[Ord. 843, 6/19/2007, § 601]
1.
Overall Requirements.
A.
Number of Spaces. Each use that is newly developed, enlarged, significantly
changed in type of use, or increased in number of establishments shall
provide and maintain off-street parking spaces in accordance with
Table 27-6.1 and the regulations of this Part.
B.
Uses Not Listed. Uses not specifically listed in Table 27-6.1 shall
comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed in Table
27-6.1, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning
Officer that an alternative standard should be used for that use.
C.
Multiple Uses. Where a proposed lot contains or includes more than
one type of use, the number of parking spaces required shall be the
sum of the parking requirements for each separate use.
D.
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Table 27-6.1 - Off-Street Parking Requirements
(See Subsection 2 below for the C-D and C-P Districts)
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Use
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Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required
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Plus 1 Off-Street Parking Space For Each:
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A.
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RESIDENTIAL USES:
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2 per dwelling unit.
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1.
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Dwelling unit, other than types listed separately in this table.
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As part of a new subdivision, if a vehicle must be moved from
one space in order to access the second space, then an additional
parking space shall be available for each dwelling unit, such as an
on-street space in front of the dwelling or an overflow parking lot.
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2.
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Single-family detached dwelling with an accessory apartment
within a neighborhood development
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A combined total of 3 spaces for the 2 dwelling units. Each
space shall be designed to allow each vehicle to be moved without
first moving another vehicle.
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3.
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Home occupation
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See § 27-403
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4.
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Housing permanently restricted to persons 62 years and older
and/or the physically handicapped
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1 per dwelling/rental unit, except 0.4 per dwelling/rental unit
if evidence is presented that the non-physically-handicapped persons
will clearly primarily be over 70 years old
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Nonresident Employee
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5.
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Boarding house
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1 per rental unit or bed for adult, whichever is greater
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Nonresident Employee
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6.
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Group home
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1 per 2 residents, unless the applicant proves the home will
be limited to persons who will not be allowed to drive a vehicle from
the property
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Employee
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B.
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INSTITUTIONAL USES:
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1.
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Place of worship or church
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1 per 5 seats in room of largest capacity.
For pews that are no individual seats, each 48 inches shall
count as one seat.
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Employee
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2.
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Hospital
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1 per 3 beds
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1.1 Employees
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3.
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Nursing home
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1 per 5 beds
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1.1 Employees
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4.
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Assisted living facility and/or retirement community
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1 per 4 beds, plus 1.5 for each individual dwelling unit
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1.1 Employees
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5.
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Day care center
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1 per 10 children, with spaces designed for safe and convenient
drop-off and pick-up
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1.1 Employees
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6.
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School, primary or secondary
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1 per 4 students aged 16 or older
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1.1 Employees
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7.
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Utility facility
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1 per vehicle routinely needed to service facility
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8.
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College or university
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1 per 1.5 students not living on campus who attend class at
peak times (plus required spaces for on-campus housing)
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1.1 Employees
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9.
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Library, community center or cultural center or museum
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1 per 5 seats (or 1 per 250 square feet of floor area accessible
to patrons and/or users if seats are not typically provided)
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1.1 Employees
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10.
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Treatment center
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1 per 2 residents aged 16 years or older plus 1 per nonresident
intended to be treated on-site at peak times
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Nonresident Employee
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11.
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Swimming pool, nonhousehold
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1 per 50 square feet of water surface, other than wading pools
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1.1 Employees
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C.
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COMMERCIAL USES:
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All commercial uses, as applicable, shall provide additional
parking or storage needed for maximum number of vehicles stored, displayed
or based at the lot at any point in time. These additional spaces
are not required to meet the stall size and parking aisle width requirements
of this chapter.
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1.
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Auto service station or repair garage
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5 per repair/service bay and 1/4 per fuel nozzle with such spaces
separated from accessways to pumps
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Employee; plus any parking needed for a convenience store under
"retail sales"
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2.
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Auto, boat, recreational vehicle or manufactured home sales
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1 per 15 vehicles, boats, RVs or homes displayed
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Employee
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3.
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Bed and breakfast use
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1 per rental unit plus the 2 per dwelling unit
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Nonresident employee
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4.
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Bowling alley
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2 per lane plus 2 per pool table
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1.1 Employees
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5.
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Car wash
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Adequate waiting and drying areas
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1.1 Employees
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6.
