In all zones, there shall be provided, at the time any building
or structure is erected, enlarged, increased in capacity or changed
in use, off-street parking spaces and loading and unloading areas
in accordance with the requirements set forth herein in this article.
Such facilities shall be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate
of occupancy.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property
to maintain all off-street parking, loading and unloading areas, driveways,
aisles and accessways in good condition, free of sagging conditions,
potholes and cracked pavement. All lighting, bumpers, marking, signs,
drainage and landscaping shall be similarly kept in workable, safe
and good condition. If the owner fails to undertake repairs, after
proper notification by the Zoning Officer, the governing body may
authorize repairs to be made at the owner's expense if, in the governing
body's opinion, conditions constitute a hazard to the safety and welfare
of the Township residents and visitors. The costs incurred by these
repairs shall be added to the property owner's taxes and shall be
paid in the same manner.
All commercial and industrial uses shall have provisions for
off-street loading and unloading adjacent to the building or as approved
by the Board. All such spaces shall be designed and planned in accordance
with generally accepted engineering principles and as required by
the Township Engineer. Each loading space shall be at least 10 feet
in width and 35 feet in length and shall have a minimum height clearance
of 14 feet and may not occupy the front yard. The equivalent of one
loading space shall be provided for each 12,000 square feet of gross
area or part thereof.
[Amended 10-25-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-21; 10-24-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-30; 4-27-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-05; 11-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-16]
A. Except in the case of one-family
houses, no parking areas shall be established for fewer than four
spaces.
B. Required spaces.
Institutional Land Uses
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Required Off-Street Parking Spaces per Indicated Area
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Animal hospital/kennel
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1 per 200 square feet GFA
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Assembly, manufacturing, fabrication, or uses which package,
treat or convert products
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1 per 800 square feet GFA
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Bar
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1 per 2 seats
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Bowling alley
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2 per alley, plus 1 per employee at maximum staff
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Brewery/Distillery
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1 per 1,100 square feet GFA or 1 for every 2 customers allowed
based upon the number of seats in the tasting room, whichever is greater,
plus 1 per employee
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Car wash
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5 employee spaces plus off-street storage (stacking) space equal
to at least 5 times the number of cars that can be in the wash process
at 1 time. For self-wash or self-service car washes, the requirement
for employee parking shall be eliminated.
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Commercial entertainment
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1 per 75 square feet of usable visitor floor space
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Commercial recreation
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1 per 100 square feet of building
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Data processing, warehousing, and wholesale distribution centers
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1 per 5,000 square feet GFA
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Dealership
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1 per 1,000 square feet of showroom and 1.5 per service bay
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Dwellings
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Up to 6 units
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2 per unit
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Over 6 units
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1 1/2 per unit
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Fiduciary institutions
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1 per 500 square feet GFA
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Finishing operations
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1 per 800 square feet GFA
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Fitness centers
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1 per 100 square feet GFA
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Funeral home
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1 per 100 square feet GFA
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Hospital
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1 per 3 beds, plus 1 per employee on maximum shift
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Hotel
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1 per guest room, plus 1 per employee on maximum shift; 1 per
200 square feet for meeting rooms and commercial use (Up to 50% of
spaces for commercial use can be counted from guest room parking spaces
per Board's discretion.)
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Houses of worship
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1 per 4 seats1
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Industrial
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1 per 800 square feet GFA
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Laboratories and research facilities
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1 per 1,000 square feet GFA
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Library
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1 per 300 square feet GFA
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Manufacturing
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1 per 800 square feet GFA
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Medical office
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1 per 200 square feet GFA
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Neighborhood convenience center less than 400,000 square feet
GFA
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4 per 1,000 square feet GFA
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Nightclub
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1 per 3 seats
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Offices
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3 per 1,000 GFA
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Quick-food establishment
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1 per 30 square feet GFA
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Receiving
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1 per 5,000 square feet GFA
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Research
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1 per 1,000 square feet GFA
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Restaurant
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1 per 3 seats
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Retail shops and services
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1 per 300 square feet GFA
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Schools
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Elementary
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2 per classroom, plus 1 per staff
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Intermediate
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1.5 per classroom, plus 1 per staff
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Secondary
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2.5 per classroom, plus 1 per 10 students
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Service station
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4 per bay, plus 1 per 2 employees
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Shipping
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1 per 5,000 square feet GFA
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Shopping center
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3 per 1,000 square feet GLA
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Storage areas
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1 per 5,000 square feet GFA
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Theater
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1 per 5 seats, based on maximum seating capacity
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Warehouse
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1 per 5,000 square feet GFA
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Notes:
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GFA = Gross floor area; GLA = gross leasable area
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1
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For a prayer hall/sanctuary without seating, the number of persons
shall be calculated at one person per 11 square feet of gross hall/sanctuary
area.
