Township of Bethlehem, PA Off-Street Parking and Loading

Each use established, enlarged, or altered in any district shall provide and satisfactorily maintain off-street parking spaces in accordance with Table 17.1 and the regulations of this article.

Uses not specifically listed in Table 17.1 shall comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed in Table 17.1.

Where a proposed use contains or includes more than one type of use (regardless of whether each use is listed in Table 17.1 or is an unlisted use), the number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the parking requirements for each separate use, except as may be allowed under Subsection B.

Where the computation of required parking spaces results in a fractional number, the fraction of 1/4, 0.25 or more shall be counted as one.

Table 17.1
Off-Street Parking Requirements
Use			One Off-Street Parking Space Required for Each	Plus One Off-Street Parking Space Required for Each ⁶
A.	Agricultural uses³
	1.	Agriculture	Employee	—
	2.	Animal hospital/veterinarian	Employee	5 spaces per doctor
	3.	Animal husbandry	Employee	—
	4.	Greenhouse/nursery (minimum of 5)	Employee	100 square feet of inside sales space¹
	5.	Kennel (minimum of 4)	Employee	12 animals of capacity
	6.	Riding stable (minimum of 2)	Employee	8 animals capacity
	7.	Seasonal roadside produce stand	Employee	100 square feet¹ (minimum of 5)
B.	Residential uses
	1.	Dwelling (other than townhouses, midrise apartments or garden apartments)	2 spaces per dwelling unit, plus if 4 or more new dwelling units are proposed, an average additional of 0.5 spaces per dwelling unit if such number of additional spaces cannot be safely accommodated along at least one side of an adjacent street in the development tract. Such additional parking may be in overflow lots.
	2.	Townhouse, mid-rise apartments or garden apartments	2.5 spaces per dwelling unit	—
	3.	Home occupation	One⁹	Nonresident employee
	4.	Housing for households limited to persons 60 years and older	1 dwelling unit or rental unit⁴	Employee
	5.	Boardinghouse	Rental unit or bed, whichever is greater	Employee
	6.	Group home [See § 275-189A(36)]
C.	Public or private recreational uses³
	1.	Indoor recreation (such as bowling alley, exercise club or membership club) [Amended 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 02-06]	200 square feet¹
	2.	Library or community center	300 square feet¹	Employee
	3.	Theater or auditorium	4 seats	Employee
	4.	Outdoor recreation (golf course, ball fields, stadium and similar uses)	3 person of total designed capacity	Employee
	5.	Golf driving range	1 per tee	Employee
	6.	Miniature golf	1 per 1/2 hole	Employee
	7.	Campground, campground, water-based recreational	1 space per camping site within each site and 0.25 space per camping site within one or more overflow parking areas.	Employee
D.	Institutional and educational uses³
	1.	Churches or other places of worship	3 seats	Employee
	2.	Hospital/nursing home	1 1/2 beds, hospital, 4 beds, nursing home, 6 spaces per doctor	Staff or visiting doctor plus 0.8 for each employee
	3.	Medical or dental office or clinic	6 spaces per doctor	Employee
	4.	Nursery/day-care center (minimum of 3)	Employee	8 children³
	5.	School, primary or secondary	Employee	3 students aged 16 years or older
	6.	Utility substation	Vehicle normally required to service such facility	—
	7.	College, university or trade school	Employee	1.5 students not living on campus who attend class at peak time
	8.	Dormitory	Nonresident employee	1.75 students 16 years or older
	9.	Orthopedic specialty center [Added 3-18-2002 by Ord. No. 03-02]	1 1/2 Beds and 6 spaces per doctor	Employee
	10.	Sleep center [Added 12-5-2011 by Ord. No. 09-11]	Bed	Employee
E.	Retail and commercial service uses⁶
	1.	Auto, gas/service/repair (minimum 1/2 per gas pump)	5 spaces per bay	Employee
	2.	Vehicle or boat sales (minimum of 5)	15 vehicles or boars on display (inside or outside)⁶	Employee
	3.	Financial institution	150 square feet,¹ plus 3 convenient spaces for each outdoor automatic transaction machine	Employee
	4.	Fast food restaurant (minimum 25)	2 seats capacity	1.2 Employee
	5.	Funeral home	4 seats for patron use	Employee
	6.	Hotel/motel	Rental unit plus 1 space for each 3 seats in the dining/meeting rooms	Employee
	7.	Laundromat	3 washing machines	Employee
	8.	Office (minimum of 3 per establishment)	300 square feet² or 1.1 employee, whichever is greater	—
	9.	Personal service business (barber shops, photo shops, appliance repair) (minimum 3)	150 square feet¹	Employee
	10.	Standard restaurant	3 seats of capacity	Employee
	11.	Retail sales (minimum of 5 per establishment except 8 for a movie video rental store or convenience store	150 square feet¹ except 200 square feet per total gross leasable floor area of retail greater than 50,000 square feet	—
	12.	Automatic banking transaction machine, outdoor	3 per machine	Employee
	13.	Tavern	30 square feet¹	Employee
	14.	Adult bookstore, cabaret or other adult use (minimum 10)	50 square feet¹	Employee
	15.	Bed-and-breakfast use	Rental unit plus 2 for dwelling unit	Employee
	16.	Bus station	5 per unloading/loading stall for buses	Employee
F.	Industrial, wholesale and warehousing uses³
	1.	Industrial, wholesale, warehousing uses	1.1 Employee	Company vehicle based at the plant
	2.	Mini-warehouse	15 storage units	Employee

