A.
Requirement.
(1)
Each use established, enlarged or altered in
any district shall provide and satisfactorily maintain off-street
parking spaces in accordance with Table 8-1 and the regulations of
this article.
(2)
For uses not specifically listed in Table 8-1,
determination of the required number of off-street parking spaces
shall be made by the Zoning Officer. It is the intent of these regulations
that adequate off-street parking and loading facilities be provided
for each land use.
(3)
Where a proposed use contains or includes more than one type of use (regardless of whether each use is listed in Table 8-1 or is an unlisted use), the number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the parking requirements for each separate use, except as may be allowed under Subsection B or C.
(4)
Where the computation of required parking spaces
results in a fractional number, the fraction of 1/4 or more shall
be counted as one.
B.
Conditional reduction in off-street parking areas.
(1)
The Borough recognizes:
(a)
The importance of providing adequate, well-designed
off-street parking areas;
(b)
The need to limit the amount of paved parking
areas to preserve open space and limit stormwater runoff; and
(c)
That unique circumstances associated with a
land use may justify a reduction in the parking requirements of this
section to be initially developed.
(2)
Procedure. The Zoning Hearing Board may permit a reduction, through the special exception review process of § 200-158, of the number of parking spaces to be initially developed as required by Subsection A, provided that each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a)
Reduction warranted. The applicant shall demonstrate to the Board, using existing and projected (five years) employment, customer, or other relevant data, that a reduction in the off-street parking spaces to be initially developed as required by Subsection A is warranted.
(b)
Plans.
[1]
The applicant shall submit plans of the parking lot(s) which designate a layout for the total number of parking spaces needed to comply with the parking requirement in Subsection A.
[2]
The plans shall clearly designate which of these
parking spaces are proposed for immediate use and which spaces are
proposed to be conditionally reserved for potential future use.
[3]
The portion of the required parking spaces conditionally
reserved for potential future use shall not be within areas for required
buffer yards, setbacks or areas which would otherwise be unsuitable
for parking spaces due to the physical characteristics of the land
or other requirements of this chapter.
[4]
Areas conditionally reserved for potential future
use shall be attractively landscaped and remain in open space.
(c)
Agreement.
[1]
The applicant shall enter into an agreement
with the Borough requiring the applicant to:
[a]
Maintain each conditionally reserved
area as attractively landscaped open space; and
[b]
Convert some or all of the conditionally
reserved area to additional off-street parking if at any time the
Board finds (based on the results of field investigations and recommendations
of the Zoning Officer) that additional parking is needed.
[2]
This agreement shall be recorded to the deed
as a covenant running with the land.
(d)
A special exception may be granted for reduced
parking space requirements for a use permit through an impact statement
addressing one or more of the following:
[1]
In existing built-up areas where on-street parking
is permitted, parking may be permitted by addressing proposed use
area, time of use, average anticipated length of stay, number of days
(areas may be zoned to identify intensity of use) and effect of use
in area.
[2]
Need based on nature of business, time of operation,
number of employees, etc.
[3]
Location and physical condition of site.
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Table 8-1
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|---|---|---|---|
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Off-Street Parking Requirements
[Amended 3-9-2020 by Ord.
No. 664; 9-26-2022 by Ord. No. 677] | |||
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Use
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One Off-Street Parking Space Required
for Each:
|
Plus One Off-Street Parking Space Required
for Each:
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A.
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Agricultural Uses
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Animal hospital/veterinarian
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Employee
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0.20 doctor (5 spaces per doctor)
| |
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Greenhouse/nursery
|
Employee
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100 square feet1 of
inside sales space (minimum of 5 spaces)
| |
|
Kennel
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Employee
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3 spaces for customer parking
| |
|
B.
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Residential Uses
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Bed-and-breakfast use
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Rental unit; plus 2 for dwelling unit
|
Employee
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Dwelling
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0.5 dwelling unit (2 spaces per dwelling unit)
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Dwelling with 4 or more bedrooms
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3 spaces per dwelling unit
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Group home
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2 residents that hold a viable driver's license
|
Employee
| |
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Home occupation
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150 square feet1
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Nonresident employee
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Housing for the elderly
|
4 dwellings or rental unit
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2 employees on shift of highest employee
| |
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Housing for households limited to persons 55
years and older
|
Dwelling unit or rental unit
|
Employee
| |
|
Rooming/boarding house; fraternity; and other
similar places
|
Rental unit
|
Employee
| |
|
C.
