10.7
Off-Street Parking and Loading.
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10.7.A. General.
10.7.A.1. A permitted use in any district shall not be extended and no structure
shall be constructed or enlarged unless off-street automobile parking space is
provided in accordance with the following schedule.
10.7.A.2. An area of 300 square feet shall be considered sufficient for each
automobile parking space including room for maneuvering and turning. Parking areas with more than 2 spaces shall be so arranged
that it is not necessary for vehicles to back into the street.
10.7.A.3. No off-street parking area shall have more than 2 openings onto the
same street, each opening not to exceed 26 feet in width.
10.7.A.4. Required off-street parking for all land uses shall be located on the
same lot as the principal building or facility or within 100 feet measured
along lines of access. Where
residential off-street parking cannot reasonable be provided on the same lot,
the Planning Board may authorize its provision on another lot within 300 feet
of the residential uses. Such
parking areas shall be held under the same ownership or lease, as the
residential uses served and evidence of such control or lease shall be
required.
10.7.A.5. Off-street parking and loading spaces for non-residential uses where
not enclosed within a building shall be effectively screened from view by a
continuous landscaped area not less than 6 feet in height unless waived by the
Planning Board for expressed reasons along exterior lot lines adjacent to
residential properties and all public roads, except that driveways shall be
kept open to provide visibility for entering and leaving. No off-street parking and loading shall be permitted within the front
setback or any setback adjoining a public street except as specifically
authorized in this Ordinance.
10.7.A.6. Exterior lighting shall neither create glare nor shine into any
residential use or street.
10.7.A.7. The Planning Board may approve the joint use of a parking facility by
two or more principal buildings or uses where it is clearly demonstrated that
said parking facility would substantially meet the intent of the requirements
by reasons of variation in the probable time of maximum use by patrons or
employees of such establishments.
10.7.A.8. Parking areas shall meet the shoreline setback requirements for
structures as specified in Section 11.20A. The setback requirement for parking areas serving public boat launching
facilities may be reduced to no less than fifty (50) feet from the normal
high-water line or upland edge of a wetland if the Planning Board finds that
no other reasonable alternative exists.
10.7.B. Additional Requirements for Commercial and Industrial Establishments.
The
Planning Board may waive any of the following requirements based on evidence
presented by the developer that public health, safety and welfare is best
served by a design other than one that conforms to all of the following
requirements:
10.7.B.1. Access points from a public road to commercial and industrial
operations shall be so located as to minimize traffic congestion and to avoid
generating traffic on local access streets of a primarily residential
character.
10.7.B.2. All parking areas shall be located off the street so that vehicles can
be turned around within such areas without backing into the street.
10.7.B.3. All parking areas, driveways and other areas subject to vehicular
traffic shall be paved with bituminous concrete or an equivalent surfacing
over a gravel sub-base at least 6" in thickness and shall have
appropriate bumper or wheel guards where needed.
10.7.B.4. All driveway entrances and exits shall be kept free from visual
obstructions higher than three (3) feet above street level for a distance of
25 feet measured along the intersecting driveway and street lines in order to
provide visibility for entering and leaving vehicles.
10.7.B.5.
All parking and loading areas shall be located at the side or rear of the
principal building.
10.7.B.6. Loading facilities shall be located entirely on the same lot as the
building or use to be served so that trucks, trailers and containers shall not
be located for loading or storage upon any town way. Specific loading
requirements are listed below:
10.7.B.6.a.
The following minimum off-street loading bays or berths shall be
provided and maintained in the case of new construction, alterations and
changes of use:
10.7.B.6.a.1.
Office
buildings, hotels and motels with a gross floor area of more than 100,000
square feet require one (1) bay.
10.7.B.6.a.2.
