In all zones, in connection with every industrial,
business, institutional, recreational, residential or any other use,
there shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is
erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking
and loading spaces for automotive and other vehicles in accordance
with the requirements set forth herein. Such facilities shall be completed
prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
B.
Except as noted below, the length of all parking spaces
shall be 20 feet and the minimum width shall be nine feet for long-term
parking. Retail, short-term commercial and all visitor parking shall
have a minimum width of 10 feet. The overall length may be reduced
to 17 1/2 feet if overhang is provided and the use of curbs or
bumpers indicated. Parallel or curbed parking spaces shall measure
not less than eight feet in width and 23 feet in length. The Planning
Board may approve a parking plan showing smaller dimensions to accommodate
compact cars or valet parking, but in no event shall any parking space
be less than eight feet wide.
C.
Off-street parking requirements for particular uses.
[Amended 3-21-2012 by Ord. No. 2-12; 10-21-2020 by Ord. No. 20-20]
|
Use
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Required Parking Spaces
(GFA - gross floor area)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Automobile dealership
|
2.7 per 1,000 square feet of GFA of customer sales, lounge and
waiting areas, plus 1.0 per 250 square feet of GFA of dealership business
offices, plus 2 per service bay, plus 1 per 500 square feet of GFA
for warehouse, parts and other indoor storage
| |
|
Outdoor vehicle display and vehicle inventory storage areas
shall be accurately depicted and dimensioned on a site plan; when
approved by the reviewing board, said areas shall not be changed,
expanded or relocated without reapproval by the board
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|
Automotive service stations
|
5 for each bay, plus 1 for each service vehicle, and 1 per 500
square feet of nonbay GFA
| |
|
Banks and savings institutions
|
4 per 1,000 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Bowling lanes
|
5 for each lane
| |
|
Colleges and institutions of higher learning
|
1 for each full-time or part-time day student
| |
|
Community buildings, clubs, social halls, lodges, fraternal
organizations, and places of assembly
|
1 per 3 seats, or 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor
area (GFA), whichever is greater
| |
|
Country clubs
|
1 per 100 square feet of GFA occupied by all principal or accessory
structures except those used for parking or storage purposes; country
clubs with golf courses shall also demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the reviewing authority that the additional spaces are not necessary
based on actual parking demand surveys. Driving range practice tees
shall require 2 spaces per tee
| |
|
Farm market
|
5 spaces
| |
|
Funeral homes, mortuaries
|
10, plus 1 per 50 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Industrial uses
|
1 per 300 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Laboratory and research
|
1 per 300 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Medical/dental offices
|
5 per 1,000 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Motels, hotels, motor lodges
|
1.25 for each guest room, plus 1 per 2 1/2 seats for restaurants,
and for restaurants with a bar and/or liquor table service and other
auxiliary areas for patrons (nonseating), 1 per 100 square feet of
GFA devoted to same, plus 1 per 100 square feet of GFA for each meeting/banquet
space. Accessory interior retail space of not more than 3,000 square
feet of GFA of interior space shall not require additional parking
| |
|
Museum
|
1.5 per 1,000 annual visitors
| |
|
Nursing home
|
1 for each bed
| |
|
Offices, business
|
4 per 1,000 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Offices, professional (other than medical and dental)
|
5 per 1,000 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Places of worship
|
1 per 3 seats within the sanctuary or worship hall (or 1 per
72 inches of seating space when pews or benches rather than individual
seats or chairs are used), or 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross
floor area (GFA) for all buildings on-site, whichever is greater
| |
|
Private recreation clubs, health clubs and recreation facilities
|
5 per 1,000 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Public and private schools
|
Elementary Schools: 2 per classroom
Middle Schools: 1.5 per classroom
High Schools: 2.5 per classroom
For combined Elementary and Middle Schools, the parking requirements
for Elementary Schools shall apply
| |
|
Residential dwellings
|
As required by New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards
(RSIS)
| |
|
Restaurants, eating and drinking establishments and catering
facilities
|
1 per 2 1/2 seats, and for restaurants, etc., with a bar
and/or liquor table service and other auxiliary areas for patrons
(nonseating), 1 per 100 square feet of GFA devoted to same, 1 per
100 square feet of GFA with fast-food service at counter, plus 1 per
4 seats of outside food service at the discretion of the reviewing
board for any restaurant use
| |
|
Retail stores, store groups, shops, etc.
|
5 per 1,000 square feet of GFA
| |
|
Theaters and cinemas
|
1 per 2.5 seats
| |
|
Wholesale establishments, warehouses, furniture stores
|
1 per 500 square feet of GFA
|
D.
