ARTICLE 7. OFF-STREET PARKING
All land uses listed in Article 4, Permitted Uses and Regulations, shall provide for off-street parking of motor vehicles in accordance with this Article. The manner and extent of off-street parking shall be submitted to the Planning Board in the form of a site plan, for review and determination of compliance with this Article. The site plan shall provide a layout of all existing and proposed parking, access to and from parking areas, a statement of the type and area of all existing and proposed land uses, and a table comparing the number of parking spaces required by this section to the number provided. Such review shall be required for all new and amended site plans. Where public parking is available within three hundred (300) feet from the access point or driveway serving a new or existing land
use, the Planning Board may, upon a finding that the public interest is not diminished, authorize a modification of these requirements. If a use is proposed for which no specific parking ratio is established, the Planning Board may determine the most appropriate ratio upon a finding that the proposed ratio appears to be consistent with other similar uses and that the proposed ratio is not contrary to the public interest.
7.1 Location – All off-street parking and related design elements shall be laid out in accordance with the following location requirements:
7.1.1 Parking Area Limitations – Parking shall not be permitted in the following locations:
7.1.1.1 Any Residential Zoning District – Front and side setback areas.
Exception – Single-family and two-family development.
7.1.1.2 All Zoning Districts – Within fifteen (15) feet from any lot line.
7.1.2 Driveway Locations – The edge of the travel way of any driveway shall not be closer than thirty (30) feet from the right of way boundary of the nearest street corner.
7.1.3 Remote Off-Street Parking – Off-street parking required on one lot may be located on another lot, provided that the entrances to the parking on both lots are not more than four hundred (400) feet apart and adequate pedestrian access is provided between the lots. An easement, securing the continuous and uninterrupted availability of the lot used for remote off-street parking shall be provided, regardless of the ownership of said lot. The sufficiency of said easement shall be determined by the Planning Board. Any discontinuation of the easement required by this section shall render a permit for remote off-street parking null and void.
7.2 Shared Parking – Off-street parking required under this section may be shared between land uses on the same or adjoining lot(s), if the parking area(s) and/or land use(s) meet the following standards:
7.2.1 Shared Parking Uses – Whenever the Planning Board finds, upon sufficient statistical or other evidence, that proposed or existing land uses develop parking demands separated by time in a 24 hour period, so that the same parking spaces could be occupied by patrons of different land uses at different times, the Planning Board may temporarily permit the reduction, of off-street parking from the requirements stated in other sections of this Article, to a level found to be supported by the evidence but in no event more than fifty percent (50%).
7.2.1.1 Change In Qualifying Uses – In the event that the qualifying use(s), which formed the basis of a reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces are increased, discontinued, or otherwise modified, compliance with the minimum off-street parking required shall be maintained by amending the site plan approved by the Planning Board, with such adjustment(s) as are required by the land use changes.
7.2.1.2 Monitoring Program – To assess the validity of statistical or other evidence which formed the basis of a permit for shared parking uses, the Planning Board may, at their discretion, require that the parking load generated by the qualifying use(s) be monitored for a period of not more than one (1) year, to establish actual parking trends. If the monitored, actual parking loads, are consistent with the statistical or other evidence, which formed the basis for a temporary permit for parking reduction, the permit may be made permanent by the Planning Board. In the event that the Planning Board finds that monitored actual parking loads exceed the capacity provided under the temporary permit for reduced parking, additional off-street parking shall be
provided in accordance with applicable sections of this Article. For purposes of this section, a change of a tenant, approved for a commercial or industrial use, in a development having a temporary or permanent permit for reduced parking and occupying two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet or more of gross floor area, shall be subject to a new monitoring program in accordance with this section.
7.2.2 Shared Parking Spaces – Approved commercial land uses on adjoining lots may share off-street parking in accordance with the following:
7.2.2.1 Where parking spaces are laid out over lot line(s), the setback from lot line to parking area shall not apply.
7.2.2.2 The total number of parking spaces to be provided on all participating lots shall comply at all times with the requirements for each approved use on all participating lots.
7.2.2.3 The provisions of shared parking uses may be applied when adjacent lots share parking spaces in accordance with this section.
7.2.2.4 The owners of lots participating in shared parking spaces shall, prior to commencing such use, execute mutual easements of use, to secure the continuous availability of the required off-street parking for approved land uses on participating lots. The sufficiency of such easements shall be determined by the Planning Board.
