Any building or other structure erected, altered, or used, and
any lot used or occupied for any of the following purposes shall be
provided with minimum off-street parking spaces as set forth in the
following sections, together with adequate driveways or other means
of circulation and access to and from a public street.
A.
In all districts, except the Central Business District, required
off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or premises with
the use served.
B.
In the Central Business District, required off-street parking spaces
may be on the same lot or premises with the use served or on a separate
lot within 300 feet of the use served. The parking area must remain
under control of the owner or operator of the use to which the parking
area is appurtenant. Where provision of required parking involves
a lot separated from the use served, the applicant for a use or building
permit shall submit, with his application, an instrument duly executed
and acknowledged that subjects such parcels of land to parking uses
in connection with the principal use to which it is accessory. Upon
issuance of a permit, the Zoning Officer shall cause such instrument
to be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds.
C.
On-street parking may be substituted for the required off-street
parking by conditional use approval of the Borough Council. Such on-street
parking will only be permitted where adequate street frontage is available
adjacent to the parcel to provide the required number of parking spaces.
In addition, the applicant must also provide the required number of
handicapped parking spaces in accordance with the requirements of
the ADA and the UCC.
[Added 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
The minimum number of off-street parking spaces by type of use
shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions. Where
the computation of required parking spaces results in a fractional
number, any fraction equal to or exceeding 1/2 space shall be counted
as one; any fraction less than 1/2 space may be dropped.
A.
Parking requirements for residential uses.
(1)
Apartment accessory to a permitted commercial use: two off-street
parking spaces for each such apartment, in addition to the required
parking spaces for the commercial use.
(2)
Boarding and rooming houses, hotels, motels, and bed-and-breakfast
inns: at least one parking space for each guest room, plus one additional
space for every two full-time employees. Spaces for associated restaurants
and meeting rooms shall be in addition to these requirements.
(3)
Dwelling units (except multifamily): two off-street parking
spaces for each dwelling unit.
(4)
Multifamily dwelling units. The total number of parking or garage
spaces shall not be less than 2.5 times the number of dwelling units
to allow for resident and visitor parking.
B.
Parking requirements for commercial uses.
(1)
Automotive service stations and automotive repair garages: two
off-street parking spaces for each service bay or area, plus one space
for each full-time employee on the largest shift. Said off-street
parking spaces are not to be a part of, nor interfere with, the driveways
to the pumps and shall be in addition to the requirements for any
other principal use located upon the same site, such as a convenience
food store.
(2)
Automotive sales facilities: one off-street parking space for
each 400 square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for each
3,000 square feet of outside sales area, plus one additional space
for each full-time employee.
(3)
Entertainment/recreation facility: one off-street parking space
for each four seats provided for patron use, or at least one off-street
parking space for each 50 square feet of gross floor area used or
intended to be used for service to customers, whichever requires the
greater number of off-street parking spaces, plus one additional space
for each full-time employee.
(4)
Drive-in business: one off-street parking space for every two
seats of maximum capacity, or one off-street parking space for every
50 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is larger, plus one
space for each two employees on the largest shift.
(5)
Mortuary or funeral home: one off-street parking space for each
100 square feet of floor area for public use, plus one additional
space for each full-time employee and each vehicle maintained on the
premises.
(6)
Retail store or shop and personal service shops: one off-street
parking space for each 200 square feet of gross area used or intended
to be used for servicing customers, plus one additional space for
every two full-time employees on the largest shift.
(7)
Restaurants, taverns: one off-street parking space for each
four seats of maximum capacity, plus one space for every two employees
on the largest shift.
(8)
Medical, dental, and veterinary offices and clinics: four off-street
parking spaces for each practitioner, plus one space for each employee
on the largest shift.
(9)
Business, financial, professional or public service office:
one off-street parking space for each 200 square feet of ground floor
area for public use, plus one space for each 300 square feet of floor
area above the ground floor available for public use, plus one additional
space for every two full-time employees.
(10)
Home occupation and day-care homes. In addition to spaces required
for the dwelling, home occupations and day-care homes shall provide
one off-street parking space for the use itself, plus two spaces for
a dropoff area, plus one space for each employee residing off site.
(11)
Shopping mall/center/plaza: 5 1/2 off-street parking spaces
for each 1,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof.
(12)
All other commercial uses: one off-street parking space per
employee plus such space as may be determined by the Borough on a
case-by-case basis.
C.
Parking requirements for industrial uses.
(1)
Bus, taxi or railroad terminal: as required by Borough Council.
(2)
Manufacturing and other industrial establishments: one space
for every 1 1/2 employees on major shift, but at least one space
for each 5,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for
each company vehicle normally stored on the premises.
[Added 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
D.
Parking requirements for public and quasi-public uses:
(1)
Day-care center: one off-street parking space per employee,
plus three spaces for a dropoff area.
(2)
Recreational facility: one off-street parking space per five
seats or similar accommodation, or one space per two lockers or similar
accommodation, whichever yields the larger parking requirement.
(3)
Places of worship; cultural facilities; theaters; or other places
of public or private assembly: one off-street parking space for each
four seats, or at least one space for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area provided for public or private assembly, whichever is greater.
