Concord Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXII
Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
§ 210-194 General characteristics.
A.
Off-street parking space, with proper and safe access from a street, alley or driveway, shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the requirements established below.
B.
All districts, existing parking. Structures and uses in existence at the date of adoption of this article shall not be subject to the requirements of this article so long as the kind or extent of use is not changed, and provided that any parking facility now serving such structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced below such requirements.
§ 210-195 Location and use.
A.
Location of parking spaces. Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or premises with the principal use served. 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.
B.
Continuing character of obligation. All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve.
C.
Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be used for any use that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required to serve.
D.
Precautions. Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities to the employees or other persons whom the facilities are designed to serve. Such facilities shall be designed and used in such a manner as to at no time constitute a nuisance or a hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
E.
Use restriction. No commercial vehicle exceeding three-fourths' ton manufacturer's rating may be stored on a residential lot.
[Amended 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 221]
§ 210-196 Specific location.
A.
All parking, loading or service areas used by motor vehicles shall be located entirely within the lot lines of the property or center.
B.
Parking shall be solely for patrons, occupants and employees.
C.
Bumper curbs shall be furnished, located a minimum of five feet from the edge of the parking lot.
D.
The following requirements apply for individual zoning districts:
[Amended 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 219; 12-4-2001 by Ord. No. 265]
(1)
C-2. No service, loading or parking area in a commercial or commercial office district shall be located between a main building and a street unless authorized by the Township Township Council as part of a use allowed as a conditional use or authorized by the Township Zoning Hearing Board as part of a use allowed as a special exception. In no case, however, shall the distance between the street right-of-way line and the portion of a lot used for parking be less than 20 feet.
(2)
R-A, R-AH. Off-street parking space may be provided as an individual garage, carport or parking compound adjacent to or near the apartment it serves, but not closer than 20 feet to an apartment wall containing windows or 10 feet to a bank wall, except when located within the apartment house.
(3)
PRD. All parking areas shall be a minimum of 50 feet from all structures (access roads and traffic arterials).
E.
No more than 60 parking spaces shall be accommodated in any single parking area.
§ 210-197 Size and number of parking spaces.
[Amended 3-5-1991 by Ord. No. 177; 12-15-1998 by Ord. No. 231; 6-8-2004 by Ord. No. 278]
A.
The design standards specified below shall be required for all off-street parking facilities with a capacity of five or more vehicles built after the effective date of this Article XXII:
C.
Off-street parking facilities shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision except upon the approval of the Zoning Hearing Board and then only after proof that, by reason of diminution in floor area, seating area, the number of employees or change in other factors controlling the regulation of the number of parking spaces, such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this article.
D.
Service requirements. Areas for loading and unloading of delivery trucks and other vehicles and for the servicing of refuse collection, fuel and other service shall be provided and shall be adequate in size and shall be so arranged that they may be used without blockage or interference with the use of accessways or automobile parking facilities.
F.
General requirements. As a general requirement, each use in the Township shall provide sufficient off-street parking area to serve its users. In the event that a particular use requires more parking area than is prescribed in § 210-197 and additional area is available for parking on the lot on which such use is conducted, the Township may require that all or part of such area be provided for parking, even if the total area for parking exceeds the minimum specified in this § 210-197.
G.
Minimum standards. Subject to the general requirements 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. In no case shall the number and arrangement of parking spaces provided or the area devoted to parking be less than the minimum requirements of this section without the approval of the Township Council. Where the computation of required parking space results in a fractional number, any fraction of the next higher number shall be counted as one.
