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Borough of Liberty, PA
Allegheny County
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[Ord. 206, 4/15/1957, § 17]
1. 
There shall be provided, at the time of the erection of any main structure or at the time any main structure is enlarged or increased in capacity, minimum off-street automobile parking space, including required number of parking stalls plus adequate provision of ingress, egress. Such provisions shall be made in all districts for each separate use, as follows:
Use
Number of Parking Stalls Required
Dwelling
One parking stall for each dwelling unit
Apartment or Multiple Dwelling
One parking stall for each dwelling unit
Church, Cathedral or Temple
One parking stall for every 10 seats provided in the sanctuary
Day Nursery; Kindergarten; Institutional Home
One parking stall for every Institutional Home 5 employees engaged at any one time
Funeral Home or Mortuary
Four parking stalls for each chapel
General Auditorium; Theater; Stadium; and other similar place of assembly other than High School Athletic Field
One parking stall for every five seats provided
Hospital (other than animal hospital)
One parking stall for each 600 square feet of floor area.
Hotel; Rooming House; Boarding House; Fraternity or Sorority; Nurses Home when located other than on same zoning lot or tract with a hospital or sanitarium
One parking stall for each dwelling unit; and 1 parking stall for every 2 guest rooms or suites for the first 20, and 1 for every 4 guest rooms or suites in excess of 20
Educational or Philanthropic or Religious Institution; Library; Museum; Community Club; Research Building; Art Gallery; Clinic; Medical Center Group Building
One parking stall for every 800 square feet of floor area.
Swimming Pool exceeding 5,000 square feet of water surface
One parking stall for every 125 square feet of water surface
Retail Store, primarily for the sale of food, with over 10,000 square feet of floor area, and self-service facilities, and more than four check out booths
One parking stall for every 1,000 square feet of floor area over 2,400 square feet
Restaurant and/or Bar, Skating Rink, Dance or Assembly Hall
One parking stall for every 125 square feet of floor area over 2,400 square feet
Retail Business (other than specified above)
One parking stall for every 260 square feet of floor area over 2,400 square feet
Bowling Alley
Four parking stalls for each alley
Bank; Professional or Business Office
One parking stall for every 500 square feet of floor area over 2,400 square feet
Wholesale Business
One parking stall for every 1,000 square feet of floor area over 2,400 square feet
Automobile Sales Establishment, Flower or Plant Nursery, Landscape Gardener's Business
One parking stall for every 1,000 square feet of business lot area
Telephone Exchange Building
One parking stall for every 2,000 square feet of floor area (exclusive of the basement) used to house telephone equipment; plus 1 parking stall for every 300 square feet of floor area used for public business facilities
Any use permitted in a Commercial District, other than:
1 parking stall for every 5 of the total number of employees engaged during daylight shift (or "turn") of plant or business operation station
a.
Those with requirements specifically listed above
b.
Automobile and gasoline service
c.
Automobile repair shop
d.
Community garage
e.
Major garage
f.
Mass transportation company shelter or comfort station
g.
Park
h.
Playground
i.
Public utility structure
j.
Storage warehouse
k.
Temporary building
Any use permitted in an Industrial District, other than:
One parking stall for every 5 of the total number of employees engaged during the daylight shift (or "turn") of plant or business operation
a.
Those with requirements specifically listed above
b.
Temporary building
2. 
Wherever the unit of measurement (number of dwelling units or seats, or square foot area, or number of employees, etc.) is any fraction of the unit number specified in relation to the number of parking stalls to be provided, said fraction shall be considered as being the next unit number, for example a church sanctuary or school auditorium of more than 10 but less than 21 seats shall be required to provide two parking stalls.
3. 
For the purpose of this chapter, "floor area" in the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses shall mean the gross floor area used or intended to be used for service to the people as customers, patrons, clients or patients, or as tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise.
4. 
