[Amended 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 861]
A.
There shall be provided, at the time of erection of
any principal structure or at the time any principal structure is
enlarged or increased in capacity, minimum off-street automobile parking
areas, including the required number of parking stalls. Not less than
25% of the total parking area shall be provided for adequate ingress,
egress and general circulation. All parking stalls shall be provided
on the site of the principal structure which they are intended to
serve. When the determination of parking stalls required for a use
results in a fraction, then any fraction shall be counted as one parking
stall and the required number shall be increased to the next whole
number.
B.
For the purpose of this chapter, "floor area" shall
mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used for service
to the public, customers, clients or tenants, including areas occupied
by fixtures and equipment used for sale or display of merchandise.
It does not mean areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such
as storage areas in retail establishments. In restaurants, the calculation
of floor area shall include all areas devoted to the preparation and
serving of food.
C.
In any district, no lot area shall be used for the parking and placing, either permanently or temporarily, of mobile homes, cap trailers, truck trailers, office trailers, house trailers or storage trailers. The additional regulations found at Article XIX, § 374-92, shall also apply to this section. Exceptions. This subsection shall not be deemed to apply to recreational vehicles or recreational vehicle storage yards when the same are permitted under the terms of this chapter.
D.
Loading and unloading berths in Districts C2, C-3,
C-4 and M-1 for the delivery, shipping or storage of merchandise.
(1)
All such berths must be located on the same lot as
the principal use they are intended to serve and must comply with
the loading area requirements of the zoning district in which they
are located.
(2)
No display, sale of merchandise, office or administrative
use shall be permitted from any storage trailer.
(5)
No loading or storage area shall be located within
50 feet of any residential district.
(6)
All loading berths shall be screened by a six-foot
hedge, wall or opaque fence on three sides, unless completely enclosed
by building walls, from residential and commercial use districts.
A loading berth in the rear of a commercial district building and
not visible to the public need not be screened.
E.
In all districts, provisions for parking shall be
required for each separate use in accordance with the following table:
|
Use
|
Required Parking
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Adult businesses
|
1 parking stall for each 200 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Auto service station
|
2 parking stalls for each service bay
| |
|
Automotive sales
|
1 parking stall for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Bank, or branch bank
|
1 parking stall for each 300 square feet of
floor area
| |
|
Barbershops, beauty salons, hairdressing salons
|
2 parking stalls for each beauty or barber chair
| |
|
Bowling alleys
|
2 parking stalls for each alley in addition
to spaces required for restaurant facilities
| |
|
Building material storage or sales
|
1 parking stall for each 500 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Business services
|
1 parking stall for each 500 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Car wash
|
Self-serve: 4 stacking spaces for each wash
stall and 1 drying space for each stall
| |
|
Full-service: 4 stacking stalls for each wash
space, plus 1 drying stall for each washing stall, plus 0.5 spaces
for each employee on maximum shift
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|
Church
|
1 parking stall for each 5 seats provided in
the sanctuary or principal place of worship
| |
|
Cold or locker storage
|
1 parking stall for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Commercial establishments
|
1 parking stall for each 150 square feet of
floor area
| |
|
Commercial swimming pools
|
1 parking stall for every 50 square feet of
water surface area
| |
|
Contractors plant/yard
|
1 parking stall for each 1,000 square feet of
lot area
| |
|
Distribution plants
|
1 parking stall for each 2 employees or 1 parking
stall for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is
greater
| |
|
Employee dining facilities
|
1 parking stall for each 3 seats
| |
|
Freight or truck terminal
|
