[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1801, 4/11/1995]
1. 
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion in the streets. The facilities required herein shall be available to patrons throughout the hours of operation of the particular business or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered parking space located off the public right-of-way.
2. 
Outdoor parking spaces shall not be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on which they are located.
3. 
A garage or carport may be located wholly or partly inside the walls of the principal building or attached to the outer walls. If separated from the principal building the garage shall conform to all accessory building requirements. The garage may be constructed under a yard; provided, that the level of such yard shall conform to the general level of the other yards on the lot. The space above an underground garage shall be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on which it is located.
4. 
All commercial, public, institutional and industrial uses shall provide a minimum of one handicapped parking space or 5% of the parking space required, whichever is greater, the design to be approved by the Township Engineer.
5. 
No part of any minimum front yard setback area shall be used for parking purposes except that in residential districts the residential driveway area located within the front yard setback may be used for parking purposes.
6. 
The parking of any nonmotorized vehicle (including boats and trailers) and any motorized vehicle not having a current and valid registration and inspection certificate is prohibited within any street right-of-way.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1802, 4/11/1995; Ord. No. 3-2005, § 5, 8/16/2005; Ord. No. 2-2022, 7/12/2022; Ord. No. 5-2022, 9/27/2022]
Any of the following facilities hereafter erected or enlarged and any facility hereafter converted into one of the following facilities and any open space hereafter used shall be provided with not less than the minimum parking spaces as set forth below, together with adequate accessways, driveways or other means of circulation and access to and from a street. For residential properties only, parking spaces located in a garage shall not be considered parking spaces for the purpose of satisfying the number of required parking spaces as set forth herein.
Off-Street Parking Space Requirements
Uses
Required Parking Spaces
1.
Automotive sales and service garages
1 parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area devoted to service services or 2 spaces for each service bay, whichever is greater, plus 1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area devoted to sales facilities or usage plus 1 space for each full-time employee
2.
Automobile wash
5 spaces for each washing machine
3.
Banks or professional offices other than medical offices
1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area
4.
Bowling centers
5 spaces for each lane
5.
Dance halls, swimming pools, roller rinks, clubs, lodges and other similar uses
1 space for each 100 square feet of floor area or of surface water area in swimming pool
6.
Elderly housing
1/2 space per dwelling (multifamily dwellings) unit
7.
Institutional care facility
1 space for every 2 plus 1 space for each employee in the maximum working shift
8.
Day-care center
1 space for each nonresident employee plus 1 space for passenger loading/unloading per 4 nonresidential children
9.
Food markets and convenience stores
1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area
10.
Funeral homes, mortuaries
5 spaces for each parlor
11.
Furniture or appliance stores
1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area
12.
Home occupations (the following standards are for spaces in addition to the ones required for the residence)
A.
Legal office
1 space for each employed person (the resident attorney, an associate, etc.), 2 additional spaces for clients and occasional sales persons or consultants
B.
Architects and landscape architects
1 space for the resident architect and 1 additional space for an employee, 2 additional spaces for clients and/or other visitors
C.
Engineers and accountants
1 space for the resident and 1 additional space for an employee, associate or other affiliated person and 3 additional spaces for patients
D.
Physicians and dentists
1 space for the resident and 1 additional space for the employee, associate or other affiliated person and 3 additional spaces for patients
E.
Realtors, insurance agents, offices of elected officials
3 spaces
F.
Barber shops and beauty parlors
4 spaces. If there is only 1 customer facility provided (1 barber chair, 1 dryer, etc.) 3 spaces may be approved.
G.
Dressmakers, milliners and others
3 spaces
13.
Hospitals, nursing and convalescent homes
1 space for every 3 beds plus 1 space for each employee
14.
Hotels, motels, boarding and lodging/rooming houses, bed-and-breakfast establishments
1 space for each guest room plus 1 space for each 2 employees in the working shift. If a restaurant in connection with said uses is open to the public the off-street parking facilities shall not be less than those required for restaurants in addition to that required above.
15.
Industrial uses (mills, manufacturing or assembly plants, warehousing, laboratories, etc.)
1 space for each 1,000 square feet of floor area plus 1 space for each 2 employees in the maximum working shift. The total parking area shall be less than 25% of the floor area.
16.
Medical centers/offices
5 spaces for each doctor
17.
Multiple dwellings
2 spaces per dwelling unit
18.
Nursery schools
1 space for each employee and 1 space for passenger loading/unloading per 4 children
19.
Places of public or private assembly (churches, community centers, theaters or similar meeting and assembly uses)
1 space for every 3 and every 3 1/2 seats or 1 space for each 100 square feet of floor area where no seats are provided
20.
Restaurants, tea rooms, taverns and nightclubs
1 space for every 2 1/2 seats
21.
Retail stores and shops
1 space for each 120 square feet of floor area
22.
Schools
1 space per 17 classroom seats or 1 space for each 3 1/2 seats in the auditorium
23.
Single- and two-family dwellings
2 spaces per each dwelling, plus 1 space for each additional bedroom in any dwelling with 4 or more bedrooms
24.
Utility or communication station
1 space per vehicle normally required to service such facility
25.
Trailer or monument sales
1 space for each 2,500 square feet of lot area
26.
Driving range or miniature golf
1 space for each tee
27.
Dwellings in the ESC Eleemosynary School Campus District for employees and students of eleemosynary schools
1 space for each resident employee, plus 1 space for each nonresident employee in the maximum working shift, plus 1 space for every 6 student beds
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1803, 4/11/1995]
1. 
Existing parking. Buildings and uses existing on the effective date of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this chapter so long as the type or extent of use is not changed; provided, that any parking facility now serving such structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced below such requirements.
