44-21 - General Provisions LAST AMENDED 12/5/2024 M1 M2 M3 In all districts, as indicated, #accessory# off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be provided in conformity with the requirements set forth in the table in this Section for all #development# after December 15, 1961, for the #manufacturing#, #commercial# or #community facility# #uses# listed in the table. In addition, all other applicable requirements of this Chapter shall apply as a condition precedent to the #use# of such #development#. After December 15, 1961, if an #enlargement# results in a net increase in the #floor area# or other applicable unit of measurement specified in the table in this Section, the same requirements set forth in the table shall apply to such net increase in the #floor area# or other specified unit of measurement. A parking space is required for a portion of a unit of measurement one-half or more of the amount set forth in the table. For the purposes of this Section, a tract of land on which a group of such #uses# is #developed# under single ownership or control shall be considered a single #zoning lot#. For those #uses# for which rated capacity is specified as the unit of measurement, the Commissioner of Buildings shall determine the rated capacity as the number of persons which may be accommodated by such #uses#. The requirements of this Section shall be waived in the following situations: (a) when, as the result of the application of such requirements, a smaller number of spaces would be required than is specified by the provisions of Section 44-232 (Waiver of Requirements for Spaces Below Minimum Number) or, for certain #uses#, below the #lot area# or establishment size thresholds set forth in Section 44-233 (Waiver of requirements for certain small zoning lots or establishments); (b) when the Commissioner of Buildings has certified, in accordance with the provisions of Section 44-24 (Waiver of Requirements for All Zoning Lots Where Access Would Be Forbidden), that there is no way to arrange the spaces with access to the #street# to conform to the provisions of Section 44-43 (Location of Access to the Street). For the purposes of applying the loading requirements of this Chapter, #uses# are grouped into the following Parking Requirement Categories (PRC) based on how requirements are measured. The specific designations for #uses# are set forth in the Use Group tables. Parking Requirement Type of Requirement Category PRC-A square feet of #floor area# PRC-B person-rated capacity PRC-C square feet of #lot area# PRC-D square feet of #floor area#, or number of employees PRC-E number of beds PRC-F guest rooms or suites PRC-G other REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES FOR MANUFACTURING, COMMERCIAL OR COMMUNITY FACILITY USES Parking PRC - A PRC - B Requirement C Category A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 per square Unit of per square feet of #floor area# 1 per persons-rated capacity feet of Measurement #lot area# 3,4 M1-1 M1-2 M1-3 M2-1 M2-2 M3-1 Districts without an A suffix M1, M2 M3 Districts with 1 per 1 per 300 1 per 1 per 300 2 1 per 8 1 per 8 1 per 10 1 per 500 an A suffix 200 600 outside the #Greater Transit Zone# M1-4 M1-5 M1-6 M2-3 M2-4 M3-2 Districts without an A suffix M1, M2 M3 Districts with None None None None None None None None an A suffix required required required required required required required required within the #Greater Transit Zone# 1 For ambulatory diagnostic or treatment facilities listed in Use Group III(B), #cellar# space, except #cellar# space used for storage shall be included to determine parking requirements. 2 Parking requirements for #uses# in PRC-A3 may be reduced by permit of the Board of Standards and appeals in accordance with the provisions of Section 73-44. 3 In the case of golf driving ranges, the requirements in this table apply only to that portion of the range used for tees. 4 In the case of outdoor skateboard parks, in M3-1 Districts, the requirements of this table apply only to that portion used as skating runs and #accessory# #buildings#. The #floor area# of #accessory# #buildings# shall be considered #lot area# for the purpose of these requirements. Parking PRC - D PRC - E PRC - F Requirement Category D1 D2 E1 E2 E3 F1 F2 Unit of per square feet of #floor area# per guest room or per bed Measurement or per employees 5 suites M1-1 M1-2 M1-3 M2-1 M2-2 M3-1 Districts without an A suffix 1 per 1,000 sq 1 per 2,000 sq ft ft or 1 per 3 or 1 per 3 M1, M2 M3 employees, employees, Districts with 1 per whichever will whichever will 1 per 8 an A suffix 56 require a require a larger outside the larger number number of #Greater of spaces spaces Transit Zone# M1-4 M1-5 M1-6 M2-3 M2-4 M3-2 Districts without an A 1 per suffix n/a n/a 1 1 per None None required None required 10 6 required M1, M2 M3 Districts with an A suffix within the #Greater Transit Zone# 5 For predominantly open storage of miscellaneous #uses# or predominantly open #manufacturing# #uses#, the #lot area# used for such #uses# shall be considered as #floor area# for the purposes of these requirements. 6 Parking requirements for #uses# in PRC-E1 are in addition to area utilized for ambulance parking. PRC - G Museums or Outdoor Agricultural Outdoor non- racket Seminaries #Schools# Parking #uses# skating rinks commercial courts Requirement art galleries Category per square feet of #floor per square area# used per square feet of #lot per square for per square Unit of feet of area# used per court feet of #lot classrooms, feet of #floor Measurement #floor for selling area# laboratories, area# area# purposes student centers or offices M1-1 M1-2 M1-3 M2-1 M2-2 M3-1 Districts without an A suffix 1 per 1,000 1 per 2 1 per 800 1 per 1,000 M1, M2 M3 Districts with an A suffix outside the #Greater Transit Zone# None None required required M1-4 M1-5 M1-6 M2-3 M2-4 M3-2 Districts without an A suffix None None None None required required required required M1, M2 M3 Districts with an A suffix within the #Greater Transit Zone# PRC - G (continued) Parking Fire or Camps, Riding Court Post Funeral Requirement Police Prisons Docks overnight academies houses Offices Establishments Category stations and day or stables per per per per square per per square square beds- see feet of #lot square square Unit of per square feet feet of feet of rated Section area# or feet of feet of Measurement of #floor area# #floor #floor capacity 62-43 per #floor #floor area# area# employees area# area# M1-1 M1-2 M1-3 M2-1 M2-2 M3-1 Districts without an A suffix 1 per 1 per 1 per 10 1 per 400 600 1,200 M1, M2 M3 Districts with an A suffix outside the #Greater Transit Zone# see 1 per None None Section 2,000 or 1 required required M1-4 M1-5 62-43 per 3 M1-6 M2-3 M2-4 M3-2 Districts without an A suffix None None None None required required required required M1, M2 M3 Districts with an A suffix within the #Greater Transit Zone#