	NOTES:
	¹	Of all sales and other area occupied by equipment, furnishings, or inventory accessible to customers or patrons, but not including corridors, bowling lanes, toilet rooms and other similar accessory rooms as may be provided.
	²	Of all area occupied by equipment, furnishings, or inventory accessible to employees, but not including stairwells, toilet rooms, elevator shafts and other similar accessory areas as may be provided.
	³	This space shall be designed for convenient pickup and delivery of students.
	⁴	With approval by the Planning Commission, after presentation of appropriate information by the applicant.
	⁵	See Article II for definition of "employee."
	⁶	In addition to parking or storage spaces for all vehicles used directly in or stored or displayed as part of the conduct of such business.
	⁷	Spaces for storage or display of vehicles for sale or rent are not required to meet the minimum requirements for the dimensions or aisle width of parking spaces.
	⁸	All such required spaces shall be located within a maximum of 250 feet of the dormitory building that the spaces are required to serve.
	⁹	Except such parking space is not required if the home occupation is of a type that will not routinely involve customers visiting the premises.

Conditional reduction in off-street parking areas.

Intent: to minimize the amounts of impervious surfaces, while ensuring adequate parking will be provided; to recognize that unique circumstances may justify a reduction in required parking.

Following a review and recommendation by the Planning Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board may permit a reduction, through the special exception review process of § 275-21, of the number of parking spaces to be initially developed as required by this article, provided each of the following conditions are satisfied:

The applicant shall demonstrate to the Board, using existing and projected (five years) employment, customer, resident or other relevant data, that a reduction in the off-street parking spaces to be initially developed as required by Subsection A is warranted.

Plans.

The applicant shall submit plans of the parking lot(s) which designate a layout for the total number of parking spaces needed to comply with the parking requirement in Subsection A.

The plans shall clearly designate which of these parking spaces are proposed for immediate use and which spaces are proposed to be conditionally reserved for potential future use.

[3]

The portion of the required parking spaces conditionally reserved for potential future use shall not be within 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.

[4]

Areas conditionally reserved for potential future use shall be attractively landscaped and remain in open space.

(c)

Agreement.

The applicant shall enter into an agreement with the Township requiring the applicant to:

[a]

Maintain each conditionally reserved area as attractively landscaped open space; and

[b]

Convert some or all of the conditionally reserved area to additional off-street parking if at any time the Board finds that additional parking is needed.

This agreement shall be recorded to the deed as a covenant running with the land.

[3]

The Zoning Officer shall bring the parking reduction agreement to the Board for reconsideration if the Zoning Officer determines that the reduced parking is not meeting actual needs, based upon field investigations.

