[Amended 10-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04; 2-2-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-03]
All parking is required at the rear of the property. In all districts, except for commercial uses in the C-1 and C-2 Zones, 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 article 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 to be served and in the common parking area. No parking space required for one use shall be claimed as meeting the needs for a second use unless a variance is requested and the Zoning Hearing Board finds that the two uses wishing joint use of a parking area have substantially different times of parking demand. In the event that the principal structure is redeveloped, enlarged or increased in size, it shall conform to §
460-37 for the additional square footage that is added to the structure or use.
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No. 2014-04]
A. All required parking spaces and access to them shall be located on
the same lot as the use they serve except for the following off-site
options:
(1) All or part of the off-street parking required for a use within all
zones, except for the commercial C-1 and C-2 Zones, may find existing
off-street parking within 250 feet within the edge of the property.
(2) The lease binding the owner of the property containing the use and
the leased property or leased parking spaces shall be initially for
five years, but shall be reviewable and shall run with the life of
the use and be irrevocable. Such lease shall be recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds.
(3) Whenever a use relying in whole or in part upon leased off-site facilities
ceases, and the premises are devoted to a new use, the owner shall
provide the required off-street parking on his/her own property and/or
on leased property bound by a deed or irrevocable document.
(4) Parking within the C-1, C-2 and MU-1 Zones shall meet all the requirements of Subsection
A(1) through
(3), except that existing off-street parking may be found within 800 feet of the edge of the property, provided it is within the C-1, C-2 or MU-1 Zones.
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No. 2016-03]
(5) Development for private parking within the R-1 and R-2 Zones shall
not be permitted for more than five spaces on any lot within these
districts.
(6) The Borough Solicitor shall approve the form and content of any deed
or lease for off-street parking before it is recorded. Neither the
off-site parking protected by deed or lease nor the use served by
such parking shall be in operation until the deed or lease has been
recorded.
Where square footage is used as a measure for
the minimum number of required parking spaces in the standards below,
the area of corridors, rest room facilities, utility rooms and storage
or shipping and receiving areas shall not be included.
A. Residential uses.
(1) Dwelling occupied by a family related by blood, marriage
or adoption: one space per dwelling.
(2) Dwelling occupied by unrelated individuals aged 16 and over, or dormitories,
fraternities or sororities: one spaces for each two residents.
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No. 2016-03]
(3) Convalescent or nursing home: one space for each four
beds.
(4) Retirement home: one space for each two dwelling units.
(5) Group home: two spaces per dwelling unit.
(6) Boarding or lodging home: one space for each two boarders
or lodgers plus resident family spaces.
B. Institutional uses.
(1) Churches and similar places of enclosed public assembly:
one space for each 50 square feet of floor area in the main assembly
hall.
(2) Schools, nonresident: one space for each of the maximum
number of faculty members plus staff persons on the premises at any
given time.
(3) School, trade: one space for each two students plus
one space for each of the maximum number of full-time faculty persons
on the premises at any given time.
(4) Libraries and museums: one space for each 1,000 square
feet of floor area.
(5) Clubs, lodges and social halls: one space for each
100 square feet in bar area, dining room and assembly room.
C. Recreational uses.
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(1) Theaters: one space for each four seats.
(2) Dance halls: one space for each 100 square feet of floor area in
the hall.
(3) Bowling alleys: three spaces for each lane.
(4) Billiard halls: two spaces for each table.
(5) Bingo halls: one space for each four persons at maximum capacity.
(6) Swim clubs: one space for each 100 square feet of water surface in
the pool.
(7) Tennis clubs: two spaces for each court.
(8) Health or fitness clubs: one space for each 300 square feet of floor
area.
(9) Amusement center: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
D. Office uses.
(1) Medical, dental or chiropractic office or clinic: one space for each
300 square feet of floor area.
