A.
The intent of these regulations is to ensure that
all uses and structures have sufficient off-street parking and loading
spaces to provide for all vehicles attracted to those uses and structures
in order to avoid congestion of the public streets, to promote the
safety and convenience of motorists and pedestrians and to ensure
the continued efficient operation of the uses established on the premises.
B.
No building or premises shall be built or erected, nor shall any building be altered so as to expand its usable floor area, nor shall the use of any building or premises be expanded, unless there is provided parking and loading space in accordance with the requirements of the Schedule of Regulations in Article IV.
C.
Where, pursuant to the provisions of this article,
a formal document is required to satisfy any provision hereof, such
instrument shall be in form and substance legally binding unless the
parties are released therefrom by the appropriate City agencies and
shall be recordable (or filed, as the case may be) in the office of
the register of deeds of the county, and a certified copy of the same,
with evidence of recording thereon, shall be filed with the City Clerk.
D.
If a use is not listed in the Schedule of Regulations,
then the number of required off-street parking spaces becomes the
number of spaces required for the use which most nearly approximates
the proposed use.
E.
Off-street parking spaces required herein shall be
used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles of visitors,
patrons, occupants or employees of the use for which required. In
addition to these parking spaces, there shall be a space for each
truck, ambulance, hearse, company car or other commercial vehicle
regularly stored on a lot. Whenever two standards are applicable,
the standard requiring more space shall apply.
A.
Except as provided in Subsection P, required parking spaces shall be computed on the basis of 171 square feet per space, with the dimensions of an individual space being at least 9 feet 19 feet. When the number of required spaces results in a fraction, the fraction shall require one parking space. Required loading spaces shall have a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum length of 25 feet and a minimum clear height of 15 feet.
[Amended 10-15-1985 by Ord. No. 5013-85; 12-17-1985 by Ord. No. 5030-85; 12-15-1992 by Ord. No. 5610-92]
B.
Off-street parking areas for more than five automobiles
shall be paved, fenced and lighted according to the specifications
established for this purpose by the City Engineer.
C.
All off-street parking spaces within any parking area
shall be clearly marked to show the parking arrangement within said
parking area.
D.
All lighting for off-street parking areas shall be
so arranged and shielded as to reflect the light downward and prevent
any light from shining directly on adjoining streets and residential
zones and buildings.
E.
Off-street parking or loading spaces, parking aisles
or maneuvering areas shall not be located in any required front yard.
[Amended 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 4963-85]
F.
Off-street parking or loading spaces, parking aisles
or maneuvering areas shall not be located within 10 feet of any corner
side lot line, within 10 feet of any rear lot line abutting a street
or within five feet of any other lot line. All setback areas shall
be adequately landscaped.
[Amended 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 4963-85]
G.
The requirements as to parking and loading areas shall
include adequate means of ingress and egress.
H.
No access to a parking or loading area in a business
or industrial district shall be located within a residential district.
No off-street parking shall be permitted in any zone where the use
which it serves is prohibited.
I.
Access to off-street parking areas and loading areas shall be limited to several well-defined locations. In no case shall there be permitted unrestricted access along the length of the street or streets upon which the parking or loading area abuts. Driveway and curb cut locations and widths shall be in accordance with § 461-15B of this chapter.
[Amended 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 4963-85]
J.
In a residence district, automobiles, motorcycles or utility trailers shall not be parked or left standing or stored in any front yard or side yard or rear yard abutting a street; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to the parking or standing of automobiles or motorcycles on driveways for a single- or two-family residence. Where a driveway for a single- or two-family residence is provided in conformance with § 461-15B(1)(c) and Subsection J(1) below, said driveway space(s) may be counted towards the required number of off-street parking spaces. A "driveway" in all other cases is an open area used only as a means to provide vehicular ingress and egress to a property. The use of a driveway for the parking of motor vehicles shall be subject to the following limitations:
[Added 6-19-1990 by Ord. No. 5420-90; amended 10-2-1990 by Ord. No. 5445-90; 6-18-1996 by Ord. No. 5807-96]
(1)
Front yard. The driveway shall consist of an area
directly opposite and adjacent to the front of an attached garage,
detached garage or depressed garage or the extension of a side yard
into the front yard; the driveway may also include a circular driveway
no more than 10 feet in width, providing access into and out of the
lot.
(2)
Side yard of comer lots. The driveway shall consist
of the area directly opposite and adjacent to an attached garage,
detached garage or depressed garage or the extension of the rear yard
into the side yard which abuts a street.
K.
Where the nature of the building and establishment
is of a kind where attendant parking is appropriate and the owner
or operator has established that such facility is likely to continue
and exist substantially unchanged as it affects attendant parking
for a period of 10 years and the owner or operator of the premises
has made and will continue to make provision for attendant parking
during hours when 50% or more of the spaces are in use, then attendant
parking shall be permitted, provided that there shall be submitted
at the time of site plan approval a workable plan which includes a
sufficient number of stalls of standard size to meet the parking standards
contained herein and, in addition, sufficient aisles and turnaround
areas to enable attendants to maneuver vehicles in and out of the
area containing the necessary number of parking stalls without requiring
the attendant to utilize streets, public areas or sidewalks for maneuvering
of vehicles and so that the use of the parking area will not be hazardous
to the pedestrian utilizing the adjoining walkways.
