All subdivisions and site plans shall conform
to the following minimum standards that have been deemed necessary
to advance the purposes of appropriate and proper designs within zoning
without unnecessarily adding to development costs.
Block length and width or acreage within bounding
streets shall be such as to accommodate the lot size required in the
area by the Zoning Ordinance and to provide for convenient access,
circulation, safety and the extension of utilities. No residential
block shall exceed 800 feet in length.
Every parcel of land or part thereof, except
for one- or two-family developments, used as a public or private parking
area or parking garage, shall be developed and maintained in accordance
with the following requirements in all zone districts.
A. Size of spaces. Each off-street parking space shall
measure nine feet in width by 18 feet in length, exclusive of access
drives or required aisles. Parking spaces for the physically disabled
shall be 12 feet wide and meet the requirements set forth in the State
Department of Community Affairs, Barrier Free Subcode, N.J.A.C. 5:23-7.
All parking spaces shall be marked with two-inch-wide lines.
B. Ingress and egress.
(1)
Access to parking areas shall be designed so
as not to obstruct the free flow of traffic. There shall be adequate
provision for ingress to and egress from all parking spaces to insure
ease of mobility, ample clearance and safety of vehicles and pedestrians.
All vehicular movements into and out of parking spaces are to be contained
on site.
(2)
The width of all aisles providing direct access
to individual parking spaces shall be in accordance with the standards
specified below. Only one-way traffic shall be permitted in aisles
serving single row parking spaces at an angle other than 90º.
|
Parking Angle
(degrees)
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Aisle Width
(feet)
|
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|
30
|
12
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|
45
|
13
|
|
60
|
18
|
|
90
|
24
|
(3)
Parking spaces which back out directly into
the street are prohibited except at one- and two-family dwellings.
C. Setbacks.
(1)
No off-street parking area or portion thereof,
including driveways and aisles, shall be permitted within 10 feet
of a street right-of-way line.
(2)
No off-street parking area or portion thereof
shall be located closer than 10 feet to any school, hospital, or institution
for human care located on an adjacent or adjoining lot.
(3)
No off-street parking area or portion thereof
shall be located closer than two feet to any side or rear property
line or any principal structure.
D. Obstructions.
(1)
Two feet of any stall length may be provided,
as a landscaped overhang area, provided full depth concrete curb is
installed two feet from the head of the stall. This landscaped area
shall be calculated as parking space area, provided it remains unobstructed.
(2)
Full depth concrete curbing, or granite block,
if installed as outlined above, shall not be construed as an obstruction.
Movable concrete wheel steps are not permitted to be utilized in place
of full depth poured in place concrete curbing.
(3)
Where sidewalks occur in parking areas, parked
vehicles shall not extend or overhang the sidewalk, nor can that area
be calculated as parking space area, unless an additional two feet
of sidewalk area is provided in order to accommodate such overhang
and provide a minimum unobstructed sidewalk width of four feet.
(4)
All parking areas shall be arranged and designed
so as to prevent damage to fences, walls, plantings and light standards.
E. Entrances and exits shall be well defined and clearly
marked with appropriate directional arrows and signage on the pavement
and/or sign posts.
F. All parking, loading and driveway areas shall be surfaced
with a bituminous concrete or concrete pavement or similar all-weather,
dustless material and maintained in good condition, as specified and
approved by the Borough Engineer. Porous pavements may be used in
lieu of bituminous concrete or concrete pavements in parking areas
if used to minimize stormwater runoff and promote groundwater recharge,
if approved by the Borough Engineer, if the use of the porous pavement
is being used to satisfy the BMP of a stormwater management system.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-19]
G. A full depth concrete or granite block defined safety
island, with a minimum inside dimension of five feet, shall be provided
between the ends of a parking bay and any driveway, aisle or other
area as deemed necessary by the approving authority and appropriately
landscaped with shade trees. Curb cuts or flush curbs may be used
in place of full depth curb concrete or granite block curb if it is
used to allow vegetative swales to be used for stormwater conveyance
and to allow for the disconnection of impervious surfaces as part
of a BMP.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-19]
H. Adequate pedestrian circulation shall be provided
between parking areas and the buildings they are designed to serve.
Such circulation shall include raised sidewalks on center islands,
the use of concrete pavers to designate pedestrian areas and other
methods to separate pedestrian from vehicular areas. Sidewalks shall
be designed to discharge stormwater to adjacent lawns where feasible
to disconnect impervious surfaces if used to meet the BMP of a stormwater
management system.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-19]
I. All paved areas, parking, loading and drives, shall
be graded and drained so as to direct all surface water away from
surrounding uses to a stormwater drainage system for eventual subsurface
or stream disposal, as required by the Borough Engineer. Natural vegetative
swales are encouraged along the edge of a proposed road or in parking
areas in lieu of inlets and pipes if they are used to meet the requirements
of a BMP in stormwater management systems.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-19]
J. The Borough may require that certain areas be maintained
for fire fighting or other emergency purposes, and those areas shall
be appropriately designated.
K. No motor vehicle repair work, service or sales of
any kind shall be permitted in connection with any nonresidential
off-street automobile parking facilities. Any commercial vehicles
parked overnight shall be construed as storage, not parking.
All uses, to which off-street loading is an
accessory use, shall have off-street loading operations, designed
in accordance with the following standards:
A. On-site loading facilities may be open to the sky
or enclosed in a building.
B. Size of spaces. Each off-street loading space shall
be 10 feet in width and at least 25 feet in length exclusive of aisle
and maneuvering space.
C. Each off-street loading space shall be designated
with appropriate means of vehicular access to an arterial street or
alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement
and minimize dangers or access thereto.
[Amended 2-25-1997 by Ord. No. 97-03]
A. Plant standards.
(1)
All plants shall conform to the standards as
set forth in the American Standard for Nursery Stock, published by
the American Association of Nurserymen, Washington, D.C., and the
Hardiness Zones developed by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(2)
All shade trees shall not be less than 2 1/2
inches to three inches in caliper, and 12 feet to 14 feet in height
at the time of planting.
(3)
All minor deciduous/ornamental trees shall not
be less than six feet in height at the time of planting.
(4)
All shrubs used for screening shall not be less
than two feet in height at the time of planting.
B. The landscape plan shall be conceived in a total pattern
throughout the site, integrating the various elements of site design,
preserving and enhancing the particular identity of the site and creating
a pleasing site character.
C. Shade trees shall be planted at twenty-five-foot to
forty-foot centers within the public right-of-way for each development
in order to advance the Borough's Shade Tree Ordinance and the Master
Plan Intention to create tree-lined streets. A minimum of one shade
tree shall be planted for each residential lot.
D. In order to preserve mature trees in the Borough,
no existing trees shall be removed in connection with any development
which are 20 feet or more beyond any proposed driveway, parking area
or building footprint. If permitted by the approving authority, whenever
any tree outside of the aforementioned twenty-foot area is proposed
to be or is actually removed, the applicant shall be required to plant
an equivalent number of three-inch DBH trees equal to the total diameter
of all trees approved for removal. If the approving authority is satisfied
that the number of equivalent trees cannot be planted on the site
in question, the additional trees required by this section shall be
provided and planted by the applicant in public locations as directed
by the Borough Shade Tree Officer.
[Added 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-19]