A.
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided to
lessen congestion on the streets. The facilities required herein shall
be available to patrons throughout the hours of operation of the particular
business or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein,
the term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered
parking lot space located off the public right-of-way.
B.
All parking spaces shall be ample in size for the
vehicles for which use is intended. The net parking space per vehicle
shall not be less than nine feet wide when measured at right angles
to the edge of the parking area and 18 feet long. Parking spaces,
and the approaches thereto, shall be paved. Parking and loading areas
shall be graded to dispose of all surface water and shall be maintained
in good condition at all times. Outdoor parking space shall be deemed
to be part of the open space of the lot on which it is located. Nothing
contained herein shall be constructed to modify paving requirements
set forth elsewhere in this chapter.
C.
Aisle width.
(1)
In order to ensure adequate space for backing out
of a parking space, all parking lots must conform to the following
standards for minimum aisle width:
|
Stall Angle
|
Minimum Aisle Width
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
90º
|
25
| |
|
75º
|
22
| |
|
60º
|
19
| |
|
45º
|
14
| |
|
30º
|
11
|
(2)
Minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls
for two-way traffic shall be 25 feet.
D.
For commercial manufacturing developments with a gross
floor area in excess of 100,000 square feet, parking areas may be
designed using a sixty-one-foot module.
E.
A garage or carport may be located wholly or partly
inside the walls of the principal building, or attached to the outer
walls. The garage may be constructed under a yard or court, provided
that the level of such yard or court shall conform to the general
level of the other yards or courts on the lot. The space above an
underground garage shall be deemed to be part of the open space of
the lot on which it is located.
A.
Any of the following buildings hereafter erected and
any building hereafter converted into one of the following buildings
and any open area hereafter used for commercial purposes shall be
provided with not less than minimum parking spaces as set forth below.
These spaces shall be readily accessible to, and within a reasonable
distance from, the buildings served thereby. Parking spaces shall
be on the same lot as the principal building or open area, except
when otherwise authorized in conformity with the following regulations:
(1)
The required parking spaces shall be situated within
600 feet of the principal building or open area in question. Such
remote parking area shall be owned by the zoning applicant.
B.
Off-street parking shall be provided as follows:
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. 347]
(1)
Dwellings: two parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
(2)
Apartments. Off-street parking for apartments shall
be provided at the following rates:
|
Number of Bedrooms/Apartment
|
Parking Spaces Per Apartment Unit
| |
|---|---|---|
|
0
|
1.00
| |
|
1
|
2.00
| |
|
2
|
2.00
| |
|
3
|
2.00
| |
|
4
|
3.00
|
(3)
Rooming houses, hotels, motels, guest houses and lodging
houses: at least one parking space for each guest room, plus one additional
space for every employee based on the maximum number of workers present
at any one time. If a restaurant in connection with the above is open
to the public, the off-street parking facilities shall be not less
than those required for restaurants, in addition to those required
for guest rooms.
(4)
Theaters, auditoriums, churches, schools, stadiums
or any other place of public or private assembly: at least one parking
space for each three seats provided for public or private assembly.
(5)
Retail stores: at least one parking space for each
200 square feet of public floor area plus one space for each employee
based on the maximum number of workers present at any one time.
(6)
Food markets and grocery stores: one parking space
per 100 square feet of public floor area.
(7)
Restaurants and bars: at least one parking space for
each two customer seats, plus one additional space for every employee
based on the maximum number of workers present at any one time.
(8)
Barber shop, beauty shop and hair styling shop: 2 1/2
parking stalls for each chair plus one additional space for every
employee based on the maximum number of workers present at any one
time.
(9)
Office buildings: at least one parking space for each
200 square feet of net leasable floor area, or fraction thereof. Net
leasable floor area shall be the total internal area of the building,
less bathroom area, hallway area and storage area.
(10)
Shopping centers: not less than three square
feet of automobile parking space, exclusive of driveways, and pedestrian
walks shall be provided for each square foot of gross floor area,
except that in planned commercial developments comprised of combination
office and commercial uses with a gross floor area in excess of 100,000
square feet, off-street parking shall be provided at the rate of five
spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor area.
(11)
Industrial establishments: at least one parking
space for each employee based on the maximum number of workers present
at any one time. Plus one parking stall for each 200 square feet of
office space provided within the building.
(12)
Wholesale establishments: at least one parking
space for each employee based on the maximum number of workers present
at any one time. Plus one parking stall for each 200 square feet of
public floor area denoted to display sales or office space.
