[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Mount Holly 10-15-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-3. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire lanes — See Ch. 126.
Off-street parking — See Ch. 149, § 149-83.
Motor vehicle repair on streets — See Ch. 241, Art. VI.
It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or association to establish an off-street parking area in any residential district, unless the off-street parking area complies with the following requirements:
A. 
Off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with an asphalt surface of a minimum six-inch quarry blend stone and two-inch FABC or six-inch Portland cement.
[Amended 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
B. 
Off-street parking areas shall be drained so as to prevent the pooling of water on the site. Excess stormwater must be either retained in specially designed storage areas on site or transported to the nearest storm sewer system or natural drainage course having sufficient capacity to handle the increased flow. All drainage design shall be predicated upon twenty-five-year storm calculations. Ten percent of a one-year twenty-four-hour Type III storm must be retained after 18 hours.
C. 
Off-street parking areas shall have a six-foot-wide grass buffer along all property lines, appropriately landscaped so that it does not detract from the overall development of the community.
D. 
All off-street parking spaces, stalls or bays shall be nine feet by 18 feet. Travel aisles shall provide ample turnaround capability and safe ingress and egress to the parking area.
E. 
Off-street parking areas shall have curbing or car stops to protect sidewalks and landscaping adjacent to parking areas for any nonresidential use.
[Amended 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
F. 
Provision shall be made for turning movements if the parking area does not have an internal circulation pattern, and more than two parking spaces are proposed onsite.
[Amended 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
G. 
Off-street parking areas shall not cause green space on the lot to be less than 30% of the total lot area.
H. 
No off-street parking area for more than two parking stalls or for any nonresidential use shall be established in any required front yard area.
[Amended 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
I. 
All off-street parking areas shall be used solely for the parking of passenger vehicles, and no repair work shall be conducted on such areas.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 241, Streets and Sidewalks, Art. VI, Motor Vehicle Repairs.
J. 
No signs shall be maintained on such parking areas.
[Amended 6-12-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12; 5-8-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-11; 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
A. 
No person shall establish or expand an off-street parking area without first submitting an application for a permit, together with a plan of the proposed area showing compliance with the standards of this chapter, to the Land Use Board Secretary.
B. 
Prior to issuance of a permit, the Joint Land Use Board Secretary shall provide the application and plan to the Township Engineer for his review and recommendation to the Land Use Board Secretary.
C. 
The Township Engineer shall determine if the proposed parking area or expansion meets the standards of this chapter and inform the Land Use Secretary of his recommendation. Such recommendation may be for approval, approval with conditions, or rejection of the permit. The Engineer may return applications and plans not in compliance with the standards of this section to the applicant for amendment in accord with the Engineer's recommendations.
D. 
If the Township Engineer denies the application for a permit based on noncompliance with the applicable standards, the applicant may submit a minor site plan application to the Township Joint Land Use Board with a request for a waiver from the applicable standards.
[Amended 6-12-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-12; 6-10-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-5]
An applicant for a permit to establish or expand an off-street parking area shall pay an application fee of $50 and shall deposit in escrow $200 for engineering review at the time of submission. The escrow shall be held and accounted for in the same way and manner as escrows posted to cover professional review fees for land use applications. Upon completion of the review, any unused portion of the escrow shall be returned to the applicant. Should the review fee exceed the escrow deposit, the applicant shall remit the additional charge to the Township. No construction permit shall be issued until all professional review fees are paid.
Any person, corporation or other entity convicted of violating any provisions of this chapter, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or both.