Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and satisfactorily maintained in accordance with the following provisions for each use defined in §
405-18 which, after the effective date of this chapter, is erected, enlarged or altered for use for any of the following purposes:
A. Residential: two spaces per dwelling unit.
B. Rooming houses: one space per three beds.
C. Institutional, recreational and educational: one space per five seats
plus one space per two employees on the premises. In schools where
fixed seats are not provided, one space for every 300 square feet
of floor area intended to be used by patrons, guests, members, clients
or customers, plus one space per two employees on the premises at
any one time.
D. Nursing homes, hospitals and medical centers: 1 1/2 spaces for
each patient bed, not including cribs and bassinets.
E. Offices, including business, governmental and professional offices:
one off-street parking space for each 300 square feet of total floor
area.
[Amended 2-7-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-1]
F. Retail and consumer service.
[Amended 2-7-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-1]
(1) Retail store, personal service shop, equipment or repair shop, bank
or other financial and lending institution, public garage, motor vehicle
sale establishment, or medical marijuana dispensary: one off-street
parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.
[Amended 4-15-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-2]
(2) Restaurant, cafe, tavern, nightclub, diner or similar place serving
food or beverages: one off-street parking space for each 300 square
feet of total floor area.
G. Mortuary or funeral home: one off-street parking space for each four
seats provided for patron use, or at least one off-street parking
space for each 50 square feet of gross floor area used or intended
to be used in the operation of the establishment, whichever requires
the greater number of off-street parking spaces, plus one additional
space for each full-time employee.
H. Motel, hotel or tourist home: one space for each unit. In addition, Subsection
G above shall be applicable for any eating place, including banquet facilities, on the premises.
I. Automotive service: one space for every 150 square feet of gross
floor area, plus one space for every employee.
J. Transportation facilities: off-street parking spaces as the Zoning
Hearing Board shall determine adequate to serve customers, patrons,
visitors, employees and vehicles normally parked on the premises.
K. Communication facilities, supply and sanitary utilities: two off-street
parking spaces at each terminal or substation, plus one space for
each full-time employee.
L. Fire station: six off-street parking spaces for each fire truck where
no community room is a part of the building or, where a community
room is provided, two off-street parking spaces for each fire truck
plus one off-street parking space for each 300 square feet of community
room.
M. Wholesale, manufacturing or other industrial use: three off-street
parking spaces for every four employees on the two major shifts, but
in no case less than one off-street parking space for each 500 square
feet of total floor area, plus one off-street parking space for each
company vehicle normally stored on the premises.
N. Customary home occupation: one off-street parking space in addition
to spaces otherwise required.
O. Metropolitan Business Districts: one off-street parking space for
each 50 square feet of gross floor area, plus one off-street space
for each two full-time employees.
[Added 10-2-1978 by Ord. No. 78-4]
P. Medical marijuana grower/processor: notwithstanding any other provision
in this section, three off-street parking spaces for every four employees
on the two major shifts, but in no case less than one off-street parking
space for each 500 square feet of total floor area, plus one off-street
parking space for each company vehicle normally stored on the premises.
[Added 4-15-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-2]
The design standards specified in the Bucks County Subdivision
and Land Development Regulations shall be required for all off-street
parking facilities with a capacity of three or more vehicles built
after the effective date of this chapter.
Off-street loading requirements, as specified below, shall be
provided on any lot on which a building exceeding 6,000 square feet
of gross floor area for business or industry is hereafter erected.
A. Every department store, freight terminal or railroad yard, hospital,
retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishment,
sanitarium, industrial plant, medical marijuana dispensary, medical
marijuana grower/processor, or manufacturing establishment shall provide
off-street truck-loading or -unloading berths, as specified in the
following table:
[Amended 4-15-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-2]
|
Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use
(square feet)
|
Required Number of Berths
|
---|
|
Under 6,000
|
No requirement
|
|
6,000 to 19,999
|
1
|
|
20,000 to 79,999
|
2
|
|
80,000 to 127,999
|
3
|
|
128,000 to 191,999
|
4
|
|
192,000 to 255,999
|
5
|
|
256,000 to 319,999
|
6
|
|
320,000 to 391,999
|
7
|
|
For each additional 72,000
|
1 additional berth
|
B. Every auditorium, convention hall, exhibition hall, funeral home,
office building, restaurant, hotel, sports arena or welfare institution
shall provide off-street truck-loading and -unloading berths as specified
in the following table:
|
Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use
(square feet)
|
Required Number of Berths
|
---|
|
Under 30,000
|
No requirement
|
|
30,000 to 44,999
|
1
|
|
45,000 to 119,999
|
2
|
|
120,000 to 197,999
|
3
|
|
198,000 to 290,999
|
4
|
|
291,000 to 389,999
|
5
|
|
390,000 to 488,999
|
6
|
|
489,000 to 587,999
|
7
|
|
588,000 to 689,999
|
8
|
|
For each additional 105,000
|
1 additional berth
|
All required loading facilities shall be provided and maintained
in accordance with the following requirements:
A. They shall be provided and maintained as long as the use exists which
the facilities were designed to serve.
B. They shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision,
except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements
of this article.
C. Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of
particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities
to the delivery and pickup vehicles that they are designed to serve.
D. Parking and loading areas and driveways serving any nonresidential
use shall include, within the property lines, turning areas so designed
and surfaced that a vehicle entering or leaving the property will
not be forced to back onto the street or onto the property.
E. Certificates of occupancy permits. No certificates of occupancy shall
be issued until all of the improvements required under the terms of
this article, as shown on plans or made a part of the building or
zoning permit, are in place and ready for use.