[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 6.100]
1.
The provisions of this Part shall apply in all zone districts and
are intended to establish minimum standards in order to avoid congestion
in the streets, to protect property values and to promote the public
health and safety.
2.
In all districts, there shall be provided in connection with any
business, institutional, recreational, residential or other use, off-street
parking in accordance with the requirements of this Part at the time
the use is erected, enlarged or increased in capacity. When several
businesses or other uses share the same property, a common parking
area may be created, provided the total number of spaces in the common
parking area is no less than required for all uses served taken together.
No parking space required for one use shall be claimed as meeting
the needs for a second use unless the Planning Commission recommends,
after reviewing an application for shared use of a parking lot, and
the Board of Supervisors approves two uses sharing all or a part of
the same parking lot because the two have substantially different
times of parking demand.
3.
On a single-family, two-family or townhouse lot, a garage and the
access drive to it may be counted in determining the minimum number
of required parking spaces. When dwelling units share parking and/or
garage space, required parking assigned for one dwelling unit shall
not block required parking of other dwelling units.
4.
Parking to serve multiple-family buildings shall be located so that
no required space is more than 200 feet from the main entrance of
the building the parking serves. In the case of a nonresidential use,
no required space shall be more than 600 feet from the main entrance
of the building the parking serves.
5.
Nothing in this Part shall be construed to require uses existing
prior to the passage of this chapter, or passage of amendments that
change the number of required spaces or other aspects of this Part,
to comply with the requirements of this Part, except that any additions
to such uses shall provide off-street parking to accommodate the additions.
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 6.200]
1.
Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide and 18 feet
long, and shall contain at least 180 square feet.
2.
The layout of parking lots shall be made in conformance with the
current standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42
U.S.C.A. § 12101 et seq.
3.
Each parking space in a parking lot intended to serve a business,
institutional or multifamily residential use shall abut an access
aisle. No spaces shall be accessible directly from a public street
unless the street right-of-way is not more than 25 feet wide and the
depth of the parking area on private property, measured at right angles
to the street is not less than 20 feet.
4.
Parking lots shall be laid out in accordance with the following table
and diagram:
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Angle of parking
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Curb length
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Space depth
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Aisle width
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1 row 1 aisle
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2 rows 1 aisle
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3 rows 2 aisles
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4 rows 2 aisles
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Curb
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23'
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9'
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12'
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21'
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30'
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51'
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60'
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30°
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18'
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17' 4"
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11'
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28' 4"
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45'8"
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66' 4"
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83' 6"
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45°
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12' 9"
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19' 10"
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13'
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32' 10"
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52' 8"
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79"
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98' 10"
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60°
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10' 5"
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21'
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18'
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39'
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60'
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95'
|
116'
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90°
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9'
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18'
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24'
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43'
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62'
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105'
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124'
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Angle of parking-angle in degrees relative to curb
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Curb length-length of space along curb in feet
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Space depth-depth at right angles to curb in feet
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Aisle width-width of aisle providing access to spaces in feet
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1 row, 1 aisle width of 1 row of spaces plus the access aisle
that abuts them in feet
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5.
No parking spaces shall occur in the public street right-of-way if
they are required to meet minimum off-street standards, and spaces
shall be set back sufficiently on any property to allow drivers approaching
and leaving the parking lot entrance a full view in all directions
of traffic along the public street. Parking lots in residential zones
shall be set back from property lines and streets by at least six
feet with a planted buffer provided in the six-foot strip.
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 6.300]
1.
Any off-street parking or servicing area accessory to a business,
institutional or multifamily residential use shall be surfaced with
an asphaltic or cement binder pavement, graded to assure drainage
of all areas toward a stormwater sewer, and designed to meet the Township
stormwater control standards, if the parking area will cover or partly
cover an area formerly undeveloped or with a grass or vegetative surface.
2.
Parking lots shall have a non-shifting, well-choked, all-weather surface. Where lots are designed to have 20 or more spaces, they shall be paved with at least 4 1/2 inches crushed stone well-choked and rolled, topped by 1 1/2 inches asphalt wearing course. Surfaces shall slope not more than 6% in any direction or less than 1%. All stormwater falling on the paved surface shall be directed to a stormwater management system meeting the Township's requirements specified in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22].
3.
Off-street parking areas for more than 20 vehicles and off-street
servicing areas shall be screened from view by observers on adjacent
residentially zoned lots, including those directly across an intervening
street. Screening may be a fence or hedging or a combination of each
across the full width of the edge of the lot abutting the residential
lot or street. A fence may be masonry, wood or metal, but shall be
completely opaque, with any decorative side facing toward the abutting
property or street.
4.
Lighting of parking lots and truck servicing areas is optional, but
if lighting is used, it shall be the cut-off lumenaire type, allowing
minimum light trespass into the sky and mounted no more than 35 feet
off the pavement below. Lighting shall be focused so that little or
no light shines on surfaces not in the parking lot or servicing areas
or access driveways. Globes covering light sources shall be translucent.
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 6.400]
1.
Where square footage is used as a measure for the minimum number
of required parking spaces in the standards below, dimensions of buildings
shall be measured between the outside lines of walls. No deduction
shall be given for areas inside any building used for circulation,
inventory storage, shipping areas, or utility or rest rooms.
2.
Residential Uses.
A.
Single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling or townhouse: two spaces
per dwelling unit.
B.
Apartment in a multifamily building: 1 1/2 spaces per apartment.
C.
Boarding or lodging house: one space per lodging room plus resident
family spaces.
D.
Convalescent or nursing home: one space for each four beds.
E.
Retirement home: one space for each two dwelling units.
3.
Institutional Uses.
A.
Hospital: one space for each bed plus one space for each 200 square
feet of floor area in an outpatient clinic.
