(1) One and two-family dwelling: minimum of two (2) spaces per dwelling unit, but in no event more than four (4) for a single-family dwelling and six (6) for a two-family dwelling.

(2) Multiple dwelling: two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit, plus added spaces equaling ten percent (10%) of the total dwelling units.

(3) Home occupation: One (1) additional space for the nonresident employee.

(4) Religious facility: one (1) space for each five (5) linear feet of bench seating, or in the case of chair seating, one (1) space for each two (2) seats, plus ten (10) spaces.

(5) School (elementary or secondary): one (1) space for each classroom, plus one (1) space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of office space.

(6) Day-care facility: two (2) spaces for each four (4) children.

(7) Boarding/rooming house: minimum of two (2) spaces, plus one (1) space for each room to let:

B. Residential parking area design standards.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any premises to permit the placement or storage of any unlicensed or unregistered vehicle or any vehicle without a valid inspection sticker, unless the vehicle is store: within a wholly enclosed building.

(2) No premises shall provide outside parking for more than one (1) commercially licensed vehicle or more than five thousand (5,000) pounds in weight, as indicted or currently valid registration, owned and/or regularly use by a resident of the premises where the vehicle is parked nor provide parking, storage or a base of operations for construction equipment and/or their support equipment.

(3) A trailer, boat trailer, camp trailer, recreational vehicle trailer or portable hot tub trailer shall be parked 0 stored only in a rear yard. Any trailer in excess of twenty-six (26) feet in length shall be stored only within, wholly enclosed building.

(4) No off-street parking shall be permitted in any front or exterior side yard or within five (5) feet of any side a rear lot line, except in an established driveway. In n event shall any motor vehicle be parked on the landscaped portion of a yard.

(5) A driveway may extend from the front edge of the property through the front yard to the side or rear yard of a residence. The maximum width of the driveway the street line and within the front yard shall be eighteen (18) feet: In no event shall more than twenty-five percent (25%) of any front yard area be paved or used for driveway or offstreet parking.

(6) No parking shall be permitted in the public right-way except on the paved portion of a street or alley.

(7) The use of any camp trailer, recreational vehicle trailer or mobile home as temporary living quarters, for hire or otherwise, is prohibited.

§ 112-21. Commercial and Light manufacturing parking.

(1) The ratios listed below for each use are based upon the square footage of a building floor area, as herein defined. In calculating the required number of spaces, all fractional results shall be rounded to the next highest whole number. Site plan approval by the Planning Board is required for all parking uses. In no case shall on-street parking be considered or included in calculating off street parking requirements.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, where any building or lot is occupied by two (2) or more uses having different parking requirements, the parking requirement for each use shall be computed separately to determine the total offstreet parking requirement:

(3) Offstreet parking requirements.

(a) Commercial residence: one (1) space for every guest room, plus three (3) additional spaces.

(b) facility: two (2) spaces for every four (4) children.

(c) Medical offices: one (1) space for every one hundred (100) square feet of floor area, plus three (3) additional spaces.

(d) General commercial and retail business: one (1) space for every two hundred (200) square feet of floor area, plus three (3) additional spaces.

(e) Business and professional offices: one (1) space for every two hundred (200) square feet of floor area, plus three (3) additional spaces.

(f) Restaurant: one (1) space for every four (4) seats or one (1) space for every one hundred (100) square feet of customer floor area, whichever is greater.

(g) Industrial, manufacturing and wholesale facility: five (5) spaces, plus one (1) space for every three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

(h) Gasoline service station/motor vehicle service: three (3) spaces for every service bay.

(i) Recreational/fitness center: twenty-five (25) spaces, plus six (6) spares per each court game area, plus one (1) space for every seventy-five (75) square feet of any floor area devoted to recreational, exercise or therapy activities.

Mortuary: ten (10) spaces for each reposing room.

(k) School, elementary or secondary: one (1) space for each classroom, plus one (1) space for every two hundred fifty (250) square feet of office space.

(I) School, proprietary: one (1) space for every fifteen (15) square feet of classroom space.

(m) Outdoor recreation facilities: as required by the Planning Board, based upon a consideration of proposed use and type of programming, ages to be served and neighborhood orientation.

(n) Video sale or rental facility: one (1) space for every fifty (50) square feet of floor area.

(b) All other principal uses not above enumerated excepted: one (1) space for each two hundred square feet of floor area.

B. Commercial parking area design standards.

(1) Parking facilities existing on the date of enactment of in chapter shall be exempt from compliance with the design standards except for a subsequent change of use or a determination by the Code Enforcement Official that an unsafe condition exists which requires parking lot modifications.

