Boonton City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XX
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 300-100 Requirements.
B.
Off-street parking space standards.
[Added 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 19-24[1]]
(1)
For all new buildings or uses or additions or alterations to existing buildings or uses in all zone districts, there shall be provided the number of parking spaces required by specific use as prescribed in the following schedule:
Uses | Required Parking Space |
|---|---|
One- and two-family dwellings | 2 for each dwelling unit |
Townhouses and multifamily dwellings | 3 for each 2 dwelling units* |
Housing for the elderly | 1 for each 2 dwelling units |
Churches, places of worship | 1 for each 4 seats |
Commercial recreation facilities, theaters, auditoriums, including school auditoriums, assembly halls, nonprofit clubs, community buildings, vocational schools, social clubs, institutions, etc. | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Hospitals | 3 for each 2 beds |
Hotels, motels | 1 for each unit |
Nursing homes | 1 for each bed |
Funeral homes, mortuaries | 1 for each 100 square feet of floor area |
Retail sales, retail service | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Banks and financial institutions, medical office, professional office, institutional uses | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Restaurant, all classes | 1 for each 50 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use |
Wholesale distribution center, motor vehicle service stations | 1 for each 400 square feet of floor area |
Processes of manufacturing, fabrication, packaging, treatment, or conversion of products; scientific or research laboratories devoted to research, design and/or experimentation and processing and fabricating | 1 for each 500 square feet of floor area |
Warehouse, truck terminal | 1 for each 1,000 square feet of floor area |
Other nonresidential uses | 1 for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Low- and moderate-income housing excluding housing for the elderly: | |
Studio, one-bedroom unit | 1.25 per each unit |
Two-bedroom unit | 1.50 per each unit |
Three-or-more-bedroom unit | 1.75 per each unit |
* | Garages may be counted for up to 50% of the required parking. |
(2)
The number of required parking spaces for two or more land uses shall be determined by the following procedure:
(a)
Establish baseline: Determine the minimum amount of parking for each use, as set forth in § 300-100.
(b)
Factor in occupancy rates: For each of the time periods in the table below, multiply the minimum parking required for each individual use by the appropriate percentage indicated in the table below:
Land Use | Monday — Friday | Saturday — Sunday | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. –midnight | Midnight–8:00 a.m. | 8:00 a.m–6:00 p.m. | 6:00 p.m. –midnight | Midnight – 8:00 a.m. | |
Institutional (not Place of Worship) | 100% | 20% | 5% | 10% | 10% | 5% |
Institutional (Place of Worship) | 10% | 5% | 5% | 100% | 50% | 5% |
Professional Office, Medical Office | 100% | 20% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% |
Commercial Recreation Facilities | 40% | 80% | 10% | 80% | 100% | 10% |
Residential | 80% | 100% | 100% | 80% | 100% | 100% |
Restaurant | 70% | 100% | 10% | 70% | 100% | 20% |
Retail | 90% | 80% | 5% | 100% | 70% | 5% |
Other Nonresidential Uses | 90% | 80% | 5% | 100% | 70% | 5% |
Hotel | 70% | 100% | 100% | 70% | 100% | 100% |
Hospital | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
NOTE: Add each of the columns individually. The column with the highest value shall serve as the parking requirement. |
(3)
A fractional space of less than 1/2 space shall not be counted. A fractional space of 1/2 space or more shall be counted as a full space.
C.
Parking areas for nonresidential uses are permitted in the residential zones that are contiguous to the B-1 and B-2 Zones, provided that all the requirements of § 300-47 are complied with; and further provided that:
(1)
The parking area does not extend more than 120 feet into the residential zone.
(2)
The parking area shall extend continuously from the nonresidential zone.
(3)
The parking area is on the same side of the street and in the same block as the principal use.
(4)
The parking area shall screened from the remainder of the residential zone be a solid wall or a solid fence not less than five feet in height or a compact evergreen hedge of not less than three feet in height at the time of planting.
[Added 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 19-24]
D.
Any owner or group of owners of a business building or buildings may jointly sponsor off-street parking facilities. No such parking area shall be further than 360 feet from any business it serves.
E.
Driveways. Driveways shall have a minimum width of 10 feet and a maximum gradient of 10% within 20 feet of the property line.
[Added 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 19-24]
F.
Off-street loading and unloading space.
[Added 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 19-24]
(1)
In all districts except the B-1 District, for every building or part thereof hereafter erected, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, goods display, retail store, wholesale store or warehouse, market, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning or other use similarly requiring the receipt or distribution in vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises with such building at least one off-street loading space as follows:
(2)
In the B-5 Zone, loading and unloading shall be limited to the side and rear of the building and not in a yard adjoining a street or residential zone unless screened from view.
G.
If it can be clearly demonstrated that, because of the peculiar nature of any use, all parking required by Subsection B(2) above is not necessary, the Planning Board may permit a reduction in the amount of parking area to be paved; provided, however, that the entire required parking area shall be shown on the site plan so that it will be available should future conditions require it.
[Added 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 19-24]
H.
All off-street parking and loading areas, except for parking which is accessory to one- and two-family dwellings, shall, unless otherwise provided by this chapter, meet the location requirements prescribed in the following schedule:
[Added 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 19-24]
Schedule Minimum Distances in Feet for Location of Parking and Loading Areas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Zone1 | From Buildings | From Streets | From Property Lines | Residential Zone |
R-1A, B and C | 10 | 35 | 10 | 10 |
R-2A and B | 10 | 25 | 10 | 10 |
R-3A and B | 10 | 25 | 104 | 10 |
B-1 | 03 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
B-2 | 03 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
B-3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
B-4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
B-5 | 154 | 25 | 15 | 50 |
C-1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
C-2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
I-1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
I-2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
NOTES: | |
|---|---|
1 | All uses except one- and two-family dwellings. |
2 | Loading areas excepted. |
3 | 10 feet from front of building. |
4 | 10 feet from building side and rear. |
§ 300-100.1 Waiver of off-street parking requirements.
[Added 5-7-2001 by Ord. No. 5-01; amended 10-18-2004 by Ord. No. 22-2004; 9-16-2024 by Ord. No. 19-24]
The provisions of §§ 300-60K and 300-84 of the Code of the Town of Boonton are hereby waived as to any building with frontage on Main Street within the B-1 Zone which cannot provide off-street parking because the lot has been built out or the buildings located thereon encompass the entire lot, provided that if the owner shall expand said building, he shall pay $10,000 for each parking space required by way of § 300-60K as a result of the addition to the Town for parking purposes upon the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.