§ 16-3-160. Parking; general provisions.

(a)

Adequate parking. In all zoning districts, off-street parking facilities for the storage of self-propelled motor vehicles for the use of occupants, employees and patrons of the buildings or structures hereafter erected, altered or extended shall be provided and maintained as prescribed.

(b)

Surface. All off-street parking areas as defined herein shall be surfaced with poured in place concrete or asphaltic concrete. All portions of a driveway that is within street right-of-way shall be paved and designed to the standards of the Town Engineer.

(c)

Integrate parking lots with surroundings. Parking lots shall not dominate the frontage of pedestrian-oriented streets, interfere with designated pedestrian routes or negatively impact surrounding neighborhoods. The pedestrian character of streets and buildings shall be maximized through continuity of buildings and landscape frontage.

(d)

Landscaping. Parking lots shall be landscaped, screened and buffered.

(e)

Share access. Where feasible, parking lots shall share access drives with adjacent property with similar land uses.

(f)

Off-street parking design. Any offstreet parking area, with the exception of driveways accessing a garage of a single-family residential unit, shall be designed so that vehicles may exit without backing onto a public street. Off-street parking areas shall be designed so that parked vehicles do not encroach upon or extend onto public rights-of-way or sidewalks, or strike against or damage any wall, vegetation, utility or other structure.

(g)

Circulation area design. Circulation areas shall be designed to facilitate the safe movement of vehicles without posing a danger to pedestrians or impeding the function of the parking area.

(h)

Lighting. All parking area lighting shall be full cutoff type fixtures. Any light used to illuminate parking areas or for any other purpose shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from nearby residential properties and away from the vision of passing motorists. Lighting intensities shall conform to the Town's lighting standards.

(i)

Shared off-street parking. When there are opportunities to support parking demand through shared off-street parking for compatible uses (such as a movie theater and an office building), a parking study and shared parking agreements shall be used to demonstrate the adequacy of the parking supply as a substitute for standard parking requirements.

(j)

Cleveland Avenue parking. For all new commercial uses located on Cleveland Avenue bounded by Sixth Street on the east, the alley between Cleveland and Harrison Avenues on the north or a projection of said easements east and west of those points, First Street on the west, and the alley between Cleveland and McKinley Avenues on the south or a projection of said easement east and west of those points, parking shall be required from the east property line to the west property line along the rear setback. The rear setback shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet. (Ord. 11-2007 §1)

(Ord. No. 7-2018 , § 3, 4-24-18