[Amended 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08]
A. 
Off-street parking requirements as set forth in the Zoning Ordinance of the Borough of Somerdale, shall govern.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Part 4, Zoning, of this chapter.
B. 
Off-street parking areas should be designed to prevent the maneuvering of vehicles into or out of parking spaces or the storage of vehicles within any portion of an entrance driveway lane that is within 20 feet of the right-of-way line of the road.
C. 
Off-street parking areas should be so designed as to allow all vehicles to turn around on the site in order to prevent the necessity of any vehicle backing onto the road from such site.
D. 
No required off-street parking space, including adjacent parking areas, access lanes or maneuvering space, shall be located within the existing or proposed right-of-way of a road, including the sidewalk area.
E. 
All parking spaces shall be paved. Paved areas shall be surfaced with a hard, durable, permanent and dustless surface and provided with drainage facilities, where necessary, subject to the review and approval of the Borough Engineer.
F. 
All parking areas, drives serving parking areas and walkway areas, except for single-family dwellings, shall be adequately illuminated during operating hours; businesses may reduce this lighting to a minimum of 40% illumination for the parking area during nonbusiness hours. Adequate provisions shall also be made to shield residential uses for illumination carryover and glare from site lighting and headlights of motor vehicles.
G. 
In the case of mixed uses, the parking facilities required shall be the sum of the requirements of the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with § 162-30. Shared parking may be approved by the Planning Board when the required number of parking spaces for the development satisfied the guidelines recommended by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) in its publication entitled: "Sharing Parking," 3rd Printing, 1987, or any amended or current version thereof.
Any site plan that provides temporary stopping space or maneuvering space for vehicles of customers or patrons seeking service at a roadside business establishment such as a roadside grocery or farm produce stand, gasoline service station, drive-in bank, etc., should be so located that the stopping or maneuvering space is at least 10 feet back of the right-of-way line of a road.
A. 
The number of driveways provided from a site directly to any road shall be as follows:
(1) 
Length of site frontage of 100 feet or less, one driveway.
(2) 
Length of site frontage of more than 100 feet and up to 800 feet, two driveways.
(3) 
Length of site frontage of over 800 feet, number of driveways to be specified by the Planning Board upon receipt of advice of the Borough Engineer.
B. 
All entrance and exit driveways to a road shall be located to afford maximum safety to traffic on the road.
C. 
Any exit driveways or driveway lane shall be so designated in profile and grading and shall be so located to permit the following maximum sight distance measured in each direction along any abutting Borough, county or state road. The measurement shall be from the driver's seat of a vehicle standing on that portion of the exit driveway that is immediately outside the edge of the road traveled way.
Allowable Speed on Road
(mph)
Required Sight Distance
(feet)
25
150
30
200
35
250
40
300
45
350
50
400
D. 
Where a site occupies a corner of two intersecting roads, no driveway entrance or exit may be located within a minimum of 30 feet of the tangent of the existing or proposed curb radius of that site.
E. 
No entrance or exit driveway shall be located on the following portions of any collector or arterial road:
(1) 
On a traffic circle.
(2) 
On a ramp of an interchange.
(3) 
Within 30 feet of the beginning of any ramp or other portion of an interchange.
(4) 
On any portion of such road where the grade has been changed to incorporate an interchange.
F. 
Where two or more driveways connect a single site to any one road, a minimum clear distance of 25 feet measured along the right-of-way line shall separate the closest edges of any two such driveways.
G. 
Driveways used for two-way operation will intersect any collector or arterial road at an angle to as near 90° as site conditions will permit and in no case will the angle be less than 60°.
H. 
Driveways used by vehicles in one direction of travel (right turn only) shall not form an angle smaller than 45° with a collector or arterial road, unless acceleration and deceleration lanes are provided.
I. 
The dimensions of driveways shall be designated to adequately accommodate the volume and character of vehicles anticipated to be attracted daily onto the land development for which a site plan is prepared. The required maximum and minimum dimensions for driveways are indicated in the accompanying table. Driveways serving large volumes of daily traffic, over 25% of which is truck traffic, shall be required to utilize high to maximum dimensions. Driveways serving low daily traffic volumes or traffic, less than 25% of which is truck traffic, shall be permitted to use low to minimum dimensions.
[Amended 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08]
1-Way Operation
2-Way Operation
Lot Use
Curbline Opening
(feet)
Driveway Width
(feet)
Curbline Opening
(feet)
Driveway Width
(feet)
5- to 10-family residence
15 to 20
12 to 18
30 to 40
24 to 30
10-family and over
15 to 30
12 to 26
30 to 40
24 to 30
Commercial and industrial
24 to 50
24 to 34
24 to 50
24 to 26
Service stations
24 to 36
18 to 34
36 to 50
24 to 34
J. 
The surface of any driveway subject to Borough site plan approval shall be constructed with a permanent pavement of a type specified by standards set by the Borough Engineer. Such pavement shall extend to the paved traveled way or paved shoulder of the road, and such pavement shall extend throughout the area defined by the required driveway dimensions specified in Subsection I above.
K. 
Any vertical curve on a driveway shall be flat enough to prevent the dragging of any vehicle undercarriage. All driveway profiles and grades shall be submitted to and approved by the Borough Engineer.
L. 
Should the sidewalk be so close to the curb at a depressed curb driveway as to cause the ramp to be too steep and be likely to cause undercarriage drag, the sidewalk should be appropriately lowered to provide a suitable ramp gradient.