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Public or private recreational uses
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|
Amusement arcade
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80 square feet of gross floor area
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Bowling alley/billiard room
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0.2 bowling lane and/or billiard/pool table
|
Employee
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Event center
|
4 seats or 4 persons of total design capacity, whichever is
greater
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Golf course
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1/8 tee (8 spaces per tee)
|
Employee
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Golf driving range
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Tee
|
Employee
| |
|
Health club
|
200 square feet of gross floor area
|
Employee
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|
Library, community center
|
300 square feet
|
Employee
| |
|
Miniature golf
|
0.5 hole (2 per hole)
|
Employee
| |
|
Museum
|
500 square feet of gross floor area
|
Employee
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|
Other indoor recreation
|
100 square feet1
|
Employee
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Outdoor recreation (ball fields; stadium)
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4 persons of total designed capacity
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2 employees on shift of highest employment
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Swimming pool
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4 persons of total designed capacity
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Theater, auditorium
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4 seats
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Employee
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D.
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Institutional and educational uses
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Churches and other places of worship
|
4 seats
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2 employees on shift of highest employment
| |
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College, university or trade school
|
Employee
|
1.5 students
| |
|
Dormitory
|
Nonresident employee
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1 resident 16 years or older
| |
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Hospital/nursing home
|
4 beds
|
Staff or visiting doctor plus 1 space for each
2 employee
| |
|
Medical or dental office; clinic
|
0.20 doctor (5 spaces per doctor)
|
Employee
| |
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Nursery/day-care center
|
Employee (minimum of 3 spaces)
|
8 children3
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Personal care boarding home
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3 residents
|
1 staff member
| |
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School, primary or secondary
|
1 faculty or other full-time employee
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8 students aged 16 years or older
| |
|
Utility substation
|
Vehicle normally required to service facility
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E.
|
Retail/commercial service uses4
| ||
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Adult bookstore or cabaret
|
50 square feet1
|
Employee
| |
|
Auto, gas/service/repair
|
0.2 service bay (5 spaces per bay); minimum
0.5 per gas pump)
|
Employee
| |
|
Auto/recreational vehicle/boat sales
|
15 vehicles or boats on display (inside or outside),
or one space for every 125 square feet of area devoted to the parking
of vehicles or boats, whichever is greater
|
Employee
| |
|
Automatic banking transaction machine
|
2 per machine
|
Employee
| |
|
Bank, savings and loan, other financial institution
|
200 square feet2
|
Employee
| |
|
Banquet facility
|
200 square feet of seating area
|
Employee
| |
|
Beauty/barbershops
|
1/3 chair/station (3 spaces per chair/station)
| ||
|
Car wash
|
Service bay
|
Employee; stacking for 8 vehicles per washing
bay
| |
|
Convenience store
|
75 square feet of gross floor area
|
Employee
| |
|
Dance studio, karate studio, and similar uses
|
200 square feet of gross floor area
|
Employee
| |
|
Drive-through/fast-food restaurant with seating
|
3 seats of capacity or 75 square feet of gross
floor area, whichever is greater
|
Employee
| |
|
Drive-through/fast-food restaurant without seating
|
Window/serving station
|
Employee
| |
|
Food store, pharmacy
|
100 square feet1
|
Employee
| |
|
Funeral home
|
4 seats for patron use
|
Employee
| |
|
Hotel/motel
|
Rental unit, plus 1 space for each 3 seats in
the dining/meeting rooms
|
Employee
| |
|
Laundromat
|
3 washing or dry cleaning machines
|
Employee
| |
|
Office
|
200 square feet of gross floor area
| ||
|
Open space used for commercial purposes
|
1,500 square feet of area
|
Employee
| |
|
Photo shops, appliance repair
|
200 square feet1 (minimum
of 2 spaces)
|
Employee
| |
|
Restaurant, tavern
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30 square feet1
|
Employee
| |
|
Retail store, general merchandise store
|
150 square feet1
|
Employee
| |
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Shopping center
|
220 square feet of gross floor area
| ||
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Trade show/exhibition center
|
150 square feet1 (200
square feet total gross leasable floor area of retail space greater
than 50,000 square feet)
|
Exhibit space
| |
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F.
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Industrial and wholesale trade uses
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Industrial, wholesale trade, warehouse uses
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3 employees on the largest shift
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Company vehicle based at the plant
| |
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Mini warehouse
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15 storage units
|
Employee
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NOTES:
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1Of all sales and
other area occupied by equipment, furnishings or inventory accessible
to customers or patrons, but not including corridors, bowling lanes,
toilet rooms and other similar accessory rooms, as may be provided.
