[Ord. 1972-10, 10/16/1972, Art. VIII, § 800; as
amended by Ord. 1973-2, 1/15/1973, §§ 8, 9; by Ord.
1976-6, 11/15/1976, § 1; by Ord. 1978-6, 5/15/1978, § 12;
by Ord. 1981-3, 7/20/1981, § 6; by Ord. 1986-8, 6/16/1986,
§ 1; by Ord. 1999-10, 6/28/1999, § 6; by Ord.
2000-6, 7/17/2000, § 1; and by Ord. 2006-3, 3/27/2006, § 1]
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and satisfactorily
maintained in accordance with the following provisions for each use
defined in § 406 which, after the effective date of this
chapter is erected, enlarged or altered for use for any of the following
purposes:
1.
Residential (Uses 1 to 6): two spaces per dwelling unit.
3.
Residential (Use 10): two spaces per three beds.
3.1.
Residential (Use 11, dwelling in combination): two
spaces per dwelling unit, plus one space for every 400 square feet
devoted to nonresidential patron use; or two spaces per dwelling unit,
plus one space for each five seats, whichever is greater.
[Added by Ord. 2017-2, 2/27/2017]
4.
Institutional, Recreational and Educational (Uses 12 through 19 and
Uses 36 and 37): 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.
5.
Institutional (Uses 20 through 22): 1 1/2 spaces for each patient
bed, not including cribs and bassinets. For Use 22, the requirements
under § 801(6) shall be met also.
6.
Office (Uses 23 through 28): one space for every 300 square feet
of gross floor area devoted to office use, except within a zoning
district designated as Central Commercial (CC) where off-street parking
shall be provided as follows: No off-street parking spaces shall be
required for the first 400 square feet of gross floor area devoted
to office use. For each additional 400 square feet, or portion thereof,
of gross floor area devoted to office use, one off-street parking
space shall be provided and maintained.
7.
Retail and Consumer Service (Uses 29 through 34): one space for every
300 square feet of gross floor area devoted to patron use or one space
for each five seats, whichever is greater, except within a zoning
district designated as Central Commercial (CC) where off-street parking
shall be provided as follows: No off-street parking spaces shall be
required for the first 400 square feet of gross floor area devoted
to patron use or the first five seats, whichever is greater. For each
additional 400 square feet, or portion thereof, of gross floor area
devoted to patron use or each five seats, whichever is greater, one
off-street parking space shall be provided and maintained.
8.
Mortuary or Funeral Home (Use 35): 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.
9.
Motel, Hotel, Tourist Home (Use 38): one space for each unit. In addition, Subsection 7 above shall be applicable for any eating place, including banquet facilities, on the premises.
10.
Automotive Service (Uses 39 through 43): one space for every 150
square feet of gross floor area plus one space for every employee.
11.
Transportation Facilities (Uses 44 through 48): 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.
12.
Communication Facilities, Supply and Sanitary Utilities (Uses 49
through 52): two off-street parking spaces at each terminal or substation
plus one space for each full-time employee.
13.
Fire Station (Use 53): 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.
14.
Industrial (Uses 55 through 59): three spaces for every five employees
on the premises at any one time. Wherever multideck or underground
parking is provided, the maximum permitted building coverage shall
be increased by 100 square feet for each berth provided underground,
50 square feet for each berth provided on a two-story aboveground
parking structure, and 25 feet for each berth provided on an additional
deck. A parking structure shall not be defined as a building when
computing building coverage.
15.
Customary Home Occupation (Use 60): one off-street parking space
in addition to spaces otherwise required.
16.
No requirements: Uses 39, 54, 61 through 67.
[Ord. 1972-10, 10/16/1972, Art. VIII, § 801; as
amended by Ord. 1981-3, 7/20/1981, § 7; by Ord. 1986-8,
6/16/1986, § 2; by Ord. 1988-10, 5/16/1988, § 1;
and by Ord. 2000-6, 7/17/2000, § 2]
1.
Existing Parking. Structures and uses in existence at the date of
adoption of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements
of this Part so long as the kind and extent of use is not changed,
provided that any existing parking facilities serving such structures
or uses shall not in the future be reduced below that which existed
at the date of adoption of this chapter.