Retail,
wholesale, warehouse and industrial operations with a gross floor area of more
than 5,000 square feet require the following:
| 5,001 |
to |
40,000 |
sq. ft. |
1 bay |
| 40,001 |
to |
100,000 |
sq. ft |
2 bays |
| 100,001 |
to |
160,000 |
sq. ft |
3 bays |
| 160,001 |
to |
240,000 |
sq. ft |
4 bays |
| 240,001 |
to |
320,000 |
sq. ft |
5 bays |
| 320,001 |
to |
400,000 |
sq. ft |
6 bays |
10.7.B.6.a.3.
Each
90,000 square feet over 400,000 square feet requires
one (1) additional bay.
10.7.B.6.b.
No loading docks shall be on any street frontage. Provisions for handling all freight shall be on those sides of any
buildings which do not face on any street or proposed streets.
10.7.C.
Parking Lot Design Criteria (Not applicable to single family dwellings
and duplexes).
10.7.C.1. Vehicular
Entrance and Exit.
0.7.C.1.a. Entrances and
exits should be clearly identified by the use of signs, curb cuts and
landscaping.
10.7.C.1.b. Entrance/exit
design shall be in conformance with the standards of the Maine Department of
Transportation for size, location, sight-distance, grade separation and
possible future changes in highway alignment on any affected public roads.
10.7.C.2. Interior Vehicular Circulation.
10.7.C.2.a. Major interior
travel lanes should be designed to allow continuous and uninterrupted traffic
movement.
10.7.C.2.b. Painted arrows
and/or elevated signs should be used as necessary to define desired
circulation patterns.
10.7.C.2.c.
Customer/employee and service traffic should be separated to the greatest
extent possible.
10.7.C.2.d.
One-way travel lanes may be used as a traffic control device in conjunction
with roadway dividers.
10.7.C.2.e.
Enclosures such as guardrails, curbs, fences, walls and landscaping should be used to identify circulation patterns of parking areas and to
restrict driving movements diagonally across parking aisles but not to reduce
visibility of oncoming pedestrians and vehicles.
10.7.C.3. Parking.
10.7.C.3.a. Access to
parking stalls should not be from major travel lanes and shall not be
immediately accessible from any public way.
10.7.C.3.b.
Parking areas shall be designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and
from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any
other motor vehicles.
10.7.C.3.c. Parking aisles should be oriented perpendicular to stores and
businesses for easy pedestrian access and visibility.
0.7.C.3.d. All parking spaces and access drives shall be at least five (5) feet
from any side or rear lot line except for the additional requirements in
buffer yards.
10.7.C.3.e. Lighting of parking areas may be required at the discretion of the
Planning Board. All artificial
lighting used to illuminate any parking space or spaces shall be so arranged
that no direct rays from such lighting shall fall upon any neighborhood
property or streets.
10.7.C.3.f. Parking stalls and aisle layout shall conform
to the below standards:
10.7.C.3.g. Painted stripes should be used to
delineate parking stalls. Stripes should be a minimum of 4" in
width. Where double lines are used they should be separated by a
minimum of 1'0" on center.
10.7.C.3.h.
In aisles utilizing diagonal parking, arrows should be painted on the pavement
to indicate proper traffic flow.
10.7.C.3.i. Bumpers and/or
wheel stops should be provided where overhang of parked cars might restrict
traffic flow on adjacent through roads, restrict pedestrian movement on
adjacent walkways or damage landscape materials.
10.7.D.