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2Of all sales and
other area occupied by equipment, furnishings or inventory accessible
to customers or patrons, but not including corridors, bowling lanes,
toilet rooms and other similar accessory rooms, as may be provided.
|
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3This space shall
be designed for convenient pickup and delivery of students.
|
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4In addition to parking
or storage spaces for all vehicles used directly in or stored or displayed
as part of the conduct of such business.
|
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5Nonresidential uses in the Business
District from the railroad crossing west to the intersection of Main
Street and Fourth Street are exempt from the requirements of this
chapter requiring any off-street parking spaces.
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Handicapped accessible parking shall be provided
in accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities
Act, as may be amended from time to time.
A.
Existing parking. Structures and uses in existence
at the effective date of this chapter shall not be subject to the
requirements of this article, provided that the kind of use is not
changed and that any parking facility now serving such structures
or uses shall not in the future be reduced to an amount less than
that required by this article.
B.
Changes in use. Whenever a building or use (including those specified in Subsection A) is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwellings, seating capacity or otherwise creating a need, based on the requirements of § 200-105 for an increase of 10% or more in the number of existing parking spaces for additional parking spaces, the number of parking spaces to be provided shall be based upon the incremental change or enlargement so required.
C.
Continuing character of obligation.
(1)
All required parking facilities shall be provided
and maintained so long as the use which the facilities were designed
to serve still exists.
(2)
Off-street parking facilities shall not be reduced
in total extent except when such reduction is in conformity with the
requirements of this article in conjunction with a change in the nature
of the use.
D.
Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be
used for any other use that interferes with its availability for the
parking need it is required to serve. This includes storage or display
of materials or vehicles.
E.
Location and ownership of parking spaces. Required
off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot as the principal
use served. If the parking cannot be provided on the lot with the
principal use, it shall be provided within 300 feet of the principal
use. In all cases, such parking spaces shall conform to all the regulations
of the district in which the parking spaces are located; and in no
event shall such parking spaces be located in any residential district
unless the use to which the uses are accessory are permitted in such
residential districts. Satisfactory arrangements shall be made to
maintain the required number of spaces available either throughout
the existence of such use to which they are accessory, or until such
spaces are provided elsewhere.
F.
Joint use/combined spaces. Required parking spaces,
open or enclosed, may be provided in spaces designed to serve jointly
two or more establishments, whether or not located on the same lot,
subject to the following:
(1)
Provided that the number of required spaces
in such joint facilities shall not be less than the total required
for all such establishments, (except as provided below); and provided
that such parking lot is within 300 feet of walking distance of all
of the principal uses served by such lot.
(2)
Where it can be conclusively demonstrated that
one or more such uses will be generating a demand for parking spaces
primarily during periods when the other use or uses is not or are
not in operation, the Borough Council, upon recommendation by the
Planning Commission, may reduce the total parking spaces required
for that use with the least requirement.
(3)
If two adjoining business uses on separate adjoining
lots utilize a coordinated and shared driveway system and an integrated
shared parking area, the number of required parking spaces for each
use may be reduced by up to 10% as determined by the Zoning Hearing
Board as a special exception.
G.
Parking of commercial vehicles in residential districts;
unregistered vehicles.
(1)
Intent. The intent of this section is to prevent
residential areas from being harmed by nuisances from odors and noise
from noxious commercial vehicles, as well as to maintain a residential
character in residential districts.
(2)
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
TRACTOR
TRAILER
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A motor vehicle that is primarily used for business purposes,
including, but not limited to, making service calls, transporting
equipment used in a business or in accomplishing physical work as
part of a business (such as hauling material).
A truck with more than two axles that is primarily intended
to be used to pull a trailer, as defined below.
A commercial vehicle with a length of 10 feet or more that
is not self-propelled, that is intended to haul materials, vehicles,
goods, gases or liquids and that is intended to be pulled by a tractor
(as defined above).
(3)
Exceptions. No part of this section shall apply
to the following:
(a)
Borough-owned vehicles.
(b)
Ambulance, fire and rescue vehicles.
(c)
Buses used primarily for transporting public
or private school children to and from school or transporting persons
to or from a place of worship.
(d)
Recreational vehicles. (See other regulations
in this chapter.)
(e)
Vehicles operated by the United States Postal
Service.
