The applicant shall provide for proper pedestrian
and vehicular traffic movement within and adjacent to the site. The
municipal agency shall ensure that all parking spaces are usable and
safely and conveniently arranged. The design and layout of buildings
and parking areas shall be reviewed so as to provide an aesthetically
pleasing design and efficient arrangement. Particular attention shall
be given to safety and fire protection, and the impact of the facilities
on adjacent building and land.
A.
Access drives shall be limited to a maximum of two
to any street, and their center lines shall be spaced at least 65
feet apart. Each access drive shall:
B.
When the width of a property along any one street
exceeds 500 feet in length, one access drive may be permitted for
each 250 feet of property frontage. The width of the curb cut shall
be determined by the type of traffic to be handled and the limitation
to no more than two lanes of traffic. Driveways with widths exceeding
24 feet shall be reviewed by the municipal agency giving consideration
to the width, curbing, direction of traffic flow, radii of curves
and traffic lane dividers. Curbing shall be either depressed at the
driveway or have the curbing rounded at the corners, with the access
drive connected to the street in the same manner as another street.
Individual parking and loading spaces shall be served by internal, on-site driveways designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and from each parking and loading space without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicle and shall be dimensioned as outlined in § 91-114 hereof. Where the angle of parking is different on both sides of the aisle or driveway, the larger aisle width shall prevail.
Parking and loading areas for commercial and
industrial uses shall be buffered from adjoining streets, existing
residential uses or any residential zoning district in accordance
with the buffer and screening requirements of this chapter.[1]
Off-street parking and loading areas may be
required to have concrete or Belgian block curbing around the perimeter
of the parking and loading areas and to separate major interior driveways
from parking spaces. Curbing may also be installed within the parking
or loading areas to define segments of the parking or loading areas.
Concrete wheel blocks may be located within designated parking or
loading spaces. All curbing shall be located in conjunction with an
overall drainage plan. Curbing installed at locations requiring pedestrian
or bicycle access over the curbing shall be designed with breaks in
the curb height with ramps from the street grade to the sidewalk.
The breaks shall be either opposite each traffic lane or no less frequent
than one every 65 feet along the curb.
A.
Off-street parking spaces shall be 10 feet wide and
a minimum of 20 feet in length, except that a minimum of one space
but not less than 5% of all spaces shall be a minimum of 12 feet wide,
located in one area, designed as parking for the handicapped and located
so that access does not require wheeling or walking behind parked
cars.
B.
Drive aisle widths in parking lots shall conform to
the following minimum requirements:
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Parking Spaces Ten Feet Wide
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Angle of Parking
|
One-Way Aisle
(feet)
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Two-Way Aisle
(feet)
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|
90º
|
22
|
25
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|
60º
|
18
|
22
| |
|
45º
|
15
|
22
| |
|
30º
|
12
|
22
| |
|
Parallel
|
12
|
22
| |
C.
Off-street loading spaces shall have 15 feet of vertical
clearance and shall be designed in accordance with the following schedule:
|
Loading Space
|
Combined Apron and Aisle Length
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Length
(feet)
|
Width
(feet)
|
90º
(feet)
|
60º
(feet)
| |
|
60
|
10
|
72
|
66
| |
|
60
|
12
|
63
|
57
| |
|
60
|
14
|
60
|
54
| |
All parking and loading shall have drainage
facilities installed in accordance with good engineering practice
as approved by the municipal agency engineer. Where subbase conditions
are wet, springy or of such nature that surfacing would be inadvisable
without first treating the subbase, these areas shall be excavated
to a depth of six inches to 12 inches below the proposed finished
grade and filled with a suitable subbase material as determined by
the Township Engineer. Where required by the Engineer a system of
subsurface drains shall be constructed beneath the surface of the
paving and connected to a suitable drain. After the subbase material
has been properly placed and compacted, the parking area surfacing
material shall be constructed.
A.
Areas of ingress and egress, loading and unloading
areas, major interior driveways and aisles and other areas likely
to experience similar heavy traffic shall be paved with not less than
four inches of bituminous stabilized base course, Mix I-2, prepared
and constructed in accordance with the latest Standard Specifications
of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
B.
Parking space areas and other areas likely to experience
light traffic shall be paved with not less than three inches of bituminous
stabilized base course, Mix I-2. A surface course of at least a one-and-one-half-inch
thickness of bituminous concrete surface course, Mix I-5, shall be
constructed. As an alternative, such areas may be constructed on six
inches of dense graded aggregate base course and two inches of bituminous
concrete surface course, Mix I-5.
