[Ord. 1112, 1/19/2010]
A.
General Requirements for Parking.
(1)
Whenever a use is new development, enlarged or changed, the additional parking required to serve such enlargement or change shall be in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Requirements for landscaping and screening shall be in accordance with Part 4.
(2)
Minimum Dimensions.
(a)
Minimum dimensions. Each parking space in a parking lot or structure shall be defined in accordance with the dimensions of § 27-802. A standard 90° space is a minimum of nine feet wide and 18 feet long. Each handicapped parking space shall be 13 feet wide by 18 feet long, including the required ADA aisle.
(b)
A parking bay, for purposes of this chapter, shall include the
area within a parking lot containing an access lane(s) and the parking
spaces to which the lane provides access. A double-loaded parking
bay denotes parking spaces on both sides of an access lane(s).
(c)
The minimum dimension, including access lane, across a double-loaded
parking bay with parking spaces at right angles to the access lane
shall be 60 feet, and for a single-loaded bay, 42 feet. Where parking
spaces form a 45° angle
with the access lane, the dimension across a double-loaded bay shall
be at least 50 feet, and across a single-loaded bay, 31 feet. Where
parking spaces form a 60° angle with the access lane, the dimension
across a double-loaded bay shall be at least 56 feet, and across a
single-loaded bay, 36 feet.
B.
Maximum Distances of Parking From Use.
(1)
Parking to serve any multifamily residential building shall
be located so that no required space is more than 200 feet from the
building such space is designed to serve.
(2)
Parking to serve any nonresidential use shall be located so
that no required space is more than 400 feet from the building or
use such space is designed to serve.
(3)
On-street parking in front of the subject lot shall be permitted
to be credited to the requirement of parking for a lot with a nonresidential
use.
(4)
Enlargement or Change of Structure or Use.
(a)
Whenever a structure or use is enlarged or changed whereby 25%
or more additional parking area is required to serve such enlargement
or change, all parking areas for the new portion of development shall
be in accordance with this Part.
(b)
Any change from a residential to commercial or industrial use
shall comply in full with the requirements of this Part.
(5)
Where a structure or lot is of mixed uses, the total parking
requirements for the various uses shall be added together to determine
the total parking required on the lot.
(6)
On a single-family lot or townhouse lot, a garage and the driveway
to it may count as required parking areas if sized appropriately to
accommodate parking. Where dwelling units and/or commercial uses share
parking and/or garage space, parking designated for one dwelling or
commercial use shall not block that designated for other dwellings
or commercial uses.
(7)
Design of parking lots.
(a)
Parking lot surfaces shall be constructed in accordance with
applicable Borough construction, subdivision and land development
and stormwater management standards and approved by the Borough Engineer.
(b)
Where interconnections between parking lots of two independent
developments are provided, a landowner and/or developer may be entitled
to one of the following incentives upon Borough Council approval:
C.
Handicapped-accessible parking space requirements. The number of
handicap-accessible parking spaces shall be in accordance with the
following table, unless otherwise defined by the Americans with Disabilities
Act or equivalent provisions. The percentage of van-accessible spaces
shall also be provided in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act or equivalent provisions.
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Table 9: Required Handicapped Spaces
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Total Parking in Lot
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Required Minimum Number of Accessible Spaces
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1 to 25
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1
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26 to 50
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2
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51 to 75
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3
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76 to 100
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4
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101 to 150
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5
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151 to 200
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6
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201 to 300
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7
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301 to 400
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8
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401 to 500
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9
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501 to 1,000
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2% of total
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1,001 and over
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20, plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000
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D.
Requirements for off-street parking. The following table outlines
the requirements for calculating minimum parking for an identified
use. Where identified in the table, the first 2,000 square feet of
said developed building/structure square footage shall not be applicable
to said calculation.
