The parking and loading requirements of this chapter work to
ensure the proper amount of accessible parking for each establishment
necessary to guarantee the public health, safety, and welfare while
encouraging shared and offsite parking arrangements that reduce impervious
surface areas and protect the essential character of existing districts
and neighborhoods.
The off-street and loading requirements shall apply as follows:
A.
All buildings and structures erected and all land uses initiated
after the effective date of this chapter shall provide accessory off-street
parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for the use
thereof.
B.
When a building or structure is erected or enlarged after the effective
date of this chapter and thereafter undergoes a decrease in number
of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees,
or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required off-street
parking or loading facilities, and further when said decrease would
result in a requirement for fewer total off-street parking or loading
spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter thereto,
off-street parking and loading facilities may be reduced accordingly,
provided that existing off-street parking or loading facilities are
so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal
or exceed the off-street parking or loading requirements resulting
from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building
or structure as modified.
C.
Following the effective date of this chapter, a building or structure
that undergoes any increase in number of dwelling units, gross floor
area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter
for required off-street parking or loading facilities, and further
when said increase would result in a requirement for additional total
off-street parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions
of this chapter, parking and loading facilities should be increased
so that the facilities would at least equal or exceed the off-street
parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the
provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as
modified.
Accessory off-street and loading spaces in existence on the
effective date of this chapter may not be reduced in number unless
already exceeding the requirements of this section for equivalent
new construction; in which event, said spaces shall not be reduced
below the number required herein for such equivalent new construction.
A.
Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the same
zoning lot with the principal use served, in accordance with the requirements
below, may be located in any zoning district except as follows:
(1)
No parking facilities accessory to a business or manufacturing
use shall be located in a residential district.
(2)
No land shall be used for habitual commercial or industrial
truck loading, storage or parking activities in any residential district
except by amendment of this chapter. Such activities are permitted
in business districts only when normally attendant to the conduct
of the commercial activity as established, and in no other case except
by amendment of this chapter.
(3)
In all zoning districts covered by this chapter, the loading
and unloading of trucks and all other vehicles shall be conducted
in such a manner that no part of said truck or vehicle, or the operations
of the loading or unloading, shall extend onto the adjacent sidewalk
or roadway or in any other manner hinder or impede the use thereof.
Exceptions to this requirement shall be made only in instances where
physical development of facilities established prior to the effective
date of this chapter will not permit compliance.
B.
Where authorized, off-site accessory parking shall be located within
1,000 linear feet provided by a sidewalk, signalized crosswalk, striped
crosswalks over access drives, or a combination thereof. Off-street
parking shall be secured by a perpetual easement agreement or a lease.
In the case of a lease, the owner of the property upon which an establishment
is placed shall record an agreement approved by the municipal solicitor
that states the legal occupancy of the establishment expires at the
same time as the lease or any extension of the lease and will hold
the Borough harmless against the inability to operate after the expiration
of said lease.
A.
Tables for required off-street parking and loading (see § 280-806): Requirements governing the number and location of off-street parking, off-street loading facilities in relation to the use of property are established hereinafter in subsections of this chapter. The off-street parking and loading requirements for any use not specified therein shall be the same as for a similar specified use, as determined as follows.
B.
Floor Area - the term "floor area," as employed in this off-street
parking and loading section, in the case of office, merchandising,
or service types of use, means the floor area of a building or structure
used or intended to be used for service to the public as customers,
patrons, clients, patients or tenants, including areas occupied by
fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. "Floor
area," for the purpose of this section, shall not include any area
used for:
A.
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for zoning districts
as specified herewith:
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Off-Street Parking Requirements
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Use
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Requirement
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Administrative and professional offices
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area, minimum of four spaces
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Adult day services center
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1 per 2 patients
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Assembly hall, public or semipublic
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Equal to 20% of the maximum occupancy determined by the Uniform
Construction Code
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Automotive sales and leasing
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1 per 250 feet of floor area with a minimum of 4 spaces and
1 per employee on peak shift
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Bakery
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1 per 250 feet of floor area
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Bank
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1 per 250 feet of floor area
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Bed-and-breakfast
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2 plus 1 per rented room
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Church
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1 per 4 seats of areas used for public assembly
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Crematorium
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2 plus 1 per employee on shift
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Day-care center
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1 per employee, with a minimum of 8 spaces, plus 1 offstreet
passenger loading space per 8 children enrolled
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Day-care/family home
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2 for the family, 1 per employee on shift, and 3 additional
spaces
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Dwelling, duplex
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2 (may be provided in private garage)
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Dwelling, multi or multiple-family
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2 (1 may be provided in private garage) plus 1 for every 5 units
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Dwelling, single-family
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2 (may be provided in private garage)
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Dwelling, rowhouse or townhouse
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2 (1 may be provided in private garage) plus 1 for every 2 units
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Entertainment and indoor recreation facilities
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1 per every 2 participants possible by activity (court, lane,
etc.) and 1 per every 4 seats in areas of assembly such as theaters
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Essential service buildings
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1 per employee on peak shift
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Funeral home
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1 per every 125 square feet of floor area
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General retail
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1 per every 250 square feet of floor area
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Group residential facility
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1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per every 2 residents
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Hospital facility
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2 per bed
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Industrial uses
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1 per employee on peak shift plus an addition number equal to
25% peak employee number
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Junkyard
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1 per employee on peak hour shift plus 2 spaces
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Kennel
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1 per 250 feet of floor area utilized for service to the public
with a minimum of 4 spaces
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Local public use
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For schools, sufficient parking for teachers and 1 space per
10 students enrolled. Other services shall include sufficient parking
for employees plus a minimum of 6 additional spaces
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Minor equipment and automotive repairs
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1 space per 250 feet of floor area
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Mobile home or house trailers
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2 spaces per unit
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Motel-hotel
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1 per rental room, plus 2 spaces per 1,000 square feet NFA for
places of assembly
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Normal agricultural operation
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1 per employee on peak shift
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Outdoor commercial recreation
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1 per every 2 possible participants determined by fields, courts,
etc.