(4)
Convalescent or nursing home; hospital: one off-street parking
space for each three patient or inmate beds, plus at least one additional
space for each staff and visiting doctor, plus one additional space
for each employee (including nurses) on the largest shift.
(5)
Elementary schools: one off-street parking space for each faculty
member and employee, plus one space per two classrooms and offices.
(6)
Secondary schools and similar educational establishments: one
off-street parking space per faculty member plus one space per six
students of projected building capacity.
(7)
Fire station: three off-street parking spaces for every four
employees on the largest shift, or four spaces for each fire truck
where no community room is part of the building, whichever is greater.
Where a community room is provided, two off-street parking spaces
for each fire truck, plus one space for each 100 square feet of gross
floor area.
(8)
Communication facility; public utility: one off-street parking
space for each vehicle normally required to service such facility.
E.
Handicapped parking. Handicapped accessible parking shall be provided
in accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) and the Uniform Construction Code (UCC), as may be amended
from time to time.
[Added 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
F.
Joint use. Two or more commercial, industrial, or institutional uses may provide for required parking in a common parking lot if the total number of spaces provided is not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use individually. However, the number of spaces required in a common parking facility may be reduced below this total only as a special exception under Article X if it can be demonstrated to the Zoning Hearing Board that the hours or days of peak parking needed for the uses are so different that a lower total will provide adequately for all uses served by the parking facility.
G.
Waiver of requirements. In the Central Business District, the required
number of off-street parking spaces may be partially waived by the
Zoning Hearing Board, provided satisfactory demonstration is made
to the Board by the developer that the required number of such spaces
is excessive for the use(s) proposed. In no case, however, shall any
such waiver reduce the number of off-street parking spaces to less
than 1/2 the number of spaces specified herein. Such waiver shall
be permanent, and the Borough may not subsequently require the provision
of the waived spaces; if, however, the use(s) change or enlarge, then
the waiver shall become void pending reevaluation.
[Amended 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1; 8-13-2012 by Ord. No.
2012-2]
A.
General. In all districts, and subject to the requirements of that district, the vehicular parking standards of § 194-508 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of New Freedom Borough shall apply.
B.
Deviations from requirements.
(1)
Deviations from the requirements of § 194-508 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) of New Freedom Borough that are proposed during the subdivision/land development process shall be permitted as a waiver according to § 194-205 of the SALDO and, when granted, will not also require the grant of a variance under the terms of this chapter.
All institutional, commercial, industrial and utility/transportation
uses whose principal buildings have an aggregate floor area exceeding
6,000 square feet shall provide minimum off-street loading spaces
as set forth herein:
A.
Required spaces.
(1)
Aggregate floor area less than 6,000 square feet: no loading
spaces required.
(2)
Aggregate floor area 6,000 to 20,000 square feet: one off-street
loading space.
(3)
Aggregate floor area over 20,000 square feet: one off-street
loading space for each additional 60,000 square feet.
(4)
All off-street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained
so long as the use exists that the facilities were designed to serve.
B.
General. In all districts, and subject to the requirements of that district, when off-street loading is required, the standards of § 194-509 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of New Freedom Borough shall apply.
[Amended 8-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-2]
C.
Deviations from requirements.
[Added 8-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-2]
(1)
Deviations from the requirements of § 194-509 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) of New Freedom Borough that are proposed during the subdivision/land development process shall be permitted as a waiver according to § 194-205 of the SALDO and, when granted, will not also require the grant of a variance under the terms of this chapter.
A.
Width. Driveways may not exceed 35 feet in width or be less than
eight feet in width. Driveway width is measured from the inside radii.
[Added 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
B.
Number. The number of driveways may not exceed two per lot on any
street frontage. The Zoning Hearing Board may grant permission by
special exception for additional access where required to meet exceptional
circumstances and where frontage of unusual length exists.
C.
Separation from intersections. Driveways may not cross the street
right-of-way lines:
(1)
Within 40 feet of the street right-of-way line of an intersecting
street.
(2)
Within five feet of a fire hydrant.
(3)
Within 25 feet of another driveway on the same lot where lot
width permits.
(4)
Within three feet of a property line, unless two adjoining property
owners mutually agree in a legally recorded instrument acceptable
with the Borough Solicitor to a common driveway.
[Amended 7-12-1999 by Ord. No. 1999-4]
D.
Slope, cuts.
(1)
The driveway may not exceed a slope of 8% within 25 feet of
the street right-of-way line.
(2)
Where a driveway enters a bank through a cut, unless a retaining
wall is used, the shoulders of the cut may not exceed 50% in slope
within 25 feet of the point at which the drive intersects the street
right-of-way. The height of the bank must not exceed three feet within
20 feet of the street.
[Amended 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1; 8-13-2012 by Ord. No.
2012-2]
A.
General. In all districts, and subject to the requirements of that district, when access drives are provided, the standards of § 194-506 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of New Freedom Borough shall apply.
B.
Deviations from requirements.
(1)
Deviations from the requirements of § 194-506 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) of New Freedom Borough that are proposed during the subdivision/land development process shall be permitted as a waiver according to § 194-205 of the SALDO and, when granted, will not also require the grant of a variance under the terms of this chapter.