7.3 Loading and Delivering – All loading and delivering operations required by any land use permitted by site plan shall be accomplished by using off-street facilities. Each loading facility shall have sufficient and safe ingress and exit provided for by the approved site and shall contain adequate area for maneuvering freight equipment and vehicles. Area(s) designated for fire lanes, off-street parking, and access aisles serving parking areas may not be utilized for loading and delivering.
7.4 Handicap Vehicle Parking – All parking areas designed to comply with this section shall also comply with the New Hampshire Barrier Free Code governing handicap access to public places and services.
7.5 Off-Street Parking Standards – All land use(s) subject to site plan review and approval by the Planning Board shall meet the requirements of this section. After computing the number of parking spaces required under this section, any fraction in the resulting number shall be rounded up.
7.5.1 Open Space Uses
7.5.1.1 Agriculture – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee.
7.5.1.2 Conservation – No off-street parking required.
7.5.1.3 Forestry – No off-street parking required.
7.5.1.4 Sand, Gravel Removal – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee.
7.5.1.5 Parking Facility – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee.
7.5.2 Residential Uses
7.5.2.1 Boarding House – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each rental unit permitted by site plan.
7.5.2.2 Cluster Development – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus 2.4 parking places for each dwelling unit.
7.5.2.3 Manufactured Housing Park – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus two parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
7.5.2.4 Manufactured Housing Subdivision – two (2) parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
7.5.2.5 Planned Unit Development – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus 2.4 parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
7.5.2.6 Single Family Residence – two (2) parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
7.5.2.7 Two Family Residence – two and four tenths (2.4) parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
7.5.3 Commercial Uses
7.5.3.1 Assembly, Indoor – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of indoor public assembly space except where the Fire Department issues a Place of Assembly Permit pursuant to RSA 155:18, specifying the number of persons allowed, in which case one quarter (.25) parking space for each person so permitted shall be provided.
7.5.3.2 Assembly, Outdoor – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee and/or performer, plus one quarter (.25) parking space for each public assembly patron permitted by site plan.
7.5.3.3 Communications Towers and Transmission Equipment – No off-street parking required.
7.5.3.4 Automobile and Marine Light Repair Shop – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each seven hundred fifty (750) square feet of shop/repair floor area.
7.5.3.5 Automobile Service – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each seven hundred fifty (750) square feet of shop/repair floor area.
7.5.3.6 Bed & Breakfast – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each rental unit permitted by site plan plus two (2) spaces for each owner/dwelling unit.
7.5.3.7 Business Office – one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area.
7.5.3.8 Campground – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one and one half (1.5) parking spaces for each rental unit permitted by site plan.
7.5.3.9 Commercial Storage – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus two (2) spaces for each resident/caretaker. Aisle widths between storage units shall not be less than twenty (20) feet.
7.5.3.10 Fuel Dispensing Station – one (1) parking space for each fuel dispensing location, plus one (1) space for each employee on the largest shift. Parking spaces may be located at the dispensing locations if laid out so that no space is blocked by the occupancy of another space. No portion of a fire lane or drive-through aisle may be designated for vehicle parking.
7.5.3.11 Funeral Home – one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of indoor public assembly space except where the Fire Department issues a Place of Assembly Permit pursuant to RSA 155:18, specifying the number of persons allowed, in which case one (1) parking space for each four (4) persons so permitted shall be provided.
7.5.3.12 Greenhouse – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of storage area.
7.5.3.13 Lumberyard – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of storage area.
7.5.3.14 Marina – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, one (1) parking space for each boat slip (wet or dry) permitted by site plan.
7.5.3.15 Medical Facility – one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area.
7.5.3.16 Motel/Hotel/Cottages – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one and one quarter (1.25) parking spaces for each rental unit approved by site plan.
7.5.3.17 Personal Service – one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of storage area.
7.5.3.18 Recreation, Outdoor – one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of storage area.
7.5.3.19 Repair Shop – one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of storage area.
7.5.3.20 Restaurant – One (1) parking space per three (3) seats, plus one (1) parking space per three (3) linear feet of bar space, plus one (1) parking space per five (5) linear feet of take-out counter space, plus one (1) parking space per 200 square feet of kitchen and service area. Restaurants with drive-through window service shall also provide in-line vehicle stacking space to accommodate five (5) vehicles per service window. Such stacking space shall be dedicated for use by vehicles waiting to reach the service window and shall not be shared by any other use.
