A. 
Overall requirements.
(1) 
Number of spaces. Each use that is newly developed, enlarged, significantly changed in type of use, or increased in number of establishments shall provide and maintain off-street parking spaces in accordance with the Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements and the regulations of this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said table is included at the end of this chapter.
(2) 
Uses not listed. Uses not specifically listed in the Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements shall comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed in the table, unless the applicant proves, to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer, that an alternative standard should be used for that use.
(3) 
Multiple uses. Where a proposed lot contains or includes more than one type of use, the number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the parking requirements for each separate use.
(4) 
Parking landscaping. See §§ 285-63 and 285-64 of this chapter.
A. 
General. Parking spaces and accessways shall be laid out to result in safe and orderly use and to fully take into account all of the following: vehicular access onto and off the site, vehicular movement within the site, loading areas, pedestrian patterns and any drive-through facilities. No parking area shall cause a safety hazard or impediment to traffic off the lot.
B. 
Existing parking.
(1) 
Any parking spaces serving such preexisting structures or uses at the time of adoption of this chapter shall not in the future be reduced in number below the number required by this chapter.
(2) 
If a new principal nonresidential building is constructed on a lot, then any existing parking on such lot that serves such building shall be reconfigured to comply with this chapter, including but not limited to requirements for channelization of traffic from adjacent streets, channelization of traffic within the lot, minimum aisle widths, paving and landscaping.
C. 
Change in use or expansion. A structure or use in existence at the effective date of this chapter that expands or changes in use of an existing principal building shall be required to provide all of the required parking for the entire size and type of the resulting use, except as follows:
(1) 
If a nonresidential use expands by an aggregate total maximum of 5% in the applicable measurement (such as building floor area) beyond what existed at the time of adoption of this chapter, then no additional parking is required. For example, if an existing building included 3,000 square feet, and a single minor addition of 150 square feet was proposed, then additional parking would not be required. This addition without providing new parking shall only be allowed one time per lot.
D. 
Continuing obligation of parking and loading spaces. All required numbers of parking spaces and off-street loading spaces shall be available as long as the use or building which the spaces serve still exists, and such spaces shall not be reduced in number below the minimum required by this chapter. No required parking area or off-street loading spaces shall be used for any other use (such as storage or display of materials) that interferes with the area's availability for parking.
E. 
Location of parking.
(1) 
Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or abutting lot with the principal use served, unless the applicant proves, to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board, that a method of providing the spaces is guaranteed to be available during all of the years the use is in operation within 300 feet walking distance from the entrance of the principal use being served. A written and signed lease shall be provided, if applicable. A sign shall direct persons to the parking spaces.
(2) 
The Zoning Hearing Board may require that the use be approved for a period of time consistent with the lease of the parking, and that a renewal of the permit shall only be approved if the parking lease is renewed.
F. 
Shared parking for industrial uses. Two or more lots used for industrial uses in the I Industrial District may share an off-street parking lot by right so long as all of the following items are satisfied:
[Added 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 5-7-12]
(1) 
The shared off-street parking lot and all other off-street parking lots used by the lots provide in total at least the minimum parking spaces required for all uses on the lots under the Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said table is included at the end of this chapter.
(2) 
The entire shared off-street parking lot is within 250 feet of the closest property line of the lot(s) being served by the shared parking lot that are under separate ownership than the lot(s) upon which the shared off-street parking lot is located.
(3) 
Those property owners using the shared off-street parking lot are bound by a written parking lease/license agreement, and a fully-executed copy of the lease/license agreement, or a memorandum thereof, has been provided to the Borough.
A. 
General requirements.
(1) 
Backing onto a street. 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 driveway that enters onto a local street or parking court. Parking spaces may back onto an alley.
(2) 
Every required parking space 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, unless specifically permitted otherwise.
(3) 
Parking areas shall not be within a required buffer yard or street right-of-way.
(4) 
Separation from street. Except for parking spaces immediately in front of individual dwellings, all areas for off-street parking, off-street loading and unloading and the storage or movement of motor vehicles shall be physically separated from the street by a continuous grass or landscaped planting strip, except for necessary and approved vehicle entrances and exits to the lot.
(5) 
Stacking and obstructions. Each lot shall provide adequate area upon the lot to prevent backup of vehicles on a public street while awaiting entry to the lot, or while waiting for service at a drive-through facility.
B. 
Size and marking of parking spaces.
(1) 
Each parking space shall be a rectangle with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 18 feet, except the minimum sized rectangle shall be eight feet by 22 feet for parallel parking, and except where a larger space is required by Subsection C.
(2) 
For handicapped spaces, see Subsection G below.
(3) 
All spaces shall be marked to indicate their location, except those of a one- or two-family dwelling.
C. 
Aisles. Parking spaces and aisles shall be designed and built in conformance with the following:
Angle of Parking
Parking Space Minimum Width
(feet)
Parking Space Minimum Depth
(feet)
Aisle Width: One-Way Traffic
(feet)
Aisle Width: Two-Way Traffic
(feet)
90°
9
18
20
22
55° to 89°
10
22
18
22
35° to 54°
10
21
15
20
1° to 34°
10
19
12
20
Parallel
8
22
12
20
D. 
Accessways and driveways.
(1) 
Width of driveway at entrance onto a public street, at the edge of the cartway. (NOTE: This standard may be revised where the State Department of Transportation requires a different standard is required by PennDOT for an entrance to a state road, or where the applicant demonstrates to the Zoning Officer that a wider width is needed for truck access.)
One-Way Use
(feet)
Two-Way Use
(feet)
Minimum
12
22
Maximum
20
30
(2) 
Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain uninterrupted parallel drainage along a public street at the point of driveway entry. The Borough may require an applicant to install an appropriate type and size of pipe at a driveway crossing.
