[Amended 11-18-1986 by Ord. No. 86-33-950; 1-1-1987 by Ord. No. 86-38-955]
A.
Approval required for storage of certain vehicles
with the Borough. Certain vehicles, boats, house trailers and other
conveyances as hereinafter provided shall not be parked or stored
within the Borough of Cresskill without the written authorization
and approval of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Cresskill,
which approval shall be by resolution.
B.
Approval required for storage of commercial vehicles
in residential districts; exception. No owner or lessee of any premises
in a residential district as set forth in the Cresskill Zoning Ordinance
shall store a commercial vehicle on said premises without the written
authorization and approval of the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Cresskill, which approval shall be by resolution, unless it is
the only commercial vehicle stored thereat and has a body, box or
platform adapted for carrying goods or materials with a registered
gross vehicle weight of not more than 5,000 pounds.
C.
Approval required for certain vehicles in residential
districts. The following vehicles shall not be parked or stored in
a residential district unless the aforementioned approval is obtained
from the governing body:
(1)
Commercial vehicles with registered gross vehicle
weights of more than 5,000 pounds.
(2)
Any other truck, trailer or vehicle with a registered
gross vehicle weight of more than 5,000 pounds.
(3)
Any unregistered vehicles.
(4)
Motorboats, sailboats or other watercraft more than
20 feet in length.
(5)
House trailers, housing units, mobile homes and self-propelled
housing units.
(6)
Collapsible housing units, whether assembled or disassembled.
(7)
Animal conveyances, either trailer or self-propelled.
D.
Permit required for temporary portable storage units
on private property. A temporary portable storage unit (PODS) not
exceeding eight feet in height, eight feet in width and 16 feet in
length can be utilized on private property only for a limited purpose.
The limited purpose is the temporary storage of furniture, clothing
or other household belongings, coming from or to a structure on the
property that is being renovated or sold. A permit from the Construction
Official is required before locating a unit on private property. The
fee is $150 per unit, payable upon issuance of a building permit,
for a ninety-day time period when a building permit issues but $50
per unit for only 30 days if no building permit issues. After the
initial thirty-day period and upon inspection by the Construction
Official, an additional thirty-day permit extension, in extraordinary
circumstances, may be granted for an additional fee of $25 per unit.
The permit will require that the location of the unit be nonobstructive
to traffic and be in an area not unnecessarily disruptive of the residential
character of the neighborhood and not in the front yard area, except
driveways.
[Added 5-16-2007 by Ord. No. 07-06-1334]
Off-street loading berths, open or enclosed,
are permitted accessory to any use, except in all residence zones.
However, no off-street loading berth shall be located in a front yard
or within 10 feet of any side or rear lot line that abuts a residence
zone. Such abutting loading berths and those across the street from
a residence zone shall be screened by an opaque fence, wall or evergreen
hedge on that part of the buffer area that is closest to the loading
berth.
A.
Schedule of requirements. Accessory off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be provided for any lot as specified in Article X, Zone Bulk and Parking Regulations, and as specified below for each use in any zone. Any land which is developed as a unit under single ownership and control shall be considered a single lot for the purpose of these regulations.
[Amended 12-18-1996 by Ord. No. 96-21-1156; 2-18-2015 by Ord. No.
15-02-1470]
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Use
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At Least 1 Parking Space for Each
(unless otherwise specified below)
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Catering facilities
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3 seats
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Eating and drinking places
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5 seats
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Golf courses and country clubs
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1.2 per members
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Other types of private recreation
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2.5 members or accommodations
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Home occupation for professional office use
other than a physician
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3 spaces for such use
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Hospitals, acute-care facilities, nursing homes
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2 for every 3 beds
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Congregate or assisted living
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1 for every bed
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Motor vehicle service stations
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Employee
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Places of worship, libraries and other public
buildings
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200 square feet of floor area, but not less
than 1 space for each 5 seats where provided
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Professional offices of physicians
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5 spaces for each physician
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Schools
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12 students
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Undertakers
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2 employees, plus 15 spaces for each chapel
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Uses not listed
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As determined by the Planning Board to prevent
the frequent parking on the street by persons visiting or connected
with each use
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B.
Areas computed as parking spaces. Areas which may be computed as open or enclosed off-street parking spaces include any private garage, carport or other area available for parking, other than a street or a driveway. However, a driveway within a required front yard for a one-family residence may count as one parking space, other than a corner lot as provided in § 275-44.
C.
Location and ownership of required accessory parking
facilities. Required accessory parking spaces, open or enclosed, must
be provided upon the same lot as the use for which they are required.
The Planning Board may waive parking requirements when, in the opinion
of the Board, the use is adequately served by municipal off-street
parking facilities.
[Amended 9-19-2001 by Ord. No. 01-32-1240]
D.
Size of spaces. Three hundred square feet shall be considered one parking space to provide room for standing area and aisles for maneuvering. Entrance and exit roadways shall not be computed as parking space except for a one-family residence as in Subsection B of this section.
E.
Access. Unobstructed access to and from a street shall
be provided. Such access shall consist of at least one ten-foot lane
for parking areas with less than 20 spaces and at least two ten-foot
lanes for parking areas with 20 spaces or more.
F.