§ 275-143 General regulations for off-street parking.

General. The parking spaces and access lanes shall be laid out in a safe and efficient method that takes into account the location of access to the property, loading areas, pedestrian circulation and any drive-through facilities.

Existing parking. Structures and uses in existence at the effective date of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this article; provided, that the kind of use is not changed and that any parking facility now serving such structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced to an amount less than that required by this chapter.

Changes in use. Whenever a building or use (including those specified in Subsection A) is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwellings, seating capacity or otherwise to create a need, based upon the requirements of § 275-142 for an increase of 10% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, the number of total spaces to be provided shall be based upon the total parking that would be required for the entire existing and proposed use.

Continuing obligation.

All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained so long as the use which the facilities were designed to serve still exist.

Off-street parking spaces shall not be reduced in number except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this article.

Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be used for any other use that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required to serve. Required parking spaces shall not be used for storage or display of materials or vehicles for sale.

Location of parking. Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or abutting lot with the principal use served.

Joint parking lots.

Two or more uses may provide for required parking in a common parking lot, provided that the total number of spaces in such lot shall not be less than the sum of the spaces required for each use individually (except as provided below) and provided such parking lot is within 300 feet walking distance of all of the principal uses served by such lot.

The applicant may seek to prove that the parking requirement should be reduced under the provisions of § 275-142B because the uses would have their peak parking at different times of the day or have overlapping customers.

If two separate principal business uses on separate abutting lots develop a shared access drive system and an integrated shared parking lot, the number of required parking spaces for each use shall be reduced by 10%.

If existing parking spaces are proposed to be used to meet the required parking for new buildings, then those required parking spaces shall be altered so that the parking spaces comply with this subsection.

§ 275-144 Design standards for off-street parking.

General requirements.

Every parking facility shall be designed so that its use does not constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.

Every parking area shall be arranged for orderly, safe movement.

No parking area shall be designed to require or encourage parked vehicles to back into a public street in order to leave a parking space, except for a single-family or two-family dwelling backing onto a street other than an arterial or connector street.

Every required parking space shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other vehicle. This requirement shall not apply to parking spaces for a single-family detached dwelling or a single-family semidetached dwelling, where the parking is proposed within a driveway.

No parking area shall be located in a required buffer yard or within an existing street right-of-way.

No parking or other paved area shall be located within 10 feet of a septic system absorption area.

Defined trafficways. All parking areas shall include clearly defined and marked traffic patterns. In any lot with more than 30 off-street parking spaces, raised curbs and landscaped areas shall be used to direct traffic within the lot. Major vehicular routes shall be separated as much as is reasonable from major pedestrian routes within the lot.

(8)

Separation from street. All areas for off-street parking, off-street loading and unloading and the storage or movement of motor vehicles shall be physically separated from the highway or street by a raised curb, planting strip, wall or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle entrance or exit, except for necessary access drives which supply entrance to and egress from such parking, loading or storage area.

(9)

Stacking. Each lot shall provide adequate area upon the lot to prevent backup of vehicles on a public street while awaiting entry to the lot.

Parking spaces.

Each parking space shall have a stall width of at least nine feet.

Each parking space shall:

Include a rectangle with a length of at least 18 feet for all angle parking; or

Have a length of at least 22 feet for parallel parking.

All spaces shall be marked so as to indicate their location, except those of a single-family or two-family dwelling where the parking is proposed within a driveway.

Parking lanes.

Each lane providing access to stalls for one-way traffic only shall be at least the minimum lane width specified as follows:

	Angle of Parking	Minimum Lane Width (feet)
	Parallel	12
	30°	12
	45°	14
	60°	18
	90°	20

Each lane providing access to stalls for two-way traffic shall be at least 24 feet in width, except a width of 20 feet may be allowed for areas of long-term employee parking.

A continuous row of parking shall not exceed 225 feet without being interrupted by a perpendicular vehicle crossing and/or island landscaped with one or more shade trees.

[Amended 7-16-2012 by Ord. No. 03-12]

Access drives and driveways.

