[Amended 2-4-1985]
A.
Off-street parking space shall be provided as further specified in this chapter and shall be furnished with necessary passageways and driveways. All such space shall be deemed to be required space on the lot on which it is situated and shall not be encroached upon or reduced in any manner. All parking areas, passageways and driveways (except when provided in connection with one-family and two-family residences) shall be surfaced with a dustless, durable, all-weather pavement, clearly marked for car spaces and shall be adequately drained, subject to the approval of the Planning Board. Landscaping consisting of attractive trees, shrubs, plants and grass lawns shall be required and planted in accordance with the site plans. Special buffer planting shall be provided along the side and rear property lines so as to provide protection to adjacent properties when such lot lines abut residential zones or uses. The buffer area shall adhere to the provisions of Article XXVI.
B.
None of the off-street parking facilities that are
required in this chapter shall be required for any existing building
or use, unless said building or use shall be enlarged, in which case
the provisions of this chapter shall apply only to the enlarged portions
of the building or use. If the use is to be changed, the provisions
of this chapter shall apply to the new use.
C.
The collective use of an off-street parking area by
two or more buildings or uses located on adjacent lots is permitted,
provided that the total of such facilities shall not be less than
the sum required of the various buildings or uses computed separately,
and further provided that the land upon which the collective facilities
are located is owned or leased by one or more or the collective users.
The exception to this provision is the TMU Zone where such parking
is specifically permitted.
[Amended 2-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-2]
D.
No display vehicles or trailer devices for commercial
purposes shall remain in any district for longer than a twenty-four-hour
period.
E.
Parking areas may be located in any rear or side yard,
but may not be located in any required front yard area except where
specifically permitted elsewhere in this chapter.
F.
Parking spaces, driveways and aisles shall be clearly
marked and delineated. For safety and fire-fighting purposes, free
access between adjacent parking areas shall be provided.
G.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the
property to maintain all off-street parking, loading and unloading
areas, driveways, aisles and accessways in good condition, free of
sagging conditions, potholes, cracked pavement, etc. All lighting,
bumpers, markings, signs, drainage and landscaping shall be similarly
kept in workable, safe and good condition. If the owner fails to undertake
repairs, after proper notification by the Building Inspector, the
Mayor and Council may authorize repairs to be made at the owner's
expense if, in the Mayor and Council's opinion, conditions constitute
a hazard to the safety and welfare of the Township residents and visitors
or may revoke the owner's certificate of occupancy and require property
to be vacated.
The following general provisions are applicable
only to C-1, C-2, G-O, O-R, I-1 and I-2 Districts:
A.
All parking areas and appurtenant passageways and
driveways shall be illuminated adequately during the hours between
sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation. Adequate shielding
shall be provided to protect adjacent residential zones from the glare
of such illumination and from that of automobile headlights.
B.
Not more than two driveways used as a means of ingress
or egress for off-street parking areas shall be permitted for each
300 feet of frontage on a public street, nor shall any driveway be
located closer than 100 feet to the intersection of two public streets.
C.
All parking areas for 20 or more vehicles shall be
landscaped with hedging and/or shade trees of a type and quantity
approved by the Planning Board.
D.
All parking areas for 10 or more vehicles shall have
artificial lighting that will provide an adequate lighting level throughout
the parking area. Freestanding light poles shall be no higher than
the height of the highest principal building served by the parking
area plus five feet.
E.
Required parking area shall be provided within 150
feet of all uses. It shall be measured from the nearest point of public
entrance to the building that such facility is required to serve.
All parking spaces located at the rear of any commercial use shall
have public access to rear entrances and exits.
F.
Traffic patterns shall be reviewed with regard to
ingress and egress, as well as the internal system of vehicular and
pedestrian movement, so as to avoid congestion, provide adequate space
for maneuvering into parking spaces, provide for the safety of pedestrians
going to and from buildings and parking areas and the separation of
truck traffic serving the uses from pedestrian traffic.
G.
Truck loading and unloading areas shall be provided
in sufficient amount to permit the transfer of goods and products
on other than a public street or public parking area.
H.
For every building, structure or part thereof having
over 5,000 square feet of gross building area erected and occupied
for commerce, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning, places of public and
quasi-public assembly, industry and other similar uses involved in
the receipt and distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise,
there shall be provided and permanently maintained adequate space
for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue
interference with the public use of streets or alleys. Every building,
structure or addition thereto having a use which complies with the
above definitions shall be provided with at least one truck standing,
loading and unloading space on the premises, not less than 12 feet
in width, 35 feet in length and 14 feet in height. Such buildings
that contain in excess of 25,000 square feet of gross building area
will be required to provide additional off-street loading spaces as
determined by the Planning Board during site plan review.
I.
Access to truck standing, loading and unloading space
shall be provided directly from a public street or alley or from any
right-of-way that will not interfere with public convenience and will
permit orderly and safe movement of truck vehicles.
J.
Loading spaces as required under this section shall
be provided in addition to off-street parking space and shall not
be considered as supplying off-street parking space.
K.
Whenever an off-street loading and unloading area shall be located next to a residential zone, said loading and unloading area shall be suitably screened and buffered subject to approval by the Planning Board and in accordance with the requirements of Article XXVI.
L.
No off-street loading and unloading area shall be
permitted in any required front yard area.
A.
Parking space size. Each off-street parking space
shall measure not less than nine feet wide and not less than 18 feet
deep, exclusive of access drives and aisles, except that parallel
curb parking spaces shall be nine feet wide and 23 feet deep. Except
in the case of one-family dwellings, no parking areas provided hereunder
shall be established for less than four spaces.
B.
Access aisles and driveways.
