[Amended 4-14-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-3]
A.
Off-street parking and loading space shall be provided as specified
in this chapter; unless otherwise excepted.
C.
The municipal board having jurisdiction over an application for site
plan approval may waive or modify any of the space requirements and
design standards set forth in this chapter for good cause and practical
reasons.
D.
The off-street parking space required for a use not specifically listed in § 410-49 shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature as determined by the board based upon that use enumerated in this chapter which is most similar to the proposed use. If there is no use enumerated in this chapter having sufficient similar to the proposed use to enable the board to establish rational parking requirement, the board may, in its discretion, direct the applicant to furnish the board with such data as may be necessary to enable the board to establish rational parking requirements.
E.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the joint use
of off-street parking facilities by two or more uses, provided that
the total of such spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements
for various individual uses computed separately.
F.
All required off-street parking and loading spaces shall be located
on the same lot or parcel as the structure or use they shall serve.
In the case of nonresidential uses, parking spaces may be provided
on other lots or parcels, but shall not be greater than 300 feet from
the structure or use they shall serve, based on approval from the
board of project jurisdiction.
G.
Where special traffic problems exist, the Planning Board may require
a special survey of conditions at the applicant's cost and require
of entrances and exits in the parking lot to be altered to minimize
congestion and hazard.
H.
In all residential districts, all required parking spaces must utilize
either garage or driveway space and vehicles shall be prohibited from
parking in front yards. Front yard areas may be used for overflow
parking during peak season (Memorial Day through Labor Day) for a
maximum of two additional vehicles.
A.
Dwellings: two spaces per single-family detached or townhouse unit,
which may include garage space.
B.
Accessory apartment: one space, which may include garage space.
C.
Convalescent home, nursing care facility, or hospital: one space
per two beds of licensed bed capacity.
D.
Community club, private club, or lodge: one space per 100 square
feet of gross floor area, plus 1 1/2 spaces per boat slip, where
applicable, but in no case less than 50 spaces.
F.
Nursery school, day camp, day-care center, and the like: one space
per 500 square feet of gross floor area, with a minimum of five spaces.
G.
Place of assembly, including theater, church or other religious institution,
facility for meetings, and the like: one space per 50 square feet
of gross floor area. For a church, this requirement shall apply only
to the main congregational seating area.
H.
Community center, library, museum, and the like: one space per 200
square feet of gross floor area.
I.
Public recreational area: two spaces per acre of use, with a minimum
of five spaces.
J.
Dental and medical office: one space per 100 square feet of gross
floor area, except that if located in a building housing three or
separate, unassociated practitioners, the requirement shall be one
space per 150 square feet of gross floor area.
K.
Government office: one space per 150 square feet of gross floor area.
L.
Business office: one space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.
M.
Banks or other financial institution: eight spaces per teller window.
N.
Agricultural commercial establishment, landscape nursery, garden
center, and the like: one space per 200 square feet of gross floor
area, but in no case less than five spaces.
O.
Veterinary clinics, or animal hospitals: one space per 400 square
feet of gross floor area.
P.
Art, music or dance studio for instruction purposes and the like:
one space per 400 square feet of gross floor area.
Q.
Funeral home: one space per 100 square feet of gross floor area.
R.
Furniture store; appliance store; auto or marine supply store; auto,
boat, recreational vehicle sales establishment; auto repair shop:
one space per 400 square feet of gross floor area for customer and
employee parking.
S.
Other retail store: one space per 150 square feet of gross floor
area.
T.
Shopping center: five spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable
area. "Gross leasable area" shall be defined as the total floor area
designed for tenant occupancy, but not including enclosed lobbies,
corridors, walls and other spaces not used for commercial purposes.
U.
Service establishment, including hair stylist, dry cleaner, laundromat,
beauty parlor, and the like: one space per 200 square feet of gross
floor area.
V.
Restaurant, lounge, nightclub: one space per 100 square feet of gross
floor area.
W.
Fast food or drive-in restaurant: one space per 35 feet of gross
floor area.
X.
Hotel, motel, boarding house, tourist home: one space per unit or
room available to transients or guests. Requirements for other commercial
or residential uses on the site shall be in addition to this requirement.
Y.
Marina, boat yard: one space per boat slip or equivalent capacity,
plus one space per two passengers permitted by the U.S. Coast Guard
for each party fishing vessel. Accessory commercial uses, such as
retail sales, and restaurants, shall also meet the requirements of
this chapter.
Z.
Gasoline filling or auto service station: five spaces per service
bay, exclusive of vehicle service area, but not fewer than five spaces.
AA.
Car wash establishment: five spaces for employees, plus off-street
stacking area sufficient to accommodate at least five times the number
of vehicles that can be in the wash process at any one time. For a
self-service car wash, the employee requirement can be eliminated.
