§ 240-58. Reduction of parking within the MA-1 and MA-2 Business Districts., Article VI. Off-Street Parking Regulations, Chapter 240. Zoning, Part I. General Ordinances, Code of Ordinances, Barnstable

Within the MA-1 and MA-2 Business Districts, a permitted use can be changed to another permitted use, and a use can be intensified, without increasing the required off-street parking requirements of § 240-56, Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements, herein, provided that as of September 15, 2001, there is:

(1)

No increase in gross square footage of the building; and

(2)

No reduction in existing parking spaces required pursuant to § 240-56; and

(3)

There is no added outdoor use requiring the provision of parking according to § 204-56, except that no parking spaces shall be required for outdoor dining on both public and private property; except

(4)

That in the MA-1 Business District, the following requirements shall apply to apartments:

(a)

One parking space per one-bedroom apartment unit;

(b)

Two parking spaces per apartment unit with two bedrooms.

Within the MA-1 Business District, parking spaces shall be provided for new and/or expanded building area, and for new and/or expanded outdoor uses, as follows:

(1)

Fifty percent of the spaces required under § 240-56 for all uses other than apartments.

(2)

Parking spaces requirements for apartments shall be according to Subsection A(4) above.

The Zoning Board of Appeals may by special permit, further reduce the parking required within the MA-1 Business District as follows:

(1)

Off-site parking. Parking requirements may be satisfied if an off-street municipal parking lot of 20 spaces or more exists within 500 feet of the proposed use.