[Ord. No. 2018-11 § 4; amended 7-27-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-22]
(a) 
General design standards.
(1) 
Off-Street parking lots shall be oriented to, and located within a reasonable walking distance of, the buildings they are designed to serve.
(2) 
Access to parking lots shall be designed so as not to induce queues on travel ways, and to provide adequate pedestrian circulation and safety. There shall be adequate provision for ingress to and egress from all parking spaces to ensure ease of mobility, ample clearance, and safety of vehicles and pedestrians.
(3) 
All parking areas, regardless of size and location, shall be suitably drained and maintained.
(4) 
Parking spaces shall be nine feet by 18 feet.
(5) 
Where sidewalks occur in parking areas, parked vehicles shall not overhang or extend over the sidewalk unless an additional two feet of sidewalk width are provided to accommodate such overhang.
(6) 
Designated fire lanes a minimum of 18 feet in width shall be required as provided for in the Uniform Fire Code. All off-street parking lots shall have adequate designations to indicate traffic flow and parking spaces.
(7) 
Parking lots shall be provided with turning bays or other means of turning at intervals of not greater than 1,200 feet. Turning bays, such as hammerheads or other configurations, shall measure at least 18 feet by 60 feet, or provide equivalent maneuvering space.
(8) 
Parking lots having more than 100 spaces shall have a minimum of two means of ingress and two means of egress, or be provided with a divided-type entrance.
(b) 
Parking aisle width.
(1) 
The provision of parking spaces shall also include adequate driveways and necessary turning areas for handling the vehicles for which provision is made. Parking areas shall be designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicles. Aisles providing access to parking spaces shall have the minimum dimensions identified in Table 1 below. Where the angle of parking is different on both sides of the aisle, the larger aisle width shall prevail.
Table 1
Angle of Parking Space
(degrees)
One-way Aisle
(feet)
Two-way Aisle
(feet)
90
22
24
60
18
19
45
15
19
30
11
17
Parallel
11
17
(c) 
Surface parking pavement standards.
(1) 
All parking and loading areas and access drives shall be paved as outlined below or the equivalent, as determined by the municipal engineer, and approved as part of the development application. Where engineering standards support parking lots that utilize porous pavement, the parking lot shall be paved with a minimum three inches of porous asphalt, a maximum one inch choker course, clean uniformly graded coarse aggregate, at a depth sufficient to provide the necessary storage volume utilizing a 40% void ratio, and a non-woven fabric liner, prepared and constructed in accordance with the aforesaid New Jersey State Highway Department Specifications and amendments thereto.
(2) 
Areas of ingress or egress, loading and unloading areas, major interior driveways or access aisles and other areas likely to experience similar heavy traffic shall be curbed and paved with not less than four inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous, stabilized base course, Mix I-2 shall be constructed in accordance with the New Jersey State Highway Department Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridge Construction (latest edition) and amendments thereto. A minimum two-inch-thick compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (Mix I-5) shall be constructed thereon in accordance with the aforesaid New Jersey State Highway Department Specifications and amendments thereto.
(3) 
Parking stall areas and other areas likely to experience similar light traffic shall be paved with not less than three inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous, stabilized base course Mix I-5, prepared and constructed in accordance with the aforesaid New Jersey State Highway Department Specifications and amendments thereto. A minimum of two-inch thick compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete (Mix I-5) shall be constructed thereon, also in accordance with the aforesaid New Jersey State Highway Department Specifications and amendments thereto.
(d) 
Compact Parking in the SC Shopping Center District and AHO-5 Affordable Housing Overlay-5 District. Parking for compact cars shall be permitted pursuant to the following requirements:
(1) 
Compact car parking spaces shall not exceed 30% of the total number of off-street parking spaces on a lot.
(2) 
Compact car parking spaces shall be installed with signs and pavement markings to discourage parking of standard-sized cars within spaces reserved for compact cars.
(3) 
Surface parking. The size of compact car parking spaces developed in surface lots shall comply with the following minimum standards:
a. 
Eight feet in width and 15 feet in length when abutting an island or sidewalk; and
b. 
Eight feet in width and 17 feet in length when abutting another parking space.
