No application for a zoning permit, in conjunction with an application for a building permit for the construction or substantial reconstruction of any principal building, and no application for conditional use or special exception approval shall be approved unless there is included with the plan for such building a plan showing the number of off-street parking spaces to be provided in connection with such construction or reconstruction in accordance with the regulations set forth herein.
A. 
There shall be provisions for convenient and safe ingress and egress to all off-street parking spaces or lots.
B. 
For the purposes of this chapter, an off-street parking space shall consist of a space adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors on both sides, but in no case measuring less than eight feet six inches by 18 feet, together with maneuvering room and properly related access to a public street or alley. Required off-street parking areas for three or more automobiles shall have individual spaces marked and shall be so designed, maintained and regulated so that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any public street or walk and so that any automobile may be parked or unparked without moving another. No driveway across public property or curb shall exceed a width of 25 feet. Required or optional parking spaces shall not be permitted in a required front or side yard in residential districts unless on an access driveway leading to a garage or paved rear lot parking area.
C. 
All open parking areas containing more than four parking spaces shall have an approved surfacing of bituminous asphalt, concrete, brick or pavers, provided with bumper guards where appropriate, and shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining any residence by a wall, opaque fence or densely planted compact hedge not less than four nor more than six feet in height. All parking lots shall be graded to drain to a natural outfall or municipal storm sewer. All such parking lots shall be equipped with trash containers.
D. 
Required off-street parking shall be located on the site of the principal building which is served by the parking or separated therefrom by a public right-of-way not more than 25 feet in width. Said parking space shall not be encroached upon by buildings, storage or other use, nor shall the parking space be reduced from the specified size of eight feet six inches by 18 feet (see Subsection B above), except upon approval of the Zoning Officer and only after proof that the off-street parking spaces provided are no longer needed by reason of the reduction in floor area, seating area or other factors controlling the regulation of such parking facilities as established in this section.
E. 
All parking areas in Commercial and Industrial Districts shall be suitably illuminated at night, and such lighting shall be deflected away from any residential structure. Access shall be provided for parking areas to main buildings by means of paved sidewalks.
A. 
The minimum number of off-street parking spaces to be provided for every new or substantially reconstructed building shall be as identified in Chart H, Parking Requirements, in Attachments section.[1]
B. 
In addition to the above requirements, each business operation or enterprise employing two or more employees shall provide one off-street parking space for each two employees or fraction thereof. When specific uses are not known at the time of site plan review and approval, reasonable estimates for the most intense use contemplated will be required.
As applicable, all new and substantially new structures and required parking facilities must be in compliance with the Pennsylvania Accessibility Act, Act No. 235 of 1965, P.L. 459, as amended, 71 P.S. § 1455.1,[1] except single-family homes, townhouses and multifamily apartments of fewer than six dwelling units. All public facilities, buildings and businesses shall provide thirteen-foot-wide space for physically handicapped. The number of such spaces is stipulated by laws governing the same. Curb cuts, ramps and accessible entrances shall be also provided for all new subsequent facilities within the Borough as of the date of this chapter.
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Editor's Note: 71 P.S. § 1455.1 was reepealed by 1999, Nov. 10, P.L. 491, No. 45, § 1102(a), effective 4-9-2004.
When a number of different uses are proposed within a structure, facility or complex and when it can be demonstrated that one or more of such uses require parking needs at times other than normal business or operating hours, the applicant may present for review and consideration a written report prepared by a professional traffic engineer or consultant, stating that a maximum combination of all such uses will not require that the total accumulative parking needs must be provided on the site. After review of the plan, if determined that a reduced overall parking requirement can satisfy the off-street parking needs of the combined facilities, the applicant shall be permitted to reduce the parking spaces provided in accordance with the stipulated number of spaces by the appropriate reviewing body.
A. 
An "off-street loading berth or space" is defined as a space logically and conveniently located for pickups and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used and accessible to such vehicles when required off-street parking spaces are filled. Required off-street loading berths are not to be included as off-street parking space.
B. 
On or after the date of adoption of this chapter, no application for a building permit for the construction or substantial reconstruction of any principal building for uses involving the receipt or distribution of material or merchandise shall be approved unless there is included with the plan for such building a plot plan showing the number of off-street loading spaces to be provided and permanently maintained within the structure or on the same zoning lot, as prescribed hereunder:
(1) 
Every department store, freight terminal or railroad yard, industrial plant, manufacturing establishment, retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishment which has an aggregate gross floor area of 2,400 square feet or more, arranged, intended or designed for such use, shall provide loading spaces in accordance with the table provided in § 205-802.
(2) 
Every motel, auditorium, office building, restaurant which has an aggregate gross floor area of 2,400 square feet or more, arranged, intended or designed for such use shall provide loading spaces in accordance with the table provided in § 205-802.
(3) 
All required loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served. No loading berth for vehicles of over two-ton capacity shall be closer than 30 feet to any property in a residential district unless completely enclosed by building walls or a uniformly painted wall or fence, or any combination thereof, not less than six feet in height. No loading berth shall be located in a required front or side yard, and any loading berth located in a required rear yard shall be open to the sky.
(4) 
Each required off-street loading space shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements. No driveway or point of access to an off-street loading berth shall be located within 50 feet of the intersection of any two street lines.
(5) 
All drives and loading berths shall be surfaced with a bituminous or concrete surface.
All required parking areas for commercial, industrial or institutional uses shall not be used to store abandoned vehicles, used and discarded tires, stacked or piled newspapers, discarded furniture, lumber, refuse in general and other items or materials not compatible with the use of the site or adjacent and nearby properties or as determined not to be in compliance with the performance standards of this chapter.
Parking vehicles is prohibited in front yards on that portion of a driveway that crosses any sidewalk intended for unobstructed public use.