A.
Off-street parking, access drives and loading facilities
for all nonagricultural uses shall be provided in accordance with
this Article whenever:
B.
There are no off-street parking, access drive and
loading requirements for agricultural uses other than no vehicular
farm equipment shall be permitted to be stored or parked within the
street right-of-way line.
A.
All parking facilities, access drives and loading
areas shall have an approved all-weather dustless surface.
B.
All paved areas shall be graded per the requirements of the Brecknock Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance §§ 98-43 and 98-46 to provide for drainage. Adequate storm drainage facilities shall be designed in accordance with Chapter 93, Stormwater Management, of the Brecknock Township Code of Ordinances.
[Amended 4-9-2013 by Ord. No. 190-2013]
C.
Wheel stops or curb shall be installed as required by the Brecknock Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance § 98-44A(2).
[Amended 4-9-2013 by Ord. No. 190-2013]
D.
All paved areas shall be designed so that each vehicle
may proceed to and from the parking or loading space provided for
it without requiring the moving of any other vehicle.
E.
Entrances, exits, interior drives, parking lots and
spaces and loading areas shall be clearly indicated by adequate signs,
curbs and markings so that operators of vehicles intending to patronize
the interior drives, parking lots and loading areas shall not duly
impede traffic as a result of any confusion as to the location of
entrances, exits, drives, parking lots and loading areas.
F.
As a minimum, the lines of all parking stalls and
driveways (including directional arrows, etc.) shall be solid white
lines four inches in width. White paint for these lines shall conform
to Federal Specification TT-P-115C, Type 1, for white nonreflective
traffic line paint, or the equivalent.
G.
Automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind or type
without current license plates and/or current inspection stickers
shall not be parked or stored other than in completely enclosed accessory
buildings. This requirement shall not be applicable to implements
and other vehicles not normally used as conveyances on the public
highways.
[Amended 3-13-2001 by Ord. No. 130]
A.
Not more than two access drives shall be projected
to any single property or business establishment unless the frontage
exceeds 300 feet.
B.
With the exception of shared access drives, access
drives contained within a strip of land less than 36 feet wide, and
access drives located as a result of site-specific directives issued
by the Lancaster County Planning Commission or the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation, no access drive shall be located within 10 feet
of any property line.
C.
Where possible, vehicular access shall be located
on minor rather than major streets or highways. All driveways that
enter onto an arterial or major collector street shall be so designed
and constructed as to permit vehicles to pull out rather than back
out onto the street.
D.
The landowner shall be responsible for the construction
of any necessary traffic control devices or additional acceleration
lanes required by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in
the case of vehicular access to major thoroughfares.
B.
All parking spaces shall be on the same lot as the
principal building except, when permitted elsewhere by the Zoning
Hearing Board, all or part of the required number of spaces may be
provided on a separate lot or lots within 500 feet from such premises.
C.
Parking spaces shall not be located within 10 feet
of any street right-of-way line.
A.
Adequate off-street loading and unloading space shall
be provided on the same premises with every structure erected or occupied
for any use which involves the receipt or distribution of materials
or merchandise by motor vehicle.
B.
Trucks or other type of delivery vehicles entering
the lot for the primary purpose of loading or unloading merchandise
shall be separated from visitor, customer or employee parking and
circulation.
C.
Loading facilities shall be placed and arranged so
as not to interfere with the free movement of vehicles and pedestrians
over a public road.
D.
Loading facilities shall not be constructed between
the setback line and a street line.
E.
Loading spaces shall have a minimum width of 12 feet.
The length of spaces shall be determined by the size of the vehicles
to be using the loading facilities.
F.
Adequate turning areas, determined by the size of
vehicles to be used and current engineering practices, shall be provided
for loading and unloading traffic.
A.
The minimum number of parking spaces provided for each use shall be determined by the table contained in Subsection B. Any property with a combination of uses shall require adequate parking for each use based on this section. For uses which are not specifically listed in this section, the minimum number of spaces shall be equivalent to that of the most similar use contained herein.
B.
The minimum number of parking spaces shall be determined
by the following table:
|
Type of Use
|
Minimum Number of Parking Spaces
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Residential
|
2 per dwelling unit
| ||
|
Institutional
| |||
|
Church
|
1 per 3 seats
| ||
|
Hospital
|
2 per bed
| ||
|
Elementary and middle schools
|
1 per 5 students
| ||
|
High school
|
1 per 3 students
| ||
|
Technical school
|
1 per student
| ||
|
College
|
1 per 3 students
| ||
|
Retirement community
|
See § 110-62I
| ||
|
Recreational
| |||
|
Bowling center
|
4 per lane
| ||
|
Driving range
|
1 per tee, and 1 per employee
| ||
|
Golf course (including miniature golf)
|
4 per hole
| ||
|
Health/sports club
|
1 per 750 square feet of building area
| ||
|
Roller-/ice-skating rink
|
1 per 250 square feet of building area
| ||
|
Swimming pool (public or private club)
|
1 per 4 persons of legal occupancy
| ||
|
Commercial
| |||
|
Automobile repair, filling and/or washing facility
|
1 per 400 square feet of gross floor and ground
area devoted to such use, and 1 per employee working the largest shift,
in addition to service bays
| ||
|
Automobile, boat and trailer sales
|
1 per 8 automobiles, boats or trailers, and
1 per employee working the largest shift
| ||
|
Bed-and-breakfast
|
1 per rental unit, and 1 per nonresident employee,
plus 2 spaces required for the dwelling
| ||
|
Furniture/carpet store
|
1 per 1,000 square feet of building area
| ||
|
Funeral homes
|
1 per 100 square feet of building area, and
1 per employee
| ||
|
Hotel/motel (excluding restaurant or lounge)
|
1 per unit, and 1 per employee
| ||
|
Medical office
|
4 per doctor, and 1 per employee
| ||
|
Office (nonmedical)
|
1 per 300 square feet of building area, provided
that a minimum of 1 per employee and visitor is achieved
| ||
|
Private club (other than health/ sports club)
|
1 per 2 seats, but not less than 1 per 100 square
feet
| ||
|
Restaurant
|
1 per 2 seats, and 1 per employee
| ||
|
Retail sales
|
1 per 250 square feet of building area, and
1 per employee working the largest shift
| ||
|
Theater
|
1 per 2 seats
| ||
|
Other commercial uses
|
1 per employee, and spaces to accommodate customers
| ||
|
Industrial
| |||
|
Warehouse only
|
1 per 2,000 square feet of building area
| ||
|
Other industrial uses
|
1 per 500 square feet of building area
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