A.
Overall requirements.
(1)
Number of spaces. Each use that is newly developed, enlarged, significantly
changed in type of use, or increased in number of establishments shall
provide and maintain off-street parking spaces in accordance with
the Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements and the regulations of
this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said table is included at the end of this chapter.
(2)
Uses not listed. Uses not specifically listed in the Table of Off-Street
Parking Requirements shall comply with the requirements for the most
similar use listed in the table, unless the applicant proves, to the
satisfaction of the Zoning Officer, that an alternative standard should
be used for that use.
(3)
Multiple uses. Where a proposed lot contains or includes more than
one type of use, the number of parking spaces required shall be the
sum of the parking requirements for each separate use.
A.
General. Parking spaces and accessways shall be laid out to result
in safe and orderly use and to fully take into account all of the
following: vehicular access onto and off the site, vehicular movement
within the site, loading areas, pedestrian patterns and any drive-through
facilities. No parking area shall cause a safety hazard or impediment
to traffic off the lot.
B.
Existing parking.
(1)
Any parking spaces serving such preexisting structures or uses at
the time of adoption of this chapter shall not in the future be reduced
in number below the number required by this chapter.
(2)
If a new principal nonresidential building is constructed on a lot,
then any existing parking on such lot that serves such building shall
be reconfigured to comply with this chapter, including but not limited
to requirements for channelization of traffic from adjacent streets,
channelization of traffic within the lot, minimum aisle widths, paving
and landscaping.
C.
Change in use or expansion. A structure or use in existence at the
effective date of this chapter that expands or changes in use of an
existing principal building shall be required to provide all of the
required parking for the entire size and type of the resulting use,
except as follows:
(1)
If a nonresidential use expands by an aggregate total maximum of
5% in the applicable measurement (such as building floor area) beyond
what existed at the time of adoption of this chapter, then no additional
parking is required. For example, if an existing building included
3,000 square feet, and a single minor addition of 150 square feet
was proposed, then additional parking would not be required. This
addition without providing new parking shall only be allowed one time
per lot.
D.
Continuing obligation of parking and loading spaces. All required
numbers of parking spaces and off-street loading spaces shall be available
as long as the use or building which the spaces serve still exists,
and such spaces shall not be reduced in number below the minimum required
by this chapter. No required parking area or off-street loading spaces
shall be used for any other use (such as storage or display of materials)
that interferes with the area's availability for parking.
E.
Location of parking.
(1)
Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or abutting
lot with the principal use served, unless the applicant proves, to
the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board, that a method of providing
the spaces is guaranteed to be available during all of the years the
use is in operation within 300 feet walking distance from the entrance
of the principal use being served. A written and signed lease shall
be provided, if applicable. A sign shall direct persons to the parking
spaces.
(2)
The
Zoning Hearing Board may require that the use be approved for a period
of time consistent with the lease of the parking, and that a renewal
of the permit shall only be approved if the parking lease is renewed.
F.
Shared parking for industrial uses. Two or more lots used for industrial
uses in the I Industrial District may share an off-street parking
lot by right so long as all of the following items are satisfied:
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(1)
The shared off-street parking lot and all other off-street parking
lots used by the lots provide in total at least the minimum parking
spaces required for all uses on the lots under the Table of Off-Street
Parking Requirements.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said table is included at the end of this
chapter.
(2)
The entire shared off-street parking lot is within 250 feet of the
closest property line of the lot(s) being served by the shared parking
lot that are under separate ownership than the lot(s) upon which the
shared off-street parking lot is located.
(3)
Those property owners using the shared off-street parking lot are
bound by a written parking lease/license agreement, and a fully-executed
copy of the lease/license agreement, or a memorandum thereof, has
been provided to the Borough.
A.
General requirements.
(1)
Backing onto a street. No parking area shall be designed to require
or encourage parked vehicles to back into a public street in order
to leave a parking space, except for a driveway that enters onto a
local street or parking court. Parking spaces may back onto an alley.