[Amended by Ord. 1131, 12/18/2012; and by Ord. 1138, 6/17/2014]
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Table 10: Parking Requirements
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Use
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Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements
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Residential Uses
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1
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Apartment, conversion
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2
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Family care facility
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1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area dedicated to
use with a minimum of 2 spaces
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3
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Family day-care home
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2 spaces
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4
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Group care facility
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1 for every 4 residents, plus 1 for each employee on peak shift
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5
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Group day-care home
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2 spaces, plus 1 space for each employee on peak shift
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6
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Life care facility, or portions thereof
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1 for every 4 residents, plus 1 for each employee on peak shift
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7
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Manufactured/mobile home park
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2 per dwelling unit
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8
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Dwelling unit, multifamily
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2 per dwelling unit
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9
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Quadplex
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2 per dwelling unit
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10
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Rooming/boardinghouse
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1 for each 2 full-time staff, plus 1 for every 2 beds
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11
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Dwelling unit, single-family detached
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2 per dwelling unit
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12
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Dwelling unit, single-family attached
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2 per dwelling unit
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13
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Dwelling unit, single-family semidetached
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2 per dwelling unit
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14
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Dwelling unit, two-family
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2 per dwelling unit
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Nonresidential Uses
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1
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Adult facility (adult bookstore, theater, cabaret)
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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2
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Agriculture activities
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Parking demand analysis required
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3
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Animal hospital/care facility
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1 per employee and 2 per exam table for offices greater than
2,000 square feet
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4
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Appliance store
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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5
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Art gallery
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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6
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Automotive dealer
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Parking demand analysis required
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7
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Automotive parts store, including tube/tire supply
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1 space per 400 square feet of showroom space, plus 1 space
for each employee
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8
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Automotive rental enterprise
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Parking demand analysis required
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9
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Automotive repair shop/service station
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2 per service bay
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10
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Banking service, with drive-through
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Parking demand analysis required
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11
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Banking service, without drive-through
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Parking demand analysis required
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12
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Bed and breakfast
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1 space for each guest room
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13
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Beer and ale wholesale distribution
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Parking demand analysis required
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14
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Billboard
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1 space per billboard
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15
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Brew pub
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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16
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Building material and garden supply store
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1 per 1,000 square feet of net lot area
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17
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Car wash
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1 for every 200 square feet of office plus 4 stacking spaces
for automatic wash; 2 stacking spaces for self-service
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18
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Cemetery
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2, plus 1 for each 2 employees
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19
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Club, BYOB
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Parking demand analysis required
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20
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Club, social
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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21
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Coin-operated laundries and cleaning
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1 space per 3 washers
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22
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Common area amenity (clubhouse)
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1 for every 4 members, plus the number of spaces required for
a low turnover restaurant is included
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23
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Communication tower
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1 space
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24
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Community garden
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N/A
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25
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Convenience store
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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26
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Financial service, other
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Parking demand analysis required
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27
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Fitness center
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1 for each 400 square feet of gross floor area
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28
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Forestry and related activity
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N/A
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29
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Fuel/energy recharge station (retail)
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1 for each employee and employer
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30
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Funeral service
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25 for the first parlor, plus 10 for each additional parlor
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31
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Furniture and home furnishing retail store
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1 space per 400 square feet of showroom space, plus 1 space
for each employee
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32
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Grocery store
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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33
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Hardware store
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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34
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Hospital/medical center
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Parking demand analysis required
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35
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Hotel
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Parking demand analysis required
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36
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Indoor commercial recreation
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2 for every 1,000 square feet
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37
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Library
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1 per 600 square feet
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38
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Lumber and construction material enterprise
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1 for every 2,000 square feet of net lot area
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39
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Manufacturing, heavy
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Parking demand analysis required
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40
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Manufacturing, light
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Parking demand analysis required
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41
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Market garden
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Parking demand analysis required
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42
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Massage therapy establishment
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1 space per table
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43
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Medical and dental laboratory/clinic
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1 space per 750 square feet of gross floor area or 1 space for
each employee on peak shift, whichever is greater
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44
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Monument sales enterprise
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1 for every 200 square feet of net flooring
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45
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Motel
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Parking demand analysis required
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46
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Municipal use, firehouse and/or emergency medical services
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1 space per peak shift employee and one space per 800 square
feet of gross floor area
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47
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Museum
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1 for every 400 square feet of public space, plus 1 for each
employee
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48
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Office, small-scale business, professional and/or medical
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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49
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Office, large-scale business, professional and/or medical
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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50
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Parking lot/structure
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N/A
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51
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Personal service enterprise
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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52
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Place of worship/place of assembly
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1 for every 8 seats in the largest meeting room
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53
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Power laundry, family and commercial
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N/A
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54
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Public park, playground and municipal recreation area
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Parking demand analysis required
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55
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Repair service shop, miscellaneous
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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56
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Research and development
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Parking demand analysis required
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58
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Restaurant with drive-in facility
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Parking demand analysis required
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59
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Restaurant without drive-in facility
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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61
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School, academic
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Parking demand analysis required
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62
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School, arts
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4 spaces per classroom
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63
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School, commercial
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1 space per employee, plus 1 space per 5 students
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64
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Social services office
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1 space for each employee
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65
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Store, retail (large-scale)
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1 for every 200 square feet of net flooring
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66
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Store, retail (small-scale)
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1 for every 200 square feet of net flooring
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67
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Tavern/bar
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1 per 500 square feet above first 2,000 square feet
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68
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Theater
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Parking demand analysis required
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69
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Tattoo establishment
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2 spaces per customer chair
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70
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Trail
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Parking demand analysis required
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71
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Utility use
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1 space for each employee on peak shift, plus 1 space per service
vehicle stored on the lot
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72
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Uses not otherwise provided for
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Parking demand analysis required
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73
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Warehouse
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1 space for each employee on peak shift or 1/2 space per 100
square feet, whichever is greater
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Accessory uses
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1
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Communication antenna
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N/A
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2
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Apartment
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2 per dwelling unit
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3
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Heliport
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2 per helipad, plus 1 per employee
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4
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Home-based business/occupation, low impact
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1 per employee
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5
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Home-based business/occupation, no impact
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1 per employee
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6
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Public recycling collection/center
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1 for every 200 square feet of net flooring
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7
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Residential-scale wind turbine
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N/A
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8
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Seasonal outdoors farmers' market
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N/A
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9
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Solar energy collection
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N/A
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E.
