[Amended 3-15-1999 by Ord. No. 5-99]
A.
General requirements.
(1)
Each use established, enlarged, or altered in
any district shall provide and satisfactorily maintain off-street
parking spaces in accordance with Table 17.1 and the regulations of
this article.
(2)
Uses not specifically listed in Table 17.1 shall
comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed in Table
17.1.
(3)
Where a proposed use contains or includes more than one type of use (regardless of whether each use is listed in Table 17.1 or is an unlisted 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 Subsection B.
(4)
Where the computation of required parking spaces
results in a fractional number, the fraction of 1/4, 0.25 or more
shall be counted as one.
Table 17.1
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Off-Street Parking Requirements
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Use
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One Off-Street Parking Space Required
for Each
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Plus One Off-Street Parking Space Required
for Each
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A.
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Agricultural uses3
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1.
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Agriculture
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Employee
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—
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2.
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Animal hospital/veterinarian
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Employee
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5 spaces per doctor
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3.
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Animal husbandry
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Employee
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—
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4.
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Greenhouse/nursery (minimum of 5)
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Employee
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100 square feet of inside sales space1
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5.
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Kennel (minimum of 4)
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Employee
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12 animals of capacity
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6.
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Riding stable (minimum of 2)
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Employee
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8 animals capacity
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7.
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Seasonal roadside produce stand
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Employee
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100 square feet1 (minimum
of 5)
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B.
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Residential uses
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1.
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Dwelling (other than townhouses, midrise apartments
or garden apartments)
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2 spaces per dwelling unit, plus if 4 or more
new dwelling units are proposed, an average additional of 0.5 spaces
per dwelling unit if such number of additional spaces cannot be safely
accommodated along at least one side of an adjacent street in the
development tract. Such additional parking may be in overflow lots.
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2.
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Townhouse, mid-rise apartments or garden apartments
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2.5 spaces per dwelling unit
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—
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3.
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Home occupation
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One9
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Nonresident employee
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4.
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Housing for households limited to persons 60
years and older
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1 dwelling unit or rental unit4
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Employee
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5.
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Boardinghouse
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Rental unit or bed, whichever is greater
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Employee
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6.
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Group home [See § 275-189A(36)]
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C.
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Public or private recreational uses3
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1.
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Indoor recreation (such as bowling alley, exercise
club or membership club)
[Amended 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 02-06] |
200 square feet1
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2.
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Library or community center
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300 square feet1
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Employee
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3.
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Theater or auditorium
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4 seats
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Employee
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4.
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Outdoor recreation (golf course, ball fields,
stadium and similar uses)
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3 person of total designed capacity
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Employee
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5.
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Golf driving range
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1 per tee
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Employee
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6.
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Miniature golf
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1 per 1/2 hole
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Employee
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7.
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Campground, campground, water-based recreational
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1 space per camping site within each site and
0.25 space per camping site within one or more overflow parking areas.
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Employee
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D.
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Institutional and educational uses3
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1.
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Churches or other places of worship
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3 seats
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Employee
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2.
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Hospital/nursing home
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1 1/2 beds, hospital, 4 beds, nursing home,
6 spaces per doctor
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Staff or visiting doctor plus 0.8 for each employee
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3.
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Medical or dental office or clinic
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6 spaces per doctor
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Employee
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4.
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Nursery/day-care center (minimum of 3)
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Employee
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8 children3
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5.
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School, primary or secondary
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Employee
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3 students aged 16 years or older
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6.
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Utility substation
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Vehicle normally required to service such facility
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—
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7.
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College, university or trade school
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Employee
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1.5 students not living on campus who attend
class at peak time
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8.
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Dormitory
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Nonresident employee
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1.75 students 16 years or older
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9.
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Orthopedic specialty center
[Added 3-18-2002 by Ord. No. 03-02] |
1 1/2 Beds and 6 spaces per doctor
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Employee
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10.
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Sleep center
[Added 12-5-2011 by Ord. No. 09-11] |
Bed
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Employee
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E.
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Retail and commercial service uses6
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1.
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Auto, gas/service/repair (minimum 1/2 per gas
pump)
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5 spaces per bay
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Employee
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2.
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Vehicle or boat sales (minimum of 5)
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15 vehicles or boars on display (inside or outside)6
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Employee
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3.
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Financial institution
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150 square feet,1 plus 3 convenient spaces for each outdoor automatic transaction
machine
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Employee
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4.
