A. 
Overall requirements.
(1) 
Number of spaces. Each use that is newly developed, enlarged, significantly changed in type of use, or increased in number of establishments shall provide and maintain off-street parking spaces in accordance with Table 7.1 in this section and the regulations of this article.
(2) 
Uses not listed. Uses not specifically listed in Table 7.1 shall comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed in Table 7.1, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer that an alternative standard should be used for that use.
(3) 
Multiple uses. Where a proposed lot contains or includes more than one type of use, the number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the parking requirements for each separate use.
(4) 
Parking landscaping. See §§ 240-63 and 240-64 of this chapter.
Table 7.1
Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements
Use
Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required
Plus 1 Off-Street Parking Space for Each
RESIDENTIAL USES:
Dwelling unit, other than types listed separately in this table
2 per dwelling unit
As part of a new subdivision or land development, if a vehicle must be moved from one space in order to access the second space, then an additional parking space shall be available for each dwelling unit, such as an on-street space in front of the dwelling or an overflow parking lot.
Home occupation
See § 240-43
Housing permanently restricted to persons 62 years and older and/or the physically handicapped
1 per dwelling/rental unit
Nonresident employee
Boardinghouse
1 per rental unit or bed for adult, whichever is greater
Nonresident employee
Group home
1 per 2 residents, unless the applicant proves the home will be limited to persons who will not be allowed to drive a vehicle from the property
Employee
INSTITUTIONAL USES:
Place of worship or church
1 per 5 seats in room of largest capacity. For pews that are no individual seats, each 48 inches shall count as 1 seat.
1.1 employees
Hospital
1 per 3 in-patient or outpatient treatment beds
1.1 employees
Nursing home
1 per 6 beds
1.1 employees
Assisted-living facility and/or retirement community
1 per 5 beds, plus 1 for each individual dwelling unit
1.1 employees
Day-care center
1 per 10 children, with spaces designed for safe and convenient dropoff and pickup
1.1 employees
School, primary or secondary
1 per 3 students aged 16 or older
1.1 employee
Utility facility
1 per vehicle routinely needed to service facility
College or university
1 per 1.5 students not living on campus who attend class at peak times (plus required spaces for on-campus housing)
1.1 employee
Library, community center or cultural center or museum
1 per 5 seats (or 1 per 250 square feet of floor area accessible to patrons and/or users if seats are not typically provided)
1.1 employee
Treatment center
1 per 2 residents aged 16 years or older plus 1 per nonresident intended to be treated on-site at peak times
Nonresident employee
Swimming pool, nonhousehold
1 per 50 square feet of water surface, other than wading pools
1.1 employee
COMMERCIAL USES:
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.
Auto service station or repair garage
5 per repair/service bay and 1/4 per fuel nozzle with such spaces separated from accessways to pumps
Employee; plus any parking needed for a convenience store under "retail sales"
Auto, boat, recreational vehicle or manufactured home sales
1 per 20 vehicles, boats, RVs or homes displayed
Employee
Bed-and-breakfast use
1 per rental unit plus the 2 per dwelling unit
Nonresident employee
Bowling alley and/or pool hall
1 per lane plus 2 per pool table
1.1 employees
Car wash
Adequate waiting, vacuuming and drying areas
1.1 employees
Financial institution (includes bank)
1 per 200 square feet of floor area accessible to customers, plus "office" parking for any administrative offices
1.1 employees
Funeral home
1 per 5 seats in rooms intended to be in use at 1 time for visitors, counting both permanent and temporary seating
Employee
Golf, miniature
1 per hole
1.1 employees
Golf course
5 per golf hole
200 square feet of clubhouse floor area
Haircutting/hairstyling
1 per customer seat used for haircutting, hair styling, hair washing, manicuring or similar work
1.1 employees
Hotel or motel
1 per rental unit plus 1 per 4 seats in any meeting room (plus any required by any restaurant)
1.1 employee
Laundromat
1 per 3 washing machines
On-site employee
Offices or clinic, medical/dental
5 per physician or physician's assistant and 4 per dentist
1.1 employees
Offices, other than above
1 per 300 square feet of total floor area
Personal service use, other than haircutting/hairstyling (minimum of 2 per establishment)
1 per 200 square feet of floor area accessible to customers
1.1 employees
Indoor recreation (other than bowling alley), membership club or exercise club
1 per 4 persons of maximum capacity of all facilities
1.1 employees
Outdoor recreation (other than uses specifically listed in this table)
1 per 4 persons of capacity (50% may be on grass overflow areas with major driveways in gravel)
1.1 employees
Restaurant
1 per 4 seats, or 3 spaces for a use without customer seats, unless the restaurant is part of a shopping center
1.1 employees
Retail sales (other than types separately listed and other than a shopping center)
1 per 200 square feet of floor area of rooms accessible to customers.
