To facilitate the smooth flow of traffic, reduce traffic hazards
and provide for maximum security of life and property, it is the policy
of the Borough that off-street parking shall be provided for all premises
to the maximum extent possible.
Off-street parking, loading, circulation and access improvements
shall be designed to:
A.
Provide adequate on-site space in appropriate locations for vehicles
of employees, patrons, and visitors and for shipping and delivery
vehicles, including future space needs;
B.
Be compatible with the internal circulation system of a site and
avoid unusual risks of traffic congestion, public safety or hazards;
C.
Avoid substantial negative impacts to adjacent properties;
D.
Discourage illegal and improper parking of vehicles;
E.
Provide only the minimum area of pavement necessary to meet site
needs, and to break up large areas of pavement with landscaping;
F.
Ensure proper drainage;
G.
Provide for access by disabled persons that is suitably located and
designed to meet current state and federal ADA requirements;
H.
Enable appropriate property maintenance and security;
J.
Provide a parking area that meets minimum lighting requirements to
ensure security and safety.
Parking spaces, off-street parking areas or off-street loading
spaces shall be provided for any principal building or other structure
erected or constructed upon a lot or for any lot or area of land put
into use after the date of the enactment of this Part 3 in accordance
with the following provisions:
A.
General design standards.
(1)
All single-family detached homes shall contain a garage.
(2)
Each parking space, as hereinbefore defined, shall have the
minimum dimensions of nine feet by 18 feet. Tandem stalls shall not
be permitted.
(3)
For the purpose of determining the land requirement of an off-street parking area, as hereinbefore defined, each parking space to be provided in accordance with the parking schedule in Article 27, or as recommended by the Planning Board, pursuant to Parts 1 and 2, shall be allotted not less than 350 square feet of area, which shall be sufficient to include the area or the parking space plus area to be devoted to interior drives, backup areas or turning areas. In addition, sufficient entrance and exit driveways shall be provided.
(4)
All off-street parking areas shall be separated from sidewalks,
streets or alleys by curbing, except at entrances and exits, and all
such sidewalks, streets or alleys shall be protected from vehicular
overhang by wheel bumpers, curbs, planted strips, walls, fences or
other appropriate method where the yard depth for accessory uses is
not sufficient to accomplish this purpose. Curbing may be designed
as flush curbing when being incorporated into a stormwater management
scheme utilizing natural vegetation or grassed swales.
(5)
Entrance and exit driveways to and from all off-street parking
areas shall be at least 12 feet in width to allow for free one-way
movement, and at least 22 feet in width for two-way movement, provided
that two-way entrances and exits shall be no wider than 28 feet in
width. Parking aisles shall be at least 24 feet in width for two-way
traffic, except that for retail business and personal service uses,
the minimum dimensions shall be 25 feet. Whenever possible, one-way
movement should be provided for all entrance and exit driveways as
well as interior driveways.
(6)
Wherever practicable and not prohibited in this Part 3, access
to off-street parking areas shall be gained from local streets or
service streets rather than from streets designated on the Master
Plan as arterial streets.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(7)
No required off-street parking shall be encroached upon by buildings,
other structures, open storage areas or other uses.
(8)
No layout of an off-street parking area shall be acceptable
if such layout would require vehicles to back out onto a street to
exit from such off-street parking or loading area.
(9)
When any land or building is used for two or more purposes,
the number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the requirements
for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance
with this article. Parking spaces for one use shall not be considered
as providing the required parking spaces for any other use.
(10)
Requirements for the provision of parking facilities with respect
to two or more property uses of the same or different types may be
satisfied by the permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces
for each use in a common off-street parking area, cooperatively established
and operated, provided that the total number of spaces designated
is not less than the sum of the individual requirements.
(11)
All public garages or roof space allocated for the parking of
vehicles shall be considered part of the required off-street parking
area.
(12)
When off-street parking areas shall be used at night, they shall
be adequately lighted. Such lighting shall be installed and maintained
in a manner not to reflect or cause glare into abutting or facing
residential properties.
