Screen buffer yards. The purpose of screen buffer yards is to minimize adverse views between incompatible land uses. Screen buffer yards shall be 50 feet in width unless special conditions require additional buffering (e.g., environmentally sensitive areas).

Perimeter buffer yards. The purpose of perimeter buffer yards is to filter views between complementary land uses. Perimeter buffer yards shall be 25 feet in width unless special conditions require additional buffering (e.g., environmentally sensitive areas).

Screen ("S") and perimeter ("P") buffers shall be provided between proposed (PROP) and abutting land uses in accordance with the following chart. Buffer planting shall be provided in accordance with § 95-25.1F.

Key to land uses:

Buffers may occur within any yard area, including the front yard, when applicable. Buffers shall be comprised of a variety of plant material. They shall also include earthen berms where topographically feasible and where such berms will not increase runoff or cause water to flow onto adjacent landowner's property.

If environmentally sensitive resources, such as wetlands, steep slopes or rock outcroppings lie within the required buffer yard, the buffer shall be relocated so as not to disturb the resource. A minimum twenty-five-foot-wide buffer, of the required intensity level, shall be provided outside of the resource. The buffer plantings should complement and enhance the adjacent natural resource.

No structures, parking, pavement and/or stormwater management areas shall be permitted within buffer areas, except for points of access, which may cross the buffer perpendicularly.

Where the requirements of this section conflict with other requirements of this chapter and other chapters of the East Bradford Code, or with state or federal regulations, the more restrictive requirement shall apply.

Communication with applicable local transit providers shall be made to communicate the potential for a bus stop so that the provider may provide guidance and comment on the location and/or design of the area reserved for the bus stop. Such communication shall occur after the initial submission of any applicable plan.

The reserve area for a future bus stop shall be at an appropriate location and of a sufficient area to facilitate a future bus stop and shelter in accordance with the specifications set forth in the publication SEPTA Bus Stop Design Guidelines, October 2012, or as revised, produced by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) in addition to other relevant codes, design criteria, and ordinances (PennDOT, AASHTO, etc.).

The reserve area for a future bus stop shall be recorded on the plan and permanently maintained to facilitate the development of a future bus stop and/or shelter.

Bus shelters shall be located along public transportation routes and, where possible, placed within the public road right-of-way. Yard regulations of the zoning district shall not be applicable to the placement of bus shelters. East Bradford Township shall have final determination as to the location of bus shelters.

A building permit application shall be submitted for each bus shelter. The applicant shall apply for, and receive, all federal, state and/or Township permits. The ownership of the bus shelter, after construction, may be offered for transfer to the HOA, Township, county, private business, transit agency, or other party.

Accompanying the application for a bus shelter shall be the written permission of the property owner of the property on which the shelter is to be located.

The shelter shall be placed on a concrete slab, which shall be constructed in accordance with the East Bradford Township Building Code.

The shelter shall not exceed five feet in width and 10 feet in length and shall be constructed of aluminum frame with a minimum of two sides enclosed with Lexan, acrylic, Plexiglas or safety glass and a roof. A bench shall be provided in the shelter with a center divider/armrest and trash receptacle in a style approved by East Bradford Township.

Trash pickup for bus shelters shall be the responsibly of the owner. Submission of an agreement for trash pickup shall be required, and proof of such agreement shall be submitted to and approved by the Township.

The bus shelter shall be lighted for the safety of the users. The source of the light shall be shielded from all abutting properties and from traffic along any adjacent roadways.

Installation and maintenance.

Sidewalks or internal walkways shall be provided to connect bus shelters to nearby commercial, office, institutional, recreational, residential, or other similar uses that generate significant pedestrian traffic.

The bus shelter shall be well marked with a double-sided sign, preferably on its own pole in accordance with current SEPTA signage standards

Bus shelters and their related facilities and amenities (pull overs, signs, benches, etc.) shall comply the specifications set forth in the publication SEPTA Bus Stop Design Guidelines, October 2012, or as revised, produced by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC).

All main access driveways shall be a minimum of 28 feet in width and shall be designed in accordance with Township public roadway standards with regard to horizontal and vertical alignment, cross slopes and drainage.

All main interior driveways shall be a minimum of 32 feet in width inclusive of a fire lane four feet in width and shall be designed in accordance with public roadway standards with regard to horizontal and vertical alignment and drainage. Roadway cross slopes shall be uniform at a maximum gradient of 2%.

All parking field access driveways shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width and shall be designed in accordance with Township public roadway standards with regard to horizontal and vertical alignment and drainage. Roadway cross slopes shall be uniform at a maximum gradient of 2%.

