Off-street parking facilities shall be subject
to the following general provisions:
A.
The collective provision of off-street parking areas
by two or more buildings or uses located on adjacent lots is permitted,
provided that the total of such facilities shall not be less than
the sum required of the various buildings or uses computed separately,
and further provided that the land upon which the collective facilities
are located is owned by one or more of the collective users.
B.
All parking areas and appurtenant passageways and
driveways serving business uses shall be illuminated adequately during
the hours between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation.
Adequate shielding shall be provided by business users to protect
adjacent residential zones from the glare of such illumination and
from that of automobile headlights.
C.
None of the off-street parking facilities that are
required in this chapter shall be required for any existing building
or use, unless said building or use shall be enlarged, rebuilt, reconstructed,
altered or remodeled.
D.
When the computation of the number of required parking
spaces results in a fraction, such fractions shall be resolved to
the next highest whole number.
E.
Access aisles and driveways to parking areas shall
be not less than eight feet in width in R-10, R-15, R-30 and R-40
Zones and not less than 12 feet in width in all other zones. Aisles
and driveways within parking areas shall have a minimum width of:
A.
Off-street parking space, together with appropriate
access thereto, shall be provided on the same property as it is intended
to serve in accordance with the following minimum standards:
(1)
Dwellings: two spaces for each dwelling unit.
(2)
Churches and other public meeting places: one space
for each four seats or other similar form of accommodation.
(3)
Other public buildings: one space for each 400 square
feet of total floor area.
(4)
Public parks, playgrounds and recreation areas: five
spaces for each acre devoted to such use.
B.
No residential lot shall be used for the parking of
any motor vehicle with a gross weight of over four tons, nor shall
any vehicle of any weight which is inoperable or which could be classified
as junk, nor any parts of such vehicle, be permitted to be stored
on any residential lot.
Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public
or private parking area in a commercial zone shall be developed and
maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
A.
Off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened
on any side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residence
district, or which faces institutional premises, by a solid, uniformly
painted fence or wall not less than four nor more than six feet in
height, maintained in good condition; provided, however, that, where
the adjacent owners agree in writing, a screening of hedge or other
natural landscaping may be substituted for the required fence or wall.
No part of any parking area shall be closer than 10 feet to any lot
containing any school, hospital or other institutional building, unless
it is screened by an unpierced masonry wall.
B.
Parking areas may be located in any yard space for
commercial uses and in any yard but the front yard for other uses,
but shall not be closer than 10 feet to any street line or property
line.
C.
Not more than two curb cuts, of not less than 20 feet
nor more than 30 feet in width, used as a means of ingress or egress
for nonresidential off-street parking areas shall be permitted for
each 200 feet of frontage on a public street, nor shall any such curb
cut be located closer than 50 feet to the intersection of two public
streets.
D.
Off-street parking areas located in commercial zones
and which provide parking for 20 or more vehicles shall be provided
with shade trees of a type approved by the Borough Planning Board.
The shade trees shall be located in a planned manner within the parking
lot area in quantity equal to not less than one shade tree for every
10 parking spaces.
E.
For commercial and all nonresidential uses in business
districts, required parking shall be provided within 150 feet of such
use. It shall be measured from the nearest point of the building that
such facility is required to serve.
F.
The provisions of this section may be set by participation
in a community parking program designed to serve a larger area, provided
that plans for such community parking have been approved by the Planning
Board.
A.
Required off-street parking space shall be as follows:
(1)
Barber and beauty shops: two spaces per chair plus
one additional space for each employee.
(2)
Banks, financial and business offices and professional
offices: one parking space for every 200 square feet of building area
or major fraction thereof.
(3)
For any building, dwelling or structure where more
than three persons are sheltered or fed for profit: one space for
each such person in addition to other spaces which may elsewhere be
required.
(4)
Home professional office: three spaces for client
use exclusive of spaces required for residential purposes.
(5)
Auditoriums, churches, theaters, stadiums, assembly
halls and similar places of public and quasi-public assembly having
fixed seating facilities: one parking space for every five seats in
the main assembly unit.
(6)
Auditoriums, exhibition halls, assembly halls, community
centers and similar places of public and quasi-public assembly not
having fixed seating facilities: one parking space for every six persons
who may legally be admitted therein at one time under the State Fire
Prevention Laws.
(7)
Hospitals and similar institutional uses for care
of the ill or aged: one parking space for every four beds, plus one
additional parking space for every two employees and members of the
staff in the largest working shift.
(8)
Mortuaries and funeral homes: two parking spaces for
every 50 square feet of floor area in the slumber rooms, parlors and
individual funeral service rooms.
(9)
Stores for the retail sale of furniture, appliances
and hardware: one parking space for every 180 square feet of building
area or major fraction thereof.
(10)
Supermarkets and self-service food stores: one
parking space for every 180 square feet of building area or major
fraction thereof.
(11)
Laundromats: one parking space for every two
washing machines.
(12)
Motor vehicle sales and service: one parking
space for every 200 square feet of building area or fraction thereof.
(13)
Restaurants and diners (indoor service only):
one parking space for every four seats for customers, plus one space
for every two employees.
(14)
Drive-in restaurants and coffee shops: one parking
space for every 25 square feet of area or major fraction thereof.
(15)
Industrial establishments: one parking space
for every 500 square feet of gross floor area of manufacturing or
storage area and one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area of office use.
(16)
Swim clubs: one parking space for each three
family memberships.
(17)
Other outdoor recreation uses: five parking
spaces for each gross acre of land.
A.
For every building, structure or part thereof having
over 4,000 square feet of gross floor area erected and occupied for
commerce, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning, places of public and quasi-public
assembly, industry and other similar uses involved in the receipt
and distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall
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
shall be provided with at least one loading space. One additional
truck space of these dimensions shall be provided for every additional
20,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, or gross area in the building.
B.
Access to truck standing, loading and unloading space
shall be provided directly from a public street or alley or from any
right-of-way that will not interfere with public convenience and will
permit orderly and safe movement of truck vehicles.
C.
Loading space, as required under this section, shall
be provided an area in addition to off-street parking space and shall
not be considered as supplying off-street parking space.
A.
The following off-street parking spaces shall be required
for the types of activities listed below:
(1)
Manufacturing and fabrication operation: one off-street
parking space shall be provided for each employee on the two maximum
work shifts.
(2)
Wholesale operation: one off-street parking space
shall be provided for each employee on the maximum work shift, or
one space for each 300 feet of total floor area, whichever is greater.
(3)
Research, related administrative and office activities:
one off-street parking space shall be provided for each employee on
the maximum work shift.
B.
Each of the above industrial uses shall provide additional
parking spaces for visitors, the number of which are to be determined
by the Zoning Officer, who shall reflect upon the specific visitor
parking needs of each individual applicant.
C.
Parking areas may be located in any of the required
yard areas.
D.
Each use located in industrial zones shall provide
truck loading and unloading space on the same lot and in other than
the required front yard, so as to permit the transfer of goods in
other than a public street.