It shall not mean floors or parts of floors used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as the storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, for show windows, or for offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings when these areas are in separate rooms from the main use of the building. Floors or parts of floors used principally for toilet or rest rooms or for utilities or for fitting rooms, dressing rooms and alteration rooms shall also be excluded from the definition of "floor area" for the purpose of this chapter.
5. 
In stadia, sports arenas, churches, and other places of assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each 20 inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining requirements for automobile parking facilities under this chapter.
[Ord. 206, 4/15/1957, § 18]
1. 
Automobile parking space as required in § 27-701 above may be provided according to district and facility as follows:
A. 
In "A" Residence Districts. In a minor garage or minor parking area, or when the parking spaces required herein cannot be accommodated on the same zoning lot with the main structure, may be provided in a community garage or community parking area located as otherwise prescribed in this chapter and not more than 1,000 feet from the use it is proposed to serve.
B. 
In the Commercial or Industrial Districts. In a minor garage or minor parking area, or in a community garage or community parking area or major garage or major parking area located as otherwise prescribed in this chapter and not more than 1,000 feet from the use it is proposed to serve.
[Ord. 206, 4/15/1957, § 19]
1. 
Automobile parking space and facilities may be located as follows and shall conform with the regulations applicable in the district in which they are located except as otherwise prescribed herein.
A. 
In any district:
(1) 
Attached Minor Garage. In or attached to the main structure and subject to the same yard regulations, except that when in an "A" Residence District, if unenclosed, no portion of such garage shall be within five feet of any lot line.
(2) 
Detached Enclosed Minor Garage. Within the buildable area of the lot and not closer to the main building than eight feet.
B. 
In any district:
(1) 
Detached Unenclosed Minor Garage (Sometimes Called Carport) or Minor Parking Area. Within the buildable area of the lot and when in an "A" Residence, not closer to a lot line than five feet.
(2) 
Community Garage. Permitted as a use exception subject to the following provisions:
(a) 
The garage shall be limited in use, according to district location as follows:
1) 
When in an "A" Residence District, used exclusively by residents of the neighborhood for the parking of noncommercial automobiles.
2) 
When in a Commercial or Industrial District used exclusively by persons engaged in conduct of establishments in the immediate vicinity of its location, or those for whom such establishments are conducted.
(b) 
The garage shall be located within the buildable area of the lot, when in an "A" Residence District, not closer to a street than 25 feet.
(c) 
A permit shall not issue unless there are filed with the application for permit, the written consents of the owners, in interest according to lot area and number, of 60% of all the property in an "A" Residence District within 200 feet of the proposed structure and not separated therefrom by more than one street 40 feet or more in width. In computing the percentage of consents required under this provision, so much property as is already used for community garages or community parking areas or major garages or major parking areas shall be counted as consenting. Property owned by the applicant and any property containing a nonconforming use shall not be included in such consent area.
(3) 
Community Parking Area. Permitted as a use exception subject to the following provisions:
(a) 
The parking area shall be limited in use, according to district location as follows:
1) 
When in any "A" Residence District, used exclusively by residents of the neighborhood for the parking of noncommercial automobiles.
2) 
When in a Commercial or Industrial District used exclusively by persons engaged in conduct of establishments in the immediate vicinity of its location, or those for whom such establishments are conducted.
(b) 
The paved area for parking shall be located within the buildable area of the lot, and when in an "A" Residence District, no closer to a lot line not abutting a street, than five feet.
(c) 
The paved area for parking shall extend not nearer than 20 feet to an intersecting or intercepting street.
(d) 
Ingress and egress between the parking area and the adjoining street shall have the approval of the Planning Commission.
(e) 
The parking area shall be improved as prescribed in § 27-705.
(f) 
A permit shall not issue unless:
1) 
The parking area is on a zoning lot designated as a community parking area in a plan of land subdivision approved by the Planning Commission.