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(2) Offices with walk-in customer services, including banks, insurance
sales, etc.: one space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
(3) Offices not providing customer walk-in services: one space for each
600 square feet of floor area.
E. Retail sales and services.
(1) Retail sales and personal services stores without
drive-through facilities: one space for each 300 square feet of floor
area.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) Convenience or take-out establishment: one space for
each 300 square feet of floor area.
(5) Restaurants and taverns: one space for each 3 1/2 persons who
can be seated simultaneously.
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(6) Motels, hotels or bed-and-breakfasts: one space for
each sleeping room.
(7) Funeral home: 10 spaces for each reception parlor.
(8) Automobile service station: two spaces for each service
bay not including the bay itself plus one space approaching each pump
island.
F. Business and manufacturing.
(1) Manufacturing, wholesale, warehousing or storage business,
freight terminal, or research and development facility: two spaces
for each three employees on the largest shift, plus one space for
each company vehicle normally stored on the property.
(2) 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.
(3) Public utilities: one space for each 400 square feet
of office space, plus one space for each company vehicle normally
stored on the property.
G. The Code and Planning Directors may, when considering off-street parking needs for a use not addressed by Subsections
A through
F, make a reasonable determination based on square footage, vehicle dependence and similarity to a use for which parking standards are stated.
[Amended 2-2-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-03]
No motor vehicle or portion thereof shall be
stored outdoors unless it bears a current inspection sticker, has
a current registration and is in running order. If the vehicle is
not in running order, but the parts have been ordered for the vehicle,
it may be kept outdoors for a period not to exceed 60 days. If the
vehicle has not been repaired within 60 days and does not have a current
inspection sticker and current registration, it may be stored within
a building or can be stored in an area completely surrounded by a
solid fence not less than six feet in height.
[Added 10-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-04]
A. Optional fencing, walls and perimeter planting.
(1)
A fence or wall may be built along a property line, but all
parts of the wall or fence, including foundations, shall be on the
property of the wall or fence owner unless adjacent owners agree,
in writing, that the wall or fence may straddle the common property
line. Any hedge plantings along property lines shall be installed
entirely within the property of the owner installing the plant materials
unless adjacent owners agree, in writing, to plantings on the common
property line, in which both property owners would be responsible
for the maintenance of the hedge line. This agreement shall be made
in writing, notarized and be continued by each property owner and/or
each successor for the life of the planting. The agreement shall be
kept in a file at the Borough Planning and Code Office.
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No. 2016-03]
(2)
Fences, walls, and perimeter hedge plantings shall be no higher than eight feet above grade at any point within three feet of any rear or side property line, and no more than four feet above grade at any point within three feet of any front property line. Trees planted along, but inside, a property line are exempt from height restrictions. If any fence or wall has a finished or decorative side, such side shall face the adjacent property or street if the property is residentially zoned or the property across the street is residentially zoned. No fence, wall, or hedge shall be so high as to violate the provisions of §
460-19D(3) or to interfere with the vision of drivers backing out from a driveway.
(3)
Any retaining wall whose exposed face is over four feet high
shall be designed or approved by a registered professional engineer.
A building permit shall be required for the erection of such a wall.
(4)
Chain-link fencing shall not be used for buffering of parking
in the Borough.
B. Required fencing and perimeter planting.
(1)
Buffering by fencing or plantings shall be required wherever
a parking lot for more than five vehicles, an off-street loading area,
or a lot in a C-1, C-2, R-3, M-1 and MU-1 Zone District abuts a lot
in a residential zone district.
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No. 2016-03]
(2)
Such buffering shall be installed by the developer of the parking
lot, loading area or use in the C-1, C-2 or MU-1 Zone District on
his property and at his expense and maintained thereafter by him and
his successors in good condition. In the case of a fence, the decorative
or finished side shall face the residential zone district. No advertising
shall be placed on the fence.