(13)
All parking areas and loading areas shall be paved with hard,
durable asphaltic paving in accordance with Borough standards, except
that alternate designs utilizing permeable material, such as pavers,
porous concrete, or a combination of 45% concrete and 55% holes filled
with grass distributed uniformly (commonly known as "grasscrete"),
may be used, subject to the approval of the Borough Engineer.
(14)
Required off-street parking spaces may be provided on a nearby
lot, provided that the distance between the parking lot and the entrance
to the use it serves shall not exceed 200 feet.
(15)
In residential zones, off-street parking shall be prohibited
for all commercially registered vehicles whose empty gross weight
exceeds 6,500 pounds and for all commercially registered vehicles
whose loaded gross weight exceeds 8,000 pounds, other than those vehicles
temporarily parked for the purpose of making deliveries.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
All developments shall be required to provide at least the minimum
number of off-street parking and loading spaces required by this section,
unless a greater number of parking and loading spaces is required
by other provisions of this chapter.
A.
General. In calculating the number of off-street parking and loading
spaces required or provided, the following general provisions shall
apply:
(1)
Change of use. A change of use or modification of utilization
shall be subject to the required number of parking spaces for the
new use or utilization. Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding,
approval shall be valid only for the particular utilization for which
it was granted.
(2)
More than one utilization. When one or more utilizations are
proposed on one lot, the minimum number of parking spaces shall be
the aggregate of the number of parking spaces required for each utilization,
computed separately for each utilization and summed, unless specified
otherwise herein.
(3)
Primary and minor utilizations. If the primary utilization includes
minor elements of other types of utilizations (e.g., as with home
occupations or as with an office associated with a nursing home),
the entire parking required shall be calculated based on the requirements
from the primary utilization.
(4)
Basement space. If basement space is used as part of the primary
utilization of the building either as a result of being a permitted
use or by variance or by meeting the requirements of a preexisting
nonconforming use, such basement space shall be included in determining
the number of parking spaces to be provided based on the aforesaid
requirements. Basement space which is vacant, used to contain utility
equipment serving the building or for storage alone shall not be included
in the calculation of basement space being used.
(5)
Fractions of spaces. Requirements for a fraction of a parking
or loading space shall be rounded down if the fraction is 1/2 space
or less and rounded up if the fraction is greater than 1/2 space.
(6)
Garage parking. Parking spaces located inside garages shall
be counted toward the number of required parking spaces only if they
are included as such on a parking plan. Garaging as an accessory use
capable of storing motor vehicles shall not be designed or used to
store more than two motor vehicles on a single lot in any residential
zone district.
B.
Minimum number of parking spaces required for each utilization. Each
utilization of land shall provide off-street parking in accordance
with the following requirements, unless more stringent requirements
are provided in other articles of this chapter.
(1)
Residential uses.
(c)
Community shelters and residences: one off-street parking space
for each employee during the shift employing the largest number of
persons plus one off-street parking space for each other five persons
or fraction thereof residing on the site.
(d)
Dwellings units in the same building as a nonresidential use:
one parking space for each dwelling unit, in addition to the parking
spaces required for the nonresidential use.
(2)
Lodging and assembly.
(a)
Hotel/motel: one space per guest room, plus one space per employee
on maximum shift, plus one space per four fixed seats in any meeting
rooms or one space for each 100 square feet GFA in any meeting rooms
without fixed seats.
(b)
Private clubs, lodges: one space per 100 square feet GFA.
(c)
Public theater, auditorium with fixed seats: one space per three
seats, plus one space per meeting hall with fixed employee seats.
(d)
Public theater, auditorium without fixed seats: one space per
100 square feet GFA or meeting hall without fixed seats.
(3)
Educational or religious uses.
(a)
House of worship: one space per three fixed seats or one space
per 90 square feet GFA of all buildings on the property, whichever
is greater, provided that the calculation of parking spaces shall
be based upon the maximum floor area or seats, as applicable, which
may reasonably be occupied at any one time in the foreseeable future,
as determined by the Board.
(b)
Preschool, day care or nursery school: one space per each staff
or employee.
