To encourage vehicular circulation and avoid congestion on public
streets, there shall be provided, at the time of the erection or increase
by units or dimensions of any building or structure or at the time
of creation or change of any use not involving a building or structure,
minimum off-street motor vehicle parking spaces, plus adequate space
for ingress, egress and general vehicular circulation. Minimum off-street
spaces and other such provisions shall be provided in all districts
for the following listed uses:
A.
For one- and two-family dwellings, two parking spaces for each family
dwelling unit. As to one- and two-family dwellings, no vehicle parking
shall be allowed in front yard areas or side yard areas except in
an improved driveway.
B.
For multifamily dwellings and apartments, one parking space for each
family dwelling unit, plus one additional parking space for every
two dwelling units.
C.
For bowling alleys, recreation centers, swimming pools, skating rinks,
outdoor commercial recreation enterprise and other recreation and
amusement facilities, one parking space for every four customers,
computed on a basis of maximum servicing capacity at any one time,
plus one additional space for every two persons regularly employed
during the peak shift on the premises.
D.
For clubhouses and meeting places of veterans, business, civic, fraternal,
labor and similar organizations, one parking space for every 50 square
feet of aggregate floor area in the auditorium, assembly hall and
dining room of such building, plus one additional space for every
two persons regularly employed during the peak shift on the premises.
E.
For drive-in facilities, five parking spaces per 100 square feet
of floor space.
F.
For funeral homes and undertaking establishments, parking or storage
space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of the business,
plus one parking space for every two persons regularly employed on
the premises during peak shift and one space for every 100 square
feet of floor area used in the conduct of the business.
G.
For hospitals, one parking space for each four beds intended for
patients, excluding bassinets, plus one per doctor, plus one per two
employees on the peak shift, plus one per hospital vehicle.
H.
For indoor rental businesses, parking or storage space for all vehicles
used directly in the conduct of such business, plus one parking space
for each 250 square feet of total building area.
I.
For industrial plants and facilities, parking or storage space for
all vehicles used directly in the conduct of such industrial use,
plus one parking space for every three employees on the premises at
maximum employment on the peak shift.
J.
For junior and senior high schools, one parking space for every six
seats available at maximum capacity in the assembly hall, auditorium,
stadium or gymnasium of greatest capacity on the school grounds or
campus. If the school has no assembly hall, auditorium, stadium or
gymnasium, one parking space shall be provided for each person regularly
employed at such school, plus two additional spaces for each classroom.
K.
For libraries, museums and post offices, parking or storage space
for all vehicles used directly in the operation of such establishment,
plus one parking space for each 250 square feet of total floor area.
L.
For medical and dental clinics or offices, one parking space for
each doctor, plus one additional parking space for every two chairs
in the waiting room, plus one space for each examining room, plus
one additional space for every staff member.
M.
For nursing homes, one parking space for every 500 square feet of
floor area, plus one parking space for every two employees on the
peak shift.
N.
For offices, professional or public buildings, one parking space
for every 200 square feet of office space.
O.
For public, private or parochial elementary schools, one parking
space for each person regularly employed at such school, plus one
additional space for each classroom.
P.
For public garages, indoor or outdoor parking or storage space for
all vehicles used directly in the conduct of such business, plus three
parking spaces for each person regularly employed on the premises.
Q.
For repair shops, plumbing shops, electrical shops, roofing shops
and other service establishments, parking or storage space for all
parking vehicles used directly in the conduct of the business, plus
two parking spaces for each person regularly employed on the premises
at maximum employment on a single shift.
R.
For restaurants, nightclubs and other eating and/or drinking establishments,
one parking space for every two seats at the bar or counter, plus
one parking space for every two employees on the peak shift.
S.
For service stations, parking or storage space for all vehicles used
directly in the conduct of the business, plus one parking space for
each gas pump, three spaces for each grease rack or similar facility
and one space for every two employees on the peak shift.
T.
For theaters, auditoriums, churches, stadiums and other places of
public assembly, one parking space for every four seats available
at maximum capacity.
U.
For motels, hotels, boardinghouses, rooming houses and group car
facilities, one parking space for each sleeping room offered for occupancy,
plus two spaces for each dwelling unit on the premises, plus one additional
space for every two persons regularly employed on the premises during
the peak shift.
V.
For universities, colleges, academies and similar institutions of
higher learning, one parking space for every six seats occupied at
maximum capacity in the assembly hall, auditorium, stadium or gymnasium
of greatest capacity on the campus. If the institution has no assembly
hall, auditorium, stadium or gymnasium, one parking space shall be
provided for each person regularly employed at such institution, plus
five additional spaces for each classroom.
W.
For warehouses, freight terminals and trucking terminals, parking
or storage space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of
the business, plus one parking space for each two employees.
X.
For any and all uses, buildings or structures not specifically provided
for in the foregoing enumeration, one parking space for every 200
square feet of floor area.
In cases involving more than one of the foregoing enumerated
items, the off-street parking facilities for individual uses shall
be computed separately in accordance with this article.
Off-street parking facilities required in this article may be
provided either on the same lot or premises with the parking generator
or on premises abutting said parking generator, provided that the
abutting lot or premises is in an equally or less restricted zoning
designation.
