A.
As a general requirement, each use in the Borough
shall provide sufficient off-street parking area to serve its users.
B.
Subject to the general requirement for off-street
parking, off-street parking space, with proper access from a street,
alley or driveway shall be provided in all districts in the amounts
indicated below. Such parking space shall be provided on any lot on
which a dwelling is hereafter erected or converted, or in the case
of any other use, on or near the lot on which any main building is
hereafter erected or converted. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to prevent the collective provision of off-street parking facilities
for two or more buildings or uses, provided that the total of such
off-street parking facilities, provided collectively, shall be not
less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses
computed separately. In no case, shall the number of parking spaces
provided, or the area devoted to parking, be less than the minimum
requirements of this section.
(1)
Dwellings. Two spaces per dwelling unit.
(2)
Theater, auditorium, stadium, assembly hall,
church, gymnasium, community recreation center. One space per four
fixed seats in largest assembly room or area or one space for each
40 square feet of net floor area available for the accommodation of
movable seats in the largest assembly room or one space per 150 square
feet of gross floor area, whichever is applicable to the facility.
(3)
Other indoor and outdoor recreation facilities.
One space for each 150 square feet of gross floor, building or ground
area devoted to such use or one space per four sets of facilities
available for patron use, whichever is applicable to the facility.
(4)
Restaurant. One space per three seating accommodations,
plus one space per two employees on shift of greatest employment.
(5)
Retail stores, all types. One space per 200
square feet of floor area used or designed for sales on ground floor,
plus one space per 300 square feet of floor area used or designed
for sales on other floors, plus one space for each two employees on
greatest shift.
(6)
Office building or bank. One space for each
200 square feet of net floor area for the first 50,000 square feet
plus one space for each 300 square feet of net floor area over 50,000
square feet.
(7)
Wholesale establishment or industrial building.
One space per two employees on the shift of greatest employment, plus
one space per 200 square feet of floor area devoted to sales.
(8)
Hospital, sanitarium, nursing home or similar
facility. One space per three beds intended for patients (except bassinets,
or beds in student nurses' quarters), plus one space for each two
employees on shift of greatest employment.
(9)
Social, fraternal, social service, union and
civic organization buildings. One space per 100 square feet of assembly
area.
(10)
Funeral home. One space for each 60 square feet
of floor area available for seating or public assembly, plus one space
per employee.
(11)
Private kindergarten, child nursing or child
institutional home. One space per adult attendant, plus one space
per 500 square feet of net floor area.
(12)
Medical office and clinics. One space per each
examination room or dentist chair, plus one space for each 30 square
feet of waiting room space.
(13)
Building or use other than specified above.
At least one space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area,
or lot area, whichever is larger, except when otherwise authorized
as a special exception consistent with the standards set forth herein
for comparable buildings or uses.
(14)
Life care development. One space for every two independent living
units, plus one space for every four assisted living or personnel
care units, plus one space for every two employees on the highest
shift.
[Added 10-6-2014 by Ord.
No. 198]
C.
Each such parking space shall provide a minimum of
190 square feet (9 1/2 feet by 20 feet) of off-street paved parking
surface exclusive of the space needed for access and maneuvering.
D.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting
the provision of required parking by including within required parking
areas, areas for compact and subcompact vehicles, in which parking
spaces may be smaller than 9 1/2 feet by 20 feet; provided, however,
that the ratio of 9 1/2 feet by 20 feet spaces to smaller spaces
shall not be less than two to one.
No building shall be erected in any district
for the uses listed below unless loading space for the accommodation
of trucks is provided on the premises in accordance with the following
regulations.
A.
Each space shall not be less than 12 feet in width and 30 feet in length with adequate access from a street winch does not block or interfere with the required parking as called for in § 185-103.
B.
For retail stores, markets, wholesale and jobbing
establishments, and storage warehouses the number of berths based
on net floor area devoted to such use is as follows:
C.
For office buildings, the number of berths based on
net floor area devoted to such uses is as follows:
D.
All other uses with a total of 5,000 square feet or
more of net floor area devoted to such use shall provide loading spaces
adequate, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, to accommodate
the normal demands for loading and unloading incidental to the type
of use proposed on the premises.
In order to minimize traffic congestion and
hazard, control street access in the interest of public safety and
encourage the appropriate development of street or highway frontage,
no parking lot or area for off-street parking or for the storage or
movement of motor vehicles shall abut, directly, a public street or
highway unless separated from the street or highway at least five
feet by a raised curb and a barrier planting strip, wall or other
effective visual and noise barrier against traffic, except for necessary
accessways to any one public street or highway for each 500 feet of
frontage. Where practical, access to parking areas shall be provided
by a common service driveway or minor street in order to avoid direct
access on a major street or highway. No such accessway shall be more
than 35 feet in width.
All driveways, aisles, maneuvering spaces, vehicular
service areas, or spaces between or about buildings, other than those
relating to a dwelling, shall be adequately illuminated. All outside
lighting, including sign lighting, shall be directed in such a way
as not to create a nuisance in any residential or apartment district.
In every district, all such lighting shall be arranged so as to protect
the street or highway and adjoining property from direct glare or
hazardous interference of any kind. Any light shall be equipped with
some type of glare-shielding device approved by the Borough Engineer.
The height of any light shall not exceed 25 feet.