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Financial institution (includes bank)
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area accessible to customers,
plus "office" parking for any administrative offices
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1.1 Employees
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7.
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Funeral home
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1 per 5 seats in rooms intended to be in use at one time for
visitors, counting both permanent and temporary seating
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Employee
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8.
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Miniature golf
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1 per hole
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1.1 Employees
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9.
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Haircutting/hairstyling
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1 per customer seat used for haircutting, hair styling, hair
washing, manicuring or similar work
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1.1 Employees
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10.
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Hotel or motel
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1 per rental unit plus 1 per 4 seats in any meeting room (plus
any required by any restaurant)
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1.1 Employees
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11.
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Laundromat
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1 per 3 washing machines
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On-site Employee
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12.
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Offices or clinic, medical/dental
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5 per physician or physician's assistant and 4 per dentist
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1.1 Employees
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13.
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Offices, other than above
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1 per 300 square feet of total floor area
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14.
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Personal service use, other than haircutting/hairstyling (min.
of 2 per establishment)
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area accessible to customers
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1.1 Employees
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15.
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Indoor recreation (other than bowling alley), membership club
or exercise club
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1 per 4 persons of maximum capacity of all facilities
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1.1 Employees
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16.
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Outdoor recreation (other than uses specifically listed in this
table)
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1 per 4 persons of capacity (50% may be on grass overflow areas
with major driveways in gravel)
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1.1 Employees
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17.
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Restaurant
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1 per 4 seats, or 3 spaces for a use without customer seats.
This parking shall be calculated separately from a shopping center.
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1.1 Employees
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18.
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Retail sales (other than types separately listed and other than
a shopping center)
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area of rooms accessible to customers
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19.
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Retail sales of only furniture, lumber, carpeting, bedding or
floor covering
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1 per 800 square feet of floor area of rooms accessible to customers
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20.
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Shopping center involving 5 or more retail establishments on
a lot.
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1 per 200 square feet of leasable floor area
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21.
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Tavern or nightclub or after-hours club
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1 per 30 square feet of total floor area
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1.1 Employees
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22.
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Theater or auditorium
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1 per 4 seats, one-half of which may be met by convenient parking
shared with other business uses on the same lot that are typically
not routinely open beyond 9:00 p.m.
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1.1 Employees
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23.
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Trade/hobby school
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1 per 2 students on-site during peak use
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1.1 Employees
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24.
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Veterinarian office
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4 per veterinarian
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1.1 Employees
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E.
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INDUSTRIAL USES:
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In addition to parking or storage needed for maximum number
of vehicles stored, displayed or based at the lot at any point in
time, which spaces are not required to meet the stall size and aisle
width requirements of this chapter
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All industrial uses (including warehousing, distribution and
manufacturing)
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1 per 1.1 employee, based upon the maximum number of employees
on-site at peak period of times
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1 visitor space for every 10 managers on the site
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Self-storage development
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1 per 20 storage units
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1.1 Employees
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2.
Parking Reduction in C-D and C-P Districts.
A.
Purposes. To recognize the availability of on-street parking in the
C-D and C-P Districts, and the limited ability to provide parking
to serve existing buildings, and the potential of customers walking
to businesses in the area.
B.
The parking requirements in Table 27-6.1 shall be modified within
the C-D and C-P Districts as follows:
(1)
No off-street parking shall be required for lawful nonresidential
uses within the C-D and C-P Districts within buildings that existed
prior to the adoption of this chapter.
(3)
Optional Fee-in-Lieu of Parking.
(a)
As a special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may permit
the reduction of off-street parking requirements in the C-D and C-P
Districts if the applicant commits to pay a fee-in-lieu-of providing
a certain number of required off-street parking spaces.
(b)
For each required off-street parking space that is waived, a
fee shall be required of $2,000, unless such amount is modified by
resolution of Borough Council.
(c)
All such fees shall be paid to the Borough or an Authority authorized
by the Borough to receive such fees. All such fees shall be accounted
for separately. All such fees shall only be used for the creation
of additional on-street or off-street public parking to serve the
downtown. Such fees may also be used for the payment of debt for improvements
to increase the amount of public parking or for the acquisition of
land for public parking.
(d)
The fee shall be a one-time payment. The reduction of the required
number of parking spaces shall continue with the land over time, regardless
of ownership or use of the property.
