Bethlehem Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVII
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 275-142 Required number of off-street parking spaces.
[Amended 3-15-1999 by Ord. No. 5-99; 3-18-2002 by Ord. No. 03-02; 3-20-2006 by Ord. No. 02-06; 12-5-2011 by Ord. No. 09-11; 11-18-2024 by Ord. No. 05-24]
A.
General requirements.
(1)
Each use established, enlarged, or altered in any district shall provide and satisfactorily maintain off-street parking spaces in accordance with Table 17.1 and the regulations of this article.
(2)
Uses not specifically listed in Table 17.1 shall comply with the requirements for the most similar use listed in Table 17.1.
(3)
Where a proposed use contains or includes more than one type of use (regardless of whether each use is listed in Table 17.1 or is an unlisted use), the number of parking spaces required shall be the sum of the parking requirements for each separate use, except as may be allowed under Subsection B.
(4)
Where the computation of required parking spaces results in a fractional number, the fraction of 1/4, 0.25 or more shall be counted as one.
Table 17.1 Off-Street Parking Requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Use | One Off-Street Parking Space Required for Each | Plus One Off-Street Parking Space Required for Each | ||
A. | Agricultural uses | |||
1. | Agriculture | Employee | — | |
2. | Animal hospital/veterinarian | Employee | 5 spaces per doctor | |
3. | Animal husbandry | Employee | — | |
4. | Greenhouse/nursery | Employee (minimum of 5) | 100 square feet of inside sales space1 | |
5. | Kennel | Employee (minimum of 4) | 12 animals of capacity | |
6. | Riding stable | Employee (minimum of 2) | 8 animals capacity | |
7. | Seasonal roadside produce stand | Employee | 100 square feet1 (minimum of 5) | |
B. | Residential uses | |||
1. | Dwelling (other than mid-rise apartments or garden apartments) | 2 spaces per dwelling unit, plus if 4 or more new dwelling units are proposed, an average additional of 0.5 spaces per dwelling unit if such number of additional spaces cannot be safely accommodated along at least one side of an adjacent street in the development tract. Such additional parking may be in overflow lots. | ||
2. | Mid-rise apartments or garden apartments | 2 spaces per dwelling unit | — | |
3. | Home Occupation | One9 | Nonresident employee | |
4. | Housing for households limited to persons 55 years and older | 1 dwelling unit4 | Employee | |
5. | Boardinghouse | Rental unit or bed, whichever is greater | Employee | |
C. | Public or private recreational uses | |||
1. | Indoor recreation (such as bowling alley, exercise club or membership club) | 200 square feet1 | ||
2. | Library or community center | 300 square feet1 | Employee | |
3. | Theater or auditorium | 4 seats | Employee | |
4. | Outdoor recreation (golf course, ball fields, stadium and similar uses) | 3 persons of total designed capacity | Employee | |
5. | Golf driving range | 1 per tee | Employee | |
6. | Campground, campground, water-based recreational | 1 space per camping site within each site and 0.25 space per camping site within one or more overflow parking areas. | Employee | |
D. | Institutional and educational uses | |||
1. | Churches or other places of worship | 3 seats | Employee | |
2. | Hospital/nursing home | 1 1/2 beds, hospital, 4 beds, nursing home, 6 spaces per doctor | Staff or visiting doctor plus 0.8 for each employee | |
3. | Medical or dental office or clinic | 6 spaces per doctor | Employee | |
4. | Nursery/day-care center | Employee (minimum of 3) | 8 children | |
5. | School, primary or secondary | Employee | 3 students aged 16 years or older | |
6. | Utility substation | Vehicle normally required to service such facility | — | |
7. | College, university or trade school | Employee | 1.5 students not living on campus who attend class at peak time | |
8. | Dormitory | Nonresident employee | 1.75 students 16 years or older | |
9. | Orthopedic specialty center | 1 1/2 Beds and 6 spaces per doctor | Employee | |
10. | Sleep center | Bed | Employee | |
E. | Retail and commercial service uses6 | |||
1. | Auto, gas/service/repair | 5 spaces per bay (minimum of 1/2 per gas pump) | Employee | |
2. | Vehicle or boat sales | 15 vehicles or boars on display (inside or outside)6 (minimum of 5) | Employee | |
3. | Financial institution | 150 square feet,1 plus 3 convenient spaces for each outdoor automatic transaction machine | Employee | |
4. | Fast food restaurant | 2 seats capacity (minimum of 25) | 1.2 Employee | |
5. | Funeral home | 4 seats | Employee | |
6. | Hotel/motel | Rental unit plus 1 space for each 3 seats in the dining/meeting rooms | Employee | |
7. | Laundromat | 3 washing machines | Employee | |
8. | Office | 300 square feet2 or 1.1 employee, whichever is greater (minimum of 3) | — | |