(13)
Major garages or automobile service stations:
at least two parking spaces for each service bay plus one parking
space per pump and one parking space for every employee based on the
maximum number of workers present at any one time.
(14)
Hospitals and sanitariums: parking space shall
be provided for visitors at the rate of at least one parking space
for each two accommodations (beds) for patients. Such spaces shall
be in addition to those necessary for doctors and other administrative
personnel on a basis of one for every employee based on the maximum
number of workers present at any one time.
(15)
Nursing or convalescent home: one parking stall
per each three beds plus one parking stall for each employee based
on the maximum number of workers present at any one time.
(16)
Take-out and delivery uses: where no seating
on premises at least one parking space for each 50 square feet of
public floor area plus one space for each employee based on the maximum
number of workers present at any one time.
(17)
Open areas used for commercial purposes: at
least one parking space for each 1,500 square feet of area or fraction
thereof.
(18)
Dance halls, roller rinks, clubs, lodges and
other similar places: at least one parking space for each 100 square
feet of floor area.
(20)
Swimming pools: where a swimming pool is the
principal use at least one parking space for each four persons based
upon the designed capacity of the pool.
(21)
Home occupations: in addition to the spaces
required for each dwelling unit, not less than:
(a)
Clergymen: two client spaces.
(b)
Architect, landscape architect, engineer, accountant
and attorney: two client spaces.
(c)
Physician and dentist: three client spaces.
(d)
Writer, realtor and insurance agent: three spaces.
(e)
Instruction in the arts: three client spaces.
(f)
Dressmaker, milliner, etc.: two spaces.
(22)
In addition to all of the above minimum requirements,
additional spaces for visitor parking and salesmen shall be provided
to the specific requirements of each use.
(23)
No part of the public right-of-way of any street
or road shall be used in computing the required area for parking,
however, parallel parking may be permitted along the curb or edge
of an access drive or private road, provided that the spaces are not
less than eight feet by 20 feet in addition to the required width
for the circulation of vehicles.
(24)
All off-street parking facilities with a capacity
for five or more vehicles must conform to the following standards.
(a)
Parking facilities must be set back from street
right-of-way lines by at least five feet.
[Amended 10-23-2001 by Ord. No. 287]
(b)
A minimum of three feet of this setback area
shall be developed as a planting strip. The design of said parking
area and type of plants shall be approved by the Loyalsock Township
Planning Commission.
[Amended 10-23-2001 by Ord. No. 287]
(c)
Entrances and exits should be located at least
50 feet away from nearby street intersections.
(25)
For other uses not enumerated, the parking requirements
shall be established by the Board of Supervisors.
(26)
Where there are multiple uses proposed to be constructed on
one lot and each use requires a certain number of parking stalls,
the Board of Supervisors reserves the right to establish a total number
of parking stalls for the project. The applicant must request a review
of the required number of parking stalls and submit a parking study
to justify his/her/its request. This study must be reviewed and commented
on by the Township Planning Commission.
[Added 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. 347]
The governing body may authorize after review
by the Planning Commission a modification, reduction or waiver of
the foregoing requirements, if it should find that in the particular
case appealed the peculiar nature of the use, or the exceptional situation
or condition can justify such action.
A.
In addition to the off-street parking spaces required
above, all commercial and industrial establishments, hospitals or
sanitariums and other similar uses shall provide adequate off-street
area for loading and unloading of supplies to and from vehicles.
B.
In no case where a building is erected, converted
or enlarged, shall public rights-of-way be used for loading and unloading
space.
A.
Parking and loading areas for more than five vehicles,
with driveways, shall be paved to township specifications or as authorized
by the Loyalsock Township Board of Supervisors.
B.
All driveways and internal traffic lanes servicing
parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be paved to township
specifications or as authorized by the Loyalsock Township Board of
Supervisors.
Where parking areas abut the right-of-way line
or property line, the parking area shall be provided with concrete
wheel stops, metal guard fence or other material as approved by the
Loyalsock Township Planning Commission so that parked vehicles do
not overhang any required setback.
A.
Design standards. Whenever required or provided under
the provisions of this chapter, all parking and loading areas and
access drives shall be designed according to the following standards:
(1)
Except in the case of single- and two-family dwellings
the general layout shall be such that there will be no need for motorists
to back over public rights-of-way.
