[Added 3-12-1970]
No new building shall hereafter be erected,
and no existing building shall hereafter be altered to increase its
floor area, unless and until off-street parking facilities as hereinafter
set forth shall be provided for the storage or parking of passenger
motor vehicles for the use of occupants, employees or patrons of buildings
erected.
All parking spaces shall conform to the requirements of § 142-272 and shall have sufficient depth and aisle space for ease of entry and exit. Unobstructed access shall consist of at least one lane not less than 10 feet wide for parking areas for less than 10 spaces and at least two lanes not less than 10 feet wide for parking areas for 10 spaces or more. No access to a lot in a C Commercial District or D Light Industry District shall be located within a residence district.
All parking spaces provided pursuant to this
Part 9 shall be on the same lot with the building, except that the
Joint Planning Board may permit the parking spaces to be on a lot
within 500 feet of the building, if it determines that it is impractical
to provide parking on the same lot with the building, and provided
that the lot to be used for parking is in the same ownership and zone
as that of the building.
All parking spaces, areas and driveways shall
be properly drained and shall be paved with bituminous concrete, asphalt,
concrete or other approved permanent hard-surface material, and all
parking spaces shall be lined and designated on said pavement, except
for parking spaces accessory to a single-family residence.
[Amended 8-27-1987 by Ord. No. 0-7-87]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
An open or enclosed, paved or surfaced space which is accessible
and available at all hours when the building to which it may be accessory
is in use, for the parking of one passenger car. Spaces at an angle
to the drive from 30° to 90° shall be at least nine feet wide
by 19 feet long for full-sized and mid-sized cars and at least seven
feet by 19 feet long for compact cars; spaces parallel to the drive
shall be at least seven feet wide by 22 feet long for full-and mid-sized
cars and at least seven feet wide by 17 feet long for compact cars,
exclusive of driveways and turning areas.
[Amended 12-23-1986 by Ord. No. 0-20-86]
A.
Minimum requirements for off-street parking shall
be as follows:
(1)
Single-family dwelling: two parking spaces.
(2)
Two-family dwelling: two parking spaces per
dwelling unit.
(4)
Retail store, shop, bank or similar establishment:
one parking space per 150 square feet of gross floor area.
(5)
Offices, other than medical/dental offices or
clinics: one parking space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.
(7)
Nursing home, hospital or sanitarium: one parking
space for two patients (maximum capacity) and one parking space for
each staff doctor and one parking space for each employee on the largest
shift.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
(8)
Places of public assembly, public buildings,
including churches and theaters: one parking space for each three
seats for fixed seats; if seats not fixed: one parking space per 100
square feet of the floor area utilized for public assembly.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
(9)
Hotels, motels, tourist homes and rooming houses:
one parking space per unit and one parking space per employee.
(10)
Schools, public and private: one parking space
per employee/teacher, plus 10% of this number.
(11)
Funeral parlor, etc.: one parking space for
each 50 square feet of assembly area, but not less than seven spaces.
(12)
Industrial or manufacturing establishment, laboratory
or warehouse: one parking space for each 400 square feet of gross
floor area or one for each two employees on the major shift, whichever
is greater.
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
(13)
Any use not otherwise herein provided for: one
parking space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area.
(14)
Medical/dental offices, clinics or similar facilities,
the total of the following:
[Amended 8-24-2009 by Ord. No. 217-2009]
B.
A maximum of 1/3 of the total spaces at the site may
be reserved and used for compact car parking spaces.
[Added 8-27-1987 by Ord. No. 0-7-87]
C.
If the appropriate board determines that, by reason
of the proposed use of the particular premises, the number of parking
spaces which will be required to meet the parking needs of the premises
is less than the number of spaces which would otherwise be required
as set forth hereinabove, the appropriate board may permit the applicant
to construct and pave only such number of parking spaces as the appropriate
Board determines to be necessary to meet such requirements and may
permit the remaining area, which would otherwise be required to be
constructed and paved for parking purposes, to remain unpaved, in
a landscaped condition; provided, however, that the site plan or subdivision
plat shall delineate the full number of parking spaces which, but
for such finding of the appropriate board, would be required, and
any certificate of occupancy issued for such premises shall note the
decision of the appropriate board as designated herein. The resolution
approving the site plan or subdivision plat shall recite the reasons
for the waiver granted to the applicant as to such parking spaces
and shall impose, as a condition of such waiver, that the applicant
shall agree in writing to construct and pave such parking spaces should
the conditions giving rise to such waiver change. Further, in the
event that there is a change of use of the premises, the appropriate
board shall at such time review the parking requirements in connection
with site plan application for such changed use.
[Added 8-7-1987 by Ord. No. 0-7-87]
[Added 4-22-1993 by Ord. No. 0-1-93]
A.
Access. There shall be adequate provision for ingress
and egress to all parking spaces. Access drives or driveways shall
be no less than 12 feet wide for either ingress or egress, except
that for residential structures for fewer than three families, access
drives or driveways shall be no less than 12 feet wide for both ingress
and egress. No driveway or access driveway shall be closer than 50
feet to the street lot lines of any two intersecting streets.
B.
Size of aisles and driveways. The width of all aisles
or driveways providing direct access to individual parking stalls
shall be in accordance with the requirements as established in Table
1. Only one-way traffic shall be permitted in aisles serving parking
spaces placed at an angle other than 0° or 90°.
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Table 1
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|---|---|---|
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Minimum Permitted
Aisle Width Parking Angle
(degrees)
|
Aisle Width
(feet)
| |
|
0 (parallel)
|
12
| |
|
30
|
12
| |
|
45
|
13
| |
|
60
|
18
| |
|
90 (perpendicular)
|
25
| |
Each parking space shall consist of a suitable
graded, drained and unobstructed rectangular area in the plan, of
which no straight line shall have a grade in excess of 6%.
No parking space or garage shall be located
within 10 feet of any lot line in side or rear yards adjoining a residence
district, nor nearer than 10 feet to any rear lot line or portion
thereof which represents the lot line of an adjoining residence district.
In lots opposite (across the street from) residence districts, parking
areas provided for the parking of four or more vehicles in the open
shall be screened from the street by landscaping a minimum of five
feet high or capable of growing to such height within one year, and
such as to provide a screen within all seasons of the year.
No loading door, loading platform or loading
dock shall be located on any street frontage of a building unless
a yard space is provided for efficient width and are so as to permit
all loading and delivery operations to be conducted entirely on the
lot and off the public street.
The grade of any driveway which intersects with
or connects to the street line shall not exceed 6% within 20 feet
of such line.
This article shall not apply to off-street parking
areas and parking spaces shown on subdivision or site plans filed
with or approved by the Joint Planning Board of the Township of River
Vale prior to the effective date of this article.