Width. Each access drive shall have a minimum width of 12 feet and a maximum width of 15 feet at the street line for one-way use only and a minimum width of 20 feet and a maximum width of 30 feet at the street line for two-way use except as follows. Each access drive for two-way use along an arterial street or within the Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts shall have a maximum width of 35 feet. The maximum width standards may be exceeded if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that a wider width is needed for tractor-trailer traffic and the width is approved by PennDOT as part of a highway occupancy permit, if such permit is required.

[Amended 6-19-2006 by Ord. No. 03-06; 7-16-2012 by Ord. No. 03-12]

Grades.

Private driveways serving one dwelling unit or agricultural use: 12% maximum grade.

Any other driveway or access drive: 10% maximum grade, except that the initial 20 feet from the edge of a cartway of a public street shall be a maximum of 5% grade.

(c)

Any stricter requirements that may be in Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development, shall apply.

Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain uninterrupted parallel drainage along a public street at the point of driveway or access drive entry.

Separation between access drives and/or driveways. At least 50 feet shall be provided between any two access drives and/or driveways along one street along one lot.

Separation from intersection. The minimum distance between an access drive or driveway to the nearest street intersection shall be the standard contained in Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development, § 230-65, as amended.

State permit. Where access is to a state street, a state highway access permit shall be obtained.

Subdivision ordinance. Where access drives and driveways are proposed as part of a subdivision or land development, the provisions of Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development, shall also be met. If there are any conflicts between the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development, the stricter provision shall apply.

(8)

Sight distance for driveways and access drives. See § 275-171C(2).

(9)

All access drives and driveways for subdivisions and land developments granted preliminary approval after February 6, 1989, shall meet the requirements of § 230-65, Access drives and driveways, of Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development.

Paving, grading and drainage.

Except for areas that are landscaped and so maintained, all portions of required parking and off-street loading facilities, including driveways and access drives, shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt, Portland cement concrete or decorative paving block and drained in ways necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining properties. If a single-family detached dwelling driveway will have a total length longer than 75 feet, only those portions of the driveway within 75 feet of the street right-of-way shall be required to be paved, while other sections may be covered with gravel or other similar material.

Gravel or another surface other than asphalt may be allowed by the Zoning Officer or Planning Commission for parking areas that are used primarily for long-term storage or used less than 10 days in any calendar year.

Nighttime illumination.

Any parking area of 10 or more spaces designed for use during night hours shall be adequately illuminated for security purposes at no cost to the Township.

See also § 275-135, Light, glare and heat control.

Paved area setbacks (including off-street parking setbacks). The following shall apply to paved areas, other than those serving single-family detached or single-family semidetached dwellings:

Intent. These setbacks are required to ensure that parked or moving vehicles within a lot do not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic. These setbacks are also intended to aid in stormwater management along streets.

Maintenance in grass. The setback areas required by this section shall be maintained in grass or other appropriate natural ground cover and shall not be covered with paving, except for approved approximately perpendicular driveways and access drives and any concrete sidewalks of six feet wide or less. Stormwater control facilities that are not impervious may be located within this setback area. No fence shall be located within the paved area setback.

Setback from expressway, arterial and connector streets and expressway ramps. No off-street parking area nor outdoor display of vehicles or articles for sale shall be located within 25 feet of the existing right-of-way line of an expressway, arterial or connector street, for lots with a total of one acre or less of impervious surface. For lots with more than one acre of impervious surface, this same setback shall be 35 feet.

Setback from collector and local streets. No off-street parking area nor outdoor display of vehicles or articles for sale shall be located within 25 feet of the existing right-of-way line of a collector or local street. This setback area, along with any curbing, shall be designed to prevent vehicles from entering or exiting the lot at locations other than approved driveways or access drives.

Buffer areas between uses. See § 275-171.

Setback from commercial and industrial buildings. All paved areas, except concrete sidewalks, shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the exterior structural walls of any commercial or industrial building. This setback shall not apply to driveways entering into a garage, delivery entrance, vehicle service bay or carport. This setback is intended to allow sufficient area for firefighting, sidewalks and foundation landscaping.