A. 
Where a driveway serves right-turning traffic from a parking area providing 200 or more parking spaces and/or the abutting road has a peak hour traffic volume exceeding 1,000 vehicles per hour, an acceleration lane shall be provided in accordance with A Policy of Geometric Design of Rural Highways, Copyright 1965. American Association of State Highway Officials.
B. 
Where a driveway serves as an entrance to a land development providing 50 or more parking spaces, a deceleration lane shall be provided for traffic turning right into the driveway from any collector or arterial road. The deceleration lane is to be at least 200 feet long and at least 13 feet wide measured from the abutting road curbline. A minimum forty-foot curb return radius will be used from the deceleration lane into the driveway.
A. 
Site design.
(1) 
Environmental protection. Every effort shall be made to either preserve the landscape in its natural state or to improve existing site conditions according to high standards of conservation and environmental protection and in keeping with adjacent areas. A stilling basin shall be required to a size determined by the Borough Engineer to retain the natural state of contiguous or on-site streams.
(2) 
Orientation and siting. In the case of freestanding buildings or structures and depending on individual site characteristics, consideration shall be given to positioning that provides a desirable visual composition, avoids blocking natural vistas, provides a desirable space enclosure, does not unnecessarily alter existing topography and vegetation and otherwise respects established and natural conditions and surrounding buildings and structures.
B. 
Principal or accessory building or structure design.
(1) 
Building features. In reviewing site plans, consideration shall be given to building materials, use of color and/or texture, massing, fenestration and advertising features as they will relate to site conditions and harmonize with similar elements in surrounding buildings or structures.
(2) 
Special features. Off-street parking areas, truck loading or unloading areas and appurtenant driveways and walkways shall be constructed with a permanent pavement of type specified by standards set by the Borough Engineer. These and other utility buildings or structures shall be harmoniously blended with existing site features and surrounding development through careful attention to existing topography, siting and screening techniques.
A. 
In reviewing site plans, the Planning Board shall make its approval subject to any applicable general zoning regulations, including setbacks, lot size requirements, performance standards, etc.
B. 
Any and all conditions of site plan approval shall be complied with on a continuing basis. Failure to do so shall render an issued certificate of occupancy null and void.
A. 
Each land development subject to site plan approval that abuts on an arterial or collector street shall provide a sidewalk within the road right-of-way as required by zoning, subdivision or other ordinances of the Borough.
B. 
Such sidewalk required as a condition of approval under this Part 2 shall be located in accordance with applicable ordinances and as approved by the Borough Engineer.
Each land development requiring site plan approval shall install curb and gutter (gutter will not be required except in cases where the grade of the road is less than 0.0050 and in the opinion of the Borough Engineer a drainage problem exists) along the entire property frontage of the Borough road in accordance with the standards and specifications as set forth in the Somerdale Borough Subdivision Ordinance, as amended,[1] and as approved by the Borough Engineer.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Part 3, Subdivision of Land, of this chapter.
In each land development requiring site plan approval and where curbing is installed by the developer, the developer will install paving in the area between the edge of the existing pavement and curbing along the entire property frontage of the road in accordance with the standards and specifications as set forth by the Borough Engineer.
To facilitate the safe and efficient movement of traffic into and out of a site, the Planning Board may, as a condition of the site plan approval, require the installation of specified directional, regulatory or advisory signs or pavement marking at designated locations on the site or the right-of-way. Such signs shall be of a size, color and design specified in accordance with the Uniform Manual of Traffic Control Devices.
[Amended 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08]
Each land development subject to site plan approval shall provide adequate drainage structures and stormwater management facilities in accordance with the standards set by the Borough Engineer for handling and managing stormwater that is generated on and/or through said site.
[Added 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08]
A. 
All exterior lighting fixtures shall be high pressure sodium, cut off luminaries or the equivalent. Lighting fixtures, adjacent to residential districts, shall be oriented and shielded to prevent the carryover of illumination and glare onto those districts.
B. 
A minimum illumination of one footcandle will be provided in all areas utilized by motorists and pedestrians. The lighting intensity shall not exceed 60 footcandles.
[Added 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08; amended 12-13-2000 by Ord. No. 2000:17]
Landscaping shall be provided, as approved by the Planning Board, within the site and around its perimeter to provide shade, to designate entrances, to screen parking from the street, to buffer services and utilities, to buffer adjoining residential districts and to provide aesthetic interest throughout the year.
[Added 7-8-1998 by Ord. No. 98:08]
A trash enclosure shall be provided for each commercial and industrial use. This enclosure shall be designed to handle all containers and dumpsters for solid waste and recyclable materials. The enclosure shall be located to be convenient for refuse removal and not offensive to the occupants of adjacent lands. All enclosures shall, whenever able, utilize the same material as used in the facade of the building, with the walls being painted masonry block, or, at a minimum, chain link fencing with slotted webbing to obscure the interior of the enclosure. The height of the enclosure shall be at least six feet. Gates shall be durable, self-locking. The gate shall fully obscure the view of the interior of the enclosure when closed. There shall be an eight-inch thick reinforced concrete pad as the base for the dumpsters of containers.
[Added 5-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2015:05]
All utilities such as electric, cable, telephone and/or communications cabling shall be installed below ground, wherever feasible for new projects or redevelopment projects.