Angle of Parking
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Width of Driveway in Feet; One-Way Traffic
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Width of Driveway in Feet; Two-Way Traffic
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90°
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24
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24
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60°
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20
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22
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45°
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18
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22
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30°
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11
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22
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Parallel
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11
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22
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Use
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Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required
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Plus 1 Off-Street Parking Space for Each:
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A. RESIDENTIAL USES:
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1. Dwelling Unit, other than types listed separately in this
table
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2 per dwelling unit. See § 310.3B about vehicles that
must be moved from one space in order to access the second space.
Where a second parking space per dwelling unit cannot be provided
on-site, the second space may be provided through on-street parking
spaces on the same side of the street adjacent to the homes or an
overflow parking lot with a Township-approved system for maintenance.
Such parking shall be provided within a maximum of 300 feet from the
dwellings that are served by it.
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2. Home Occupation
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Where special exception approval is required for a general home
occupation, the Zoning Hearing Board may require additional off-street
parking depending upon the demand created by the use and the availability
of on-street parking.
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Required parking for the dwelling unit
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3. Housing Permanently Restricted to Persons 55 Years and Older
and/or the Physically Handicapped
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1 per dwelling/rental unit, except 0.5 per dwelling/rental unit
if the age limit is 62 and older
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1.1 Nonresident Employee
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4. Boarding House or Fraternity or Sorority House
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1 per 2 adult residents
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1.1 Nonresident Employee
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5. Group Home
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1 per 2 adult residents, unless the applicant proves the home
will be limited to persons who will not be allowed to drive a vehicle
from the property
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Employee, plus space for the largest vehicle (such as a van)
that will regularly be parked at the property
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B. INSTITUTIONAL USES:
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1. Assisted Living Facility, Personal Care Home, Hospice, or
Similar Retirement Community
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1 per 6 beds that are not within dwelling units, plus 0.5 for
each dwelling unit
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1.1 Employees
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2. College or University
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1 per 1.5 students not living on campus who attend class at
peak times, plus one space for every 3 persons living in on-campus
housing (other than students forbidden from having a car in the Township)
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1.1 Employees
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3. Day-Care Center
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1 per 12 children, with spaces designed for safe and convenient
dropoff and pickup. The Township may, at its discretion, approve one
or more short-term on-street parking spaces to meet this requirement.
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1.1 Employees
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4. Hospital
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1 per 4 inpatient or outpatient beds
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1.1 Employees
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5. Library, Community Center or Cultural Center or Museum
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1 per 5 seats (or 1 per 300 square feet of floor area accessible
to patrons and/or users if seats are not typically provided)
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1.1 Employees
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6. Nursing Home
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1 per 10 beds
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1.1 Employees
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7. Place of Worship (includes Church)
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1 per 5 seats in room of largest capacity. For pews that are
not individual seats, each 50 inches shall count as 1 seat. An accessory
day-care center is not required to provide additional parking.
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1.1 Employees
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8. School, Primary or Secondary
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1 per 4 students aged 16 or older
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1.1 Employees
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9. Swimming Pool, Nonhousehold
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1 per 50 square feet of water surface, other than wading pools
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1.1 Employees
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10. Temporary Shelter
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1 per 10 adult residents
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1.1 Employees
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11. Treatment Center or Criminal Halfway House
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1 per 3 residents aged 16 years or older plus 1 per 2 nonresidents
intended to be treated on-site at peak times, except for residents
forbidden from having vehicles
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Nonresident Employee
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12. Utility Facility
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1 per vehicle routinely needed to service facility
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C. COMMERCIAL USES:
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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.
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1. Adult Use
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1 per 50 square feet of building floor area
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1.1 Employees
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2. Auto Service/Gas Station or Auto Repair Garage
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5 per repair/service bay and 1/4 per fuel nozzle with such spaces
separated from accessways to pumps
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Employee; plus any parking needed for retail sales
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3. Auto, Boat, Recreational Vehicle or Manufactured Home Sales
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1 per 30 vehicles, boats, RVs or homes displayed
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1.1 Employees
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4. Bed-and-Breakfast Inn
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1 per rental unit plus 2 for the operator's dwelling unit
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1.1 Nonresident Employee
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5. Bowling Alley or Pool Hall
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2 per lane plus 2 per pool table
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1.1 Employees
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6. Car Wash
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1 space per lane for drying and/or vacuuming areas.