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Fast food restaurant (minimum 25)
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2 seats capacity
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1.2 Employee
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5.
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Funeral home
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4 seats for patron use
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Employee
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6.
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Hotel/motel
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Rental unit plus 1 space for each 3 seats in
the dining/meeting rooms
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Employee
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7.
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Laundromat
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3 washing machines
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Employee
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8.
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Office (minimum of 3 per establishment)
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300 square feet2 or
1.1 employee, whichever is greater
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9.
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Personal service business (barber shops, photo
shops, appliance repair) (minimum 3)
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150 square feet1
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Employee
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10.
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Standard restaurant
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3 seats of capacity
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Employee
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11.
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Retail sales (minimum of 5 per establishment
except 8 for a movie video rental store or convenience store
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150 square feet1 except
200 square feet per total gross leasable floor area of retail greater
than 50,000 square feet
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12.
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Automatic banking transaction machine, outdoor
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3 per machine
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Employee
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13.
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Tavern
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30 square feet1
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Employee
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14.
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Adult bookstore, cabaret or other adult use
(minimum 10)
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50 square feet1
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Employee
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15.
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Bed-and-breakfast use
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Rental unit plus 2 for dwelling unit
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Employee
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16.
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Bus station
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5 per unloading/loading stall for buses
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Employee
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F.
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Industrial, wholesale and warehousing uses3
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1.
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Industrial, wholesale, warehousing uses
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1.1 Employee
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Company vehicle based at the plant
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2.
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Mini-warehouse
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15 storage units
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Employee
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NOTES:
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1
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Of all sales and other area occupied by equipment,
furnishings, or inventory accessible to customers or patrons, but
not including corridors, bowling lanes, toilet rooms and other similar
accessory rooms as may be provided.
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2
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Of all area occupied by equipment, furnishings,
or inventory accessible to employees, but not including stairwells,
toilet rooms, elevator shafts and other similar accessory areas as
may be provided.
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3
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This space shall be designed for convenient
pickup and delivery of students.
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4
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With approval by the Planning Commission, after
presentation of appropriate information by the applicant.
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5
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See Article II for definition of "employee."
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6
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In addition to parking or storage spaces for
all vehicles used directly in or stored or displayed as part of the
conduct of such business.
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7
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Spaces for storage or display of vehicles for
sale or rent are not required to meet the minimum requirements for
the dimensions or aisle width of parking spaces.
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8
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All such required spaces shall be located within
a maximum of 250 feet of the dormitory building that the spaces are
required to serve.
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9
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Except such parking space is not required if
the home occupation is of a type that will not routinely involve customers
visiting the premises.
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B.
Conditional reduction in off-street parking areas.
(1)
Intent: to minimize the amounts of impervious
surfaces, while ensuring adequate parking will be provided; to recognize
that unique circumstances may justify a reduction in required parking.
(2)
Following a review and recommendation by the Planning Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board may permit a reduction, through the special exception review process of § 275-21, of the number of parking spaces to be initially developed as required by this article, provided each of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a)
The applicant shall demonstrate to the Board, using existing and projected (five years) employment, customer, resident or other relevant data, that a reduction in the off-street parking spaces to be initially developed as required by Subsection A is warranted.
(b)
Plans.
[1]
The applicant shall submit plans of the parking lot(s) which designate a layout for the total number of parking spaces needed to comply with the parking requirement in Subsection A.
[2]
The plans shall clearly designate which of these
parking spaces are proposed for immediate use and which spaces are
proposed to be conditionally reserved for potential future use.
[3]
The portion of the required parking spaces conditionally
reserved for potential future use shall not be within areas for required
buffer yards, setbacks, or areas which would otherwise be unsuitable
for parking spaces due to the physical characteristics of the land
or other requirements of this chapter.
[4]
Areas conditionally reserved for potential future
use shall be attractively landscaped and remain in open space.
(c)
Agreement.
[1]
The applicant shall enter into an agreement
with the Township requiring the applicant to:
[2]
This agreement shall be recorded to the deed
as a covenant running with the land.
[3]
The Zoning Officer shall bring the parking reduction
agreement to the Board for reconsideration if the Zoning Officer determines
that the reduced parking is not meeting actual needs, based upon field
investigations.
A.
General. The parking spaces and access lanes shall
be laid out in a safe and efficient method that takes into account
the location of access to the property, loading areas, pedestrian
circulation and any drive-through facilities.
