A. 
Overall requirements.
(1) 
Number of spaces. Each use that is newly developed, enlarged, significantly changed in type or increased in number of establishments shall provide and maintain off-street parking spaces in accordance with Table 440-59B and the regulations of this article.
(2) 
Uses not listed. Uses not specifically listed in Table 440-59B shall comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed in Table 440-59B, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer that an alternative standard should be used for that use.
(3) 
Multiple uses. Where a proposed lot contains or includes more than one type of use, the number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the parking requirements for each separate use, except as may be allowed under § 440-59B.
(4) 
Calculation. Where the calculation of required parking spaces does not result in a whole number, the calculation shall be rounded to the closest whole number.
B. 
Reduction of parking requirements as a special exception use.
[Amended 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-9; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Table 440-59B
Off-Street Parking Requirements
(See definition of "employee" in Article II)
Use
Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required
Plus 1 Off-Street Parking Space for Each
AGRICULTURAL USES:
Crop farming or raising of livestock
—
Employee
Kennel
1 per employee (minimum of 4)
15 animals of capacity
Plant nursery
1 per employee
250 square feet of indoor sales floor area and 10,000 square feet of outdoor sales area
Stable, nonhousehold
1 per employee (minimum of 2)
8 animals of capacity
Seasonal sale of agricultural products
1 per employee (minimum of 5)
250 square feet of sales floor area
RESIDENTIAL USES:
Dwelling Unit
2 per dwelling unit, except 1 per conversion apartment that only includes 1 bedroom or is an efficiency unit.
For a townhouse or apartment development of 10 or more dwelling units
An additional average of 0.5 space per dwelling unit for a development, which may be within overflow lots, unless the applicant proves to the Zoning Officer that such parking could be safely accommodated along abutting streets without obstructing through-traffic.
Home occupation, general
As determined to be necessary by the Zoning Hearing Board
Nonresident employee
Home occupation, light
None additional required
Housing permanently restricted to persons 55 years and older and/or the physically handicapped
1 per dwelling/rental unit, except 0.4 per dwelling/rental unit if evidence is presented that the non-physically-handicapped persons will clearly primarily be over 70 years old
Nonresident employee
Boardinghouse
1 per rental unit or bed, whichever is greater
Nonresident employee
College fraternity or sorority
1 per 2 beds plus 1 per 10 nonresident members
Nonresident employee
Group home
See § 440-41
Manufactured/mobile home park
See § 440-41
INSTITUTIONAL USES:
Place of worship or church
1 per 4 seats in room of largest capacity
Employee
Hospital
1 per 2 beds
1.2 employees
Nursing home
1 per 6 beds
1.2 employees
Personal care home
1 per 4 beds
1.2 employees
Day-care center
1 per 10 children, with spaces designed for safe and convenient dropoff and pickup
1.2 employees
School, primary or secondary
1 per 4 students aged 16 or older
Employee
Utility facility
1 per vehicle routinely needed to service facility
Dormitory
1 per 2 residents aged 16 or older
Nonresident employee
College, university or trade school
1 per 1.5 students not living on campus who attend class at peak times (plus required spaces for on-campus housing)
Employee
Library, community center or cultural center or museum
1 per 4 seats (or 1 per 250 square feet of floor area accessible to patrons and/or users if seats are not typically provided)
Employee
Treatment center
1 per 2 residents aged 16 years or older plus 1 per nonresident intended to be treated on-site at peak times
Nonresident employee
Swimming pool, nonhousehold
1 per 40 square feet of water surface, other than wading pools
Employee
COMMERCIAL USES:
All commercial uses, as applicable, shall provide additional parking or storage needed for maximum number of vehicles stored, displayed or based at the lot at any point in time. These additional spaces are not required to meet the stall size and parking aisle width requirements of this chapter.