Parking Demand Analysis.
(1)
For all land developments located within the OT and CMM Districts,
as well as all multitenant developments located within an R District,
C-G District, or I District, the landowner and/or developer shall
prepare a parking demand analysis acceptable to the Borough Engineer.
The analysis shall be submitted to the Zoning Officer as part of the
site plan review process. Off-street parking requirements and plan
approval shall be based in part on the effectiveness of the parking
demand analysis.
(3)
A parking demand analysis shall be completed by using the following
process:
(a)
Step 1: Initial Development Program.
[1]
The landowner and/or developer shall inventory the development
program for the subject lot. The development program shall include
a listing of each land use and its subsequent square footage.
(b)
Step 2: Determine Number of Shared Parking Spaces Needed.
[1]
The landowner and/or developer shall calculate, in accordance
with the ratios presented in Table 10, the minimum quantity of parking
spaces needed for each of the uses on the subject lot.
[2]
The landowner and/or developer shall sum the total number of
parking spaces needed.
[3]
The total number of parking spaces shall be reduced by 25%.
(4)
Uses, other than residential, located within a six-hundred-foot
radius of the municipal parking lot located on the north side of Strawberry
Alley may include the spaces provided in said municipal parking lot
as a part of the off-street parking requirement. Nonresidential permitted
uses in the CMM District shall be exempt from off-street parking requirements.
[Amended by Ord. 1130, 6/5/2012]
(5)
Agreement. The landowner and/or developer shall submit a written
and notarized agreement to the Borough stating the provisions of said
shared parking strategy, applicable parties and the terms, if any,
which shall apply to ensuring the continual use and access of identified
parking spaces on the subject lot. In the event that the land use
undergoes a change of ownership or the like, the agreement shall be
updated to reflect the current landowner and/or developer of the lot.
No agreement shall be terminable by a landowner except upon cessation
of the use.
[Ord. 1112, 1/19/2010]
A.
The minimum dimensions of parking facilities to be provided shall
be as follows:
(1)
Parking lot dimensions shall be not less than those listed in
the following table:
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Table 11: Parking Dimensional Requirements
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Aisle Width
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Angle of Parking
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Stall Width
(feet)
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Stall Depth*
(feet)
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One-Way
(feet)
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Two-Way
(feet)
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90°
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9
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18
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24
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24
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60°
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10
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22
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18
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20
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45°
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10
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21
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15
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20
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30°
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10
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19
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12
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20
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Parallel
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8
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22
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12
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20
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NOTES:
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*
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Depth of stall is the perpendicular measurement from the curb
or edge of the parking lot toward the interior portion of the lot
to be occupied by the parking vehicles and not including any part
of the drive.
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(2)
All dead-end parking lots shall be designed to provide sufficient
backup area for the end stalls of the parking area.
(3)
Parking areas 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 motor vehicle.
(4)
Where more than 10 parking spaces are required, a maximum of
40% of the parking spaces may be provided for compact vehicles. Each
such compact parking space shall be not less than eight feet wide
by 17 feet long. All compact parking spaces shall be located in the
same area and be marked to indicate spaces designated for compact
parking.
B.
Setback for parking areas shall be provided as follows:
(1)
All parking spaces shall be located at least five feet from
any multifamily dwelling building, office, commercial, institutional,
industrial, and other similar nonresidential buildings located on
the lot. The five-foot corridor thus established between the parking
area and building shall be for the purpose of providing a pedestrian
access walkway.
(2)
All parking spaces shall be at least five feet from any exterior
lot line, except where buffer yards are required, in which case such
parking spaces may not encroach on the buffer yard area.
(3)
No off-street parking area shall be located within a public
right-of-way.
C.
Separation.
(1)
Except at entrance and exit driveways, parking areas shall be
physically separated from any public and/or private streets by a minimum
five-foot planting strip.
(2)
In no case shall parking areas be designed to require or encourage
cars to back into a public or private street in order to leave the
parking areas.