Retail sales of only furniture, lumber, carpeting, bedding or floor covering
1 per 800 square feet of floor area of rooms accessible to customers
Shopping center involving 5 or more retail and/or restaurant establishments on a lot
1 per 200 square feet of leasable floor area
Tavern or nightclub or after-hours club
1 per 30 square feet of total floor area
1.1 employees
Theater or auditorium
1 per 4 seats, 1/2 of which may be met by convenient parking shared with other business uses on the same lot that are typically not routinely open beyond 9:00 p.m.
1.1 employees
Trade/hobby school
1 per 2 students on-site during peak use
1.1 employee
Veterinarian office
4 per veterinarian
1.1 employee
INDUSTRIAL USES: All industrial uses (including warehousing, distribution and manufacturing)
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
1 per 1.1 employee, based upon the maximum number of employees on-site at peak period of times
1 space (such as for visitors) for every 20,000 square feet of building floor area
Self-storage development
1 per 20 storage units
1.1 employee
[Amended 9-2-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-1]
A. 
General. Parking spaces and accessways shall be laid out to result in safe and orderly use, and to fully take into account all of the following: vehicular access onto and off the site, vehicular movement within the site, loading areas, pedestrian patterns and any drive-through facilities. No parking area shall cause a safety hazard or impediment to traffic off the lot.
B. 
Existing parking.
(1) 
Any parking spaces serving such preexisting structures or uses at the time of adoption of this chapter shall not in the future be reduced in number below the number required by this chapter.
(2) 
If a new principal nonresidential building is constructed on a lot, then any existing parking on such lot that serves such building shall be reconfigured to comply with this chapter, including but not limited to requirements for channelization of traffic from adjacent streets, channelization of traffic within the lot, minimum aisle widths, paving and landscaping.
C. 
Change in use or expansion. A structure or use in existence at the effective date of this chapter that expands or changes in use of an existing principal building shall be required to provide all of the required parking for the entire size and type of the resulting use, except as follows:
(1) 
If an existing lawful use includes less parking than would be required if the use would be newly developed, then that deficit of parking shall be grandfathered for reuses of an existing building. For example, an existing store might include three parking spaces and would have been required to provide seven spaces if it was newly developed. Therefore, there is an existing nonconforming deficit of four spaces. Then, if that store is converted to an office that would need 10 spaces, the office would need to provide a total of six spaces (10 spaces minus the preexisting deficit of 4 equals 6).
(2) 
If a nonresidential use expands by an aggregate total maximum of 5% in the applicable measurement (such as building floor area) beyond what existed at the time of adoption of this chapter, then no additional parking is required. For example, if an existing building included 3,000 square feet, and a single minor addition of 150 square feet was proposed, then additional parking would not be required. This addition without providing new parking shall only be allowed one time per lot.
D. 
Continuing obligation of parking and loading spaces. All required numbers of parking spaces and off-street loading spaces shall be available as long as the use or building which the spaces serve still exist, and such spaces shall not be reduced in number below the minimum required by this chapter. No required parking area or off-street loading spaces shall be used for any other use (such as storage or display of materials) that interferes with the area's availability for parking.
E. 
Location of parking.
(1) 
Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or abutting lot with the principal use served, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board that a method of providing the spaces is guaranteed to be available during all of the years the use is in operation within 300 feet walking distance from the entrance of the principal use being served. Such distance may be increased to 500 feet for employee parking of a nonresidential use. A written and signed lease shall be provided, if applicable.