Auto service station or repair garage
5 per repair/service bay and 1/4 per fuel nozzle with such spaces separated from accessways to pumps
Employee; plus any parking needed for a convenience store under retail sales
Auto, boat, recreational vehicle or manufactured home sales
1 per 15 vehicles, boats, RVs or homes displayed
Employee
Automatic transaction machine
3 per machine, conveniently located
Adult use (including adult bookstore, adult live entertainment use or massage parlor) (minimum of 10)
1 per 30 square feet of total floor area
Employee
Bed-and-breakfast use
1 per rental unit plus the 2 per dwelling unit
Nonresident employee
Betting use
1 per 50 square feet of total floor area, other than areas meeting the requirements for a restaurant
1.2 employees
Bowling alley
2 per lane plus 2 per pool table
1.2 employees
Bus station, intercity
5 per loading/unloading stall for buses
Employee
Car wash
2 per washing lane or stall, which may be located in drying or vacuuming areas
1.2 employees
Financial institution (includes bank)
1 per 200 square feet of floor area accessible to customers, plus 3 convenient spaces for each automatic banking transaction machine
Employee
Funeral Home
1 per 5 seats in rooms intended to be in use at 1 time for visitors
Employee
Golf driving range
1 per tee
1.2 employees
Miniature golf
2 per hole
1.2 employees
Golf course
3 per hole (plus spaces required for any membership club building or restaurant)
1.2 employees
Ice skating/roller skating
1 per 200 square feet of floor area accessible to users
1.2 employees
Haircutting/hairstyling
2 per customer seat used for haircutting, hair styling, hair washing, manicuring or similar work
1.2 employees
Hotel or motel
1 per rental unit plus 1 per 4 seats in any meeting room (plus any required by any restaurant)
1.2 employees
Laundromat
1 per 3 washing machines
On-site employee
Offices or clinic, medical/dental
6 per physician and 4 per dentist
1.2 employees
Office building primarily intended to include medical/dental offices
Requirements shall be split proportionally between medical/dental offices or clinic and all other office use, based upon estimate of expected types of tenants
Offices, all other office use
1 per 225 square feet of total floor area accessible to people or 1 per 1.1 employee, whichever is greater (minimum of 3 per establishment)
Personal service use, other than haircutting/hairstyling
1 per 150 square feet of floor area accessible to customers (minimum of 2 per establishment)
Employee
Indoor recreation (other than bowling alley), membership club or exercise club
1 per 4 persons of maximum capacity of all facilities
Employee
Outdoor recreation (other than uses specifically listed in this table)
1 per 3 persons of capacity (50% may be on grass overflow areas with major driveways in gravel)
1.2 employees
Restaurant
Take-out only restaurant
2 per 30 square feet of restaurant floor space
1.2 employees
Restaurant
1 per 3 seats
1.2 employees
Retail sales (other than types separately listed) or shopping center (minimum of 5 per establishment, except 10 per video rental store)
1 per 225 square feet of total leasable floor area
(NOTE: Employee parking is already considered in the square footage requirement.)
Retail sales of only furniture, lumber, carpeting, bedding or floor covering
1 per 400 square feet of floor area accessible to customers
(NOTE: Employee parking is already considered in the square footage requirement.)
Tavern or nightclub
1 per 30 square feet of total floor area
1.2 employees
Theater or auditorium
1 per 4 seats, 1/2 of which may be met by convenient parking shared with other business uses on the same lot that are typically not routinely open beyond 9:30 p.m.
1.2 employees
Trade/hobby school
1 per 2 students on-site during peak use
Employees
Veterinarian office
5 per veterinarian
Employee
INDUSTRIAL USES:
In addition to parking or storage needed for maximum number of vehicles stored, displayed or based at the lot at any point in time, which spaces are not required to meet the stall size and aisle width requirements of this chapter
All industrial uses (including warehousing, distribution and manufacturing)
1 per 1.2 per employee, based upon the maximum number of employees on-site at peak period of times (including any overlapping shifts)
1 visitor space for every 10 managers on the site
Self-storage development
1 per 15 storage units
Employee
A. 
General. Parking spaces and accessways shall be laid out to result in safe and orderly use, and to fully take into account all of the following: vehicular access onto and off the site, vehicular movement within the site, loading areas, pedestrian patterns and any drive-through facilities. No parking area shall cause a safety hazard or impediment to traffic off the lot.
B. 
Existing parking. Any parking spaces serving such preexisting structures or uses at the time of adoption of this chapter shall not in the future be reduced in number below the number required by this chapter.
C. 
Change in use or expansion. A structure or use in existence at the effective date of this chapter that expands or changes in use that of an existing principal building shall be required to provide all of the required parking for the entire size and type of the resulting use, except as follows:
(1) 
If the use expands by an aggregate total maximum of 5% in the applicable measurement (such as building floor area) beyond what existed at the time of adoption of this chapter, then no additional parking is required.
D. 
