A.
Off-street parking space shall be provided as further specified in this chapter and shall be furnished with necessary passageways and driveways. All such space shall be deemed to be required space on the lot on which it is situated and shall not be encroached upon or reduced in any manner. All parking areas, passageways, and driveways shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, providing proper surfacing, marking and drainage, as appropriate, all subject to the approval of the Township Engineer.
B.
None of the off-street facilities that are required in this chapter shall be required for any existing building or use, unless the building or use shall be enlarged, in which case the provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the enlarged portion of the building or use.
C.
A site plan shall be filed with the zoning permit application where off-street parking facilities are required or permitted under the provisions of this chapter in connection with the use or uses for which application is being made. A guarantee in either bond or escrow must be posted with the Township to cover costs of improvements to off-street parking as estimated by the Township Engineer.
D.
Parking areas shall be located in any yard space for nonresidential or administrative offices but shall not be located closer than 25 feet to any street line in a B-1 or B-2 Zone or 15 feet in any B-3 or A-1 Zone. Parking areas may abut side and rear yard lines except where the intended commercial or administrative offices abut residential zones or uses. In such instances, no parking shall be permitted within 10 feet of any property line. In any zone where a parking area of four or more spaces is created within or adjacent to or across the street from a residential zone, buffering shall be provided between the parking area and the property line so related to the residential area, in accordance with the standards of Article XV of this chapter.
E.
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 or leased by one or more of the collective users. This provision only applies to commercial zones.
F.
Outdoor parking.
(1)
No vehicle other than passenger automobiles shall be parked out of doors on the street except for service or delivery purposes in any residential zone, and not more than one commercial vehicle of not more than three-quarters-ton manufacturer's rated capacity may be parked in the driveway on each lot in a residential zone. No display vehicles, trailers of any type, trailer devices, cappers, towed vehicles, boats or boat trailers may be parked on any street located in a residential district except where actively engaged in loading or unloading operations. In the I-1 Zone District, trailers or trailer devices may remain for a period not exceeding 72 hours if the same are actively engaged in loading or unloading operations, or may be parked at any time, with the prior written permission of the owner of the property on which the trailer or trailer device shall be parked. No commercial vehicle of more than three-quarters of a ton manufacturer's rated capacity may be parked out of doors overnight in any zone except in the I-1 Zone.
(2)
In the B-1, B-2 and B-3 Zones, vehicles, trailers of any type, trailer devices, campers, towed vehicles, boats or boat trailers displaying advertisements shall not be located in any parking lot therein for the purpose of advertising, except for the purpose of loading or unloading or being serviced on the premises of a motor vehicle service station. [See also § 370-83C(3).]
[Added 2-24-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-3]
G.
No more than two driveways each of not less than 20 feet nor more than 30 feet in all shall be used as a means of ingress and egress for each nonresidential use, except where deviation in the number of or width of such driveway may be deemed necessary by the Planning Board because of traffic safety conditions. No driveway shall be located closer than 50 feet to the intersection of any two streets or within 10 feet of any side lot line, provided that sufficient distance will always remain for all required radii for the driveway. The distance from the driveway to the intersection shall be measured by extending the curbline of the intersecting street until it intersects the curbline, extended if necessary, of the driveway in question. In addition, there shall be a minimum distance of 20 feet between two driveways located on one frontage.
H.
All parking areas and appurtenant passageways and driveways serving commercial uses shall be illuminated adequately during the hours between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation. Whenever outdoor night illuminations are used on any property, adequate shielding shall be provided to exclude such illumination from surrounding residential properties.
I.
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 Township Engineer and located as shown on the approved site plan.
J.
In any residential district, a trailer or a boat may be parked in a side yard of the premises adjacent to the residential structure itself, if and when the following conditions are met:
(1)
The full width of the side yard, together with any existing drainage swale, could be maintained after an eight-foot-wide concrete paved area would be constructed.
(2)
The trailer or boat were parked only on the eight-foot-wide concrete paved area.
(3)
The eight-foot-wide concrete paved area referred to above is screened from any adjacent residential structure by a living fence, which shall have a minimum height of four feet.
(4)
The paved area shall not extend beyond the front or rear of the residential structure on which it is located, including any approved structural additions to that side of the structure.
(5)
The paved area shall not be permitted on the open side of any corner lot.
(6)
The eight-foot-wide concrete paved area may not be constructed or installed without obtaining a permit therefor as otherwise provided herein.
(7)
The eight-foot-wide concrete paved area shall be installed on the garage side of the residential structure only.