(f)
Vehicles engaged on-site in the construction
or repair of streets, curbs, sidewalks or utilities or awaiting such
work to occur on-site the following day.
(g)
Vehicles actually engaged in making routine
household deliveries or rendering routine household services to a
lot upon which the vehicle is parked.
(4)
Storage of commercial vehicles in residential districts. Except as provided in Subsection G(3), no commercial vehicle with a gross weight exceeding 8,500 pounds, or having more than two axles, or any tractor or trailer as defined in Subsection G(2) shall be parked within a residential district between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays, or for more than one hour between the hours of 6:00 p.m. Saturday until 6:00 a.m. Monday, except as allowed by § 192-33.
[Amended 3-9-2020 by Ord.
No. 664]
A.
General requirements.
(1)
Every parking facility shall be designed so
that its use does not constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable
impediment to traffic.
(2)
Every parking area shall be arranged for orderly,
safe movement.
(3)
No parking area shall be designed to require
or encourage parked vehicles to back into a public street in order
to leave a parking space, except for a single-family or two-family
dwelling backing onto a street other than an arterial or collector
street.
(4)
Every parking area shall be designed so that
each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided
for it without requiring the moving of any other vehicle, except those
of a single-family or two-family dwelling.
B.
C.
Aisles.
(1)
Each aisle providing access to stalls for one-way
traffic only shall be at least the minimum aisle width specified as
follows:
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Angle of Parking
|
Minimum Aisle Width
(feet)
|
|---|---|
|
Parallel
|
12
|
|
30°
|
12
|
|
45°
|
14
|
|
60°
|
18
|
|
90°
|
22
|
(2)
Each aisle providing access to stalls for two-way
traffic shall be at least 25 feet in width, except a width of 20 feet
may be allowed for areas of long-term employee parking.
(3)
No aisle shall exceed 200 feet in length.
D.
Access drives and driveways.
(1)
Each access drive shall have a minimum width
of 10 feet at the street line for one-way use only, a minimum width
of 20 feet at the street line for two-way use, and a maximum width
of 40 feet at the street line.
(2)
Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain
uninterrupted parallel drainage along a public street at the point
of driveway or access drive entry.
(3)
At least 50 feet shall be provided between any
two access drives along one street along one lot, unless a longer
separation is required elsewhere.
(4)
No access drive or driveway shall be less than
50 feet from any street intersection.
(5)
Location on site. An access drive may be permitted
up to the lot line. Residential driveways may be no closer than two
feet from the side property line.
E.
Location of parking areas. Unless otherwise specifically
regulated, improved, hard surface off-street parking for all nonresidential
uses shall be limited to portions of the lot as follows:
(1)
Enclosed off-street parking spaces, including
public and private garages, shall conform to the applicable building
setback requirements of this chapter.
(2)
Parking shall not be permitted within 25 feet
of any street or road right-of-way; however, provided that the minimum
25 feet is satisfied, up to 50% of the required front yard may be
utilized for parking.
(3)
Required side and rear yards may be utilized
for parking, provided that:
(a)
Open parking spaces and/or parking lots in the
institutional and industrial districts shall not be located closer
than five feet from any side or rear property line, or within the
front yard, unless otherwise provided for elsewhere in this chapter.
(b)
Open parking spaces and/or parking lots in the
business districts shall not be located closer than three feet from
any side or rear property line, unless otherwise provided for elsewhere
in this chapter.
(4)
Exceptions. No setback from a side or rear property
line is required when said side or rear property line abuts a public
alley.
F.
Grading; surface drainage. Except for areas that are
landscaped and so maintained, all portions of required parking, including
driveways, shall be graded, surfaced with a durable bituminous concrete,
crushed stone or other suitable material, and drained to the extent
necessary to prevent dust, soil erosion or excessive water flow across
streets or adjoining properties. Pervious paving which is approved
by the Zoning Officer in accordance with the Cocalico Creek Act 167
Stormwater Management Plan, landscaped areas and grass pavers or unit
pavers that are approved by the Zoning Officer in overflow parking
areas, crosswalk areas, or other areas are excluded from this requirement.
(1)
Crushed or loose stone is not an accepted material for use in
the front yard of any property for a driveway or parking area.
[Added 1-9-2017 by Ord.
No. 636]
G.
Nighttime illumination.
(1)
Any parking area designed for use by six or
more cars after dusk during night hours shall be adequately illuminated
for security purposes at no cost to the Borough, in accordance with
the most current edition of the IES, Illumination Engineering Society
Standards.