BB.
Bowling alley: five spaces per lane.
CC.
Manufacturing facility and the like: one space per 500 square feet
of gross floor area.
DD.
Warehouse or distribution facility and the like: one space per 1,000
square feet of gross floor area.
A.
Any commercial or industrial use having a gross floor area of 3,500
square feet or more shall make provision for one loading space or
more, depending on the particular requirements of the use.
B.
Where more than one use shall be located in one building or where
multiple uses are designed as part of a shopping center or similar
self-contained complex, the number of loading spaces shall be based
on the cumulative number of loading spaces based on the number of
square feet, within the building or complex, shall be dispersed throughout
the site to best serve the individual uses.
C.
Loading spaces as may be appropriate for other uses shall be provided
by the applicant, such that no loading or unloading activities will
occur in any required off-street parking area, entrance and exit driveway,
circulation aisle, fire lane, or on an adjacent street.
D.
Where appropriate to the particular use or because of the configuration
or design of buildings on the site, there shall be a minimum of one
trash/garbage pickup location separate from the parking and loading
areas and located either within or outside a building in steel-like
totally enclosed container(s) located and screened to be obscured
from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses
or residential zoning districts. If located within the building, the
doorway(s) may serve both the loading and trash/garbage collection
functions. If a container used for trash/garbage collection functions
is located outside the building, it may be located adjacent to or
within the general loading areas, provided that the containers in
no way interfere(s) with or restricts the loading and unloading functions.
A.
All off-street parking areas with five or more spaces or one or more
loading spaces as required under this chapter shall be surfaced with
a dustless, durable, all-weather pavement, and shall be adequately
drained, subject to the approval of the Township Engineer. This provision
shall also apply to expansion or enlargement of an existing use involving
fewer than five spaces, but where the aggregate number of spaces provided
for such use is five or more spaces.
B.
Off-street parking and loading areas shall be designed to prevent
the maneuvering of vehicles into or out of parking or loading spaces
within any portion of any street.
C.
All entrance and exit driveways shall be located so as to afford
maximum safety and minimum disruption of traffic on the street.
D.
The dimensions of entrance and exit driveways and internal roads
shall be adequate to accommodate the volume and character of vehicles
anticipated to be using the site. The required dimensions for driveways
and interior roads shall be as follows:
E.
Curb cuts to a public street shall not be closer than 50 feet to
the street line of an intersecting street.
F.
Where the property abuts and has access from a state highway, acceleration
and deceleration lanes shall be provided, if practicable for the use
and frontage of the lot involved.
G.
Not more than one two-way access driveway or two one-way access driveways
shall be provided on any one street.
H.
Entrance and exit drives, if more than one is provided on any one
street, shall be at least 50 feet apart.
I.
Off-street parking and loading areas or exit or entrance driveway
shall be bordered by a minimum five-foot unbroken, landscaped dividing
strip along all side and rear lot lines unless wider buffer areas
are required in this chapter.
J.
Where parking is permitted between the front building line and street
line, a minimum ten-foot buffer area at the street line shall be required.
A raised safety island, curb stops, or equivalent shall be installed.
K.
A parking area shall be illuminated if used after sunset, and such
illumination shall provide a minimum of 0.5 lumen per square foot
throughout the area and shall be shielded from adjoining streets or
properties.
L.
Off-street parking spaces shall have a minimum width of 8 1/2
feet and shall be allocated at least 350 square feet per space, inclusive
of area used for circulation aisles and maneuvering, but not including
exit and entrance drives.
M.
Off-street loading spaces shall have a minimum width of 10 feet,
a minimum length of 45 feet and a minimum height clearance of 15 feet.
N.
Paved off-street parking and loading areas shall be clearly marked
or delineated.
O.
Parking spaces located to serve multifamily residential uses shall
be within one 150 feet of the entrance of the building and within
300 feet of commercial and industrial uses.
P.
Access to truck loading and unloading areas may 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.
Q.
Loading access, as required under this chapter, shall be provided
in addition to off-street parking spaces and shall not be considered
as supplying off-street parking spaces.
R.
No required off-street loading and unloading area shall be permitted
in any required front yard area.
S.
No off-street parking area, loading area, or exit or entrance drive
shall be permitted in any required buffer area.
T.
In the C-1 District, no loading or parking area shall be located
within 25 feet of any boundary of a residential zone and within 10
feet of a street line.
U.
In the I-1 District, parking and loading areas shall be located at
least 50 feet from a street line or the boundary of a residential
zone. No driveways shall be located within 100 feet of the intersection
of two public streets nor within 100 feet of an existing driveway
or private street.
