(A) Storefront regulations. All buildings shall provide a storefront character on the first floor adjacent to the sidewalk. All buildings, with a storefront character shall meet the following requirements:
(1) The length of facade without intervening fenestration or entryway shall not exceed 20 feet.
(2) Fenestration shall be provided for a minimum of 75% of the length of the frontage:
(a) Beginning at a point not more than three feet above the sidewalk, to a height no less than ten feet above the sidewalk;
(b) Beginning at the finished floor elevation to a height no less than ten feet above the finished floor elevation when the finished floor elevation is three or more feet above the sidewalk; or
(c) Beginning at a point not more than sidewalk level, to a height no less than ten feet above the finished floor elevation when the finished floor elevation is below the sidewalk.
(3) Continuous landscaped buffer strips shall be constructed along public sidewalks and public rights-of-way where parking is adjacent to such sidewalks or public rights-of-way, except at points of ingress and egress into the facility. Such landscaped buffer strips shall be a minimum of five feet in width and shall contain, in addition to grass and/or ground cover, trees planted a maximum of 50 feet on center along the entire length.
(4) All landscaped buffer strips along public sidewalks and public rights of way shall have a minimum of one tree for every 40 feet on center.
(5) Newly planted trees shall be a minimum of two inches in caliper as measured at a height three feet above ground level, shall have a 40- foot minimum mature height and shall be drought-tolerant. Trees shall be planted a minimum of 30 inches from any barrier curb so as to prevent injury to trees from vehicle bumpers.
(B) Parking lots.
(1) Surface parking lots shall have a minimum landscaped area equal to at least 10% of the paved area within said lot. In no case shall a parking lot owner be required to provide landscaped areas that exceed 10% of the paved area.
(2) A minimum of one tree per eight parking spaces shall be included in the required landscaped areas for surface parking lots.
(3) In addition to trees, ground cover shall be provided in order to protect tree roots and to prevent erosion. Ground cover shall consist of shrubs, mulch and other similar landscaping materials.
(4) Barrier curbs shall be installed around the perimeter of surface parking lots and around landscaped areas that are required herein, except where the perimeter abuts an adjacent building or structure and at points of ingress and egress into the facility, so as to prevent encroachment of vehicles onto adjacent property, rights-of-way and landscape areas.
(5) All commercial uses shall provide bicycle/moped parking facilities at a ratio of at least one bicycle/moped parking space for every 20 automobile parking spaces.
(6) No surface level parking lots shall abut Haddonfield-Berlin Road. Driveways leaving to rear parking areas shall be permitted.
(7) Shared parking lots and access amongst buildings is recommended.
(Ord. 85-06, passed 4-24-06)