A.
Landscaping.
(1)
Except for detached dwelling units and as specified for corner lots, opaque fencing or screen planting of a dense evergreen material not less than four feet in height shall be provided between off-street parking areas and any lot line or street line, except where a building intervenes or where the distance between such areas and the lot line or street line is greater than 150 feet.
(2)
All loading areas shall be landscaped and screened sufficiently to obscure the view of the parked vehicles and loading platforms from any public street, adjacent residential districts or uses and the front yards of adjacent commercial and industrial uses. Such screening shall be by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three and shall not be less than four feet in height.
(3)
Each off-street parking area shall have a minimum area equivalent to one parking space of landscaping per every 30 parking spaces with 1/2 of said spaces having shrubs no higher than three feet and the other 1/2 having trees with branches no lower than seven feet. Such spaces shall be distributed throughout the parking area in order to break the view of long rows of parked cars in a manner not impairing visibility. However, any parking area located on the ground-floor level of a building or in a parking structure shall be exempt from such landscaping requirements.
B.
Lighting.
(1)
Lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be so arranged and shielded as to reflect the light away from adjoining residential premises and streets and shall be in accordance with § 131-13 above. All parking facilities providing five or more parking spaces shall be lighted.
(2)
All off-street parking areas shall be adequately illuminated from dusk to dawn.
C.
Surfacing and curbing.
(1)
All parking and loading areas and access drives shall be paved as outlined below or the equivalent, as determined by the Borough Engineer, and approved as part of the site plan approval. All parking areas, regardless of size and location, shall be suitably drained and maintained. Areas of ingress or egress, loading and unloading areas, major interior driveways or access aisles and other areas likely to experience similar heavy traffic shall be paved with not less than four inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous, stabilized base course, constructed in layers more than two inches compacted thickness and prepared and constructed in accordance with New Jersey State Highway Department Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridge Construction and amendments thereto. A minimum two-inch-thick compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (FABC) shall be constructed thereon in accordance with the aforesaid New Jersey State Highway Department Specifications and amendments thereto. Parking stall areas and other areas likely to experience similar light traffic shall be paved with not less than three inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous, stabilized base course, prepared and constructed in accordance with the aforesaid New Jersey State Highway Department Specifications and amendments thereto. Where subbase conditions of proposed parking and loading areas are wet, springy or of such a nature that surfacing would be inadvisable without first treating the subbase, the treatment of the subbases shall be made in the following manner: The area shall be excavated to a depth of six to 12 inches below the proposed finished grade and filled with suitable subbase materials, as determined by the Borough Engineer. Where required by the Borough Engineer, a system of porous concrete pipe subsurface drains shall be constructed beneath the surface of the parking area and connected to a suitable drain. After the subbase material has been properly placed and compacted, the parking area surfacing material, as described heretofore, shall be spread thereon.
(2)
Any buffer, fence, hedge or wall required by this chapter shall be protected by concrete curb or bumper guard or the equivalent. Such curb or bumper guard shall be parallel to the buffer, fence, hedge or wall; shall be at least five inches in height above the adjacent paved surface; and shall be at least two feet from the buffer, fence, hedge or wall. Utility poles, railroad ties or tree trunks shall not be used as required curbing.
D.
Access. Access points from any one lot crossing the street line shall be limited to a maximum of two along the frontage of any single street. The center lines of any separate access points shall be spaced at least 65 feet apart, shall handle no more than two lanes of traffic, shall be at least 20 feet from any property line and shall be set back from the street line of any intersecting street at least 50 feet or 1/2 the lot frontage, whichever is greater, except that in no case need the setback distance exceed 200 feet. Curb cuts and driveways in excess of 20 feet at the street line shall be prohibited, except that for nonresidential uses, curb cuts and driveways of not more than 30 feet are permitted, giving due consideration to the proposed width, curbing, direction of traffic, flow, radii of curves and method of dividing traffic lanes. Curbing shall be depressed at the driveway, or the curbing may be rounded at the corners and the driveway connected with the street in the same manner as another street. Unrestricted access along the length of the street or streets which the parking area abuts shall not be permitted.
E.
Location of parking and loading areas.
(2)
No parking of vehicles shall be permitted in any required front yard; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to the parking or standing of automobiles or motorcycles on driveways for a single-family or two-family dwelling.
(3)
The use of a driveway for the parking of automobiles and motorcycles for a single-family or two-family dwelling shall be subject to the following limitations:
(a)
If there is no garage and there is sufficient room, said driveway shall run from the street line to at least the rear line of the main structure and have a maximum width of 12 feet in any portion of the front yard or extension of the side yard into the front yard.
(b)
If there is a garage and there is sufficient room, said driveway shall run from the street line to the front of the garage opening and shall have maximum width of 12 feet in any portion of the front yard or extension of the side yard into the front yard.
(c)
If there is an existing nonconforming front yard garage, said driveway shall run from the street line to the front of the garage opening and shall have a maximum width equal to the width of the garage opening or 12 feet, whichever is greater.
(d)
Driveways in all residential zoning districts shall have a minimum width of eight feet.
(e)
Landlords shall be required to provide off-street parking for tenants in conformity with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
(4)
Loading spaces may occupy all or part of the required side or rear yard.
F.
Type of facility. Parking spaces may be on, above or below the surface of the ground. When parking spaces are provided within a garage or other structure, said structure shall adhere to the proper accessory building setbacks, as applicable. The provision of parking spaces shall also include adequate driveway and necessary turning areas for handling the vehicles for which provision is made. Parking areas shall be designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicles. Aisles providing access to parking spaces shall have the following minimum dimensions. Where the angle of parking is different on both sides of the aisle, the larger aisle shall prevail.
[Amended 6-28-2011 by Ord. No. 3230-11]
Angle of Parking Space (degrees) | One-Way Aisle (feet) | Two-Way Aisle (feet) | |
|---|---|---|---|
90 | 25 | 24 | |
60 | 18 | -- | |
45 | 15 | -- | |
30 | 12 | -- | |
Parallel | 12 | 24 |
H.
Computation of spaces.
I.
General requirements.
(2)
All off-street parking areas shall have adequate designations to clearly indicate the traffic flow and parking arrangement.
(3)
No building or use shall be permitted, altered, expanded or changed unless sufficient loading space is provided on the same lot or premises upon which the use is located.
(4)
All loading and unloading operations shall be conducted entirely within the boundaries of the lot of the use for which such loading space is required. No vehicle or conveyance shall, in any manner, use public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way for loading or unloading operations, other than for ingress and egress to the lot.
(5)
All required parking spaces for residential purposes, excepting detached single-family dwellings, shall be designed to provide for direct and unobstructed ingress and egress to said parking spaces without requiring the moving or relocation of motor vehicles occupying parking spaces designated for an adjoining residential unit or units.