L.
A conditional use may be granted by the Planning Board
to permit certain required off-street spaces to be located elsewhere
than on the same lot with the use to which it is appurtenant, and
provided that all such spaces, through ownership or permanent easement,
are under the control of the owner or operator of the use to which
such spaces are appurtenant. Such required off-street parking shall
not be reduced below the minimum requirements of this chapter.
M.
All off-street parking areas shall be curbed to prevent
parking on lawn areas.
[Added 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 4963-85]
N.
All off-street parking areas having 10,000 or more
square feet of paved area shall, in addition to the landscaping of
the setback areas or buffer areas, provide landscaping for the interior
parking lot areas at a minimum of 20 square feet of interior lot landscaping
for each parking space, with a minimum landscape dimension of five
feet by five feet.
[Added 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 4963-85]
O.
All professional office buildings designed to rest
partially or totally on pillars and whose first floor is partially
or totally used for off-street parking shall be adequately screened
to provide an effective visual screen of the first floor when viewed
from any abutting street.
[Added 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 4963-85]
P.
Minimum parking area dimensions shall be as follows:
[Added 12-15-1992 by Ord. No. 5610-92]
|
Parking Angle
(degrees)
|
Minimum Aisle Width
(feet)
|
Minimum Stall Depth*
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
0 (parallel parking)
|
12**
|
9
| |
|
30
|
11**
|
17.3
| |
|
45
|
13**
|
19.8
| |
|
60
|
18**; 24***
|
21
| |
|
90 (perpendicular)
|
24**; ***
|
19
|
|
NOTES:
* Measured perpendicular to the
access aisle
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
** One-way traffic
| |||
|
*** Two-way traffic
| |||
A.
Off-street parking spaces. No building or premises
shall be used nor shall any building be built or erected nor shall
any building be altered so as to expand its gross floor area, unless
there is provided parking space upon the same premises upon which
the use or structure is located in accordance with the following schedule:
|
Type of Use
|
Minimum of One Parking Space for Each
(or fraction thereof)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Dwelling, single-family
|
1/2 dwelling unit
| |
|
Dwelling, two-family
|
1/2 dwelling unit
| |
|
Dwelling, multifamily (except garden apartment
dwelling group and townhouse)
|
1/2 dwelling unit
| |
|
Garden apartment dwelling group and townhouse
[Amended 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 2963-85] |
1/2 dwelling unit, plus visitor parking in the
amount of one space for each two dwellings
| |
|
Home for the aged
|
3 beds
| |
|
Senior citizen housing
| ||
|
PD-2
|
2.5 dwelling units
| |
|
Other
|
3 dwelling units
| |
|
Home professional office
|
1/2 office, plus dwelling unit requirement
| |
|
Office and commercial laboratory
[Amended 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 2963-85] |
200 square feet
| |
|
Office (PCD Zone only)
[Added 10-15-1985 by Ord. No. 5013-85; amended 8-5-1986 by Ord. No. 5100-86] |
300 square feet
| |
|
Hotel or rooming house
|
Bedroom, plus each employee
| |
|
Bank
|
400 square feet
| |
|
Retail store and service establishment (including
video stores)
[Amended 12-1-1992 by Ord. No. 5607-92] |
250 square feet
| |
|
Gas station
|
Each employee, plus one space for each service
vehicle
| |
|
Car wash
|
2 employees, plus 300 square feet
| |
|
Automobile showroom
|
1,000 square feet, plus each employee
| |
|
Restaurants, including fast-food restaurants
[Amended 8-10-1996 by Ord. No. 5830-96] |
75 square feet, plus each employee
| |
|
Bowling alleys
|
1/2 alley, plus each employee
| |
|
Veterinary establishments
|
Treatment room, plus one space for each employee
| |
|
Printing and publishing establishments
|
7 employees
| |
|
Tennis and racquetball courts, other than municipal
|
1/4 court
| |
|
Laboratories accessory to industrial
uses
|
2 employees but not less than one space for
each 2,000 square feet
| |
|
Shops, mills, factories, warehouses and storage
houses
|
2 employees but not less than one space for
each 2,000 square feet
| |
|
Governmental and municipal offices
|
200 square feet
| |
|
Museums, exhibit halls, art galleries, community
centers (except those serving senior citizens)
|
100 square feet
| |
|
Community centers serving senior citizens
|
300 square feet
| |
|
Libraries
| ||
|
Main
|
600 square feet
| |
|
Branch
|
800 square feet
| |
|
Clubs and fraternal organizations
|
50 square feet of assembly area
| |
|
Meeting rooms and other places of public assembly
without fixed seating
|
100 square feet
| |
|
Theaters and auditoriums with fixed seating
|
4 seats
| |
|
Houses of worship
|
4 seats
| |
|
Hospital
|
Doctor on staff, plus 3 employees on day shift,
plus 3 beds, plus ambulance
| |
|
Nursery school
|
Staff member
| |
|
Public and private elementary school
|
Staff member
| |
|
Public and private high school
|
Staff member, plus 20 students
| |
|
Schools for college grades
[Added 5-1-1984 by Ord. No. 4888-84] |
Staff member per session, plus 0.7 student per
session
| |
|
Business school
|
Staff member, plus 5 students
| |
|
Dispatch services
[Added 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 7138-14] |
1 1/2 parking spaces for each vehicle to be dispatched
from the subject property in addition to parking requirements for
the office portion
| |
|
Uses not listed above
|
According to that category herein listed which
most nearly approximates the proposed use
| |
|
More than one use on premises
|
Sum of the component requirements
|
B.
