A.
Off-street parking and loading space shall be provided as further
specified in this chapter and shall be furnished with necessary passageways
and driveways. All such space shall be deemed to be required space
on the lot on which it is situated and shall not be encroached upon
or reduced in any manner. All parking areas, passageways, and driveways
shall be paved, shall be clearly marked for car spaces, and shall
be drained in conformance with Borough standards prior to issuance
of an occupancy permit.
B.
All parking spaces shall have a stall width of no less than 10 feet
and a total depth of no less than 20 feet.
C.
None of the off-street parking or off-street loading facilities as
required in this chapter shall be required for any existing building
or use not now conforming to these requirements, unless said building
or use shall be expanded. In this case, the provisions of this chapter
shall apply only to that portion of the building or use so expanded.
However, if the expansion is 25% or more of the existing building
size, enough parking for all the building area (past and proposed)
must be provided per the requirements of this chapter.
D.
Off-street parking for new development shall be owned or leased on
a long-term basis consistent with the economic life of the development.
All required off-street parking shall be within 200 feet of the principal
use unless otherwise specified by this chapter. When parking will
be provided separate from that where the principal use is located,
the applicant shall demonstrate that the required parking is available
for all uses on both lots, adequate pedestrian access is provided
to the other lot, and legal arrangements acceptable to Borough Council
have been made to assure the availability of those spaces.
E.
Vehicle parking or loading space maintained in connection with an
existing and continuing principal building, structure, or land use
on the effective date of this chapter or amendment thereto up to the
number of required by this chapter, shall be continued and may not
be counted as serving a new building, structure, addition, or land
use; nor shall any required parking space be substituted for an off-street
loading and unloading space, nor any required loading and unloading
space substituted for a parking space.
F.
In the case of mixed or multiple uses, the parking facilities required
shall be the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses,
computed separately in accordance with the parking schedule herein
under; parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing
the required parking facilities for any other use. Where the same
space is used for several purposes, the most stringent requirement
shall govern, unless justification is made by the developer to the
Planning Commission who may recommend modifications to Borough Council
to the parking schedule if deemed appropriate and consistent with
the intent of the ordinance.
G.
When the intensity of use changes for any property, the parking requirements
of this chapter shall be met for all of the uses as a result of the
changes.
H.
All parking and loading areas and appurtenant passageways and driveways
serving nonresidential uses shall be illuminated adequately during
the hours of use. Shielding shall be provided to protect adjacent
residential zones from the glare and from that of automobile headlights.
I.
Provisions shall be made for the disposal of stormwater from parking areas in conformance with Chapter 238, Stormwater Management, insuring that such water shall not flow onto adjoining property or adjacent sidewalks in a quantity or manner that would be detrimental thereto, or inconvenient to persons using the sidewalk.
J.
No part of any vehicle shall extend over any property line.
K.
Where parking requirements are determined by the number of seats
and only temporary seats are provided, the number of parking spaces
to be provided shall be based upon the capacity for temporary seats
in normal usage. Where benches are provided, each two lineal feet
of bench shall equal one seat.
L.
All areas for off-street parking shall be physically separated from
public streets or highways by a raised curb or planting strip to serve
as a barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle entrance or exit, except
for necessary accessways or access roads which supply entrance to
and egress from such parking areas.
M.
The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be
combined in one lot, but the required space assigned to one use may
not be assigned to another use at the same time, provided the Borough
Council may permit sharing of parking spaces between nonresidential
uses not occurring in one shared lot. A maximum of 50% of parking
spaces required for uses operated during evening hours or weekends,
such as houses of worship, assembly halls, and theaters, may be made
available to and shared with uses such as banks, offices, and retail
uses not normally in use, open or operating during evening hours (between
5:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., prevailing time). The Borough Council shall
be satisfied that legal agreements acceptable to the Borough Solicitor
are in place to assure the availability of parking in the future and
that parking will be available for all uses during all hours of the
day. The applicant shall provide the necessary documentation to the
Borough Council, which shall determine whether sharing may occur and
to what extent it may occur.
N.
Parking reserve area.
(1)
In order to prevent the establishment of a greater number of parking
spaces than may actually be needed, the Borough Council may grant
permission to reserve construction of a percentage of the total required
number of parking spaces required by this chapter for future parking
needs consideration.
(2)
The applicant shall provide documentation from an engineer licensed
as a professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania supporting
the request for a reduction in parking spaces.
(3)
In all cases where a percentage of the parking requirement will be
held in reserve, the actual area needed to fulfill the parking space
requirement shall be shown within the design on the land development
plan. Reserve areas shall be restricted from development other than
for parking purposes.
(4)
In no case shall the required number of parking spaces held in reserve
be greater than 20% of the total required number of parking spaces.
(5)
The parking reserve area shall not include areas for required buffer
yards, setbacks, required common open space, or areas which would
otherwise be unsuitable for parking spaces due to physical or environmental
constraints of the area.
(6)
The Borough Council may require that additional parking spaces be
constructed, in accordance with this section, where the Borough Council
determines that the spaces are necessary due to traffic congestion
or parking overflow on the site.
