Any building or other structure erected, altered
or used and any lot used or occupied for any of the following purposes
shall be provided with minimum off-street parking spaces as set forth
below, together with adequate passageways, driveways or other means
of circulation and access to and from a street, alley or way.
A.
Dwellings.
(1)
For single-family detached homes, two all-weather parking spaces per dwelling unit on the lot therewith, except that where a home occupation is carried on, there shall be four such spaces. Said requirement shall apply to any dwelling type in which a home occupation is located. Further, provided, that if there is one nonresident employee as provided for in the definition of "home occupation" in § 182-24 herein, there shall be one additional parking space provided.
[Amended 2-21-1978 by Ord. No. 197; 3-15-2004 by Ord. No.
436]
(2)
For two-family homes, two all-weather parking spaces
per dwelling unit on the lot therewith.
(3)
For townhouses and garden apartments, two all-weather
parking spaces per dwelling unit, subject to the parking provisions
of the pertinent articles of this chapter, as specified herein.
(4)
For a rooming house, two all-weather parking spaces
plus one additional parking space for each room for rent, on the same
lot therewith or on land adjacent thereto.
B.
Other uses. Off-street parking spaces with proper
access from a street or alley shall be provided in the amounts indicated
below, on or near any lot on which the following types of uses are
hereafter established. Nothing in this subsection shall be constructed
to prevent the establishment of joint parking facilities for two or
more uses.
(1)
For any of the following primary uses, the required
parking spaces shall be all-weather and shall be located on the same
lot therewith:
(a)
A church, school, public auditorium, assembly
or meeting room or similar place of public or private assembly: one
space for each four seats or stacked chairs available for assembly;
for elementary schools, one space for each six seats.
(b)
A stadium: one space for every four seats.
(c)
A hospital: one space for every four beds, plus
one space for every employee on the largest work shift.
(d)
A community center, library or other similar
place: one space for every 800 square feet of floor area in public
use.
[Amended 3-7-2010 by Ord. No. 514]
(e)
An institutional home: one space for every 10
occupants, plus one space for each employee on the largest work shift.
(f)
A club: one space for each employee on the largest
work shift, plus one space for each 150 square feet of gross floor
area in public use.
(g)
A day-care center: one space for every 10 children
of designed capacity, plus one space for every employee. In addition,
at least one space for every 15 children of designed capacity shall
be provided for child drop-off; required parking may be used to meet
this requirement if the drop-off does not require crossing a street
or driveway to reach the entry door.
[Added 2-7-2000 by Ord. No. 388]
(h)
A museum: one space for every 800 square feet of floor area where
visitors are able to walk unrestricted and the travel path of any
motorized vehicle used for touring.
[Added 3-7-2010 by Ord. No. 514]
(2)
For any of the following primary uses, the required
parking space shall be all-weather and shall be paved, and such parking
spaces shall be located on the same lot therewith:
[Amended 12-2-1985 by Ord. No. 251; 11-21-1988 by Ord. No.
289]
(a)
A retail store or shop: one space for each 100
square feet of gross floor area.
(b)
A department store or supermarket: one space
for each 60 square feet of gross floor area.
(c)
An indoor theater: one space for every four
seats, plus one space for each employee on the largest work shift.
(d)
A bowling alley or similar recreational establishment:
one space for every four seats, plus one space for each employee on
the largest work shift.
(e)
Hotel, motel, or tourist home: 1 1/4 spaces
for each rental unit. Hotels within a master-planned office park may
request a reduction of parking to a ratio of one space per each rental
unit as a conditional use. That conditional use shall be compliant
with the following:
[Amended 2-7-2011 by Ord. No. 513]
[1]
Any food service must primarily serve hotel patrons; hotels requesting
this conditional use may not include a full-service restaurant open
and advertised to the public.
[2]
Hotels requesting the conditional use must demonstrate that any meeting
rooms or other gathering spaces are predominately used at times that
do coincide with overnight guest parking.
(f)
An office building: one space for each 200 square
feet of gross floor area.
(g)
A restaurant, cafe or tearoom: one space for
each four seats provided, plus one space for each employee on the
largest work shift.
(h)
A laboratory, industrial establishments or other commercial buildings: one space for each employee on the largest work shift, plus an additional 10% which additional amount shall not be less than two additional spaces. Additional parking areas as determined by § 182-180 below shall also be constructed.
(i)
Open areas used for commercial purposes: the
number of spaces to be determined by the use, as set forth above,
to which the ground is devoted.
