Any of the following buildings hereafter erected and any building
hereafter converted into one of the following buildings and any open
area hereafter used for commercial purposes shall be provided with
not less than the minimum number of parking spaces as set forth below.
These spaces shall be readily accessible to, and within a reasonable
distance from, the buildings to be served. Parking spaces shall be
on the same lot as the principal building or open area, except when
otherwise authorized in conformity with the following regulations:
A. The required parking spaces shall be situated within 200 feet of
the principal building or open area in question except in the case
of apartments consisting of three or more units where the distance
may be extended to four 400 feet upon approval of the Planning Commission.
B. Off-street parking shall be provided as follows:
(1) Dwellings: two parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
(2) Apartments: off-street parking for apartments shall be provided at
the following rates.
Number of Bedrooms/Apartments
|
Parking Spaces per Apartment Unit
|
---|
0 bedroom
|
1.00
|
1 bedroom
|
1.25
|
2 bedroom
|
2.00
|
3 bedroom
|
2.00
|
4 bedroom
|
2.00
|
(3) Rooming houses, hotels, motels, guest houses and lodging houses:
at least one parking space for each guest room, plus one additional
space for every two full-time employees. If a restaurant in connection
with the above is open to the public, the off-street parking facilities
shall be not less than those required for restaurants, in addition
to those required for guest rooms.
(4) Theaters, auditoriums, churches, schools, stadiums, or any other
place of public or private assembly: at least one parking space for
each three seats provided for public or private assembly.
(5) Retail stores: at least one parking space for each 300 square feet
of public floor area, plus one space for each 1.5 employees.
(6) Food markets and grocery stores: one parking space per 100 square
feet of public floor area.
(7) Restaurants and bars: at least one parking space for each two customer
seats, plus one additional space for every two full-time employees.
(8) Barber shop, beauty shop and hair styling shop: 2.5 parking stalls
for each chair.
(9) Office buildings: at least one parking space for each 200 square
feet of net leasable floor area, or fraction thereof.
(10)
Shopping centers: not less than three square feet of automobile
parking space, exclusive of driveways, and pedestrian walks shall
be provided for each square foot of gross floor area, except that
in planned commercial developments comprised of combination office
and commercial uses with a gross floor area.
(11)
Industrial or wholesale establishments: at least one parking
space for each two employees per shift.
(12)
Major garages or automobile service stations: at least two parking
spaces for each service bay, plus one parking space per pump.
(13)
Hospitals and sanitariums: parking space shall be provided for
visitors at the rate of at least one parking space for each three
accommodations (beds) for patients. Such spaces shall be in addition
to those necessary for doctors and other administrative personnel.
(14)
Nursing or convalescent home: one parking stall per each three
beds, plus one parking stall for each three full-time employees.
(15)
Takeout and delivery uses: where no seating on premises, at
least one parking space for each 50 square feet of public floor area,
plus one space for each two employees on largest shift.
(16)
Open areas used for commercial purposes: at least one parking
space for each 1,500 square feet of area, or fraction thereof.
(17)
Dance halls, roller rinks, clubs, lodges and other similar places:
at least one parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area.
(18)
Mortuaries, funeral homes and undertaking establishments: at
least one parking space for each four seats for public use. Such space
shall be in addition to:
(a)
Employee parking needs; and
(b)
Service area for mobile equipment, such as hearses and ambulances.
(19)
Swimming pools: where a swimming pool is the principal use,
at least one parking space for each four persons based upon the designed
capacity of the pool.
(20)
Home occupations: in addition to the spaces required for each
dwelling unit, not less than the following:
(a)
Clergymen: two client spaces.
(b)
Architect, landscape architect, engineer, accountant and attorney:
two client spaces.
(c)
Physician and dentist: three client spaces.
(d)
Realtor, insurance agent: three client spaces.
(e)
Instruction/crafts: three client spaces.
(f)
Dressmaker, milliner, etc.: two client spaces.
(21)
In addition to all of the above minimum requirements, additional
spaces for visitor parking and salesmen shall be provided to the specific
requirements of each use.
(22)
No part of the public right-of-way of any street or road shall
be used in computing the required area for parking, however, parallel
parking may be permitted along the curb or edge of an access drive
or private road, providing the spaces are not less than eight feet
by 20 feet in addition to the required width for the circulation of
vehicles.
(23)
All off-street parking facilities with a capacity for five or
more vehicles must conform to the following standards:
(a)
Parking facilities must be set back from street right-of-way
lines by at least eight feet.
(b)
A minimum of six feet of this setback area shall be developed
into a buffer area consisting of a planting strip on which shall be
located hedge, evergreens of other suitable shrubbery, so arranged
as to minimize noise, glare, and dust emanating from the parking area.
The design of said parking area and type of plants shall be approved
by the Montgomery Borough Council.
(c)
Entrances and exits should be located at least 50 feet away
from nearby street intersections.
(24)
For other uses not enumerated, the parking requirements shall
be established by the Borough Council.
The governing body may authorize, after review by the Planning
Commission, a modification, reduction or waiver of the foregoing requirements,
if it should find that in the particular case appealed the peculiar
nature of the use, or the exceptional situation or condition can justify
such action.
Parking and loading areas for more than 10 vehicles, with driveways,
shall be paved with bituminous or concrete material approved by the
Codes Enforcement Officer, graded to dispose of all surface water,
and shall be maintained in good condition at all times.
Where parking areas abut the right-of-way line or property line
the parking area shall be provided with concrete wheel stops, metal
guard fence or other material as approved by the Montgomery Planning
Commission so that parked vehicles do not overhang any required setback.