Use
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Requirement
(number of spaces)
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Single-family dwelling
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2 per dwelling unit
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Other dwellings not listed separately
|
1 per studio unit; 2 per unit for any other
unit1
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Retirement community or senior housing
|
1 per dwelling unit
| |
Tourist home, boarding- or rooming house or
bed-and-breakfast
|
2, plus 1 per rental unit
| |
Place of worship or public auditorium
|
1 per 4 seats
| |
Community center, library or public building
|
1 per 500 square feet gross floor area
| |
Elementary or intermediate school2
|
1.75 per classroom
| |
High school2
|
5 per classroom
| |
Hospital, nursing home, rehabilitation center
or institutional home
|
1 per 2 beds, plus 1 per employee
| |
Membership club (nonresidential)
|
1 per 6 members of total designed capacity,
plus overflow parking (on lawn or field) for 100 cars. Restaurants
or other public facilities shall be treated as separate uses for parking
calculations.
| |
Indoor recreation
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Bowling alley
|
5 per lane
| |
Court for racquet sports
|
2 per court
| |
Sports club/health spa, billiard room, etc.
|
1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area
| |
Outdoor recreation
| ||
Golf course
|
3 per hole, plus 1 per employee. Any area for
restaurant, clubhouse, etc., shall be treated as a separate use for
parking calculations.
| |
Ballfield or other outdoor court
|
1 per 4 persons of total designed capacity
| |
Medical/dental office
|
7 per doctor and/or technician, plus 1 per additional
employee
| |
Retail store
|
1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area
| |
Personal service shop
|
1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area devoted
to customer service, plus 1 per employee
| |
Shopping center or supermarket
|
1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area
| |
Bank or financial institution
| ||
Without drive-in
|
6 per teller window
| |
With drive-in
|
6 per inside teller window, plus 3 per self-service
facility
| |
Indoor theater
|
1 per 3 seats
| |
Restaurant, bar or tavern, banquet hall, etc.
|
1 per 100 square feet of gross floor area
| |
Vehicle sales
|
1 per 500 square feet of indoor gross floor
area, plus 1 per 5,000 square feet of outside sales area, to be set
aside for customer parking, and not used for display or storage3
| |
Motor vehicle service/repair
|
3 per service bay
| |
Gasoline service station
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area or
3 per service bay, whichever is larger
| |
Car wash
| ||
Full-serve
|
10 stacking spaces per washing space, plus one
per employee
| |
Self-serve
|
5 stacking spaces per washing space, plus 1
per employee
| |
Undertaking or funeral establishment
|
1 per 4 seats or per 50 square feet of public
floor area, whichever is larger
| |
Job printing
|
1 per employee on largest shift, plus 1 per
250 square feet of public floor area
| |
Hotel or motel
|
1 per room, plus 1 per 200 square feet of additional
public floor area. Any restaurant, bar, etc., shall be treated as
a separate use.
| |
Office
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
| |
Warehouse or storage
|
1 per 1,500 square feet of gross floor area
or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger
| |
Industry or research and development
|
1 per 450 square feet of gross floor area or
per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger
| |
Newspaper publishing
|
1 per 450 square feet of gross floor area or
per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger
| |
Veterinarian, animal hospital or kennel
|
7 per doctor, plus 1 per additional employee
| |
Logistics center
|
Number of spaces shall be determined by parking study prepared
by the applicant/user and approved by the Township Traffic Engineer
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NOTES:
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1 If, in addition
to required off-street parking spaces, on-street parking spaces equal
to an average of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit are not available
in front of the dwellings, then additional parking spaces equal to
0.3 spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in conveniently located
nearby off-street parking area(s).
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2 All schools shall
designate an area of level lawn or field for overflow parking for
special events, which shall provide at least 100 parking spaces or
one space per two students of total capacity, whichever is less. This
area may be on an adjacent property, if written permission is secured
from the property owner.
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3 Parking areas for
vehicles offered for sale are not required to meet minimum parking
space and aisle width requirements, provided that there is sufficient
width to allow access by fire trucks throughout the lot.
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Table 1
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Shared Parking Requirements
| ||||||
Weekday
|
Weekend
| |||||
Day (9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
|
Evening (6:00 p.m.-midnight)
|
Day (9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
|
Evening (6:00 p.m.-midnight)
|
Night (Midnight-6:00 a.m.)
| ||
Use
|
(percent)
|
(percent)
|
(percent)
|
(percent)
|
(percent)
| |
Office/
Industrial
|
100
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
5
| |
Retail and public community
|
60
|
90
|
100
|
70
|
5
| |
Hotel/Motel
|
75
|
100
|
75
|
100
|
75
| |
Restaurant
|
50
|
1,000
|
100
|
100
|
10
| |
Entertain-
ment/Rec-
reational
|
40
|
100
|
80
|
100
|
10
| |
(SOURCE: Montgomery County, Maryland, Planning
Department, 1983, from Flexible Parking Requirements, Planning Advisory
Service Report No. 377.)
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Table 2
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Example of Calculations
| |||
Use
|
Area
|
Number of Spaces
| |
Office
|
50,000 square feet
|
166
| |
Retail
|
50,000 square feet
|
200
| |
Hotel
|
75 rooms
|
75
| |
Restaurant
|
5,000 square feet
|
50
| |
| |||
Total Required:
|
491
|
Weekday
|
Weekend
| |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day
|
Evening
|
Day
|
Evening
|
Night
| ||
|
(9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
|
(6:00 p.m.-midnight)
|
(9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
|
(6:00 p.m.-midnight)
|
(Midnight-6:00 a.m.)
| |
Use
|
(percent)
|
(percent)
|
(percent)
|
(percent)
|
(percent)
| |
Office
|
166
|
17
|
17
|
8
|
8
| |
Retail
|
120
|
180
|
200
|
140
|
10
| |
Hotel
|
56
|
75
|
56
|
75
|
56
| |
Restaurant
|
25
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
5
| |
|
|
|
|
| ||
Totals:
|
367
|
322
|
323
|
273
|
79
| |
Shared parking requirement: 367 spaces or a
reduction of 25%.
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