(e)
The application shall be offered to the Borough Planning Commission
and Borough Council for any review they care to make prior to an approval
by the Zoning Hearing Board.
[Ord. 843, 6/19/2007, § 602]
1.
General. Parking spaces and accessways shall be laid out to result
in safe and orderly use, and to fully take into account all of the
following: vehicular access onto and off the site, vehicular movement
within the site, loading areas, pedestrian patterns and any drive-thru
facilities. No parking area shall cause a safety hazard or impediment
to traffic off the lot.
2.
Existing Parking.
A.
Any parking spaces serving such pre-existing structures or uses at
the time of adoption of this chapter shall not in the future be reduced
in number below the number required by this chapter.
B.
If a new principal nonresidential building is constructed on a lot,
then any existing parking on such lot that serves such building shall
be reconfigured to comply with this chapter including, but not limited
to, requirements for channelization of traffic from adjacent streets,
channelization of traffic within the lot, minimum aisle widths, paving
and landscaping.
3.
Change in Use or Expansion. A structure or use in existence at the
effective date of this chapter that expands or changes in use of an
existing principal building shall be required to provide all of the
required parking for the entire size and type of the resulting use,
except as follows:
A.
If an existing lawful use includes less parking than would be required
if the use would be newly developed, then that deficit of parking
shall be grandfathered for reuses of an existing building. For example,
an existing store might include three parking spaces and would have
been required to provide seven spaces if it was newly developed. Therefore,
there is an existing nonconforming deficit of 4 spaces. Then, if that
store is converted to an office that would need 10 spaces, the office
would need to provide a total of six spaces (10 spaces minus the pre-existing
deficit of four equals six).
B.
If a nonresidential use expands by an aggregate total maximum of
5% in the applicable measurement (such as building floor area) beyond
what existed at the time of adoption of this chapter, then no additional
parking is required. For example, if an existing building included
3,000 square feet, and a single minor addition of 150 square feet
was proposed, then additional parking would not be required. This
addition without providing new parking shall only be allowed one time
per lot.
4.
Continuing Obligation of Parking and Loading Spaces. All required
numbers of parking spaces and off-street loading spaces shall be available
as long as the use or building which the spaces serve still exist,
and such spaces shall not be reduced in number below the minimum required
by this chapter. No required parking area or off-street loading spaces
shall be used for any other use (such as storage or display of materials)
that interferes with the area's availability for parking.
5.
Location of Parking.
A.
Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or abutting
lot with the principal use served, unless the applicant proves to
the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board that a method of providing
the spaces is guaranteed to be available during all of the years the
use is in operation within 300 feet walking distance from the entrance
of the principal use being served. Such distance may be increased
to 500 feet for employee parking of a nonresidential use. A written
and signed lease shall be provided, if applicable.
(1)
The Zoning Hearing Board may require that the use be approved
for period of time consistent with the lease of the parking, and that
a renewal of the permit shall only be approved if the parking lease
is renewed.
B.
Within the C-D and C-P Districts, no new off-street surface parking
space shall be placed between a principal building and the curbline
of Penn Street or Washington Street. This requirement shall not prevent
the realignment of existing parking areas.
6.
Reduction of Parking Requirements as a Special Exception.
A.
Purposes. To minimize the amount of land covered by paving, while
making sure adequate parking is provided. To recognize that unique
circumstances may justify a reduction in parking.
B.
As a special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may authorize a
reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces required to be
provided for a use if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of
the Zoning Hearing Board that a lesser number of spaces would be sufficient.
(1)
The applicant shall provide evidence justifying the proposed
reduced number of spaces, such as studies of similar developments
during their peak hours. The applicant shall also provide relevant
data, such as numbers of employers, peak expected number of customers/visitors
and similar data.
(2)
Under this section, an applicant may prove that a reduced number
of parking spaces is justified because more than one principal use
will share the same parking. In such case, the applicant shall prove
that the parking has been designed to encourage shared use, and that
long-term agreements ensure that the parking will continue to be shared.
The amount of the reduction in parking should be determined based
upon whether the different uses have different hours of peak demand
and/or overlapping customers.
(a)
In addition, an applicant may prove that parking needs will
be reduced or that off-site parking is feasible because the applicant
agrees to make a long-term commitment to a shuttle service for residents
or employees.
