It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation
or association to establish an off-street parking area in any residential
district, unless the off-street parking area complies with the following
requirements:
A. Off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with an
asphalt surface of a minimum six-inch quarry blend stone and two-inch
FABC or six-inch Portland cement.
[Amended 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
B. Off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to
prevent the pooling of water on the site. Excess stormwater must be
either retained in specially designed storage areas on site or transported
to the nearest storm sewer system or natural drainage course having
sufficient capacity to handle the increased flow. All drainage design
shall be predicated upon twenty-five-year storm calculations. Ten
percent of a one-year twenty-four-hour Type III storm must be retained
after 18 hours.
C. Off-street parking areas shall have a six-foot-wide
grass buffer along all property lines, appropriately landscaped so
that it does not detract from the overall development of the community.
D. All off-street parking spaces, stalls or bays shall
be nine feet by 18 feet. Travel aisles shall provide ample turnaround
capability and safe ingress and egress to the parking area.
E. Off-street parking areas shall have curbing or car
stops to protect sidewalks and landscaping adjacent to parking areas
for any nonresidential use.
[Amended 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
F. Provision shall be made for turning movements if the
parking area does not have an internal circulation pattern, and more
than two parking spaces are proposed onsite.
[Amended 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
G. Off-street parking areas shall not cause green space
on the lot to be less than 30% of the total lot area.
H. No off-street parking area for more than two parking
stalls or for any nonresidential use shall be established in any required
front yard area.
[Amended 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
I. All off-street parking areas shall be used solely
for the parking of passenger vehicles, and no repair work shall be
conducted on such areas.
J. No signs shall be maintained on such parking areas.
[Amended 6-12-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12; 5-8-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-11; 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. No person shall establish or expand an off-street parking area without
first submitting an application for a permit, together with a plan
of the proposed area showing compliance with the standards of this
chapter, to the Land Use Board Secretary.
B. Prior to issuance of a permit, the Joint Land Use Board Secretary
shall provide the application and plan to the Township Engineer for
his review and recommendation to the Land Use Board Secretary.
C. The Township Engineer shall determine if the proposed parking area
or expansion meets the standards of this chapter and inform the Land
Use Secretary of his recommendation. Such recommendation may be for
approval, approval with conditions, or rejection of the permit. The
Engineer may return applications and plans not in compliance with
the standards of this section to the applicant for amendment in accord
with the Engineer's recommendations.
D. If the Township Engineer denies the application for a permit based
on noncompliance with the applicable standards, the applicant may
submit a minor site plan application to the Township Joint Land Use
Board with a request for a waiver from the applicable standards.
[Amended 6-12-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12; 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
An applicant for a permit to establish or expand
an off-street parking area shall pay an application fee of $50 and
shall deposit in escrow $200 for engineering review at the time of
submission. The escrow shall be held and accounted for in the same
way and manner as escrows posted to cover professional review fees
for land use applications. Upon completion of the review, any unused
portion of the escrow shall be returned to the applicant. Should the
review fee exceed the escrow deposit, the applicant shall remit the
additional charge to the Township. No construction permit shall be
issued until all professional review fees are paid.
Any person, corporation or other entity convicted
of violating any provisions of this chapter, upon conviction, shall
be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 90 days, or both.