§ 19.52.010. Off-street parking areas and loading spaces.

(a)

Off-Street Loading Spaces. In all districts, in connection with every building or part thereof erected after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title which is to be occupied by uses requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises with such building the following off-street loading spaces:

Gross Floor Areas (Square Feet)       Spaces Required

0 to 19,999 ..... 1

20,000 to 29,999 ..... 2

30,000 to 39,999 ..... 3

40,000 to 49,000 ..... 4

For each additional ten thousand square feet in excess of fifty thousand square feet, one additional off-street loading space shall be required.

Such spaces may occupy all, or any part of a required rear yard or with authorization of the board of adjustment, part of any other yard or court space on the same premises.

(b)

Provisions of Off-Street Parking. In all districts off-street accessory parking areas, in the open or in a garage, shall be provided in connection with the uses set forth hereinafter and to the extent indicated therewith, in addition to the above required loading and unloading spaces. Such areas, in the case of "A or "R" districts, shall be on the premises intended to be served; and in the case of "C-1," "C-2," "M-1," and "M-2" districts, such areas shall be on the premises intended to be served or on adjoining or nearby property within three hundred feet of any part of said premises and in the same or less restricted district. Regarding any parking which will not be located on the premises intended to be served, the owner or lessee of the premises shall be required to provide the zoning administrator with written proof of their ownership or tenancy of the premises, and the zoning administrator may grant a permit for parking areas up to three hundred feet from the premises. However the permit shall expire on the date the ownership changes or the tenancy ends, and any parking which continues in violation of this section or after the date of ownership change or the date of the expiration of said tenancy shall be in violation of this section and subject to any penalties provided in the Wilton City Code, including but not limited to, the Wilton municipal infractions ordinance.

(c)

Number of Parking Spaces Required. In a C-1 district, employee parking shall be provided at the rate of one space per employee.

Use	Parking Spaces Required
Animal hospitals and veterinarian clinics	1 for each 200 square feet of floor area
Automobile or farm implement sales and service garages	1 for each 2 employees
Barber shops and beauty parlors	1 for each chair
Bowling alleys	3 for each lane
Clothing stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, jewelry stores, pharmacies	1 for each 300 square feet of total floor area
Church or temple	1 for each 6 seats
Community center, library, museum	10 plus 1 for each 300 square feet in excess of 2000 square feet of floor area
Dental and medical clinics	1 for each 300 square feet of floor area except in R-2, where 3 plus 1 additional per 400 square feet in excess of 1000 square feet of floor area
Drive-in restaurant	3 for each employee
Dwelling	2 for each dwelling unit except for C-2, where 1 per dwelling unit
Financial institutions, business offices, professional offices, and studios	1 for each 300 square feet of floor area
Frozen food lockers, laundries and dry-cleaning	1 for each 300 square feet of floor area
Furniture and household appliance sale and service establishments	1 for each 500 square feet of floor area
Hospitals	1 for each 4 beds
Indoor theatres	1 for each 4 seats
Mortuary or funeral home	1 for each 100 square feet of floor area
Motels and hotels	1 for each unit or suite plus 1 for each 100 square feet of commercial floor area
Printing, publishing, engraving establishments	1 for each 500 square feet of floor area
Private club or lodge	5 plus 1 for each 200 square feet in excess of 1000 square feet of floor area
Restaurants, cafes, nightclubs	1 for each 100 square feet of floor area
Sanitarium, nursing, rest or convalescent home	1 for each 6 beds
Schools and public buildings	1 for each classroom or office room plus 1 for each 10 seats in main auditorium, stadium, or place of public assembly
Skating rinks	1 for each 100 square feet of floor area
Warehouse, storage, manufacturing, consignment and auction sales operations	1 for each 2 employees plus 1 for each vehicle used by the industry
Wholesale display and sales rooms and offices	1 for each 300 square feet of floor area

 

In the case of any use which is not specifically mentioned herein, the provisions for a similar use mentioned shall apply.

(d)

Definition and Interpretation.

(1)

Parking Space. Each parking space rectangular in shape shall be not less than nine feet wide and twenty feet long, or not less than one hundred eighty square feet in area exclusive of access drives or aisles.

(2)

Loading Space. Each loading space shall not be less than ten feet wide, forty feet in length and fourteen feet in height, exclusive of access and turning areas.

(3)

Floor Area. In the case of merchandising or service types of uses, "floor area" means the gross floor area used or intended to be used by tenants or for service to public or customers, patrons or clients, but shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as toilet or restroom, utilities, or dressing rooms.

(4)

Benches in Place of Public Assembly. In stadiums, sports arenas, churches, and other places of public assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or other similar seating facilities, each twenty inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking facilities under this title.

(e)

Development Standards. Off-street accessory parking areas shall be of usable shape, and shall be improved with a durable and dustless surface and so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area. Any lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be arranged as to reflect light away from adjoining premises in any "R" district.

(f)

Exceptions. The board of adjustment may authorize on appeal a modification, reduction or waiver of the foregoing requirements, if it should find that in the particular case the peculiar nature of the use, or other exceptional situation or condition would justify such modification, reduction or waiver.

(Ord. 352 §2, 1995; Ord. 293 §12.00, 1986).