B.
Existing parking. Structures and uses in existence
at the effective date of this chapter shall not be subject to the
requirements of this article; provided, that the kind of use is not
changed and that any parking facility now serving such structures
or uses shall not in the future be reduced to an amount less than
that required by this chapter.
C.
Changes in use. Whenever a building or use (including those specified in Subsection A) is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwellings, seating capacity or otherwise to create a need, based upon the requirements of § 275-142 for an increase of 10% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, the number of total spaces to be provided shall be based upon the total parking that would be required for the entire existing and proposed use.
D.
Continuing obligation.
E.
Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be
used for any other use that interferes with its availability for the
parking need it is required to serve. Required parking spaces shall
not be used for storage or display of materials or vehicles for sale.
F.
Location of parking. Required off-street parking spaces
shall be on the same lot or abutting lot with the principal use served.
G.
Joint parking lots.
(1)
Two or more uses may provide for required parking
in a common parking lot, provided that the total number of spaces
in such lot shall not be less than the sum of the spaces required
for each use individually (except as provided below) and provided
such parking lot is within 300 feet walking distance of all of the
principal uses served by such lot.
(2)
The applicant may seek to prove that the parking requirement should be reduced under the provisions of § 275-142B because the uses would have their peak parking at different times of the day or have overlapping customers.
(3)
If two separate principal business uses on separate
abutting lots develop a shared access drive system and an integrated
shared parking lot, the number of required parking spaces for each
use shall be reduced by 10%.
(4)
If existing parking spaces are proposed to be
used to meet the required parking for new buildings, then those required
parking spaces shall be altered so that the parking spaces comply
with this subsection.
A.
General requirements.
(1)
Every parking facility shall be designed so
that its use does not constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable
impediment to traffic.
(2)
Every parking area shall be arranged for orderly,
safe movement.
(3)
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 backing onto a street other than an arterial or connector
street.
(4)
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.
This requirement shall not apply to parking spaces for a single-family
detached dwelling or a single-family semidetached dwelling, where
the parking is proposed within a driveway.
(5)
No parking area shall be located in a required
buffer yard or within an existing street right-of-way.
(6)
No parking or other paved area shall be located
within 10 feet of a septic system absorption area.
(7)
Defined trafficways. 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.
(8)
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 highway or
street by a raised curb, planting strip, wall or other suitable barrier
against unchanneled motor vehicle entrance or exit, except for necessary
access drives which supply entrance to and egress from such parking,
loading or storage area.
(9)
Stacking. Each lot shall provide adequate area
upon the lot to prevent backup of vehicles on a public street while
awaiting entry to the lot.
B.
C.
Parking lanes.
(2)
Each lane 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 long-term employee parking.
(3)
A continuous row of parking shall not exceed
225 feet without being interrupted by a perpendicular vehicle crossing
and/or island landscaped with one or more shade trees.
[Amended 7-16-2012 by Ord. No. 03-12]
D.
Access drives and driveways.
(1)
Width. Each access drive shall have a minimum
width of 12 feet and a maximum width of 15 feet at the street line
for one-way use only and a minimum width of 20 feet and a maximum
width of 30 feet at the street line for two-way use except as follows.
Each access drive for two-way use along an arterial street or within
the Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts shall have a maximum
width of 35 feet. The maximum width standards may be exceeded if the
applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that
a wider width is needed for tractor-trailer traffic and the width
is approved by PennDOT as part of a highway occupancy permit, if such
permit is required.
[Amended 6-19-2006 by Ord. No. 03-06; 7-16-2012 by Ord. No.
03-12]
(2)
(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 access drives and/or driveways.
At least 50 feet shall be provided between any two access drives and/or
driveways along one street along one lot.
(6)
State permit. Where access is to a state street,
a state highway access permit shall be obtained.
(7)
Subdivision ordinance. Where access drives and driveways are proposed as part of a subdivision or land development, the provisions of Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development, shall also be met. If there are any conflicts between the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development, the stricter provision shall apply.
(8)
Sight distance for driveways and access drives. See § 275-171C(2).
E.
Paving, grading and drainage.
(1)
Except for areas that are landscaped and so
maintained, all portions of required parking and off-street loading
facilities, including driveways and access drives, shall be graded,
surfaced with asphalt, Portland cement concrete or decorative paving
block and drained in ways necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive
water flow across streets or adjoining properties. If a single-family
detached dwelling driveway will have a total length longer than 75
feet, only those portions of the driveway within 75 feet of the street
right-of-way shall be required to be paved, while other sections may
be covered with gravel or other similar material.