Note: In considering an application for development approval
for a nonresidential development that is to include a child-care center
that is located on the business premises, is owned or operated by
employers or landlords for the benefit of their employees, their tenants'
employees, or employees in the area surrounding the development, and
is required to be licensed by the Department of Human Services pursuant
to P.L. 1983, c. 492 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1 et seq.), an approving authority
may exclude the floor area to be occupied in any building or structure
by the child-care center in calculating the density of that building
or structure for the purposes of determining whether or not the density
is allowable under any applicable municipal zoning ordinance. N.J.S.A.
40:55D-66.7.
(c)
Elementary/middle junior high/senior high school: one parking
space for each staff member or employee for schools containing grades
under the 10th grade. For schools containing grades 10th and/or 11th
and/or 12th, off-street parking, in addition to that required for
staff or employees, shall be provided at the rate of one space for
each four students. The Board may require additional parking if, in
its opinion, the parking spaces prescribed above are not sufficient
to ensure that the use will not cause parking in a public street during
the course of normal education programs.
(5)
Office uses.
(a)
Medical office: four spaces per doctor present at one time plus
one space per employee other than doctor, or one space per 175 square
feet GFA, whichever is greater.
(b)
Other professional office: one space per 200 square feet GFA.
(c)
Business/administrative: one space per 250 square feet GFA (under
50,000 square feet office GFA) or one space per 300 square feet GFA
(50,000 square feet GFA or greater).
(d)
Research offices: one space per 350 square feet GFA.
(7)
Retail/wholesale sales and services.
(a)
General retail sales/service: one space per 300 square feet
GFA.
(b)
Auto/truck sales: one space per 30 square feet GFA of all buildings
or two spaces per employee, whichever is greater.
(c)
Bank: one space per 250 square feet GFA.
(d)
Bar/tavern: one space per two seats.
(e)
Barber/beauty shop: three spaces per barber or beautician present
at one time.
(f)
Funeral homes: one space per 100 square feet GFA.
(g)
Furniture store: one space per 800 square feet GFA.
(h)
Gasoline filling station and/or public garage: one space per
two pumps, plus five spaces per service bay, if applicable.
(i)
Supermarkets (greater than 10,000 square feet GFA): one space
per 250 square feet GFA.
(j)
Hardware store: one space per 300 square feet GFA.
(k)
Laundromat: one space per four washing machines, plus one space
per four dryers.
(l)
Liquor store: one space per 300 square feet GFA.
(m)
Lumber and building supply: one space per 400 square feet GFA
supply store space.
(n)
Mini warehouse/commercial storage: two spaces per manager, plus
one space per 10 storage units, plus one visitor space per 25 storage
units.
(o)
Plant, nursery garden store: one space per 400 square feet sales
area center.
(p)
Restaurant, predominantly seating, full service: one space per
three seats.
(q)
Restaurant, all others: one space per 75 square feet GFA or
one space per three seats, whichever is greater.
(r)
Shopping center or strip mall: the greater number of parking
spaces based upon one space per 225 square feet GFA or the total number
of spaces computed based upon each retail store's requirement.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(8)
Recreation, cultural uses.
(a)
Health/sports club: one space per 250 square feet of nonstorage
floor area.
(9)
Utilization not specified above. The minimum parking requirement
for any utilization not otherwise specified shall be as determined
by the Board.
C.
Minimum number of barrier-free spaces. Provisions are to be made
for the disabled for any parking facility as required by law. In any
parking lot designed to accommodate the public, the minimum number
of designated parking spaces accessible to disabled persons shall
be provided as required by the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities
Act or the New Jersey Barrier-Free Subcode.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and
N.J.A.C. 5:23-7.16 et seq., respectively.
D.
Shared parking. Subject to the provision of §§ 120-27.7 and 120-27.8 below (location of parking), which shall control, any owners of property in the nonresidential zone districts may provide the required number of parking spaces by participating in a joint parking program involving two or more business uses, provided the plans for such a joint program shall have been approved by the Board.
E.