(4) 
Structured Parking. The size of parking spaces developed in a structure shall comply with the following minimum standards:
a. 
Standard car spaces shall be no smaller than nine feet in width and 18 feet in length.
b. 
Compact car spaces shall be no smaller than eight feet in width and 15 feet in length.
c. 
Drive aisles that abut, exclusively, compact car spaces shall be no smaller than 20 feet in width.
(e) 
Off-Street Parking in the SC Shopping Center District. Off-street parking shall be provided in the SC district at a minimum ratio of one space per 275 Square Feet of floor area.
[Added 12-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-43]
(a) 
Design and layout.
(1) 
Long-term bicycle parking and short-term bicycle parking shall be provided in some combination of bicycle racks or covered bicycle parking, such as bicycle lockers, according to the standards set forth in this section. Other design options may be allowed pursuant to subsection (d) below.
(2) 
All bicycle parking facilities shall be sufficiently separated from motor vehicle parking areas to protect parked bicycles from damage by motor vehicles.
(3) 
Each required bicycle parking space must be accessible by way of at least one primary access route that is at least five feet in width and must be accessible without another bicycle needing to be moved.
(4) 
Bicycle racks. Long-term or short-term bicycle parking requirements may be satisfied by the installation of bicycle racks. Installers of bicycle racks may consult the guidelines of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, which set forth best practices and designs for the installation of bicycle racks. Preference shall be given to the "inverted U" rack. Other acceptable designs include the "post and ring," and "wheelwell secure." Bicycle racks shall be securely anchored to the ground and appropriately spaced to accommodate a full-sized bicycle and space for access and maneuvering. Older style bicycle racks, such as those commonly known as the "comb/schoolyard," "toast" and "wave," shall not be permitted.
(5) 
Covered bicycle parking. Long-term bicycle parking requirements must be satisfied by the installation of covered bicycle parking facilities, and short-term bicycle parking requirements may be thereby satisfied as well, in which case, appropriate signage shall be provided so that the availability of bicycle parking is clear to visitors and other users of short-term bicycle parking facilities, in accordance with subsection (c) below. Such facilities may be provided inside buildings, under roof overhangs or awnings, in bicycle lockers, or within or under other structures. A bicycle locker for this purpose shall mean an enclosed, lockable structure that may be opened and closed for the purpose of securely storing one or more bicycles. All covered bicycle parking facilities shall be secured by means of a lockable door or object inside or underneath to which a bicycle may be secured. Where required covered bicycle parking is not within a building or locker, the cover must be permanent, designed to protect bicycles from precipitation, and be at least seven feet in height.
(b) 
Unacceptable bicycle parking designs. A bicycle parking design shall not be acceptable where bicycles must be stored lying down or require a kickstand to remain upright.
(c) 
Signs. Where required bicycle parking spaces are not reasonably visible from the street or main building entrance of the use intended to be served, signage shall be posted at an appropriate location indicating the location of the bicycle parking storage facility.
(d) 
Exceptions from design requirements.
(1) 
Any design requirement set forth in this section may be modified with the approval of the Planning Board. The intent of this provision is to provide a mechanism for the review and approval of alternative technologies and methods for providing bicycle parking that may provide equal or greater benefits to bicycle users but may not conform to the exact requirements of this section.
(2) 
When seeking an exception pursuant to this section, the applicant shall provide a bicycle parking plan, which shall include the location of bicycle parking facilities and precise details and specifications of the design and layout of the proposed bicycle parking spaces. The bicycle parking plan shall include a narrative listing the requirements that are proposed to be modified and explaining the benefits of the modifications.
[Ord. No. 2018-11 § 4]
No structure shall be erected, relocated, enlarged, demolished, or externally altered or reconstructed nor shall the use of any structure be changed or shall any land be cleared or altered nor shall the use of any land be changed nor shall any watercourse be diverted or its channel or flood plain dredged or filled nor shall any open parking area, accessory or otherwise, be constructed, installed or enlarged nor shall any land be subdivided nor shall any building permit, certificate of occupancy, fence permit, or other required permit be issued with respect to any such structure, land or parking area, except in accordance with final approval of a site plan for such development granted pursuant to this article, unless exempted in accordance with section T10B-206.