Landscaping in parking and loading areas shall
be shown on the landscaping plan. Trees shall be staggered or spaced
so as not to interfere with driver vision, have branches no lower
than six feet and be placed at the rate of at least two trees for
every 10 parking spaces. All areas between the parking area and the
building shall be landscaped per approved drawings. Any plant material
not surviving for a period of two years shall be replaced with the
same or equivalent size species. A majority of the parking area shall
be screened from streets by buildings, landscaped berms, natural ground
elevation or plantings singularly or in combination.
A.
No off-street loading and maneuvering areas shall
be located in any front yard nor require any part of a street.
B.
Loading spaces shall abut the building being served
and shall be located to directly serve the building for which the
space is being provided.
C.
No loading and parking spaces shall be located in
any required buffer area.
D.
Parking spaces located to service residential uses
shall be within 150 feet of the entrance of the building. Commercial
and industrial parking shall be located on the lot unless a cooperative
arrangement has been approved by the approving authority. Parking
spaces located to service commercial or industrial uses shall be within
300 feet of the building entrance.
E.
Parking spaces for residential uses may be located
in any yard as designated for individual structures within a complex,
but parking shall be discouraged from being located in the yard space
between the existing public streets and the setback line but, when
located within this yard area, shall be set back from the street a
minimum of 100 feet.
F.
No parking shall be permitted in designated fire lanes,
streets, driveways, aisles, sidewalks or turning areas.
G.
Parking spaces for shopping centers may be located
in any side or rear yard, or front yard if approved by the approving
authority.
H.
Off-street parking spaces for office buildings, other
than offices in a shopping center, may have parking located in the
front yards limited to not more than 20% of the total number of spaces
required.
Adequate off-street loading and maneuvering
space shall be provided for every use. The minimum number of spaces
shall be based on the following schedule, and those uses not listed
shall provide sufficient spaces as determined under site plan review:
A.
A minimum of one space per use, except that where
more than one use shall be located in one building or where multiple
uses are designed as part of a shopping center or similar self-contained
complex, the number of loading spaces shall be based on the cumulative
number of square feet within the building or complex, shall be dispersed
throughout the site to best serve the individual uses and shall have
site plan approval.
B.
There shall be a minimum of one trash/garbage pickup
location, separate from the parking and loading areas, located either
within or outside of a building in steel-like, totally enclosed containers,
located and screened to be obscured from view from parking areas,
streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts. If located
within the building, the doorways may serve both the loading and trash/garbage
collection functions. If a container is used for trash/garbage collection
functions and is located outside of the building, it may be located
adjacent to or within the general loading areas, provided that the
containers in no way interfere with or restrict the loading and unloading
functions.
C.
Where any use is located on a tract of at least 50
acres and no portion of a loading area, including maneuvering areas,
is closer than 200 feet to any property line and where the length
of the driveway connecting the loading area may be less than the number
required by the above schedule provided, the applicant, as part of
the site plan application, shall indicate on his site plan and shall
document to the Planning Board how the number of spaces to be provided
will be adequate to meet the needs of the specific use proposed.
The number of parking spaces for each use shall
be determined by the number of dwelling units, the amount of gross
floor area, as defined in this chapter, or such other measure as noted
below. Where a particular function contains more than one use, the
total parking requirements shall be the sum of the component parts.
The number of parking spaces for each use shall be as follows:
|
Off-Street Parking Requirements
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Use
|
Minimum Required Off-Street Parking Spaces
| |
|
Auto/truck sales
|
1 for each 50 square feet of showroom area and
sales office
| |
|
Bowling alleys
|
4 for each alley
| |
|
Car wash establishments
|
3 access lanes for each mechanized car wash
entrance, with each lane having a minimum capacity for 12 vehicles;
1 space for each waxing, cleaning or similar specialized service area;
1 space for every 2 employees
| |
|
Churches
|
1 for each 3 seats
| |
|
Community swimming pools
|
1 for each 15 square feet of water surface area
| |
|
Day-care centers
|
1 for each 600 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Department store
|
7 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area or fraction thereof
| |
|
Detached dwellings
|
2
| |
|
Financial institutions
|
1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Firehouses
|
1 for each 400 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Garden apartments:
| ||
|
Efficiency unit
|
1
| |
|
1-bedroom unit
|
1.5
| |
|
2-bedroom unit
|
1.75
| |
|
3-or-more-bedroom unit
|
2
| |
|
Garden centers
|
6 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area or fraction thereof, plus 0.5 space for each 1,000 square feet
of outside storage, sale or display area
| |
|
Golf courses
|
4 per hole
| |
|
Hospitals
|
1.5 per bed
| |
|
Hotel or motel
|
1.75 per room
| |
|
Libraries
|
1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Lumberyard and contractor's yard
