Set reasonable standards and controls to assure sufficient parking capacity for the uses or potential uses of land in the developed portion of the Borough.

Set appropriate and reasonable standards and controls to assure sufficient parking capacity for redevelopment in the Specially Planned Districts.

Provide flexibility in the implementation of these standards by permitting construction of a reduced number of parking spaces under appropriate conditions.

Prevent hazards to public safety caused by the intrusion and congestion of parking upon public rights-of-way.

Suitable area must be available on the site for 100% of the parking required by § 27-2002, above.

The number of spaces, which must be paved initially, may be reduced by up to 50% by the Borough Council, upon recommendation of the Borough Engineer and the Borough Planning Commission.

Suitable area must be reserved for the balance of the total number of spaces required by § 27-2002. The total number of spaces shall be constructed by the applicant if and when determined necessary by the Borough Council, upon recommendation of the Borough Engineer. Borough Council may require the installation of these parking spaces under the following conditions:

A financial guarantee shall be provided by the applicant to cover the cost of installation of the parking spaces held in reserve, for a period of one year following installation of the initially constructed parking spaces. The type and dollar value of the guarantee must be approved by the Borough Council upon the recommendations of the Borough Solicitor and Engineer.

To qualify for use of the reserve parking concept, the applicant shall demonstrate that the number of spaces required by § 27-2002 herein is substantially larger than the number of spaces anticipated, by providing evidence supporting reduced parking needs to the Borough Planning Commission and Borough Engineer for their review and recommendations to Borough Council.

Parking and driveways for nonresidential uses shall be paved.

Parking and driveways for single-family detached residential uses need not be paved, but must be of all-weather construction.

Parking and driveways for all other residential uses shall be paved.

The owners of two or more establishments shall submit, with their application for special exception, a site plan showing joint use and location of a common off-street parking area.

Some portion of the common off-street parking area lies within 200 feet of an entrance regularly used by patrons, into the buildings served thereby.

The Zoning Hearing Board may, in its discretion, reduce the number of required parking spaces upon determination that greater efficiency is effected by joint use of a common parking area, but in no case shall the number of off-street parking spaces be reduced by more than 20% of the required number of spaces.

They shall not be used for the sale, repair, long-term inactive storage, or dismantling of any vehicles, equipment, materials, or supplies, except where such uses are clearly and customarily incidental to the permitted nonresidential use as specified in this Chapter.

They shall be properly graded for drainage; surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete, asphalt, oil, or any dust-free surfacing and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash, or debris.

They shall be provided with entrances and exits so located to minimize traffic congestion and the effect of headlight glare.

They shall be provided with wheel or bumper guards so located and arranged that no part of any parked vehicles will extend beyond the boundaries of the parking lot.

Lighting facilities shall be so arranged that they neither unreasonably nor unnecessarily disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic by either location or glare.

Unless specified in an individual district, a buffer strip 10 feet in width shall be provided along each property line abutting a residential property or a public right-of-way. The buffer shall be designed according to the following standards:

There shall be no more than one attendant shelter building containing not more than 50 feet of gross floor area and set back a distance of not less than 15 feet from any boundary of the parking lot which abuts a residential use.

No parking area shall abut directly upon a public street, but instead shall be separated from the street by curbed planting strips a minimum of five feet in depth from the edge of the cart way or sidewalk, with suitable breaks for access ways.

Each property shall have not more than one access way on each street on which the property abuts; each access way shall be no more than 30 feet wide.

Shade trees shall be provided within all parking areas at a minimum rate of one 3 1/2 inch caliper shade tree per 10 parking spaces.

The minimum dimension of a parking space shall be nine feet by 18 feet, exclusive of all driveways or drive aisles.

Parking areas shall be designed according to the following dimensions:

Schools of 15,000 square feet or more: one loading berth.

Offices of 10,000 square feet or more: one loading berth.

Commercial and Institutional Uses: one loading berth for the first 5,000 square feet up to a maximum of 10,000 square feet; one additional loading berth for each additional 10,000 square feet or fraction thereof.

Each loading space shall not be less than 12 feet wide, 56 feet long and 14 feet high, and may occupy part of any required side or rear yard, except that portion which is required to be used for a buffer area in compliance with Borough requirements.

Loading and unloading space shall be separated from the street by a curbed planting strip a minimum of 10 feet in depth, with a suitable break for vehicular access, not more than 30 feet wide. The planting strip must contain either a continuous, dense, evergreen buffer planting not less than six feet in height or an opaque, decorative fence, at least six feet high and architecturally integrated with the principle structure.

Definitions. The following definitions apply to SP-1; SP-2 and SP-3 Districts only:

Required Off-Street Parking, Specially Planned Districts.

Off-Street Loading. Every structure or part thereof, hereafter established, erected, enlarged, or occupied for uses involving the receipt or distribution of material or merchandise shall have permanently maintained loading spaces within the structure or on the same situate lot with the structure as follows:

Parking/Off-Street Loading Exceptions.

Continuation of Facilities. Whenever an occupancy permit has been issued and the plans so approved contain motor vehicles parking and loading space provisions, the subsequent use of such property shall be conditional upon the continuance and availability of the parking and loading space provisions contained in such plans. Any other use of such property shall be a violation of this Part. Should the owner or occupant of any structure, as to which an occupancy permit has been issued containing motor vehicle parking or loading space requirements, so change the use to which such structure is put as to increase motor vehicle parking or loading space requirements under this Part, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this Chapter, to begin or maintain such altered use until such time as the increased motor vehicle parking or loading provisions of this Part are complied with and an amended certificate of occupancy from the Zoning Office has been issued.