Continuing obligation of parking and loading spaces. All required numbers of parking spaces and off-street loading spaces shall be available as long as the use or building which the spaces serve still exist; and such spaces shall not be reduced in number below the minimum required by this chapter. No required parking area or off-street loading spaces shall be used for any other use (such as storage or display of materials) that interferes with the area's availability for parking.
E. 
Location of parking. Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or abutting lot with the principal use served, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer that a method of providing the spaces is guaranteed to be available during the years the use is in operation within 400 feet of the entrance of the principal use being served.
F. 
Joint use of parking. Uses may share parking. If an applicant seeks to reduce parking requirements through sharing, see § 440-59B.
A. 
General requirements.
(1) 
Backing onto a street. No parking area shall be designed to require or encourage parked vehicles to back into a public street in order to leave a parking space, except for a single-family or two-family dwelling with its access onto a local street or parking court. Parking spaces may back onto an alley.
(2) 
Every required parking space 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 other vehicle, except for spaces serving a one-family dwelling.
(3) 
Parking areas shall not be within any of the following: a required buffer yard, a future or existing street right-of-way or a required paved area setback.
(4) 
Defined trafficways. All parking areas shall include clearly defined and marked traffic patterns. In any lot with more than 30 off-street parking spaces, raised curbs and landscaped areas shall be used to direct traffic within the lot. Major vehicular routes shall be separated when practical from major pedestrian routes within the lot.
(5) 
Separation from street. Except for parking spaces immediately in front of individual dwellings, all areas for off-street parking, off-street loading and unloading and the storage or movement of motor vehicles shall be physically separated from the street by a continuous grass or landscaped planting strip, except for necessary and approved vehicle entrances and exits to the lot. Such planting strip shall have a minimum width of 10 feet, unless a wider width is required by § 440-61G. As part of any change in the type of nonresidential principal use or any expansion of a nonresidential principal use, the requirements of this Subsection A(5) shall be met.
(a) 
The Township and/or PennDOT may also require an approved type of curbing to be installed adjacent to the street cartway, at a location approved by the Township and/or PennDOT. Parking stops and/or curbing within a parking area may also be required by the Township where necessary to control vehicle movements.
(6) 
Stacking and obstructions.
(a) 
Each lot shall provide adequate area upon the lot to prevent backup of vehicles on a public street while awaiting entry to the lot, or while waiting for service at a drive-through facility.
(b) 
Speed bumps and other traffic control devices shall not be located where they will cause traffic to back up onto a public street.
(7) 
Shopping cart corrals. If shopping carts are allowed to be taken into parking areas, then appropriate enclosures shall be provided at convenient locations within the parking areas to corral the carts.
B. 
Size and marking of parking spaces. Each parking space shall be a rectangle with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 18 feet, except:
(1) 
The minimum length shall be 22 feet for parallel parking.
(2) 
If a lot includes more than 100 parking spaces, a maximum of 15% of the required spaces may be a rectangle with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 16 feet, provided that those spaces are marked as "compact cars only" and provided that those spaces are distributed in different portions of the lot and do not include the most desirable spaces in the lot. ("Compact cars" are intended to be those having a length of 15 feet or less.)
(3) 
All spaces shall be marked to indicate their location, except those of a single-family or two-family dwelling. On paved areas, lines shall be used to mark parking spaces and shall be repainted in the future as necessary. On gravel areas, the Township may require the installation of parking stops or similar measures.
(4) 
If a parking area is permitted to not be paved, then a minimum width of 10 feet per space shall be used.
C. 
Parking spaces and aisles.
[Amended 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-9]
(1) 
Parking lot dimensions shall be no less than those listed in the following table:
Aisle Width
Parking Angle
Parking Width
(feet)
Stall Depth*
(feet)
One-Way
(feet)
Two-Way
(feet)
90°
10
18
22
24
60°
10
21
18
21
45°
10
20
15
18
30°
10
18
15
18
Parallel
22
9
15
18
NOTE:
*
Measured perpendicular from the curbline, or if no curbline will exist, from the existing legal right-of-way line after development.
(2) 
Maximum length of parking aisle: 250 feet.
D. 
Access drives and driveways.
(1) 
Width at access.
[Amended 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-9]
Width of Driveway/Accessway at Entrance Onto Public Street
(at the edge of the cartway and continuing for a length of 20 feet)*
One-Way Use
(feet)
Two-Way Use
(feet)
Minimum
12
25
Maximum
20
30
NOTE:
*
Unless a different standard is required by PennDOT for an entrance to a state road, or the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer that a wider width is needed for tractor trailer trucks.
