The applicant shall provide for proper pedestrian
and vehicular traffic movement within and adjacent to the site. The
municipal agency shall ensure that all parking spaces are usable and
safely and conveniently arranged. The design and layout of buildings
and parking areas shall be reviewed so as to provide an aesthetically
pleasing design and efficient arrangement. Particular attention shall
be given to safety and fire protection, and the impact of the facilities
on adjacent building and land.
Individual parking and loading spaces shall be served by internal, on-site driveways designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and from each parking and loading space without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicle and shall be dimensioned as outlined in §
91-114 hereof. Where the angle of parking is different on both sides of the aisle or driveway, the larger aisle width shall prevail.
Parking and loading areas for commercial and
industrial uses shall be buffered from adjoining streets, existing
residential uses or any residential zoning district in accordance
with the buffer and screening requirements of this chapter.
Off-street parking and loading areas may be
required to have concrete or Belgian block curbing around the perimeter
of the parking and loading areas and to separate major interior driveways
from parking spaces. Curbing may also be installed within the parking
or loading areas to define segments of the parking or loading areas.
Concrete wheel blocks may be located within designated parking or
loading spaces. All curbing shall be located in conjunction with an
overall drainage plan. Curbing installed at locations requiring pedestrian
or bicycle access over the curbing shall be designed with breaks in
the curb height with ramps from the street grade to the sidewalk.
The breaks shall be either opposite each traffic lane or no less frequent
than one every 65 feet along the curb.
All parking and loading shall have drainage
facilities installed in accordance with good engineering practice
as approved by the municipal agency engineer. Where subbase conditions
are wet, springy or of such nature that surfacing would be inadvisable
without first treating the subbase, these areas shall be excavated
to a depth of six inches to 12 inches below the proposed finished
grade and filled with a suitable subbase material as determined by
the Township Engineer. Where required by the Engineer a system of
subsurface drains shall be constructed beneath the surface of the
paving and connected to a suitable drain. After the subbase material
has been properly placed and compacted, the parking area surfacing
material shall be constructed.
Landscaping in parking and loading areas shall
be shown on the landscaping plan. Trees shall be staggered or spaced
so as not to interfere with driver vision, have branches no lower
than six feet and be placed at the rate of at least two trees for
every 10 parking spaces. All areas between the parking area and the
building shall be landscaped per approved drawings. Any plant material
not surviving for a period of two years shall be replaced with the
same or equivalent size species. A majority of the parking area shall
be screened from streets by buildings, landscaped berms, natural ground
elevation or plantings singularly or in combination.
Adequate off-street loading and maneuvering
space shall be provided for every use. The minimum number of spaces
shall be based on the following schedule, and those uses not listed
shall provide sufficient spaces as determined under site plan review:
A. A minimum of one space per use, except that where
more than one use shall be located in one building or where multiple
uses are designed as part of a shopping center or similar self-contained
complex, the number of loading spaces shall be based on the cumulative
number of square feet within the building or complex, shall be dispersed
throughout the site to best serve the individual uses and shall have
site plan approval.
B. There shall be a minimum of one trash/garbage pickup
location, separate from the parking and loading areas, located either
within or outside of a building in steel-like, totally enclosed containers,
located and screened to be obscured from view from parking areas,
streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts. If located
within the building, the doorways may serve both the loading and trash/garbage
collection functions. If a container is used for trash/garbage collection
functions and is located outside of the building, it may be located
adjacent to or within the general loading areas, provided that the
containers in no way interfere with or restrict the loading and unloading
functions.
C. Where any use is located on a tract of at least 50
acres and no portion of a loading area, including maneuvering areas,
is closer than 200 feet to any property line and where the length
of the driveway connecting the loading area may be less than the number
required by the above schedule provided, the applicant, as part of
the site plan application, shall indicate on his site plan and shall
document to the Planning Board how the number of spaces to be provided
will be adequate to meet the needs of the specific use proposed.
The number of parking spaces for each use shall
be determined by the number of dwelling units, the amount of gross
floor area, as defined in this chapter, or such other measure as noted
below. Where a particular function contains more than one use, the
total parking requirements shall be the sum of the component parts.
The number of parking spaces for each use shall be as follows:
Off-Street Parking Requirements
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Use
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Minimum Required Off-Street Parking Spaces
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Auto/truck sales
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1 for each 50 square feet of showroom area and
sales office
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Bowling alleys
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4 for each alley
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Car wash establishments
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3 access lanes for each mechanized car wash
entrance, with each lane having a minimum capacity for 12 vehicles;
1 space for each waxing, cleaning or similar specialized service area;
1 space for every 2 employees
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Churches
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1 for each 3 seats
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Community swimming pools
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1 for each 15 square feet of water surface area
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Day-care centers
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1 for each 600 square feet of gross floor area
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Department store
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7 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area or fraction thereof
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Detached dwellings
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2
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Financial institutions
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1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area
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Firehouses
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1 for each 400 square feet of gross floor area
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Garden apartments:
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Efficiency unit
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1
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1-bedroom unit
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1.5
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2-bedroom unit
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1.75
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3-or-more-bedroom unit
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2
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Garden centers
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6 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area or fraction thereof, plus 0.5 space for each 1,000 square feet
of outside storage, sale or display area
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Golf courses
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4 per hole
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Hospitals
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1.5 per bed
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Hotel or motel
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1.75 per room
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Libraries
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1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area
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Lumberyard and contractor's yard
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1 per 5,000 square feet of gross yard area required
for the use
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Manufacturing, assembly or fabrication
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1 for each 800 square feet of gross floor area
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Medical centers, doctor or dentist offices
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1 for each 150 square feet of gross floor area
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Mortuaries, viewing room and chapel
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20
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Movie theaters
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1 for each 3 seats
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Movie theaters in shopping centers
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1 for each 4 seats
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Nightclubs
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1 for each 2 seats
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Offices and office buildings
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1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area
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Personal services
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1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
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Professional office as a home occupation
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1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area,
with a minimum of 6
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Research
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1 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area
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Restaurants
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1 per 2 seats
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Retail stores
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1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area
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Schools:
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Elementary
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1.2 per each classroom, plus minimum of 1 for
each teacher staff member
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Intermediate
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1.5 per classroom, plus a minimum 2 for each
teacher and staff member
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Secondary
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1 per classroom, plus a minimum of 2 per each
teacher and staff member, plus 1 per 10 students based on school capacity
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Service stations
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6 for the first bay, 5 additional for a second
work area and 3 additional for each additional work area
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Shopping centers
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5.5 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area
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Structure with 2 dwelling units
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4
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Theater
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1 space for every 4 seats
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Townhouses
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2
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Veterinary hospitals
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6 per examination room or doctor, whichever
is greater
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Warehouses, shipping and receiving
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1 for each 5,000 square feet of gross floor
area
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Wholesale fuel distribution
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1 for each 10,000 square feet of gross yard
area required for the use
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NOTE: A maximum 20% of gross floor area can
be office use without additional parking for the office use. Office
use above 20% shall require parking at the appropriate rate.
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