2.
Change in Requirements. Whenever there is an alteration of a structure or a change or extension of a use which changes the parking requirements according to the standards of § 801, the total additional off-street parking required for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of that Section; provided, however, that when a change of use is proposed from Use 7, 8, 12, 20, 21 or 38 or from any residential use under Part 4 of this Chapter to any office, retail or consumer service use, including Uses 23 through 34, whereby the combined total aggregate area of the proposed use will involve more than 3,500 square feet or will involve two or more existing or proposed units or leaseholds, then the total off-street parking requirements of that Section for such proposed use shall be fully applicable thereto regardless of the nature or extent of any existing off-street parking facilities serving the existing use.
3.
Conflict with Other Uses. No parking area shall be used for any use
that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required
to serve.
4.
Continuing Character of Obligation. All required parking facilities
shall be provided and maintained as long as the use exists which the
facilities were designed to serve. Off-street parking facilities shall
not be reduced in total extent after their provision, except upon
the approval of the Zoning Hearing Board and then only after proof
that, by reason of diminuation in floor area, seating area, the number
of employees, or change in other factors controlling the regulation
of the number of parking spaces, such reduction is in conformity with
the requirements of this Part.
Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor
of particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities
to the employees or other persons whom the facilities are designed
to serve. Such facilities shall be designed and used in such a manner
as to at no time constitute a nuisance, a hazard or unreasonable impediment
to traffic.
5.
Joint Use. Two or more uses may provide for required parking in a
common parking lot if the total space provided is not less than the
sum of the spaces required for each use individually. However, the
number of spaces required in a common parking facility may be reduced
below this total by special exception under Part 11 if it can be demonstrated
to the Zoning Hearing Board that the hours or days of peak parking
needed for the uses are so different that a lower total will provide
adequately for all uses served by the facility.
6.
Fractional Spaces. Where the computation of required parking space
results in a fractional number, any fraction of the next highest number
shall be counted as "one."
7.
Location of Parking Spaces.
A.
It is recognized that adequate off-street parking facilities within
the Borough are essential to the economic viability of its business
community and the safety and convenience of its citizens. It is further
recognized that the duty to provide such facilities should fall upon
those who develop or redevelop their property, to the extent that
such facilities are required by such development or redevelopment.
B.
Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot with
the principal use served. Where this requirement cannot be met, the
Zoning Hearing Board may authorize, as a special exception, the use
of land located within 300 feet of the lot on which the principal
use is located, as a parking area for the principal use; provided,
however, that such off-lot parking shall be permitted only to the
extent that parking cannot be reasonably provided on the lot on which
the principal use is located. This special exception shall be subject
to the following conditions and standards:
(1)
No more than 30% of the required off-street parking can be provided
off lot up to a maximum of six spaces.
(2)
No land located in any RI, R2 or CR Zoning District shall be
utilized for off-lot parking purposes.
(3)
Direct pedestrian access to and from the off-lot parking area
via public accessways wherever possible.
(4)
Adequate security lighting shall be provided for all off-lot
parking areas and pedestrian accessways.
(5)
Wherever off lot parking is proposed in combination with on-lot
parking, the on-lot parking shall be reserved for customer/client
use to the greatest extent possible to satisfy the standards of § 801
of this Chapter. Signage shall be provided to direct employee and
customer/client parking.
(6)
Off-lot parking areas shall be either owned by the owner of
the principal use lot or leased by said owner for a term equivalent
to the life expectancy of the principal use or the principal use building
or 20 years, whichever is greater, or reserved by perpetual easement
in favor of the owner of the principal use lot. Any such lease shall
contain a provision that both lessor and lessee must notify the Borough
on each anniversary of the lease that the lease is still in full force
and in effect between the parties.
(7)
Upon application for special exception, proof shall be submitted,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Zoning Officer, that the
proposed off-lot parking spaces are not obligated or subject to the
use of other parties and are fully available for total utilization
by the clients, customers or employees associated with the principal
use lot.
