Chester Heights City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVII
Parking
§ 185-103 Off-street parking.
A.
As a general requirement, each use in the Borough shall provide sufficient off-street parking area to serve its users.
B.
Subject to the general requirement for off-street parking, off-street parking space, with proper access from a street, alley or driveway shall be provided in all districts in the amounts indicated below. Such parking space shall be provided on any lot on which a dwelling is hereafter erected or converted, or in the case of any other use, on or near the lot on which any main building is hereafter erected or converted. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the collective provision of off-street parking facilities for two or more buildings or uses, provided that the total of such off-street parking facilities, provided collectively, shall be not less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed separately. In no case, shall the number of parking spaces provided, or the area devoted to parking, be less than the minimum requirements of this section.
(1)
Dwellings. Two spaces per dwelling unit.
(2)
Theater, auditorium, stadium, assembly hall, church, gymnasium, community recreation center. One space per four fixed seats in largest assembly room or area or one space for each 40 square feet of net floor area available for the accommodation of movable seats in the largest assembly room or one space per 150 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is applicable to the facility.
(3)
Other indoor and outdoor recreation facilities. One space for each 150 square feet of gross floor, building or ground area devoted to such use or one space per four sets of facilities available for patron use, whichever is applicable to the facility.
(4)
Restaurant. One space per three seating accommodations, plus one space per two employees on shift of greatest employment.
(5)
Retail stores, all types. One space per 200 square feet of floor area used or designed for sales on ground floor, plus one space per 300 square feet of floor area used or designed for sales on other floors, plus one space for each two employees on greatest shift.
(6)
Office building or bank. One space for each 200 square feet of net floor area for the first 50,000 square feet plus one space for each 300 square feet of net floor area over 50,000 square feet.
(7)
Wholesale establishment or industrial building. One space per two employees on the shift of greatest employment, plus one space per 200 square feet of floor area devoted to sales.
(8)
Hospital, sanitarium, nursing home or similar facility. One space per three beds intended for patients (except bassinets, or beds in student nurses' quarters), plus one space for each two employees on shift of greatest employment.
(9)
Social, fraternal, social service, union and civic organization buildings. One space per 100 square feet of assembly area.
(10)
Funeral home. One space for each 60 square feet of floor area available for seating or public assembly, plus one space per employee.
(11)
Private kindergarten, child nursing or child institutional home. One space per adult attendant, plus one space per 500 square feet of net floor area.
(12)
Medical office and clinics. One space per each examination room or dentist chair, plus one space for each 30 square feet of waiting room space.
(13)
Building or use other than specified above. At least one space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, or lot area, whichever is larger, except when otherwise authorized as a special exception consistent with the standards set forth herein for comparable buildings or uses.
(14)
Life care development. One space for every two independent living units, plus one space for every four assisted living or personnel care units, plus one space for every two employees on the highest shift.
[Added 10-6-2014 by Ord. No. 198]
C.
Each such parking space shall provide a minimum of 190 square feet (9 1/2 feet by 20 feet) of off-street paved parking surface exclusive of the space needed for access and maneuvering.
D.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the provision of required parking by including within required parking areas, areas for compact and subcompact vehicles, in which parking spaces may be smaller than 9 1/2 feet by 20 feet; provided, however, that the ratio of 9 1/2 feet by 20 feet spaces to smaller spaces shall not be less than two to one.
§ 185-104 Off-street loading and unloading space.
No building shall be erected in any district for the uses listed below unless loading space for the accommodation of trucks is provided on the premises in accordance with the following regulations.
A.
Each space shall not be less than 12 feet in width and 30 feet in length with adequate access from a street winch does not block or interfere with the required parking as called for in § 185-103.
B.
For retail stores, markets, wholesale and jobbing establishments, and storage warehouses the number of berths based on net floor area devoted to such use is as follows:
C.
For office buildings, the number of berths based on net floor area devoted to such uses is as follows:
D.
All other uses with a total of 5,000 square feet or more of net floor area devoted to such use shall provide loading spaces adequate, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, to accommodate the normal demands for loading and unloading incidental to the type of use proposed on the premises.
§ 185-105 Access, frontage and lighting regulations.
In order to minimize traffic congestion and hazard, control street access in the interest of public safety and encourage the appropriate development of street or highway frontage, no parking lot or area for off-street parking or for the storage or movement of motor vehicles shall abut, directly, a public street or highway unless separated from the street or highway at least five feet by a raised curb and a barrier planting strip, wall or other effective visual and noise barrier against traffic, except for necessary accessways to any one public street or highway for each 500 feet of frontage. Where practical, access to parking areas shall be provided by a common service driveway or minor street in order to avoid direct access on a major street or highway. No such accessway shall be more than 35 feet in width.
§ 185-106 Lighting.
All driveways, aisles, maneuvering spaces, vehicular service areas, or spaces between or about buildings, other than those relating to a dwelling, shall be adequately illuminated. All outside lighting, including sign lighting, shall be directed in such a way as not to create a nuisance in any residential or apartment district. In every district, all such lighting shall be arranged so as to protect the street or highway and adjoining property from direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind. Any light shall be equipped with some type of glare-shielding device approved by the Borough Engineer. The height of any light shall not exceed 25 feet.