[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(a)]
1.
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion
in the streets. The facilities required herein shall be available
to patrons throughout the hours of operation of the particular business
or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the
term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered
parking space located off the public right-of-way.
2.
Any building or other structure erected, altered or used and any
lot used or occupied for any of the following purposes shall be provided
with minimum off-street parking spaces as set forth below, together
with adequate accessways, driveways or other means of circulation
and access to and from a public street.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(b)]
1.
Single-family dwellings: two spaces per dwelling unit.
2.
Multiple-family dwellings and conversion apartments: two spaces per
dwelling unit.
3.
Group quarters, rooming houses, motels, hotels and tourist homes:
one parking space for each guest room plus one additional space for
full-time employees. If a restaurant in connection with the above
is open to the public, the off-street parking shall not be less than
that required for guest rooms.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(c); as amended
by Ord. 91-2, 11/4/1991; and by Ord. 2008-3, 10/6/2008]
1.
Retail, repair, or personal service store or shop: one parking space
for every 200 square feet of retail floor space, plus one additional
space for each full-time employee.
2.
Quick-service restaurant, public entertainment facilities: one parking
space for each 50 square feet of floor area for public use or one
space for every four seats, whichever is greater, plus one additional
space for each full-time employee.
3.
Sit-down restaurant: one parking space for every four seats or one
space for every 100 square feet of net floor area, whichever is greater,
plus one additional space for each full-time employee.
4.
Office building: one parking space for every 200 square feet of net
floor area. The net floor area shall exclude corridors, stairs, elevator
shafts, mechanical rooms or restrooms.
5.
Automotive sales and service stations and facilities: one parking
space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area devoted to service
facilities or two spaces for each service bay, whichever is larger,
plus one space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area devoted
to service facilities or usage, plus one space for each full-time
employee.
6.
Private club or lodge, golf course, public or private recreational
facility, campground: one parking space for each four persons of total
capacity; for recreational vehicle parks, one space for each recreational
vehicle stand.
7.
Kennel, stable, animal hospital, drive-in produce stand, commercial
greenhouse: a sufficient number of off-street parking spaces to accommodate
the maximum number of vehicles stopping at any one time but in no
case fewer than three such spaces, plus one additional space for each
full-time employee.
8.
Home occupation: one parking space in addition to the requirement
for the dwelling unit plus one additional space for each full-time
employee, except that in the case of doctors and dentists, three spaces
per doctor or dentist in addition to the requirement for the dwelling
unit plus one space for every full-time employee.
9.
Shopping Center Exceeding a Total of 200,000 Square Feet of Gross
Floor Area in the C-2 District. Where there is a shopping center exceeding
a total of 200,000 square feet of gross floor area (inclusive of outparcels
proposed as part of the development) proposed for development, 4.5
parking spaces are required for every 1,000 square feet of cumulative
floor space for the entire development.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(d)]
1.
Places of Assembly. For churches, theaters, funeral homes, cultural
facilities, community centers, assembly or meeting rooms or other
similar places of public or private assembly, at least one parking
space for every four seats provided for the public assembly or one
space per 300 square feet of gross floor area when no seats are provided,
plus one space for each full-time employee.
[Amended by Ord. 2014-1, 10/6/2014]
2.
Hospitals, Nursing Homes. For hospitals, nursing homes or similar
uses, at least one parking space for every three beds plus one additional
space for each full-time employee plus one space for each staff doctor.
3.
Schools. Kindergarten, day nursery, elementary school and junior
high school, one parking space for each faculty member and employee
plus one space per two classrooms and offices. For senior high school,
college or trade or professional school, one parking space per faculty
member and employee plus one space per 10 students or projected building
capacity.
4.
Fire Station. Four spaces for each fire truck where no community
room is a part of the building. Where a community room is provided,
four spaces for each fire truck plus one space for each 100 square
feet of gross floor area.
5.
Utility or Communication Station. One parking space for each vehicle
normally required to service such facility.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(e); as amended
by Ord. 1998-1, 4/15/1998, § II]
1.
Any industrial establishment (including mills, manufacturing or assembly
plants, laboratories, shops, extractive operations, junkyard or sanitary
landfill). One additional space per 1,000 square feet of floor area
plus one space per two employees on the largest shift.
2.
Any warehousing establishments. One space per 5,000 square feet of
floor area plus one space per employee on the largest shift.
3.
Animal husbandry, crop farming, horticulture. Hone unless associated
with a sales facility, in which case spaces for such sales facility
shall be provided as required by appropriate Sections of this Part.
4.