(8)
Once established, the off-lot parking area and number of parking
spaces provided shall not be reduced, modified, abandoned or sold
separately from the principal use lot except in accordance with § 802(4)
of this Part. Any change which affects any of the conditions or standards
imposed by this Section or any other conditions imposed by the Zoning
Hearing Board in granting the special exception provided for herein
shall be immediately reported to the Zoning Officer. Any change which
results in the loss or reduction of off-lot parking permitted hereunder
shall immediately, ipso facto, require a proportionate discontinuation
of a corresponding portion of the principal use area in accordance
with § 801 of this Part.
(9)
All applications for special exception under this Section shall
be reviewed by the Doylestown Borough Planning Commission and the
Borough Engineer before consideration by the Zoning Hearing Board.
(10)
All off-lot parking areas shall comply with the requirements
of the Doylestown Borough Subdivision and Land Development Regulations
and the requirements of § 803 of this Part; provided, however,
that if a conflict exists between the provisions of this Part and
the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations, the most restrictive
provisions shall apply.
[Ord. 1972-10, 10/16/1972, Art. VIII, § 802; as
amended by Ord. 1988-10, 5/16/1988, § 2]
The design standards for all off-street parking areas on principal
use lots with a capacity of three or more vehicles and all off-lot
parking areas regardless of vehicle capacity shall be those specified
herein and in the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations; provided,
however, that if a conflict exists between the provisions of this
Part and the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations, the most
restrictive provisions shall apply.
1.
A buffer strip of a minimum of six feet from all property lines and
street lines except as specified in § 609 herein shall be
provided around all parking areas required under the provisions of
this Chapter. All such buffer areas shall be planted and maintained
in accordance with the standards and specifications of Article IV
of the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations. Where buffer
plantings are required along street frontages, these requirements
shall be in addition to the requirements for street trees as specified
in Article IV of the Subdivision and Land Development Regulations.
2.
All parking areas shall be illuminated in accordance with the standards
and specifications of Article IV of the Subdivision and Land Development
Regulations. Design of parking lot lighting shall restrict off-site
spillover light to 0.1 footcandle maximum within 10 feet of the property
lines which are located adjacent to a residential zoning district
or residential use.
3.
All parking areas and drives required under the terms of this Chapter
shall be graded, paved with a suitable all-weather surface and designed
with stormwater collection and conveyance facilities as required under
§ 611 of this Chapter and in accordance with the standards
and specifications of Article IV of the Subdivision and Land Development
Regulations.
[Ord. 1972-10, 10/16/1972, Art. VIII, § 803]
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.
1.
Every department store, freight terminal or railroad yard, hospital,
retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishment,
sanitarium, industrial plant or manufacturing establishment shall
provide off-street truck loading or unloading berths as specified
in the following table:
|
Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each
Use
|
Required Number of Berths
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Under 6,000
|
No requirement
| |
|
6,000 up to 19,999
|
1
| |
|
20,000 up to 79,999
|
2
| |
|
80,000 up to 127,999
|
3
| |
|
128,000 up to 191,999
|
4
| |
|
192,000 up to 255,999
|
5
| |
|
256,000 up to 319,999
|
6
| |
|
320,000 up to 391,999
|
7
| |
|
For each additional 72,000 square feet
|
1 additional berth
|
2.
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:
|
Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each
Use
|
Required Number of Berths
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Under 30,000
|
No requirement
| |
|
30,000 up to 44,999
|
1
| |
|
45,000 up to 119,999
|
2
| |
|
120,000 up to 197,999
|
3
| |
|
198,000 up to 290,999
|
4
| |
|
291,000 up to 389,999
|
5
|
|
Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each
Use
|
Required Number of Berths
| |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000 up to 488,999
|
6
| |
|
489,000 up to 587,999
|
7
| |
|
588,000 up to 689,999
|
8
| |
|
For each additional 105,000 Square feet
|
1 additional berth
|
[Ord. 1972-10, 10/16/1972, Art. VIII, § 804]
1.
Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to applicable
requirements of the Doylestown Borough Subdivision and Land Development
Regulations.
2.
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 Part.
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.
