[Amended by Ord. No. 11-1998]
A. Opening and drive width. Driveways shall be designed
to adequately accommodate the volume and character of anticipated
vehicles. The following criteria shall be utilized in determining
the width of opening, and internal width of the driveway.
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One-Way Operation
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Two-Way Operation
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Use Category
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Opening Width
(feet)
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Drive Width
(feet)
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Opening Width
(feet)
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Drive Width
(feet)
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Commercial and industrial
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16 to 22
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12 to 18
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34 to 50
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30
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Service stations
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16 to 22
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12 to 18
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34 to 50
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30
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B. Minimum sight distances. Any driveway providing access
to a public or private street shall be designed, graded and located
so as to afford safe and adequate sight distances in both directions.
C. Minimum distance between driveways serving nonresidential
uses. A minimum distance of 50 feet, measured along the road right-of-way,
shall separate any two driveways. Not more than two driveways are
recommended for any single site of 300 feet or less frontage.
D. Minimum distance to property line or intersecting
street. Driveways for other than one- and two-family homes shall not
be located closer than five feet to a side or rear property line or
50 feet to the closest right-of-way line of an intersecting street.
E. Maximum grades. Commercial, industrial, and service
station driveways shall not have a grade in excess of 10% over the
entire length and not more than 5% for the first 25 feet from the
street right-of-way line unless otherwise approved by the Board. The
driveway shall not be located where visibility is limited because
of curves, topography or other features.
F. Driveway clearance. Any vertical curve on a driveway
connecting a street with a parking lot or area shall be designed to
prevent contact of the vehicular undercarriage with the pavement.
G. Prohibited access in residential zones. No driveway
shall be located in any residential zone to provide access to uses
other than those permitted in such residential zone.
The Board in its discretion may require roadway
widening or other street improvements for site plans and major subdivisions,
including acceleration and deceleration lanes, to assure safe ingress
and egress, where minimum sight distances cannot be obtained. Such
improvements shall be designed and constructed in accordance with
generally accepted engineering practice.
[Amended by Ord. No. 12-1981; Ord. No. 11-1983; Ord. No. 8-1998; Ord. No. 11-1998]
In all zones off-street parking shall be provided
for all uses in accordance with the following schedule:
A. Required number of off-street parking spaces by specific
use.
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Use
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Required Parking Spaces
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Bowling establishment
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2 for each lane
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Colleges
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2 for each 3 full-time day students and 1 for
each 5 part-time day students
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Funeral home, mortuary
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10 plus 1 for each 50 square feet of gross floor
area
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Industrial use
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1 for each 400 square feet of gross floor area
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Laboratory and research use
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1 for each 300 square feet of gross floor area
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Motel, hotel motor lodge
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1 for each rental unit, and in addition, compliance
with the requirements for each additional use located on the property,
such as retail restaurants, eating and drinking places, and meeting
rooms
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Nursing home
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1 for each 3 beds
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Office, dental or medical
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1 for each doctor, dentist, and employee, plus
1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area
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Office, other
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1 for each 250 square feet of gross floor area
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Places of worship, community building, social
hall, and place of public assembly
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1 for each 3 seats, or 1 for each 72 inches
of seating space when benches rather than seats are used. Where the
specific amount of seating is undetermined, then 1 parking space shall
be required for each 75 square feet of assemblage area.
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Recreation uses:
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Court games
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4 for each court
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Other
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1 for each 150 square feet of gross area
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Residential dwelling
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Not less than 2 for each dwelling unit
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Restaurant, eating and drinking establishment
and catering hall
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1 for each 2 1/2 seats
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Retail uses not separately listed
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5 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area
when the total floor area on a lot is 30,000 square feet or less;
4 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area
when the total floor area on a lot is greater than 30,000 square feet
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Roadside stand, commercial
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10 per 1,000 square feet of stand area
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Roadside stand, integrated
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1 per 200 square feet of stand area with a minimum
of 2 spaces
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Swim club
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1 for each family membership unit
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Theater
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1 for each 3 seats
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Wholesale establishment, warehouse, furniture
store
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1 for each 800 square feet of net floor area
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NOTE:
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Off-street parking requirements for a combination
of uses shall be computed separately and then added together to compute
the total number of required parking spaces. In all questionable or
doubtful cases, or for uses not enumerated, the Planning Board shall
determine the required number of spaces, utilizing as a guide the
requirements for the uses which are specifically enumerated in this
subsection.