(2) For the purpose of computing gross parking area for required offstreet parking, two hundred seventy (270) square feet of unobstructed net standing, maneuvering and access area shall be considered one (1) parking space. However, a lesser area may be considered as one (1) space if the Planning/Architectural Review certifies that the layout and design of the parking area are adequate to permit suitable access and maneuvering. In no event shall the size of a parking space be less than nineteen (19) feet long and nine (9) feet wide exclusive of access or maneuvering

(3) All required offstreet parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot with the building or use they serve.

(4) Parking spaces may not be located in any existing front yard or in any required buffer areas.

(5) It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any premises to permit the placement or storage of any unlicensed or unregistered motor vehicle or any vehicle without a valid inspection sticker on the premises, unless stored within a wholly enclosed building.

(6) No premises shall provide outside parking for more than one (1) commercially licensed vehicle of more than five thousand (5,000) pounds in weight, as indicated on currently valid registration, owned and/or regularly used by the occupant or tenant where the vehicle is parked, nor provide parking, storage or a base of operations for construction equipment or their support equipment.

(7) The use of any camp trailer, recreational vehicle trailer or mobile home as temporary living quarters, for hire or otherwise, is prohibited.

(8) Parking shall not be permitted in the public right-of-way nor within five (5) feet of the public right-of-way. The land within the area of prohibited parking shall be delineated at its inner line or edge by a permanent continuous curb, and said area shall be landscaped or planted with appropriate ground cover.

(9) Parking shall be permitted closer than eighteen (18) inches to the public right-of-way if, upon approval by the Planning/Architectural Review Board, the premises owner shall be permitted to install a guardrail or other barrier, the exterior edge of which shall be at least eighteen (18) inches from the public right-of-way. The guardrail or barrier shall be not less than eighteen (18 inches nor more than twenty-four (24) inches in height above finished grade level. The ground area on the street side of said rail shall be planted with appropriate ground cover.

(10) Parking shall be permitted to the interior edge of any continuous wall of unpierced masonry, stone, concrete or other properly faced building material acceptable to the Planning/Architectural Review Board. The exterior edge of the wall shall be erected not closer than one (1) foot to the public right-of-way. The height of any wall so erected shall not exceed two (2) feet above finished grade level located within fifteen (15) feet of the exterior pavement edge of a street or alley.

(11) Parking in any C District shall not be permitted closer than ten (10) feet to any lot line in an R District; except that when such parking is accessory to residential use, shall be governed by the regulations controlling parking in R Districts.

(12) The curb cut, driveway and parking area shall be designed so that all vehicle movements to and from in public right-of-way are in a forward direction. The designation of the parking area shall permit entry and exit without the necessity of moving any vehicle(s) parked in another space.

(13) The location, number and width of each curb or providing access to and from a public road shall specified by the Planning/Architectural Review Board curb cut shall not be located within twenty (20) feet of nearest curb cut located on the same site or on any dining property. A property less than sixty (60) feet in width may be exempt from compliance with this twenty-foot limitation.

(14) Landscaping, snow storage and drainage.

(a) A minimum five-foot landscaped buffer shall be installed and maintained on all sides where a parking area abuts adjoining properties or public right-of-way, except as provided in this chapter.

(b) Landscaping of any front yard buffer shall not exceed three (3) feet in height above finished grade level. Existing trees shall be trimmed to provide a seven-foot clearance to the lowest branches. No new tree shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to a driveway edge or closer than ten (10) feet to the front property line.

(c) Where a parking area abuts or faces upon a residential district or use, the view of that parking area from the residential property or properties shall be effectively screened with an opaque fence or a dense planting of evergreens. Such screening shall be maintained within the property boundary at a height of six (6) feet in any rear and interior side yard.

(d) Each parking area shall provide for a system of snow removal and sufficient space for on-site snow storage. Buffer areas may be used to store snow: however, snow may not be deposited in any front yard or in the public right-of-way. Upon review, the Planning/Architectural Review Board may require the provision of additional snow storage

(e) Each parking area shall provide for a system of drainage and, where possible, shall be connected to the public storm sewer.

(15) All off-street parking areas and driveways shall be paved with macadam or concrete and striped to delineate parking spaces. A permanent concrete curb shall be provided to protect buffers, lighting standards, signs and other Installations.

§ 112-22. Planning/Architectural Review Board.

A picture of Dodge Mill pictured in 1894 after it burned .Jonathon Dodge lost his life while trying to battle the fire. click here to see a bigger picture.

A picture of Glen Falls taken in 1907. Another view of The Dodge Mill taken in 1907. click here to see a bigger picture.