(2) 
Maximum grades of driveway. Grades of access drives and driveways shall not exceed 12% at any point. The initial 20 feet from the edge of the cartway of a public street shall not exceed 5%.
(3) 
Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain uninterrupted parallel drainage along a public street at the point of driveway or access drive entry. The Township may require an applicant to install an appropriate type and size of pipe at a driveway crossing.
(4) 
Separation between access drives/driveways. In any nonresidential development, within one lot, at least 80 feet shall be provided between the center lines of any two access drives or driveways serving two-way traffic along one street.
(5) 
Separation from intersection. See Chapter 375, Subdivision and Land Development.
(6) 
State permit. Where new or intensified access is proposed to a state street or other work within the right-of-way of a state street, a state highway occupancy permit shall be obtained, as applicable.
(7) 
Sight distance for driveways. See § 440-79C(2).
(8) 
Access between parking lots. Where two abutting business lots are in common ownership, the parking lots shall include an interconnection to allow motorists to travel from one business lot to another without having to reenter a public street. Where two such abutting lots are not in common ownership, an applicant shall seek permission from the abutting property owner for such interconnection and shall provide the interconnection if such permission is granted. As part of the subdivision or land development approval or conditional use approval for any business lot, the Board of Supervisors may require that such interconnection be provided.
(9) 
Driveway setback from residential lot lines. The following minimum setbacks shall apply for a driveway from the abutting lot line of an existing or approved residential lot, unless shared or converged driveways are specifically approved by the Township:
(a) 
Zero feet if buildings are attached along the subject lot line or where the Township approves or requires shared parking lots across the subject lot line.
(b) 
Three feet on any other lot with a lot area of less than 20,000 square feet.
(c) 
Five feet on a lot not meeting Subsection D(9)(a) or (b) above.
(d) 
Not within any drainage/utility easement.
(e) 
Twenty feet from any wetland (including associated earthmoving activities).
(10) 
Angle of driveways. Driveway entrances shall be as close as perpendicular to a public street as is possible. All private driveways shall not be allowed to intersect with more than one public street. The maximum angle of intersection is 80°. See Chapter 375, Subdivision and Land Development.
(11) 
Circular driveways. Circular driveways shall utilize only one point of access upon a public street.
E. 
Paving, grading and drainage.
(1) 
Parking and loading facilities, including driveways, shall be graded and adequately drained to prevent erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining properties.
(2) 
Except for landscaped areas, all portions of required parking, loading facilities and driveways shall be surfaced with asphalt or concrete or paving block, except those portions or all of parking areas may be left in grass or gravel where the applicant proves to the full satisfaction of the Zoning Officer that:
(a) 
The nature, frequency and extent of the use of the parking area would not cause any need for paving; and
(b) 
Dust will be adequately controlled on any gravel areas.
F. 
Lighting of parking areas. Any parking area of 10 or more spaces designed for use during night hours shall be adequately illuminated for security purposes at no cost to the Township. See also § 440-54, Light, glare and heat control.
G. 
Paved area setbacks (including off-street parking setbacks).
(1) 
Intent. To ensure that parked or moving vehicles within a lot do not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic, to aid in stormwater management along streets and to prevent vehicles from entering or exiting a lot other than at approved driveways.
(2) 
Uses within the paved area setback.
(a) 
The paved area setback required by this section, together with any existing or established future street right-of-way area that is not used as a cartway, street shoulder or on-street parking, shall be maintained in natural ground cover (such as grass) and shall not be used for any of the following:
[1] 
Paving, except for approved driveway/access drive entrances and except any concrete sidewalks or asphalt bike paths of eight feet wide or less;
[2] 
Fences; or
[3] 
Parking, storage or display of vehicles or items for sale or rent.
(b) 
A paved area setback may include the following:
[1] 
Permitted freestanding signs;
[2] 
Stormwater facilities that are primarily vegetated;
[3] 
Concrete, brick or similar sidewalks or asphalt or other approved bike paths of eight feet wide or less; and
[4] 
Approved driveway crossings.
(3) 
Width of paved area and parking setbacks. Any commercial, industrial, institutional, townhouse or low-rise apartment use shall provide paved area setbacks as follows:
[Amended 4-18-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-9]
(a) 
Minimum paved area setback (measured from the curbline, or if no curbline will exist from the existing legal right-of-way line after development):
If a Paved Area Abuts
Setback Requirement
Expressway, expressway ramp, arterial street:
10 feet
For a lot including 2 acres or less of impervious coverage
20 feet
For lot including more than 2 acres of impervious coverage
20 feet
Collector or local street
10 feet
H. 