Off-street loading spaces. No building or premises
shall be used nor shall any building be built or erected nor shall
any building be altered so as to expand its gross floor area for any
of the specified uses, unless there is provided loading space in accordance
with the following schedule:
|
Type of Use
|
Minimum of One Loading Space for Each
(or fraction thereof)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Retail store and service establishment
|
10,000 square feet in excess of first 3,000
square feet
| |
|
Printing and publishing
|
10,000 square feet
| |
|
Shops, mills, factories, warehouses and storage
|
5,000 square feet, except that one space shall
be provided for each 10,000 square feet in excess of first 7,500 square
feet
| |
|
Hospitals
|
4,000 square feet
|
C.
All references to square feet in this section shall
be interpreted to mean gross square feet of floor area, and all parking
and loading requirements shall be so computed.
D.
No off-street parking spaces and/or off-street loading
spaces shall be required in the Planned Development No. 1 (PD-1) District.
E.
All parking areas shall be paved according to specifications
established for this purpose by the City Engineer. Such area, heretofore
and hereafter used or existing, shall be maintained by the owner or
operator thereof, such maintenance to include snow and ice removal
and clearance of storm debris within 24 hours after the same shall
fall or be formed thereon.
F.
Parking trust account.
[Added 12-18-2001 by Ord. No. 6247-01]
(1)
The provisions of this section shall apply to
all new construction and additions for any property fronting on Main
Avenue, between Piaget Avenue and the Passaic municipal boundary,
and located in the Main Avenue Redevelopment Area and requiring site
plan and/or variance approval.
(2)
Where an applicant for development as referred to in Subsection F(1) above does not comply with the parking requirements contained in § 461-60.1A, based on the proposed use of the property, the approving authority may still approve the application upon the applicant entering into a long-term arrangement for use of off-site parking at a location to be approved by the approving authority, or by making a contribution into the Main Avenue Parking Trust Fund in the amount of $1,500 for each space that is deficient.
(3)
The Main Avenue Parking Trust Fund shall be
maintained by the City of Clifton specifically for the periodic purchase,
lease, acquisition or maintenance of off-street municipal parking
lots or the development of municipal parking garages to serve the
Main Avenue Redevelopment Area.
(4)
Nothing herein shall prevent the approving authority
from denying the application, notwithstanding an offer of a contribution
to the Main Avenue Parking Trust Fund.
(5)
The fees required shall be subject to a payment
schedule provided in a developer's agreement with the City of Clifton.
(6)
The provisions of this section shall take effect
as of April 1, 2004, and shall not apply to new applications that
have been filed before the appropriate Board(s) prior to said date.
[Added 4-2-2002 by Ord. No. 6271-02]
In a residence district, the following motor
vehicles and boats shall not be parked or left standing in any yard
area or on a driveway:
A.
Unregistered motor vehicles of any type or design.
B.
Buses.
C.
Trucks, tractors and commercial trailers, meaning
every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other
vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than part
of the weight of the vehicles and load to be drawn.
D.
Trucks, meaning every motor vehicle designed, used
or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and having
a capacity of more than 1,000 pounds; provided, however, that this
restriction shall not apply to trucks being used in the rendering
of services to the premises.
E.
Trailers used for dwelling purposes; trailers exceeding
18 feet in length, except for recreational vehicles.
[Amended 6-19-1990 by Ord. No. 5420-90; 10-2-1990 by Ord. No. 5445-90]
F.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the storing or garaging
of commercial vehicles having a capacity of 1/2 ton or less in an
enclosed garage.
A.
Required loading spaces shall be at least 12 feet
wide and 25 feet long or longer, depending on the length of trucks
or trailers to be accommodated. They shall have a clearance height
of at least 15 feet.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Paragraphs 2 and 3,
which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 3-15-1985
by Ord. No. 4963-85.
B.
All loading areas shall be paved, fenced and lighted
according to the specifications established for the purpose by the
City Engineer.