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1.1 Employees
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7. Exercise Club
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area accessible to customers
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8. Financial Institution (includes bank)
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area accessible to customers,
plus office parking for any administrative offices
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9. Funeral Home
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1 per 5 seats in rooms intended to be in use at one time for
visitors, counting both permanent and temporary seating
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1.1 Employees
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10. Gaming Establishment
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1 per 200 square feet of floor area accessible to customers
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1.1 Employees
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11. Golf, Miniature
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1/2 per hole
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1.1 Employees
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12. Haircutting/Hairstyling
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1 per customer seat used for haircutting, hair styling, hair
washing, manicuring or similar work
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1.1 Employees
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13. Hotel or Motel
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1 per rental unit plus 1 per 5 seats in largest meeting room
(plus as required for any restaurant)
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1.1 Employees
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14. Laundromat
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1 per 4 washing machines
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On-site Employee
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15. Nightclub or After-hours Club
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1 per 4 persons of allowed building capacity under the Fire
Code
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1.1 Employees
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16. Offices, primarily medical or dental
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1 per 300 square feet of total floor area, other than shared
lobby space
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17. Offices, other than above
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1 per 400 square feet of total floor area, other than shared
lobby space
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18. Personal Service Use, other than haircutting/hairstyling
(min. of 2 per establishment) or Business Service Use
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1 per 400 square feet of floor area accessible to customers
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1.1 Employees
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19. Recreation, Indoor (other than bowling alley), Membership
Club or Exercise Club
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1 per 5 persons of maximum capacity of all facilities
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1.1 Employees
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20. Recreation, Outdoor (other than uses specifically listed
in this table)
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1 per 5 persons of capacity (50% may be on grass overflow areas
with major driveways in gravel)
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1.1 Employees
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21. Restaurant or Tavern
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1 per 5 seats, or 3 total spaces for a use without customer
seats
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1.1 Employees
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22. Retail Sales (other than types separately listed and other
than a shopping center)
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area of rooms accessible to customers
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23. Retail Sales of Only Furniture, Lumber, Carpeting, Bedding,
Floor Coverings or Similar Home Improvements
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1 per 1,000 square feet of floor area of rooms accessible to
customers
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24. Shopping Center which includes multiple retail establishments
on a lot, and which may also include restaurants
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1 per 300 square feet of total floor area, other than nonleasable
space such as shared lobbies
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25. Stadium, Arena or Commercial Auditorium
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1 per 5 seats, provided that spaces shared with other business
uses that are not typically used on weekends or after 5:00 p.m. on
weekdays may also be counted for these uses
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1.1 Employees
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26. Theater
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1 per 5 seats, provided that spaces shared with other business
uses that are not typically used on weekends or after 5:00 p.m. on
weekdays may be also counted for these uses
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1.1 Employees
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27. Trade/Hobby School
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1 per 2 students on-site during peak use
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1.1 Employees
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28. Truck Stop
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Space at each dispenser, plus one additional truck parking space
for each high-speed diesel dispenser
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1.1 Employees
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29. Veterinarian Office
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4 per veterinarian
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1.1 Employees
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E. INDUSTRIAL USES:
All industrial uses (including warehousing, distribution and
manufacturing)
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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
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1 per 1.1 employee, based upon the maximum number of employees
on-site at peak period of times
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Self-Storage Development
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2, plus room in aisles for temporary parking that allows a second
vehicle to pass a parked vehicle
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1.1 Employee
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Facility
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Length
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Width
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Height
(If Covered or Obstructed)
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Industrial, Wholesale and Storage Uses
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63 feet
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11 feet
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15 feet
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All Other Uses
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33 feet
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11 feet
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15 feet
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Type of Use
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Number of Loading Spaces Per
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Gross Floor Area/Dwelling Unit
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Hospital or other institution
