[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 2301]
1.
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion
in the streets. The facilities required herein shall be available
to patrons throughout the hours of operation of the particular business
or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the
term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered
parking space located off the public right-of-way.
2.
Unless determined unnecessary by the Township Engineer, parking spaces
and approaches thereto shall be paved in accordance with Township
standards. Outdoor parking spaces shall not be deemed to be part of
the open space of the lot on which it is located.
3.
A garage or carport may be located wholly or partly inside the walls
of the principal building or attached to the outer walls. If separated
from the principal building, the garage shall conform to all accessory
building requirements. The garage may be constructed under a yard,
provided that the level of such yard shall conform to the general
level of the other yards on the lot. The space above an underground
garage shall be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on
which it is located.
4.
All commercial, public, institutional and industrial uses shall provide
a minimum of one handicapped parking space or 2% of the parking spaces
required, whichever is greater, the design to be approved by the Township
Engineer.
5.
No part of any minimum front yard setback area shall be used for
parking purposes, except that in Residential Districts, the driveway
area located within the front yard setback may be used for parking
purposes, and in the Commercial Highway District, parking may be permitted
to be located no closer than 20 feet from the street right-of-way
line.
6.
The parking of any nonmotorized vehicle (including boats and trailers)
or any motorized vehicle not having a current and valid registration
and inspection certificate is prohibited within any street right-of-way.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 2302]
Any of the following facilities hereafter erected or enlarged
and any facility hereafter converted into one of the following facilities
and any open space hereafter used shall be provided with not less
than the minimum parking spaces as set forth below, together with
adequate accessways, driveways or other means of circulation and access
to and from a street.
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Off-Street Parking Space Requirements
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Uses
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Required Parking Spaces
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1.
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Automotive sales and service garages
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1 parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area devoted
to service facilities or 2 spaces for each service bay, whichever
is greater, plus 1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area devoted
to sales facilities or usage, plus 1 space for each full-time employee.
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2.
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Automobile wash
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5 for each washing machine
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3.
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Banks or professional offices other than medical offices
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1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area
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4.
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Bowling centers
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5 spaces for each lane
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5.
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Dance halls, swimming pools, roller rinks, clubs, lodges and
other similar uses
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1 space for each 100 square feet of floor area or of surface
water area in swimming pool
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6.
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Elderly housing (multifamily dwellings)
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1/2 space per dwelling unit
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7.
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Family care and group care facilities
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1 space for every 2 residents plus 1 space for each employee
in the maximum working shift
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8.
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Family day-care and group day-care homes
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1 space for each nonresident employee plus 1 space for passenger
loading/unloading per 4 nonresident children
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9.
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Food markets and convenience stores
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1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area
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10.
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Funeral homes, mortuaries
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1 parking space for each 50 square feet of floor area for use
of memorial services, viewing area, business office and products display
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11.
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Furniture or appliance stores
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1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area
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12.
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Home occupations (the following standards are for spaces in
addition to the ones required for the residence)
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A.
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Legal office
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1 space for each employed person (the resident attorney, an
associate, etc.); 2 additional spaces for clients and occasional sales
persons or consultants
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B.
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Architects and landscape architects
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1 space for the resident architect and 1 additional space for
an employee; 2 additional spaces for clients and/or other visitors
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C.
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Engineers and accountants
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1 space for the resident and 1 additional space for an employee;
2 additional spaces for clients and occasional visitors
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D.
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Physicians and dentists
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1 space for the resident and 1 additional space for the employee,
associate or other affiliated person and 3 additional spaces for patients.
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E.
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Realtors, insurance agents, offices of elected officials
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3 spaces
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F.
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Barbershops and beauty parlors
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4 spaces; if there is only 1 customer facility provided (1 barber
chair, 1 dryer, etc.), 3 spaces may be approved
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G.
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Dressmakers, milliners and others
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3 spaces
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13.
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Hospitals, nursing and convalescent homes
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1 space for every 3 beds, plus 1 space for each 2 employees
in the maximum working shift plus 1 space for each staff doctor on
the maximum working shift
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14.
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Hotels, motels, boarding and lodging/rooming houses, bed-and-breakfast
establishments
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1 space for each guest room plus 1 space for each 2 employees
in the working shift
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15.
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Industrial uses (mills, manufacturing or assembly plants, warehousing,
laboratories, etc.)
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1 space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area, plus 1 space
for each 2 employees in the maximum working shift. The total parking
area shall not be less than 25% of the floor area
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16.
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Medical centers/offices
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1 space for every 200 square feet of floor area
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17.
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Multiple dwellings
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1 1/2 spaces per dwelling unit
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18.
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Nursery schools (day-care centers)
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1 space for each employee and 1 space for passenger loading/unloading
per 4 children
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19.
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Places of public or private assembly (churches, community centers,
theaters or similar meeting and assembly uses)
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1 space for every 4 seats or 1 space for each 100 square feet
of floor area where no seats are provided
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20.