(2)
Gravel or another surface other than asphalt
may be allowed by the Zoning Officer or Planning Commission for parking
areas that are used primarily for long-term storage or used less than
10 days in any calendar year.
G.
Paved area setbacks (including off-street parking
setbacks). The following shall apply to paved areas, other than those
serving single-family detached or single-family semidetached dwellings:
(1)
Intent. These setbacks are required to ensure
that parked or moving vehicles within a lot do not obstruct sight
distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic. These setbacks are
also intended to aid in stormwater management along streets.
(2)
Maintenance in grass. The setback areas required
by this section shall be maintained in grass or other appropriate
natural ground cover and shall not be covered with paving, except
for approved approximately perpendicular driveways and access drives
and any concrete sidewalks of six feet wide or less. Stormwater control
facilities that are not impervious may be located within this setback
area. No fence shall be located within the paved area setback.
(3)
Setback from expressway, arterial and connector
streets and expressway ramps. No off-street parking area nor outdoor
display of vehicles or articles for sale shall be located within 25
feet of the existing right-of-way line of an expressway, arterial
or connector street, for lots with a total of one acre or less of
impervious surface. For lots with more than one acre of impervious
surface, this same setback shall be 35 feet.
(4)
Setback from collector and local streets. No
off-street parking area nor outdoor display of vehicles or articles
for sale shall be located within 25 feet of the existing right-of-way
line of a collector or local street. This setback area, along with
any curbing, shall be designed to prevent vehicles from entering or
exiting the lot at locations other than approved driveways or access
drives.
(6)
Setback from commercial and industrial buildings.
All paved areas, except concrete sidewalks, shall be set back a minimum
of 10 feet from the exterior structural walls of any commercial or
industrial building. This setback shall not apply to driveways entering
into a garage, delivery entrance, vehicle service bay or carport.
This setback is intended to allow sufficient area for firefighting,
sidewalks and foundation landscaping.
H.
Paved area landscaping.
(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 30 parking
spaces shall be required to provide landscaped areas within the paved
area. This required landscaped area shall be equal to a minimum of
5% of the total paved area. A maximum of 15 consecutive and contiguous
parking spaces in a row shall be allowed without being separated by
a landscaped area.
(3)
One deciduous tree shall be required for every 4,000 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 Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development. These trees shall meet the following standards:
(a)
Type of trees permitted.
[1]
Required trees shall be chosen from the following
list of approved trees, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction
of the Planning Commission that another type of tree would shade paved
areas, be resistant to disease, road salt and air pollution and be
relatively attractive. If more than 20 trees are required, no more
than 60% should be of any one type. This list shall not regulate types
of trees that are not required to be planted by this chapter.
[Amended 7-16-2012 by Ord. No. 03-12]
Deciduous
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Acer buergerianum
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Trident maple
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Acer campestre
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Hedge maple*
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Acer ginnala
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Amur maple*
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Acer rubrum
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American red maple
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Acer saccharum
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Sugar maple
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Acer tartaricum
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Tartarian maple
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Amelanchier arborea
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Shadblow serviceberry*
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Amelanchier X grandiflora (many cultivars)
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Serviceberry*
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Amelanchier laevis
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Allegheny serviceberry*
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Carpinus betulus
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European hornbeam
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Carpinus caroliniana
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American hornbeam
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Celtis jessoensis
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Jesso hackberry
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Celtis laevigata
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Hackberry
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Celtis occidentalis
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Common hackberry
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Cladastris kentuckea
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American yellowwood
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Corylus colurna
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Turkish filbert
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Crataegus crus-galli "Inermis"
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Thornless hawthorn*
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Eucommia ulmoides
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Hardy rubber tree
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Fraxinus americana
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White ash
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Fraxinun pennsylvania (seedless variety)
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Green ash
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Ginkgo biloba
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Maidenhair tree (male only)
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Gleditsia triacanthos var. Inermis "Sky Master"
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Sky Master thornless honey locust
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Koelreuteria paniculata
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Golden rain tree
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Liquidambar styraciflua
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Sweetgum
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Liriodendron tulipifera
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Tulip poplar
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides
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Dawn redwood
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Maackia amurensis
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Amur maackia
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Nyssa sylvatica
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Black gum
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Ostrya virginiana
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Hophornbeam
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Phellodendron amurense
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Amur corktree
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Pyrus calleryana (not Bradford)
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Callery pear selections
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Quercus
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All varieties of oak, other than pin oak
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Prunus Accolade
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Flowering cherry
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Prunus serrulata varieties
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Japanese flowering cherry, other than weeping
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Prunus yedoensis
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Yoshino cherry
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Sophora japonica
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Japanese pagoda tree
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Sorbus alnifolia
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Mountain ash
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Sorbus amurensis
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Armus mountain ash
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Syringa reticulata
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Japanese lilac tree*
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Taxodium distichum
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Bald cypress
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Tilia americana "Boulevard"
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Boulevard American linden
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Tilia cordata
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Littleleaf linden
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Tilia X euchlora (ungrafted only)
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Crimean linden
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Tilia petiolaris
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Pendant silver linden
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Tilia tomentosa
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Silver linden
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Ulmus parvifolia
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Chinese lacebark elm
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Zelkova serrata
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Japanese zelkova
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NOTE:
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* For use primarily where height clearance is
limited, such as under overhead electric lines.
