (g)

    Schools.

    (1)

    Public or private elementary, and special schools without students in residence; two spaces for every classroom.

    (2)

    Public or private high; four spaces for every classroom.

    (3)

    Public or private colleges, music conservatories, dancing schools, universities, business colleges, one space for ever 200 square feet of floor area.

    (4)

    School auditorium assembly halls, stadiums, gymnasiums, same as subsection (e) above.

    (h)

    Accessory retail uses; one space for every two employees

    (i)

    One loading space on the lot shall be provided for each 15,000 square feet of area, or fraction thereof in excess or 5,000 square feet, devoted to uses requiring the receipt of distribution of material or merchandise by auto vehicle.

    (j)

    No lot shall have more than two curb breaks per 100 feet of frontage. No curb break shall exceed 30 feet in width. Curb breaks shall be not less than 25 feet from the intersection of two or more curb lines, as measured along one of the said curb lines.