Paved area landscaping (parking lot trees). (See definition of "paved area" in § 440-30.)
(1) 
Intent. This section is primarily intended to reduce the thermal pollution of surface waters from parking lot runoff.
(2) 
Any lot that would include more than 25 parking spaces shall be required to provide landscaped areas within the paved area. A maximum of 15 consecutive and contiguous parking spaces in a row shall be allowed without being separated by a landscaped area.
(3) 
One deciduous tree shall be required for every 2,000 square feet of paved area. This number of trees shall be in addition to any trees required by any other section of this chapter or by Chapter 375, Subdivision and Land Development, of this Code.
(4) 
Trees required by this section shall meet the following standards:
(a) 
Type of trees permitted. Required trees shall be chosen from the following list of approved street trees, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer that another type of tree would shade paved areas, be resistant to disease, road salt and air pollution, and be attractive.
Types of Deciduous Trees Permitted to Meet Ordinance Requirements
Acer rubrum - American Red Maple
Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak
Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple
Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak
Celtis occidentalis - Common
Quercus imbricaria - Shingle Oak
Hackberry
Quercus montana - Chestnut Oak
Fagus sylvatica - European Beech
Quercus velutina - Black Oak
Fraxinus americana - White Ash
Quercus phellos - Willow Oak
Fraxinus pennsylvania - Green Ash
Sophora japonica - Chinese Scholar Tree
Ginko biloba fastigiata - Maiden Hair Tree
(male only; female has noxious odor)
Tilia americana - American Linden
Gleditsia triacanthos - Thornless Locust
Tilia cordata - Little Leaf European
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar
Linden
Quercus alba - White Oak
Tilia euchlora - Crimean Linden
Quercus acutissima - Sawtooth Oak
Tilia petiolaris - Silver Linden
Quercus borealis - Red Oak
Zelkova serrata - Zelkova
NOTE:
This chapter only regulates the species of trees that are used to meet requirements of the Township. The species of trees that are not required by Township ordinances are not regulated.
(b) 
Quality of trees. Required trees shall be of symmetrical growth and free of insect pests and disease.
(c) 
Minimum size. The trunk diameter (measured at a height of one foot above the finished grade level) shall be a minimum of two inches or greater.
(d) 
Planting and maintenance. Required trees shall be:
[1] 
Planted in conformance with good landscaping practices, with adequate unpaved surface around each for water and air;
[2] 
Properly protected by raised curbs, distance or other devices from damage from vehicles;
[3] 
Surrounded by a minimum of 16 square feet of pervious ground area;
[4] 
Properly maintained.
(e) 
A required tree(s) shall not be removed without being replaced by the current landowner by another tree(s) that meets the requirements of this section. Trees which have died or have become diseased or pest-ridden within 18 months from the time of planting shall be replaced by the developer.
(5) 
A substantial proportion of the trees required by this section should be planted within the parking lot within protected islands. These protected islands should be used to direct the flow of traffic through the parking lot in a smooth and safe manner to prevent "cross-taxiing." Required trees are also encouraged to be planted in highly visible locations, especially at the edge of parking areas abutting arterial streets.
(6) 
Existing trees. For every existing tree on the lot that is healthy and is protected and preserved and maintained after the completion of all construction and that would generally meet the requirements of this section:
(a) 
One fewer deciduous tree shall be required to be planted for every such preserved tree with a minimum trunk diameter of between four and 18 inches (measured one foot above the natural ground level); and
(b) 
Two fewer deciduous trees shall be required to be planted for every such preserved tree with a minimum trunk diameter of 18 inches or greater (measured one foot above the natural ground level).
(7) 
Paving/parking setback from buildings.
(a) 
All paved areas shall be set back a minimum of five feet from the exterior structural walls of any commercial or industrial building. This setback shall not apply to the following: a) concrete sidewalks, b) paved walkways to reach doors, c) driveways entering a garage, interior parking, loading/unloading area, vehicle service bay or carport or d) drive-through pickup windows. This setback is intended to allow sufficient area for firefighting, sidewalks and foundation landscaping, and to provide safety against vehicles hitting walls.
(b) 
For apartments and townhouses, see § 440-41.
I. 
Parking lot screening. See § 440-79.
J. 
Handicapped parking.