9. | Personal service business (barber shops, photo shops, appliance repair) | 150 square feet1 (minimum 3) | Employee | |
10. | Standard restaurant | 3 seats of capacity | Employee | |
11. | Retail sales | 150 square feet1 except 200 square feet per total gross leasable floor area of retail greater than 50,000 square feet (minimum of 5 except a minimum of 8 for a convenience store) | — | |
12. | Automatic banking transaction machine, outdoor | 3 per machine | Employee | |
13. | Tavern | 30 square feet1 | Employee | |
14. | Adult bookstore, cabaret or other adult use (minimum 10) | 50 square feet1 | Employee | |
15. | Bed-and-breakfast | Rental unit plus 2 for dwelling unit | Employee | |
16. | Bus station | 5 per unloading/loading stall for buses | Employee | |
F. | Industrial, wholesale and warehousing uses | |||
1. | Industrial, wholesale, warehousing uses | 1.1 Employee | Company vehicle based at the plant | |
2. | Mini-warehouse | 15 storage units | Employee | |
NOTES: | |
|---|---|
1 | Of all sales and other area occupied by equipment, furnishings, or inventory accessible to customers or patrons, but not including corridors, bowling lanes, toilet rooms and other similar accessory rooms as may be provided. |
2 | Of all area occupied by equipment, furnishings, or inventory accessible to employees, but not including stairwells, toilet rooms, elevator shafts and other similar accessory areas as may be provided. |
3 | With approval by the Planning Commission, after presentation of appropriate information by the applicant. |
4 | In addition to parking or storage spaces for all vehicles used directly in or stored or displayed as part of the conduct of such business. |
5 | Spaces for storage or display of vehicles for sale or rent are not required to meet the minimum requirements for the dimensions or aisle width of parking spaces. |
6 | All such required spaces shall be located within a maximum of 250 feet of the dormitory building that the spaces are required to serve. |
7 | Except such parking space is not required if the home occupation is of a type that will not routinely involve customers visiting the premises. |
B.
Conditional reduction in off-street parking areas.
(1)
Intent: to minimize the amounts of impervious surfaces, while ensuring adequate parking will be provided; to recognize that unique circumstances may justify a reduction in required parking.
(2)
Following a review and recommendation by the Planning Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board may permit a reduction, through the special exception review process of § 275-21, of the number of parking spaces to be initially developed as required by this article, provided each of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a)
The applicant shall demonstrate to the Board, using existing and projected (five years) employment, customer, resident or other relevant data, that a reduction in the off-street parking spaces to be initially developed as required by Subsection A is warranted.
(b)
Plans.
[1]
The applicant shall submit plans of the parking lot(s) which designate a layout for the total number of parking spaces needed to comply with the parking requirement in Subsection A.
[2]
The plans shall clearly designate which of these parking spaces are proposed for immediate use and which spaces are proposed to be conditionally reserved for potential future use.
[3]
The portion of the required parking spaces conditionally reserved for potential future use shall not be within areas for required buffer yards, setbacks, or areas which would otherwise be unsuitable for parking spaces due to the physical characteristics of the land or other requirements of this chapter.
[4]
Areas conditionally reserved for potential future use shall be attractively landscaped and remain in open space.
(c)
Agreement.
[1]
The applicant shall enter into an agreement with the Township requiring the applicant to:
[2]
This agreement shall be recorded to the deed as a covenant running with the land.
[3]
The Zoning Officer shall bring the parking reduction agreement to the Board for reconsideration if the Zoning Officer determines that the reduced parking is not meeting actual needs, based upon field investigations.
§ 275-143 General regulations for off-street parking.
A.
General. The parking spaces and access lanes shall be laid out in a safe and efficient method that takes into account the location of access to the property, loading areas, pedestrian circulation and any drive-through facilities.
B.
Existing parking. Structures and uses in existence at the effective date of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this article; provided, that the kind of use is not changed and that any parking facility now serving such structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced to an amount less than that required by this chapter.
C.