1 parking stall for each 2,500 square feet of
gross floor area or 1 parking stall for each employee on peak shift,
whichever is greater
| |
|
Funeral home/mortuary, undertaking establishment
or cemetery
|
10 parking stalls for each reposing room, but
not fewer than 24 parking stalls
| |
|
Furniture sales
|
1 parking stall for each 150 square feet of
showroom floor area
| |
|
Health clubs
|
1 parking stall for each 2 persons authorized
by the Borough Building Code to occupy the premises at maximum permitted
occupancy
| |
|
Hotels and motels
|
1 stall for each sleeping room or suite, plus
1 parking stall for every 80 square feet of floor area which is accessible
to the public, including but not limited to offices, lobbies, public
corridors, restaurants, lounges, ballrooms, retail shops and the like
| |
|
Household appliance stores
|
1 parking stall for each 150 square feet of
showroom floor area
| |
|
Indoor theater
|
1 parking stall for each 3 seats
| |
|
Laundry and cleaning establishments
|
1 parking stall for each 3 washing or drying
machine
| |
|
Light manufacturing
|
1 parking stall for each employee on shift or
1 parking stall for each 2,500 square feet of gross floor area, whichever
is greater
| |
|
Machine and repair shop
|
1 parking stall for each employee on shift or
1 parking stall for each 2,500 square feet of gross floor area, whichever
is greater
| |
|
Methadone treatment facility
|
1 parking stall for each 200 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Medical professional office
|
1 parking stall for each 300 square feet of
floor area, plus 1 parking stall for each examination room
| |
|
Multifamily dwelling
|
1 1/2 parking stalls for each dwelling unit,
plus 0.5 spaces per dwelling unit to be provided as for visitor parking
| |
|
Nightclubs
|
1 parking stall for every 30 square feet of
floor area devoted to patron use, plus 1 parking stall for every 2
persons working on the premises during peak shift
| |
|
Nursing homes
|
1 parking stall for each 3 beds
| |
|
Other supporting commercial uses
|
1 parking stall for each 150 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Pharmacies
|
1 parking stall for each 150 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Plumbing, heating, electrical contractors
|
1 parking stall for each 500 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Printing shops
|
1 parking stall for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Professional or business office
|
1 parking stalls for each 300 square feet of
floor area
| |
|
Racquet clubs
|
4 parking stalls for each court
| |
|
Repair garage
|
3 parking stall for each service bay
| |
|
Research and testing lab
|
1 parking stall for each 2 persons authorized
by the Borough Building Code to occupy the premises at maximum permitted
occupancy
| |
|
Restaurant
|
1 parking stall for each 60 square feet of floor
area
| |
|
Roller/ice-skating rinks
|
1 parking stall for each 2 persons authorized
by the Borough Building Code to occupy the premises at maximum permitted
occupancy
| |
|
Sales or brokerage offices
|
1 parking stall for each 500 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
School
|
1 parking stall for each 5 seats provided in
school auditoriums
| |
|
Self-serve laundry, tailoring, dressmaking,
shoe repair
|
1 parking stall for each 500 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Single-family dwelling
|
2 parking stalls per dwelling unit, 1 of which
must be in an enclosed garage
| |
|
Stadiums
|
1 parking stall for every 4 seats
| |
|
Townhouse dwellings
|
2 parking stalls for each dwelling unit, 1 of
which must be in an enclosed garage, plus 0.5 spaces per dwelling
unit to be provided for visitor parking
| |
|
Two-family dwelling
|
2 parking stalls for each dwelling unit, 1 of
which must be in an enclosed garage
| |
|
Veterinary office/clinic
|
4 parking stalls for each examination room
| |
|
Warehousing
|
1 parking stall for each 2,500 square feet of
gross floor area or 1 parking stall for each employee on peak shift,
whichever is greater
| |
|
Welding/electrical repair shop
|
1 parking stall for each 500 square feet of
gross floor area
| |
|
Any use not specifically listed
|
1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor
area of all buildings or 1 space for each 3 persons authorized by
the Borough Building Code to occupy the premises at maximum permitted
occupancy
|
A.
Heavy truck parking. Except for loading and unloading,
heavy truck parking is prohibited in Districts R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4,
P-1 and O-1.
B.