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[2]
Prohibited trees. The following trees shall
not be used to meet any Township requirement. Such trees may be planted
by a property owner on private property if such tree is in addition
to Township requirements.
Acer negundo
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Box elder
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver maple
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Ailanthus altissima
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Tree of heaven
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Catalpa speciosa
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Catalpa
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Elaeagnus spp.
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Russian olive
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Ginkgo
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Female only
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Maclura pomifera
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Osage orange
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Morus spp.
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Mulberry
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Populus spp.
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Poplar
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Salix spp.
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Willow
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Ulmus americana
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American elm
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Ulmus pumila
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Siberian elm
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(c)
Minimum size. The trunk diameter (measured at
a height of one foot above the finished grade level) shall be a minimum
of one and 1 1/2 inch or greater.
(d)
Planting and maintenance.
[1]
Trees shall be planted in conformance with good
landscaping practices.
[2]
Trees shall be properly protected by raised
curbs or similar devices from damage from vehicles.
[3]
Trees shall be properly maintained and shall
not be removed without being replaced by another tree that meets the
requirements of this section.
(4)
A substantial proportion of the trees required
by this section should be planted within the parking lot within protected
islands. These protected islands should be used to direct the flow
of traffic through the parking lot in a smooth and safe manner to
prevent "cross-taxiing." Required trees are also encouraged to be
planted in highly visible locations, especially at the edge of parking
areas abutting arterial streets.
(5)
Existing trees. For every existing tree on the
lot that is healthy and is preserved and maintained and that would
generally meet the requirements of this section, one less shade tree
shall be required to be planted.
I.
Parking lot screening.
(1)
No off-street parking area for five or more
vehicles shall be developed in such a way that vehicle headlights
could shine into a dwelling located within 200 feet or less of the
parking area.
(2)
Wood fencing, fencing with the appearance of
wood, brick walls or evergreen screening shall be required as needed
to resolve the concern of this section. Such screening or fencing
shall have a minimum height of four feet, except that screening or
fencing of up to eight feet shall be required by the Zoning Officer
as needed where there is unusual topography or the parked vehicles
would be trucks or buses.
J.
Handicapped parking.
(1)
Number of spaces. Any parking lot having 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 No. of Parking Spaces on the Lot
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Required Minimum No./Percent of Handicapped
Parking Spaces
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4 to 25
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1
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26 to 50
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2
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51 to 75
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3
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76 to 100
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4
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101 to 150
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5
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151 to 200
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6
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201 to 300
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7
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301 to 400
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8
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401 to 500
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9
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501 to 1,000
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2% of number of spaces
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1,001 or more
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20 plus 1% of number of spaces over 1,000
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(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 eight by 18 feet. In addition, each space shall be
adjacent to a five feet 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)
Slope. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located
in areas of less than 6% slope in any direction.
(5)
Marking. All required handicapped spaces shall
be identified by above grade signs.
A.
Intent: to prevent residential areas from being harmed
by nuisances from smells and noise from noxious commercial vehicles;
to maintain a residential character in residential districts.
B.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
TRACTOR
TRAILER
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A motor vehicle that is primarily used for business purposes
including, but not limited to, making service calls, transporting
equipment used in a business or in accomplishing physical work as
part of a business (such as hauling material).
