Off-Street parking requirements§350-8.1.Off-Street parking requirements.
For all zoning districts, off-street parking spaces shall be provided for every new
structure, the enlargement of an existing structure, and new or expanded uses, except as
noted below, in accordance with the Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations and other
requirements contained herein.
A.For all zoning districts, except General Business (GB) Districts, in cases of a
change in use where the existing use (or in cases of vacancy, the next previous use)
did not provide for the number of off-street parking spaces required under this
chapter, then the proposed use shall only have to provide an additional number of
off-street parking spaces equal to the increase, if any, between the number required
under this chapter for the existing use and the number required for the proposed
use.
B.For Entranceway Business (EB) and General Business (GB) Districts only, no
additional off-street parking is required for the following:
(1)Continued use or reuse of existing buildings, as long as that use or reuse does
not increase the total floor area within the building nor include outside storage
of cars for sale or rent.
(2)The replacement of existing finished floor space and unfinished basements on
the same parcel with site plan approval (but no increase in net floor space).
(3)The addition of a second floor to one-story (for the purpose of this section,
basements shall not count as a story) buildings existing in the CB District only
on January 1, 1996. (This is to encourage the restoration of building heights in
the CB District which are more uniform and consistent with the scale of
development which has historically existed.) However, the addition of
additional floors or an expanded building footprint shall be subject to the
parking requirements.
(4)Municipal facilities and municipal properties.
C.Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations. Parking shall be provided to serve the
parking needs which are generated by a particular use or structure. When there is
more than one primary use of a structure, the parking requirements for each use
must be met unless one use is incidental to the principal use of the structure.
Additional spaces where passengers may be dropped off may be required by the
Planning Board for projects which require site plan approval.
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Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations
Use
In Central Business
(one space per)
All Districts other than CB
(one space per)
Any dwelling unit
(including residential
component of mixed
residential/work
space), except as
noted below
500 square feet of gross
floor area, up to a maximum
of two per dwelling unit
Multifamily dwelling
for elderly and people
with disabilities,
lodging house,
dormitory, SRO, and
halfway house
1,000 square feet of gross
floor area, up to a maximum
of one per dwelling unit for
multifamily dwellings
Theater, gymnasium,
auditorium, church or
similar place of
public assembly, with
seating facilities
Six seats of total seating
capacity
Three seats of total seating
capacity
Automobile retail,
sales, rental, service,
and wash, and
nonauto retail and
service establishment
utilizing extensive
indoor and outdoor
display areas
800 square feet of gross
floor space, including
outdoor display areas.
Hotel, motel, bed-
and-breakfast (See
restaurant entry for
associated restaurants
which are open to
nonguests.)
Establishment, plus one per
sleeping room, plus one per
400 square feet of meeting
rooms
Establishment, plus one per
sleeping room, plus one per
400 square feet of meeting
rooms
Takeout restaurants
(establishments
selling foods prepared
on premises, where
consumption is
primarily off the
premises)
1.3 seats of seating capacity,
plus one per 100 square feet
of kitchen and waiting areas
Sit-down restaurants Two seats of total seating
capacity
§350-8.1 §350-8.1
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Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations
Use
In Central Business
(one space per)
All Districts other than CB
(one space per)
Bars and nightclubs Four seats of total seating
capacity
Two seats of total seating
capacity
Commercial, retail,
personal service,
professional and
business offices,
including banks,
insurance and real
estate establishments,
but not medical uses
300 square feet of gross
floor area
Medical/Dentist
offices medical
marijuana
dispensaries
200 square feet of gross
floor area
Manufacturing,
industrial, utility,
power plant,
warehouse, storage,
or wholesale
establishment
(calculate associated
office with office use)
1,000 square feet gross floor
space
Hospital (excluding
medical offices and
uses which are not
part of the hospital
definition)
500 square feet gross floor
area
Kindergarten to 12th
grade schools,
YMCA, community
facility (City
building, recreation),
library, museum,
funeral parlor, and
country club
400 square feet of gross
floor area
College, business,
trade, or industrial
school classroom,
laboratory, and other
teaching areas
200 square feet of gross
floor area (no parking
required for on-campus
auditoriums of 300+ seats)
§350-8.1 §350-8.1
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Table of Off-Street Parking Regulations
Use
In Central Business
(one space per)
All Districts other than CB
(one space per)
Mixed use Sum of various uses
computed separately
Temporary and
seasonal uses in
unheated outdoor
space in any business
or industrial district
None required
Any permitted use not
covered by this
schedule
Closest use determined by
Building Commissioner
§350-8.1 §350-8.1
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