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None
1.0
+ 1.0
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First 10,000 square feet
10,000 to 100,000 square feet
Each additional 100,000 square feet (or fraction)
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Hotel or motel or convention center
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None
1.0
+ 1.0
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First 20,000 square feet
20,000 to 100,000 square feet
Each additional 100,000 square feet (or fraction)
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Industry or manufacturing
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None
1.0
+ 1.0
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First 2,000 square feet
2,000 to 25,000 square feet
Each additional 40,000 square feet (or fraction)
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Multifamily dwelling
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Space suitable for moving vans, trash trucks and delivery trucks
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Office building, including banks
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None
1.0
+ 1.0
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First 10,000 square feet
10,000 to 100,000 square feet
Each additional 100,000 square feet (or fraction)
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Retail sales, personal service and restaurants
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None
1.0
+ 1.0
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First 2,000 square feet
2,000 to 100,000 square feet
Each additional 100,000 square feet (or fraction)
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Shopping centers (integrated shopping centers, malls and plazas)
having at least 25,000 square feet
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None
1.0
+1.0
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25,000 square feet up to 100,000 square feet
Each additional 100,000 square feet
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Theater, auditorium, bowling alley, or other recreational establishment
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None
1.0
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First 10,000 square feet
10,000 or more square feet
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Funeral home
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None
1.0
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First 5,000 square feet
5,000 or more square feet
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Wholesale or warehousing (except self-storage development)
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None
1.0
+1.0
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First 1,500 square feet
1,500 to 10,000 square feet
Each additional 40,000 square feet (or fraction)
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Type and Definition of Signs Not Requiring Permits
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Max. No. of Signs per Lot
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Max. Sign Area per Sign * on A Residential Lot**
(square feet)
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Max. Sign Area per Sign * on Nonresidential Lots**
(square feet)
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Other Requirements
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Miscellaneous Temporary Sign (other than Personal Expression
Signs)
See also § 302.18 for signs for Retail Sales of Agricultural
Products
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1, except 2 on a lot of more than 5 acres or that abuts 2 or
more streets
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8 square feet per dwelling
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Total of 50 square feet per lot
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Shall only be posted while applicable, such as while work is
underway on-site by a contractor, or while property is offered for
sale or lease, or for a maximum of 30 calendar days a year in a commercial
district (such as for a special sale banner)
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Charitable Event Sign - advertises a special event held a maximum
of 9 days in any calendar year that primarily is held to benefit a
legitimate tax-exempt nonprofit organization, place of worship, school,
or charity
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2
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Total of 12 square feet per lot
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Total of 50 square feet per lot
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Shall be placed a max. of 30 days prior to event and removed
a max. of 7 days after event
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Directional Sign or Services Sign -provides information indicating
traffic direction, entry or exit, loading or service area, directions
to apartment numbers or parking courts in a development, fire lanes,
parking or closely similar information regarding the same lot as the
sign is on, and that does not include advertising. This also includes
a sign that directs persons to conveniences, such as public restrooms.
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No max.
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4 per sign, in addition to signs painted on pavement
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4 per sign, in addition to signs painted on pavement
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A directional sign for a commercial or industrial use may be
internally illuminated. See also provisions in this section concerning
signs not readable from a lot line or street.
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Flag - a pennant made of fabric or materials with a similar
appearance that is hung in such a way to flow in the wind. See also
"Miscellaneous Temporary Sign" above.
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1
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Total of 12 square feet per lot
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Total of 50 square feet per lot
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Flags of governments, flags of branches of the military, and
flags that simply include colors, or noncommercial art or patterns
are not regulated by this chapter
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Garage Sale or Open House Sign -advertises an occasional garage
sale/porch sale or auction or a temporary open house of a property
for sale
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2 per event
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6 square feet per sign
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6 square feet per sign
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Shall be placed no more than 5 days before the event, and be removed within 24 hours after the event. See restrictions in Subsection 3 above about posting on trees, signs and utility poles.
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Identification or Warning Sign -identifies the name, street
address and/or use of a lot (such as for a home occupation or accessory
day care) or indicates a road is private, that hunting or trespassing
is prohibited, that a hazard exists from a utility, or similar purposes
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1 per household or business per street, but no limit for no-trespassing
or warning signs
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2
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8
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This type of sign in a residential district shall not be internally
lit, and shall not be directly lit by a spotlight
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Personal Expression Sign - see definition in § 27-112. Personal Expression Signs shall not be posted on public parks or property owned by the Township or on a public street right-of-way, except as may be allowed on Election Day outside of a polling location.