2) 
There are filed with the application for permit, the written consents of the owners, in interest according to lot area and number, of 60% of all property in an "A" Residence District within 200 feet of the proposed parking area and not separated therefrom by more than one street 40 feet or more in width. In computing the percentage of consents required under this provision, so much property as is already used for community garages or community parking areas or major garages or major parking areas shall be counted as consenting. Property owned by the applicant and any property containing a nonconforming use shall not be included in such consent area.
(4) 
Major Parking Area. Permitted as a use exception when in any district subject to the following provisions:
(a) 
The paved area for parking shall be located within the buildable area of the lot, but no closer to a lot line not abutting a street than five feet.
(b) 
The paved area for parking shall extend not nearer than 20 feet to an intersecting or intercepting street.
(c) 
Ingress and egress between the parking area and the adjoining street shall have the approval of the Planning Commission.
(d) 
The parking shall be improved as prescribed in § 27-705.
(5) 
Minor Parking Area. Located in any yard or yards abutting a street — permitted as an area exception in any district subject to the following provisions:
(a) 
The parking bay shall not extend nearer than 20 feet to an intersecting or intercepting street.
(b) 
Ingress and egress between the parking area and the adjoining street shall have the approval of the Planning Commission.
(c) 
The parking area shall be improved as prescribed in § 27-705.
[Ord. 206, 4/15/1957, § 20]
1. 
In all "A" Residence Districts there shall be not less than one stall per dwelling unit for passenger automobiles. Additional parking stalls may be provided for each dwelling but in no event to be more than two parking stalls for any one dwelling. Not more than two parking stalls per dwelling unit may be rented to persons who are not occupants of such zoning lot, whether or not any additional stalls above the required number are provided.
2. 
A garage located in a separate building, if on a corner lot, shall be so located that no wall of the garage shall be nearer the street line than the side line of the main building, and also it shall be as far from the street as the line fixed by this chapter for building on adjoining lots or as near thereto as the width of the lot will permit. In the case of a through lot, no wall of the garage shall be nearer to the rear frontage than the line fixed by this chapter for building on adjoining lots.
3. 
A minor garage may be located either (A) in a building whose front line is not nearer to the front lot line than the rear line of the house excepting as hereinafter provided for in supplementary regulations; provided, however, that a garage may be constructed in a terrace in front of the rear line of the lot and the whole of said garage, excepting the front, shall be entirely within the existing surface of the terrace, provided that the floor of any terrace garage hereby permitted shall not be more than six inches lower than the level of the curb along the street in front of such garage, determined according to the same regulations governing height of buildings in this chapter, and that such terrace garage must not occupy more than one-half of the width of the front of the lot, or (B) in a suitable room within and forming an integral part of the dwelling in which case no part shall project beyond the building lines herein fixed by this chapter for the dwelling proper. Such garage may be erected on the same lot as the dwelling, or may be erected on an immediately adjoining lot if both lots are under the same ownership.
[Ord. 206, 4/15/1957, § 21]
1. 
Every parcel of land hereafter used (A) as a major parking area, or (B) as an automobile and trailer sales area, or (C) as a community parking area, or (D) as a minor parking area serving other than a one-family dwelling or a two-family dwelling, shall be developed as follows:
A. 
Such parking or sales area shall be paved with an asphaltic or concrete surfacing; shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed; and shall be properly enclosed with an ornamental fence or wall or compact evergreen hedge having a height not less than two feet and not more than five feet. Such fence or wall or hedge shall be maintained in good condition and shall not be within the required front yard, the required side yard abutting the street side of a corner lot, and the required rear yard abutting the rear street of a through lot, for the district in which it is located.
B. 
Where a major parking or automobile and trailer sales area abuts a lot in an "A" Residence District a six-foot masonry wall shall be erected and maintained at least five feet from such lot, and suitable landscaping shall be provided and maintained in the space between the parking or sales area and the adjoining property; provided, however, that such wall shall not extend into the required front yard (or rear yard in the case of a through lot) of the zoning lot on which it is located.
C. 
All lights used to illuminate such parking or sales areas shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from properties in an "A" Residence District.