In all residential districts, no light truck or other
vehicle shall be parked outside an enclosed building or garage, except
that:
[Amended 8-15-2005 by Ord. No. 849]
(1)
Other vehicles less than 9,000 pounds' gross vehicle
weight; seven feet in height; and 20 feet in length are permitted
on an approved rear yard area parking pad. Temporary storage of motor
homes, motorized campers, boats and buses in the front or side yard
area are limited to 48 hours prior to and after their intended use.
(2)
Light trucks, when used as passenger vehicles, are
permitted on an approved front or rear yard parking pad.
C.
In all commercial and manufacturing districts, passenger
vehicles, light trucks, heavy trucks and other vehicles of any size
shall be parked on an approved parking pad or in an approved parking
area.
Whenever an occupancy permit has been issued
and the plans so approved contain automobile parking and loading space
provisions, the subsequent use of such property shall be conditional
upon the continuance and availability of the parking and loading space
provisions contained in such plans. Any other use of such property
shall be a violation of this article. Should the owner or occupant
of any structure, as to which an occupancy permit has been issued
containing automobile parking or loading space requirements, so change
the use to which such structure is put as to increase automobile parking
or loading space requirements under this article, it shall be unlawful
and a violation of this chapter to begin or maintain such altered
use until such time as the increased automobile parking or loading
provisions of this article are complied with and an amended certificate
of occupancy obtained from the Zoning Officer. Existing off-street
parking and loading facilities provided at the effective date of this
chapter, and actually being used at that date for the parking of automobiles,
or as loading space in connection with the operation of an existing
structure or use of off-street parking and loading facilities provided
after the effective date of this chapter for the parking of automobiles
or as loading space in connection with the operation of a structure
or use existing at the effective date of this chapter, shall not be
reduced to an amount less than required by this chapter for a similar
new structure or new use.
A.
All off-street parking, other than in a driveway,
garage or enclosed building, for single-family, two-family and townhouse
dwellings shall be provided on an approved parking pad and shall comply
with the following regulations:
[Amended 8-15-2005 by Ord. No. 849]
(1)
General.
(a)
No person shall construct or commence work on
a parking pad without having first obtained a zoning permit from the
Borough Zoning Officer.
(b)
No vehicle shall project into the cartway when
parked on an approved parking pad.
(c)
The minimum size for a parking pad shall be
nine feet by 20 feet. The maximum size shall be 10 feet by 24 feet.
(d)
All retaining walls, including those associated with the construction of a parking pad, shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Building Code of the Borough of Pleasant Hills and Chapter 222, Grading and Excavating, of the Code of the Borough of Pleasant Hills.
(2)
Parking pads for single-family dwellings.
(a)
Parking pads shall be located no closer than
five feet to a side property line.
[Amended 9-19-2005 by Ord. No. 850]
(b)
Parking pads perpendicular to the street, adjacent
to driveways and/or walkways shall not have a combined width greater
than 20 feet.
(c)
Parking pads shall be paved with an impervious
surface. It is hereby recognized that an impervious surface is one
which includes a porous surface. This includes material known as porous
pavement which consists of concrete block or brick pavers that have
built-in gaps or openings to allow rainwater to infiltrate. The purpose
of porous pavement is to provide stormwater retention and to assist
with the natural water cycle. The impervious surface may also be constructed
of a surface known as "gravel grass." The surface of gravel grass
shall be porous and include a grass cover which permits water retention.
This surface shall consist of a gravel parking space which is then
covered with topsoil and seeded with a grass cover. The specific method
that is used is subject to the approval of the Zoning Officer.
[Amended 6-15-2009 by Ord. No. 906]
B.
Required off-street parking for multifamily dwellings
shall not be located in the required front yard.
C.
Areas containing required off-street parking for public,
multifamily, commercial and industrial uses shall be located no closer
than 10 feet to any property line and the area between the paving
and the property line shall be planted and maintained in grass or
ground cover or in landscaping materials which may be proposed as
part of a buffer area required by this chapter.
Automotive vehicles of any kind without both
a current license plate and a current state inspection sticker shall
not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property for a
period of time to exceed 90 days, other than in a completely closed
building.[1]