Every building or structure used for apartment houses, business,
trade or industry shall provide space for loading and unloading of
vehicles sufficient to avoid the use of any street or public alley
for loading or unloading of vehicles. Such space shall have access
to a public alley or, if there is no alley, to a street. Off-street
loading and unloading space shall include space for the vehicle to
be loaded or unloaded and shall be in addition to and not considered
as meeting part of the requirements for off-street parking space.
Off-street loading and unloading space shall not be used or designed,
intended or constructed to be used in a manner to obstruct or interfere
with the free use of any street, alley or adjoining property. For
the following specific uses, a minimum one off-street loading and
unloading space of at least 12 feet by 50 feet shall be provided for
the square footage of total floor area, as follows:
A.
For apartment houses containing five or more dwelling units, one
space for every 25,000 square feet of total floor area.
B.
For retail businesses, retail or wholesale food markets, supply houses,
hospitals, laundries and dry-cleaning establishments, one space for
every 200 square feet of total floor area.
C.
For industrial plants when parking bays directly abut a public street,
one space for every 10,000 square feet of total area.
D.
For warehouses and wholesale storage facilities when parking bays
directly abut a public street, one space for every 7,500 square feet
of total area.
E.
For freight terminals and trucking terminals when parking bays directly
abut a public street, one space for every 5,000 square feet of total
area.
When an existing building, structure or use undergoes any change
in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity or
other unit of measure specified hereinbefore for required off-street
parking or loading facilities and, further, when said change would
result in a requirement for different total off-street parking or
loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter,
parking and loading facilities shall be increased or may be decreased
so that the facilities will at least equal or exceed the off-street
parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the
provisions of this chapter to the entire building, structure or use
as modified.
A.
All off-street parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate
means for vehicular access to a street or alley in such manner as
will least interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or
curb cut in any district shall exceed 25 feet in width for one-way
movement or 35 feet in width for two-way movement.
B.
A required off-street space shall be an area of not less than 180
square feet, not less than nine feet wide by 20 feet long measured
perpendicularly to the sides of the parking space. Aisles between
vehicular parking spaces shall be not less than 13 feet in width when
serving automobiles parking at a forty-five-degree angle in one direction,
not less than 25 feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicularly
for two-way aisle movement, and not less than 25 feet in width when
serving automobiles parked perpendicularly for one-way aisle movement.
See Exhibit E, Parking Area Design Standards, attached hereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit E is located in "Street and Building
Details" attached to this chapter.
C.
A required off-street loading and unloading space shall be a hard-surfaced
area, open or enclosed, other than a street or public way, used principally
for the standing, loading or unloading of motor trucks, tractors and
trailers so as to avoid undue interference with the public use of
streets and alleys. A required loading space shall be not less than
12 feet in width, 14 feet in height and 50 feet in length.
D.
No parking space or portion thereof shall be located within a street
right-of-way.
E.
All open off-street parking areas and loading and unloading spaces,
except those accessory to single-family dwellings, shall be improved
with a compacted base and surfaced with all-weather dustless material
of adequate thickness to support the weight of full-loaded vehicles
anticipated for the proposed use.
F.
Adequate storm sewers and drainage facilities shall be installed as required by the stormwater management provisions of Chapter 190, Stormwater Management, and related county and state requirements. All off-street parking facilities shall be designed to provide drainage for parking areas in accordance with the applicable stormwater performance standards and approved stormwater management plan for the development site.
G.
Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall
be so arranged as to direct the light away from all adjoining properties.
H.
Wherever an off-street parking area abuts a public street, sidewalk
or alley, a structurally sound barrier, wall or planting strip, sufficient
to prevent entrance or exit except at designated places of entrance
or exit, shall be installed. Adequate retaining walls and other walls
along abutting property to provide proper retention and screening
to abutting properties shall also be constructed.
A.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, every parking
lot servicing each entrance described in Zoning Districts R-4, R-5,
PRD, C, P, NS, GC and I, including conditional uses in Zoning Districts
R-1, R-2 and R-3, shall have the number of level parking spaces set
forth in the below table identified by an above-grade sign as reserved
for physically handicapped persons as required by and in accordance
with Act 45 of 2012, the Uniform Construction Code (UCC), as currently
adopted and as from time to time amended. Each reserved parking space
shall be not less than 12 feet (3,658 millimeters) wide.
B.
Accessible parking spaces. Accessible parking spaces shall be provided
as follows:
|
Total Parking in Lot
|
Required Minimum Number of Accessible Spaces
| |
|---|---|---|
|
1 to 25
|
1
| |
|
26 to 50
|
2
| |
|
51 to 75
|
3
| |
|
76 to 100
|
4
| |
|
101 to 150
|
5
| |
|
151 to 200
|
6
| |
|
201 to 300
|
7
| |
|
301 to 400
|
8
| |
|
401 to 500
|
9
| |
|
501 to 1,000
|
2% of total
| |
|
1,001 and over
|
20, plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000
|
C.
Parking spaces. Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall
be located as close as possible to elevators, ramps, walkways and
entrances. Parking spaces should be located so that physically handicapped
persons are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars to reach
entrances, ramps, walkways and elevators.
