A. Off-street parking shall be provided to service all parking demand created by new construction, whether through new structures or additions to pre-existing structures, or through change of use creating higher parking demand. An area of 300 square feet of appropriate dimensions for the parking of a motor vehicle, including maneuvering area, and aisles, shall be considered as one (1) off-street parking space.
B. TABLE OF REQUIREMENTS -- The following minimums must be met unless these are reduced on Special Permit from the Special Permit Granting Authority, upon determination that special circumstances render a lesser provision adequate for all parking needs:
1. Hotel, Motel, Inn, Guest House, Bed and Breakfast, or Resort and Conference Center: one (1) space per guest unit.
2. Offices, Stores: one (1) space per 150 square feet floor area accessible to the public.2
3. Restaurants: one (1) space per four (4) seats.
4. Coffee Shops: one (1) space per two (2) seats.
5. Industrial: one (1) space per 1¼ employees per shift, with no on-street parking permitted.
6. Bank: one (1) space per employee and one (1) space per 150 sq. ft. of public area.
7. All other uses: five (5) spaces or one (1) space per 350 sq. ft., whichever is greater3.
C. SURFACING: Required parking areas shall be paved with bituminous concrete according to current Town of Eastham Subdivision Regulations1, unless service a one (1) or two (2) family dwelling, or unless authorized to be paved with an alternative surface on Special Permit by the Special Permit Granting Authority. Such authorization may be granted by the Special. Permit Granting Authority upon its determination that drainage, erosion, siltation, dust, and appearance will be satisfactorily controlled. Where an alternative to bituminous concrete is authorized on Special Permit, the following shall be complied with:
1. Access drives shall be paved with bituminous concrete (unless the Special Permit Granting Authority shall grant a Special Permit for alternative surfacing), or other pavement authorized by the Planning Board for at least twenty (20) feet from the edge of the paved street unless the street itself is not paved.
2. Grading and materials selection shall assure that surface materials will not be carried into the street, and that drainage is positively provided for on-site.
3. If there are six (6) or more parking spaces, there shall be provisions for identifying individual spaces through use of segmented bumper strips or other similar permanent means.
D. EGRESS -- Parcels with six (6) or more parking spaces shall not have more than two (2) driveway openings onto any street unless each opening is separated from all others on or off the parcel by more than 200 feet measured from center to center. No driveway opening shall exceed 30 feet in width at the property line. Parking areas with six (6) or more parking areas shall be so designed and located that their use does not require backing onto a public way.
E. OFF-STREET QUEUES -- Establishments having drive-in facilities which from time to time have queues of vehicles awaiting service shall have comparably sufficient on-site space for such queues without requiring cars to stand on any public way or across any public sidewalk.
F. LOADING -- Off street loading facilities and space must be provided to service all needs, and so sized and arranged that no trucks need back onto or off a public way, or be parked on a public way while loading, unloading, or waiting to do so.
G. PARKING AND LOADING AREA SETBACKS -- The required distance between off-street parking and loading areas and any street line shall be five percent (5%) of lot depth from the street, but no such requirement shall be greater than 50 feet nor less than 15 feet. Off-street parking servicing non-residential districts shall not be allowed within 30 feet of a residential district.
H. HANDICAPPED ACCESS -- All such parking shall comply with all State and Federal statutes or regulations having Handicapped Access for Parking as its subject matter.
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