Use | Parking Space Required | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Single-family dwelling | 2 per dwelling unit | ||
Apartments | |||
One bedroom per apartment if more than one unit | 1.5 per apartment (If 3 apartments or less, only 1 space per apartment required) | ||
Two bedrooms per apartment | 2 per apartment | ||
Three bedrooms per apartment | 2.5 per apartment | ||
Hotel, motel or inn | 1 per rental room or suite plus 2 additional parking spaces for owners or managers. If a restaurant in connection with such a use is open to the public, the off-street parking facilities for such restaurant shall be not less than those required for a restaurant. | ||
Tourist home | 1 per each sleeping room or suite, plus 2 additional spaces for the owner or manager if resident on the premises | ||
Rooming houses and boardinghouses | 1 per each sleeping room to be occupied by roomers or boarders, plus 2 per each dwelling unit on the premises, plus 1 per additional space for every two persons regularly employed on the premises | ||
Clubhouses and permanent meeting places of veterans, business, civic, fraternal, labor and similar organizations | 1 per 50 square feet of aggregate floor area in the auditorium, assembly hall and dining room of such building, plus 1 per each employee | ||
Dormitories, fraternity houses and sorority houses | 1 per every four beds, plus 1 per each employee thereof | ||
Hospitals [Amended 4-4-2006 by Ord. No. 299] | 3 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. The minimum dimensions of stalls and aisles shall be in accordance with § 160-44 of the Township of Concord Code, Chapter 160, Subdivision and Land Development; provided, however, that stall width measured from the center of the double side stripes shall be at least 8.5 feet in accessory parking structures, except that all handicapped stalls shall meet the minimum requirements established by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) | ||
Health centers [Amended 4-4-2006 by Ord. No. 299; 12-3-2019 by Ord. No. 390] | 5 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area of the health center exclusive of the temporary lodging, plus 1 per each bed provided for the accessory temporary lodging | ||
Nursing and convalescent homes | 1 1/2 per resident | ||
Medical and dental clinics | 6 1/2 per each 100 sq. ft. of examination area | ||
Mortuaries or funeral parlors | 1 per each official vehicle, plus 1 per each family resident on the premises, plus 1 per each two employees (other than resident on the premises), plus 1 per 50 square feet of floor area in the viewing rooms, slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms | ||
Welfare institutions, such as asylums, elderly housing, orphanages | 3 spaces for every 4 staff members or visiting doctors, plus 1 per every three employees normally employed during any shift, plus 1 space per dwelling unit in elderly housing and 1 space for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area in asylums or orphanages | ||
Libraries, museums, post offices, civic centers and similar establishments | 1 per each vehicle used directly in the operation of such establishment, plus 4 per first 1,000 square feet of total floor area, plus 1 per each additional 250 square feet of floor area | ||
Convention halls, gymnasiums, skating rinks, stadiums, sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, churches and similar uses | 1 per each 4 persons who may legally be admitted therein at one time under the state fire prevention laws | ||
Theater, auditorium or similar recreational establishment or place of public assemblage | 1 per each 3 fixed seats or, where capacity is not determined by the number of fixed seats, 1 per each 60 square feet of floor area devoted to patron use | ||
Bowling alleys | 3 per each lane, plus 1 per each 2 employees. If a restaurant or a lounge in connection with such a use is open to the public, the off-street parking facilities for such restaurant shall be not less than those required for a restaurant | ||
Schools | 1 for each employee, including teachers and administrators, plus 0.25 per each student over driving age along with off-street space for the safe and convenient loading and unloading of students, plus additional facilities for parking of school busses or such related vehicles | ||
Universities, colleges, academies and similar institutions of higher learning | 1 for each person regularly employed at the institution, plus additional space to be established by the Zoning Administrator based on a study of parking needs prepared specifically for the subject institution | ||
Office, professional or public buildings | 1 per each 250 sq. ft. of gross floor plan area | ||
Transportation terminals | 1 for every 100 square feet of waiting room space, plus 1 per regular employee | ||
Restaurants | |||
Fast food or tea room | 3 per every 250 sq. ft. of gross floor plan area | ||
Fine dining or family restaurant | 4 per every 250 sq. ft. of gross floor plan area, plus 3 per every 250 sq. ft. of gross banquet floor plan area | ||
Lounge/bar restaurant | 6 per every 250 sq. ft. of gross floor plan area, plus 3 per every 250 sq. ft. of gross banquet floor plan area | ||
Roadside stands or other roadside service establishments | 1 per each employee, plus additional spaces or equivalent standing area for customer-motorists in the ratio of 1 per every 25 linear feet of road frontage | ||
Car wash establishment | 1 for every two persons regularly employed at the institution, in addition to sufficient parking space to prevent the use of adjoining public street for the storage or holding of motor vehicles before and after servicing | ||
Indoor retail businesses | Parking or storage space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of such business, plus 1 for every 250 sq. ft. of gross floor area | ||
Shopping center of planned business area | 6 per 1,000 sq. ft. for floor plans in excess of 50,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area | ||
8 per 1,000 sq. ft. for floor plans less than or equal to 50,000 sq. ft. | |||
In an enclosed shopping mall, however, that floor area which is used exclusively for pedestrian traffic and which is not within the area specifically assigned to a particular store may be excluded from the gross floor area computation with the exclusion of kiosks, sale booths and other exhibits which must conform to the standard density requirements | |||
Repair shops, plumbing shops, electrical shops, roofing shops and other service establishments | Parking or storage space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of the business, plus 2 for each person regularly employed on the premises | ||