A truck with more than two axles that is primarily intended
to be used to pull a trailer, as defined below.
A commercial vehicle with a length of 10 feet or more that
is not self-propelled, that is intended to haul materials, vehicles,
goods, gases or liquids and that is intended to be pulled by a tractor
(as defined above).
C.
Exceptions. No part of this section shall apply to
the following:
(1)
Township-owned vehicles.
(2)
Ambulance, fire and rescue vehicles.
(3)
Buses used primarily for transporting public
or private school children to and from school or transporting persons
to or from a place of worship.
(5)
Vehicles operated by the U.S. Postal Service.
(6)
Vehicles actually engaged in the construction
or repair of streets, curbs, sidewalks or utilities.
(7)
Vehicles actually engaged in making routine
household deliveries or rendering routine household services to a
property abutting or that is part of the location where the vehicle
is parked.
D.
Storage of commercial vehicles in residential district.
No commercial vehicle with a gross weight exceeding 8,500 pounds or
with greater than two axles or any tractor or any trailer (as defined
by this section) shall be maintained (except clearly emergency repairs),
parked, stored or otherwise kept within a lot that is within a residential
district between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. any day of the
week.
F.
Garbage hauling vehicle. In addition to the requirements
of this section, no vehicle that has been used for the bulk hauling
of garbage shall be parked for more than 15 minutes in any twenty-four-hour
period on a portion of a lot that is within 200 feet of a dwelling.
G.
Nonconformities. The provisions of this chapter that
allow nonconforming uses to continue and expand do not apply to conditions
under this section. Any nonconforming condition or use that exists
under this section shall be made conforming within 90 days of the
adoption of this chapter.
H.
Moving of preexisting nonconforming vehicles. If a
vehicle that is parked in a nonconforming fashion under this section
is moved from the subject property or street for more than 12 consecutive
hours, the nonconformity shall be considered to have been abandoned
and the lot shall then only be used in a manner that conforms to this
chapter in that respect.
I.
Storage of unregistered vehicles in residential districts.
(2)
Residential district. Except as specifically
permitted by this chapter, not more than one-motor vehicle that does
not display both current state registration and safety inspection
stickers shall be parked or stored in any way on any lot within a
residential district.
(3)
Nonresidential district. Except as specifically
permitted by this chapter (as an auto sales use, junkyard or auto
repair garage) a maximum of two motor vehicles that do not display
both current state registration and safety inspection stickers shall
be parked or stored in any way on any lot in a district other than
a residential district.
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 review, the applicant
shall prove to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that the
use will have sufficient numbers and sizes of loading facilities and
that no conflicts will be created. For the purposes of this section,
loading shall include unloading.
B.
Design and layout of off-street loading facilities.
Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the
following specifications:
(1)
Each off-street loading space shall be sufficient
in size for the largest vehicle expected to routinely use the space.
As general standards, a loading space shall be at least 12 feet in
width by 50 feet to 65 feet in depth for a tractor-trailer, nine by
18 for standard size vans and pickup trucks, and 10 feet by 25 feet
for other trucks. In the case of a use involving 10 or more tractor-trailer
loading docks, each space may be 11 feet in width.
(2)
Each space shall have sufficient maneuvering
room separate from other parking and loading areas to avoid traffic
conflicts within and outside of 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, off-street parking setbacks and street rights-of-way.
(4)
An appropriate means of access to a street or
alley shall be provided.
(6)
No such facilities shall be designed or used
in any manner so as to constitute a significant nuisance, public safety
hazard or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.
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 the Township fire
officials.
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04]
A.
The following regulations shall apply to on-street
parking:
(1)
On-street parking may be provided along internal roads in the Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts as set forth in Article XXV, only when approved as part of the land development approval process.
(3)
On-street parking areas may only be counted
along the frontage owned by the applicant or landowner, exclusive
of any driveway or other curb cut, and exclusive of any existing cartway
and perpendicular street.
(4)
A bona-fide on-street parking area shall measure
seven feet in width and 22 feet in length, exclusive of any street
cartway, and shall be parallel to the curbline or other edge of pavement.
(5)
All eligible on-street parking areas shall be
clearly depicted on a plan. Such parking areas shall not conflict
with any turning movements off the cartway or obstruct access to any
street, driveway, sidewalk, crosswalk, other accessway, or fire hydrant.