Township of Denville, NJ Parking and Loading

[Amended by Ord. No. 11-02; 4-22-2014 by Ord. No. 6-14; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]

In all nonresidential zones, except the B-1 Central Business District, off-street parking shall be provided for all new buildings, additions to buildings or alterations of buildings in accordance with the Schedule of Off-Street Parking in Nonresidential Zones which follows.

Schedule of Off-Street Parking in Nonresidential Zones
Type of Building or Use		Maximum Number of Spaces
Adult-care center		1 for each 100 square feet GFA
Assembly hall, community building, social club or similar facility		1 for each 100 square feet GFA
Bank and similar financial institution		1 for each 150 square feet GFA
Bowling alley		5 for each alley
Child-care center		1 for each 150 square feet GFA
Church auditorium theater		1 for each 3 seating spaces or equivalent accommodation
Computer and data processing center		1 for each 200 square feet GFA
Executive conference and training center		1 for each 50 square feet GFA
Funeral home		1 for each 50 square feet GFA
Health and fitness center		1 for each 50 square feet GFA
Hotel		1.2 per guest room Plus the parking required for the sum of all other uses on site, including, but not limited to:
	Banquet/ballroom facilities	1 for each 100 square feet GFA
	Convention/conference facilities	1 for each 150 square feet GFA
	Restaurant	As specified elsewhere in this schedule
Mailing, reproduction and stenographic service		1 for each 150 square feet GFA
Medical and dental laboratory		1 for each 150 square feet GFA
Manufacturing plant, research laboratory		1 for each 500 square feet GFA
Nonprofit club, lodge, fraternal, civic and charitable organization		1 for each 100 square feet GFA
Office for business, professional, administrative and executive purposes:
	Less than 10,000 square feet GFA	1 for each 150 square feet GFA
	10,000 to 25,000 square feet GFA	1 for each 200 square feet GFA
	25,000 square feet or more GFA	1 for each 250 square feet GFA
Pool, billiard and table tennis room		2 for each pool, billiard or table tennis
Printing establishment		1 for each 200 square feet GFA
Public buildings and uses		1 for each 200 square feet GFA
Public garage, motor vehicle service station		1 for each 50 square feet GFA
Restaurants, taverns, cafes		1 for each 65 square feet GFA
Retail store, shop or similar establishment:
	Food sales, except restaurants	1 for each 175 square feet GFA
	Nonfood sales and service	1 for each 200 square feet GFA
	Sports facilities, indoor and outdoor	4 for each court plus 1 for each 200 square feet devoted to health/fitness activities
Studios and galleries		1 for each 150 square feet GFA
Warehouse, storage building		1 for each 1,000 square feet GFA
Wholesale establishment, furniture and appliance store, motor vehicle sales, building material and similar hard goods sales		1 for each 400 square feet GFA

Notes:
GFA = gross floor area

Any building containing more than one use shall meet the combined parking space requirements for all uses in the building. Any change in use within a building shall be required to meet the minimum parking requirements for the new use.

For any use not listed above, there shall be provided at least one parking space for each 200 square feet GFA.

If the parking requirement for any business, commercial or industrial use is less than one space for each 200 square feet GFA, an applicant for site plan approval shall demonstrate that a standard of one space for each 200 square feet GFA can be met even though a lesser amount of parking is required based on the proposed use.

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Editor's Note: Original § 19-5.801, Off-street parking in residence districts, which immediately preceded this section, was repealed 9-18-2018 by Ord. No. 23-18.

[Amended by Ord. No. 28-81]

All off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with an asphalt, bituminous, or cement binder pavement which shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water as approved by the Township Engineer. There shall be a five foot sidewalk of at least four inches above ground between any building and a parking area used by the public.

Any lighting in connection with off-street parking shall be so arranged and shielded as to reflect the light downward away from all adjoining streets, residence zones or residential buildings.

The off-street parking area shall be effectively screened on any side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residence district or institutional premises. Where there is suitable existing plant materials along such boundaries, appropriate measures shall be taken to adequately protect such plant materials during construction and landscaping plans shall provide for supplemental plantings as necessary and as directed by the Planning Board to provide an effective screen. In the absence of existing plant materials, provisions shall be made for new plantings to achieve an effective screen which shall include staggered rows of evergreen trees, shrubs where appropriate and suitable ground covers. The size of such plant materials shall be adequate to provide an initial screen four feet to six feet in height. In appropriate locations, the Board may permit a solid, uniform fence or wall not less than four nor more than six feet in height in good condition.

The off-street parking area shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board as set forth in Part 2, Subdivision and Site Plan Review, to ensure its adequacy, relation to traffic safety and protection of the adjacent properties, and to further ascertain that all requirements of this section are complied with.

Off-street parking facilities as required by this section shall be provided on the same lot with the permitted principal building. Off-street parking facilities as a principal use are permitted as a conditional use pursuant to Section 54, Chapter 291, Laws of New Jersey 1975.[1]

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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-67.

Off-street parking facilities may be placed in any required yard in the B-1, B-2, B-2A and B-3 Zones. Off-street parking facilities are prohibited in the required front yard in the O-B and A-1 Zones. No part of any off-street parking area, access drive or driveway in any nonresidential zone shall be closer than 10 feet to any property line or right-of-way line nor closer than five feet to any building; however, in the two Industrial Zones, I-1 and I-2, 50% of the required front yard may be used for parking provided no parking area is closer than 20 feet to the front street property line.

All off-street parking areas shall be used solely for the parking of vehicles and no commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted on such parking lot. No sign, other than entrance, exit and condition to use signs shall be maintained.

All parking areas shall be designed with service aisles to meet the following standards:

(1)

Parallel to 30° angle parking: twelve-foot aisle width.

(2)

31° to 45° angle parking: fourteen-foot aisle width.

(3)

46° to 60° angle parking: eighteen-foot aisle width.

(4)

61° to 90° angle parking and access drives: twenty-four-foot aisle width.

Only one-way traffic circulation shall be permitted in twelve-, fourteen-, and eighteen-foot aisle widths.

Parking areas and access drives shall be enclosed by a granite block curb six inches above the paved surface, in accordance with Township specifications.

All new uses or expansion of existing uses in nonresidential zones shall be required to provide curbs, sidewalks and shade trees within the street right-of-way. All such facilities shall be installed in accordance with Township specifications.

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The amount of off-street parking area to be paved may be reduced by the Planning Board if it can be clearly demonstrated by the applicant that such additional parking area is not necessary; however, the entire amount of unpaved parking area must at all times be made available for parking in the event that future conditions should so require.