Subject to the general requirement for off-street
parking, off-street parking spaces, with proper access from a street,
alley or driveway, shall be provided in all districts in the amounts
indicated below. Such parking space shall be provided on any lot on
which a dwelling is hereafter erected or converted or, in the case
of any other use, on or near the lot on which any main building is
hereafter erected or converted. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to prevent the collective provision of off-street parking facilities
for two or more buildings or uses, provided that the total of such
off-street parking facilities provided collectively shall be not less
than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed
separately. In no case shall the number of parking spaces provided,
or the area devoted to parking, be less than the minimum requirements
of this section.
A. One- and two-family dwellings: off street
parking spaces for all vehicles.
B. Three-or-more-family dwellings: two parking spaces
for each family dwelling unit, plus one visitor's parking space for
every two (or fraction thereof) dwelling units.
C. Clubhouses and meeting places of veterans, business,
civic, fraternal, labor and similar organizations: one parking space
for every 50 square feet of aggregate floor area in the auditorium,
assembly hall and dining room of such building, plus one additional
space for every two persons regularly employed on the premises during
peak shift.
D. Bowling alley: one parking space for every two customers
computed on the basis of maximum servicing capacity at any one time,
plus one additional space for every two persons regularly employed
on the premises during peak shift.
E. Dormitories, fraternity houses and sorority houses:
one parking space for every three beds occupied at maximum capacity.
This requirement is in addition to the parking space requirements
for educational establishments set forth elsewhere herein.
F. Drive-in facilities: five parking spaces per 100 square
feet of floor space.
G. Financial institutions: one space for each employee
during peak shift and three spaces for each teller station in addition
to the requirements for office areas.
H. Funeral homes and undertaking establishments: parking
or storage space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of
such business, plus one parking space for every two persons regularly
employed on the premises during peak shift and 30 parking spaces for
each designated viewing room at full capacity.
I. Hospital: one parking space for every four beds intended
for patients, excluding bassinets, plus one per doctor, one per two
persons regularly employed on the premises during peak shift and one
per hospital vehicle.
J. Indoor retail businesses: parking or storage space
for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of such business, plus
one parking space for every 250 square feet of total floor area.
K. Industrial plants and facilities: parking or storage
space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of such industrial
use, plus one parking space for every three persons regularly employed
on the premises during peak shift.
L. Junior and senior high school: one parking space for
every six seats available in the assembly hall, auditorium, stadium
or gymnasium during maximum capacity on the high school grounds or
campus. If the school has no assembly hall, auditorium, stadium or
gymnasium, one parking space shall be provided for each person regularly
employed at such school, plus two additional spaces for each classroom.
M. Libraries, museums, post offices and similar establishments:
parking or storage space for all vehicles used directly in the operation
of such establishment, plus one parking space for every 250 square
feet of total floor area.
N. Medical and dental clinics or facilities: three parking
spaces for each doctor, plus one additional space for each assistant,
one additional space for each employee, two additional spaces for
each examination room and one additional space for every 100 feet
of waiting room.
O. Motels and hotels: one parking space for each sleeping
room offered for tourist accommodation, plus one space for each dwelling
unit on the premises and one additional space for every two persons
regularly employed on the premises during peak shift.
P. Nursing homes: one parking space for every two beds
occupied at maximum capacity. This requirement is in addition to the
parking space requirements for hospitals set forth herein.
Q. Offices: one parking space for every 200 square feet
of office space.
R. Public and private elementary schools: one parking
space for each person regularly employed at such school, plus one
additional space for each classroom.
S. Public garages: indoor or outdoor parking or storage
space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of such business,
plus three parking spaces for each person regularly employed on the
premises.
T. Recreation centers, swimming pools, skating rinks,
outdoor commercial recreation enterprises and other recreation and
amusement facilities: one parking space for every 4 customers computed
on the basis of maximum servicing capacity at any one time, plus one
additional space for every two persons regularly employed on the premises
during peak shift.
U. Repair shops, plumbing shops, electrical shops, roofing
shops and other service establishments: parking or storage space for
all vehicles used directly in the conduct of such business, plus two
parking spaces for each person regularly employed on the premises.
V. Restaurants, indoor and other eating and drinking
establishments: one parking space for each table or booth, plus one
parking space for every two stools at bar or counter and one parking
space for every two persons regularly employed on the premises during
peak shift.
