The following are parking requirements for commercial uses:
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Use
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Required Parking Spaces
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Drive-in restaurant
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1 for every 3 persons, based upon maximum occupancy
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Bank
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1 for every 400 square feet of floor area
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Retail sales
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1 for every 400 square feet of selling area
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Offices
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1 for each 500 square feet of floor area
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Hotel/motel
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1 for each rental unit and additional spaces for restaurants,
etc.
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Restaurant
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1 for every 3 persons, based upon maximum occupancy
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Theater
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1 for every 4 seats
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The following are parking requirements for industrial uses:
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Use
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Required Parking Spaces
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Manufacturing and warehousing
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1 for every 2 employees at maximum employment on premises or
1 for every 800 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater
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Trucking and cartage establishments
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1 for every 2 employees, in addition to the space necessary
for storage of tractors and trailers
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The following are parking requirements for other uses:
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Use
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Required Parking Spaces
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|---|---|
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Houses of worship
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1 for every 8 seats; or, 1 for every 176 lineal inches of pew;
or, 1 for every 96 sf. of floor space devoted to active worship participation
where no seating or tables are provided.
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Health club
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1 for every 3 persons, based upon maximum utilization of facilities.
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Single-family and duplex dwelling
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2 for every dwelling unit.
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Multi-family dwelling
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2 for every dwelling unit; and one visitor space per four units.
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Senior citizen mid-rise and high rise
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1 per every 2 dwelling units.
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A.
All sites within the Town of Secaucus shall be provided with adequate
parking facilities for residents, visitors, employees and customers,
including but not limited to access ways, driveways, drive aisles,
internal parking lot collectors, loading areas, parking bays, parking
garages and pedestrian walkways sufficient to ensure the safe and
efficient movement of people, vehicles, and goods.
B.
Parking stall dimensions. The following parking space sizes shall
apply to all parking areas:
(1)
Residential uses: 9' x 18'.
(2)
Office and industrial uses: 9' x 18'.
(3)
Government and institutional uses: 9' x 18'.
(5)
Handicapped parking spaces.
(a)
Van accessible spaces: 16' x 18'.
(b)
Other spaces: 13' x 18'.
(c)
Van accessible spaces shall be striped with an eight foot wide
loading area. Other handicapped spaces with a five foot wide loading
area. Paired handicapped spaces may share a loading area. Van accessible
spaces shall be provided at the ratio of one such space for each eight
standard handicapped spaces.
(d)
Additional handicapped parking provisions. Provision of parking
facilities for handicapped persons shall be in accordance with the
requirements of the Barrier-Free Sub-code of the New Jersey Uniform
Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23-7.13 and 5:23-7.14, and the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings
and Facilities.
(6)
Parallel spaces: 9' x 23'.
(7)
Bus spaces: 10' x 40'.
(8)
Tractor-trailer: 12' x 60'.
C.
Location of parking spaces. Required off-street parking shall be
located on the same lot or premises as the use served except in the
following cases:
(1)
When it is determined during site plan review that the requirements
for on-site or off-street parking cannot be met on site because of
existing conditions, the location and adequacy of off-site parking
spaces to service the use shall be specified as determined by the
board of jurisdiction.
(2)
A cooperative parking arrangement between nonresidential uses
on different lots or premises has been approved by the board of jurisdiction.
D.
Separation from street. Where parking is allowed between the front
building line and the streetline by the approving authority, a curbed
landscaped island or raised median separating the public street and/or
sidewalks from the parking area shall be provided meeting the following
standards:
E.
No parking shall be permitted in any required buffer area.
F.
No parking of vehicles shall be permitted in designated fire lanes,
streets, nonresidential driveways, landscaped areas, aisles, sidewalks,
or turning areas.
G.
Aisle requirements. Access to off-street parking shall include driveways
and aisles such that each vehicle shall be able to proceed to and
from each parking stall without necessitating the movement of another
vehicle, except where stacked spaces are permitted by the board of
jurisdiction for uses utilizing vehicle storage. Aisles providing
access to off-street parking areas shall have the following minimum
dimensions:
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Angle of Parking Space
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One-Way Aisle
(feet)
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Two-Way Aisle
(feet)
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90°
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24
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24
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60°
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18
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24
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45°
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15
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24
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Parallel
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12
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20
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Where the angle of parking is different on both sides
of the aisle, the larger aisle width shall prevail.
H.
Pavement requirements. All driveways, parking lots and loading areas
shall be paved with a durable dustless surface as provided below:
(2)
All other uses.
