A.
Overall requirements.
(1)
Number of spaces. Each use that is newly developed, enlarged, significantly
changed in type or increased in number of establishments shall provide
and maintain off-street parking spaces in accordance with the Table
of Off-Street Parking Requirements at the end of this chapter[1] and the regulations of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: This table is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(2)
Uses not listed. Uses not specifically listed in the Table of Off-Street
Parking Requirements shall comply with the requirements for the most
similar use listed in the Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements,
unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer
that an alternative standard should be used for that use.
(3)
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.
B.
Parking reduction in CBD Downtown Commercial District.
(1)
Purposes: to recognize the availability of on-street parking in the
CBD District and the limited ability to provide parking to serve existing
buildings and the potential of customers walking to businesses in
the CBD District.
(2)
The parking requirements in the Table of Off-Street Parking Requirements[2] shall be modified within the CBD District as follows:
(a)
No off-street parking shall be required for lawful nonresidential
uses within the CBD District within buildings that existed prior to
the adoption of this chapter.
(b)
Off-street parking shall be required for any additional dwelling units or any new construction of any building or any expansion of a building beyond the ten-percent waiver provided in § 270-82C(2).
(c)
Optional fee in lieu of parking.
[1]
As a special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may permit
the reduction of off-street parking requirements in the CBD District
if the applicant commits to pay a fee in lieu of providing a certain
number of required off-street parking spaces.
[2]
For each required off-street parking that is waived, a fee shall
be required of $2,000, unless such amount is modified by resolution
of Borough Council.
[3]
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.
[4]
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.
[5]
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.
[2]
Editor's Note: This table is included as an attachment to this chapter.
A.
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-through
facilities. No parking area shall cause a safety hazard or impediment
to traffic off the lot.
B.
Existing parking. Any parking spaces serving such preexisting 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.
C.
Change in use or expansion.
(1)
A structure or use in existence at the effective date of this chapter
that expands or changes the 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, then that deficit of parking shall be grandfathered for
new uses. For example, if an existing store included three parking
spaces and was required to provide seven spaces, there is a deficit
of four spaces. Therefore, 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 minus the preexisting deficit of four.
(2)
If a use expands by an aggregate total maximum of 10% 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 300 square feet was proposed, then additional
parking would not be required.
D.
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 exists,
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.
E.
Location of parking.
(1)
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 of 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.
(a)
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.
(2)
CBD District. In the CBD District, special exception approval shall
be required for three or more new off-street parking space(s) proposed
between the street curb of Main Street and an existing or proposed
principal building if such spaces would be at least partially within
50 feet of the curb. The Zoning Hearing Board shall only approve such
parking if the applicant proves that:
F.
Flexibility in parking. As a special exception, an applicant may
prove to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board that the minimum
amount of off-street parking should be modified for a specific application
because of one or more of the following characteristics:
(1)
The applicant proves that parking will be shared with another use
that will reduce the total amount of parking needed because the uses
have different peak times of parking need and that there is a legally
guaranteed method to make sure that the parking will continue to be
available during all of the years that the use is in operation; or
(2)
The applicant proves that the parking demand for a particular use
is unusually low because of some unusual and peculiar characteristic
of the use.
A.
General requirements.
(1)
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.
(2)
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, except for spaces
serving a single-family dwelling, semi-detached dwelling or townhouse
dwelling.
(3)
Parking areas shall not be within a required buffer yard or street
right-of-way.
(4)
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.
(5)
Stacking and obstructions. Each lot shall provide adequate area upon
the lot to prevent backup of vehicles on a public street while waiting
entry to the lot or while waiting for service at a drive-through facility.
B.
Size and marking of parking spaces.
(1)
Each parking space shall be a rectangle with a minimum width of 10
feet and a minimum length of 18 feet, except the minimum length shall
be 22 feet for parallel parking.
(2)
If a parking area includes 15 or more spaces, then a maximum of 20%
of the spaces may include a rectangle with a minimum width of nine
feet and a minimum length of 16 feet. Such spaces shall be clearly
marked "For Compact Cars Only" and shall not include the most desirable
spaces within the parking area.
(4)
All spaces shall be marked to indicate their location, except those
of a one- or two- family dwelling.
C.
Aisles. The following parking aisle widths shall supersede the aisle widths stated in Chapter 240, Subdivision and Land Development:
(1)
Each aisle providing for one-way traffic to access parking stalls
shall have the following minimum width:
|
Angle of Parking
|
Minimum Aisle Width
(feet)
|
|---|---|
|
Parallel or 30°
|
12
|
|
45°
|
14
|
|
60°
|
18
|
|
90°
|
24
|
(2)
Each aisle providing access to stalls for two-way traffic shall be
a minimum of 24 feet in width, except a width of 20 feet may be allowed
for parking areas with spaces that are parallel or involve an angle
of parking of 45° or less.
D.
Access drives and driveways.
(1)
Width of driveways/accessways at entrance onto a public street, at
the edge of the cartway:*
|
One-Way Use
(feet)
|
Two-Way Use
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Minimum
|
12
|
25
|
|
Maximum
|
20
|
30
|
|
*
|
Unless a different standard is required by PennDOT for an entrance
to a state road, or the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the
Zoning Officer that a wider width is needed for tractor-trailer trucks.
|
(2)
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.
E.
Paving, grading and drainage.
(1)
Parking and loading facilities, including driveways, shall be graded
and adequately drained to prevent erosion or excessive water flow
across streets or adjoining properties.
(2)
Except for landscaped areas, all portions of required parking, loading
facilities and driveways shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete
or paving block.
G.
Handicapped parking. Handicap parking spaces shall be provided in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and any
state or federal regulations adopted in accordance with the ADA.
A.
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. If a
reasonable alternative does not exist, traffic may be obstructed for
occasional loading and unloading along an alley.
B.
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.
C.
Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall not intrude into
approved buffer areas and landscaped areas.
D.
Fire lanes. Fire lanes shall be provided where required by state
or federal regulations or other local ordinances. The specific locations
of these lanes are subject to review by Borough Fire Officials.
