HomeMy Public PortalAboutPlanning Board Policy on Off-Street Parking and Loading Planning Board Policy on Off� Street Parlaing and (Loading
Adopted September 11 , 2013
The following represents a starting point for discussions between the Planning Board and
applicants regarding the provision of off-street parking and loading spaces .
Table 1 :
Off=Street Parking
Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces
Use Per Unit*
Amusement Arcade 1 per employee max . shift, plus one per 3
Outdoor commercial Amusement patrons at maximum capacity
Animal Hospital 1 per employee max , shift, plus 1 per
treatment room , plus 1 per 2 seats in
waiting room
Assisted Living Facility I 1 per employee max. shift, plus 1 per 2
units
Automotive service and repair facility or 1 per employee max . shift, plus 2 per
filling/service station service bay, including spray paint booth ,
plus 2 per 150 square feet of service
waiting area, plus 1 per car stored
overnight
Children ' s Camp 1 per employee max . shift, plus 1 per 3
campers at maximum capacity
Church, indoor theater, auditorium , 1 for each 3 seats of total seating capacity
church or similar place of public
assembly with seating facilities
Dwellings, One- and Two -family 2 per dwelling unit
Other Dwellings, including accessory 11 . 5 per unit
dwellings and multi-family
Farm Stand/Greenhouse 1 per 150 square feet of indoor and
outdoor gross display area
Furniture and home furnishings, large 1 per 800 square feet of gross floor space ;
appliances, lumber, showroom or other in the case of outdoor display areas, 1 for
retail display of large items either indoor each 1 , 000 square feet of lot area in such
or outdoor, which are unusually extensive use
in relation to customer traffic
Funeral HomeI 1 per 2 seats based on maximum capacity
of facility
Gift and antique shops, wholesale trade, I 1 per 250 square feet of gross floor space
office business
Home Occupations 12 spaces or 1 per employee max . shift,
plus 1 per 150 square feet of customer
waiting area, whichever is more
Library, Municipal Building, any 1 per employee max . shift, plus 1 per 3 1
Educational Use seats in areas of public assembly
Lodging house, inn, motel or hotel , bed 1 per rental unit or suite, plus 1 for each 3
and breakfast units of rated capacity for public meeting
areas and restaurant space
Manufacturing or industrial uses 1 for each employee of the combined
employment of the 2 largest successive
shifts or 1 per 600 square feet of gross
floor area, whichever is larger
Medical or Dental clinics 1 per employee max. shift, plus 1 per two
Medical or Dental office seats in waiting room, plus 1 per
treatment room
Motor vehicles or boats, sales or rentals 1 per 3 , 000 square feet of display area,
indoor or outdoor, plus 1 per employee
max. shift
Nursing home or convalescent homeI 1 per employee max . shift, plus 1 per 4
beds
Personal Service Establishment 1 per employee max. shift, plus 1 per
service chair for barber shops and salons,
or 1 per 250 sf of floor area for all others
Recreation Uses 2 per court for tennis ; 1 per 2 players for
field sports ; 1 per 2 bleacher seats ; plus
20 spaces
Restaurant, Full Service 1 per 4 seats including outdoor seating,
plus 1 per employee maximum shift
Restaurant, Limited Service 1 per employee maximum shift, plus 6
spaces, plus 1 per 4 seats , indoor and
outdoor
All other retail establishments notI 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor space
described above
Stable, Commercial 1 per 2 stalls, plus 1 per employee max.
shift, plus area for storing trailers
Subsidized housing for the elderly 1 per dwelling unit
* The Planning Board and an applicant can agree to provide a reserve area where parking areas
can be expanded if needed .
Table 2
Off-Street Loading
Use Number of Loading
Spaces Per Unit
Retail trade, manufacturing and hospital 1 per 20, 000 square feet or fraction thereof
establishment with over 5 , 000 square feet of net floor area up to 2 spaces ; 1
of net floor area additional space for each 60, 000 square
feet or fraction thereof of net floor area
over 40 , 000 square feet
Business services, other services, 1 per 75 , 000 square feet or fraction thereof
community facility (school , church , Town of net floor area up to 2 spaces ; 1
building, recreation, etc .) or public utility additional space for each 200, 000 square
establishment with over 5 ,000 square feet feet or fraction thereof of net floor area
of net floor area over 150, 000 square feet