(1) 
Number of spaces. Any lot including four or more off-street parking spaces shall include a minimum of one handicapped space. The following number of handicapped spaces shall be provided, unless a revised regulation is officially established under the Federal Americans With Disabilities Act:[1]
Total Number of Required Parking Spaces on the Lot
Required Minimum Number/Percent of Handicapped Parking Spaces
4 to 25
1
26 to 50
2
51 to 75
3
76 to 100
4
101 to 150
5
151 to 200
6
201 to 300
7
301 to 400
8
401 to 500
9
501 to 1,000
2% of required number of spaces
1,001 or more
20 plus 1% of required number of spaces over 1,000
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
(2) 
Location. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located where they would result in the shortest reasonable accessible distance to a handicapped accessible building entrance. Curb cuts shall be provided as needed to provide access from the handicapped spaces.
(3) 
Minimum size. Each required handicapped parking space shall be eight feet by 18 feet. In addition, each space shall be adjacent to a five-foot-wide access aisle. Such access aisle may be shared by two handicapped spaces by being placed between them. However, one out of every eight required handicapped parking spaces shall have an adjacent access aisle of eight-foot width instead of five feet.
(4) 
Slope. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located in areas of less than 6% slope in any direction.
(5) 
Marking. All required handicapped spaces shall be well marked by clearly visible signs or pavement markings. Blue paint is recommended.
(6) 
Paving. Handicapped parking spaces and adjacent areas needed to access them with a wheelchair shall be covered with a smooth surface that is usable with a wheelchair.
A. 
Purpose: To prevent the character of residential areas from being harmed by nuisances, hazards and visual blight, and to prevent the establishment of junkyards in residential districts.
B. 
Unregistered/junk motor vehicles.
(1) 
On lots of less than two acres in a residential district, a maximum of one "unregistered vehicle"(as defined by Article II), not including any "junk vehicle"(as defined by Article II), may be stored, parked or otherwise kept in such a way that the vehicle is visible from a public street or another dwelling.
(2) 
The following shall apply on any lot other than a lot of less than two acres in a residential district: a total maximum of two unregistered vehicles or junk vehicles may be stored, parked or otherwise kept in such a way that the vehicle is visible from a public street or another dwelling.
(3) 
This § 440-62 shall not apply to a lawful auto sales use, auto service station, junkyard or auto repair garage, provided that the regulations for that use are met.
(4) 
See the State Motor Vehicle Code,[1] which prohibits the parking of an unregistered vehicle on a public street.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
C. 
Commercial vehicles within a residential district. See residential accessory structure or use within § 440-42.
A. 
General requirements.
(1) 
Each use shall provide off-street loading facilities, which meet the requirements of this section, sufficient to accommodate the maximum demand generated by the use.
(2) 
At the time of site plan or land development review, the applicant shall provide evidence to the Zoning Officer on whether the use will have sufficient numbers and sizes of loading facilities. The Planning Commission and/or Board of Supervisors may provide advice to the Zoning Officer on this matter as part of any plan review by such boards. For the purposes of this section, the words "loading" and "unloading" are used interchangeably.
B. 
Design and layout of loading facilities. Off-street loading facilities shall meet the following requirements:
(1) 
Each off-street loading space shall be at least (in feet):
Largest Type of Truck Intended
Minimum Width
(feet)
Minimum Depth
(feet)
Tractor trailer
12 (except 11 if more than 10 such spaces on a lot)
50 (except up to 65 feet if longer trucks are used)
Trucks other than tractor trailers, pickups or vans
10
25
Pickup truck or van
9
18
(2) 
Each space shall have sufficient maneuvering room to avoid conflicts with parking and traffic movements within and outside of the lot. No facility shall be designed or used in such a manner that it threatens a safety hazard, public nuisance or a serious impediment to traffic off the lot. See § 440-61A concerning separation of loading areas from a street.
(3) 
Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall be located entirely on the lot being served and be located outside of required buffer areas, paved area setbacks and street rights-of-way.
(4) 
An appropriate means of access to a street shall be provided.
(5) 
Paving, grading and drainage. See § 440-61E.
(6) 
All such facilities shall comply with the lighting requirements of Article VI of this chapter, the landscaping requirements of Chapter 375, Subdivision and Land Development, of this Code, and the noise limitations of Article VIII of this chapter.
C. 
Fire lanes. Fire lanes shall be provided where required by state or federal regulations or other local ordinances. The specific locations of these lanes are subject to review by Township fire officials.