Nonresidential properties in the BD Boulevard Downtown District between
18th and 24th Streets, inclusive, shall provide 1/2 of the required
parking spaces per this section. This measure has been adopted as
an economic development policy and shall remain in effect until the
Borough Mayor and Council choose to reinstate the normal standards.
F.
If it can be shown that a particular applicant can demonstrate that
fewer spaces would be required and that an area can be set aside for
additional spaces if necessary, the number of spaces required herein
can be reduced by up to 20% of the required spaces.
G.
Should a proposed use not have a matching parking requirement listed
herein, the applicant shall provide a parking analysis based on accepted
industry standards, such as the Institute of Traffic Engineers or
other published standard satisfactory to the Zoning Officer.
A.
An off-street loading space shall have minimum dimensions of 12 feet
by 25 feet for standard two-axle commercial vehicles and 14 feet by
50 feet for standard three-or-more-axle vehicles. A minimum clear
height of 14 feet shall be required.
B.
Off-street loading spaces for commercial and industrial uses shall
be provided in accordance with the following:
|
Floor Area Devoted to Use
(square feet)
|
Number of Spaces Required
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Less than 5,000
|
None
| |
|
5,000 to 30,000
|
1
| |
|
30,000 to 70,000
|
2
| |
|
70,000 to 120,000
|
3
| |
|
Each additional 60,000
|
1
|
A.
All off-street parking areas with provision for more than five vehicles,
or establishments with more than two loading bays or spaces for the
temporary parking of commercial vehicles, shall be effectively screened
on each side which adjoins or faces a residential district or an institutional
premises, except that such screening shall not be required where the
parking or loading area is already effectively screened by a natural
terrain feature or a street classified in the major street portion
of the Master Plan as a major arterial street requiring a right-of-way
of 80 feet or more.
B.
Such screening shall be a solid wall or a solid fence, not less than
five feet in height, together with a three-foot planting strip on
the outside of such wall or fence, planted in shrubs and evergreens.
In lieu of such wall, fence and planting strip, a compact evergreen
hedge of not less than three feet in height at the time of planting
may be used. The fence, wall, planting strip or hedge shall be maintained
in good condition, and no advertising shall be placed thereon. Where
appropriate, native vegetation shall be favored over types of ground
cover that may require fertilizers to sustain a hearty life.
C.
The screening shall be so designed that vehicle sight distance shall
not be affected by entrances, exits and street intersections. Where
an off-street parking area abuts or adjoins another, a five-foot-wide
planting strip, maintained in good condition, may be used in lieu
of the required screening. Separation in impervious areas with the
use of vegetative strips of land is encouraged to minimize runoff
and to enhance water quality.
A.
Any portion of any entrance or exit driveway shall not be any closer
than 20 feet to the curbline of an intersecting street.
B.
Any two driveways leading from a street to a single lot shall not
be within 30 feet of each other at their intersections with the front
lot line for an interior lot and 40 feet for a corner lot.
C.
No lot shall have more than two driveway entrances or exits along
the same street. Not more than one such driveway shall be provided
unless traffic circulation on the site and to and from the street
will be facilitated.
D.
All signs and traffic control devices required hereunder shall be
in accord with and shall be of a design and construction as provided
for in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, current edition,
which is incorporated herein by reference.
A.
No application for a building permit or certificate of occupancy
for a building or use in any district shall be approved unless there
is a plot plan for such building or use provided showing the required
space designated for off-street parking or loading purposes to be
provided as accessory uses to such building or use and in accordance
with the provisions of this article.
B.
The design and layout of any off-street parking area hereinbefore
defined as having spaces for five or more automobiles and loading
areas in which two or more spaces are required shall be reviewed by
the Planning Board with respect to the adequacy of such areas to serve
the principal use of the lot and the layout and design of exits and
entrances to such areas with respect to the ease of traffic movement
in and out of such off-street areas. The plot plan of the lot shall
show in detail the location and extent of such off-street areas; the
locations and types of screening provided; the layout of parking and
loading spaces, driveways and other maneuvering areas; and other requirements
of this Part 3.