Transportation terminal shall vary by the size of the terminal and
the specific uses designed for the area. Parking consideration shall
be for employees, trailers and tractors. Employee parking shall be
one space per each two employees. See § 1912, "Required
Berths for Off-Street Loading," of this Part.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(f)]
Structures and uses in existence at the date of adoption of
this Chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this Part
so long as the kind or extent of use is not changed; provided, any
parking facility now serving such structures or uses shall not in
the future be reduced below such requirements. Should the use change,
the facility shall abide by the regulations as set forth in this Part.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(g)]
Whenever there is an alteration of a structure or a change or
extension of a use which increases the parking requirements according
to these standards, the total additional parking required for the
alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with
the requirements of that Section.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(h)]
1.
All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained
so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve.
Off-street parking facilities shall not be reduced in total extent
after their provision, except upon the approval of the Zoning Hearing
Board and then only after proof that, by reason of diminution in floor
area, seating area, the number of employees or change in other factors
controlling the regulation of the number of parking spaces, such reduction
is in conformity with the requirements of this Part. Reasonable precautions
are to be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure
the availability of required facilities for the employees or other
persons whom the facilities are designed to serve. They shall at no
time constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
2.
For parking areas of three or more vehicles, the area not landscaped
and so maintained, including driveways, shall be graded, surfaced
with asphalt or other approved material of design and drained to the
extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive water flow
across streets or adjoining property. All off-street parking spaces
shall be marked so as to indicate their location.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(i)]
Two or more uses may provide for required parking in a common
parking lot if the total space provided is not less than the sum of
the spaces required for each use individually. However, the number
of spaces required in a common parking facility may be reduced below
this total only as a special exception if it can be demonstrated to
the Zoning Hearing Board that the hours or days of peak parking needed
for the uses are so different that a lower total will provide adequately
for all uses served by the facility.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(j); as amended
by Ord. 1994-4, 11/7/1994, § 1; and by Ord. 1998-7, 12/16/1998,
§ 6]
1.
Commercial and Industrial Zones. Required off-street parking spaces
shall be on the same lot or premises with the use, and shall not be
placed any closer than 10 feet to the legal right-of-way line in the
front yard, nor within 10 feet of the property line in any other required
yard, provided that all buffer yard requirements are met.
2.
Residential and Agricultural Zones. Required off-street parking spaces
shall be on the same lot or premises with the use and shall not be
placed in the required front yard, nor within 10 feet of the property
line in any other required yard with the exception for side yards
and rear yards where parking shall be allowed within 10 feet of the
side and rear property lines; provided, said parking of vehicles is
in existing driveways in front yards which comply with all other ordinances
but not within 10 feet of the legal right-of-way. However, in the
case of single-family attached dwellings on fee-simple lots, parking
spaces may be placed in the required front yard; provided, that said
spaces shall not be located closer than three feet from any property
line. Driveways for single-family attached dwellings on fee-simple
lots may be counted as required parking spaces; provided, that said
spaces shall not be located closer than three feet from any street
right-of-way line.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(k)]
Design standards included in the Londonderry Township Subdivision Ordinance [Chapter 22] shall be considered minimum requirements for the purpose of this Chapter.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.18(1); as amended
by Ord. 2008-3, 10/6/2008]
1.
Off-street loading spaces shall be provided on any lot on which a
building exceeding 5,000 square feet of gross floor area for business
or industry is hereafter erected. The minimum number of spaces shall
be provided according to the following table:
|
Gross Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Spaces Required
|
|---|---|
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5,000 to 10,000
|
2
|
|
10,000 to 25,000
|
3
|
|
25,000 to 50,000
|
4
|
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50,000 and over
|
4 plus 1 additional space for each additional 10,000 square
feet
|
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Shopping centers >=200,000 cumulative square feet of floor space
|
1 per each business plus 1 additional for each 50,000 square
feet or part thereof of gross space over 50,000 square feet per business
|
2.
Specifications.
A.
Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform with the
following specifications:
(1)
Each required space shall not be less than 12 feet in width,
40 feet in length and 14 feet in height, exclusive of drives and maneuvering
space, and located entirely on the lot being served.
(2)
There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley
as well as adequate on-site maneuvering space.
(3)
The minimum width of driveways and sidewalk openings measured
at the right-of-way line shall be 35 feet or as required by the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation.
B.
The minimum width of a driveway providing access to an off-street
loading space at the street line shall be 35 feet. The driveway shall
be symmetrical at the entrance center line, unless multiple lanes
of ingress or egress are required. No driveway shall have an approach
angle to the street of less than 70°.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.19]
Wherever motor vehicle access is provided from the street or
private road onto the lot, the following regulations shall apply:
A.
Driveways and Curbs (See Sketch No. 6).
B.
Access to the lot shall comply with the following regulations:
(1)
Access shall be by not more than two driveways for each 100
feet frontage and appropriate permits shall be secured from the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation for any driveway or accessway to any
street or road designated as a State (PennDOT) road.
(2)
No two of said driveways serving single-family dwellings shall
be closer to each other than 12 feet, and no driveway shall be closer
to a side property line than three feet, and no flare shall cross
an extended side property line.
