1. Off-Street Parking.
A. Number of Parking Spaces Required. In all districts, at the time any building is erected, enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking spaces shall be provided as set forth in Schedule 27-I.
B. Size. Each off-street parking space shall have an area of no less than 200 square feet exclusive of access drive or aisles, in usable shape and condition. Except in the case of dwellings, no parking area shall contain less than 3 spaces.
C. Access.
(1) There shall be adequate ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Where a lot does not abut on a public or private all or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than 12 feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than 20 feet in width in all other cases, leading to the parking or storage areas or loading spaces.
(2) Access to off-street parking areas shall be limited to several well- defined locations, and in no case shall there be unrestricted access along the length of a street or alley.
D. Location of Facilities. Off-site facilities shall be located on the same zone lot as the use to which they are accessory, or else within a radius of 400 feet. They must also be in the same ownership as the use to which they are accessory, subject to deed restrictions filed in an office of record, requiring the maintenance of the required number of spaces throughout the life of the use.
E. Modification of Parking Requirements. The Zoning Hearing Board may authorize, on appeal, a modification, reduction, or waiver of the foregoing in parking requirements in exceptional cases of use, zone lot size or shape, or other unusual situations.
2. Off-Street Loading. Every building which requires the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, shall provide off-street loading berths in accordance with the following:
A. Loading Space Requirements.
Regulations for Off-Street Loading Space Requirements | ||
Uses | Sq. Ft. of Floor Area | Off-Street Loading Berths |
1) Schools | 15,000 or more | |
2) Hospitals (in addition to space for ambulance) | 10,000 - 300,000 for each additional 300,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 1 additional |
(3) Undertakers and Funeral Parlors | 5,000 for each additional 5,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 1 additional |
4) Hotels and Offices | 10,000 or more | 1 |
5) Commercial, Wholesale, Manufacturing and Storage | 10,000 - 25,000 25,000 - 40,000 40,000 - 60,000 60,000 - 100,000 for each additional 50,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 2 3 4 1 additional |
B. Size and Location. Each loading space shall be not less than 10 feet in width, 25 feet in length, and 14 feet in height, and may occupy all or part of a required yard.
3. Joint Facilities for Parking or Loading. Off-street parking and fading facilities may be provided jointly for separate uses if approved by the Zoning Hearing Board. The total number of spaces shall not be less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use, and shall comply with all regulations governing location of accessory spaces.
(Ord. 244A, 3/3/1985, Art. VIII, §8.300)