It is the purpose of this article to protect public safety and
welfare by encouraging the provision of adequate areas for the parking
of vehicles, to minimize dangers due to vehicle congestion in parking
areas, and to promote efficient vehicle circulation in and around
parking areas.
Any building or other structure erected or used, and any lot
used or occupied, in any district in which the following uses may
exist or be permitted, shall be provided and maintained with minimum
off-street parking spaces as set forth hereinbelow, together with,
and in addition to, adequate vehicular passageways, aisles, or to
the means of vehicular circulation and access to and from a street.
Where multiple uses occur, the minimum parking requirements shall
be additive.
A.
Dwelling. Two all-weather parking spaces per dwelling, plus those
required for any home occupation; provided, however, that for multifamily
housing, such spaces shall be paved and curbed.
B.
For any of the following uses, the required spaces and movement lanes
shall be paved and the perimeter of the parking area shall be curbed.
(1)
Church, school, public auditorium, or other similar place for
assembly: one space for every four seats for assembly.
(2)
Stadium or theater: one space for every three seats.
(3)
Hospital, nursing home or congregate care senior housing:
(4)
Library: one space for every 50 square feet devoted to visitor
use, excluding offices, stairways, storage space, and utility rooms.
(5)
Motel: 1 1/2 spaces for each rental unit, plus the required
spaces for each accessory use, such as dining room, meeting room,
restaurant, etc.
(6)
Bowling alley: eight spaces per lane, plus the required spaces
for each accessory use, such as restaurant.
(7)
Bank: three spaces for each teller window, but in no case less
than 12 spaces, when not located in a shopping center.
(8)
Restaurant: one space for every three seats, plus one space
for every two employees during the daytime shift, when not located
in a shopping center.
(9)
Retail store (other than super market and department store):
one space for every 100 square feet of interior building area devoted
to sales, when not in a shopping center, with a minimum of four spaces
per store or shop.
(10)
Office buildings: one space for each 150 square feet of usable
floor space exclusive of storage, stairwells, and utility space.
(11)
Professional office: one space for each 150 square feet of usable
floor space exclusive of storage, stairwell, and utility space; provided,
however, that for any medical or dental office or clinic, the parking
requirements shall be six spaces per doctor or practitioner plus one
space for each employee.
(12)
Warehouse and other similar establishment: one space for every
one employee in the two largest shifts combined; provided, however,
there shall be provided additional unpaved spaced on the lot, graded
and maintained in grass which would, if paved, provide a total of
one space for every 100 square feet of usable floor space to provide
for possible conversion of the warehouse to office space.
(13)
Laboratory and industrial establishment: one space for every
one employee; if more than a single work shift is used, then one space
for every one employee in the two largest shifts combined.
(14)
Supermarket and department store: When not in a shopping center,
one space for every 75 square feet of building space devoted to customer
sales, exclusive of offices, storage and other space from which customers
are excluded.
(15)
Shopping center: One space for every 180 square feet of gross
leasable area, the spaces required above for certain individual establishments
to the contrary notwithstanding, providing that up to 10% of the gross
leasable area may be office space with no additional off-street parking
required, but for every 100 square feet of office space in excess
of such 10%, there shall be provided one additional space.
(16)
Other commercial building: One space for every 200 square feet
of floor area in commercial use.
(17)
Open areas used for commercial or recreational purposes: one
space for every employee, plus one space for every 1,000 square feet
of open area used for commercial or recreational purposes.
[Amended 11-5-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-04]
(18)
Funeral homes: one space for every 50 square feet of floor space
or fraction thereof.
(19)
Convenience store: one space for every 100 square feet of interior
building area devoted to sales; and if the retail sale of automotive
fuel and lubricants are included, the Board of Supervisors, at conditional
use, may require an additional two spaces for each gasoline pump (one
space per dispenser) located at either the pump or on the lot as additional
parking spaces.
[Added 10-2-2002 by Ord. No. 02-09]
(20)
Commercial solar power facilities: one space.
[Added 6-1-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-05]
(21)
Special exceptions: In cases of uses which are permitted only
by special exception, the number of parking spaces shall be determined
by the Zoning Hearing Board.
Off-street parking required for those uses listed under § 370-181 above shall be located on the same lot with the use to which it relates; provided, however, that:
A.
Nothing herein shall preclude the location of the required off-street
parking spaces for dwellings in common parking areas designed and
constructed for this purpose so long as none of such dwellings shall
be more than 200 feet from spaces designated for such dwellings.
B.
Three or more establishments on adjacent lots in any commercial district,
but not in a shopping center, may combine their off-street parking
facilities, in which case the total combined parking space requirements
may be reduced by 10% when authorized as a special exception, so long
as none of such establishments is a department store or supermarket,
and provided that, in no case shall such reduction result in less
off-street parking spaces than would be required of such establishments
if they were in a shopping center.
A.
Garaging. Any number or proportion of the required parking spaces
may be provided within an enclosed structure or garage, which, however,
must meet all the building requirements of the district.
B.
Loading and unloading. In addition to required off-street parking
spaces, every use permitted in this chapter shall be provided with
off-street loading and unloading space, which, except for single-family,
semidetached, and two-family detached dwellings, shall be completely
separate and not a part of the required off-street parking space or
circulation thereof.
C.
Required yards. Except where otherwise in this chapter prohibited,
required off-street parking shall be permitted in required yards but
not closer to the lot line than 1/2 the yard width or depth, and the
unpaved portion of the yard shall be maintained in grass or other
appropriate ground cover.
A.
Reduction. Off-street parking and loading facilities existing on
the effective date of this chapter, and such facilities provided to
comply with this chapter, shall not subsequently be reduced below
the requirements of this chapter except as otherwise provided herein.
B.
Change of use. Before a use of a building can be changed, the parking
requirements of the proposed new use must be met.
C.
Future parking. The Township Engineer and the Township Panning Commission
may recommend and the Township Supervisors may approve a reduction
of off-street parking facilities required for each use, or groups
or uses, as stated in this chapter, provided that an equivalent suitable
land area for such reduced parking spaces shall be shown and listed
on all subdivision plans and shall be clearly denoted as "reserved
for future parking when required"; and, further provided that the
landowner or developer shall certify to the Township Supervisors that
the parking needs for the use(s) are less than those required by this
chapter. Any plan showing a parking reduction shall also be so noted
on the plan that:
(1)
When deemed necessary by the Township Supervisors, the parking
reserve area or portion thereof required shall be constructed and
completed with the parking facilities as shown on the original plan.
(2)
Reserved future parking areas may not be counted as open space
which may be required by other sections of this chapter.