(a) 
The Zoning Hearing Board may require that the use be approved for period of time consistent with the lease of the parking, and that a renewal of the permit shall only be approved if the parking lease is renewed.
(2) 
In any commercial or industrial district, no parking, loading, or service area shall be located in the front yard. Any parking, loading or service area located between the street right-of-way and the building setback line shall be screened by a landscaped buffer per § 240-64D(5) of this chapter.
F. 
Alternative parking materials as a special exception.
(1) 
Purposes: to minimize the amount of land covered by paving, while making sure adequate parking is provided; to recognize that unique circumstances may justify allowing materials other than asphalt, concrete or paving block.
(2) 
As a special exception, the Zoning Hearing Board may authorize all or a portion of off-street parking areas to be maintained in stone or other approved surfaces if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board that such materials would be sufficient.
(a) 
The applicant shall provide evidence justifying the proposed materials, including describing any seasonal or occasional use.
[Amended 9-2-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-1]
A. 
General requirements.
(1) 
Backing onto a street. No parking area shall be designed to require or encourage parked vehicles to back into a public street in order to leave a parking space, except for: (a) a driveway serving one dwelling; or (b) a driveway that enters onto a local street or parking court. Parking spaces may back onto an alley.
(2) 
Every required parking space shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other vehicle, unless specifically permitted otherwise.
(3) 
Parking areas shall not be within a required buffer yard or street right-of-way.
(4) 
Separation from street. Except for parking spaces immediately in front of individual dwellings, all areas for off-street parking, off-street loading and unloading and the storage or movement of motor vehicles shall be physically separated from the street by a continuous landscaped planting strip, except for necessary and approved vehicle entrances and exits to the lot, in accordance with § 240-51H(2).
(5) 
Stacking and obstructions. Each lot shall provide adequate area upon the lot to prevent backup of vehicles on a public street while awaiting entry to the lot, or while waiting for service at a drive-through facility.
B. 
Size and marking of parking spaces.
(1) 
Each parking space shall be a rectangle with a minimum width of 10 feet and a minimum length of 20 feet, except the minimum-sized rectangle shall be eight feet by 22 feet for parallel parking and except where a larger space is required by § 240-51C.
(2) 
For handicapped spaces, see § 240-51G below.
(3) 
All spaces shall be marked to indicate their location, except those of a one- or two-family dwelling.
C. 
Aisles. Parking spaces and aisles shall be designed and built in conformance with the following:
Aisle Width
Angle of Parking
Parking Space Minimum Width
(feet)
Parking Space Minimum Depth
(feet)
One-Way Traffic
(feet)
Two-Way Traffic
(feet)
90°
10
20
20
24
55° to 89°
10
22
18
22
35° to 54°
10
21
15
20
1° to 34°
10
19
12
20
Parallel
8
22
12
20
D. 
Accessways and driveways.
(1) 
Access to and from all off-street parking, loading and vehicle service areas along public rights-of-way shall consist of well-defined separate or common entrances and exits. Each entrance and exit shall be clearly defined with curbing or such alternate material as may be approved by the Township, so as to prevent access to the area from other than the defined entrance and exit.
(2) 
Width.
Width of Driveway at Entrance onto Public Street, at Edge of Cartway*
One-Way Use*
(feet)
Two-Way Use*
(feet)
Minimum
12
22
Maximum
20
30
NOTES:
*
This standard may be revised where the State Department of Transportation requires a different standard for an entrance to a State road, or where the applicant demonstrates to the Zoning Officer that a wider width is needed for truck access.
(3) 
Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain uninterrupted parallel drainage along a public street at the point of driveway entry. The Township may require an applicant to install an appropriate type and size of pipe at a driveway crossing.
E. 
Paving, grading and drainage. See the provisions of Chapter 210, Subdivision and Land Development, of this Code, and § 240-50F.
F. 
Lighting of parking areas. See § 240-48, Control of light and glare, in Article VI.
G. 
Parking for persons with disabilities.