(3)
All paved off-street parking spaces shall be marked so as to
indicate their location.
(4)
Unless deemed unnecessary by the Borough Engineer, pedestrian
crosswalks and landscaped refuge islands to separate the parking spaces
from the exit, entrance, and circulatory driveways shall be provided
for and approved by the Borough Engineer. Such landscaped areas may
be considered as part of the vegetative coverage requirements set
forth in the applicable zoning district provisions or as provided
elsewhere in this chapter.
D.
Buffer Yards. Buffer yards and screening shall be required for parking
lots for four or more vehicles located on a lot adjacent to a residential
use and shall be provided on each side which faces a residential use.
Such buffer yard and screening shall be in accordance with buffer
yard standards set forth in Part 4.
E.
Curb radius. No less than a five-foot radius of curvature shall be
permitted for all curblines in all parking lots.
[Ord. 1112, 1/19/2010]
A.
Required Berths and Spaces.
(1)
Any nonresidential use requiring the delivery or pickup of products
or materials shall provide adequate off-street areas for the loading
and unloading of vehicles. Such areas shall be provided for as follows.
(2)
All off-street loading and unloading areas shall be provided
and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were
designed to serve.
B.
Design Standards. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed
to conform to the following specifications:
(1)
Each required berth shall be not less than 12 feet in width,
45 feet in length and 14 feet in height, exclusive of access drives
and maneuvering space, and located entirely on the lot being served.
(2)
There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley,
as well as adequate maneuvering space.
(3)
The maximum width of the driveways and sidewalk openings, measured
at the street lot line, shall be 40 feet; the minimum width shall
be 20 feet.
(4)
All accessory driveways and entranceways shall be graded, surfaced
and drained in accordance with applicable codes and ordinances of
Mechanicsburg Borough.
(5)
Maneuvering space shall be provided adjacent to the loading
area, if necessary, so that vehicles may change direction and leave
as well as enter the loading area moving in a forward direction. Public
roads, except alleys as designated by the Borough, adjacent to a loading
area shall not be used for maneuvering. Areas established for off-street
parking shall not be utilized for off-street loading or vehicle repair
work.
(6)
Where there are multiple uses within a development, shared loading
areas shall be used among as many uses as practical. Loading areas
shall be adjacent to the use or building served; except that in a
group of buildings in the same use on the same lot, one building may
be designated to receive and dispatch goods, provided that the total
applicable floor area in all buildings on the lot is aggregated in
determining the total required loading spaces.
(7)
Whenever a use is enlarged or changed, the additional loading
required to serve such enlargement or change shall be in accordance
with the requirements of this chapter.
(8)
Loading areas and adjacent maneuvering space shall be surfaced
with a permanent all-weather material placed over at least six inches
of well-compacted base course, capable of bearing the weight of vehicles
ordinarily traveling over or parking upon the surface, and shall be
sloped to assure positive drainage to an approved stormwater management
facility.
(9)
Loading areas may be lighted, but such lighting shall not create
glare conditions on adjacent residential properties or streets and
lighting shall not exceed zero footcandles at any lot line.
(a)
Access to the loading area on any lot shall be via a road or
lane at least 12 feet in width for one-way traffic or 22 feet wide
for two-way use, with a clearance of at least 14 feet six inches its
entire length. In the OT or CMM District, between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m., alleys may be permitted for loading use.
(b)
When a loading area is to occur on a lot that abuts a residential
use, the edges of such loading area between the residential zone and
the loading area uninterrupted by buildings or screening topography
shall be planted in accordance with the buffer yards defined by this
chapter. A solid fence or wall at least 6 1/2 feet in height
may be constructed in lieu of hedging as required by the buffer yard
requirements, provided that such fence or wall is maintained in good
condition.
(c)
Nothing in this section shall compel uses existing prior to
passage of this chapter to comply with these loading requirements,
except that any additions or intensifications of use upon the same
lot shall be provided with loading areas in accordance with these
requirements.
(10)
Required berths and spaces.
(a)
In addition to the off-street parking requirements set forth
herein, any building erected, converted or enlarged for any nonresidential
land use not in the OT or CMM District requiring the delivery or pickup
of products or materials shall provide adequate off-street areas for
the loading and unloading of vehicles. Such areas shall be provided
for as follows:
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Table 12: Required Loading/Unloading Spaces
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Use
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Gross Floor Area
(square feet)
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No. of Spaces
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Commercial, wholesale manufacturing, hospitals, laundry, institutional
and similar uses
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<8,000
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1
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8,000 to 40,000
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2
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> 40,000 to 100,000
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3
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>100,000 to 250,000
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4
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Each additional 200,000
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1
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Office buildings and hotels
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<100,000
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1
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100,000 to 300,000
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2
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>300,000
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3
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