A.
Existing parking. Structures and uses in existence at the date of
adoption of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements
of this article so long as the kind or extent of use is not changed,
provided that any parking facilities now serving such structures or
uses shall not in the future be reduced below such requirements.
B.
Change in requirements. Whenever there is an alteration of a structure
or a change or extension of a use which increases an existing structure,
the total additional parking required for the alteration, change or
extension shall be provided in addition to an adequate number of new
spaces in order that the minimum standard for spaces is met for the
entire area.
C.
Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be used for any use
that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required
to serve, except that it may be used for a stormwater retention basin
of a maximum depth of six inches.
D.
Continuing character of obligation. All required facilities shall
be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities
were designed to serve. Off-street parking facilities shall not be
reduced in total extent after their provision, except upon the approval
of the Zoning Hearing Board, and then only after proof that, by reason
of diminution in floor area, seating area, the number of employees,
or change in other factors controlling the regulation of the number
of parking spaces, such reduction is in conformity with the requirements
of this article. Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner
or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability of required
facilities for the employees or other persons whom the facilities
are designed to serve. Such facilities shall be designed and used
in such a manner as to at no time constitute a nuisance, a hazard,
or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.
E.
Joint use. Two or more uses may provide for required parking in a
common parking lot if the total space 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 by special exception 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 facility. In any case, a reciprocal parking,
ingress and egress agreement must be entered into by the landowners
involved, and said agreement recorded prior to the issuance of an
occupancy permit for either use.
F.
Maintenance of parking area. For parking areas of three or more vehicles,
the area not landscaped and so maintained, including driveways, shall
be graded, surfaced with asphalt or other suitable material, and drained
to the satisfaction of a professional engineer selected by the municipality
to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive water
flow across streets or adjoining property. Such off-street parking
spaces shall be marked so as to indicate their location. Failure to
keep parking areas in satisfactory condition, i.e., free from holes,
shall be considered a violation of this chapter.
G.
The following uses and minimum required parking spaces shall be applicable:
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Authorized Land Use
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Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirement
(number of spaces)
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|---|---|---|
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Residential Land Uses
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Accessory uses
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Not applicable
| |
|
Bed-and-breakfast
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1 per guest room, plus 2
| |
|
Conversion of single-family structure to personal care home
or day nursery
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1 per 2 employees, plus 1 per 3 residents
| |
|
Duplex dwelling
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2 per dwelling unit
| |
|
Granny flat/carriage house
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1 per dwelling unit
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|
Group care home
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1 per 2 employees, plus 1 per 3 residents
| |
|
Home occupation, low-impact
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Not applicable
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Home occupation, no-impact
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Not applicable
| |
|
Hotel/motel
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1 per each guest room, plus 1 per 2 employees (Where lounge,
restaurant, and meeting room uses are integral, minimum required parking
shall be provided.)
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|
Life care facility
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1 per 3 beds of dwelling unit
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Mixed-use apartment
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1 per bedroom
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|
Mobile home parks
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2 per dwelling, plus supplemental parking ratio of 1:6 dwelling
units to be centrally located
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Multistory garden apartments
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1 per bedroom
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Nursing home
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1 per 2 beds
| |
|
Personal care home
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1 per 2 employees, plus 1 per 3 residents
| |
|
Planned residential development
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2 per dwelling unit
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Planned residential development - single-family detached units
|
2 per dwelling unit
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|
Planned residential development - 50% single-family detached
units
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2 per dwelling unit
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|
Single-family detached dwelling
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2 per dwelling unit
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|
Townhouse dwelling
|
2 spaces per dwelling unit and 0.5 visitor space per dwelling
unit within 300 feet of each dwelling unit
| |
|
Wind turbine, residential
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Not applicable
| |
|
Nonresidential Land Uses
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Accessory uses, including but not limited to swimming pools
and storage sheds
|
Not applicable
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|
Accessory structure, commercial
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Not applicable
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|
Accessory structure or uses incidental to the permitted principal
use, except exterior storage
|
Not applicable
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Adult-oriented establishment
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1 per 100 square feet
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Agricultural support and accessory structures
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Not applicable
| |
|
Agricultural uses, traditional
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Not applicable
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Automobile/light truck repair
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1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per employee
| |
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Automobile sales
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5 per each employee on the largest shift
| |
|
Automobile service station
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area, 2 per each service
bay, whichever is larger, plus 1 per employee (Spaces are not to be
part of nor interfere with the accessways to the pumps.)