Off-street parking requirements for a combination of uses. The parking requirement for each use shall be computed separately and then added together to compute the total number of required parking spaces. In all questionable or doubtful cases, or for uses not enumerated, the Planning Board shall determine the required number of spaces, utilizing as a standard the requirements for the uses which are specifically enumerated in Subsection C hereof.
E.
Parking area design standards.
(1)
Access. There shall be adequate provision for ingress
and egress to all parking spaces. Access drives or driveways shall
be not less than 15 feet wide for either ingress or egress and 24
feet wide for both ingress and egress, except that for residential
structures for fewer than three families, access drives or driveways
shall be no less than 10 feet wide for both ingress and egress and
may be utilized for part or all of the parking area requirements.
No driveway or access drive shall be closer than 50 feet to the road
lot lines of any two intersecting streets on the same side of the
street as the lot in question.
(2)
Size of aisles. The width of all aisles
providing direct access to individual parking stalls shall be in accordance
with the requirements set forth below. Only one-way traffic shall
be permitted in aisles serving parking spaces placed at an angle other
than 90°.
[Amended 10-23-2019 by Ord. No. 24-19]
|
Parking Angle
|
Aisle Width
(feet)
|
|---|---|
|
0° (parallel)
|
12
|
|
30°
|
12
|
|
45°
|
13
|
|
60°
|
18
|
|
90° (perpendicular)
|
24
|
(3)
General location. No off-street parking or loading
area shall be located in a minimum required front yard.
(4)
Location in different zones. No access drive, driveway
or other means of ingress and egress shall be located in any residential
zone to provide access to uses other than those permitted in such
residential zone.
(5)
Sidewalks and curbing. Sidewalks between parking areas
and principal structures along aisles and driveways and wherever pedestrian
traffic shall occur shall be provided with a minimum width of four
feet of passable area and shall be raised six inches or more above
the parking area except when crossing streets or driveways. Guardrails
and wheel stops permanently anchored to the ground shall be provided
in appropriate locations. Parked vehicles shall not overhang or extend
over sidewalk areas, unless an additional sidewalk width of 2 1/2
feet is provided to accommodate such overhang.
(6)
Other design criteria.
(a)
Landscaping and drainage.
[1]
Parking areas shall be suitably landscaped to
minimize noise, glare and other nuisance characteristics as well as
to enhance the environment and ecology of the site and surrounding
area. Said parking areas shall have suitable drainage facilities as
required by the Township Engineer.
(b)
Lighting. All parking areas shall be lighted
to provide a minimum of a total average illumination of 1 1/2
footcandles throughout the parking area. Such lighting shall be shielded
in such a manner as not to create a hazard or nuisance to the adjoining
properties or the traveling public.
(c)
Markings and access. Parking stalls, driveways
and aisles shall be clearly marked and delineated. The Planning Board
may require that certain areas be maintained for firefighting or other
emergency purposes, and these areas shall be appropriately designated.
(d)
Other design requirements. In addition to the standards contained herein, standards governing curbs, sidewalks, drainage, landscaping, lighting, markings, signs, safety features, legal agreements, off-site improvements, bonding and other requirements shall meet the standards established in Chapter 57, Land Development.
A.
In any zone, in connection with every building or
building group or part thereof hereafter erected which is to be occupied
by industrial, office and laboratory or commercial uses or distribution
by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and
maintained, on the same lot with such building, off-street loading
berths in accordance with the requirements set forth below:
|
Uses
|
Floor Area
(square feet)
|
Loading Berths
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Schools
|
15,000 or more
|
1
| |
|
Hospitals and nursing homes (in addition to
space for ambulances)
|
From 10,000 to 30,000
|
1
| |
|
For each additional 30,000 or fraction thereof
|
1 additional
| ||
|
Undertakers and funeral parlors
|
5,000
|
1
| |
|
For each additional 5,000 or fraction thereof
|
1 additional
| ||
|
Hotels and offices
|
From 10,000 or more
|
1
| |
|
Retail, commercial, planned commercial and industrial
development groups; wholesaling, manufacturing and industrial uses
|
From 5,000 to 15,000
|
1
| |
|
From 15,000 to 30,000
|
2
| ||
|
From 30,000 to 50,000
|
3
| ||
|
From 50,000 to 75,000
|
4
| ||
|
For each additional 25,000 or fraction thereof
|
1 additional
|
B.
Each loading space shall be no less than 12 feet in
width, 50 feet in length and 14 feet in height and may not occupy
any part of any required front, side or rear yard; provided, however,
that on lots on which the rear yard abuts a limited-access highway
or a railroad, such loading space may occupy the rear yard up to the
rear property line.
Off-street parking and loading facilities for
separate uses may be provided jointly if the total number of spaces
so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements
for each use, provided that all regulations governing the location
of accessory spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to.