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B. Parking in residential zones. Only currently registered,
operational, light vehicles and light commercial vehicles may be parked
on any property in a residential zone, except that the following are
also permitted, and provided further that these regulations shall
not apply to farm vehicles used on an operating farm:
(1) Unregistered or nonoperational light vehicles owned
by the occupant, if garaged.
(2) Items of recreation equipment belonging to the occupant,
if garaged. In lieu of being garaged, recreation equipment may be
kept on the premises in a manner approved by the Zoning Officer in
accordance with the following standards:
[Amended 4-7-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-06]
(a)
They shall meet all setback standards for principal
buildings where located.
(b)
They shall be screened from adjoining property
and public streets.
(c)
They shall not create a safety hazard, or impede
access to any property by emergency vehicles.
(3) Vehicles other than light vehicles used by an occupant
in connection with a conditional use, if garaged.
(4) Vehicles providing a pickup or delivery at the property.
C. Location of parking.
(1) All off-street parking and loading areas in nonresidential
zones, except for parking which is accessory to one-family dwellings,
shall meet the location requirements prescribed in the following schedule:
Schedule of Minimum Distances for Location
of Parking and Loading Areas
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Zone
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From Building*
(feet)
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From Street Right-of-Way
(feet)
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From Property Lines
(feet)
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From Residential Zone
(feet)
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From Access Driveway
(feet)
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B-1
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12
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50
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15
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25
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20
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B-2
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12
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50
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20
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25
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20
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12
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50
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25
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50
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20
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NOTE:
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* Loading areas excepted
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(2) Off-street parking facilities accessory to any use
permitted in a residential zone shall be provided on the same lot
with the permitted principal building.
(3) Off-street parking facilities as required by this
section in nonresidential zones shall be provided on the same lot
as the principal building or use or on other property or properties
owned by the applicant in the same or other nonresidential zone, provided
all such property so used is within 300 feet, measured in a straight
line, from any entranceway to the principal building or use.
D. Size of parking spaces. Each off-street parking space
shall have a usable area of not less than 180 square feet, exclusive
of access drives or aisles, and shall measure not less than nine feet
in width. Parking spaces that are less than 10 feet in width shall
be separated by double painted lines. Head-on parking spaces that
are not separated by an island, and spaces located perpendicular to
and directly abutting a wall or building, shall be a minimum of 20
feet in length, with wheel bumpers provided. End-to-end parking spaces
shall measure eight feet in width and 23 feet in length. Not more
than two feet of any stall length may be provided in an overhang area,
provided that curbing or wheel bumpers are supplied. If the overhang
area is adjacent to a sidewalk, the sidewalk shall be separated from
the parking space by a two-foot strip of stone, grass or other cover
material.
E. Size of aisles. The width of all aisles providing
direct access to individual parking stalls shall be in accordance
with the requirements set forth below. Only one-way traffic shall
be permitted in aisles serving parking spaces placed at an angle other
than 90°.
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Parking Angle
(degrees)
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Aisle Width
(feet)
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0 (end to end parking)
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12
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30
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12
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45
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13
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60
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18
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90 (perpendicular parking)
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24
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F. Maximum grades in parking areas.
