Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and satisfactorily maintained in accordance with the following provisions for each use defined in § 450-14 which, after the effective date of this chapter, is erected, enlarged or altered for use for any of the following purposes:
A. 
Residential (Uses 1 through 5 and 8): two spaces per dwelling unit.
B. 
Residential multiple-family mid-rise (Use 6): 1.25 spaces per dwelling unit, except for senior citizen structures which require one space per two dwelling units.
C. 
Residential (Use 7): one space per three beds.
D. 
Institutional, recreational and educational (Uses 9 through 16 and 33): one space per five seats plus one space per two employees on the premises. In schools where fixed seats are not provided, one space for every 300 square feet of floor area intended to be used by patrons, guests, members, clients or customers plus one space per two employees on the premises at any one time.
[Amended 7-5-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-5]
E. 
Institutional (Uses 17 through 19): 1 1/2 spaces for each patient bed, not including cribs and bassinets. For Use 19, the requirements under Subsection F shall be met also.
F. 
Office (Uses 20 through 25): one space for every 300 square feet of gross floor area devoted to office use, except within a zoning district designated as COS where off-street parking shall be provided as follows: No off-street parking spaces shall be required for the first 400 square feet of gross floor area devoted to office use. For each additional 600 square feet, or portion thereof, of gross floor area devoted to office use, one off-street parking space shall be provided and maintained. Such requirements within a zoning district designated as COS may be decreased or waived when authorized as a conditional use if the Board finds that such requirements are impracticable or would require destruction of important architectural or landscape elements, the unreasonableness of such regulations is clearly demonstrated and sufficient public parking is provided.
[Amended 6-17-1986 by Ord. No. 86-5]
G. 
Retail and consumer service (Uses 26 through 31): one space for every 300 square feet of gross floor area devoted to patron use or one space for each five seats, whichever is greater, plus one space for each two employees, except within a zoning district designated as COS where off-street parking shall be provided as follows: No off-street parking spaces shall be required for the first 400 square feet of gross floor area devoted to patron use. For each additional 800 square feet, or portion thereof, of gross floor area devoted to patron use, one off-street parking space shall be provided and maintained. Such requirements within a zoning district designated as COS may be decreased or waived when authorized as a conditional use if the Board finds that such requirements are impracticable or would require destruction of important architectural or landscape elements, the unreasonableness of such regulations is clearly demonstrated and sufficient public parking is provided.
[Amended 8-5-1980 by Ord. No. 80-11; 6-17-1986 by Ord. No. 86-5]
H. 
Mortuary or funeral home (Use 32): 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 in the operation of the establishment, whichever requires the greater number of off-street parking spaces, plus one additional space for each full-time employee.
I. 
Motel, hotel or tourist home (Uses 34 and 67): one space for each unit. In addition, Subsection G above shall be applicable for any eating place, including banquet facilities, on the premises.
[Amended 7-5-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-5]
J. 
Automotive service (Uses 36 through 38): one space for every 150 square feet of gross floor area plus one space for every employee.
K. 
Transportation facilities (Uses 39 through 43): off-street parking spaces as the Board shall determine adequate to serve customers, patrons, visitors, employees and vehicles normally parked on the premises.
L. 
Communication facilities, supply and sanitary utilities (Uses 44 through 47): two off-street parking spaces at each terminal or substation plus one space for each full-time employee.
M. 
Fire station (Use 48): six off-street parking spaces for each fire truck where no community room is a part of the building, or, where a community room is provided, two off-street parking spaces for each fire truck plus one off-street parking space for each 300 square feet of community room.
N. 
Industrial (Uses 50 through 54): three spaces for every five employees on the premises at any one time. Wherever multideck or underground parking is provided, the maximum permitted building coverage shall be increased by 100 square feet for each berth provided underground, 50 square feet for each berth provided on a two-story aboveground parking structure, and 25 feet for each berth provided on an additional deck. A parking structure shall not be defined as a building when computing building coverage.
O. 
Customary home occupation (Use 55): one off-street parking space in addition to spaces otherwise required.
P. 
No requirements: Uses 35, 49, 56 through 63 and 68.
[Amended 7-5-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-5]
Q. 
Marina (Use 64): one space per five boat berths and one space per 500 square feet of dry boat storage area, plus one space per employee on the largest shift.
[Added 10-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-20]
R. 
Bar/nightclub (Use 65): one space per 100 square feet of gross floor area.
[Added 10-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-20]
S. 
Liquor store (Use 66) in combination with bar only (use 65): one space per 100 square foot of gross floor area.
[Added 10-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-20]
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 facility 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 the parking requirements according to the standards of § 450-61, the total additional parking required for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of that section; however, when the use of the existing structure is changed or intensified without substantial addition to the structure, the additional parking normally required may be reduced or waived by conditional use in accordance with § 450-11 if the Board finds that the provisions of § 450-61 are impracticable or would require destruction of important architectural or landscape elements.
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.
D. 
Continuing character of obligation.
(1) 
All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained as 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 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.
(2) 
Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities to 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 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 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.
[Amended 6-17-1986 by Ord. No. 86-5]
F. 
Fractional spaces. Where the computation of required parking space results in a fractional number, any fraction of the next highest number shall be counted as one.
G. 
Location of parking spaces. Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or premises with the principal use served. Where this requirement cannot be met, they shall be within 300 feet of the same principal use. Off-premises parking shall be either owned by the principal use or leased on a long-term basis of five years or longer. Required off-street parking spaces in Districts R-1 and R-2 shall not be designated or maintained and provided for in the front yard minimum setback area.
[Amended 8-5-1980 by Ord. No. 80-11]
H. 
Maintenance of parking areas. On parking areas for 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 the Borough Engineer to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining properties. All off-street parking spaces for three or more vehicles shall be marked to indicate their location.
The design standards specified in the Borough of Penns Grove subdivision and site plan review regulations 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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 375, Site Plan Review, and Ch. 400, Subdivision of Land.
A. 
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.
(1) 
Every department store, freight terminal or railroad yard, hospital, retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishment, sanitarium, industrial plant or manufacturing establishment shall provide off-street truck loading or unloading berths as specified in the following table:
Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use
(square feet)
Required Number of Berths
Under 6,000
No requirement
6,000 up to 19,999
1
20,000 up to 79,999
2
80,000 up to 127,999
3
128,000 up to 191,999
4
192,000 up to 255,999
5
256,000 up to 319,999
6
320,000 up to 391,999
7
For each additional 72,000
1 additional
(2) 
Every auditorium, convention hall, exhibition hall, funeral home, office building, restaurant, hotel, sports arena or welfare institution shall provide off-street truck loading and unloading berths as specified in the following table:
Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use
(square feet)
Required Number of Berths
Under 30,000
No requirement
30,000 up to 44,999
1
45,000 up to 119,999
2
120,000 up to 197,999
3
198,000 up to 290,999
4
291,000 up to 389,999
5
390,000 up to 488,999
6
489,000 up to 587,999
7
588,000 up to 689,999
8
For each additional 105,000
1 additional
B. 
Design and layout of off-street loading facilities.
(1) 
Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to applicable requirements of the Borough of Penns Grove subdivision and site plan review regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 375, Site Plan Review, and Ch. 400, Subdivision of Land.
(2) 
All required loading facilities shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) 
They shall be provided and maintained as long as the use exists which the facilities where designed to serve.
(b) 
They shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this article.
(c) 
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 that they are designed to serve.