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Outpatient treatment clinic
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1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per every 2 patients for
which clinic is licensed
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Personal service establishment
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1 space per 250 feet of floor area with a minimum of 4 spaces
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Restaurant
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1 per 2 seats
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School, commercial
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1 per teacher and 1 per 5 students attending a class at any
1 time
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School, private
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1 per teacher and 1 per 10 students enrolled
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Service station
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1 space per 250 square feet of floor area
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Transitional residential Facility
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1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per every 2 residents for
which facility is licensed
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Veterinary clinics
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1 per 300 square feet of floor area, minimum of 4 spaces
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B.
Commercial establishments in C-1, C-2 and C-3 Commercial Districts
that are within 1,000 lineal feet of a municipal parking lot may receive
credit for on-site parking requirements at the rate of one space credit
for every five spaces within the municipal lot. No space credit shall
be given for increments of less than five spaces in municipal lots.
No space credit shall be given for municipal on-street parking stalls.
The one-thousand-foot distance shall be computed from the nearest
point of the commercial property to the nearest point of the municipal
parking lot.
A.
Parking space description: a required off-street parking space shall
be an area of not less than 180 square feet nor less than nine feet
wide by 18 feet long measured perpendicularly to the sides of the
parking space exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns,
or office and work areas, accessible from streets or alleys or from
private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys and to be
used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles or commercial
vehicles under 1 1/2 ton capacity. Aisles between vehicular parking
spaces shall be not less than 12 feet in width when serving automobiles
parked at a forty-five-degree angle in one direction, not less than
20 feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicularly for
two-way aisle movement, and not less than 20 feet in width when serving
automobiles parked perpendicularly for one-way aisle movement.
B.
Measurement of space: when determination of the number of required
off-street parking spaces results in a fractional space, any fraction
up to and including 1/2 may be disregarded, and fractions over 1/2
shall be interpreted as one parking space.
C.
Access: parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means
of vehicular access to a street or alley in such manner as will least
interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or curb cut in
any district shall exceed 25 feet in width for one-way movement or
32 feet in width for two-way movement.
D.
Signs: no signs shall be displayed in any parking area within any residential district except such as may be necessary for the orderly use of the parking facilities. All signs in other parking areas shall conform to Article IX of this chapter.
E.
Striping: all parking spaces shall be properly marked by durable
paint in stripes a minimum of four inches wide and extending the length
of the parking space.
F.
Required setbacks: no parking space or portion thereof established
on a lot shall be located within a required front yard except, in
C and I Districts, where off-street parking areas may be installed
and maintained in the required front yard, provided such parking areas
do not occupy the first five feet of front yard nearest the street
or alley.
G.
Surfacing: all open off-street parking areas, except those accessory
to single-family dwellings, shall be improved with a compacted base
surfaced with all-weather dustless material of adequate thickness
to support the weight of fully loaded vehicles which customarily park
or travel on it in a manner consistent with all Borough ordinances
and standards.
H.
Lighting: any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area
shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from all adjoining
properties and shall not produce glare and shall adhere to the lighting
standards of this chapter.
I.
Stormwater: adequate stormwater drainage facilities shall be installed
in order to insure that stormwater does not flow onto abutting property
or abutting sidewalks in such a way or quantity that pedestrians using
the sidewalk would be detrimentally affected or inconvenienced. The
Borough Engineer shall approve all such facilities.
J.
Walls or planting strip: wherever a parking lot abuts onto a public
street, sidewalk, or alley, a structurally sound wall, stop bar or
planting strip, approved by the Borough Engineer, shall be installed.
A.
Shared parking is permitted for mixed-use development, notwithstanding and in accordance with § 280-804B for off-site parking, where the minimum space in the lot utilizing such is computed as follows and accordance with the table in § 280-808B.
(1)
Determine the minimum parking requirements in accordance with
Table 808B for each land use as if it were a separate use;
(2)
Multiple each amount by the corresponding percentages for each
of the five time periods set forth in Columns (B) through (F) of Table
808B;
(3)
Calculate the total parking demand for each time period;
(4)
Select the column with the highest total and use this number
as the required minimum number of parking spaces.
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Table 808-2
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Shared Parking Allowances by Land Use
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Weekday
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Weekend
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A. Land Use
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B. Day-time*
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C. Evening*
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D. Day-time*
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E. Evening*
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F. Nighttime*
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Office, industrial
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100%
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10%
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10%
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5%
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5%
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Retail
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60%
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90%
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100%
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70%
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5%
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Hotel
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75%
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100%
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75%
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100%
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75%
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Restaurant
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50%
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100%
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100%
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100%
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10%
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Entertainment, recreation
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40%
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100%
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80%
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100%
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10%
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*Key:
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Daytime: 6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Evening: 5:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight
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Nighttime: 12:00 midnight - 6:00 a.m.
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