(3)
Reserved Area for Additional Parking. Under this section, the
Zoning Hearing Board may require that a portion of the required parking
be met through a reservation of an area for future parking. The Board
may require the reservation for a certain number of years or an indefinite
period corresponding to the years the buildings are in use.
(a)
Such reservation shall be in a form acceptable to the Zoning
Hearing Board Solicitor that legally binds current and future owners
of the land to keep the reserved parking area in open space and then
to provide the additional parking if the Borough determines it is
necessary. A deed restriction is recommended.
(b)
If approved under this Subsection 6B(3), the applicant shall present a site plan to the Zoning Officer that shows the layout that will be used for the additional parking if the parking is required to be provided in the future. The site plan shall show that the additional parking is integrated with the overall traffic access and pedestrian access for the site, and that the additional parking will be able to meet Borough requirements.
(c)
The additional parking that is "reserved" under this subparagraph
shall be required to be kept as landscaped open area, until such time
as the Zoning Hearing Board decision may authorize the land's
release from the restriction, or until the Borough may require that
the land be developed as parking.
(d)
The Zoning Officer shall periodically review the sufficiency
of the parking that is provided. If the Zoning Officer in the future
determines that the reserved parking is needed to meet actual demand,
he/she shall provide written notice to the property owner. The property
owner shall then have one year to develop the reserved area into off-street
parking in compliance with this chapter.
[Ord. 843, 6/19/2007, § 603]
1.
General Requirements.
A.
Backing onto a Street. No parking area shall be designed to require
or encourage parked vehicles to back into a public street in order
to leave a parking space, except for a single-family or two-family
dwelling with its access onto a local street or parking court. Parking
spaces may back onto an alley.
B.
Every required parking space 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 vehicle, unless specifically
permitted otherwise.
C.
Parking areas shall not be within a required buffer yard or street
right-of-way.
D.
Separation from Street. Except for parking spaces immediately in
front of individual dwellings, all areas for off-street parking, off-street
loading and unloading and the storage or movement of motor vehicles
shall be physically separated from the street by a continuous grass
or landscaped planting strip, except for necessary and approved vehicle
entrances and exits to the lot.
E.
Stacking and Obstructions. Each lot shall provide adequate area upon
the lot to prevent back-up of vehicles on a public street while awaiting
entry to the lot, or while waiting for service at a drive-thru facility.
2.
3.
Aisles. Parking spaces and aisles shall be designed and built in
conformance with the following:
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Angle of Parking
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Parking Space Minimum Width
(feet)
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Parking Space Minimum Depth
(feet)
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Aisle Width - One Way Traffic
(feet)
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Aisle Width - Two Way Traffic
(feet)
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90°
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9
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18
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20
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22
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55° to 89°
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10
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22
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18
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22
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35° to 54°
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10
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21
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15
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20
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1° to 34°
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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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4.
Accessways and Driveways.
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A.
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Width of Driveway at Entrance onto a Public Street, at the edge
of the cartway*
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One-Way Use*
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Two-Way Use*
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Minimum
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12 feet
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22 feet
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Maximum
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20 feet
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30 feet
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*
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This standard may be revised where the State Department of Transportation
requires a different standard is required by PennDOT for an entrance
to a state road, or where the applicant demonstrates to the Zoning
Officer that a wider width is needed for truck access.
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B.
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Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain uninterrupted
parallel drainage along a public street at the point of driveway entry.
The Borough may require an applicant to install an appropriate type
and size of pipe at a driveway crossing.
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5.
Paving, Grading and Drainage.
A.
Parking and loading facilities and including driveways shall be graded
and adequately drained to prevent erosion or excessive water flow
across streets or adjoining properties.
B.
Except for landscaped areas, all portions of required parking, loading
facilities and driveways shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete,
paving block, or other low-dust materials pre-approved by the Borough.
(1)
However, by special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may
allow parking areas with low or seasonal usage to be maintained in
stone, grass or other suitable surfaces. For example, the Board may
allow parking spaces to be grass, while major aisles are covered by
stone.
(2)
If the design and material are found acceptable by the Borough
Engineer, portions of parking areas may be covered with a low-dust
porous parking surface that is designed to promote groundwater recharge.
This might include porous asphalt or pervious concrete placed over
open graded gravel and crushed stone. Porous parking surfaces shall
not be allowed in areas routinely used by heavy trucks.
(3)
Curbing should not be required in parking areas except where
absolutely necessary to control storm water runoff.
7.
