The regulations in this article are adopted
in order to provide needed off-street parking in connection with the
Business District to reduce traffic congestion resulting from the
use of streets as places for storage of automobiles, to protect the
character of neighborhoods, to provide for a higher standard of land
use development within the Borough and thus to promote and protect
the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, prosperity and other
aspects of the general welfare.
Screen planting of a dense evergreen material
not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height shall be
provided in any location where lights from vehicles within an off-street
parking area for more than five vehicles may shine directly into windows
of adjacent residential buildings. In lieu of screen planting, a wooden
fence of woven lattice, masonry wall or wooden louvre type or split
cedar fence with a maximum of three-fourths-inch spacing may be provided
not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height, maintained
in good condition and without advertising.
Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street
parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from
adjoining residential premises.
The parking area shall be located within the
property line.
A.
All off-street parking space shall be provided with
curbing or the equivalent so that vehicles cannot drive onto required
landscape areas. Curbing shall be flush with curb stops or vertical
with curb cuts to allow for drainage into landscaped areas.
[Amended 10-20-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-23 (1051)]
B.
All off-street parking areas shall be reviewed by
the Zoning Officer with respect to traffic circulation between parking
spaces and shall provide for adequate ingress and egress to each parking
space.
[Amended 12-16-1987 by Ord. No. 631]
All minimum requirements for off-street parking
shall be met at the time of erection or enlargement of any main building
or structure and shall include provisions for adequate ingress and
egress.
Within the Business District, there shall be
provided, at the time of construction, enlargement or increase in
capacity or change in use of any building or structure, improved and
usable off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with
the requirements of this article.
[Amended 12-20-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-17 (1089)]
The size of a parking space for one vehicle
shall consist of a rectangular area having dimensions not less than
nine feet wide and 18 feet long.
Only one curb cut shall be permitted per lot.
No curb cut shall exceed 12 feet in width at the curbline, except
that a curb cut of up to 20 feet in width at the curbline shall be
permitted at those premises on which a two-car garage is located if
the front wall of the garage is set back not more than 35 feet from
the curb adjacent to the premises.
In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements
of off-street parking spaces shall be the sum of the requirements
for the various uses computed separately.
Nothing in this article shall allow for off-street
parking spaces supplied collectively which provide less than the sum
of the requirements for the various uses computed separately.
All uses not covered in this article shall have
their parking requirements determined by the Planning Board upon submittal
of an application for a building permit. Requirements outlined in
this article shall be used as a guide for the determination.
Off-street parking facilities shall be determined
in accordance with the following:
A.
Single-family dwellings: two spaces.
[Amended 9-6-1985 by Ord. No. 581]
B.
Two-family dwellings: four spaces.
[Amended 9-6-1985 by Ord. No. 581]
D.
Hotel: two parking spaces for each guest room.
[Amended 9-2-1983 by Ord. No. 545]
E.
Motel: two parking spaces for each rental unit.
[Amended 9-2-1983 by Ord. No. 545]
F.
Hospitals, nursing homes and convalescent homes: one
space for every three beds.
G.
Funeral homes: one space for every 75 square feet
of floor area devoted to assembly rooms for services.
H.
Schools: one space for each staff member.