| |
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Cabinet or carpenter shop
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3 per 4 employees on the largest shift or 1 per 250 square feet
of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 per each company
vehicle normally stored on the premises
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|
Catering or food-delivery service
|
As determined by the Township
| |
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Cemetery or mausoleum
|
1 per employee and 1 per 4 visitors in total capacity of mausoleum,
crematory or columbarium
| |
|
Commercial school
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1 per faculty member/employee, plus 1 per 3 nonresident students,
plus 1 per 5 resident students if residents are permitted to have
cars
| |
|
Communications tower
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Not applicable
| |
|
Community center
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1 per 4 seats or 1 per 50 square feet of gross floor area or
use to customer patrons, clients, guest or members, whichever is greater,
plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Contractor shop
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3 per 4 employees on the largest shift or 1 per 250 square feet
of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 per each company
vehicle normally stored on the premises
| |
|
Convenience store
|
1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area of building
| |
|
Day care
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1 per teacher, administrator and employee
| |
|
Day nursery
|
1 per employee and 1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
used or intended for use as a sale area
| |
|
Emergency services
|
3 per 4 employees on 2 major shifts at maximum employment or
4 per each fire truck where no community room is part of the building,
whichever requires a greater number of parking spaces
Where a community room is provided, 2 per each fire truck, plus
1 per 50 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Equipment sales and rental (construction, industrial, agricultural)
|
1 per 250 square feet of indoor sales/office
| |
|
Essential services
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Financial establishments
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area or servicing customers,
plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Food and grocery store
|
1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area of building
| |
|
Forestry
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Gas (fuel/energy recharge) station
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1 per service bay
| |
|
Gas wells
|
See Appendix A[1]
| |
|
Heavy equipment service and repair
|
3 per 4 employees on the largest shift or 1 per 250 square feet
gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 per each company vehicle
normally stored on the premises
| |
|
Home improvement center
|
1 per 1,000 square feet of gross lease area
| |
|
Kennels
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1 per employee and 1 per 8 animals in capacity
| |
|
Library
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1 per 5 seats or 1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Light manufacturing
|
3 per 4 employees on the largest shift or 1 per 800 square feet
of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 per each company
vehicle normally stored on premises
| |
|
Lumberyard
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1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Medical office
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6 per doctor, plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Municipal building/use
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As determined by the Township
| |
|
Office, business and professional (<5,000 square feet)
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Office, business and professional (>5,000 square feet)
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area
| |
|
Parking lot, public
|
All shall meet the design standards as established in this article
| |
|
Personal services
|
1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area of building
| |
|
Pharmacy
|
1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area of building
| |
|
Place of worship/assembly
|
1 per 2 seats provided for members or 1 per 25 square feet of
gross floor area to serve members/guests, whichever is greater, plus
1 for each employee
| |
|
Plant or produce sales
|
1 per 1,000 square feet of office area, plus 1 per 500 square
feet of showroom
| |
|
Private club
|
1 per 5 members of total capacity or 1 per 50 square feet of
gross floor area or intended use for service to customers, patrons,
clients, guests or members, whichever is greater, plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Private garages and parking areas
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Private recreation facility
|
As determined by the Township
| |
|
Private utility
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Public park or recreation facility
|
As determined by the Township
| |
|
Public service
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Public utility facilities
|
2, plus 1 per each employee normally in attendance
| |
|
Recreational facility for private developments
|
1 per 5 persons of total designed capacity or 1 per 50 square
feet of gross floor area or intended use for service to customers,
patrons, clients, guests or members, whichever is greater, plus 1
per employee
| |
|
Research laboratory
|
3 per 4 employees on the largest shift or 1 per 500 square feet
of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 per each company
vehicle normally stored on the premises
| |
|
Restaurant, fast-food