|
1 per 5,000 square feet of gross yard area required
for the use
| |
|
Manufacturing, assembly or fabrication
|
1 for each 800 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Medical centers, doctor or dentist offices
|
1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Mortuaries, viewing room and chapel
|
20
| |
|
Movie theaters
|
1 for each 3 seats
| |
|
Movie theaters in shopping centers
|
1 for each 4 seats
| |
|
Nightclubs
|
1 for each 2 seats
| |
|
Offices and office buildings
|
1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Personal services
|
1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Professional office as a home occupation
|
1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area,
with a minimum of 6
| |
|
Research
|
1 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area
| |
|
Restaurants
|
1 per 2 seats
| |
|
Retail stores
|
1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Schools:
| ||
|
Elementary
|
1.2 per each classroom, plus minimum of 1 for
each teacher staff member
| |
|
Intermediate
|
1.5 per classroom, plus a minimum 2 for each
teacher and staff member
| |
|
Secondary
|
1 per classroom, plus a minimum of 2 per each
teacher and staff member, plus 1 per 10 students based on school capacity
| |
|
Service stations
|
6 for the first bay, 5 additional for a second
work area and 3 additional for each additional work area
| |
|
Shopping centers
|
5.5 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area
| |
|
Structure with 2 dwelling units
|
4
| |
|
Theater
|
1 space for every 4 seats
| |
|
Townhouses
|
2
| |
|
Veterinary hospitals
|
6 per examination room or doctor, whichever
is greater
| |
|
Warehouses, shipping and receiving
|
1 for each 5,000 square feet of gross floor
area
| |
|
Wholesale fuel distribution
|
1 for each 10,000 square feet of gross yard
area required for the use
| |
|
NOTE: A maximum 20% of gross floor area can
be office use without additional parking for the office use. Office
use above 20% shall require parking at the appropriate rate.
| ||
A.
Authorization. The municipal agency may allow an applicant
to provide fewer parking or loading spaces for a proposed development
than this chapter requires, upon application for a bulk variance from
the chapter requirements, and with public notice.
B.
Standards. No variance from parking or loading space
requirements shall be approved unless the applicant proves entitlement
to such variance in accordance with criteria applicable to bulk variances.
Factors to be taken into account by the municipal agency shall include,
but not be limited to the following:
(1)
Amount of land available on the site to provide parking
or loading spaces.
(2)
Availability of adjacent land to enlarge the site.
(3)
Feasibility of space-conserving alternatives such
as underground or aboveground parking.
(4)
Adequacy of existing parking on the site.
(5)
Severity of existing traffic and traffic congestion
at and near the site.
(6)
If the applicant also requires a variance to enlarge
a nonconforming use or structure, an analysis of the particular benefits
to Florence Township to be gained from such enlargement compared with
the disadvantages.
(7)
Any facts pertaining to the particular site, its existing
and proposed use, its history, its needs for parking and loading spaces,
and the area surrounding the site.
C.
Expert testimony. The municipal agency may require
the applicant to submit written and oral traffic studies, engineering
studies, designs, plans or any other form of expert testimony which
it deems necessary or helpful in order to reach an informed decision
on the matter.
D.
Limitation. In the case of vacant or unimproved land,
the municipal agency shall not approve an application for development
that provides less than 75% of the parking or loading spaces required
by this chapter. In all other cases, no application for development
that provides less than 75% of the required parking or loading spaces
shall be approved without a showing by the applicant of extraordinary
and compelling justification.
E.
Landscaping. The applicant shall compensate for any
reduction in required parking or loading spaces by providing suitable
landscaping, additional drainage or percolation area, open space or
better aesthetics for the site. If the site permits, an amount of
land equal in square footage to that contained in the number of parking
or loading spaces not provided by the applicant as a result of a bulk
variance applied for under this section shall be set aside as "landscaped
parking" and specifically noted on the plan. Such "landscaped parking"
shall not be built upon nor considered in calculating front, side
or rear yard areas or buffer area.
A.
No person shall park any truck, bus, trailer or tractor,
the gross registered weight of which exceeds 8,000 pounds, out of
doors within any residential zone in the Township. This requirement
shall not pertain to farms.
B.
Nothing within this chapter shall be construed as
preventing vehicles exceeding a gross registered weight of 8,000 pounds
from making deliveries of merchandise within a residential zone or
as prohibiting any vehicle exceeding the gross registered weight of
8,000 pounds used by any public utility company in connection with
the construction, installation, operation or maintenance of public
utility facilities from parking while being used for such purposes;
neither shall the chapter be construed as preventing vehicles exceeding
a gross registered weight of 8,000 pounds from being used in cases
of emergencies within a residential zone of the Township, in order
to preserve and protect persons and property within the residential
zone.
C.
Recreational vehicles and boats may be parked outside,
in side or rear yard areas only, with a limit of one recreational
vehicle or boat per family permitted outside a building. Recreational
vehicles or boats so parked shall not be used for temporary or permanent
residential purposes.