(a)
Areas of ingress or egress, loading and unloading areas, major
interior driveways or access aisles and other areas likely to experience
heavy traffic shall be prepared with 4 inches of soil aggregate I-5
and paved with not less than 4 inches of compacted base course of
plant mixed bituminous stabilized base course, Mix I-2, constructed
in layers of not more than 2 inches compacted thickness and prepared
and constructed in accordance with Sections 208, 209, and 304 of New
Jersey Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road
and Bridge Construction (1989) and amendments thereto. A minimum of
2 inch thick compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (FABC
Mix I-5) shall be constructed thereon in accordance with Section 404,
of the aforesaid Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction.
(b)
Parking stall areas and other areas likely to experience similar
light traffic shall be prepared with 4 inches of soil aggregate I-5
and shall be paved with not less than 3 inches of compacted base course
of plant mixed bituminous stabilized base course, Mix I-2, prepared
and constructed in accordance with Section 304, Standard Specifications
for Road and Bridge Construction. A minimum of a 2 inch thick compacted
wearing surface of bituminous concrete (FABC Mix I-5) shall be constructed
thereon in accordance with Section 404.
(c)
Where the subgrade conditions of proposed parking and loading
are wet, contain unacceptable levels of organic matter or of such
a nature that surfacing would be inadvisable without first treating
the subgrade, the treatment of the subgrade shall be made in the following
manner: The areas shall be excavated to a suitable depth below the
proposed finished grade and filled with suitable subgrade material
as determined by the Municipal Engineer. Where required by the Municipal
Engineer, a system of underdrains, or an alternate solution approved
by the Municipal Engineer, shall be constructed beneath the surface
of the parking area and connected to a suitable drain. After the sub-base
material has been properly placed and compacted, and proof rolled
with a 10 ton, three-wheel steel roller, the parking area surfacing
material, as described heretofore, shall be spread thereon. All work
shall be in accordance with Sections 208 and 209 of the Standard Specifications
for Road and Bridge Construction.
(d)
Loading areas for trucks shall be constructed of either the
heavy use pavement standard in Subsection G(2)(a), or of a 6-inch
thick pad of NJDOT Class B, concrete on a stabilized sub-base reinforced
with No. 5 reinforcement bars at 12 inches on center in two directions,
set perpendicular to each other.
(e)
All parking areas shall have a minimum slope of 1.5% over land
and 0.75% in a curbed gutter line.
(f)
All driveways shall have a minimum slope of 1.5% pitched towards
the roadway. A maximum slope of 10% is permitted provided that a leveling
area with a maximum slope of 4% is located for the first 20 feet at
the roadway and at the garage.
(g)
Alternate pavement designs may be approved by the Municipal
Engineer.
I.
Delineation of parking spaces and traffic signs.
(1)
Parking space pavement markings shall consist of a 4-inch wide
stripe of white traffic paint, thermoplastic or other suitable material
meeting NJDOT specifications. Blue stripping and handicapped symbol
shall be used for handicapped spaces. Alternate colors may be used
for other specialty spaces. Parking space delineation shall not be
required for residential driveways unless for a multi-family use.
(2)
All other traffic control striping, markings, and signage shall
conform to the latest edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices, published by the USDOT Federal Highway Administration.
J.
Curbing.
(1)
Concrete or Belgian block curbing shall be required around the
perimeter of all parking and traffic circulation areas, and landscape
islands within parking lots to control traffic, drainage, and to protect
the edge of pavement.
(2)
Curbing shall conform to the design specifications of N.J.A.C.
5:21-4.3 (RSIS) as they may be amended or superseded.
K.
Driveway requirements for multi-family and non-residential uses.
(1)
Access points from any one lot crossing the street line shall
be limited to a maximum of two along the frontage of any single street.
The centerlines of any separate access points shall be spaced at least
65 feet apart, shall handle no more than two directions of traffic;
shall be at least 10 feet from any side or rear property lines; and
shall be set back from the street line of any intersecting street
at least 35 feet or 1/2 the lot frontage, whichever is greater, except
that in no case need the setback distance exceed 200 feet.
(2)
All entrance and exit drives shall be designed to accommodate
the turning movements of an AASHTO WB-40 design vehicle, without encroaching
on opposing lanes of traffic on public streets. A reduced design standard
may be allowed when it can be demonstrated that larger vehicles will
not access the site at a specific driveway; e.g., for multi-family
developments.
(3)
Two-way entrance and exit drives shall have a minimum width
of 24 feet and a maximum width of 36 feet. One-way drives shall have
a minimum width of 18 feet and a maximum width of 22 feet.
(4)
The board of jurisdiction may require that contiguous parcels
with similar uses have reciprocal cross easements to reduce the number
of entrance and exits on public streets that may be imposed unilaterally
on a single site.