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(1) There
shall be no additional parking requirement for any square footage
devoted solely to ancillary storage, office or employee lunchrooms/eating
clinic facilities on any mezzanine space within that portion of a
building occupied by the individual use to which the storage, office
and/or employee lunchroom/eating clinic facility is ancillary.
(2) For
any building that meets the definition of flex-space as defined in
these regulations and that exceeds a 10% office cap, there shall be
an additional parking requirement for any square footage devoted above
the 10% office cap.
C. In the event that the number
of parking spaces results in a fraction of a space, one more parking
space shall be provided.
D. In cases of uses not specifically
mentioned, the requirements for off-street parking facilities of similar
uses shall apply. If no use can be described as similar to the proposed
use, parking shall be required in accordance with the judgment of
the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
E. In the event of a mixed use,
the required off-street parking shall be the sum of the required off-street
parking for each use.
F. The gross floor area shall mean
the total floor area at all floors and levels.
G. Variance.
(1) If
the applicant can clearly demonstrate to the Planning Board or Board
of Adjustment that, because of local conditions and factors such as
the nature of the operation of the permitted use, household characteristics,
mass transit options, downtown versus suburban location, and off-street
parking resources, the above parking requirements are unnecessary
and excessive, the Board may approve parking plans showing less parking
area than required. In this case, the Planning Board or Zoning Board
of Adjustment may require a landscaped area to be reserved that can
readily be converted to off-street parking if the conditions for allowing
lesser parking ever change.
(2) Where the applicant can demonstrate there is an adequate supply of
publicly available parking to meet the business' needs, the applicant
for preliminary site plan approval may request the Planning Board
or Zoning Board of Adjustment to waive the requirement for the parking
spaces, for businesses located in the CBD-1 and CBD-2 Zones. The applicant
must show publicly available parking through a parking study detailing
the number of open parking spaces within the CBD-1 and CBD-2 Zone
Districts only and within 300 feet of the building entrance. Any area
where on-street parking is not permitted shall not be counted. The
parking study submission shall include existing utilization of applicable
parking spaces during the following times:
(a)
Weekday afternoon (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.).
(b)
Weekday night (7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.).
(c)
Weekend afternoon (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.).
(3) If,
in the opinion of the Board, because of the unusual nature of the
applicant's business, the set forth parking standards are insufficient,
the Board may require a greater number of parking spaces.
H. On-street parking shall not be counted towards the parking requirements.
I. Required spaces. Single-family, two-family and duplex residences
shall provide two spaces, one of which must be provided in an enclosed
garage.
J. Shared parking. Shared parking is encouraged within the CBD-1 and
CBD-2 Zone Districts. The parking spaces required in the above standards
may be reduced when two or more establishments share the same parking
area, whether on the same lot or on abutting lots, subject to the
following conditions:
(1) That some portion of the shared off-street parking area lies within
300 feet of an entrance, regularly used by patrons, into the buildings
served by the shared parking facilities.
(2) That access and parking easements are prepared and recorded for each
property affected by the shared parking.
(3) The minimum amount of shared parking required shall be calculated
according to the following formula:
(a)
Calculate the minimum amount of parking required for each land
use as if it were a separate use.
(b)
To determine peak parking requirements, multiply the minimum
parking required for each proposed land use by the corresponding percentage
in the table below for each of the five time periods.
(c)
Calculate the column total for each of the five time periods.
(d)
The column (time period) with the highest value shall be the
minimum shared parking requirement.
Shared Parking Requirements
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Use
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Weekdays
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Weekends
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8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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6:00 p.m. to 12:00 Midnight
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12:00 Midnight to 8:00 a.m.
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8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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6:00 p.m. to 12:00 Midnight
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12:00 Midnight to 8:00 a.m.
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Office
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100%
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10%
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5%
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10%
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5%
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5%
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Retail
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70%
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90%
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5%
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100%
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5%
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5%
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Hotel/Motel
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75%
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100%
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100%
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75%
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70%
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100%
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Restaurant
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60%
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100%
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10%
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60%
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100%
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20%
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Entertainment/Recreation
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40%
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100%
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10%
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80%
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100%
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50%
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Residential
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60%
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100%
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100%
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80%
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100%
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100%
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