(7)
In the event that the total number of parking spaces are not required
by the Borough Council, land not used for parking areas shall remain
as open space and shall be deed restricted if necessary.
O.
Parking areas for nonresidential uses outside of Town Center and
Downtown Business Districts which are designed to contain more than
eight vehicles shall be screened from the view of any lands zoned
residential which are adjacent to the land on which the nonresidential
parking area is located.
P.
Parking areas and access drives for nonresidential uses outside the
Town Center and Downtown Business Districts shall be located a minimum
of four feet from a street right-of-way line or lot line, unless otherwise
specified in this chapter, and the area between the parking area or
access drive and the lot line or street right-of-way line shall be
landscaped.
Q.
Off-street parking lots outside the Downtown Business and Town Center
Districts containing more than 20 parking spaces shall be landscaped
to reduce wind and air turbulence, heat and noise, and the glare of
automobile lights, to provide shade, to improve stormwater drainage
problems, and to provide for a more attractive setting. A landscaping
plan shall be submitted for review by the Planning Commission and
approval of Borough Council. Such landscaping plan shall consist of
perimeter plantings, planted islands at the ends of double rows of
parking spaces, and islands in rows such that no more than 15 spaces
shall be uninterrupted by plantings.
R.
The width of aisles in parking areas shall be no less than listed
in the following table:
|
Aisle Width
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Angle of Parking
|
One-Way
(feet)
|
Two-Way
(feet)
|
|
90°
|
20
|
24
|
|
60°
|
18
|
Not permitted
|
|
45°
|
15
|
Not permitted
|
|
30°
|
12
|
Not permitted
|
S.
In all zoning districts, parking spaces for all types of dwellings,
including but not limited to townhouse, duplex and single- and two-family
dwellings shall be located a minimum of five feet from the public
right-of-way.
All uses permitted by this chapter or hereafter permitted in
any of the districts herein established, except the Town Center District
and Downtown Business District, shall provide as a minimum the number
of off-street parking spaces specified in the following schedule.
Parking spaces for employees shall be computed on the basis of maximum
employment, including seasonal and part-time, on the largest shift.
For uses not specified in the following schedule, the same requirements
of the most similar use in the schedule shall apply. Where calculations
of spaces result in a fractional space, any fraction under one-half
may be disregarded and any fraction one-half and over shall be construed
as one whole space.
|
Use Type
|
One Off-Street Parking Space Required for Each
|
Plus One Off-Street Parking Space Required for Each
|
|---|---|---|
|
Residential Uses
| ||
|
Single-family, duplex, two-family, apartment, townhouse, and
multifamily dwellings
|
0.5 dwelling unit (2 spaces per unit)
|
—
|
|
Mobile home park
|
0.5 dwelling unit (2 spaces per mobile home)
|
—
|
|
Conversions
|
0.5 dwelling unit (2 spaces per unit)
|
—
|
|
Home occupations; home professional offices
|
0.5 dwelling unit
Nonresident employee
|
100 square feet of floor space used for the occupation or office
|
|
Elderly housing
|
0.5 dwelling unit (2 spaces per unit)
|
—
|
|
Public or Private Recreation
| ||
|
Private or membership clubs or lodges
|
6 members or 6 persons of total capacity
|
Full-time employee
|
|
Bowling alleys
|
0.25 lanes (4 spaces per lane)
|
Full-time employee
|
|
Theaters, auditoriums, libraries, skating rinks, stadiums
|
6 seats
|
2 full-time employees
|
|
Golf course
|
2 people (based on total capacity)
|
Full-time employee
|
|
Governmental, Institutional, Educational, and Utility
| ||
|
Churches or other places of worship
|
5 seats
|
—
|
|
Public or private educational institution
|
1 faculty member and other full-time employee
|
8 pupils aged 16 years or older
|
|
Licensed convalescent or nursing home
|
5 beds
|
Staff and visiting doctor and every 2 employees (including nurses)
on the largest shift
|
|
Cemeteries
|
1 full-time employee
|
Salesperson
|
|
Day-care homes and centers; nursery schools
|
1 faculty member
|
2 classrooms and offices
|
|
Hospitals
|
3 beds
|
Staff and visiting doctor and every 2 employees (including nurses)
on the largest shift
|
|
Essential public utility
|
1 employee
|
—
|
|
Retail, Commercial, Business, Professional Service
| ||
|
Motor vehicle servicing and repair
|
1/3 service bay (3 spaces per bay)
|
Full-time employee
|
|
Financial and business services such as banks, credit unions
|
250 square feet of floor used for serving customers
|
Full-time employee
|
|
Professional offices such as real estate, insurance, consultants
|
500 square feet of gross floor area
|
Full-time employee
|
|
Retail stores and businesses
|
250 square feet of area used for serving customers
|
2 full-time employees
|
|
Funeral homes
|
4 seats for patron use or 50 square feet of gross floor area
|
Full-time nonresident employee
|
|
Medical or dental offices, clinics
|
0.25 practitioner (4 spaces per practitioner)
|
Full-time employee
|
|
Personal service businesses such as barber shops, photo shops,
appliance repair
|
100 square feet of floor area used for serving customers
|
2 full-time employees
|
|
Restaurants, taverns
|
3 seats for customers
|
2 full-time employees
|
|
Drive-through restaurants
|
100 square feet of gross floor area
|
Table or booth, plus 1 space for each 2 counter stools, plus
1 space for each 2 employees
|
|
Self-service laundromats
|
4 washing or dry-cleaning machines
|
2 full-time employees
|
|
Motel, hotel
|
Rental room or suites
|
Full-time employee
4 seats provided for customers
|
|
Industrial and Employment-Oriented
| ||
|
All industrial uses
|
2 employees on the largest shift
|
Company vehicle normally stored on the premises and for each
5 managers (visitor space)
|
A.