(1) 
Number of spaces. See requirements under the Federal Americans With Disabilities Act for parking for persons with disabilities. The following is a summary of some of the relevant requirements in effect as of the enactment of this chapter:
Total Number of Parking Spaces on the Lot
Required Minimum Number/Percentage of ADA-Accessible Parking Spaces
1 to 25
1
26 to 50
2
51 to 75
3
76 to 100
4
101 to 150
5
151 to 200
6
201 to 300
7
301 to 400
8
401 to 500
9
501 to 1,000
2% of total number of spaces
1,001 or more
20 plus 1% of spaces for each 100 over 1,000 spaces
(2) 
Location. Accessible parking spaces shall be located where they would result in the shortest reasonable accessible distance to an accessible building entrance. Curb cuts shall be provided as needed to provide access from the accessible spaces.
(3) 
Minimum size and slope. See requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act regulations.
(4) 
Marking. All required accessible spaces shall be well marked in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Such signs and/or markings shall be maintained over time.
(5) 
Paving. Accessible parking spaces and adjacent areas needed to access them with a wheelchair shall be covered with a suitable surface that is usable with a wheelchair.
(6) 
Van-accessible spaces. As of the adoption date of this chapter, federal regulations require that for every six required accessible parking spaces or fraction of six such spaces, one of the spaces shall meet the federal requirements for a van parking space.
H. 
Paved area setbacks (including off-street parking setbacks).
(1) 
Intent: to ensure that parked or moving vehicles within a lot do not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic; to aid in stormwater management along streets; and to prevent vehicles from entering or exiting a lot other than at approved driveways.
(2) 
Any new or expanded vehicle parking or vehicle storage area serving a principal nonresidential use shall be separated from a public street by a planting strip that extends along the entire length of the parking area that abuts the street except for any vehicle access ways. The planting strip shall have a minimum width of 15 feet and be maintained in vegetative cover in accordance with § 240-64. The planting strip may be on one or both sides of any sidewalk, provided the planting width totals 15 feet.
(a) 
The planting strip shall not include heights or locations of plants that would obstruct safe sight distances but may include deciduous trees that allow motorists to maintain views under the leaf canopy.
(b) 
The planting strip may be placed inward from the shoulder of an uncurbed street or inward from the curb of a curbed street. The planting strip may overlap the street right-of-way, provided it does not conflict with PennDOT requirements, and provided that the Township and PennDOT, as applicable, maintain the right to replace planting areas within the right-of-way with future street improvements.
(c) 
Approximately perpendicular driveway crossings may be placed within the planting strip. Mostly vegetative stormwater channels may be placed within the planting strip.
(d) 
The following shall be prohibited within the planting strip:
[1] 
Paving, except as allowed by Subsection H(2)(c) above, and except for street widenings that may occur after the development is completed;
[2] 
Fences; and
[3] 
Parking, storage or display of vehicles or items for sale or rent.
(e) 
Where feasible, where a sidewalk is not installed, this setback should include an unobstructed generally level width running parallel to a street that is suitable for a person to walk.
(3) 
See landscaping requirements in §§ 240-63 and 240-64.
A. 
Each use shall provide off-street loading facilities, which meet the requirements of this section, sufficient to accommodate the maximum demand generated by the use and the maximum size vehicle, in a manner that will not routinely obstruct traffic on a public street and traffic entering and exiting the lot. If no other reasonable alternative is feasible, traffic may be obstructed for occasional loading and unloading along an alley, provided traffic has the ability to use another method of access.
B. 
At the time of review under this chapter, the applicant shall provide evidence to the Zoning Officer on whether the use will have sufficient numbers and sizes of loading facilities. The Planning Commission and/or Township Supervisors may provide advice to the Zoning Officer on this matter as part of any plan review by such boards. For the purposes of this section, the words "loading" and "unloading" are used interchangeably.
C. 
Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall not intrude into approved buffer areas and landscaped areas.
A. 
Fire lanes shall be provided where required by state or federal regulations or other local ordinances. See requirements of the Fire Code, as referenced in the State Construction Codes.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 7210.101 et seq.
B. 
Access shall be also provided so that fire equipment can reach all sides of principal nonresidential buildings and multifamily/apartment buildings. This access shall be able to support a loaded fire pumper truck, but shall not necessarily be paved.
C. 
The specific locations of fire lanes and fire equipment access are subject to approval by the Township, after review by local fire officials.