Off-street parking areas shall be oriented to
and within a reasonable walking distance of the buildings the parking
areas are designed to serve. Access to parking lots shall be designed
so as not to obstruct free flow of traffic. There shall be adequate
provision for ingress to and egress from all parking spaces to ensure
ease of mobility, ample clearance and safety of vehicles and pedestrians.
Off-street parking areas shall provide paved surfaces for vehicular
movement and parking spaces.
Off-street parking areas shall be set back a
minimum of 10 feet from front lot lines and a minimum of one foot
from side and rear lot lines. Greater setbacks may be required in
accordance with the standards applicable to each district.
[Amended 8-12-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-5]
Each required off street parking space shall
be measured 10 feet in width by 18 feet in length. Parking spaces
for the physically handicapped shall be 12 feet wide.
The minimum width of all aisles providing direct
access to individual parking stalls shall be in accordance with the
requirements specified below. Only one-way traffic shall be permitted
in aisles serving single-row parking spaces placed at an angle other
than 90°.
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Parking Angle
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Aisle Width
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|---|---|
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30°
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12 feet
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45°
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13 feet
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60°
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18 feet
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90°
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24 feet
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Parking areas shall be designed so as to prevent
parked vehicles from overhanging or extending over sidewalks or required
landscaped areas.
For any off-street parking area accommodating
20 or more vehicle spaces, a landscape strip of at least five feet
in width shall be provided between vehicular use areas and any adjacent
public street, walk or right-of-way or any contiguous property. The
landscape strip shall be planted and perpetually maintained with shade
trees, with at least one tree per 35 linear feet. The required landscape
strip area shall be planted and perpetually maintained with grass,
ground cover or other landscape materials.
For any off-street parking area accommodating
20 or more vehicle spaces, landscaped areas shall be provided for
interior vehicular use areas so as to provide visual and climatic
relief from broad expanses of pavement, to channel and define areas
for pedestrian and vehicular circulation, to reduce stormwater runoff
and to provide groundwater recharge:
A.
At least 5% of the gross area of the interior vehicular
use area shall be landscaped.
B.
Interior (nonperimeter) landscaped areas shall be
dispersed so as to define aisles and limit unbroken rows of parking.
C.
Each separate landscaped area shall be at least 300
square feet in area and a minimum of five feet in width.
D.
Landscaped areas shall be planted and perpetually
maintained with grass, ground cover or other landscape materials.
E.
Shade trees shall be planted and perpetually maintained
in interior landscaped areas, with at least one shade tree per 300
square feet of interior landscaped area.
F.
No hedge, tree, shrub or other growth shall be maintained
that may cause danger to vehicular or pedestrian traffic in any off-street
parking area by obscuring the view.
All vehicles parked outdoors must be registered,
with current, valid, state motor vehicle plates plainly visible.
Except as provided for in Subsection D below,
no more than one recreational vehicle, boat or oversized vehicle may
be parked outdoors on a lot in any residential district.
A.
Such vehicles may be parked in side or rear yards
and shall be parked no closer than 10 feet to any lot line.
B.
Such vehicles shall not have exterior identification
or signs indicating an occupation, employment or enterprise that is
carried on for profit.
C.
Such vehicles shall not be used for living or sleeping
quarters on any lot in the Township.
D.
On a lot containing two or more dwelling units, a
designated parking area may be established to accommodate several
such vehicles, provided that:
(1)
The total number of such vehicles parked on the lot
does not exceed the number of dwelling units on the lot.
(2)
The designated parking area meets the other requirements
of this section.
(3)
The designated parking area is screened from view
from adjoining lots and public streets by means of a buffer area.
Any building or structure erected, altered or used and any lot used or occupied for any of the following purposes, regardless of the zoning district in which the use is located, shall be provided with the minimum number of off-street parking spaces set forth below, together with adequate driveways and street access in compliance with the requirements of §§ 300-75 through 300-83 of this article and of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[1] Where a use is not specifically listed below, the requirement
of the most similar use shall apply.
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Structure or Use
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Spaces Required
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Single-family detached dwelling
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2 per dwelling unit
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Two-family dwelling, three- or four-family dwelling
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2 per dwelling unit
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Five-or-more-family dwelling
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1 per studio unit, 2 per dwelling unit for any
other unit
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Retirement community, senior housing
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1 per dwelling unit
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Tourist home, boarding or rooming house, bed-and-breakfast
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2, plus 1 per rental unit
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Home occupation or office within a residence
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General home occupations
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1 additional per use
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Professional services
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4 additional per use
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Healing arts practitioners
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7 additional per use
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Church, public auditorium
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1 per four seats
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Elementary or intermediate school1
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1.75 per classroom
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High school1
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5 per classroom
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Hospital, nursing home, rehabilitation center
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1 per 2 beds, plus 1 per employee
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Community center, library, public building
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1 per 500 square feet gross floor area
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Day-care center
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1 per 12 children, plus 1 per employee
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Institutional home
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1 per 5 occupants of total capacity
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Correctional institution
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1 per 3 occupants
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Membership club (nonresidential)
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1 per 6 members of total capacity
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Indoor recreation
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Bowling alley
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5 per lane
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Court for racquet sports
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2 per court
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Sports club/health spa, billiard room, etc.