(2)
Access drives shall be paved from the edge of the
cartway to a point 50 feet from the center line of the public road
with a material equal or better than the cartway paving in accordance
with Township requirements. Any portion of an access drive beyond
the 50 feet shall be improved with a surface capable of year-round
use and shall be maintained dust- and mud-free. Access drives for
single- and two-family dwellings shall not exceed 22 feet in width
for one- or two-car garages. Access drives for all other uses shall
not exceed 35 feet in width, measured at right angles to the center
line of the drive, within 12 feet of the street right-of-way line,
excepting as increased by permissible curb return radii.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. 347]
(3)
The number of access drives shall not exceed two per
lot on any one street frontage. The Loyalsock Township Planning Commission
may grant permission for additional access drives where required to
meet exceptional circumstances and where frontage of unusual length
exists.
(4)
Access drives shall not cross the street right-of-way
line:
(a)
Within 50 feet of the street right-of-way line
of an intersecting street, and in no case less than 15 feet from the
point of tangency when the intersecting street lines are joined by
a curve. Notwithstanding the above, and when deemed reasonably necessary
for safety by the governing body after review and recommendations
of the Planning Commission, this dimension shall be increased for
access drives to shopping centers and other commercial, industrial,
public or institutional uses. Such access drives shall be located
on major streets where practical, in a manner to permit safe ingress
and egress.
(b)
Within five feet of a fire hydrant, catch basin
or drain inlet.
(c)
Within 20 feet of an access drive.
(d)
Within 10 feet of a property line in commercial
and industrial uses.
(e)
Within three feet of a property line in residential
areas unless two adjoining owners mutually agree to a common access
drive or agree to allow the adjoining property owner to place a driveway
closer than three feet from his or her lot line.
[Amended 10-23-2001 by Ord. No. 287]
(5)
General safety requirement; sight distance. Driveways
shall be located in a safe relationship to sight distance and barriers
to vision, and shall not exceed a slope of 10% within 12 feet of the
street line. Where drives enter a bank through a cut, unless a retaining
wall is used, the side slopes of the cut shall not be graded to more
than 1/2 foot vertical to one foot horizontal within 10 feet
of the point the drive intersects with the right-of-way line. The
existing slope of the shoulder of the public road shall be maintained.
(6)
Submission of plans. A scaled drawing of proposed
off-street parking and loading areas, access drives and walks shall
be submitted as part of the required plot plan. Any plan requiring
access onto a state highway shall be approved by the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation in addition to township approval.
B.
Special permits for access drives and driveways.
(1)
A separate zoning permit is required prior to the
construction, reconstruction or placement of an access drive or driveway.
(a)
A zoning fee shall be paid by the applicant
for review by the Township Codes Enforcement Officer or Road Superintendent.
(b)
A fee shall be paid by the applicant to cover
the cost of review by the Township Engineer if said review is deemed
necessary by the Township Codes Enforcement Officer or Township Road
Superintendent.
(c)
A state highway occupancy permit shall be required
for construction of a private driveway or access drive that enters
on to a state highway.
(2)
Application. The applicant shall provide the following
drawings and information upon determination by the Township Codes
Enforcement Officer or Township Road Superintendent that said drawings
are necessary:
(4)
Access drives and driveway standards.
(b)
Approach flares. Driveway approach flares shall
be true arcs of circles and shall be tangent to the edge of pavement
or curb.
(c)
Driveway slope:
[1]
Driveways shall be constructed in such a manner
as not to impair the drainage within the street right-of-way or the
adjacent area.
[2]
Where open shoulders occur, the driveway shall
be sloped away from the pavement edge at a rate between 1/2 inch
and one inch per foot.
[3]
Where a drainage ditch exists, adequate drainage
pipe (fifteen-inch minimum) shall be installed under the driveway
at the property owner's expense and Township Engineer's approval.
[4]
A leveling area must be provided at the intersection
of any driveway or access drive and any road. Said leveling area shall
extend from the edge of shoulder or curb to a point 30 feet from center
line of existing thoroughfare. This leveling area may not exceed 7%
unless recommended by the Township Engineer and approved by the Board
of Supervisors. A leveling area at least 18 feet in length of the
same percent of slope must be maintained directly outside the garage.
[5]
A site distance of 250 feet in each direction
along the private or public road must be maintained at the intersection
of the access drive or driveway. This distance is measured from a
point on the center line of the driveway or access drive and 10 feet
from the edge of the cartway or pavement of a public or private road.
Said distance may be reduced upon approval by the Board of Supervisors.
(d)
Design review. Applications for private driveways, access drives or private roads shall be submitted to the Township Engineer by the Codes Enforcement Officer for review and recommendation if said review is deemed necessary by him. All designs must meet the requirements of Article VI of this chapter and acceptable engineering practice. Special designs may be required for large traffic generators.
