Bayonne City Zoning Code
§ 35-17.6
Parking Space Requirements.
[Ord. No. O-95-12 § 33-7.6; amended 3-18-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-20; 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-34]
a.
Interpretation.
1.
Similar Uses and Requirements. In the case of a use not specifically mentioned in paragraph b below, the requirements of off-street parking facilities for a similar use, which is mentioned, shall apply.
2.
Storage of Trucks or Other Vehicles. The parking space requirements as prescribed in paragraph b below are in addition to space for storage of trucks or other vehicles used in connection with any use.
3.
Employees. Parking spaces required on an employees basis shall be based on the maximum number of employees on duty or residing, or both, on the premises at any one time.
4.
Fractions. When units of measurement result in the requirement of a fractional space, any fraction shall require one parking space.
b.
Schedule of Parking Space Regulations. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the minimum requirements as hereinafter set forth.
[Amended 3-18-2020 by Ord. No. O-20-20; 10-19-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-34]
Use or Use Category | Minimum Spaces | Per Measurement Unit | |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Residential Uses: | ||
Efficiency apartments | 1 | Dwelling unit | |
Single, double, townhouse and multiple family dwellings: | |||
1 bedroom | 1 | Dwelling unit | |
2 bedrooms | 1 1/4 | Dwelling unit | |
3 bedrooms | 1 1/2 | Dwelling unit | |
Senior citizen housing | 1/2 | Dwelling unit | |
Hotel and motel | 1 | Each guest room or suite | |
Additional requirement | 1 | Each employee | |
Parsonage, rectory, convent and nunnery | 1 | 1,000 square feet or area | |
2. | Institutional and Public Assembly Uses: | ||
Auditorium, gymnasiums and other places of assembly | 1 | 4 seats or 75 square feet of floor space in seating area which ever is greater | |
Church or temple | 1 | 4 seats in the main auditorium or their equivalent | |
Elementary and junior high school | 1 | Each classroom | |
Additional requirement | 1 | 15 seats in the main auditorium or 3 nonteaching employees, whichever is greater | |
High School | 2 | Each classroom | |
Additional requirement | 10 seats in the main auditorium or 3 nonteaching employees, whichever is greater | ||
Hospital | 1 (on-site) | 3 beds | |
Additional requirement | 1 (on-site) | 2 employees | |
10% of overall total number of spaces | |||
Libraries, art galleries and museums | 1 | 400 square feet of floor area | |
Long-term care facilities | 3 (on-site) | 1 bed | |
Nursery School | 1 | Each employee, plus 1 space for each 500 square feet of floor area | |
Social club, lodge or fraternal organization | 1 | 150 square feet of floor area | |
3. | Commercial Uses: | ||
Amusement place, dance hall, | 2 | 200 square feet of floor space skating rink, swimming pool | |
Automobile and boat sales | 1 | 500 square feet of floor area open to the public, plus 1 space for each 3,000 square feet of storage | |
Automobile laundry | 1 | 1 wash rack | |
Additional requirement | 1 | 2 employees | |
Automobile repair area | 1 | 200 square feet of floor | |
Barber shop and beauty parlor (over 2,000 square feet) | 2 | Each chair | |
Additional requirement | 1 | Each employee | |
Bowling alley | 5 | Each alley | |
Bus station | 1 | 100 square feet of waiting room area | |
Funeral home or mortuary area | 1 | 75 square feet of floor area of viewing rooms | |
Gasoline filling station | 1 | Each island of pumps and each service bay | |
Additional requirement | 1 | 2 employees | |
Golf courses | 7 | Hole, exclusive of any other uses provided in conjunction with the golf course | |
Laundromat or dry cleaning (over 2,000 square feet) | 1 | 3 washing machines | |
Office and office building area | 1 | 400 square feet of floor area, excluding common hallways, utility and basements | |
Restaurants and cocktail lounges | 1 | 4 seats | |
Restaurants (drive-in) | 1 | 25 square feet of retail sales and seating floor area | |
Retail store or personal service establishment (under 2,000 square feet) | 0 | ||
Retail store or personal service establishment (unless listed separately) and banks (over 2,000 square feet) | 1 | 300 square feet of floor area | |
Theater (indoor) floor space in seating area, whichever is greater | 1 | 4 seats or 75 square feet of | |
4. | Industrial Uses: | ||
Manufacturing, laboratory, warehousing establishments and truck terminals | 1 | Each employee or 1,000 square feet, whichever is greater | |
Additional requirement | 1 | Each vehicle used in the conduct of the enterprise | |