[Ord. No. 564, 9-6-2000]
Except as specifically provided otherwise for residential uses
and developments at N.J.A.C. 5:21, all off-street parking, loading
areas and driveways shall be designed in accordance with this section.
A. Screening.
(1) A screen planting, berm, fence, wall, or combination thereof, not
less than four feet in height, shall be provided between each off-street
parking area containing six or more parking spaces and any lot line
or street line except where a building intervenes or where the distance
between such area and the lot line or street line is greater than
150 feet and except where the applicant will participate in an approved
intra-block public parking plan.
The requirement to provide a sight triangle easement as set forth in §
50-702 shall not preclude compliance with this section, and all screening shall be located outside of the required sight triangle easement.
(2) All loading areas and areas and containers used for the storage of
solid waste and recyclables shall be screened to obscure the view
of the parked vehicles, loading platforms, containers, waste materials
and recyclables from any public streets and adjacent properties throughout
the year. Such screening shall be in the form of an extension of the
building, fence, berm, wall, planting, or combination thereof and
shall not be less than four feet in height.
(3) Each off-street parking area, regardless of the use it serves, shall
have a minimum area equal to one parking space for every 20 spaces,
which shall be in the form of landscaped islands. Approximately half
the area of said landscaped island(s) shall have evergreen shrubs
no higher than three feet, and the other half shall have shade trees
with branches no lower than seven feet at time of planting. Such landscaped
islands shall be distributed throughout the parking area in order
to break the view of parked cars in a manner not impairing the safety
of motorists and pedestrians. This requirement shall be waived for
parking areas containing fewer than 20 spaces.
(4) See also §
50-707 for additional requirements.
B. Lighting. Lighting used to illuminate off-street parking and loading areas shall be in accordance with §
50-703B of this chapter. The details of the proposed lighting of all off-street parking and loading areas shall be shown on the site plan.
C. Paving, curbing and marking. All parking and loading areas and access drives shall be paved and curbed as outlined below unless otherwise specified by the Board and approved as part of the development application approval. All such parking areas, regardless of their size and location, shall also be suitably drained and maintained in accordance with the requirements of §
50-701.
(1) Areas of ingress and egress, parking stalls, loading and unloading
areas, major interior driveways or access aisles and other areas likely
to experience heavy traffic shall be paved with not less than six
inches of compacted base course of plant-mixed bituminous, stabilized
base course (Mix No. 1-2), constructed in layers of not more than
two inches compacted thickness and prepared and constructed in accordance
with "New Jersey State Highway Standards and Specifications for Roads
and Bridge Construction" (1983) and any amendments thereto. A minimum
of two inches compacted wearing surface of bituminous concrete mixture
(Mix No. 1-5) shall be constructed thereon in accordance with the
aforesaid New Jersey Highway Department specifications and amendments
thereto.
(2) Where subgrade conditions of proposed paved areas are wet, yielding
or of such a nature that surfacing would be inadvisable without first
treating the subgrade, the areas shall be excavated to a suitable
depth below the proposed grade and filled with Type 5, Class A quarry
process stone or a suitable upgrade material as approved by the Borough
Engineer. Where required by the Borough Engineer, a system of subsurface
drains or an alternate solution approved by the Borough Engineer shall
be constructed beneath the surface of the paved area and connected
to a suitable drain. After the subbase material has been properly
placed and compacted, the surfacing material, as described heretofore,
shall be constructed thereon.
(3) All paved parking and loading areas and access drives shall be curbed.
(4) All construction shall be in accordance with the "New Jersey State
Highway Standards and Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction"
(1983) and any amendments thereto, unless otherwise specified by the
Board with the knowledge and written consent of the Borough Engineer.
(5) All off-street parking lots shall be clearly marked as approved by
the Board to delineate parking spaces and direct traffic flows. The
Board may require that certain areas be maintained for firefighting
or other emergency purposes, and such areas shall also be clearly
designated.
D. Access driveways.
(1) The center lines of access driveways on adjoining lots shall be spaced
at least 20 feet apart.
(2) Each access drive shall handle no more than two lanes of traffic.
(3) On a corner lot, the access drive(s) shall be set back at least 50
feet or 1/2 the lot frontage, whichever is greater, from the point
of tangency of the existing or proposed curb radius of either of the
intersecting streets.
(4) Continuous open driveways having a width in excess of 16 feet at
the street line shall be prohibited, except that two-way driveways
approved by the Board shall be at least 24 feet wide.
(5) Where a lot will contain more than one access drive on the same street
frontage, the center lines of such access drives shall be spaced at
least 50 feet apart. In such case, however, access drives shall not
occupy more than 30% of the lot's frontage on any one street.
(6) In all instances, due consideration to the proposed width, curbing,
direction of traffic flow, radii of curves and method of dividing
traffic lanes shall be given.
(7) Curbing shall be depressed at the driveway or the curbing may be
rounded at the corners and the driveway connected with the street
in the same manner as another street.
(8) All points of access shall be graded and adequate drainage facilities installed to prevent stormwater runoff from directly entering the public street. All drainage facilities shall be designed in accordance with §
50-701 of this chapter.
(9) All driveways and access drives serving residential and nonresidential
uses in the Borough of Frenchtown shall comply with the requirements
of the Borough's Driveway Ordinance.
(10)
No use shall have its access from a driveway originating in
a different zoning district than the one in which the use itself is
located and no driveway shall be constructed or used to give access
to a use in a zoning district other than the one in which the driveway
is located.
(11)
All portions of driveways serving single-family detached residential
lots which are located within a street right-of-way or within 25 feet
of the center line of a street, whichever is greater, shall be constructed
in accordance with the Borough's Driveway Ordinance. Moreover, if
any portion of a driveway for a single-family detached or two-family
residential lot exceeds a profile grade of 8% at any point within
the first 200 feet of the street right-of-way line, measured at the
driveway center line, that portion of the driveway shall be paved
with bituminous concrete, macadam or Portland cement.
E. Barrier-free access. All parking areas shall be designed in conformance
with N.J.A.C. 5:23-7.1 et seq., the Barrier-Free Subcode, and applicable
federal regulations.
F. Location of parking and loading.
(1) No parking or loading of vehicles shall be permitted in front yards,
fire lanes, streets, driveways, landscaped areas, aisles, buffer areas,
sidewalks, or turning areas.
(2) Internal roads and parking aisles shall be designed to reasonably
accommodate the turning movements of emergency vehicles regularly
and routinely serving Frenchtown Borough without requiring the mounting
of curbs or interference with landscaping.
(3) Where a parking space abuts a landscaped area or walkway at one end,
a wheel stop or bumper shall be placed within the parking space, two
feet from the end, to keep vehicles from overhanging the sidewalk
or planted area.
G. Type of facility.
(1) When parking spaces are provided within a garage or other structure,
said structure shall adhere to the required principal or accessory
building setbacks, as applicable.
(2) The provision of parking spaces also shall include adequate driveways
and necessary turning areas for handling the vehicles for which provision
is made.
(3) Except for the driveway providing access to a garage, all parking
areas shall be designed to permit a motor vehicle to proceed to and
from a parking space without requiring the moving of any other motor
vehicle(s).
(4) Aisles providing access to parking areas shall have the following
minimum dimensions; where the angle of parking is different on both
sides of the aisle, the larger aisle width shall prevail:
Angle of Parking Space
|
One-Way Aisle
(feet)
|
Two-Way Aisle
(feet)
|
---|
90°
|
22
|
24
|
60°
|
18
|
20
|
45°
|
15
|
20
|
30°
|
12
|
18
|
Parallel
|
12
|
18
|