Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with § 450-405 and satisfactorily maintained in accordance with the following provisions for each use.
A.
Existing parking. Structures and uses in existence prior to adoption of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this article unless the extent of use is changed. Any parking spaces serving existing structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced below existing levels.
B.
Change in requirements. If there is an alteration of a structure or a change or extension of a use which increases the parking requirements under this article or § 450-405, the total additional parking required for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with those requirements. When there is an insubstantial or minor change in the structure or use, the additional parking required may be reduced or waived by special exception pursuant to § 450-1103.
C.
Conflicts with other uses. No parking area shall be used for any use that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required to serve.
D.
Continuing character of obligation:
(1)
All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained as long as the use exists for which the facilities were designed to serve. Off-street parking facilities shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision, except with approval of the Zoning Hearing Board and only after proof that, by reason of diminution in floor or seating area, number of employees, or other change in the factors controlling the regulation of the number of parking spaces, the reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this article.
(2)
Precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of a particular use to assure the availability of required facilities to the employees or other persons whom the facilities are designed to serve. Such facilities shall be designed and used in such a manner as to at no time constitute a nuisance, a hazard, or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
E.
Multiple uses. Where two or more uses occupy a common structure, building, or lot, the total number of parking spaces which will be provided and maintained will be calculated as the sum of the parking spaces required for each individual use which occupies the structure, building or lot or at a minimum, at the combined gross floor area or number of seats.
F.
Fractional spaces. Where the computation of required parking space results in a fractional number, the fraction shall be counted as one space.
G.
Maintenance of parking areas. On parking areas for three or more vehicles, including driveways, the area not landscaped and so maintained shall be graded, surfaced with bituminous concrete, and drained to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion, or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining properties. All off-street parking spaces shall be marked to indicate their location. All off-street parking streets shall be kept free of weeds, trash, and other forms of debris.
H.
Location of parking spaces. Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or premises with the principal use served. In the commercial districts, the parking spaces may be located off-premises, but shall be within 300 feet of the principal use, but shall not extend into Residential Districts. Off-street premises parking shall be owned by the owner of the principal use.
I.
In no case shall parking areas for three or more vehicles be designed to require or encourage cars to back into a public street in order to leave the lot.
J.
The total parking required for nonresidential uses shall be reduced by 25% in the Historic District.
K.
All parking spaces shall be set back a minimum of six feet from any side or rear lot line.
The design standards in Chapter 390, Subdivision and Land Development, shall be applied to all off-street parking facilities with a capacity of three or more vehicles.
Off-street loading requirements shall be met and provided on any lot on which a building exceeds 4,000 square feet of gross floor area for nonresidential uses.
A.
A department store, freight terminal or railroad yard, hospital, retail store, storage warehouse or whole-sale store, sanitarium, industrial plant, or manufacturing establishment shall provide off-street truck loading or unloading berths as specified in the following table:
Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use | Required Number of Berths |
|---|---|
Under 4,000 | No requirements |
4,000 up to 9,999 | 1 |
10,000 up to 19,999 | 2 |
20,000 up to 79,999 | 3 |
80,000 up to 99,999 | 4 |
For each additional 80,000 square feet | 1 add'l berth |
B.
An auditorium, convention hall, exhibition hall, hotel, motel, funeral home, office building, restaurant, sports arena, or institution shall provide off-street truck-loading and unloading berths as specified below:
Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use | Required Number of Berths |
|---|---|
Under 10,000 | No requirement |
10,000 up to 14,999 | 1 |
15,000 up to 29,999 | 2 |
30,000 up to 70,999 | 3 |
71,000 up to 99,999 | 4 |
For each additional 50,000 square feet | 1 add'l berth |
A.
Off-street loading facilities shall be designated to conform to the requirements of Chapter 390, Subdivision and Land Development.
B.
All required loading facilities shall be provided and maintained as follows:
(1)
They shall be provided and maintained as long as the use or a similar use exists.
(2)
They shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision, except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this article.
(3)
Precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability of the loading facilities for pickup and delivery vehicles. They shall be designed and used in such a manner as to at no time constitute a nuisance, a hazard, or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
A.
Driveway location.
(1)
Where a property abuts or contains an existing or proposed collector street, protection shall be provided for abutting properties by use of marginal access street, reverse frontage lots, or such other treatment for the purpose of reduction in the number of intersections with the major street and separation of local through traffic.
(2)
Driveways shall be located and designed to provide reasonable sight distance at street intersections. The standards set forth in Chapter 441 of the Pennsylvania Code, Title 67, and its latest revisions (setting forth standards for safe locations and providing sight lines for safe entry)[1], shall be used to determine a reasonable sight distance.
(3)
Driveways shall be located more than 40 feet from an intersection corner, measured from the face of the curb or the edge of the pavement of the intersecting street.
(4)
Driveways shall be set back a minimum of six feet from the side property line.
B.
Access criteria.
(1)
Driveways shall provide access to the street of lower classification when a corner lot is bounded by streets of two different classifications.
(2)
In general, no driveway shall take access to a collector street. If there are no reasonable alternatives, and if a driveway must enter or take access to a collector street, the standards and requirements of Chapter 441 of the Pennsylvania Code, Title 67, and its latest revisions (setting forth standards for safe locations and providing sight lines for safe entry)[2], shall apply.