Codorus Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
Off-Street Parking, Loading and Unloading
§ 250-84 General regulations.
Off-street parking, loading and unloading facilities shall be provided to lessen congestion in the streets. As used herein, the term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered parking lot space located off the public right-of-way.
A.
Space for off-street parking of motor vehicles shall be provided and maintained for each building, structure or use hereafter erected, altered or established, exclusive of any public right-of-way together with adequate accessways, driveways or other means of circulation and access to and from a public street. No part of any required front yard shall be used for parking purposes. A minimum of 200 square feet, exclusive of drives, entrances and exits, shall comprise one vehicular parking space. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces by type of use shall be determined in accordance with the schedule as set forth in § 250-85.
B.
Any off-street parking area shall be graded for proper drainage and shall be surfaced so as to provide a durable and dustless surface, such as a gravel, concrete or bituminous concrete surface, and shall be so arranged as to provide for orderly and safe parking and storage of vehicles. Access drives and parking areas for commercial and industrial uses shall be paved.
C.
Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and public right-of-way.
D.
There shall be adequate provisions for ingress and egress to all parking and loading spaces designed for use by employees, customers, delivery services, sales people and/or the general public. Where a parking or loading area does not abut on a public right-of-way or private easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive per lane of traffic not less than 12 feet in width per lane of traffic; and not less than 18 feet in width in all cases where the access is to storage areas or loading and unloading spaces required hereunder.
§ 250-85 Minimum parking spaces required.
Building Type | Minimum Space Required | For Every |
|---|---|---|
Single-family and two-family dwelling | 2 | Dwelling unit |
Multifamily dwelling, row dwelling and Multifamily conversions | 2 | Dwelling unit |
Churches, schools or other places of public or private assembly | 1 | 3 seats provided for public or private assembly |
Retail stores and other places for trade or business | 1 | 100 square feet of floor area |
Drive-in restaurants, sit-down restaurants, public entertainment facility | 1 | 50 square feet of floor area or 1 for every 4 seats, plus 2 spaces for every 3 employees |
Office | 1 | 200 square feet of floor area |
Motel | 1 | Room plus 2 spaces for each 3 employees |
Clubs, lodges | 1 | 5 persons of total capacity |
Nursing, convalescent home | 1 | 3 beds plus 2 spaces for every 3 employees |
Automobile and service station | 1 | 200 square feet of floor area plus 1 space for each employee |
Kennel, stable, animal hospital, drive-in produce stands, commercial | 3 | Sufficient number but no fewer than 3 |
Home occupation | 1 | Residence plus 2 spaces for patron use, plus 1 space for each nonresident employee |
Funeral homes | 1 | 100 square feet of floor area |
Industrial and manufacturing establishments, including shops, laboratories, warehousing and truck terminals | 1 | Employee of the largest shift |
§ 250-86 Parking areas adjacent to streets.
For multifamily and nonresidential uses where a parking area, or other area open to movement of vehicles, abuts the right-of-way line of a public street, a pipe railing, post-and-chain barricade, raised curbs or equally effective devises satisfactory to the Township must line the public right-of-way except at access points.
§ 250-87 Loading and unloading space.
A.
In addition to the off-street parking space required above, any building erected, converted or enlarged in any district for commercial, office building, manufacturing, wholesale or similar uses, shall provide adequate off-street areas for loading and unloading of vehicles. The minimum size loading space shall be 50 feet in depth, 12 feet in width, with an overhead clearance of 14 feet.
B.
All commercial and industrial establishments shall provide loading and unloading and commercial vehicle storage space adequate for their needs. This required space will be provided in addition to established requirements for patron and employee parking.
(1)
In no case where a building is erected, converted or enlarged for commercial, manufacturing, or business purposes shall the public rights-of-way be used for loading or unloading of materials.
§ 250-88 Access to off-street parking and loading areas.
A.
Access to and from all off-street parking, loading, and vehicle service areas along public rights-of-way shall consist of well-defined separate or common entrances and exits.
B.
All accessory driveways and entrance ways shall be graded, surfaced and drained to the satisfaction of the Township to the extent necessary to prevent nuisances of dust, erosion or excessive water flow across public ways.
§ 250-89 Parking and loading area setbacks.
All nonresidential parking and loading areas and parallel circulation and service lanes shall be separated from the paving edge of a public thoroughfare or adjoining property lines by a planting strip at least 20 feet in depth, unless adjoining owners mutually agree to common facilities subject to greater setbacks as may be required elsewhere in this chapter.