Changes in use. Whenever a building or use (including those specified in Subsection A) is changed or enlarged in floor area, number of employees, number of dwellings, seating capacity or otherwise to create a need, based upon the requirements of § 275-142 for an increase of 10% or more in the number of existing parking spaces, the number of total spaces to be provided shall be based upon the total parking that would be required for the entire existing and proposed use.
D.
Continuing obligation.
E.
Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be used for any other use that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required to serve. Required parking spaces shall not be used for storage or display of materials or vehicles for sale.
F.
Location of parking. Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or abutting lot with the principal use served.
G.
Joint parking lots.
(1)
Two or more uses may provide for required parking in a common parking lot, provided that the total number of spaces in such lot shall not be less than the sum of the spaces required for each use individually (except as provided below) and provided such parking lot is within 300 feet walking distance of all of the principal uses served by such lot.
(2)
The applicant may seek to prove that the parking requirement should be reduced under the provisions of § 275-142B because the uses would have their peak parking at different times of the day or have overlapping customers.
(3)
If two separate principal business uses on separate abutting lots develop a shared access drive system and an integrated shared parking lot, the number of required parking spaces for each use shall be reduced by 10%.
(4)
If existing parking spaces are proposed to be used to meet the required parking for new buildings, then those required parking spaces shall be altered so that the parking spaces comply with this subsection.
§ 275-144 Design standards for off-street parking.
[Amended 6-19-2006 by Ord. No. 03-06; 7-16-2012 by Ord. No. 03-12; 11-18-2024 by Ord. No. 05-24]
A.
General requirements.
(1)
Every parking facility shall be designed so that its use does not constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
(2)
Every parking area shall be arranged for orderly, safe movement.
(3)
No parking area shall be designed to require or encourage parked vehicles to back into a public street in order to leave a parking space, except for a single-family or two-family dwelling backing onto a street other than an arterial or connector street.
(4)
Every required parking space shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other vehicle. This requirement shall not apply to parking spaces for a single-family detached dwelling or a single-family semidetached dwelling, where the parking is proposed within a driveway.
(5)
No parking area shall be located in a required buffer yard or within an existing street right-of-way.
(6)
No parking or other paved area shall be located within 10 feet of a septic system absorption area.
(7)
Defined trafficways. All parking areas shall include clearly defined and marked traffic patterns. In any lot with more than 30 off-street parking spaces, raised curbs and landscaped areas shall be used to direct traffic within the lot. Major vehicular routes shall be separated as much as is reasonable from major pedestrian routes within the lot.
(8)
Separation from street. All areas for off-street parking, off-street loading and unloading and the storage or movement of motor vehicles shall be physically separated from the highway or street by a raised curb, planting strip, wall or other suitable barrier against unchanneled motor vehicle entrance or exit, except for necessary access drives which supply entrance to and egress from such parking, loading or storage area.
(9)
Stacking. Each lot shall provide adequate area upon the lot to prevent backup of vehicles on a public street while awaiting entry to the lot.
B.
C.
Parking lanes.
(1)
Each lane providing access to stalls for one-way traffic only shall be at least the minimum lane width specified as follows:
Angle of Parking | Minimum Lane Width (feet) | |
|---|---|---|
Parallel | 12 | |
30° | 12 | |
45° | 14 | |
60° | 18 | |
90° | 20 |
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(2)
Each lane providing access to stalls for two-way traffic shall be at least 24 feet in width, except a width of 20 feet may be allowed for areas of long-term employee parking.
(3)
A continuous row of parking shall not exceed 225 feet without being interrupted by a perpendicular vehicle crossing and/or island landscaped with one or more shade trees.
D.
Access drives and driveways.
(1)
Width. Each access drive shall have a minimum width of 12 feet and a maximum width of 15 feet at the street line for one-way use only and a minimum width of 20 feet and a maximum width of 30 feet at the street line for two-way use except as follows. Each access drive for two-way use along an arterial street or within the Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts shall have a maximum width of 35 feet. The maximum width standards may be exceeded if the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that a wider width is needed for tractor-trailer traffic and the width is approved by PennDOT as part of a highway occupancy permit, if such permit is required.
(2)
(3)
Drainage. Adequate provisions shall be made to maintain uninterrupted parallel drainage along a public street at the point of driveway or access drive entry.
(4)
Separation between access drives and/or driveways. At least 50 feet shall be provided between any two access drives and/or driveways along one street along one lot.
(6)
State permit. Where access is to a state street, a state highway access permit shall be obtained.