(2)
All lighting fixtures used to illuminate parking
areas shall be arranged to prevent glare into public streets and adjoining
properties.
H.
Landscaping. All areas not serving as parking spaces,
aisles, access drives or pedestrian walkways shall be permanently
landscaped and maintained.
I.
Screening. Any area of six or more spaces which is
not within a building and abuts or is across a street from any lot
in a Low-Density Residential or Medium-Density Residential District
shall be provided with a suitable fence, wall or evergreen planting
at least four feet in height, designed to screen visibility and headlight
glare from such residential lot.
A.
General requirements.
(1)
Each use shall provide off-street loading facilities
sufficient to accommodate the maximum demand generated by the use
and which comply with the requirements of Table 8-2 and the regulations
contained in this section.
(2)
Uses not specifically listed in Table 8-2 shall
comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed in Table
8-2.
(3)
At the time of site plan review, the applicant
shall prove to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer that the use
will have sufficient numbers and sizes of loading facilities and that
no conflicts will be created. For the purposes of this section, loading
shall include unloading.
B.
Design and layout of off-street loading facilities.
Off-street loading facilities shall have access to a public street
or alley and shall be designed to conform to the following specifications:
(1)
Each off-street loading space shall be of sufficient
size to provide for the largest vehicle that will load or unload to
serve the use. This size shall be at least 14 feet in width by 60
feet in depth for a tractor-trailer and 12 feet in width and 35 feet
in length for smaller trucks and shall have at least 14 feet of vertical
clearance.
(2)
Each space shall have sufficient maneuvering
room separate from other parking and loading areas to eliminate traffic
conflicts within off-street loading and parking areas and outside
of the lot.
(3)
Each space shall be located entirely on the
lot being served and shall be so located that each space and all maneuvering
room is outside of required buffer areas, yard areas and rights-of-way.
(4)
An appropriate means of access to a street or
alley shall be provided. The maximum width of driveways (measured
at the street lot line) shall be 35 feet and the minimum width shall
be 20 feet.
(5)
All off-street loading and unloading spaces,
maneuvering areas, driveways and entranceways shall be graded, surfaced
with asphalt or other suitable material and drained to the satisfaction
of the Borough Engineer to the extent necessary to prevent nuisances
of dust, soil erosion, or excessive water flow across public ways
and to protect adjoining property.
(6)
No such facilities shall be designed or used
in any manner so as to constitute a nuisance, a public safety hazard
or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.
(8)
Fire lanes. Fire lanes shall be provided where
required by state or federal regulations or other local ordinances.
The specific locations of these lanes are subject to review by the
Borough.
|
Table 8-2
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|---|---|---|
|
Off-Street Loading Requirements
[Amended 3-9-2020 by Ord.
No. 664] | ||
|
Use
|
Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Required Number of Off-Street Loading
Berths
|
|
Commercial recreation and entertainment
|
1 to 2,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 12,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Event center
|
1 to 5,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 10,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Food markets
|
1 to 1,500
|
None
|
|
1,500 to 6,500
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 10,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Funeral home
|
0 to 2,400
|
None
|
|
2,401 to 4,000
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 5,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Heavy industry
|
0 to 3,000
|
None
|
|
3,001 to 10,000
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Hospital
|
0 to 19,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 50,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Hotel/motel
|
0 to 8,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 10,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Institution
|
0 to 6,000
|
None
|
|
6,001 to 15,000
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 9,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Laundry/commercial dry cleaning
|
0 to 1,500
|
None
|
|
1,501 to 6,500
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 10,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Light industry
|
0 to 1,800
|
None
|
|
1,801 to 4,800
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 4,800 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Low-rise apartment
|
0 to 16,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 24,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Low-rise multiple-family building
|
None
| |
|
Membership club
|
0 to 6,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 9,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Office building
|
0 to 10,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Restaurant
|
0 to 2,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 5,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Tavern
|
0 to 2,000
|
None
|
|
Each additional 5,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Retail store
|
0 — 2,400
|
None
|
|
2,401 — 10,000
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 12,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
School
|
0 to 7,500
|
None
|
|
7,501 to 17,500
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 25,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
|
Single-family detached dwelling
|
None
| |
|
Single-family semidetached dwelling
|
None
| |
|
Two-family dwelling
|
None
| |
|
Warehousing and wholesale trade
|
0 to 2,000
|
None
|
|
2,001 to 10,000
|
1
| |
|
Each additional 10,000 or fraction thereof
|
1
| |