(2)
Every required parking space 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 vehicle, unless specifically
permitted otherwise.
(3)
Parking areas shall not be within a required buffer yard or street
right-of-way.
(4)
Separation from street. Except for parking spaces immediately in
front of individual dwellings, all areas for off-street parking, off-street
loading and unloading and the storage or movement of motor vehicles
shall be physically separated from the street by a continuous grass
or landscaped planting strip, except for necessary and approved vehicle
entrances and exits to the lot.
(5)
Stacking and obstructions. Each lot shall provide adequate area upon
the lot to prevent backup of vehicles on a public street while awaiting
entry to the lot, or while waiting for service at a drive-through
facility.
B.
Size and marking of parking spaces.
(1)
Each parking space shall be a rectangle with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 18 feet, except the minimum sized rectangle shall be eight feet by 22 feet for parallel parking, and except where a larger space is required by Subsection C.
(3)
All spaces shall be marked to indicate their location, except those
of a one- or two-family dwelling.
C.
Aisles. Parking spaces and aisles shall be designed and built in
conformance with the following:
|
Angle of Parking
|
Parking Space Minimum Width
(feet)
|
Parking Space Minimum Depth
(feet)
|
Aisle Width: One-Way Traffic
(feet)
|
Aisle Width: Two-Way Traffic
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
90°
|
9
|
18
|
20
|
22
| |
|
55° to 89°
|
10
|
22
|
18
|
22
| |
|
35° to 54°
|
10
|
21
|
15
|
20
| |
|
1° to 34°
|
10
|
19
|
12
|
20
| |
|
Parallel
|
8
|
22
|
12
|
20
|
D.
Accessways and driveways.
(1)
Width of driveway at entrance onto a public street, at the edge of
the cartway. (NOTE: This standard may be revised where the State Department
of Transportation requires a different standard is required by PennDOT
for an entrance to a state road, or where the applicant demonstrates
to the Zoning Officer that a wider width is needed for truck access.)
|
One-Way Use
(feet)
|
Two-Way Use
(feet)
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Minimum
|
12
|
22
| |
|
Maximum
|
20
|
30
|
(2)
Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain uninterrupted
parallel drainage along a public street at the point of driveway entry.
The Borough may require an applicant to install an appropriate type
and size of pipe at a driveway crossing.
E.
Paving, grading and drainage.
(1)
Parking and loading facilities, including driveways, shall be graded
and adequately drained to prevent erosion or excessive water flow
across streets or adjoining properties.
(2)
Except for landscaped areas, all portions of required parking areas
for commercial, industrial, multifamily and institutional uses involving
four or more spaces, off-street loading facilities and driveways serving
such uses shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, paving block,
or other low-dust materials preapproved by the Borough. Driveways
limited to use by emergency vehicles are not required to be paved,
provided the Fire Company approves the proposed surface. Driveways
and parking that serve public uses, public recreation areas and other
types of dwellings are not required to be paved.
(a)
However, by special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may
allow parking areas with low or seasonal usage to be maintained in
stone, grass or other suitable surfaces. For example, the Board may
allow parking spaces to be grass, while major aisles are covered by
stone.
(b)
If the design and materials are found to be acceptable, in writing,
by the Borough Engineer, portions of parking areas may be covered
with a low-dust porous parking surface that is designed to promote
groundwater recharge. This might include porous asphalt or pervious
concrete placed over open graded gravel and crushed stone. Porous
parking surfaces shall not be allowed in areas routinely used by heavy
trucks.
G.
Parking for persons with disabilities/handicapped parking.
