Parking areas with a capacity of three or more
vehicles shall comply with the following standards. These standards
shall apply to all uses permitted by the chapter.
A.
Standards. All parking facilities built under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the design standards of Chapter 290, Subdivision and Land Development.
B.
Existing parking. Structures and uses in existence
at the date of adoption of this chapter shall not be subject to the
requirements of this article so long as the kind or extent of use
is not changed, provided that any parking facility now serving such
structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced below such requirements.
C.
Change in requirements. Whenever there is an alteration of a structure or a change or extension of a use which increases the parking requirements according to the standards of § 340-19, the total additional parking required for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of the use regulations.
D.
Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be
used for any use that interferes with its availability for the parking
need it is required to serve.
E.
Continuing character of obligation. All required facilities
shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the
facilities were designed to serve. Off-street parking facilities shall
not be reduced in total extent after their provision, except upon
the approval of the Zoning Hearing Board, and then only after proof
that, by reason of diminution in floor area, seating area, or the
number of employees, or a change in factors controlling the regulation
of the number of parking spaces, such reduction is in conformity with
the requirements of this article. Reasonable precautions shall be
taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability
of required facilities to the employees or other persons whom the
facilities are designed to serve. Such facilities shall be designed
and used in such a manner as to at no time constitute a nuisance,
a hazard, or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.
F.
Joint use. Two or more uses may provide for required
parking in a common parking lot if the total space provided is not
less than the sum of the spaces required for each use individually.
However, the number of spaces required in a common parking facility
may be reduced below this total by special exception if it can be
demonstrated to the Zoning Hearing Board that the hours or days of
peak parking needed for the uses are so different that a lower total
will provide adequately for all uses served by the facility.
G.
Location of parking spaces. Required off-street parking
spaces shall be on the same lot or premises with the principal use
served or, where this requirement cannot be met, within 300 feet of
the same lot.
H.
Maintenance of parking areas. For parking areas of
three or more vehicles, the area not landscaped and so maintained,
including driveways, shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt or other
suitable material, and drained to the satisfaction of the Borough
Engineer to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion, or excessive
water flow across streets or adjoining property. All off-street parking
spaces shall be marked so as to indicate their location. Failure to
keep parking areas in satisfactory condition, i.e., free from holes,
clearly delineated, or properly graded shall be considered a violation
of this chapter.
In order to prevent the establishment of a greater
number of parking spaces than is actually required to serve the needs
of nonresidential uses, the Borough Council, after consulting with
the Planning Commission and Borough Engineer, may permit a conditional
reduction of parking space if the following conditions are satisfied:
A.
The design of the parking lot, as indicated on the
land development plan, must designate sufficient space to meet the
parking requirements of this chapter. The plan shall also illustrate
the layout for the total number of parking spaces.
B.
The conditional reduction shall provide for the establishment
of not less than 80% of the required number of parking spaces, as
specified in this chapter. This initial phase of the parking provisions
shall be clearly indicated on the plan.
C.
The balance of the parking area conditionally reserved
shall not include areas for required buffer yards, setbacks, or areas
which would otherwise be unsuitable for parking spaces due to the
physical characteristics of the land or other requirements of this
chapter. This parking area which is reserved shall be located and
have characteristics so as to provide amenable open space should it
be determined the additional parking spaces are not required. The
developer shall provide a landscaping plan for the reserved area with
the land development plan.
D.
The developer shall enter into a written agreement
with the Borough Council that, after one year following the issuing
of the last occupancy permit, the additional parking spaces shall
be provided at the developer's or owner's expense should it be determined
that the required number of parking spaces are necessary to satisfy
the need of the particular land development.
E.
Land which has been determined and designated by the
Borough Council to remain as open space rather than as required parking
shall not be used to provide parking spaces for any addition or expansion
but shall remain as open space.
Off-street loading requirements as specified
below shall be provided on any lot on which a building exceeding 6,000
square feet of gross floor area for business or industry is hereafter
erected.
A.
Every store, freight terminal, hospital, retail establishment,
storage warehouse, or wholesale establishment, industrial plant or
manufacturing establishment exceeding 6,000 square feet shall have
at least one off-street loading space. Where there is an aggregate
gross floor area of 20,000 square feet or more arranged, intended
or designed for such use, there shall be provided off-street truck
loading or unloading berths in accordance with the following table:
|
Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to
Each Use
(square feet)
|
Required Number of Berths
| |
|---|---|---|
|
6,000 up to 19,999
|
1
| |
|
20,000 up to 79,999
|
2
| |
|
80,000 up to 127,999
|
3
| |
|
For each additional 72,000 square feet
|
1 additional
|
B.
Every auditorium, funeral home, office building, restaurant,
hotel, or institution exceeding 6,000 square feet shall have at least
one off-street loading space. Where there is an aggregate gross floor
area of 30,000 square feet or more arranged, intended or designed
for such use, there shall be provided off-street truck loading and
unloading berths in accordance with the following table:
|
Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to
Each Use
(square feet)
|
Required Number of Berths
| |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 up to 44,999
|
1
| |
|
45,000 up to 119,999
|
2
| |
|
120,000 up to 197,999
|
3
| |
|
For each additional 105,000 square feet
|
1 additional
|