Paved area landscaping.

Intent. This section is primarily intended to reduce the thermal pollution of surface waters from parking lot runoff.

Any lot that would include more than 30 parking spaces shall be required to provide landscaped areas within the paved area. This required landscaped area shall be equal to a minimum of 5% of the total paved area. A maximum of 15 consecutive and contiguous parking spaces in a row shall be allowed without being separated by a landscaped area.

One deciduous tree shall be required for every 4,000 square feet of paved area. This number of trees shall be in addition to any trees required by any other section of this chapter or by Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development. These trees shall meet the following standards:

Type of trees permitted.

Required trees shall be chosen from the following list of approved trees, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that another type of tree would shade paved areas, be resistant to disease, road salt and air pollution and be relatively attractive. If more than 20 trees are required, no more than 60% should be of any one type. This list shall not regulate types of trees that are not required to be planted by this chapter.

[Amended 7-16-2012 by Ord. No. 03-12]

	Deciduous
	Acer buergerianum	Trident maple
	Acer campestre	Hedge maple*
	Acer ginnala	Amur maple*
	Acer rubrum	American red maple
	Acer saccharum	Sugar maple
	Acer tartaricum	Tartarian maple
	Amelanchier arborea	Shadblow serviceberry*
	Amelanchier X grandiflora (many cultivars)	Serviceberry*
	Amelanchier laevis	Allegheny serviceberry*
	Carpinus betulus	European hornbeam
	Carpinus caroliniana	American hornbeam
	Celtis jessoensis	Jesso hackberry
	Celtis laevigata	Hackberry
	Celtis occidentalis	Common hackberry
	Cladastris kentuckea	American yellowwood
	Corylus colurna	Turkish filbert
	Crataegus crus-galli "Inermis"	Thornless hawthorn*
	Eucommia ulmoides	Hardy rubber tree
	Fraxinus americana	White ash
	Fraxinun pennsylvania (seedless variety)	Green ash
	Ginkgo biloba	Maidenhair tree (male only)
	Gleditsia triacanthos var. Inermis "Sky Master"	Sky Master thornless honey locust
	Koelreuteria paniculata	Golden rain tree
	Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweetgum
	Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip poplar
	Metasequoia glyptostroboides	Dawn redwood
	Maackia amurensis	Amur maackia
	Nyssa sylvatica	Black gum
	Ostrya virginiana	Hophornbeam
	Phellodendron amurense	Amur corktree
	Pyrus calleryana (not Bradford)	Callery pear selections
	Quercus	All varieties of oak, other than pin oak
	Prunus Accolade	Flowering cherry
	Prunus serrulata varieties	Japanese flowering cherry, other than weeping
	Prunus yedoensis	Yoshino cherry
	Sophora japonica	Japanese pagoda tree
	Sorbus alnifolia	Mountain ash
	Sorbus amurensis	Armus mountain ash
	Syringa reticulata	Japanese lilac tree*
	Taxodium distichum	Bald cypress
	Tilia americana "Boulevard"	Boulevard American linden
	Tilia cordata	Littleleaf linden
	Tilia X euchlora (ungrafted only)	Crimean linden
	Tilia petiolaris	Pendant silver linden
	Tilia tomentosa	Silver linden
	Ulmus parvifolia	Chinese lacebark elm
	Zelkova serrata	Japanese zelkova

	NOTE:
	* For use primarily where height clearance is limited, such as under overhead electric lines.

Prohibited trees. The following trees shall not be used to meet any Township requirement. Such trees may be planted by a property owner on private property if such tree is in addition to Township requirements.

	Acer negundo	Box elder
	Acer saccharinum	Silver maple
	Ailanthus altissima	Tree of heaven
	Catalpa speciosa	Catalpa
	Elaeagnus spp.	Russian olive
	Ginkgo	Female only
	Maclura pomifera	Osage orange
	Morus spp.	Mulberry
	Populus spp.	Poplar
	Salix spp.	Willow
	Ulmus americana	American elm
	Ulmus pumila	Siberian elm

Quality of trees.