(1)
Number of spaces. See requirements under the Federal Americans With
Disabilities Act[1] for parking for persons with disabilities. The following
is a summary of some of the relevant requirements in effect as of
the enactment of this chapter:
|
Total Number of Parking Spaces on Lot
|
Required Minimum Number/Percent of ADA-Accessible Parking
Spaces
| |
|---|---|---|
|
1 to 25
|
1 van-accessible
| |
|
26 to 50
|
2, 1 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
51 to 75
|
3, 1 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
76 to 100
|
4, 1 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
101 to 150
|
5, 1 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
151 to 200
|
6, 1 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
201 to 300
|
7, 1 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
301 to 400
|
8, 1 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
401 to 500
|
9, 2 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
501 to 1,000
|
2% of total number of spaces, 1/8 of which must be van-accessible
| |
|
1,001 or more
|
20, plus 1% of spaces for each 100 over 1,000 spaces, 1/8 of
which must be van-accessible
|
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
(2)
Location. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located where they
would result in the shortest reasonable accessible distance to a handicapped-accessible
building entrance. Curb cuts shall be provided as needed to provide
access from the handicapped spaces.
(3)
Minimum size and slope. See requirements of the Americans With Disabilities
Act regulations.
(4)
Marking. All required handicapped spaces shall be well-marked in
compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Such signs and/or
markings shall be maintained over time.
(5)
Paving. Handicapped parking spaces and adjacent areas needed to access
them with a wheelchair shall be covered with a smooth surface that
is usable with a wheelchair.
H.
Paved area setbacks (including off-street parking setbacks).
(1)
Intent: to ensure that parked or moving vehicles within a lot do
not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic;
to aid in stormwater management along streets; and to prevent vehicles
from entering or exiting a lot other than at approved driveways.
(2)
Any new or expanded vehicle parking or vehicle storage area serving
a principal nonresidential use shall be separated from a public street
by a planting strip. The planting strip shall have a minimum width
of 10 feet and be maintained in grass or other attractive vegetative
ground cover. The planting strip may be on one or both sides of any
sidewalk, provided the planting width totals 10 feet. This ten-foot
width shall be increased to 20 feet for a lot including 20 or more
parking spaces that are visible from the street.
(a)
The planting strip shall not include heights or locations of
plants that would obstruct safe sight distances, but may include deciduous
trees that allow motorists to maintain views under the leaf canopy.
(b)
The planting strip may be placed inward from the shoulder of
an uncurbed street or inward from the curb of a curbed street. The
planting strip may overlap the street right-of-way, provided it does
not conflict with PennDOT requirements, and provided that the Borough
and PennDOT, as applicable, maintain the right to replace planting
areas within the right-of-way with future street improvements.
(c)
Approximately perpendicular driveway crossings may be placed
within the planting strip. Mostly vegetative stormwater channels may
be placed within the planting strip.
(d)
The following shall be prohibited within the planting strip:
(e)
Where feasible, where a sidewalk is not installed, this setback
should include an unobstructed, generally level width running parallel
to a street that is suitable for a person to walk.
A.
Each use shall provide off-street loading facilities which meet the
requirements of this section sufficient to accommodate the maximum
demand generated by the use and the maximum size vehicle, in a manner
that will not routinely obstruct traffic on a public street and traffic
entering and exiting the lot. If no other reasonable alternative is
feasible, traffic may be obstructed for occasional loading and unloading
along an alley, provided traffic has the ability to use another method
of access.
B.
At the time of review under this chapter, the applicant shall provide
evidence to the Zoning Officer on whether the use will have sufficient
numbers and sizes of loading facilities. The Planning Commission and/or
Borough Council may provide advice to the Zoning Officer on this matter
as part of any plan review by such boards. For the purposes of this
section, the words "loading" and "unloading" are used interchangeably.
C.
Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall not intrude into
approved buffer areas and landscaped areas.
A.
Fire lanes shall be provided where required by state or federal regulations
or other local ordinances.
B.
Access shall be also provided so that fire equipment can reach all
sides of principal nonresidential buildings and multifamily/apartment
buildings. This access shall be able to support a loaded fire pumper
truck, but shall not necessarily be paved.
C.
The specific locations of fire lanes and fire equipment access are
subject to approval by the Borough, after review by local fire officials.