Self-service laundries | 1 for every four washing machines | ||
Outdoor retail businesses | Parking or storage space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of such business, plus 1 per each 50 sq. ft. of associated sales and display areas, plus 1 per each person employed | ||
Motor vehicles service station or public garage | 2 either within or without the structure, for each 200 square feet of floor or ground area devoted to repair, sales or service facilities and, in addition, such space as is necessary for the normal storage of motor vehicles. In no case shall the spaces for permitted motor vehicle storage in conjunction with a service station be fewer than five. | ||
Wholesale establishment | 1 per 1,000 square feet of floor areas, including basement areas used for the sale or display of merchandise or manufacturing | ||
Swimming pools (commercial or public) | 2 per 100 square feet of pool area, plus 1 per each employee thereof | ||
Golf courses | 0.2 per each member | ||
Playing fields and courts | 1 for every three players, plus 1 for every 5 spectator seats | ||
Industrial or manufacturing establishment | 1 for each four employees (based upon the maximum number employed at any one shift), plus 1 for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area in the buildings for use by visitors to the building or buildings | ||
Building or use other than specified above. For any building or open area used for a purpose not covered above | 1 minimum for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or lot area, whichever is the greater, except when otherwise authorized as a special exception consistent with the principles set forth herein for comparable buildings, but in no case shall public streets be considered as approved parking or holding areas | ||
Employee parking | For every use, other than an office building, for which there are regular employees, there shall be two parking spaces provided for each three employees on the largest shift in addition to the above parking requirements | ||
Day-care and preschool centers | 1 per each employee, plus 1 per eight enrollees | ||
Service centers such as massage parlors, nonmedical treatment establishments, tattoo parlors and others of similar nature other than indicated prior | 3 per each 100 sq. ft. of examination, treatment or activity areas | ||
Indoor recreational centers other than indicated prior | 1 per each 300 sq. ft. of gross floor area | ||
§ 210-198 Paving and curbing.
Outdoor parking or service areas for use open to the public and the approaches thereto shall be paved according to Township specifications and shall be graded, properly drained and maintained in good condition.
§ 210-199 Access.
A.
Provision shall be made for safe and efficient ingress and egress to and from public streets and highways serving the development without undue congestion to or interference with normal traffic flow. The Planning Commission shall satisfy itself as to the adequacy of the thoroughfare to carry the additional traffic engendered by the complex as well as to the street frontage of the proposed district.
B.
No plan or proposal shall be approved which is likely to create substantial traffic hazards endangering the public safety. Safety requirements which may be imposed where appropriate in such a review shall include traffic control devices, acceleration or deceleration lanes, turning lanes, traffic and lane markings and signs. The developer shall be responsible for the construction of any necessary traffic control devices or additional acceleration lanes required by the State Department of Transportation and/or Township in the case of egress to major thoroughfares.
C.
Each required off-street parking space shall open directly upon an aisle or a driveway of such width and design as to provide safe and efficient means of vehicular access to such parking space in accordance with the applicable standards.
D.
Access to a nonresidential use and its related off-street parking shall be from a street where over 50% of the frontage on both sides of a street is nonresidential in use.
E.
Where possible, exits shall be located on service streets and minor highways rather than directly on major streets or highways.
F.
Parking areas shall be designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicle.
G.
The interior circulation of traffic on a lot or tract shall be designed so that no driveway or street providing parking spaces shall be used as a through street. If parking spaces are indicated by lines with angles other than 90°, then traffic lanes shall be restricted to one way to permit head-in parking.
H.
Interior drives providing access to each lot within the site shall be designed with curvatures so as to prevent blockage of vehicles entering or leaving the site.
[Amended 1-5-1998 by Ord. No. 221]
I.
Parking, loading or service areas used by motor vehicles shall be located entirely within the lot lines of the development and shall have not more than two access roads to any one public street for each 500 feet of frontage.
J.
All accessways to any public street or highway shall be located at least 200 feet from the intersection of any two street lines, and all vehicular entrances and exits to parking areas shall be clearly designated for all conditions.
L.
The width of interior drives leading from the public street to the parking lot shall be as follows:
Type of Drive | One Lane | Two Lane |
|---|---|---|
Right-of-way (where applicable) | 40 feet | 50 feet |
Cartway | 18 feet | 24 feet |
§ 210-200 Lighting.
[Amended 10-1-1996 by Ord. No. 204; 3-4-2025 by Ord. No. 410]
A.
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.
B.
All outside lighting, including sign lighting, shall be directed in such a way as not to create a nuisance in any agricultural, institutional or residential district, and 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 luminary shall be equipped with a glare shielding device approved by the Township Engineer. The total height of any luminary, including light pole and base shall also be approved by the Township Engineer and be less than 25 feet.
C.
The parking and loading and ingress and egress of any use within every zoning district shall be provided with a minimum of footcandle illumination so that the average maintained footcandle level shall conform to the lighting intensities listed in the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America's latest volume for each type of area to be illuminated, with site lighting luminaries provided and so spaced as to provide an acceptable lighting environment for pedestrian safety.