A.
All uses permitted in this chapter or hereafter permitted
in any of the zones herein established shall provide as a minimum
the number of off-street parking spaces specified in the following
schedule:
(1)
Residential:
(a)
For single-family detached, single-family semidetached
and two-family dwellings: two parking spaces per dwelling unit.
(b)
For single-family attached and multifamily dwellings:
2 1/2 parking spaces per dwelling unit, except dwellings specifically
intended for the elderly, in which case one parking space per dwelling
unit.
(3)
Professional offices, general offices, banks: one
parking space for every 250 square feet of building area or major
fraction thereof.
(4)
Home professional office: minimum of three parking
spaces per dwelling and one additional parking space per employee.
(5)
Retail and personal service stores and other service
establishments: one parking space for every 200 square feet of building
area or major fraction thereof, plus one space for every two employees.
(8)
Auditoriums, churches, theaters, stadiums, assembly
halls, community centers, dance halls, roller skating rinks and other
places of public assembly: one parking space for every four persons
who may be legally admitted under the state fire prevention laws.
(10)
Industrial manufacturing: one parking space
for every two employees in the largest working shift.
(11)
Schools:
(a)
Elementary and junior high school: one space
for each vehicle owned or operated by the school, plus three spaces
for each faculty member, plus one space for each five seats in the
auditorium or gymnasium.
(b)
Senior high school: one space for each vehicle
owned or operated by the school, plus seven spaces for each faculty
member, plus one space for each administrative office.
(12)
Recreational facilities, clubs and service organizations:
(a)
Parks and other outdoor recreation sites: four
parking spaces for each gross acre of land up to 50 acres, and one
parking space per gross acre of land above 50 acres, except where
it can be demonstrated that the site is primarily intended for pedestrian
access, in which case these requirements may be reduced accordingly.
(b)
Recreation centers, clubs and service organizations,
skating rinks: one parking space for every 400 square feet of gross
floor area.
(13)
Supermarkets: 4.5 parking spaces for every 1,000 square feet of building
area.
[Added 4-6-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-07; amended 5-18-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-10]
B.
Design standards.
(1)
Off-street parking areas shall be designed to prevent
maneuvering or storage of vehicles within any portion of an entrance
driveway that is within the right-of-way line of any public street.
Off-street parking areas shall be so designed to permit all vehicles
to turn around on the site, thus preventing the necessity of any vehicle
backing onto a public street in the following cases:
(2)
No required off-street parking space, including adjacent
parking access lanes or maneuvering space, shall be located within
the existing or proposed right-of-way of any public street, including
the sidewalk area.
(3)
Parking location. Location of parking areas shall
meet the following requirements:
(a)
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided
as specified in this chapter and shall be provided with necessary
driveways. All such spaces shall be deemed to be required space on
the lot on which the same is situated unless otherwise stated and
shall not thereafter be encroached upon or reduced in any manner.
(b)
No parking shall be permitted in any designated
fire lanes, streets, driveways, aisles, sidewalks or turning areas.
(c)
Parking spaces for apartments/townhouses shall
be within 100 feet of the building being served.
(d)
No parking shall be permitted in any required
buffer or screen areas.
(e)
No parking shall be permitted, and appropriate
screening or landscaping shall be required within the front yard according
to the following schedule:
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District
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Screen Width
(feet)
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LIO
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20
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(f)
Parking areas in all nonresidential districts
shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet unless cross easements are
provided, and 25 feet where adjacent to a residential district.
(g)
Parking pads in front of detached and attached
dwellings shall be a minimum distance of five feet from any building
line. Ingress and egress to parking areas shall be a minimum of 10
feet in width.
(4)
Lighting.
[Amended 6-6-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-16]
(a)
Illumination for all parking facilities, other
than those required for agricultural use and dwelling unit use, shall
be provided during nighttime operating hours. Direct illumination
shall be shielded from streets and adjoining properties, and adequate
provision shall be made to shield residential uses from the glare
of motor vehicles.
(b)
The minimum level of lighting in any portion
of the parking lot shall be not less than 0.25 footcandles. The average
horizontal illumination level of lighting within the parking lot shall
not be less than 0.5 footcandles nor greater than two footcandles.
The maximum level of lighting in any portion of the parking lot shall
not be greater than three footcandles, expect directly under the light
fixtures where a maximum of 10 footcandles is permitted.
(c)
The minimum level of lighting along any portion
of walkway not part of a parking lot shall not be less than 0.5 footcandles.
The maximum level of lighting along any portion of the walkway not
part of a parking lot shall be not greater than three footcandles.
(d)
Searchlights, strobe lights and laser lights
used for advertising or entertainment are not permitted.
(e)
Light shields are to be used on all lights to
control glare. At no time shall the light source be visible from adjacent
properties. A maximum of 0.25 footcandles is permitted at any property
line and/or right-of-way line.
(f)
The lighting plan should take into consideration
the hours of operation of the proposed use. The lights should be designed
so that they can be reduced or turned off when they are not necessary.
A timer maybe necessary to regulate the hours.
(g)
All lighting shall be shielded to prevent glare
for drivers or pedestrians from light trespass beyond the property
line.
(h)
Emergency lighting by police, fire and rescue
and other authorities is exempt from this code.
(5)
Combined parking requirements. Collective provision
of off-street parking facilities by two or more buildings or uses
located on adjacent lots is permitted to allow for the sharing of
parking for commercial and multiple-use centers according to the following
schedule:
(a)
For buildings or groups of uses of less than
10,000 square feet, the total parking shall not be less than the sum
of the requirements for the various individual uses computed separately.