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1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area
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Dance, music or art studio floor area
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1 per 250 square feet of gross
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Outdoor recreation
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Golf course employee (Any area for restaurant,
clubhouse, etc., shall meet standards for those facilities separately.)
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3 per hole, plus 1 per
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Ballfield or other outdoor court
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1 per 4 persons of total designed capacity
| |
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Medical/dental office
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7 per practitioner, including technicians
| |
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Retail store
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1 per 200 square feet gross floor area
| |
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Shopping center, supermarket
|
1 per 200 square feet gross floor area
| |
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Bank, financial institution without drive-in
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6 per teller window
| |
|
Bank, financial institution with drive-in
|
3 per inside teller window, plus 3 per self-service
facility
| |
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Indoor theater
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1 per 3 seats
| |
|
Restaurant, bar or tavern
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1 per 100 square feet gross floor area
| |
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Vehicle sales
|
1 per 500 square feet indoor gross floor area,
plus 1 per 5,000 square feet to be set aside for customer parking
and not used for display or storage
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Motor vehicle service/repair
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3 per service bay
| |
|
Gasoline service station
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1 per 300 square feet gross floor area or 3
per service bay (whichever is larger)
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Undertaking or funeral establishment
|
1 per 4 seats or per 50 square feet of public
floor area (whichever is larger)
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Job printing
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1 per employee on largest shift, plus 1 per
250 square feet of public floor area
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Hotel or motel
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1 per room, plus 1 per 200 square feet of additional
public floor area
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Offices
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1 per 300 square feet gross floor area
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Warehouse or storage
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1 per 1,500 square feet gross floor area or
per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger
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Industry, research and development
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1 per 450 square feet gross floor area or per
employee on largest shift, whichever is larger
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Newspaper publishing
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1 per 450 square feet gross floor area or per
employee on largest shift, whichever is larger
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Animal hospital or kennel
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3 per veterinarian, plus 1 per additional employee
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If the number of spaces required under §§ 300-75 through 300-83 is substantially greater than the number of spaces anticipated as needed by the applicant, the applicant may apply to the Zoning Hearing Board to have the number of spaces required reduced by up to 25%. Upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission and Township Engineer, the Zoning Hearing Board may reduce the required number of spaces in accordance with the following criteria:
A.
The applicant shall provide evidence of reduced parking
needs to the Planning Commission and Township Engineer for their review
and recommendation.
B.
Sufficient area shall be set aside for construction
of the remainder of the required spaces, if and when they are deemed
necessary by the Zoning Hearing Board.
C.
All stormwater engineering shall be designed based
on total parking requirements, including the reserve.
D.
Parking capacity shall be re-evaluated by the Code
Enforcement Officer should any change occur in the use, ownership,
size of building or number of residents or employees and, following
such re-evaluation, the Zoning Hearing Board may require the construction
of additional parking spaces, up to the maximum required by this chapter,
upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission and Township Engineer.
F.
The applicant shall provide a financial guaranty to
cover the cost of installation of the reserved parking spaces for
a period of one year following installation of the initially constructed
spaces, in a manner approved by the Zoning Hearing Board upon the
recommendation of the Township Solicitor and Township Engineer.
A.
Requirement for loading and unloading areas. Whenever the normal operation of any business, enterprise or use requires that goods, merchandise or equipment be routinely delivered to or shipped from that business, enterprise or use, a sufficient paved off-street loading and unloading area must be provided in accordance with this § 300-86 to accommodate the delivery or shipment operations in a safe and convenient manner.
B.
Specifications for loading and unloading areas. The
loading and unloading area must be of sufficient size to accommodate
the numbers and types of vehicles that are likely to use this area
given the nature of the business, enterprise or use in question.
(1)
Loading and unloading areas shall be so located and
designed that the vehicles intended to use them can maneuver safely
and conveniently to and from a public right-of-way and complete loading
and unloading operations without obstructing or interfering with any
public right-of-way or any parking space or parking lot aisle.
(2)
No area allocated to loading and unloading facilities
may be used to satisfy the area requirements for off-street parking,
nor shall any portion of any off-street parking area be used to satisfy
the area requirements for loading and unloading facilities.
(3)
All loading and unloading areas shall be landscaped
and screened sufficiently to obscure the view of the loading and unloading
vehicles and platforms from any public street and adjacent residential
districts or uses. Such screening shall be an extension of a building,
a fence, planting or combination thereof and shall be a minimum of
six feet in height.
(a)
All schools shall designate an area of lawn
or field for overflow parking for special events, which shall provide
at least 100 parking spaces.