Drainage and surfacing. All open parking areas shall be properly drained, and all such areas shall be provided with a macadam surface, except for parking spaces accessory to a one-family residence. See also § 275-71C.
G.
Joint facilities. Required parking spaces, open or enclosed, may be provided in spaces designed to serve jointly two or more establishments, whether or not located on the same lot, provided that the number of required spaces in such joint facilities shall be not less than the total required for all such establishments, except as provided for in Subsection H of this section.
H.
Combined spaces. When any lot or adjacent lots contain
two or more uses having different parking requirements, the parking
requirements for each use shall apply to the extent of that use. Where
it can be conclusively demonstrated that one or more such uses will
be generating a demand for parking primarily during periods when the
other use or uses is not or are not in operation, and provided that
such spaces are within 300 feet of all uses, the Planning Board may
reduce the total parking spaces required for that use with the least
requirement.
I.
Unlisted uses. For all other buildings or uses not
specifically delineated in the schedules, the Planning Board shall
determine the minimum required parking spaces and shall apply as a
standard, wherever practicable, the requirements in the schedule applicable
to the type of building or use most similar in nature and function
to the proposed building or use not so listed.
A.
Uses for which required. Accessory off-street loading
berths shall be provided for any lot or any use specified herein.
Any land which is developed as a unit under single ownership and control
shall be considered a single lot for the purpose of such requirement.
(1)
For a public library, museum, art gallery or similar
quasi-public institution or governmental building, community center,
hospital or sanitorium, nursing or convalescent home, institution
for children or the aged or school with floor area of 10,000 square
feet, one berth shall be required. For each additional 25,000 square
feet or fraction thereof, one additional berth shall be required.
(2)
For buildings with professional, governmental or business
offices with floor area of 10,000 to 25,000 square feet, one berth
shall be required. For each additional 25,000 square feet or fraction
thereof up to 100,000 square feet, one additional berth shall be required.
For each additional 50,000 square feet or fraction thereof, one additional
berth shall be required.
(3)
For buildings with retail sales and service establishments,
one berth for 8,000 to 25,000 square feet of floor area shall be required,
and one additional berth shall be required for each additional 25,000
square feet of floor area or fraction thereof so used.
(4)
For undertakers, one berth for each three chapels
shall be required. Such berths shall be at least 10 feet wide, 20
feet long and 7 1/2 feet high.
B.
Size, location and access. Each required loading berth, except for undertakers, shall be at least 12 feet wide, 40 feet long and 14 feet high. Unobstructed access, at least 10 feet wide, to and from a street shall be provided. Such access may be combined with access to a parking lot. All permitted or required loading berths shall be on the same lot as the use to which they are accessory, except as provided in Subsection C of this section.
C.
Joint facilities. Permitted or required loading berths,
open or enclosed, may be provided in spaces designed to serve jointly
two or more adjacent establishments, provided that the number of required
berths in such joint facilities shall not be less than the total required
for all such facilities.
A.
Access near street corner. No entrance or exit for
any accessory off-street parking area with over 10 parking spaces
nor any loading berth shall be located within 50 feet of the intersection
of any two street lines.
B.
On lots divided by zone boundaries. When a lot is
located partly in one district and partly in another, the regulations
for the district requiring the greater number of parking spaces or
loading berths shall apply to all of the lot. Parking spaces or loading
berths on such a lot may be located without regard to district lines,
provided that no such parking spaces or loading berths shall be located
in any Residence Zone, unless the use to which they are accessory
is permitted in such zone or by special permission of the Planning
Board.
C.
Supplementary parking regulations in Professional
Office Zones, In P Zones wherever space is provided for the parking
of 10 or more vehicles in the open, such spaces shall be individually
identified by means of pavement markings and shall be screened by
a substantial solid wall or fence or thick hedge five feet in height
above the average finished grade of the parking area. No parking space
shall be located in any front yard or within three feet of any lot
line in side or rear yards. The parking of motor vehicles within 15
feet of any wall or portion thereof, which wall contains a window,
other than a bathroom or kitchen window, with a sill height of less
than eight feet above the level of the parking space is prohibited.
No service of any kind shall be permitted to be extended to users
of the lot, including automobile service, repair or fueling, and no
gasoline, oil, grease or other supplies shall be stored or sold in
any such lot or in any garage on such lot.
D.
Supplementary regulations for parking spaces adjacent
to Residence Zones.
(1)
Wherever a parking lot abuts the side or rear lot line of a lot in a Residence Zone, the parking lot shall, besides conforming with Article XV, be screened from such adjoining lot by a substantial and sightly wall or fence or thick hedge, with a height of five feet.
(2)
Wherever a parking lot for three or more cars in any
nonresidential zone is located across the street from any Residence
Zone, it shall be screened from the view of such zone by a thick hedge
located along that part of the buffer area that is closest to the
parking lot, such hedge to be interrupted only at points of ingress
and egress. The open area between such hedge and the street shall
be landscaped in harmony with the landscaping prevailing on neighboring
properties fronting on the same street. A fence five feet high may
be required while such hedge is growing to a suitable thickness.
(3)
Identification and directional signs shall not exceed
an area of three square feet each and shall be limited to such as
are essential for the particular use.