E. 
Paving, grading and drainage.
(1) 
Parking and loading facilities, including driveways, shall be graded and adequately drained to prevent erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining properties.
(2) 
Except for landscaped areas, all portions of required parking areas for commercial, industrial, multifamily and institutional uses involving four or more spaces, off-street loading facilities and driveways serving such uses shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, paving block, or other low-dust materials preapproved by the Borough. Driveways limited to use by emergency vehicles are not required to be paved, provided the Fire Company approves the proposed surface. Driveways and parking that serve public uses, public recreation areas and other types of dwellings are not required to be paved.
(a) 
However, by special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may allow parking areas with low or seasonal usage to be maintained in stone, grass or other suitable surfaces. For example, the Board may allow parking spaces to be grass, while major aisles are covered by stone.
(b) 
If the design and materials are found to be acceptable, in writing, by the Borough Engineer, portions of parking areas may be covered with a low-dust porous parking surface that is designed to promote groundwater recharge. This might include porous asphalt or pervious concrete placed over open graded gravel and crushed stone. Porous parking surfaces shall not be allowed in areas routinely used by heavy trucks.
F. 
Lighting of parking areas. See § 285-43, Exterior lighting, in Article VI.
G. 
Parking for persons with disabilities/handicapped parking.
(1) 
Number of spaces. See requirements under the Federal Americans With Disabilities Act[1] for parking for persons with disabilities. The following is a summary of some of the relevant requirements in effect as of the enactment of this chapter:
Total Number of Parking Spaces on Lot
Required Minimum Number/Percent of ADA-Accessible Parking Spaces
1 to 25
1 van-accessible
26 to 50
2, 1 of which must be van-accessible
51 to 75
3, 1 of which must be van-accessible
76 to 100
4, 1 of which must be van-accessible
101 to 150
5, 1 of which must be van-accessible
151 to 200
6, 1 of which must be van-accessible
201 to 300
7, 1 of which must be van-accessible
301 to 400
8, 1 of which must be van-accessible
401 to 500
9, 2 of which must be van-accessible
501 to 1,000
2% of total number of spaces, 1/8 of which must be van-accessible
1,001 or more
20, plus 1% of spaces for each 100 over 1,000 spaces, 1/8 of which must be van-accessible
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
(2) 
Location. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located where they would result in the shortest reasonable accessible distance to a handicapped-accessible building entrance. Curb cuts shall be provided as needed to provide access from the handicapped spaces.
(3) 
Minimum size and slope. See requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act regulations.
(4) 
Marking. All required handicapped spaces shall be well-marked in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Such signs and/or markings shall be maintained over time.
(5) 
Paving. Handicapped parking spaces and adjacent areas needed to access them with a wheelchair shall be covered with a smooth surface that is usable with a wheelchair.
H. 
Paved area setbacks (including off-street parking setbacks).
(1) 
Intent: to ensure that parked or moving vehicles within a lot do not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic; to aid in stormwater management along streets; and to prevent vehicles from entering or exiting a lot other than at approved driveways.
(2) 
Any new or expanded vehicle parking or vehicle storage area serving a principal nonresidential use shall be separated from a public street by a planting strip. The planting strip shall have a minimum width of 10 feet and be maintained in grass or other attractive vegetative ground cover. The planting strip may be on one or both sides of any sidewalk, provided the planting width totals 10 feet. This ten-foot width shall be increased to 20 feet for a lot including 20 or more parking spaces that are visible from the street.
(a) 
The planting strip shall not include heights or locations of plants that would obstruct safe sight distances, but may include deciduous trees that allow motorists to maintain views under the leaf canopy.
(b) 
The planting strip may be placed inward from the shoulder of an uncurbed street or inward from the curb of a curbed street. The planting strip may overlap the street right-of-way, provided it does not conflict with PennDOT requirements, and provided that the Borough and PennDOT, as applicable, maintain the right to replace planting areas within the right-of-way with future street improvements.
(c) 
Approximately perpendicular driveway crossings may be placed within the planting strip. Mostly vegetative stormwater channels may be placed within the planting strip.
(d) 
The following shall be prohibited within the planting strip:
[1] 
Paving, except as allowed by Subsection H(2)(c) above, and except for street widenings that may occur after the development is completed;
[2] 
Fences; and
[3] 
Parking, storage or display of vehicles or manufactured homes or items for sale or rent or junk.
(e) 
Where feasible, where a sidewalk is not installed, this setback should include an unobstructed, generally level width running parallel to a street that is suitable for a person to walk.
(3) 
See landscaping requirements in §§ 285-63 and 285-64.
A. 
Each use shall provide off-street loading facilities which meet the requirements of this section sufficient to accommodate the maximum demand generated by the use and the maximum size vehicle, in a manner that will not routinely obstruct traffic on a public street and traffic entering and exiting the lot. If no other reasonable alternative is feasible, traffic may be obstructed for occasional loading and unloading along an alley, provided traffic has the ability to use another method of access.
B. 
At the time of review under this chapter, the applicant shall provide evidence to the Zoning Officer on whether the use will have sufficient numbers and sizes of loading facilities. The Planning Commission and/or Borough Council may provide advice to the Zoning Officer on this matter as part of any plan review by such boards. For the purposes of this section, the words "loading" and "unloading" are used interchangeably.
C. 
Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall not intrude into approved buffer areas and landscaped areas.
A. 
Fire lanes shall be provided where required by state or federal regulations or other local ordinances.
B. 
Access shall be also provided so that fire equipment can reach all sides of principal nonresidential buildings and multifamily/apartment buildings. This access shall be able to support a loaded fire pumper truck, but shall not necessarily be paved.
C. 
The specific locations of fire lanes and fire equipment access are subject to approval by the Borough, after review by local fire officials.