Parking spaces shall be provided to conform with the number required in
the following schedule:
| Activity |
Minimum Required Parking |
| Residential
& Elderly Housing |
2 spaces per dwelling unit with 2 or more bedrooms
1 1/2 spaces per dwelling unit with 1 bedroom |
| Tourist
home, boarding, lodging house, motel, hotel, inn |
1 space per room/unit rental and for lodging house, motel, each employee on the largest shift |
| Church |
1 space per three seats based upon maximum seating capacity |
Schools
Primary
Secondary
Post-Secondary |
1 1/2 spaces per classroom
8 spaces per classroom
1 space for each student and 1 space
for each facility and staff member |
| Daycare
Home &
Daycare Facility |
1 space for every 2 children the facility
or home is licensed to care for |
| Private
Clubs or lodges |
1 space per every seventy-five (75) square feet of floor space |
| Theater,
Auditorium, Public Assembly |
1 space per three seats based upon maximum seating capacity |
| Funeral
Homes |
1 space for every 100 square feet of floor space |
| Medical
Care Facilities |
1 space for every three (3) beds and every two (2) employees on the maximum working shift |
| Offices
& Banks |
1 space for every 150 square feet of floor space |
Medical Offices
(MD's,
OD's, Dentists) |
10 spaces for each doctor, dentist or other medical practitioner |
| Activity |
Minimum Required Parking |
| Veterinarian
Clinic, Kennel |
5 spaces per veterinarian
|
| Retail
& Service businesses |
1 space for every 150 square feet of floor space |
| Barber/Beauty
shop |
4 spaces per chair |
| Restaurant |
1 space per three seats based upon maximum seating capacity |
| Industrial
businesses |
1 space per employee on the maximum working shift |
| Warehouse,
wholesale |
1 space per 500 square feet of floor area business |
| Flea
Market |
3 spaces per table |
| Automobile
repair garages and
gasoline filling stations |
5 spaces for each bay or area used for repair work |
| Library,
Museum, Art Gallery |
1 space for each 150 square feet of floor space |
| Marina |
1 space for each boat slip and mooring |
| Commercial
recreation |
1 space for each 100 square feet of floor area facility,
fitness spa |
| Mixed
use
|
Total of individual uses
|
Notes
1.
Where the calculation of the aforementioned parking spaces results in a
fractional part of the a complete parking space, the parking spaces required
shall be construed to be the next highest number.
2.
The above are minimum standards and additional parking spaces shall be
required if these prove to be inadequate.
3.
Where floor space is to be used in calculating the number of required
parking stalls, gross floor space shall be used unless otherwise noted.
10.7.E. Access Control.
Lots
in single ownership lying along Routes 202, 4 and 4A may be divided into lots
but all vehicular movements to and from the highway shall be via a single common
driveway or entranceway serving all lots or premises so created. All lots of record existing at the time of ordinance amendment shall be
allowed one direct access to Routes 202, 4 and 4A provided that minimum safe
sight-distance standards (below) can be met. Exceptions for a second entrance/exit for a large parking lot may be
granted by the Planning Board provided that the two access points are not closer
than 500 feet and that they both meet the minimum sight-distance standards
(below).
Types
of Roadway from which Access is granted
Minimum
Safe Sight-Distances
|
| Posted
Speed Limit (mph) |
30 |
35 |
40 |
45 |
50 |
55 |
| Passenger
Cars |
300' |
350' |
400' |
450' |
500' |
550' |
| Single-Unit
Trucks |
415' |
475' |
540' |
600' |
675' |
750' |
| Tractor-Trailers |
530' |
615' |
700' |
840' |
975' |
1100' |
Note
Where
it is impossible to meet these sight-distance standards due to physical
conditions, a maximum variance of 30% may be permitted. (The 30% variance is
consistent with the absolute minimum stopping distance requirement on wet
pavements established by the Maine Department of Transportation).
10.7.F. Landscape.
Parking lots shall be
landscaped with a continuous border of shrubbery along all lot-lines
abutting residential properties according to the buffering standards in
10.10.A. Large parking lots shall be provided with at least one tree (of
3" caliper) for every 35 car spaces (4 trees per acre) to be located at
representative points throughout such lots. All parking or outdoor storage
areas shall be separated from any public road by a landscaped buffer strip
at least 15 feet wide planted with shade trees (minimum 3" caliper planted
at least every 50 feet along the road frontage) and dense medium height
shrubs (three feet in height on maturity to screen parked vehicles). All
such plantings shall be maintained as an effective visual screen. Shrubs
or trees, which die, shall be replaced within one growing season.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Planning Board may waive planting for
purposes of visual screening along the frontage of property located within
the Business Commercial, Village and Light Commercial zones.
10.8
Preservation of Landscape.
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