(7)
Subdivision ordinance. Where access drives and driveways are proposed as part of a subdivision or land development, the provisions of Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development, shall also be met. If there are any conflicts between the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development, the stricter provision shall apply.
(8)
Sight distance for driveways and access drives. See § 275-171C(2).
E.
Paving, grading and drainage.
(1)
Except for areas that are landscaped and so maintained, all portions of required parking and off-street loading facilities, including driveways and access drives, shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt, Portland cement concrete or decorative paving block and drained in ways necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining properties. If a single-family detached dwelling driveway will have a total length longer than 75 feet, only those portions of the driveway within 75 feet of the street right-of-way shall be required to be paved, while other sections may be covered with gravel or other similar material.
(2)
Gravel or another surface other than asphalt may be allowed by the Zoning Officer or Planning Commission for parking areas that are used primarily for long-term storage or used less than 10 days in any calendar year.
G.
Paved area setbacks (including off-street parking setbacks). The following shall apply to paved areas, other than those serving single-family detached or single-family semidetached dwellings:
(1)
Intent. These setbacks are required to ensure that parked or moving vehicles within a lot do not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic. These setbacks are also intended to aid in stormwater management along streets.
(2)
Maintenance in grass. The setback areas required by this section shall be maintained in grass or other appropriate natural ground cover and shall not be covered with paving, except for approved approximately perpendicular driveways and access drives and any concrete sidewalks of six feet wide or less. Stormwater control facilities that are not impervious may be located within this setback area. No fence shall be located within the paved area setback.
(3)
Setback from expressway, arterial and connector streets and expressway ramps. No off-street parking area nor outdoor display of vehicles or articles for sale shall be located within 25 feet of the existing right-of-way line of an expressway, arterial or connector street, for lots with a total of one acre or less of impervious surface. For lots with more than one acre of impervious surface, this same setback shall be 35 feet.
(4)
Setback from collector and local streets. No off-street parking area nor outdoor display of vehicles or articles for sale shall be located within 25 feet of the existing right-of-way line of a collector or local street. This setback area, along with any curbing, shall be designed to prevent vehicles from entering or exiting the lot at locations other than approved driveways or access drives.
(6)
Setback from commercial and industrial buildings. All paved areas, except concrete sidewalks, shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the exterior structural walls of any commercial or industrial building. This setback shall not apply to driveways entering into a garage, delivery entrance, vehicle service bay or carport. This setback is intended to allow sufficient area for firefighting, sidewalks and foundation landscaping.
H.
Paved area landscaping.
(1)
Intent. This section is primarily intended to reduce the thermal pollution of surface waters from parking lot runoff.
(2)
Any lot that would include more than 30 parking spaces shall be required to provide landscaped areas within the paved area. This required landscaped area shall be equal to a minimum of 5% of the total paved area. A maximum of 15 consecutive and contiguous parking spaces in a row shall be allowed without being separated by a landscaped area.
(3)
One deciduous tree shall be required for every 4,000 square feet of paved area. This number of trees shall be in addition to any trees required by any other section of this chapter or by Chapter 230, Subdivision and Land Development. These trees shall meet the following standards:
(a)
Type of trees permitted.
[1]
Required trees shall be chosen from the following list of approved trees, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that another type of tree would shade paved areas, be resistant to disease, road salt and air pollution and be relatively attractive. If more than 20 trees are required, no more than 60% should be of any one type. This list shall not regulate types of trees that are not required to be planted by this chapter.