All parking field drive aisles shall be a minimum of 24 feet in width.

Single one-way drive aisles shall be 14 feet in width. Multiple adjacent one-way drive aisles may decrease in width by two feet for each additional drive aisle, to a minimum of 10 feet in width when three adjacent one-way drive aisles are proposed.

All two-way driveways and drive aisles of the same type must be uniform in width, unless otherwise approved by the Township Engineer.

All parking fields must be segregated from main access, main interior and/or parking field access driveways with upright curbing and raised islands a minimum of 10 feet in width. Internal walkways for pedestrian travel within a site or from parking spaces to buildings or structures may be permitted within raised islands to separate pedestrian movements from vehicular traffic.

Parking field drive aisles shall not intersect with main access driveways.

Double parking is prohibited.

Angled parking is prohibited.

A raised island segregated from the parking bay by curbing, a minimum of 10 feet in width, shall be provided every two parking bays or at locations otherwise approved by the Township Engineer to discourage vehicles from traveling across empty parking stalls and vacant drive aisles in a direction perpendicular or at any other angle than the intended direction of traffic circulation through the parking field(s). Internal walkways for pedestrian travel within a site or from parking spaces to buildings or structures may be permitted within raised islands to separate pedestrian movements from automobile traffic.

Where main access driveways, main interior driveways and parking field access driveways are proposed to intersect, they shall intersect within 10° of perpendicularity. Where these driveways are not proposed to intersect, they shall be separated by the following minimum distances, measured from center line to center line of each driveway:

A parking field drive aisle shall not intersect a main interior driveway or parking field access driveway within 64 feet of the main interior driveway or parking field access driveway intersection with the main access driveway, measured from the closest edge of the main access driveway.

Parking stalls shall not be located within 20 feet of a main interior driveway or parking field access driveway or within 40 feet of a main access driveway, to eliminate the necessity to perform reverse movements into such driveways to exit the parking stalls.

All traffic circulation patterns shall have adequate sight distance around any potential obstructions within the parking area, including, but not limited to, buildings, trash collection dumpsters, embankments, etc.

All parking fields shall have two means of ingress and egress to each individual parking bay (or half parking bay) that shall not be blocked by other parking stalls.

Parking stalls which could interfere with deliveries, trash collection, any type of driveways or drive aisles, etc., or vice versa are prohibited.

Vehicular signage and pavement markings in accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Specifications shall be provided for all traffic circulation patterns on the site. Pavement markings shall be hot inlaid epoxy.

Parking stalls shall not interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any type of driveway or drive aisle, or the use of any other parking stall on site, whether entering or exiting the stall.

Adequate paved reverse exit area as demonstrated by a vehicle turning template corresponding to the anticipated vehicle using the parking stall must be provided for all parking stalls located adjacent to a landscaped area.

All parking areas shall be compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Minimum curve radii on parking lot islands shall be 10 feet. Minimum curve radii on all driveway separation curbing shall be 25 feet, unless larger radii are necessary for compliance with § 115-56C.

Parking field slopes shall be a maximum gradient of 5%, and a minimum gradient of 1.5%, computed in any direction.

Installation of curb cuts is prohibited, except to establish compliance with § 115-56D(5).

Main access driveway maximum slopes shall be the desirable maximum as established by Chapter 441 of the Pennsylvania Code, as amended, for the corresponding volume level of driveway proposed. All other driveway slopes shall conform to the slope criteria for Township roadways listed in Chapter 95, Subdivision and Land Development.

A raised planting island, a minimum of 10 feet in width and the length of the parking stall, shall be spaced not more than every 15 parking stalls.

Parking lot landscaping shall be provided in accordance with § 115-45.1H.

During the land development approval process the applicant shall demonstrate by the use of electronic truck turning templates that all anticipated delivery routes on the site can be negotiated without the need to traverse upright curbing, mountable curbing, areas consisting of installed signage, opposing lanes of traffic, parking stalls, etc., by the following delivery truck sizes:

The applicant shall demonstrate during the land development approval process, by the use of electronic truck turning templates, that emergency vehicles can negotiate all interior circulation patterns without the need to traverse upright curbing, mountable curbing, areas consisting of installed signage, opposing lanes of traffic, parking stalls, etc.

Interior delivery routes shall be designed so as to prevent blockage of vehicles entering or leaving the site for any length of time.