(j)
Office park: one space for each 285 square feet
of gross floor area.
(k)
A self-service storage facility: one space for
each employee on the largest work shift, plus 1.5 spaces for each
100 self-storage units.
[Added 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 496]
The total number of parking spaces required by § 182-179 shall be clearly set forth and labeled as such on the development, subdivision or other plan required to be filed by the landowner or developer with the Township before the issuance of a building permit or certificate of occupancy. However, the number of spaces required to be constructed by this chapter may be reduced and the land area equal to the reduction shall be denoted "Parking Reserve Area." Said reduction may be accomplished only upon full compliance with each of the following conditions:
A.
The landowner or developer shall certify that the
parking needs for the use to which the lot or property is to be devoted
are less than those required by the terms of this chapter.
B.
The Township Engineer shall concur with and approve
the certification that a lesser number of parking spaces is sufficient.
C.
The parking reserve area created by such reduction
shall be clearly set forth and labeled as such on the development,
subdivision or other plan required to be filed with the Township.
D.
The parking reserve area so created shall be utilized
as open space and shall be maintained by the owner or owners of the
proposed development.
E.
The parking reserve area shall be converted to a parking
area at such time when the landowner or developer further certifies
that the need to use such reserve area for parking has arisen or when
the Township Engineer, upon review and inspection of the premises
in question, certifies to such fact. Such reserve area shall be paved
pursuant to the applicable ordinance and regulations immediately after
certification and shall be completed within the time set forth by
the Township.
The parking spaces required herein may be located
elsewhere than on the same lot when authorized as a special exception,
subject to the following conditions:
A.
That the owners of two or more establishments shall
submit with their application for special exception a site plan showing
joint use and location of a common off-street parking area.
B.
That some portion of the common off-street parking
area lies within 200 feet of an entrance regularly used by patrons
into the buildings served thereby.
C.
That the Zoning Hearing Board may, in its discretion,
reduce the aggregate amount of required space upon determination that
greater efficiency is affected by joint use of a common parking area,
but in no case shall the ratio of total off-street parking area to
total sales floor area be reduced by more than 25%.
[Amended 9-20-1982 by Ord. No. 231]
All parking lots in industrial or commercial
districts shall be operated and maintained in accordance with all
of the following conditions:
A.
They shall not be used for the sale, repair or dismantling
of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.
B.
They shall be properly graded for drainage, surfaced
with concrete, asphaltic concrete, asphalt, oil or any dust-free surfacing
and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash or debris.
C.
They shall be provided with entrances and exits so
located as to minimize traffic congestion and the effect of headlight
glare.
D.
They shall be provided with steel or bumper guards
so located and arranged that no part of any parked vehicles will extend
beyond the boundaries of the parking lot.
E.
Lighting facilities shall be so arranged that they neither unreasonably nor unnecessarily disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic by either location or glare and shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 154, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Code of the Township, § 154-40.
[Amended 6-3-2002 by Ord. No. 416]
F.
A planting strip shall be provided along each property
line which is opposite or adjacent to a residential district, on which
shall be planted hedges, evergreens or other suitable shrubbery so
arranged as to minimize noise, glare and dust from all parking facilities.
G.
There shall be no more than one attendant shelter
building containing not more than 50 feet of gross floor area and
set in a distance of not less than 20 feet from any boundary of the
parking lot which abuts a residential district.
Off-street parking facilities existing at the
effective date of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced to
an amount less than required hereunder for a similar new building
or new use. Off-street parking facilities provided to comply with
the provisions of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced below
the requirements of this chapter.
[Amended 8-1-2011 by Ord. No. 517]
At least one permanently maintained off-street
loading and unloading space shall be provided for each building on
which a commercial, office, or manufacturing use is hereafter established,
provided that:
A.
This requirement
shall not be mandatory for uses which have a total floor area of 3,000
square feet or less; however, those uses shall still be required to
provide enough area for a standard delivery (i.e., postal service,
Federal Express/UPS) to turn around.
B.
This requirement
may be waived when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning
Hearing Board in any case where the unreasonableness of this regulation
is clearly demonstrated.
C.
Shared loading and unloading space. For professional office uses
and other similar uses with shared parking areas, as permitted within
this chapter, a shared loading and unloading space providing service
to those businesses sharing the parking may be authorized at the discretion
of the Board of Supervisors.
[Added 12-16-2013 by Ord. No. 535]