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No maximum on numbers of signs
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Maximum total of 40 square feet per street frontage
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Maximum total of 60 square feet per street frontage
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Personal Expression Signs shall not be placed on property without
the prior consent of the owner. If a Personal Expression Sign does
not meet these requirements, then it shall be regulated as an off-premises
sign
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Service Organization/Place of Worship Sign - an off-premises
sign providing information or directions to a recognized incorporated
service organization or place of worship
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2
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12
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50
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Maximum of 2 such signs per such organization or place of worship
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NOTES:
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"sf" = square feet.
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"Max." = maximum.
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*
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Maximum sign areas are for each of two sides of each permitted
sign, measured in square feet.
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**
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For the purposes of this section, a "nonresidential lot" shall
mean a lot that: a) is occupied by a principal nonresidential use
or b) includes a lot in a commercial or industrial zoning district.
All other lots shall be considered to be residential lots.
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Zoning District or Type of Use
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Total Maximum Height of Free Standing Signs (from ground level
to top of sign structure)
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Total Maximum Area of Wall Signs
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Total Maximum Area of Window Signs
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Total Maximum Area and Number of Freestanding Signs
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A.
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AG, RM, SR, V and CN Districts: with signs in this table limited
to allowed principal nonresidential uses (such as Places of Worship)
See also identification signs (such as for a home occupation)
See TND signs in Subsection C below.
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8 feet
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40 square feet on each side of a principal building for a school
or place of worship; 10 square feet on each side of a principal building
for other nonresidential principal uses
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Temporary nonilluminated window signs are not regulated. Other
window signs shall be considered wall signs.
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1 sign on each street the lot abuts, each with a maximum sign
area of 40 square feet for a school or place of worship; 10 square
feet per street frontage for other nonresidential principal uses.
See also entrance signs for major residential developments.
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B.
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CLI, COM, LC, MU, I and Q Districts or any base district not
listed in this table: for principal nonresidential uses
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20 feet
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2 square feet of sign area for each linear foot of building
length, on the building side on which such signs are attached
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Temporary nonilluminated window signs are not regulated. Other
window signs shall be considered wall signs.
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1 sign per street that the lot abuts, each with a maximum area
of 60 square feet.
See note * below for multiple uses.
An auto service station shall be allowed an additional 40 square
feet of sign area. For drive-through restaurants, see note **.
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C.
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Signs for business uses within TND in a residential district
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8 feet
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2 square feet of sign area for each linear foot of building
length on the building side on which such signs are attached.
Projecting or Awning Sign - An additional sign with a maximum
sign area of 10 square feet on each of 2 sides may project up to 5
feet outward from the building. See the Construction Code requirements,
including the minimum clearance over the sidewalk.
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Temporary nonilluminated window signs are not regulated.
Other window signs shall be considered wall signs.
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1 sign per street that the lot abuts, each with a maximum area
of 20 square feet.
See note * below for multiple uses.
Sandwich Board Sign - One additional 10-square-feet per side
portable folding sign is allowed per lot in a location that does not
obstruct 5 feet of width for pedestrian and wheelchair access, and
which is kept inside when the business is not open. Such sign shall
not have electrical wiring.
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NOTES:
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*
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If a lot includes two or more distinct principal nonresidential
uses, the maximum freestanding sign area may be increased by 15 square
feet for each principal nonresidential use beyond the first nonresidential
use. For example, in the CLI District, if a lot includes three such
uses, the maximum freestanding sign area shall be 60 plus 30 equals
90 square feet.
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**
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An allowed restaurant drive-through use may also include two
menu boards with a maximum height of 10 feet and a maximum sign area
of 60 square feet per side, provided the signs are not designed to
be readable from beyond the property line.
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Arterial Roads
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Collector Roads
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Local Roads
|
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PA Turnpike
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Speedwell Forge Road
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All roads not listed as arterials or collectors are local roads
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PA Rt. 72
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Mountain Road
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28th Division Highway/PA Rt. 322
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West Lexington Road
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Doe Run Road
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Penryn Road
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Fruitville Pike
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Lititz Road
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Temperence Hill Road
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Elm Road
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Newport Road
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White Oak Road
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Sunhill Road
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