Where warranted as determined by the Township Engineer, physical barriers such as (but not limited to) electronic gates, mechanical gates or manual gates shall be installed to prevent patron vehicles from entering truck delivery areas. Where not warranted, these areas shall be adequately signed and pavements shall be marked to discourage patron vehicles from entering delivery areas.

Internal walkways shall be provided both internal to the site to access buildings from parking areas, at the frontage of buildings and any other areas necessary to provide safe pedestrian travel throughout the site, and at the street frontage in the form of required sidewalks as per § 95-24 of the Township Code, for all commercial, industrial, institutional, educational, municipal, and open space design developments. The applicant shall present a plan depicting all intended routes of bicycle and pedestrian circulation, both internal and external, to the site.

All sidewalks and other areas of planned pedestrian travel shall have uniform cross slopes not greater than a gradient of 1 1/2%.

Raised crosswalks constructed in accordance with Publication 383, Pennsylvania's Traffic Calming Handbook, latest edition, constructed of block pavers, concrete or other contrasting materials dissimilar to the construction materials of the main access driveway(s) (and appropriately marked with signage and pavement markings) shall be provided at all pedestrian crossings of the main access driveway(s). All other pedestrian crossings of any other types of driveways shall be standard crosswalks constructed in accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation specifications in addition to appropriate signage and design standards. Crosswalks shall be located wherever a sidewalk or internal walkway crosses a street or interior driveway. Consideration for placement of crosswalks shall be consistent with those indicated as applicable in the Central Chester County Bicycle and Pedestrian Circulation Plan Improvements Map.

All nonresidential buildings shall provide a canopy constructed over sidewalks provided at the frontage of the building, extending to the edge of the sidewalk furthest from the building.

Depressed curbing and walkways shall be provided for commercial establishments every 10 parking stalls to allow shopping carts to pass through the curbed islands required in § 115-56B(11).

All pedestrian walkways shall be compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Facilities shall be consistent with the following Township plans and ordinances: East Bradford Township Official Map and Ordinance,[1] East Bradford Township Comprehensive Plan, and Central Chester County Bicycle and Pedestrian Circulation Plan.

Bicycle lanes, directional signage for bicycle safety, and bicycle parking (bike racks) shall be required in commercial, industrial, institutional, educational, and municipal developments with more than 50,000 square feet of gross leasable floor area.

Provide lighting in outdoor places where public health, safety and welfare are potential concerns.

Protect drivers and pedestrians from the glare of nonvehicular light sources that affect driver vision.

Protect neighbors and the night sky from nuisance glare and stray light from incorrectly aimed, placed, applied, maintained or shielded light sources regardless of whether the sources are freestanding, mounted on exterior walls, under canopies or soffits or within a structure.

Outdoor lighting shall be provided in accordance with the following standards for multifamily residential, commercial, industrial, educational, private recreational and institutional uses.

In addition, the glare-control requirements herein apply to lighting in all of the above-mentioned uses as well as, but not limited to, signs and architectural, landscaping and residential lighting.

Interior light sources that project glare, light pollution or light trespass to the exterior of the structure shall be considered as exterior sources for the purposes of this chapter.

Illumination levels.

Lighting fixture design.

Control of glare, light pollution and light trespass.

Installation.

Maintenance. Lighting fixtures and ancillary equipment shall be maintained so as always to meet the requirements of this section.

At the intersection of public roads with entrance roads to the proposed development.

Intersections involving proposed public or non-public major roads within the proposed development.

Lighting plans shall be submitted to the Township for review and approval for all proposed outdoor lighting, including but not limited to proposals which are part of a subdivision or land development plan, and shall include:

When requested by the Board of Supervisors, applicant shall submit a visual impact plan that demonstrates appropriate steps have been taken to mitigate on-site and off-site glare.

Post-approval alterations to lighting plans or intended substitutions for approved lighting equipment shall be submitted to the Township for review and approval.

The Township has the right to conduct a post-installation nighttime inspection to verity compliance with the requirements of this section, and, if appropriate, to require remedial action.

Minor corrective action, such as reaiming or shielding, can achieve conformity.

It is deemed by the Township Zoning Officer to create a safety hazard.

It is replaced by another fixture or fixtures, abandoned or relocated.

There is a change in use.

Standards.

Requirements.

Off-street loading and unloading space or spaces, with proper and safe access from the street, shall be provided on each lot, either within a structure or in the open, to serve the uses within the district adequately.

Loading and unloading spaces shall be at least 12 feet wide, 45 feet long and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.

Loading and unloading spaces shall have all-weather surfaces to provide safe and convenient access during all seasons.

Loading facilities shall not be constructed between the building setback line and a street right-of-way line.[1]