Off-street parking in the Town Center District.
(1)
The number of off-street parking spaces for each use in the Town Center District except as set forth in Subsection A(3) and (4) shall be determined by the Zoning Officer (after advisory report from the Planning Commission) for permitted uses, and by the Zoning Hearing Board for special exception uses.
(2)
In determining the appropriate number of off-street parking spaces
required for each commercial use, the Planning Commission or the Zoning
Hearing Board may take into consideration the following:
(a)
The number of employees at the highest daily period of operation
in the most active operating season of the year.
(b)
The estimated number of users, customers, members, clients,
and residents at the highest daily period of activity in the most
active operating season of the year.
(c)
The total number or a portion of the required parking spaces
should be located on the premises if appropriate space is available.
When space is not available or appropriate, the applicant shall demonstrate
that the required off-street parking spaces are available off the
applicant's premises within walking distance of 200 feet. The
applicant shall produce written documentation of an agreement with
the owner of off-premises parking space to demonstrate that required
parking spaces have been leased and assigned and will remain available
to the applicant for the sole purpose of meeting the parking requirements
of the applicant's intended use.
(4)
Off-street parking for any permitted residential use, including single-family dwellings, duplex dwellings, two-family dwellings, and/or multifamily dwellings shall be two spaces per dwelling unit. In the event of a mixed commercial and residential use, the Zoning Officer or Zoning Hearing Board shall consider the factors set forth in Subsection A(2) above and provide for two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
B.
Off-street parking in the Downtown Business District:
(1)
For buildings existing as of September 1, 2008, the following applies:
(a)
Vehicle parking or loading space maintained in connection with an existing and continuing principal building, structure, or land use on the date of the enactment of this chapter up to the number required by § 295-90, shall be continued and may not be counted as serving a new building, structure, addition, or land use; nor shall any required parking space be substituted for an off-street loading and unloading space, nor any required loading and unloading space substituted for a parking space.
(b)
Upon subdivision, change of use, or enlargement of nonresidential
space, no additional parking spaces will be required for a nonresidential
occupancy listed as a use by right for this district.
(c)
Upon conversion of residential space to a nonresidential occupancy
listed as a use by right for this district, no additional parking
spaces will be required.
(2)
For buildings constructed after September 1, 2008, and for all conversions
at any time from commercial to residential uses, the following applies:
(b)
In determining the appropriate number of parking spaces for
each commercial use, the Planning Commission or the Zoning Hearing
Board may take into consideration the following:
(c)
The total number or a portion of the required parking spaces
should be located on the premises if appropriate space is available.
When space is not available or appropriate, the applicant shall demonstrate
that the required off-street parking spaces are available off the
applicant's premises within walking distance of 200 feet. The
applicant shall produce written documentation of an agreement with
the owner of off-premises parking space to demonstrate that the required
parking spaces have been leased and assigned to the applicant for
the sole purpose of meeting the parking requirements of the applicant's
intended use.
(e)
Off-street parking for any permitted residential use, including multifamily dwelling shall be two spaces per dwelling unit. In the event of a mixed commercial and residential use, the Zoning Officer or Zoning Hearing Board shall consider the factors set forth in Subsection B(2)(b), above, and provide for two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
Off-street parking requirements for a planned town center development shall be determined in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Article VII.
A.
Except for uses in the Town Center District and Downtown Business
District, all permitted uses requiring loading space for normal operations
shall provide adequate paved loading space so that no vehicle being
loaded or unloaded in connection with normal operations shall stand
in or project into any public street, walk or alley. The number and
size of loading spaces provided and their location shall be appropriate
for the use to be conducted on the premises and sufficient to accommodate
all vehicles serving the use. When a permit is applied for constructing,
expanding, or changing a structure or use, the application shall show
all provisions for off-street loading and include supporting data
(data on number, frequency and size of vehicles which will use the
loading facilities) which justify the number and size of spaces provided.
Number and size of spaces required shall be approved by the Zoning
Officer unless otherwise indicated in this chapter.
B.
In the Town Center District and Downtown Business District, the uses
shall demonstrate that adequate paved space will be provided or that
loading and unloading activities will be conducted at a time, location
and in a manner which will not be detrimental to the normal functions
of nearby uses, streets, alleys and parking areas.