Required trees shall be of nursery stock quality, symmetrical growth and free of insect pests and disease.

Trees which have died or have become diseased or pest-ridden within 18 months from the time of planting shall be replaced by the developer.

(c)

Minimum size. The trunk diameter (measured at a height of one foot above the finished grade level) shall be a minimum of one and 1 1/2 inch or greater.

(d)

Planting and maintenance.

Trees shall be planted in conformance with good landscaping practices.

Trees shall be properly protected by raised curbs or similar devices from damage from vehicles.

[3]

Trees shall be properly maintained and shall not be removed without being replaced by another tree that meets the requirements of this section.

A substantial proportion of the trees required by this section should be planted within the parking lot within protected islands. These protected islands should be used to direct the flow of traffic through the parking lot in a smooth and safe manner to prevent "cross-taxiing." Required trees are also encouraged to be planted in highly visible locations, especially at the edge of parking areas abutting arterial streets.

Existing trees. For every existing tree on the lot that is healthy and is preserved and maintained and that would generally meet the requirements of this section, one less shade tree shall be required to be planted.

If existing parking spaces are proposed to be used to meet the required parking for new buildings, then those required spaces shall be altered so that the parking spaces comply with this Subsection H, Paved area landscaping.

Parking lot screening.

No off-street parking area for five or more vehicles shall be developed in such a way that vehicle headlights could shine into a dwelling located within 200 feet or less of the parking area.

Wood fencing, fencing with the appearance of wood, brick walls or evergreen screening shall be required as needed to resolve the concern of this section. Such screening or fencing shall have a minimum height of four feet, except that screening or fencing of up to eight feet shall be required by the Zoning Officer as needed where there is unusual topography or the parked vehicles would be trucks or buses.

Handicapped parking.

Number of spaces. Any parking lot having four or more off-street parking spaces shall include a minimum of one handicapped space. The following number of handicapped spaces shall be provided, unless a revised regulation is officially established under the Federal Americans With Disabilities Act:

	Total No. of Parking Spaces on the Lot	Required Minimum No./Percent of Handicapped Parking Spaces
	4 to 25	1
	26 to 50	2
	51 to 75	3
	76 to 100	4
	101 to 150	5
	151 to 200	6
	201 to 300	7
	301 to 400	8
	401 to 500	9
	501 to 1,000	2% of number of spaces
	1,001 or more	20 plus 1% of number of spaces over 1,000

Location. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located where they would result in the shortest reasonable accessible distance to a handicapped accessible building entrance. Curb cuts shall be provided as needed to provide access from the handicapped spaces.

Minimum size. Each required handicapped parking space shall be eight by 18 feet. In addition, each space shall be adjacent to a five feet wide access aisle. Such access aisle may be shared by two handicapped spaces by being placed between them. However, one out of every eight required handicapped parking spaces shall have an adjacent access aisle of eight feet width instead of five feet.

Slope. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located in areas of less than 6% slope in any direction.

Marking. All required handicapped spaces shall be identified by above grade signs.

§ 275-145 Parking of commercial vehicles in residential districts and unregistered vehicles.

Intent: to prevent residential areas from being harmed by nuisances from smells and noise from noxious commercial vehicles; to maintain a residential character in residential districts.

Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE

A motor vehicle that is primarily used for business purposes including, but not limited to, making service calls, transporting equipment used in a business or in accomplishing physical work as part of a business (such as hauling material).

TRACTOR

A truck with more than two axles that is primarily intended to be used to pull a trailer, as defined below.

TRAILER

A commercial vehicle with a length of 10 feet or more that is not self-propelled, that is intended to haul materials, vehicles, goods, gases or liquids and that is intended to be pulled by a tractor (as defined above).

Exceptions. No part of this section shall apply to the following:

Township-owned vehicles.

Ambulance, fire and rescue vehicles.

Buses used primarily for transporting public or private school children to and from school or transporting persons to or from a place of worship.

Recreational vehicles (see definition in Article II and regulations in § 275-190).