Deciduous | ||
Acer buergerianum | Trident maple | |
Acer campestre | Hedge maple* | |
Acer ginnala | Amur maple* | |
Acer rubrum | American red maple | |
Acer saccharum | Sugar maple | |
Acer tartaricum | Tartarian maple | |
Amelanchier arborea | Shadblow serviceberry* | |
Amelanchier X grandiflora (many cultivars) | Serviceberry* | |
Amelanchier laevis | Allegheny serviceberry* | |
Carpinus betulus | European hornbeam | |
Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam | |
Celtis jessoensis | Jesso hackberry | |
Celtis laevigata | Hackberry | |
Celtis occidentalis | Common hackberry | |
Cladastris kentuckea | American yellowwood | |
Corylus colurna | Turkish filbert | |
Crataegus crus-galli "Inermis" | Thornless hawthorn* | |
Eucommia ulmoides | Hardy rubber tree | |
Fraxinus americana | White ash | |
Fraxinun pennsylvania (seedless variety) | Green ash | |
Ginkgo biloba | Maidenhair tree (male only) | |
Gleditsia triacanthos var. Inermis "Sky Master" | Sky Master thornless honey locust | |
Koelreuteria paniculata | Golden rain tree | |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum | |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip poplar | |
Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Dawn redwood | |
Maackia amurensis | Amur maackia | |
Nyssa sylvatica | Black gum | |
Ostrya virginiana | Hophornbeam | |
Phellodendron amurense | Amur corktree | |
Pyrus calleryana (not Bradford) | Callery pear selections | |
Quercus | All varieties of oak, other than pin oak | |
Prunus Accolade | Flowering cherry | |
Prunus serrulata varieties | Japanese flowering cherry, other than weeping | |
Prunus yedoensis | Yoshino cherry | |
Sophora japonica | Japanese pagoda tree | |
Sorbus alnifolia | Mountain ash | |
Sorbus amurensis | Armus mountain ash | |
Syringa reticulata | Japanese lilac tree* | |
Taxodium distichum | Bald cypress | |
Tilia americana "Boulevard" | Boulevard American linden | |
Tilia cordata | Littleleaf linden | |
Tilia X euchlora (ungrafted only) | Crimean linden | |
Tilia petiolaris | Pendant silver linden | |
Tilia tomentosa | Silver linden | |
Ulmus parvifolia | Chinese lacebark elm | |
Zelkova serrata | Japanese zelkova |
NOTE: | |
* For use primarily where height clearance is limited, such as under overhead electric lines. |
[2]
Prohibited trees. The following trees shall not be used to meet any Township requirement. Such trees may be planted by a property owner on private property if such tree is in addition to Township requirements.
Acer negundo | Box elder | |
Acer saccharinum | Silver maple | |
Ailanthus altissima | Tree of heaven | |
Catalpa speciosa | Catalpa | |
Elaeagnus spp. | Russian olive | |
Ginkgo | Female only | |
Maclura pomifera | Osage orange | |
Morus spp. | Mulberry | |
Populus spp. | Poplar | |
Salix spp. | Willow | |
Ulmus americana | American elm | |
Ulmus pumila | Siberian elm |
(c)
Minimum size. The trunk diameter (measured at a height of one foot above the finished grade level) shall be a minimum of one and 1 1/2 inch or greater.
(d)
Planting and maintenance.
[1]
Trees shall be planted in conformance with good landscaping practices.
[2]
Trees shall be properly protected by raised curbs or similar devices from damage from vehicles.
[3]
Trees shall be properly maintained and shall not be removed without being replaced by another tree that meets the requirements of this section.
(4)
A substantial proportion of the trees required by this section should be planted within the parking lot within protected islands. These protected islands should be used to direct the flow of traffic through the parking lot in a smooth and safe manner to prevent "cross-taxiing." Required trees are also encouraged to be planted in highly visible locations, especially at the edge of parking areas abutting arterial streets.
(5)
Existing trees. For every existing tree on the lot that is healthy and is preserved and maintained and that would generally meet the requirements of this section, one less shade tree shall be required to be planted.
I.
Parking lot screening.
(1)
No off-street parking area for uses regulated by the commercial building code shall be developed in such a way that vehicle headlights could shine into a dwelling located within 200 feet or less of the parking area.
(2)
Wood fencing, fencing with the appearance of wood, brick walls or evergreen screening shall be required as needed to resolve the concern of this section. Such screening or fencing shall have a minimum height of four feet, except that screening or fencing of up to eight feet shall be required by the Zoning Officer as needed where there is unusual topography or the parked vehicles would be trucks or buses.
J.
Accessible parking. The number, location, size, slope and marking standards for accessible parking shall comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and any other applicable accessibility and/or building code.
§ 275-145 Parking of commercial vehicles in residential districts and unregistered vehicles.
A.
Intent: to prevent residential areas from being harmed by nuisances from smells and noise from noxious commercial vehicles; to maintain a residential character in residential districts.
B. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TRACTOR TRAILER
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A motor vehicle that is primarily used for business purposes including, but not limited to, making service calls, transporting equipment used in a business or in accomplishing physical work as part of a business (such as hauling material).
A truck with more than two axles that is primarily intended to be used to pull a trailer, as defined below.
A commercial vehicle with a length of 10 feet or more that is not self-propelled, that is intended to haul materials, vehicles, goods, gases or liquids and that is intended to be pulled by a tractor (as defined above).