(b)
Where the total area of a nonresidential use
is greater than 10,000 square feet, but less than 30,000 square feet,
the total number of parking spaces provided shall equal one car for
every 200 square feet of gross floor area. Additional parking shall
be provided for residential uses built in conjunction with a multiple-use
center of this size and shall equal at least 1.5 spaces for each dwelling
unit.
(c)
Where the total nonresidential use is greater
than 30,000 square feet, the number of off-street parking spaces provided
shall equal five for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
In commercial or multiple-use centers of this size, which, in addition
to retail shops and services, contain residential and/or office spaces,
additional parking shall be provided according to the following:
(6)
Surfacing and curbing. All parking and loading facilities shall be surfaced with an asphaltic, bituminous cement or other bound pavement so as to provide a durable and dust-free surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area. Surface water drainage from any parking, loading or other paved area shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 149, Site Plan Review, and Chapter 163, Subdivision of Land. Parking areas required for single-family detached or attached dwellings are excepted from the provisions of this chapter.
(7)
Landscaping of loading areas. All loading areas shall
be landscaped and screened sufficiently to obscure the view of the
loading platform or other loading facility from any public street,
residential use or zone and the front yards of adjacent commercial
or industrial use. Such screening may consist of fencing or walls
in conformance with the requirements of this chapter in combination
with landscaping.
(8)
Shopping carts. Any establishment which furnishes
carts or mobile baskets as an adjunct to shopping shall provide definite
areas within the required parking space areas for storage of said
carts. Each designated storage area shall be curbed to delineate and
separate the parking area from the collected shopping carts and shall
be so designated as to not impede the vehicular or pedestrian circulation
pattern. Collection points shall have a minimum capacity of 20 shopping
carts and shall be so designated by no more than one sign per area
with two faces, pole-mounted.
(9)
The following interior circulation, access and traffic
control design standards shall be applicable:
(a)
All driveways, except residential driveways
on major and minor collector and local streets, to any public street
or highway shall be located at least 200 feet from the center line
of the intersection of any two street lines and shall be designed
in manner conducive to safe ingress and egress as determined by the
Planning Board or, where applicable, the Township Committee. Where
practicable, exits shall be located on minor, rather than major, streets
or highways. Residential driveways shall be not closer than 50 feet
to the center line of the intersection of any two street lines.
(b)
No design shall be approved which is likely
to create traffic hazards endangering the public safety. Safety requirements
which may be imposed in such a review shall include traffic control
devices, acceleration or deceleration lanes, turning lanes, traffic
and lane markings and signs.
(c)
Interior driveways shall be at least 24 feet
wide where used with ninety-degree angle parking and at least 18 feet
wide where used with forty-five-degree parking. Where there is no
parking, interior driveways shall be at least 15 feet wide for one-way
traffic movement and at least 22 feet wide for two-way traffic movement.
(10)
In the Light Industrial/Office District the
following standards shall apply:
(b)
Structured parking may be used to supply all
or any portion of the required off-street parking. The structured
parking may be attached, freestanding, underlying the building, or
any combination thereof.
(c)
Parking areas shall be arranged so as to encourage
through traffic to separate parking areas serving other buildings
or developments.
(11)
Driveway openings shall be a minimum of 24 feet
but no more than 34 feet.
(12)
Landscaping of parking areas. Each on-site parking
facility shall be designed to minimize the removal of any tree in
excess of five inches in caliper. Each facility shall have a minimum
of 200 square feet of contiguous landscaped area for each 30 spaces
or portion thereof consisting of shrubs with a mature height of not
more than three feet and deciduous trees with branches not less than
seven feet in height, but in no event shall there be less than the
area contained in the required traffic islands. Such space shall be
distributed throughout the parking bays in order to visually break
the view of long rows of parked cars in a manner not impairing sight
triangles. Parking areas in excess of 200 parking spaces shall have
landscaped berms, a minimum of two feet in height, above the parking
area grade between any public street and any accessway, driveway,
drive aisle, loading area or parking bay.
(13)
Traffic islands. Traffic islands shall be provided to separate each parking bay of double-stacked parking rows from any internal collector drive. The minimum width of the traffic islands shall be eight feet. For parking areas in excess of 250 cars, one traffic island, a minimum width of 10 feet, separating the two rows of parking in one parking bay, shall be provided for each four rows in an alternating pattern. Each traffic island shall be landscaped in accordance with Subsection B(9) of this section.
(14)
Landscaping shall be provided as approved by
the Planning Board or Zoning Board within the site and around its
perimeter to provide shade, to designate entrances, to screen parking
areas from the road, to buffer services and utility areas and to provide
aesthetic interest throughout the year. Along Route 322, a berm with
plantings may be required as determined by the Township Planner to
screen parking areas from the road.
(15)
Parking space dimensions. The following dimensions
for parking spaces shall apply:
A.
Loading area requirements for every building, structure
or part thereof having over 5,000 square feet of gross building area
erected and occupied for commerce, hotel, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning,
places of public assembly, industry and other similar uses involved
in the receipt and distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise,
there should be provided and permanently maintained adequate space
for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue
interference with the public use of streets or alleys. Every building,
structure or addition thereto having a use which complies with the
above definition should be provided with at least one truck standing,
loading and unloading space on the premises not less than 12 feet
in width and 35 feet in length and shall have a minimum clearance
of 14 feet. One additional truck space of these dimensions should
be provided for every additional 20,000 square feet, or fraction thereof,
of gross area in the building.
B.
Location of loading areas shall meet the following
requirements:
(1)
No part of any loading or unloading space, or maneuvering
space in connection therewith, shall be located within the right-of-way
of any public street, including the sidewalk area.
(2)
No part of any loading or unloading space shall be
located in any required front yard or so as to obstruct vehicular
or pedestrian movement on any public right-of-way.
(3)
No part of any loading or unloading space shall be
located in any required buffer or screen area.