(3)
Each driveway shall be not more than 35 feet in width, measured
at right angles to the center line of the driveway except as increased
by permissible curb return radii. The entire flare of any return radius
shall fall within the right-of-way.
(4)
Driveways shall be no closer than 10 feet to the point of intersection
of two property lines at any corner as measured along the property
line, and shall not extend across such extended property line.
(5)
For non-dwelling uses, where there is an existing curb and gutter
or sidewalk on the street or private road, a safety island along the
entire frontage of the property shall be provided, except for the
permitted driveways. On the two ends and street or private road side
of each such island shall be constructed a concrete curb, the height,
location, and structural specifications of which shall be approved
by the Township engineer. Maximum and minimum curb return radii permitted
and minimum driveway approach angles to the center line of the street
or private road are required as shown on Sketch No. 6, and made by
this reference as much a part of this Chapter as is fully described
herein.
(6)
For non-dwelling uses, where there is no existing curb or gutter
or sidewalk, a curb, fence or landscaping not exceeding two feet or
less than eight inches in height as shown on Sketch No. 6 (see appendix
to this Chapter) shall be constructed along the entire length of the
property line, except in front of the permitted driveways.
(7)
Driveways beyond the right-of-way of Township or State roads
or streets shall not be under the auspices of the Township or State,
but shall be the individual lot owners responsibility to provide its
width, grade, maintenance and general accessibility for purposes of
its intended use and for emergency services.
[Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 17]
The following landscaping and screening requirements shall apply
to all parking lots:
A.
Landscaped Strip.
(1)
When a parking lot is located in a yard, which abuts a street,
a landscaped strip shall be provided on the property along the entire
street line. If there is no building or other structure on the property,
the parking lot shall still be separated from the street by the landscaped
strip. This strip shall be measured from the street right-of-way line.
The strip may be located within any other landscaped strip required
to be located along a street.
|
The following lists required width of landscape strips:
|
|
Number of Spaces In Parking Lot Including Joint Facilities
|
Landscape Strip Width In Feet Measured From Street R.O.W.
Line
|
|---|---|
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Less than 100
|
15
|
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100 to 250
|
20
|
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Over 250
|
25
|
(2)
Unless otherwise indicated, all parking lots constructed in
side or rear yards (as defined herein) shall be setback a minimum
of 10 feet from all property lines. Such setbacks shall be used for
landscape strips.
B.
Interior Landscaping.
(1)
In any parking lot containing 50 or more parking spaces (except
a parking garage), 5% of the total area of the lot shall be devoted
to interior landscaping. Such interior landscaping may be used, for
example, at the end of parking space rows to break up rows of parking
spaces at least every 10 parking spaces, and to help visually define
travel lanes through or next to the parking lot. Landscaped areas
situated outside of the parking lot, such as peripheral areas and
areas surrounding buildings, shall not constitute interior landscaping.
For the purpose of computing the total area of any parking lot, all
areas within the perimeter of the parking lot shall be counted, including
all parking spaces and access drives, aisles, islands and curbed areas.
Groundcover alone is not sufficient to meet this requirement. Trees,
shrubs, or other approved material shall be provided. At least one
shade tree shall be provided for each 300 square feet (or fraction)
of required interior landscaping area. These trees shall have a clear
trunk at least five feet above finished-grade level.
(2)
Parked vehicles may not overhang interior landscaped areas more
than 2-1/2 feet. Where necessary, wheel stops and/or curbing shall
be provided to ensure no greater overhang.
(3)
If a parking lot under 50 spaces is built without interior landscaping,
and later additional spaces are added so that the total is 50 or more,
the interior landscaping shall be provided for the entire parking
lot.
[Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 20]
1.
Design standards. The minimum dimension of parking facilities shall
be as follows:
A.
In all districts parking spaces per vehicle shall not be less than
nine feet wide and 18 feet long.
B.
The parking lot dimensions shall not be less than those listed in
the following table.
|
Parking
|
Aisle Width
| |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Angle of Parking
|
Stall Width
|
Stall Depth
|
One-Way
|
Two-Way
|
|
90 Degrees
|
9'
|
18'
|
24'
|
24'
|
|
60 Degrees
|
10'
|
22'
|
18'
|
20'
|
|
45 Degrees
|
10'
|
21'
|
15'
|
20'
|
|
30 Degrees
|
10'
|
19'
|
12'
|
20'
|
|
Parallel
|
8'
|
22'
|
12'
|
20'
|
C.
All dead-end parking lots shall be designed to provide sufficient
back-up area for the end stalls of the parking areas.
D.
Parking areas shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed
to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the
moving of any other motor vehicle.
E.
All commercial, public, institutional industrial usage shall provide
handicap parking spaces in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities
Act.