C.
Exceptions. No part of this section shall apply to the following:
(1)
Township-owned vehicles.
(2)
Ambulance, fire and rescue vehicles.
(3)
Buses used primarily for transporting public or private school children to and from school or transporting persons to or from a place of worship.
(5)
Vehicles operated by the U.S. Postal Service.
(6)
Vehicles actually engaged in the construction or repair of streets, curbs, sidewalks or utilities.
(7)
Vehicles actually engaged in making routine household deliveries or rendering routine household services to a property abutting or that is part of the location where the vehicle is parked.
D.
Storage of commercial vehicles in residential district. No commercial vehicle with a gross weight exceeding 8,500 pounds or with greater than two axles or any tractor or any trailer (as defined by this section) shall be maintained (except clearly emergency repairs), parked, stored or otherwise kept within a lot that is within a residential district between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. any day of the week.
F.
Garbage hauling vehicle. In addition to the requirements of this section, no vehicle that has been used for the bulk hauling of garbage shall be parked for more than 15 minutes in any twenty-four-hour period on a portion of a lot that is within 200 feet of a dwelling.
G.
Nonconformities. The provisions of this chapter that allow nonconforming uses to continue and expand do not apply to conditions under this section. Any nonconforming condition or use that exists under this section shall be made conforming within 90 days of the adoption of this chapter.
H.
Moving of preexisting nonconforming vehicles. If a vehicle that is parked in a nonconforming fashion under this section is moved from the subject property or street for more than 12 consecutive hours, the nonconformity shall be considered to have been abandoned and the lot shall then only be used in a manner that conforms to this chapter in that respect.
I.
Storage of unregistered vehicles in residential districts.
(2)
Residential district. Except as specifically permitted by this chapter, not more than one-motor vehicle that does not display both current state registration and safety inspection stickers shall be parked or stored in any way on any lot within a residential district.
(3)
Nonresidential district. Except as specifically permitted by this chapter (as an auto sales use, junkyard or auto repair garage) a maximum of two motor vehicles that do not display both current state registration and safety inspection stickers shall be parked or stored in any way on any lot in a district other than a residential district.
§ 275-146 Off-street loading.
A.
General requirements.
(1)
Each use shall provide off-street loading facilities, which meet the requirements of this section, sufficient to accommodate the maximum demand generated by the use.
(2)
At the time of site plan review, the applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission that the use will have sufficient numbers and sizes of loading facilities and that no conflicts will be created. For the purposes of this section, loading shall include unloading.
B.
Design and layout of off-street loading facilities. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the following specifications:
(1)
Each off-street loading space shall be sufficient in size for the largest vehicle expected to routinely use the space. As general standards, a loading space shall be at least 12 feet in width by 50 feet to 65 feet in depth for a tractor-trailer, nine by 18 for standard size vans and pickup trucks, and 10 feet by 25 feet for other trucks. In the case of a use involving 10 or more tractor-trailer loading docks, each space may be 11 feet in width.
(2)
Each space shall have sufficient maneuvering room separate from other parking and loading areas to avoid traffic conflicts within and outside of the lot.
(3)
Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall be located entirely on the lot being served and be located outside of required buffer areas, off-street parking setbacks and street rights-of-way.
(4)
An appropriate means of access to a street or alley shall be provided.
(6)
No such facilities shall be designed or used in any manner so as to constitute a significant nuisance, public safety hazard or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.
C.
Fire lanes. Fire lanes shall be provided where required by state or federal regulations or other local ordinances. The specific locations of these lanes are subject to review by the Township fire officials.
§ 275-147 On-street parking regulations.
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04]
A.
The following regulations shall apply to on-street parking:
(1)
On-street parking may be provided along internal roads in the Smart Growth Districts and Overlay Districts as set forth in Article XXV, only when approved as part of the land development approval process.
(3)
On-street parking areas may only be counted along the frontage owned by the applicant or landowner, exclusive of any driveway or other curb cut, and exclusive of any existing cartway and perpendicular street.
(4)
A bona-fide on-street parking area shall measure seven feet in width and 22 feet in length, exclusive of any street cartway, and shall be parallel to the curbline or other edge of pavement.
(5)
All eligible on-street parking areas shall be clearly depicted on a plan. Such parking areas shall not conflict with any turning movements off the cartway or obstruct access to any street, driveway, sidewalk, crosswalk, other accessway, or fire hydrant.