7.5.3.21 Restaurant Drive-In – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee. The number of off-street parking spaces to be provided for patrons shall be at the discretion of the applicant except that the provisions of the Monitoring Program described in this Article shall apply. In the event that the Planning Board finds that on the basis of a full season's (1 year) monitoring summary, the actual parking load exceeds the available parking capacity, the Planning Board may require additional parking to be installed, to assure safe movement of vehicles and to prevent parking in unauthorized areas. Additional monitoring of off-street parking may be required by the Planning Board until the summary
results of actual parking are found to assure public safety and compliance with this Ordinance.
7.5.3.22 Retail Store – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of storage area.
7.5.3.23 Salesroom – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of storage area.
7.5.3.24 Theater – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one quarter (.25) parking space for each seat permitted by site plan.
7.5.3.25 Veterinary Hospital – one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area.
7.5.3.26 Vending – one (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of vending space permitted by site plan.
7.5.4 Industrial Uses
7.5.4.1 Warehouse and Wholesale Marketing – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee.
7.5.4.2 Industrial Uses – one and one quarter (1.25) parking spaces for each person employed on the largest shift.
7.5.4.3 Construction Yard – one and one quarter (1.25) parking spaces for each person employed on the largest shift.
7.5.4.4 Truck, Automobile Repair Garage – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each seven hundred fifty (750) square feet of shop/repair floor area.
7.5.5 Institutional Uses
7.5.5.1 Cemetery – No off-street parking required.
7.5.5.2 Church – one quarter (.25) parking space for each seat permitted by site plan or where seats are not provided, or one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of indoor public assembly space except where the Fire Department issues a Place of Assembly Permit pursuant to RSA 155:18, specifying the number of persons allowed, in which case one quarter (.25) parking space for each person so permitted shall be provided.
7.5.5.3 Club – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one quarter (.25) parking spaces for each seat permitted by site plan, or where seats are not provided, plus one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of indoor public assembly space except where the Fire Department issues a Place of Assembly Permit pursuant to RSA 155:18, specifying the number of persons allowed, in which case one quarter (.25) parking space for each person so permitted shall be provided.
7.5.5.4 Hospital – one and one half (1.5) parking spaces for each employee, where clients served are ambulatory, plus one parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area for walk-in care.
7.5.5.5 Nursery/Daycare – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one fifth (.2) parking space for each child permitted by site plan but not less than two (2) parking spaces for the use.
7.5.5.6 School – three (3) parking spaces for each classroom or one (1) parking space for each group of six (6) students, whichever is greater. Where this use also incorporates public assembly space, off-street parking shall be separately provided for it in accordance with other parts of this Ordinance.
7.5.5.7 Library – one (1) parking space for each four (4) seats permitted by site plan except where the Fire Department issues a Place of Assembly Permit pursuant to RSA 155:18, specifying the number of persons allowed, in which case one (1) parking space for each four (4) persons so permitted shall be provided.
7.5.5.8 Museum – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area.
7.5.6 Accessory Uses
7.5.6.1 Airport, Private – No off-street parking required.
7.5.6.2 Accessory Building – No off-street parking required.
7.5.6.3 Accessory Services – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee.
7.5.6.4 Boat Slip Rental – one (1) parking space for each rental boat slip permitted by this Ordinance.
7.5.6.5 Home Occupation – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area, plus one fifth (.2) parking space for each child permitted by site plan, but not less than two (2) spaces for the use.
7.5.6.6 Outdoor Storage – No off-street parking required.
7.5.6.7 Roomers – one (1) parking space for each rental unit permitted by site plan.
7.5.6.8 Stables, Kennels – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of public access floor area.
7.5.6.9 Outdoor Display – one (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of display area permitted by site plan.
7.5.6.10 Family Apartment – one (1) parking space for each dwelling unit permitted.
7.5.6.11 Special Events, Outdoor – one (1) parking space for each full- or part-time employee, plus one half (.5) parking space for each public assembly patron permitted.
7.5.7 Special Uses
7.5.7.1 Mooring Fields – Whenever any mooring field (two (2) or more moorings) is established or enlarged, one (1) parking space for each two (2) moorings shall be provided. The off-street parking required shall be directly adjacent to the mooring field and shall provide for trailer parking as required by the Planning Board.
7.5.7.2 Boat Slips – Whenever boat slip(s), other than in marinas, are established or increased, one (1) parking space for each boat slip shall be provided. The off-street parking required shall be directly adjacent to the boat slip(s) and shall provide for trailer parking as required by the Planning Board.
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