Vehicles operated by the U.S. Postal Service.

Vehicles actually engaged in the construction or repair of streets, curbs, sidewalks or utilities.

Vehicles actually engaged in making routine household deliveries or rendering routine household services to a property abutting or that is part of the location where the vehicle is parked.

Storage of commercial vehicles in residential district. No commercial vehicle with a gross weight exceeding 8,500 pounds or with greater than two axles or any tractor or any trailer (as defined by this section) shall be maintained (except clearly emergency repairs), parked, stored or otherwise kept within a lot that is within a residential district between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. any day of the week.

Overnight parking of commercial trucks or vans on public streets. See Chapter 252, Vehicles and Traffic, Article II.

Garbage hauling vehicle. In addition to the requirements of this section, no vehicle that has been used for the bulk hauling of garbage shall be parked for more than 15 minutes in any twenty-four-hour period on a portion of a lot that is within 200 feet of a dwelling.

Nonconformities. The provisions of this chapter that allow nonconforming uses to continue and expand do not apply to conditions under this section. Any nonconforming condition or use that exists under this section shall be made conforming within 90 days of the adoption of this chapter.

Moving of preexisting nonconforming vehicles. If a vehicle that is parked in a nonconforming fashion under this section is moved from the subject property or street for more than 12 consecutive hours, the nonconformity shall be considered to have been abandoned and the lot shall then only be used in a manner that conforms to this chapter in that respect.

Storage of unregistered vehicles in residential districts.

See Chapter 186, Property Maintenance.

Residential district. Except as specifically permitted by this chapter, not more than one-motor vehicle that does not display both current state registration and safety inspection stickers shall be parked or stored in any way on any lot within a residential district.

Nonresidential district. Except as specifically permitted by this chapter (as an auto sales use, junkyard or auto repair garage) a maximum of two motor vehicles that do not display both current state registration and safety inspection stickers shall be parked or stored in any way on any lot in a district other than a residential district.

§ 275-146 Off-street loading.

General requirements.

Each use shall provide off-street loading facilities, which meet the requirements of this section, sufficient to accommodate the maximum demand generated by the use.

At the time of site plan review, the applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that the use will have sufficient numbers and sizes of loading facilities and that no conflicts will be created. For the purposes of this section, loading shall include unloading.

Design and layout of off-street loading facilities. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the following specifications:

Each off-street loading space shall be sufficient in size for the largest vehicle expected to routinely use the space. As general standards, a loading space shall be at least 12 feet in width by 50 feet to 65 feet in depth for a tractor-trailer, nine by 18 for standard size vans and pickup trucks, and 10 feet by 25 feet for other trucks. In the case of a use involving 10 or more tractor-trailer loading docks, each space may be 11 feet in width.

Each space shall have sufficient maneuvering room separate from other parking and loading areas to avoid traffic conflicts within and outside of the lot.

Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall be located entirely on the lot being served and be located outside of required buffer areas, off-street parking setbacks and street rights-of-way.

An appropriate means of access to a street or alley shall be provided.

Paving, grading, and drainage. See § 275-143E.

No such facilities shall be designed or used in any manner so as to constitute a significant nuisance, public safety hazard or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.

All such facilities shall comply with the lighting requirements of § 275-143F, the landscaping requirements of § 275-144G and the noise limitations of § 275-132.

Fire lanes. Fire lanes shall be provided where required by state or federal regulations or other local ordinances. The specific locations of these lanes are subject to review by the Township fire officials.

§ 275-147 On-street parking regulations.

[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04]

The following regulations shall apply to on-street parking:

On-street parking may be provided along internal roads in the Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts as set forth in Article XXV, only when approved as part of the land development approval process.

Such on-street parking may be counted toward the required parking as set forth in § 275-142.

On-street parking areas may only be counted along the frontage owned by the applicant or landowner, exclusive of any driveway or other curb cut, and exclusive of any existing cartway and perpendicular street.

A bona-fide on-street parking area shall measure seven feet in width and 22 feet in length, exclusive of any street cartway, and shall be parallel to the curbline or other edge of pavement.