(1)
No access drive, driveway, pathway or any other means
of egress or ingress shall be located in any residential zone to provide
access to uses other than those permitted in any such residential
zone.
(2)
All driveways shall cross sidewalk areas at grade.
(3)
No driveway to or from a parking area shall be located
closer than 100 feet to the nearest right-of-way line of an intersecting
street. However, any major use, such as a shopping center or industrial
use, which, in the opinion of the Planning Board, will generate large
traffic volumes shall not be located closer than 200 feet to the nearest
right-of-way line of an intersecting street.
(4)
Driveways shall have a minimum width of 12 feet for
one-way traffic and 25 feet for two-way traffic for all other uses.
(5)
Aisles from which cars directly enter or leave parking
spaces shall not be less than:
C.
Sidewalks and curbing.
(1)
Sidewalks with a minimum width of four feet shall
be provided in all parking areas for five or more vehicles, between
parking areas and principal structures, along aisles and driveways
and wherever pedestrian traffic shall occur.
(2)
Sidewalks shall be raised six inches above the parking
area, except where crossing streets or driveways, and curbed as a
protection to pedestrians using the walks.
(3)
Sidewalks and parking areas must be arranged to prevent
cars from extending over sidewalk areas.
[Amended 9-8-2009 by Ord. No. 09-15]
The following off-street parking spaces and
restrictions are required for R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-4A, R-5, R-6,
R-M and R-T Districts:
A.
One-family, two-family, duplex, mobile home and townhouse
dwellings: two off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit. The required
parking spaces may be within an enclosed garage, or vehicles may be
parked on an improved surface maintained in a weed-free condition.
Off-street parking is not permitted on grass surfaces in any front,
side or rear yards.
B.
The following
types of vehicles are prohibited from being parked on any lot zoned
for residential purposes, as well as on both sides of the street in
front of any residential use or directly across the street from any
residential use, except when engaged in providing emergency repair
services or actively engaged in moving the residents of the premises:
[Amended 4-29-1996 by Ord. No. 96-10; 2-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-2]
The following off-street parking spaces are
required for nonresidential uses:
A.
Industrial manufacturing, research plants and warehouses.
(1)
Storage, warehousing, distribution and shipping activities:
at least one space for each 2,500 square feet of gross floor area.
[Amended 2-18-2020 by Ord. No. 20-04]
(2)
Manufacturing or fabrication activities: at least
one space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area.
(3)
[1]Visitor parking: at least one parking space for each five
executive office workers.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(3), which pertained to
administrative and executive office activities, was repealed 2-18-2020
by Ord. No. 20-04. This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection
A(4) and (5) as Subsection A(3) and (4), respectively.
(4)
Research and development facilities: one parking space
for each 500 square feet of gross floor area, excluding basements
and penthouse structures.
B.
Commercial, retail, general office and other nonresidential
uses.
(1)
Beauty and barber shops: one parking space for each
250 square feet of gross floor area.
(2)
Supermarkets and self-service food stores: one parking
space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.
(3)
Medical and dental offices: one parking space for
each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
(4)
Banks, financial and business offices and professional
offices: one parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor
area.
(5)
Furniture, appliance and hardware stores: one parking
space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area.
(6)
All other retail and service stores: one parking space
for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.
(7)
Restaurants, taverns, cafeterias and diners: one parking
space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.
(8)
Drive-in restaurants: one parking area for each 20
square feet of gross floor area.
(9)
Laundromats: one parking space for each 200 square
feet of gross floor area.
(10)
Bowling alleys, indoor tennis, handball, racquetball
courts and similar uses: six parking spaces for each lane or court.
[Amended 11-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-23]
(11)
New car sales and service: one parking space
for each 200 square feet of gross floor area, not including spaces
used for storage of new or used vehicles being offered for sale or
being serviced, plus one parking space for each employee during the
largest shift.
(12)
Motor vehicle service stations: one parking
space for each service bay, plus one parking space for each employee,
with a minimum of two parking spaces for employees.
(13)
Auditoriums, churches, conference or concert
halls, community centers and similar places of public assembly not
having fixed seating facilities: one parking space for every four
persons who may legally be admitted therein at one time under the
state fire prevention laws.
[Amended 11-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-23]
(14)
Auditoriums, churches, conference or concert
halls, community centers and similar places of public assembly having
fixed seating facilities: one parking space for every four seats.
[Amended 11-16-2020 by Ord. No. 20-23]
(15)
Theaters: one parking space for every three
theater seats, plus one parking space for each projected employee
at maximum shift.
(16)
Hospitals and similar institutional uses for
care of the ill or aged: one parking space for each 300 square feet
of gross floor area.
(17)
Mortuaries and funeral homes: one parking space
for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.
(18)
Transportation and terminal facilities: one
parking space for every 50 square feet of gross floor area.
(19)
Parks and other outdoor recreation sites: five
parking spaces for each gross acre of land up to 50 acres, and one
parking space per gross acre of land above 50 acres.
(20)
Shopping center: one parking space for each 150 square feet
of gross floor area.
[Added 11-16-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-23]
(21)
Adult day-care facilities: one parking space for each 300 square
feet of gross floor area.
[Added 11-16-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-23]
(22)
Clinics: one parking space for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area.
[Added 11-16-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-23]
(23)
Indoor recreation facilities, gyms, games of skill including
video game arcades: one space per for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area.
[Added 11-16-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-23]
(24)
When the use is not specifically mentioned in this section,
the requirements of off-street parking facilities for a use most similar,
compatible or consistent with the use that is mentioned shall apply.
In the event that there is no similar, compatible or consistent use,
off-street parking requirements shall be determined by the Board,
based upon accepted industry standards.
[Added 11-16-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-23]