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Maximum Grade
(percent)
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Parking spaces and service aisles
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5%
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Main approach walkways to buildings
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4%
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Collector or other service walkways
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6%
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Principal circulation aisles
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6%
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Driveway entrances and exits up to 25 feet from
the right-of-way line
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5%
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Driveway entrances and exits beyond 25 feet
from the right-of-way line
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10%
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G. All off-street parking areas shall be used solely
for the parking of passenger automobiles, and no commercial repair
work or service of any kind shall be conducted on such parking area.
Parked vehicles shall not overhang or extend over sidewalk areas,
unless an additional sidewalk width of 2 1/2 feet is provided
to accommodate such overhang.
H. Landscaping, paving and drainage for nonresidential
parking areas.
(1) Parking areas shall be suitably landscaped to minimize
noise, glare and other nuisance characteristics as well as to enhance
the aesthetics, environment and ecology of the site and surrounding
area.
(2) Off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened
where required by the Board by a berm, fence or wall not less than
four feet nor more than six feet in height, maintained in good condition;
provided, however, that a screening hedge or other natural landscaping
may be substituted for the required fence or wall if approved by the
Board. The fence or wall as required by this section may be waived
by the Board if, in its judgment, because of topographic or other
unusual conditions, the fence is not necessary to protect adjoining
property.
(3) Parking areas, loading areas and driveways, except
for those serving one-family residences, shall be paved and curbed
except as otherwise approved by the Planning Board.
[Amended 5-29-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-4]
(4) Each off-street parking area shall have a minimum
area equivalent to one parking space per every 15 spaces landscaped
with at least one shade tree and shrubs. Such landscaped areas shall
break continuous rows of parking and the view of parked cars.
(5) Head-to-head rows of parking shall be separated by
an island at least six feet in width, landscaped with one shade tree
per 40 feet of island length and stone, grass or other cover material.
I. Lighting in parking areas. All parking areas in nonresidential
zones shall be lighted to provide a minimum of a total average illumination
of 1 1/2 footcandles throughout the parking area. Such lighting
shall be shielded and shall not be a hazard or nuisance to adjoining
properties or the traveling public. Light fixtures shall not be higher
than 16 feet above grade. The Board, as part of site plan approval,
may fix the hours of operation of any lights.
J. Markings and access. Parking spaces, driveways and
aisles shall be clearly marked with directional signs and double space
markings. The Board may require certain areas be maintained for fire-fighting
or other emergency purposes, and these areas shall be appropriately
designated.
K. Waiver of parking requirements. If any applicant can
clearly demonstrate to the Board or if the Board determines that,
because of the nature of the operation or use, the parking requirements
of this section are unnecessary or excessive, the Board shall have
the power to approve a site plan showing such requirements waived,
where a reduction in the number of parking spaces is requested, a
landscaped area of sufficient size to meet the ordinance requirement
shall be set aside and reserved for the purposes of meeting future
off-street parking requirements in the event that a change of use
or operation of the premises shall make such additional off-street
parking spaces necessary.
[Amended by Ord. No. 11-1998]
A. In any zone, in connection with every building, or
building group or part thereof hereafter erected which is to be occupied
by public, semipublic, office, laboratory, or commercial uses, there
shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building,
in addition to any required vehicular parking, at least one off-street
loading and unloading space. For each industrial or warehouse use,
there shall be provided at least one such space for each 50,000 square
feet of net floor area, unless waived by the Board because of the
nature of the proposed use.
B. Where the prevailing means of loading or unloading
is by tractor-trailer, each such space shall be not less than 12 feet
in width, 50 feet in length and 14 feet in height, and shall not occupy
any part of any required front yard.
C. Loading and unloading areas may be used only for the
parking of trucks and/or trailers used solely to service the facility
where located.
D. A sign stating that all truck engines shall be turned
off upon parking shall be predominantly posted in all loading and
unloading areas.
E. Circulation aisles. Where loading or unloading of
tractor-trailer-type vehicles is anticipated, there shall be provided
a clearly defined access route to and from any loading area which
provides sufficient aisle width and other geometry that such large
vehicles can traverse the route without backing up or encroaching
on any parking or landscaped areas.