|
1 per 100 square feet of gross floor area, whichever greater,
plus 1 per employee on largest shift
| |
|
Restaurant, sit-down
|
1 per 50 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Restaurant, takeout
|
1 per 100 square feet of gross floor area, whichever greater,
plus 1 per employee on largest shift
| |
|
Retail center
|
1 per 250 square feet, or portion thereof, of gross leasable
area up to 400,000 square feet, 4.5 per 1,000 square feet of gross
floor area between 400,000 and 600,000
| |
|
Retail stores, single or multiuser, up to 50,000 square feet
|
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area or servicing customers,
plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Retail stores, small-scale
|
Not applicable
| |
|
School, private or public
|
1 per faculty member/employee, plus 1 per 2 classrooms and offices
(K-10), 1 per 10 students (11-12)
| |
|
Service business
|
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area or servicing customers,
plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Signs as provided for in Article XIII
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Small appliance/mechanical repair
|
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per employee
| |
|
Stables
|
1 per employee and 1 per 4 animals in capacity
| |
|
Storage yards
|
Not applicable
| |
|
Theater
|
1 per 5 seats provided for visitor use
| |
|
Veterinary
|
3 per each doctor, plus 1 per employee, plus 1 per 100 square
feet of examination area
| |
|
Warehouse, self-storage
|
1 per 20 storage units, plus 1 per employee on duty
| |
|
Warehouse/distributor
|
3 per 4 employees on the largest shift or 1 per 1,000 square
feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 per each company
vehicle normally stored on premises
| |
|
Wind turbine, other
|
Not applicable
|
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the Township offices.
The design standards specified below shall be required for all
off-street parking facilities with a capacity of three or more vehicles
built after the effective date of this chapter. Americans With Disabilities
Act[1] requirements shall dictate the number and design of handicap
spaces.
A.
The minimum dimensions of stalls and aisles shall be as follows:
(1)
Stall width shall be at least nine feet for all parking.
(2)
Stall depth shall be at least 18 feet, with said dimensions measured
on the angle for all angle parking and 22 feet for parallel parking.
(3)
Minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls for one-way traffic
only, varying with the angle of the parking, shall be:
|
Angle of Parking
|
Minimum Aisle Width
(feet)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Parallel
|
12
| |
|
30°
|
14
| |
|
45°
|
16
| |
|
60°
|
20
| |
|
90°
|
24
|
(4)
Minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls for two-way traffic
shall be 24 feet.
B.
Parking areas shall be designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed
to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the
moving of any other motor vehicles. Parking areas shall be graded
to a maximum slope of 5%.
D.
For the purpose of servicing any property held under single and separate
ownership, entrance and exit drives crossing the street line shall
be limited to two along the frontage of any single street, and their
center lines shall be spaced at 80 feet apart. On the corner properties,
there shall be a space of a minimum of 60 feet, measured at the curbline,
between the center line of any entrance or exit drive and the street
line of the street parallel to said access drive.
E.
In no case shall industrial or commercial parking areas be designed
to require or to encourage cars to back into a public street in order
to leave the lot.
F.
All parking spaces and access drives shall be at least five feet
from any side or rear lot line.
G.
All parking areas for any purpose other than single-family or PRD
residents shall be physically separated from any public street by
a planting strip which shall be not less than five feet in depth.
Tire bumpers or concrete curb shall be installed so as to prevent
vehicle overhang of the sidewalk area. This planting strip shall be
parallel to the street line and shall be measured from the right-of-way.
H.
The applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Township
that all buildings shown on a land development plan can be adequately
accessed by emergency firefighting vehicles and other emergency equipment.
Emergency access shall be required for the purpose of positioning
firefighting equipment or other emergency vehicles in relation to
the building so that the equipment can be effectively used. Emergency
access may be provided by means of a fire lane, a public or private
street, a driveway or aisle in a parking area or an unobstructed landscaped
area.
(1)
Emergency access shall be provided on at least one side of each building.
The Planning Commission may require emergency access to be provided
on more than one side of a building, if warranted by site conditions
and the layout of the land development plan.
(2)
In the event that any applicant disagrees with the determination
of the Planning Commission regarding the provision of emergency access,
the applicant may appeal that determination to the Zoning Hearing
Board.
I.
Access driveways and streets.
(1)
All required permits for state, county or local highways and roads
must be obtained prior to final approval.
(2)
Neither any driveway nor any junction or intersection of any streets
shall be located within:
(3)
Streets shall intersect at ninety-degree angles, except where topographic
constraints prevent an appropriate alignment. Angles less than 90°
may be designed, subject to the approval of the Aleppo Township Planning
Commission. In no case shall proposed streets intersect at an angle
of less than 75°.
