Any building or structure erected, altered or
used, and any lot used or occupied, for any of the following purposes
shall be provided with minimum off-street parking spaces, either within
a structure or in the open, as set forth below, together with adequate
passageways or driveways or other means of circulation with proper
and safe access from a street or way.
A. Dwellings in residential and nonresidential districts.
For each dwelling unit in a residential district or a nonresidential
district, two off-street parking spaces shall be provided. All driveways
and parking spaces shall be all-weather, properly graded for drainage,
surfaced with asphalt and maintained in good condition, free of weeds,
dust, trash, debris, snow and ice. A garage shall not be counted as
a parking space.
B. In all zoning districts except for AR Residential,
BR Residential and BR-1 Residential Zoning Districts, the following
regulations shall apply:
(1) Standards. All parking lots and spaces in these districts
shall be constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with the
following conditions:
(a)
Parking lots and spaces shall be all-weather,
properly graded for drainage, surfaced with concrete or asphalt and
maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash, debris,
snow and ice.
(b)
All accessways to any public street or highway
shall be located at least 200 feet from the intersection of any street
lines and shall be designed in a manner conducive to safe ingress
and egress. The developer shall be responsible for the construction
of any necessary traffic control devices or additional acceleration
lanes required by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
(c)
Interior drives shall be designed so as to prevent
blockage or vehicles entering or leaving the site.
(d)
There shall be areas provided for loading and
unloading of delivery trucks and other vehicles and for the servicing
of shops by refuse collection, fuel and other service vehicles and
shall be adequate in size and shall be so arranged that they may be
used without blockage or interference with accessways or automobile
parking facilities.
(e)
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[Amended 12-12-2017 by Ord. No. 574]
(2) Parking space formula.
(a)
Churches, schools, public auditoriums, meeting
rooms or similar place of public or private assembly: one parking
space for every four seats.
(b)
Hospitals: one parking space for every four
beds.
(c)
Community centers, libraries or museums: one
parking space for every 800 square feet of floor area in public use.
(d)
Clubs: one parking space for every four members.
(e)
Retail stores or other shops: one parking space
for every 100 square feet of total store sales floor space.
(f)
Department stores or supermarkets: one parking
space for every 50 square feet of store sales floor area.
(g)
Indoor theaters: one parking space for every
four seats.
(h)
Hotels, tourist homes, motels or auto courts:
one parking space for each rental unit.
(i)
Office buildings or wholesale establishments:
one parking space for every 200 square feet of ground floor area,
plus one parking space for every 400 square feet of floor area above
the ground floor.
(j)
Restaurants, cafes or other eating or drinking
establishments: one parking space for every 75 square feet of floor
area including outdoor seating areas. Restaurants, cafes or other
eating or drinking establishments offering drive-thru service shall
provide a twelve-foot-wide drive-thru lane that is capable of providing
stacking for up to six vehicles without interfering with other required
parking facilities or vehicle circulation.
[Amended 5-25-2010 by Ord. No. 526]
(k)
Other commercial and industrial buildings: one
parking space for every 1,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction
thereof, except when otherwise authorized as a special exception consistent
with the requirements set forth herein for comparable establishments.
(l)
Open areas used for commercial purposes: one
parking space for every 15,000 square feet of area, or fraction thereof.
(m)
Apartments and townhouses: two parking spaces
for each dwelling unit.
(n)
Nursing homes: one space for every three beds.
(o)
When the uses set forth in Subsection
B(2)(e) and
(f) are developed as part of a project on one parcel having five or more establishments sharing common parking and access and providing a total of at least 75,000 square feet of total building area, overall parking calculated for these uses may be reduced to a ratio of five spaces per every 1,000 square feet of total floor area which shall be inclusive of employee parking.
(p)
Personal care homes (assisted living): one space
for every two beds.
(q) Medical office: one parking space for every 200 square feet of floor
area.
[Added 5-25-2010 by Ord. No. 526]
The parking spaces required in §
205-102 herein may be located elsewhere than on the same lot when authorized as a special exception, subject to the following conditions:
A. The owners of two or more establishments shall submit,
with their application for special exception, a site plan showing
joint use and location of a common off-street parking area.
B. Some portion of the common off-street parking area
lies within 200 feet of an entrance regularly used by patrons into
the building served thereby.
In all residential zoning districts, on-street
parking shall be limited to passenger vehicles. At no time shall a
commercial vehicle or truck which exceeds a gross vehicle weight of
9,000 pounds be parked on a residential street.
An area amounting to 10% of all paved parking areas in excess of 2,000 square feet per each lot, whether constructed immediately or reserved for future needs, shall be devoted to permanent green areas, which must be interspersed within the paved parking areas to channel traffic or divide parking spaces, and shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
175, the Subdivision and Land Development. The exact design and location of the green areas, as well as the landscape material therein, shall be disclosed on the land development, subdivision or site plan and be permanently maintained as such.