Parking for Persons with Disabilities/Handicapped Parking.
A.
Number of Spaces. Any lot including four or more off-street parking
spaces shall include a minimum of one handicapped space. The following
number of handicapped spaces shall be provided, unless a different
number of spaces is officially required under the Federal Americans
with Disabilities Act:
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Total No. of Parking Spaces on the Lot
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Required Minimum No./Percent of Handicapped Parking Spaces
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4 to 15
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1
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16 to 40
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2
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41 to 65
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3
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66 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 required number of spaces
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1,001 or more
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20 plus 1% of required number of spaces over 1,000
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B.
Location. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located where they
would result in the shortest reasonable accessible distance to a handicapped
accessible building entrance. Curb cuts shall be provided as needed
to provide access from the handicapped spaces.
C.
Minimum Size. Each required handicapped parking space shall be eight
feet by 18 feet. In addition, each space shall be adjacent to a five-foot
wide access aisle. Such access aisle may be shared by two handicapped
spaces by being placed between them. However, one out of every eight
required handicapped parking spaces shall have an adjacent access
aisle of eight feet width instead of five feet.
D.
Slope. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located in areas of less
than 2% slope in any direction.
E.
Marking. All required handicapped spaces shall be well-marked by
clearly visible signs and by pavement markings. Such signs and markings
shall be maintained over time. Blue paint is recommended. The amount
of the fine for violations shall be noted on signs that are visible
to persons parking in the space.
F.
Paving. Handicapped parking spaces and adjacent areas needed to access
them with a wheelchair shall be covered with a smooth surface that
is usable with a wheelchair.
8.
Paved Area Setbacks (Including Off-Street Parking Setbacks).
A.
Intent. To ensure that parked or moving vehicles within a lot do
not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic,
to aid in storm water management along streets and to prevent vehicles
from entering or exiting a lot other than at approved driveways.
B.
Except within the C-D and C-P Districts, any new or expanded paved
area serving a principal nonresidential use shall be separated from
a public street by a planting strip. The planting strip shall have
a minimum width of five feet and be maintained in grass or other attractive
vegetative ground cover. The planting strip may be on one or both
sides of a sidewalk. This five-foot width shall be increased to 10
feet for a lot including 100 or more parking spaces.
(1)
The planting strip shall not include heights or locations of
plants that would obstruct safe sight distances, but may include deciduous
trees that motorists can view under the leaf canopy.
(2)
The planting strip may be placed inward from the shoulder of
an uncurbed street or inward from the curb of a curbed street. The
planting strip may overlap the street right-of-way, provided it does
not conflict with PennDOT requirements, and provided that the Borough
and PennDOT as applicable maintain the right to replace planting areas
within the right-of-way with future street improvements.
(3)
Borough-approved sidewalks, recreation paths and approximately
perpendicular driveway crossings may be placed within the planting
strip. Mostly vegetative stormwater channels may be placed within
the planting strip.
(5)
Where feasible, where a sidewalk is not installed, this setback
should include an unobstructed generally level width running parallel
to a street that is suitable for a person to walk.
[Ord. 843, 6/19/2007, § 604]
1.
Each use shall provide off-street loading facilities, which meet
the requirements of this section, sufficient to accommodate the maximum
demand generated by the use and the maximum size vehicle, in a manner
that will not routinely obstruct traffic on a public street and traffic
entering and exiting the lot. If no other reasonable alternative is
feasible, traffic may be obstructed for occasional loading and unloading
along an alley, provided traffic has the ability to use another method
of access.
2.
At the time of review under this chapter, the applicant shall provide
evidence to the Zoning Officer on whether the use will have sufficient
numbers and sizes of loading facilities. The Planning Commission and/or
Borough Council may provide advice to the Zoning Officer on this matter
as part of any plan review by such boards. For the purposes of this
section, the words "loading" and "unloading" are used interchangeably.
3.
Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall not intrude into
approved buffer areas and landscaped areas.
[Ord. 843, 6/19/2007, § 605]
1.
Fire lanes shall be provided where required by state or federal regulations
or other local ordinances.
2.
Access shall be also provided so that fire equipment can reach all
sides of principal nonresidential buildings and multifamily/apartment
buildings. This access shall be able to support a loaded fire pumper
truck, but shall not necessarily be paved.
3.
The specific locations of fire lanes and fire equipment access are
subject to approval by the Borough, after review by local fire officials.