Further, no accessory space or portion thereof shall serve as a required
space for more than one use unless otherwise approved by the Planning
Board as provided herein in accordance with the purposes and procedures
set forth herein.
A.
Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or
private off-street parking or loading area shall be maintained in
good condition, free of hazards and deterioration. All pavement areas,
sidewalks, curbs, drainage facilities, lighting, bumpers, guardrails,
markings, signs, landscaping and other improvements shall be maintained
in workable, safe and good condition.
B.
The governing body may authorize repairs for such
improvements if, after proper notice, the owner fails to maintain
such improvements and such conditions constitute a hazard to health
and safety or where such improvements are governed by a development
or other similar agreement.
[Amended 10-15-1997 by Ord. No. 23-97]
A.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes:
All commercially licensed vehicles, and/or all
vehicles including trailers, with business identification signs or
lettering, racks or hangers for exterior tools, ladders, supplies
and equipment used for a commercial purpose.
All trucks or vans with a payload or rated capacity
in excess of 1 1/2 tons or length in excess of 20 feet and all
tractors, dump trucks, medium trucks, semitrucks or trailers, tandem
trucks, tow trucks, rack body trucks, flatbed trucks and the like.
All construction equipment, including but not
limited to bulldozers, backhoes, payloaders, cranes, equipment carriers
and trailers and similar machines.
Any trailer not otherwise fitting within the
definition of "commercial vehicle" as used herein shall be treated
as a commercial vehicle when attached to such commercial vehicle.
B.
Except as otherwise provided for herein, the parking
or storage of commercial vehicles in a residential zone shall be prohibited.
(1)
One commercial vehicle may be parked or stored in
a residential zone on a property without a garage, or one commercial
vehicle may be parked or stored on a property having a garage in a
residential zone, provided that the same is contained within a wholly
enclosed garage, and in any case such parking or storage shall be
as an accessory use to the principal permitted use, and further provided
that such commercial vehicle shall not exceed 1 1/2 tons of payload
or rated capacity or have a length in excess of 20 feet. Such vehicle
shall not engage in commercial uses from the residential zone. This
exception shall not apply to tractors, dump trucks, medium trucks,
semitrucks or trailers, tandem trucks, tow trucks, rack body trucks,
flatbed trucks, construction equipment and the like.
C.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1)
The temporary use for hire of a commercial vehicle
at the premises of a client, vendor or customer in the normal course
of conducting the activity for which such vehicle is primarily used.
(2)
In cases of emergency, the parking or storage of commercial
vehicles owned or leased by municipal, county or state governmental
entities.
(3)
The parking or storage of commercial vehicles owned
or leased by utility authorities duly constituted by statute and municipal
vehicles owned by the Township of Morris, provided that such vehicles
do not exceed 1 1/2 tons of payload or rated capacity or have
a length in excess of 20 feet.
(4)
The parking or storage of municipal vehicles on municipal
property.
D.
This section shall not in any way be construed as
an authorization for the use of the premises not otherwise permitted
under this chapter. No preexisting nonconforming use validly existing
prior to adoption of any zoning ordinance prohibiting or limiting
a use of premises shall be affected by this chapter.
If any applicant can clearly demonstrate to
the Planning Board or if the Planning Board determines that, because
of the nature of his operation or use, the parking requirements of
this article are unnecessary or excessive, the Planning Board shall
have the power to approve a site plan showing less paved parking area
than is required by this article; provided, however, that a landscaped
area of sufficient size to meet the deficiency shall be set aside
and reserved for the purposes of meeting future off-street parking
requirements in the event that a change of use or operation of the
premises shall make such additional off-street parking spaces necessary.
[Added 12-16-2020 by Ord.
No. 29-20]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide a regulatory framework
for the construction and operation of electric vehicle charging stations
in the Township. Electric vehicles provide many benefits for the public
health, safety, and welfare, including reducing air pollution, greenhouse
gas emissions and stormwater runoff contaminants; promoting savings
in motor vehicle operating costs for vehicle owners; and contributing
overall to sustainability goals and objectives of the Township and
the State. New Jersey is becoming a primary market for electric vehicles,
and the accompanying demand for charging stations is projected to
grow with the increase of electric vehicle models on the market. This
section seeks to promote the provision of appropriate infrastructure
in the Township to support the transition to electric vehicle use,
while ensuring that such infrastructure does not pose detriments to
the existing neighborhoods or community character of Morris Township.
B.
CHARGING LEVELS
(1)
(2)
(3)
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING EQUIPMENT
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
The standardized indicators of electrical force or voltage,
at which an electric vehicle's battery is recharged. The terms Level
1, Level 2, and Level 3 are the most common charging levels, and include
the following specifications:
Level 1: slow charging; operates on an alternating current (AC)
circuit with voltage up to 120 volts.