2. 
Changes in requirements. Whenever there is an alteration of a building or a change or extension of a use which increases the parking requirements according to the standards, the total additional parking required for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of that section.
3. 
Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be used for any use that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required to serve.
4. 
Continuing obligation. All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve. Off-street parking facilities shall not reduced in the total extent after their provision. Reasonable precautions are to be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities for the employees or other persons whom the facilities are designed to serve. They shall at no time constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
5. 
Drainage, surfacing and maintenance.
A. 
The area of parking lots, including driveways, shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt or other suitable material and drained in accordance with other applicable codes and ordinances enacted by the Township and approved by the Township Engineer.
B. 
Parking areas shall be kept clean and free from rubbish and debris.
6. 
Joint use. Two or more uses located on the same parcel may provide for required parking in a common parking lot if the total space provided is not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use individually.
7. 
Computation of spaces. Where the computation of required parking space results in a fractional number, any fraction shall be counted as one.
8. 
Location of spaces.
A. 
Single- and two-family residential off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot or premises with the use served.
B. 
Parking spaces for multiple dwelling buildings, commercial, industrial and other nonresidential uses shall be readily accessible to the buildings served thereby. Such spaces shall be on the same lot and in the same zoning district as the principal building or open area and conform to the following regulations:
(1) 
The required parking spaces shall be located within 600 feet of the principal building or open space in question.
(2) 
The applicant for a use or building permit shall submit, with his application, an instrument duly executed and acknowledged which subjects such parcels of land to parking uses in connection with the principal use to which it is accessory. This shall bind the owner and his heirs or assigns to maintain the required number of parking spaces throughout the life of such use.
9. 
Lighting.
A. 
All public parking areas shall be adequately lighted during after dark operating hours.
B. 
Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking or loading areas shall be shielded from any street or residential use.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1804, 4/11/1995]
1. 
The minimum dimensions of parking facilities to be provided shall be as follows:
A. 
In all districts parking spaces per vehicle shall be not less than nine feet wide and 18 feet long.
B. 
Parking lot dimensions shall be not less than those listed in the following table:
Parking
Aisle Width
Angle of Parking
Stall Width
Stall Depth*
One-Way
Two-Way
90°
9'
18'
24'
24'
60°
10'
22'
18'
20'
45°
10'
21'
15'
20'
30°
10'
19'
12'
20'
Parallel
8'
22'
12'
20'
Depth of shall is the perpendicular measurement from curb or edge of the parking lot toward the interior portion of the lot to be occupied by the parking vehicles and not including any part of the drive.
C. 
All dead end parking lots shall be designed to provide sufficient back-up area for the end stalls of the parking area.
D. 
Parking areas shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any motor vehicle.
[Amended by Ord. No. 3-2017, 8/22/2017]
E. 
Where more than 10 parking spaces are required a maximum of 40% of the parking spaces may be provided for compact vehicles. Each such compact parking space shall be not less than eight feet wide by 17 feet long. All compact parking spaces shall be located in the same area and be marked to indicate spaces designated for compact parking.
2. 
Setback for parking areas shall be provided as follows:
A. 
All parking spaces and access drives shall be located at least five feet from any multiple dwelling building, office, commercial, institutional, industrial and other similar nonresidential buildings located on the lot. The five-foot corridor thus established between the parking area and building shall be for the purpose of providing a pedestrian access walkway.
B. 
All parking spaces and access drives shall be at least five feet from any side or rear lot line, except where buffer yards or screen plantings are required, in which case, the standards set forth in § 27-1508, Subsection 1F, herein shall apply.
C. 
No off-street parking area shall be located within a public right-of-way.
3. 
Separation.
A. 
In no case shall parking areas be designed to require or encourage cars to back into a public or private street in order to leave the parking areas.
B. 
All paved off-street parking spaces shall be marked so as to indicate their location.
C. 
Unless deemed unnecessary by the Township, pedestrian crosswalks and landscaped refuge islands to separate the parking spaces from the exit, entrance and circulatory drive shall be provided for and approved by the Township Engineer. Such landscaped areas may be considered as part of the vegetative coverage requirements set forth in the applicable zoning district provisions or as provided elsewhere in this chapter.
4. 
Curb radius. No less than a five-foot radius of curvature shall be permitted for all curblines in all parking lots.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1805, 4/11/1995; Ord. No. 3-2005, § 6, 8/16/2005]
1. 
Required berths and spaces.
A. 
In addition to the off-street parking requirements set forth herein, any building erected, converted or enlarged for commercial, office, manufacturing, institutional hospital, eleemosynary school or other similar uses requiring the delivery or pickup of products or materials shall provide adequate off-street areas for the loading and unloading of vehicles. Such areas shall be provided as follows:
Use
Gross Floor Area
(square feet)
Number of Spaces
Commercial, wholesale, manufacturing, hospital laundries, institutional and similar uses
Under 8,000
1
8,000 to 40,000
2
Over 40,000 to 100,000
3
Over 100,000 to 250,000
4
Each additional 100,000
1
Office buildings, hotels, and buildings of eleemosynary schools which require the delivery or pickup of products or materials
Under 100,000
1
Over 100,000 to 300,000
2
Over 300,000
3
B. 
All off-street loading and unloading areas shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve.
2. 
Design standards. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the following specifications:
A. 
Each required berth shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 45 feet in length and 14 feet in height, exclusive of drives and maneuvering space and located entirely on the lot being served.
B. 
There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley, as well as adequate maneuvering space.
C. 
All accessory driveways and entranceways shall be graded, surfaced, and drained in accordance with applicable codes and ordinances of the Township.