1. The following uses categories shall be interpreted based upon their basic meanings as defined and employed within the NAICS.
1. | Small Scale Retail: | One parking space per every 200 feet of gross floor area. |
2. | Large Scale Retail: | One parking space per every 250 feet of gross floor area.
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3. | Warehousing and Storage, Manufacturing, and Wholesale: | One parking space per employee on peak shift. |
4. | Administrative Services and Offices: | One parking space per every 200 feet of gross floor area. |
5. | Miniwarehouses and Self-Storage Units: | One parking space per unit. |
6. | Elementary and Secondary Schools: | One parking space per every 10 students. |
7. | All Other Education Services: | One parking space per every six students. |
8. | Food Services and Drinking Places: | One parking space per every three seats; or per 100 square feet of gross floor area where seating is not provided. |
9. | Hospitals and Nursing and Residential Care Facilities: | One parking space per employee on peak shift and one parking space per every three beds. |
10. | Child Day Care Services: | One parking space per employee and one parking space per every five students in the total enrollment capacity. |
11. | Hotels and Motels: | One per employee and one per guest room. |
12. | Personal Care Services and Funeral Homes: | One parking space for every 150 square feet of area designated for use by customers or the public. |
13. | Residential: | Two parking spaces per dwelling unit. Garages, where an improved access to the garage is provided, shall fulfill the requirement of parking spaces equal to the amount of vehicles for which the garage is designed to accommodate. |
2. The preceding parking requirements not withstanding, any use which provides for public assembly including, but not limited to, churches, assembly halls, auditoriums, and theaters shall provide one parking space per every four seats or per every four persons of the total capacity of said space, as determined by the municipal engineer utilizing the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code and other applicable standards, whichever is less.
3. Parking requirements shall be provided for each principal use per the above standards and classifications, not withstanding conditional uses authorized for shared parking.
4. Dimensional and Access Standards for Nonresidential, Multi-family Uses, and Townhouse Uses.
1. Stall Size. All parking spaces shall be no less than nine feet in width by 18 feet in length. Parallel spaces shall be no less than eight feet in width and 23 feet in length.
2. Aisle Width. Aisle widths for parking spaces shall be in accordance with the chart below. Where a parking lot serves less than 30 spaces, aisle widths for two- and one-way parking accessing 90-degree spaces shall be reduced to 20 and ten feet, respectively. Only one-way traffic is permitted for any parking space at an angle less than 90 degrees.
Parking Space Angle | Aisle Width |
30 | 12 |
45 | 14 |
60 | 18 |
75 | 22 |
90 | 22 (two-way traffic) 12 (one-way traffic) |
3. Access drives which do not serve as aisles for parking spaces shall provide the following lane widths:
A. Ten feet per lane where total parking spaces accessed by use of said drive is less than 30.
B. Twelve feet per lane where total parking spaces accessed by use of said drive is 30 or more.
4. Parking spaces, other than parallel parking spaces, shall not be oriented such that vehicles are forced to exit or back out directly into a street.
5. Parking lots shall, at a minimum, provide a dust free surface, as determined by the Borough Engineer.
6. The entrance width of all parking lots and access drives to abutting streets shall not exceed 28 feet.
7. The grade of parking lots shall be between 1% and 5%, and shall be designed according to provide proper stormwater drainage.
8. All parking spaces shall be delineated in the parking lot by a minimum of 3-inch wide line striping.
9. Parking lots serving a principal use shall be located within 300 feet of an entrance to said use.
5. Residential Standards for Single-Family and Duplex Units. Residential driveways serving single-family and duplex structures are exempt from all other provisions of this Section and are subject only to the following standards:
1. Driveways shall be maintained in a mud free condition.
2. A maximum street opening of 24 feet is permitted for each driveway.
3. A minimum of two parking spaces shall be provided on the property through a driveway, garage, carport, or a combination thereof.
4. Parking lots within 150 feet of a single-family or duplex structure may provide for the required two space per unit parking where a recorded easement or covenant that guarantees usage of the lot by the subject property owner for purposes of parking at least two vehicles.
6. Residential Standards for Multi-family and Townhouse Developments. Driveways and parking lots shall be subject to all standards in the preceding sections with the following modifications:
1. Driveways provided specifically for individual dwelling units shall fulfill parking requirements where driveways are capable of providing a minimum of two parking spaces, generally consistent with the minimum dimensions as specified in this Section. Garage shall fulfill the same.
2. The maximum street opening of driveways servicing individual dwelling units shall be 24 feet.
7. Commercial Vehicles.
1. The parking of commercial vehicles shall be expressly prohibited within all residential districts except where used on a temporary basis for construction activities on the site or parcel on which they are parked or stored.
2. The parking or storage of commercial vehicles and equipment shall occur only in approved spaces. Said spaces shall be designed in a ratio of the vehicle to the space similar to that of the minimum required parking space dimensions to a vehicle classified or equipment under one ton.
8. Vehicle and Equipment Sales. The storage or display of vehicles and equipment for sale shall be subject to the parking and design standards of this Section including aisle widths, parking space dimensions, and permitted access to streets; and shall generally be considered parking lots.
(Ord. 935, 5/10/2018, §27-902)