(4)
All streets, rights-of-way and pavement designs shall conform to
the requirements adopted by the Board of Commissioners in effect at
the time of construction.
J.
Traffic control. No design shall be approved which is likely to create
substantial traffic hazards endangering the public safety, nor which
is inconsistent with the recommendations and findings of any officially
adopted Township traffic study. Traffic control devices may include
traffic signals, overhead flashing lights and delineators, such as
medial barriers, and not be limited to acceleration and deceleration
lanes, turning lanes, one-way traffic flow, traffic and lane markings
and signs. The plan for traffic control shall provide off-site traffic
flow and safety. The developer shall be responsible for the construction
of any such traffic control devices.
K.
Lighting of parking spaces shall be required for any purpose other
than single-family dwellings.
(1)
The maximum illumination value shall be 0.10 horizontal and vertical
footcandles at all lot lines when measured three feet above the ground
surface.
(2)
The maximum on-site illumination value shall be three footcandles,
and the average on-site illumination value shall be less than or equal
to one footcandle when measured three above the ground surface.
(3)
No more than 5% of the fixture's lumens shall be emitted at
a ninety-degree angle or greater from nadir.
(4)
All lighting fixtures used shall not exceed 35 feet in height.
L.
All artificial lighting used to illuminate any parking space or spaces
shall be so arranged that no direct rays from such lighting shall
fall upon any neighboring property or streets. Sharp cutoff luminaries
shall be used in all cases.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
A.
Areas provided for loading and unloading of delivery trucks and other
vehicles and for the servicing of businesses by refuse collection,
fuel and other service vehicles shall be located at the side or rear
of all buildings, unless topographic constraints prevent their location,
shall be adequate in size and shall be so arranged that they may be
used without blockage or interference with the use of accessways or
automobile parking facilities.
B.
Off-street loading requirements as specified below shall be provided
on any lot on which a building exceeding 6,000 square feet of gross
floor area for business or industry is hereafter erected.
C.
Every retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishment
exceeding 6,000 square feet shall have at least one off-street loading
space. Where there is an aggregate gross floor area of 20,000 square
feet or more arranged, intended or designed for such use, there shall
be provided off-street truck loading or unloading berths in accordance
with the following table:
|
Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each
Use
|
Required Number of Berths
| |
|---|---|---|
|
6,000 up to 19,999
|
1
| |
|
20,000 up to 49,999
|
2
| |
|
For each additional 50,000
|
1 additional berth
|
D.
Every auditorium, multifamily dwelling of 20 units or more, nonmedical
office building, restaurant, and hotel exceeding 6,000 square feet
shall have at least one off-street loading space. Where there is an
aggregate gross floor area of 30,000 square feet or more, arranged,
intended or designed for such use, there shall be provided off-street
truck loading and unloading berths in accordance with the following
table:
|
Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each
Use
|
Required Number of Berths
| |
|---|---|---|
|
6,000 up to 29,999
|
1
| |
|
30,000 up to 49,999
|
2
| |
|
For each additional 50,000
|
1 additional berth
|
A.
Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the
following specifications:
(1)
Each required space shall be no less than 12 feet wide, 55 feet long
and 17 feet high, exclusive of drives and maneuvering space, and located
entirely on the lot being served.
(2)
There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley,
as well as adequate maneuvering space.
(3)
The maximum width of driveways and sidewalk openings measured at
the street line shall be 35 feet; the minimum width shall be 24 feet.
(4)
All accessory driveways and entranceways shall be graded, surfaced
and drained to the satisfaction of the Municipal Engineer, to the
extent necessary to prevent nuisance of dust, erosion or excessive
off-site water flow.
(5)
Such facilities shall be designed and used in such a manner as to
at no time constitute a nuisance, a hazard or an unreasonable impediment
to traffic.
B.
All required loading facilities shall be provided and maintained
in accordance with the following requirements:
(1)
They shall be provided and maintained as long as the use exists which
the facilities were designed to serve.
(2)
They shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision,
except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements
of this article.
(3)
Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of
particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities
to the delivery and pickup vehicles they are designed to serve.