Level 2: medium charging; operates on an alternating current
(AC) circuit with voltage commonly at 208 or 240 volts.
Level 3: fast or rapid charging; operates on a direct current
(DC) circuit with voltage of 480 volts or higher. Level 3 charging
is primarily utilized for commercial and public applications and is
typically characterized by industrial grade electrical outlets that
allow for faster recharging or electric vehicles.
Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation
on public and private highways, roads, and streets; and operates,
either partially or exclusively, on electrical energy from the grid
or other off-board source that is stored on-board via a battery or
similar energy storage device for propulsion.
Any equipment or electrical component used for the purpose
of charging an electric vehicle, including but not limited to power
cabinets, transformers, switchboards, outlets, electric meters, circuit
breakers, network interfaces, point of sale equipment, and other associated
apparatus and utilities such as electric lines and cables, conductors,
connectors, couplers, enclosures, and attachment plugs. Electric vehicle
charging equipment shall not include equipment located within the
electric vehicles themselves.
A parking space installed with electric vehicle charging
equipment that allows for the transfer of electric energy (by conductive
or inductive means) to a battery or other energy storage device in
an electric vehicle.
C.
Siting and design standards.
(1)
Permitted locations. Electric vehicle charging stations shall
be permitted as follows:
(a)
Level 1 and Level 2 charging stations shall be permitted in
all zoning districts when accessory to a permitted use.
(b)
Level 3 charging stations shall be permitted in all other zoning
districts when accessory to a permitted use other than single family
detached or two-family dwellings.
(c)
Notwithstanding the above regulations, public electric vehicle
charging stations are allowed to be constructed in any public parking
lot maintained and operated by the Township or other public entity.
(2)
Minimum charging stations required for multifamily residential
and nonresidential uses.
(a)
All new parking facilities and all expansions of existing parking
facilities resulting in an increase in parking capacity by more than
50% that are associated with multifamily residential or nonresidential
uses shall include electric vehicle charging stations in accordance
with the table below.
|
Required Minimum Number of Parking Spaces
|
Required Minimum Number of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
|
|---|---|
|
0 to 25
|
0
|
|
26 to 100
|
2% of total required number of parking spaces
|
|
> 100
|
3% of total required number of parking spaces
|
(b)
It is strongly encouraged but not required, that a minimum of
one ADA accessible electric vehicle charging station be provided in
any parking facility that is required to have electric vehicle charging
stations.
(c)
A fraction of a space shall be rounded up to the nearest whole
number for purposes of calculating the minimum required number of
parking spaces.
(3)
Design and installation standards. Where provided, electric
vehicle charging stations shall comply with the following standards:
(a)
The parking stall of an electric vehicle charging station shall
be not less than nine feet wide or 18 feet in length.
(b)
Charging station outlets and connector devices shall be no less
than 36 inches and no higher than 48 inches from grade, and shall
contain a retraction device and/or a place to hang permanent cords
and connectors at a sufficient and safe distance above the ground
or pavement surface. Any cords connecting the charger to a vehicle
shall be configured so that they do not cross a driveway, sidewalk,
or passenger unloading area.
(c)
Equipment mounted on pedestals, lighting posts, or other devices
for on-street charging stations shall be designed and located as to
not impede pedestrian travel or create trip hazards.
(d)
Adequate charging station equipment protection such as wheel
stops and concrete-filled steel bollards shall be used. Non-mountable
curbing may be used in lieu of bollards, if the charging station is
set back a minimum of 24 inches from the face of the curb.
(4)
Signs. Electric vehicle charging stations, except when accessory
to a single-family detached or two-family dwelling, shall have signage
subject to the following standards:
(a)
Number of signs: one sign shall be required and permitted for
each charging station.
(b)
Maximum sign dimensions: 17 inches by 22 inches.
(c)
Required and recommended notices: each sign shall clearly identify
the electric vehicle charging station as reserved for use by electric
vehicles for charging purposes. Additional information recommended
for inclusion on the signage are as follows:
(5)
Site plan review exemptions. Notwithstanding the above, the
following shall be exempt from site plan review:
(a)
Installation of electrical vehicle charging equipment at existing
parking facilities, provided that conversions of conventional parking
spaces to electric vehicle charging stations do not result in a deficiency
in the number of off-street parking spaces below the minimum number
required.
(b)
Installation of electric vehicle charging equipment and charging
stations that are accessory to a single-family detached or two-family
dwelling.
(6)
Restrictions. Except when accessory to a detached single-family
or two-family dwelling, all electric vehicle charging stations shall
be reserved for charging of electric vehicles only, meaning that an
electric vehicle is parked at the station and connected to the charging
equipment.