[Ord. No. 2018-11 § 4]
If an applicant seeks to modify a site plan which has already received site plan approval, before the site development as approved has been fully constructed or installed, then an application for site plan approval of the modification may be submitted and processed as if it were a separate application for the modification notwithstanding that the original site plan approval was approved by the Board after public hearing except as provided below:
The modification shall be referred to the full board for action and shall be subject to the hearing and notice requirements of Divisions 4 and 5 of Article IV of this Chapter: (1) if the modification is not determined to be exempt under section T10B-206(d) or is not classified and approved as a minor site plan under section T10B-211; or (2) if the modification sought is of a condition specifically imposed by the Board.
[Ord. No. 2018-11 § 4; amended 10-27-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-18]
The following are exempt from the requirements of this article:
(a) 
Minor subdivisions.
(b) 
Individual lot applications for detached one-dwelling-unit or two-dwelling-unit buildings permitted as of right under applicable zoning regulations, and structures and uses incidental thereto; but this exemption shall not apply wherever three or more dwelling units are proposed to be constructed under common ownership or control on contiguous lots or on lots within the same subdivision under construction permit issued during the same period of 12 months beginning with the date of the first permit issued.
(c) 
Any development proposal which is for a permitted use or an approved conditional use which the Zoning Officer and Municipal Engineer determine will have no detrimental impact, as measured by the criteria and standards set forth in § T10B-226, if the Planning Director concurs, provided that the development does not increase the degree of noncompliance or create a new noncompliance with respect to any bulk regulations set forth in this chapter. The request for exemption shall be made by the filing of a classification application pursuant to the provisions of § T10B-207(a). If the development is found to be exempt under this paragraph, the Zoning Officer, Municipal Engineer, and Planning Director shall confirm this by placing the notation "exempt under section T10B-206(c)" on the submitted plan and by signing and filing the plan with the Planning Board. Any such exemption shall expire 12 months after its date of issuance unless within such period a construction permit has been obtained.
(d) 
Any development proposal for which the municipality is the applicant.
(e) 
The demolition of a detached one-dwelling-unit or two-dwelling-unit building which is not a part of a development project for which site plan approval is otherwise required.
(f) 
Any building or use permitted as of right on a lot of 30 acres or more in the E-2 District in the former Borough consisting of 5,000 square feet of building area or less or a parking area of 10 or fewer parking spaces that are 150 feet or more distant from a public street.
[Ord. No. 2018-11 § 4]
(a) 
Checklist for Administrative Exemption.
(1.) 
Six sets (original + five copies) of completed application.
(2.) 
Six copies of narrative providing written detail as to the application proposal.
(3.) 
Payment of fees.
(4.) 
Six sets of plans drawn to graphic scale, min. one inch equal 50 feet (plans are not to exceed 24 inches by 36 inches, all sheets must be the same size and all plans must be folded and collated) to include the following:
a 
All structures.
b 
All stoned and paved areas, including delineation of parking stalls.
c 
Existing and proposed landscaping.
d 
Lighting.
e 
Existing and proposed floor plans, with the area(s) subject to change clearly defined.
f 
If changes to the HVAC are proposed, applicant is to provide information regarding noise and odors as it pertains to the adjacent properties.
g 
Bulk zoning regulations for district in schedule form (showing required, existing and proposed conditions).
h 
Photographs showing existing conditions.
i 
Submission of historic preservation plan when property is located in a historic district or historic buffer district, pursuant to municipal ordinances including:
1. 
Photographs of the property in question and surrounding properties.
2. 
Product specifications, where appropriate.
3. 
Elevations and details for proposed new construction.
4. 
Floor plans.
5. 
Documentation sufficient to demonstrate how the proposed improvement appears in context.
6. 
Archaeological and historic sites survey.
7. 
Archaeological and historic sites construction protocol.
8. 
Delineated historic protection area or pre-mapped historic preservation area.
9. 
When available, historic photographs, maps, plot plans and other historic site documentation.
10. 
Plot plan of property showing location of all existing and proposed structures, with relationship to surrounding building(s) on adjoining properties, zoning setback, driveways(s), and existing and proposed utilities.