§ 331-128. Design and layout.

A. 

Access driveways. All off-street parking and loading spaces, except those serving one- and two-family residences on their own building lots, shall be provided with unobstructed access and shall be designed to prevent the backing of any vehicle across a sidewalk or into a street and shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer on all City streets and the Westchester County Department of Public Works or the New York State Department of Transportation for access onto county or state roads, respectively. Access driveways connecting off-street parking and loading facilities to the street or streets from which they derive access shall be designed in accordance with the following requirements:

(1) 

Access driveways serving one- and two-family residences on their own building lots shall be designed in accordance with the following standards:

(a) 

Shall not be less than 10 feet in width for one car, 20 feet for two cars, but no more than 25 feet in width, nor closer than three feet to any side or rear lot line.

(b) 

Shall be connected to the street with a radius return at each intersection corner of not less than 25% of its width and shall be aligned at approximately right angles to the street.

(c) 

A driveway ramp serving residence use shall not exceed a slope of 4% within 10 feet of the front property line, except a grade up to 15% may be allowed by the Building Official for a driveway serving a single-family residence if necessary due to existing site conditions.

[Amended 10-20-2009 by Ord. No. 199-2009]

(d) 

No more than one access driveway curb cut shall be permitted to serve any one- or two-family residence except that a circular driveway with two curb cuts shall be permitted on a lot with 120 feet or more of road frontage.

(e) 

No curb cut shall be permitted within 25 linear feet of a street intersection area required for sight visibility pursuant to § 331-14C(2).

(2) 

Access driveways serving multifamily and nonresidence districts shall be designed in accordance with the following standards:

(a) 

Shall be not less than 24 feet in width for two-way drives and 12 feet in width for one-way drives, nor closer than three feet to the side or rear lot line.

[Amended 7-16-2002 by Ord. No. 139-2002]

(b) 

Access ramps to parking garages (maximum percent grade). Access ramps shall not exceed a grade of 10%.

[Amended 10-20-2009 by Ord. No. 199-2009]

(c) 

Each such drive shall be connected to the street with a radius return at each corner of not less than 25% of its width and shall be aligned at approximately right angles to the street.

(d) 

They shall also not exceed a grade of 3%, except that a grade of 8% may be allowed by the Building Official, provided that such grade would be appropriate for the purpose of reducing environmental impact.

[Amended 2-19-2013 by Ord. No. 39-2013]

(e) 

Notwithstanding the above, the Planning Board may allow lesser dimensions for a driveway providing access to fewer than 20 spaces. Similarly, it may require greater dimensions where determined necessary based upon the number of spaces served and/or the nature of the intended use.

(f) 

A minimum of 25 feet is required between an access drive and the right-of-way line at a street intersection. Entrances and exits for all parking lots shall not exceed 25 feet in width in the aggregate for the first 100 feet or fraction thereof of street frontage, and an additional 25 feet in width in the aggregate for each additional 100 feet of frontage.

(g) 

Sight distance. An unobstructed view shall be provided in both directions at all exit points.

(3) 

Interconnection of off-street parking facilities. In order to provide maximum efficiency, minimize curb cuts, and encourage safe and convenient traffic flow, the Planning Board may require the interconnection of parking facilities via circulation drives within and between adjacent lots, where feasible. To help assure the accomplishment of this, the Planning Board may require written assurance, such as deed restrictions satisfactory to the Corporation Counsel, binding the owner, heirs, and assigns to permit and maintain such interconnection of parking facilities and recorded in the Westchester County Land Records in the County Clerk's office.

B. 

Dimensional requirements. All off-street parking and loading facilities shall comply with at least the following minimum dimensional requirements:

(1) 

Parking space dimensions. All off-street parking spaces shall be nine feet in width and 18 feet in length, except that a width of 8.5 feet may be permitted by the Planning Board for long-term (commuter, worker, or residential) use. The Planning Board may also permit a one-foot-lesser paved depth where an unobstructed vehicle overhang area is provided, as in the case of landscaped traffic islands.

(2) 

Loading space dimensions. Each loading space shall have the following dimensions.

	Off-Street Loading Space Dimensions
	Dimension	Size (feet)
	Width	15 (12 for adjacent loading spaces)
	Length	35 (55 for tractor-trailers)
	Height	14

(3) 

Handicapped parking spaces. Handicapped parking spaces shall comply with all the requirements of the New York State Building Code.

(4) 

Compact car spaces. In any off-street parking facility containing 50 or more spaces, the Planning Board may permit up to 1/3 of such spaces to be specifically designed and limited in their use to compact cars subject to the following conditions:

[Amended 11-15-2016 by Ord. No. 240-2016]

(a) 

Compact car parking space dimensions shall be 7.5 feet in width and 15 feet in length.

(b) 

Compact car spaces shall be conveniently located for both vehicular and pedestrian access.

(c) 

Compact car spaces shall be clearly identified by appropriate signage and shall be located in groups of not fewer than five contiguous spaces.

(d) 

Applications providing compact parking in accordance with the provisions herein shall provide a parking analysis prepared by a professional engineer to demonstrate the functionality of the plan.

(5) 

Aisle dimensions. All driveway aisles providing access to off-street parking and loading spaces shall be of sufficient width in accordance with the following schedule:

	Aisle Dimensions
	Type of Parking Space	Required Aisle Width (feet)
	Perpendicular (90º angle parking)	24 standard space; 20 compact space
	60º angle parking (one-way)	18
	45º angle parking (one-way)	13
	30º angle parking (one-way)	12
	Parallel parking (one-way)	12

C. 

Tandem parking. Tandem parking spaces may be permitted by the Planning Board to satisfy a portion of the minimum required parking space requirement in parking areas containing 25 or more spaces, provided the following conditions are met:

(1) 

It is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Planning Board that the projected timing of parking space turnover is such that tandem parking will not result in an inconvenience to parkers or an inadequate supply of short-term spaces.

(2) 

Tandem spaces shall not be permitted to exceed 15% of the total number of parking spaces required by this article.

(3) 

This section shall not apply to off-street parking being addressed through § 331-54.2C(3) of this Code.

D. 

Valet parking as part of a site plan application. As part of a site plan application, valet parking (space size shall be 7.5 feet by 15 feet) may be permitted by the Planning Board to satisfy the requirements for up to 35% of the total number of spaces required by this article, provided the following conditions are met:

[Amended 5-20-2015 by Ord. No. 114-2015]

(1) 

The Planning Board determines that such valet parking is customary and appropriate for the use it is intended to serve.

(2) 

A sufficient number of valets are to be made available at all hours of the day and all days of the week as determined necessary by the Planning Board.

(3) 

Queuing areas are to be provided as determined necessary by the Planning Board, but in no case are they to have a capacity of less than 5% of the total number of approved valet parking spaces.

(4) 

Legal instruments, in form and filing satisfactory to the Corporation Counsel, shall be provided by the property owner guaranteeing the continued use of valet services so long as the uses or structures they serve shall be continued.

(5) 

Valet operations shall obtain a special use permit pursuant to Article XXI.

[Added 5-20-2015 by Ord. No. 114-2015]

(6) 

Where more restrictive, the requirements set forth in Article XXI shall govern.

[Added 5-20-2015 by Ord. No. 114-2015]

Amended 4-20-2004 by Ord. No. 90-2004