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No. 2016-03]
(3)
Fences, if used, shall be no less than four feet nor more than
eight feet high. Also, such fences shall effectively screen the property
when viewed in elevation. The bottom rail shall be no more than four
inches above ground level, topography permitting, and the fence supports
shall be no more than eight feet apart. Chain-link fencing shall not
be used for buffering of parking in the Borough; instead, vinyl or
wood shall be used.
(4)
Perimeter planting, when selected instead of or in combination
with fencing, shall be placed in a strip of land not less than three
feet wide along the property line or lines abutting and/or directly
across the street from any residential zone. Any hedge materials used
shall be maintained when mature at a height of not less than four
feet or more than eight feet. Within the planting strip, the following
shall be placed for each 100 feet of strip length:
(a)
Three canopy (shade) trees selected from the Borough list titled
"Trees Suitable for Urban Street Plantings, Medium Trees (30 feet
to 45 feet).
(b)
Three understory (ornamental) trees selected from the Borough
list for small trees (under 30 feet).
(c)
Nine shrubs, such as azaleas, forsythias, rhododendrons, etc.
(d)
Any portion of a perimeter strip more or less than 100 feet
in length shall be planted proportionately.
(e)
In lieu of the plantings required by Subsection
B(4)(a),
(b) and
(c) above, evergreen trees, shrubs or hedging planted on six-foot centers may be substituted.
(f)
Canopy trees shall have a diameter of at least 2 1/2 inches
when planted, measured four feet above ground level. Understory trees
shall have a diameter of at least 1 1/2 inches four feet above
the ground. Shrubs shall be at least three feet high when planted,
while evergreens shall be at least five feet high when planted.
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No. 2014-04]
A. Large-scale residential developments.
(1)
This subsection shall apply when several buildings containing
dwelling units occupy the same lot, and assumes that nearly all such
buildings will be rectangular in shape. Large-scale residential developments
are possible as a special exception in the R-3, U-1, C-1, C-2 and
MU-1 Zone Districts.
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(2)
Parking lots on the property and access drives shall be separated
from adjacent property by a planted strip at least three feet wide.
(3)
Parking lots must be constructed at the rear of the structure.
(4)
In the MU-1 District, parking areas must maintain a minimum
distance of eight feet from any structure.
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No. 2016-03]
[Added 10-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-04]
A. Permitted projections into minimum yard areas.
(1)
Ground level projections (in accordance with §
460-21).
(a)
Paved areas, including driveways and parking areas, may extend
up to three feet from any side or rear property line. By written agreement
between neighboring property owners, filed with the Borough, paved
areas may extend to the common property line. Only a driveway, not
more than 18 feet wide, and/or a walkway may cross a front yard or
side yard abutting a street. Paved parking areas may abut a secondary
access street with a right-of-way width not more than 25 feet at the
rear of a property.
(b)
Any parking area in a residential zone district that is less than six feet from a side or rear property line shall be bordered with a planted evergreen hedge screen or fence between the edge of the paving and the adjacent property line in accordance with §
460-39.1.
(c)
In the case of a corner lot, no paved areas except driveways
and a secondary access street with a right-of-way width not more than
25 feet at the rear of the property shall extend into the minimum
yard areas abutting either street.
(d)
In the case of a corner lot, when a property cannot access parking
from the front or rear of the property, it may, with written approval
from the Planning and Zoning Department, access parking from a side
street with a right-of-way width not more than 25 feet.
(e)
Additional setbacks on lots in the C-1, C-2, and M-1 Zones abutting
any residential zone. Developers of lots in the C-1 or C-2 Zone Districts
that abut the side or rear lines of properties in a residential zone
shall set back buildings and paved areas along such common lines as
required for side or rear yard setbacks in the abutting residential
zone district.
(f)
In the MU-1 District parking areas must maintain a minimum distance
of eight feet from any structure.
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No. 2016-03]
(g)
All access to garages and parking areas in the R-1 and R-2 Zoning
Districts must be paved when crossing the front yard area.
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