B.
Church and similar place of enclosed assembly: one space for each
50 square feet of floor area in the main assembly hall.
C.
School, nonresident: 1 1/2 spaces for each classroom, plus one space
for each two students projected age 17 and older.
D.
School, business or trade: two spaces for each three students and
faculty members anticipated to be on the premises at the peak period.
E.
Stadiums, sports arena and similar places of open assembly: one space
for each four seats and/or one space for each 100 square feet of assembly
space without fixed seats.
F.
Library or museum: one space for each 600 square feet of floor area.
G.
Club, lodge, or social hall: one space for each 200 square feet of
floor area in the bar, dining room, and assembly room combined.
H.
Hospital, small-format: one space for each in-patient bed and for
each emergency room bay plus one space per each 200 square feet of
floor area used for clinical laboratory services and diagnostic radiological
services.
[Added by Ord. No. 427, 4/19/2018]
I.
Urgent care centers: one space for each 200 feet of floor area in
which patients wait or are attended to.
[Added by Ord. No. 427, 4/19/2018]
4.
Recreational Uses.
A.
Theater: one space for each three seats.
B.
Dance hall: one space for each 100 square feet of floor area of room
containing dance floor.
C.
Bowling alley: six spaces for each lane.
D.
Billiard hall: two spaces for each table.
E.
Bingo hall: one space for each three persons at allowed maximum capacity.
F.
Swim club: one space for each 100 square feet of water surface in
the pool.
G.
Tennis club: two spaces for each court.
H.
Health or fitness club: one space for each 200 square feet of floor
area.
I.
Indoor amusement center: one space for each 200 square feet of floor
area.
5.
Office Uses.
A.
Medical, dental or chiropractic office or clinic: one space for each
200 square feet of floor area.
B.
Office with walk-in customer services, including banks, insurance
sales, etc.: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
C.
Office not providing customer walk-in services: one space for each
600 square feet of floor area.
6.
Retail Sales and Services.
A.
Retail sales and personal services store without drive-through facilities:
one space for each 200 square feet of floor area.
B.
Retail sales outdoors, including auto sales: one space for each 600
square feet of enclosed floor area plus one space for each 2,000 square
feet of outdoor display area.
C.
Drive-through bank, carry away food, beer distributorship or car wash: five spaces approaching the service bays plus one space for each employee on the largest shift, plus spaces for walk-in sales (see Subsection 6D).
D.
Convenience or take-out establishment: one space for each 200 square
feet of floor area.
E.
Restaurant or tavern: two spaces for each five persons who can be
seated simultaneously.
F.
Motel, hotel or bed-and-breakfast: one space for each sleeping room.
G.
Funeral home: 10 spaces for each reception parlor.
H.
Automobile service station: three spaces for each side of each service
bay plus five spaces for customer and employee use.
I.
Medical
marijuana dispensary: 1 space for every 200 square feet of gross floor
area.
[Added by Ord. 421, 5/18/2017, § I]
7.
Business and Manufacturing.
A.
Manufacturing, wholesale, warehousing or storage business, freight
terminal, or research and development facility: two spaces for each
three employees on the largest shift when company reaches peak employment
plus one space for each company vehicle normally stored on the property.
B.
Building materials sales or contractor's yard: one space for each
400 square feet of floor area in sales building, plus one space for
each 1,000 square feet of area in the materials storage area, plus
one space for each company vehicle normally stored on the property.
C.
Public utility: one space for each 400 square feet of office space
plus one space for each company vehicle normally stored on the property.
D.
Medical
marijuana grower/processor: two spaces required for each three employees
on the largest shift when the company reaches peak employment plus
one space for each company vehicle normally stored on the property.
[Added by Ord. 421, 5/18/2017, § I]
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 6.500]
1.
In connection with the development of any property for a retail sales,
manufacturing or distribution business, where the building contains
at least 5,000 square feet, or any expansion of a building so that
its floor area exceeds 5,000 square feet, there shall be provided
off-street loading or servicing areas in accordance with this section.
2.
Such servicing areas shall not contain any required off-street parking
spaces and shall not be less than 10 feet wide, by 35 feet long, by
14 feet high. Loading areas shall be adjacent to the use or building
served. Maneuvering space shall be provided adjacent to the servicing
area so that vehicles may change direction and leave as well as enter
the area moving in a forward direction.
3.
All the requirements for surfacing, lighting and screening contained in § 27-603 shall apply to servicing areas.
4.
Access to a servicing area shall be via a driveway at least 12 feet
in width for one-way traffic or 22 feet wide for two-way use, with
a clearance the entire length of at least 14 feet six inches.
5.
One servicing space shall be provided for each business containing
at least 5,000 square feet of floor area up to 25,000 square feet.
For each additional 20,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof
one additional servicing space shall be provided.
6.
Where several business buildings share the same property, servicing
may occur at one location, provided the square footage of all the
buildings is used to determine the number of servicing spaces required.
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 6.600]
1.
Any proposal to provide new parking or servicing areas or to expand
existing areas, whether a separate project, or as part of new development
or expansion of an existing development, shall be submitted to the
Zoning Officer. Proposals for single-family or two-family dwellings
are excluded.
2.
The Zoning Officer, in addition to satisfying himself that a sufficient
number of spaces of adequate dimensions are provided, shall also determine
that safe access into and out of the parking lot to the public highway
is available and that the requirements of this Part have been met.
3.
The application shall show the layout of the parking area including
each parking space, stop bars or curbing, access drives to the public
street, lighting, sidewalks, proposed grading at two-foot contour
intervals, stormwater management system (inlets, stormwater pipes
and detention facility), buildings on the property, location of servicing
areas, and description or section through the surfacing showing thickness
of construction and materials.