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Restaurants, tea rooms, taverns and nightclubs
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1 space for every 2 seats
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21.
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Retail stores and shops
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1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area
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22.
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Schools
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1 space per 15 students in elementary schools; 1 space per 10
students in other schools or 1 space for each 6 square feet of auditorium
space, whichever is greater (based on maximum allowable student capacity)
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23.
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Single- and two-family dwellings
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2 spaces per dwelling unit
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24.
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Utility or communication station
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1 space per vehicle normally required to service such facility
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[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 2303]
1.
Existing Parking. Buildings and uses existing on the effective date
of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this Part
so long as the type or extent of use is not changed, provided that
any parking facility now serving such structures or uses shall not
in the future be reduced below such requirements.
2.
Changes in Requirements. Whenever there is an alteration of a building
or a change or extension of a use which increases the parking requirements
according to the standards, the total additional parking required
for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance
with the requirements of that section.
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 Obligation. All required parking facilities shall be provided
and maintained so 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. Reasonable precautions are
to be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the
availability of required facilities for the employees or other persons
whom the facilities are designed to serve. They shall at no time constitute
a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
5.
Drainage, Surfacing and Maintenance.
A.
The area of parking lots, including driveways, shall be graded, surfaced
with asphalt or other suitable material and drained in accordance
with other applicable codes and ordinances enacted by the Township
and approved by the Township Engineer.
B.
Parking areas shall be kept clean and free from rubbish and debris.
C.
In all cases, such drainage, surfacing and maintenance activities
and plans shall conform to other applicable codes and ordinances enacted
by the Township.
6.
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.
7.
Computation of Spaces. Where the computation of required parking
space results in a fractional number, any fraction shall be counted
as one.
8.
Location of Spaces.
A.
Single- and two-family residential off-street parking spaces shall
be provided on the same lot or premises with the use served.
B.
Parking spaces for multiple dwelling buildings, commercial, industrial
and other nonresidential uses shall be readily accessible to the buildings
served thereby. Such spaces shall be in the same zoning district as
the principal building or open area and conform to the following regulations:
(1)
The required parking spaces shall be located within 600 feet
of the principal building or open space in question.
(2)
The applicant for a use or building permit shall submit, with
his application, an instrument duly executed and acknowledged which
subjects such parcels of land to parking uses in connection with the
principal use to which it is accessory. Upon issuance of a permit,
the Zoning Officer shall cause such instrument to be recorded in the
office of the Recorder of Deeds.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 2304]
1.
The minimum dimensions of parking facilities to be provided shall
be as follows:
A.
In all districts, parking spaces per vehicle shall be not less than
nine feet wide and 18 feet long.
B.
Parking lot dimensions shall be not less than those listed in the
following table:
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Angle of Parking
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Parking Stall Width
(feet)
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Parking Stall Depth1
(feet)
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Aisle Width
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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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1
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Depth of stall is the perpendicular measurement from 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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C.
All dead-end parking lots shall be designed to provide sufficient
backup area for the end stalls of the parking area.
D.
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.
E.
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.
2.
Setback for parking areas shall be provided as follows:
A.
All parking spaces and access drives shall be located at least five
feet from any multiple 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.
B.
All parking spaces and access drives shall be at least five feet from any side or rear lot line, except where buffer yards or screen planting are required in which case the standards set forth in § 27-2008F, herein, shall apply.
C.
No off-street parking area shall be located within a public right-of-way.
3.
Separation.
A.
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.
B.
All paved off-street parking spaces shall be marked so as to indicate
their location.
C.
Unless deemed unnecessary by the Township, pedestrian crosswalks
and landscaped refuge islands to separate the parking spaces from
the exit, entrance and circulatory drives shall be provided for and
approved by the Township 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.
4.
Curb Radius. No less than a five-foot radius of curvature shall be
permitted for all curb lines in all parking lots.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 2305]
1.
Required Berths and Spaces.
A.
In addition to the off-street parking requirements set forth herein,
any building erected, converted or enlarged for commercial, office,
manufacturing, institutional, hospital or other similar uses 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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Use/Gross Area
(square feet)
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Number of Spaces
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Commercial, wholesale manufacturing, hospitals, laundry, institutional
and similar uses
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Under 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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Over 40,000 to 100,000
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3
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Over 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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Under 100,000
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1
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Over 100,000 to 300,000
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2
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Over 300,000
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3
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B.
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.
2.
Design Standards. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed
to conform to the following specifications:
A.
Each required berth shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 45 feet
in length and 14 feet in height, exclusive of drives and maneuvering
space and located entirely on the lot being served.
B.
There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley,
as well as adequate maneuvering space.
C.
All accessory driveways and entrance ways shall be graded, surfaced
and drained in accordance applicable codes and ordinances of the Township.
