A.
Overall requirements.
(1)
Number of spaces. Each use that is newly developed,
enlarged, significantly changed in type or increased in number of
establishments shall provide and maintain off-street parking spaces
in accordance with Table 6.1[1] and the regulations of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Table 6.1 is included at the end of this chapter.
(2)
Uses not listed. Uses not specifically listed in Table
6.1 shall comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed
in Table 6.1, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the
Zoning Officer that an alternative standard should be used for that
use.
(3)
Multiple uses. Where a proposed lot contains or includes more than one type of 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 § 375-45B.
(4)
Calculation. Where the calculation of required parking
spaces does not result in a whole number, the calculation shall be
rounded to the closest whole number.
B.
Reduction of parking requirements as a conditional
use.
(1)
Purposes. To minimize impervious surfaces, while ensuring
adequate parking; to recognize that unique circumstances may justify
a reduction in parking.
(2)
The City Council may permit a reduction, through the conditional use process of § 375-18, of the number of parking spaces required to be developed if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the City Council that fewer parking spaces are needed.
(a)
Proof. To prove that fewer parking spaces are
needed, the applicant shall provide existing and projected employment,
customer, resident or other relevant data. Such data may include a
study of parking at similar developments during peak periods of use.
(b)
Shared parking. Under this section, an applicant
may seek to prove that parking permanently shared with another use
or another lot with shared internal access will reduce the total amount
of parking needed because the uses have different peak times of parking
need or overlapping customers.
(c)
Reservation of future parking areas. If a reduction
is permitted under this section, the City Council may require as a
condition of the approval that the lot include the reservation, permanently
or for a specified number of years, of areas for use if needed in
the future for additional parking.
[1]
Such reservation shall be provided in a legal
form acceptable to the City Solicitor.
[2]
In such case, the applicant shall be required
to submit site plans to the Zoning Officer showing where and how the
additional parking could be accomplished.
[3]
Such additional parking shall be required to
be provided within one year by the owner of the lot at that time after
the Zoning Officer may determine in writing to such owner that such
parking has become needed to meet actual use. Such determination shall
be based upon the Zoning Officer's on-site review on at least three
different days.
A.
General. Parking spaces and accessways shall be laid
out to result in safe and orderly use and to fully take into account
all of the following: vehicular access onto and off the site, vehicular
movement within the site, loading areas, pedestrian patterns and any
drive-through facilities. No parking area shall cause a safety hazard
or impediment to traffic off the lot.
B.
Existing parking. Any parking spaces serving such
preexisting structures or uses at the time of adoption of this chapter
shall not in the future be reduced in number below the number required
by this chapter.
C.
Change in use or expansion. A structure or use in
existence at the effective date of this chapter that expands or significantly
changes in use of an existing principal building shall be required
to provide all of the required parking for the entire size and type
of the resulting use, except as follows:
(1)
If the use expands in total building floor area by
a aggregate total maximum of 5% in the applicable measurement (such
as building floor area) beyond what existed at the time of adoption
of this chapter, then no additional parking is required; or
(2)
If the change in use would increase the number of
required parking spaces by fewer than 20 spaces beyond what was required
by the previous use, then an applicant may choose to only add the
additional number of spaces required by the new use compared to the
previous use.
D.
Continuing obligation of parking and loading spaces.
All required numbers of parking spaces and off-street loading spaces
shall be available as long as the use or building which the spaces
serve still exist and such spaces shall not be reduced in number below
the minimum required by this chapter. No required parking area or
off-street loading spaces shall be used for any other use (such as
storage or display of materials) that interferes with the area's availability
for parking.
E.
Location of parking. Required off-street parking spaces
shall be on the same lot or abutting lot with the principal use served,
unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer
that a permanent method of providing the spaces is available using
area of a lot within 250 feet of the entrance of the principal use
being served.
A.
General requirements.
(1)
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 with its
access onto a local street or parking court.
(2)
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,
except for spaces of a single-family detached dwelling.
(3)
Parking areas shall not be within any of the following:
a required buffer yard, a future or existing street right-of-way or
a required paved area setback.
(4)
Defined traffic ways. 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.
(5)
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 street by a raised
curb, planting strip, wall or other suitable barrier against unchanneled
motor vehicle entrance or exit. except for necessary and approved
vehicle entrances and exits to the lot. All commercial and industrial
parking areas approved after the adoption of this chapter shall be
separated from the street by a grass or landscaped strip of land.
B.
Size and marking of parking spaces. Each parking space
shall be a rectangle with a minimum width of 10 feet and a minimum
length of 20 feet, except:
C.
Aisles.
(1)
Each aisle providing access to stalls for one-way
traffic only shall be at least the minimum aisle width specified as
follows:
Angle of Parking
|
Minimum Aisle Width
(feet)
| |
---|---|---|
Parallel or 30°
|
12
| |
45°
|
14
| |
60°
|
18
| |
90°
|
20
|
(2)
Each aisle 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 parking that are clearly primarily for
employees or parking areas with spaces that are parallel or involve
an angle of parking of 45° or less.
(3)
Maximum length of parking aisle: 250 feet.
D.
Access drives and driveways.
(1)
Width.
Width of Driveway/Accessway at Entrance
onto Public Street
(at the edge of the cartway)*
|
1-Way Use
|
2-Way Use
| |
---|---|---|---|
Minimum
|
12 feet
|
20 feet
| |
Maximum
|
35 feet
|
50 feet
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Notes:
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* Unless a different standard is required by
PennDOT for an entrance to a state road.