W. Service stations: parking or storage space for all
vehicles used directly in the conduct of such business, plus one parking
space for each gas pump, three spaces for each grease rack or similar
facility and one space for every two persons regularly employed on
the premises during peak shift.
X. Theaters, auditoriums, churches, stadiums and other
places of public assembly: one parking space for every six seats available
at maximum capacity.
Y. Transportation terminals: one parking space for every
100 square feet of waiting room space, plus one additional space for
every two persons regularly employed on the premises during peak shift.
Z. Universities, colleges, academies and similar institutions
of higher learning: one parking space for every six seats occupied
in the assembly hall, auditorium, stadium or gymnasium during maximum
capacity on the campus.
(1) Parking space shall be provided for each person regularly
employed at such institution, plus five additional spaces for each
classroom
AA. Warehouses, freight terminals and trucking terminals:
parking or storage space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct
of such business, plus two parking spaces for each person regularly
employed on the premises during peak shift.
Off-street automobile parking facilities shall
be located as hereinafter specified. Where distance is specified,
such distance shall be walking distance measured from the nearest
point of the parking area to the nearest entrance of the building
that said parking area is required to serve.
A. One- and two-family dwellings: on the same
lot with the building they are required to serve.
B. Three- and four-family dwellings not over
two stories in height and row dwellings not over one and one-half
stories in height: on the same lot or parcel of land as the building
they are required to serve. For the purpose of this requirement, a
group of such uses constructed and maintained under a single ownership
or management shall be assumed to be on a single lot or parcel of
land.
C. Clubs, hospitals, sanitariums, orphanages, homes for
the aged, convalescent homes and other similar uses: on the same lot
or parcel of land as the main building or buildings being served or
upon properties contiguous to the zoning lot upon which is located
the building or buildings they are intended to serve.
D. Multiple-family dwellings containing more than four
dwelling units and all other uses: on the same lot or parcel of land
as the building they are required to service or on a separate lot
or parcel of land not more than 300 feet from the nearest entrance
to the main use being served, provided that the lot or parcel of land
selected for the parking facilities is located in an R-4, C, or L-1
District.
E. Notwithstanding Subsections
A through
D above, no parking area accessory to a C or L-1 use shall be located in an R District except as permitted in Article
XVI herein.
In order to minimize traffic congestion and
hazard, control street access in the interest of public safety and
encourage the appropriate development of street or highway frontage,
the following shall apply:
A. No parking lot or area for off-street parking or for
the storage or movement of motor vehicles shall abut directly a public
street or highway unless separated from the street or highway at least
10 feet by a raised curb, barrier planting strip, wall or other effective
barrier against traffic, except for necessary accessways, and each
parking lot shall have not more than two accessways to any one public
street or highway for each 500 feet of frontage. Where practicable,
access to parking areas shall be provided by a common service driveway
or minor street in order to avoid direct access on a major street
or highway. No such accessway shall be more than 35 feet in width.
(1) All parking, loading or service areas used by motor
vehicles shall be located entirely within the lot lines of the property.
(2) All buildings shall front upon a marginal street,
service road, common parking lot or similar area and not directly
upon a public street or highway.
(3) For all multifamily, commercial, industrial or institutional
uses, driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way line within
100 feet of the street right-of-way of an intersecting street located
on the same side of the roadway.
(4) All streets and accessways shall be designed in a
manner conducive to safe exit and entrance and shall conform to the
highway specifications and subdivision requirements of the township.
(5) No two of said driveways serving single- or
two-family residences shall be closer to each other than three feet,
and no driveway shall be closer to an internal side or rear property
line than three feet. Residential driveways shall not cross the street
right-of-way line within 40 feet of the street right-of-way line of
an intersecting street.
(6) Each driveway shall be properly established and shall
be not more than 35 feet in width, measured at right angles to the
center line of driveway, except as increased by permissible curb return
radii. The entire flare of any return radius shall fall within the
right-of-way.
B. All driveways, aisles, maneuvering spaces, vehicular
service areas or spaces between or about buildings, other than those
relating to a dwelling, shall be adequately illuminated.
C. All outside lighting, including sign lighting, shall
be directed in such a way as not to create a nuisance in an agricultural,
institutional or residential district, and in every district all such
lighting shall be arranged so as to protect the street or highway
and adjoining property from direct glare or hazardous interference
of any kind. Any luminary shall be equipped with some type of glare-shielding
device approved by the Zoning Officer. The height of any luminary
shall not exceed 25 feet.