All nonresidential and multifamily parking and loading areas shall meet the following requirements:
A. 
All parking and loading areas shall be paved in accordance with the site plan standards contained in Article IV, Design Standards, of Chapter 155, Streets and Sidewalks, of this Code.
B. 
All parking and loading areas shall be graded and equipped with adequate drainage facilities as approved by the Township Engineer.
C. 
All parking and loading spaces shall be appropriately marked with painted lines and each parking space shall be at least 10 feet by 20 feet.
D. 
All parking areas shall provide for adequate ingress and egress and safe and convenient traffic circulation. Access drives and aisles shall be of sufficient width to permit safe access to parking spaces and safe traffic movement.
E. 
Off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened on any side which adjoins or faces premises situate in any residential zone, by vision-proof fence, wall, hedge or natural landscaping of not less than six feet in height, maintained in good condition.
F. 
Off-street parking as required for any use shall be provided on the same lot with such use. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Article VII of Chapter 190, Zoning, of this Code.
G. 
Off-street parking areas shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles and no commercial repair work or service work of any kind shall be conducted on the parking lot nor shall such lots be used for parking of disabled, dismantled, inoperable or unregistered vehicles.
H. 
One loading zone at least 15 feet by 40 feet, or as required for reasonable safety and convenient access, shall be provided for all commercial and industrial uses and so designated on the site plan. Such area shall be marked appropriately at the site and shall be used solely for the parking of commercial vehicles during loading and unloading.
I. 
Parking areas shall have a maximum grade of 8%, and shall be enclosed by concrete curbing, Belgian block curbing, at least six inches above the paved surface and located at least five feet from any property line or nearest structural wall of any building, and at least 10 feet from any abutting street right-of-way. In the commercial or industrial zone proper access and circulation between adjoining parking areas shall be provided, and the two lots shall be divided by buffer zones appropriately landscaped with trees, grass and/or shrubs.
J. 
All parking areas shall be designed with service aisles to meet the following standards:
(1) 
Cross aisle, one-way, fourteen-foot width.
(2) 
Cross aisle, two-way, twenty-five-foot width.
(3) 
Parallel parking, twelve-foot aisle width.
(4) 
Forty-five-degree angle parking, fourteen-foot aisle width.
(5) 
Sixty-degree angle parking, eighteen-foot aisle width.
(6) 
Ninety-degree angle parking, twenty-five-foot aisle width.
(7) 
The turning radius shall be at least 15 feet.
(8) 
In addition there shall be a minimum distance of six feet between parallel parking spaces when found necessary to provide convenient access.
K. 
All off-street parking areas shall be subject to the approval of the appropriate Township body to insure their adequacy, relation to traffic safety, landscaping and protection of adjacent properties. Concrete sidewalks connecting the parking areas to the building entrances shall be provided and shall be constructed in accordance with the Department of Transportation standards.
L. 
Maximum area of impervious surface and curbing. Off-street parking lots and loading areas, together with their access aisles, driveways and fire lanes and other paved or impervious areas on the lot, exclusive of the buildings, shall not occupy more than 30% of the lot area or in accordance with the standards as set forth in Table 5, "Schedule of General Zoning Regulations for Andover Township," or Article VI, "Conditional Uses," in Chapter 190, "Zoning."
[Amended 4-26-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-05]
M. 
Buffering of uses within the I Industrial and GI General Industrial Zone districts. A minimum buffer area of 100 feet in width shall be provided and maintained on property located within the I Industrial and General Industrial Zone districts along any common property line with a residential zone district or residential use.
[Amended 4-26-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-05]
Any lighting in connection with off-street parking areas shall be so arranged and shielded as to reflect the light down and away from adjoining streets or properties and shall be adequate to provide safety and security and in accordance with the following standards:
A. 
All existing or proposed exterior lighting, freestanding and/or on building, for size, nature of construction, lumens, heights, area and direction of lumination, footcandles produced, as well as time controls proposed for outdoor lighting and display, shall be indicated.
B. 
The height of light poles shall be limited to the maximum height of structures permitted in the particular zoning district where they are located, or 25 feet, whichever is less.
C. 
The light itself shall be shielded to restrict the maximum apex angle of illumination to 150º.
Recommended for Average Maintained Horizontal Illumination
Commercial
Intermediate
Residential
Area Classification
Footcandle
Lux
Footcandle
Lux
Footcandle
Lux
Vehicular roadways
Freeway*
0.6
6
0.6
6
0.6
6
Major and expressway*
2.0
22
1.4
15
1.0
11
Collector
1.2
13
0.9
10
0.6
6
Local
0.9
10
0.6
6
0.4
4
Alleys
0.6
6
0.4
4
0.2
2
Pedestrian walkways
Sidewalks
0.9
10
0.6
6
0.2
2
Pedestrian ways
2.0
22
1.0
11
0.5
2
*NOTE: Both mainline and ramps.
  For other critical areas, the recommended footcandles shall be as follows:
   At intersections, 2.0.
   Parking areas, 1.0.
   Maximum at property lines, 1.0.
   Residential areas, 0.6 (average), 0.1 (minimum).
   Plant entrances, 2.0.
All portions of property not used for off-street parking shall be attractively landscaped with grass lawns, trees, and shrubs as approved by the appropriate Township body.
A. 
Standards for the grading, improvement and construction of streets or driveways and for any required walkways, curbs, gutters, streetlights, fire hydrants and water, drainage, sewage facilities and other improvements found necessary shall be as provided in Chapter 155, Streets and Sidewalks, of this Code or as approved by the Township Engineer.
B. 
Where certain utilities to be installed are under other governmental authority or jurisdictions, the standards shall be provided by those jurisdictions and shall be adhered to by the developer. A letter approving the proposed installations and a statement as to who shall carry out the construction shall be required.
C. 
All utility access shall be underground.
No development shall take place in a delineated floodway area, and shall be permitted in a delineated flood fringe area only where it is determined by the Township Engineer that the first-floor elevation shall be above the flood level, and that construction and landfilling shall not significantly increase flooding in other areas.