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(3)
Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain
uninterrupted parallel drainage along a public street at the point
of driveway or access drive entry.
(4)
Separation between driveways. At least 80 feet shall
be provided between the center lines of any two accessways or driveways
along one street within one lot.
(5)
State permit. Where there will be new or intensified
access to a state street or other work within the right-of-way of
a state street, a state highway occupancy permit shall be obtained,
as applicable.
E.
Paving, grading and drainage.
(1)
Parking and loading facilities and driveways shall
be graded and adequately limited to prevent erosion or excessive water
flow across streets or adjoining properties.
(2)
Except for landscaped areas, all portions of required
parking, loading facilities and driveways abutting dwellings shall
be surfaced with asphalt or concrete or decorative paving blocks.
G.
Paved area setbacks (including off-street parking
setbacks).
(1)
Intent. To ensure that parked or moving vehicles within
a lot do not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian
traffic, to aid in stormwater management along streets and to prevent
vehicles from entering or exiting a lot other than at approved driveways.
(2)
Uses within the paved area setback.
(a)
The paved area setback required by this section,
together with any existing legal street right-of-way area that is
not used as a cartway, street shoulder or on-street parking, shall
be maintained in natural groundcover (such as grass) and shall not
be used for any of the following:
(3)
Width of paved area parking setbacks. Any commercial,
industrial, institutional, townhouse or low-rise apartment use shall
provide paved area setbacks as follows:
If a Paved Area Abuts:
|
Minimum Paved Area Setback
(measured from the proposed edge of paving
and gravel of the street after development)
| ||
---|---|---|---|
Arterial or collector street:
| |||
For lot with 2 acres or less of impervious coverage
|
10 feet
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For lot with more than 2 acres of impervious
coverage
|
15 feet
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Local street:
|
5 feet
|
H.
Paved area landscaping (parking lot trees).
(1)
Intent. This section is primarily intended to reduce
the thermal pollution of surface waters from parking lot runoff.
(2)
Any lot that would include more than five parking
spaces shall be required to provide landscaped areas within the paved
area.
(3)
One deciduous tree shall be required for every 3,000
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 the
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[2]
(4)
Trees required by this section shall meet the following
standards:
(a)
Type of trees permitted. Required trees shall
be chosen from the following list of approved street trees, unless
the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer that
another type of tree would shade paved areas, be resistant to disease,
road salt and air pollution and be attractive. (This chapter only
regulates the species of trees that are used to meet requirements
of the City. The species of trees that are not required by City ordinances
are not regulated.)
Types of Deciduous Trees Permitted to
Meet Ordinance Requirements
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Acer rubrum
|
American red maple
| |
Acer saccharum
|
Sugar maple
| |
Ceitis occidentalis
|
Common hackberry
| |
Fagus sylvatica
|
European beech
| |
Fraxinus americana
|
White ash
| |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
|
Green ash
| |
Ginko biloba fastigiata (male only; female has
noxious odor)
|
Maidenhair tree
| |
Gleditsia triacanthos
|
Thornless locust
| |
Liriodendron tulipifera
|
Tulip poplar
| |
Quercus alba
|
White oak
| |
Quercus acutissima
|
Sawtooth oak
| |
Quercus borealis
|
Red oak
| |
Quercus coccinea
|
Scarlet oak
| |
Quercus macrocarpa
|
Bur oak
| |
Quercus imbricaria
|
Shingle oak
| |
Quercus montana
|
Chestnut oak
| |
Quercus velutina
|
Black oak
| |
Quercus phellos
|
Willow oak
| |
Sophora japonica
|
Chinese scholar tree
| |
Tilia americana
|
American linden
| |
Tilia cordata
|
Littleleaf European linden
| |
Tilia euchlora
|
Crimean linden
| |
Tilia petiolaris
|
Silver linden
| |
Zelkova serrata
|
Zelkova
|
(b)
Minimum size. The trunk diameter (measured at
a height of one foot above the finished grade level) shall be a minimum
of two inches or greater.
I.
Handicapped parking spaces.
(1)
Number of spaces. Any lot including 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 Number of Required Parking Spaces
on the Lot
|
Required Minimum Number or 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 required spaces
| |
1,001 or more
|
20, plus 1% of required number over 1,000
|
(2)
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.
(3)
Minimum size. Each required handicapped parking space
shall be 10 by 20 feet. In addition, each space shall be adjacent
to a five-foot-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.
(4)
Handicapped parking spaces shall be located in areas
of less than six-percent slope in any direction.
(5)
Marking. All required handicapped spaces shall be
well-marked by clearly visible signs or pavement markings. Blue paint
is recommended.
[Amended 10-15-2003 by Ord. No. 12-2003]
A.
General requirements.
(1)
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.
(2)
At the time of site plan or land development review,
the applicant shall provide evidence to the Planning Commission, who
may advise the Zoning Officer, on whether the use will have sufficient
numbers and sizes of loading facilities. For the purposes of this
section, the words "loading" and "unloading" are used interchangeably.
B.
Design and layout of loading facilities. Off-street
loading facilities shall meet the following requirements:
(1)
Each off-street loading space shall be sufficient
in size to accommodate the largest vehicle that can reasonably be
expected to use such space.
(2)
Each space shall have sufficient maneuvering room
to avoid conflicts with parking and traffic movements within and outside
of the lot. No facility shall be designed or used in such a manner
that it threatens a safety hazard, public nuisance or a serious impediment
to traffic off the lot.
(3)
Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall be
located entirely on the lot being served and be located outside of
required buffer areas, paved area setbacks and street rights-of-way.
C.
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 City fire officials.