Edgeworth City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 130-64 Off-street parking.
A.
Existing parking. Structures and uses in conformity with any predecessor zoning law or ordinance and in existence at the date of adoption of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this article so long as the kind or extent of use is not changed, provided that any parking facility now serving such structure or uses shall not in the future be reduced below such requirements.
B.
Change in requirements. Whenever there is an alteration of a structure or a change or extension of a use which increases the parking requirements according to the standards of this article, the total additional parking required for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of that section.
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, except that it may be used for a stormwater retention basin of a maximum depth of six inches.
D.
Continuing character of obligation. All required facilities shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve. 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. 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, a hazard or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.
E.
Joint use. Two or more uses may provide for required parking in a common parking lot if the total space provided is not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use individually. However, the number of spaces required in a common parking facility may be reduced by 20% of this total by special exception if it can be demonstrated to the Zoning Hearing Board that the hours or days of peak parking needed for the uses are so different that a lower total will provide adequately for all uses served by the facility.
F.
Location of parking spaces. Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot.
G.
Maintenance of parking areas. For parking areas of three or more vehicles, the area not landscaped and so maintained, including driveways, shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt or other suitable material and drained to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining property and to the extent necessary to comply with the drainage standards set forth in Chapter 113, Subdivision and Land Development, as amended. Such off-street parking spaces shall be marked so as to indicate their location. Failure to keep parking areas in satisfactory condition, free from holes and stress fractures, shall be considered a violation of this chapter.
H.
Minimum off-street parking standards.
[Amended 10-20-2015 by Ord. No. 541]
Use | Spaces Required | |
|---|---|---|
Residential | ||
Single-family dwelling | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Duplex or double house | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Townhouse | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Multiple-family dwelling | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Group residence facility and bed-and-breakfast | 1 per 2 beds plus 1 per staff for maximum number on duty | |
Retirement home (nursing home) | 1 per each 4 dwelling or rooming units plus 1 per each employee | |
Boarding or rooming house | 1 per 4 residents at maximum occupancy plus 1 for each rooming unit | |
Public and Semipublic | ||
Hospitals and similar institutions | 1 per 3 beds plus 1 for each 2 staff on duty on largest shift | |
Theaters | 1 per 3 seats | |
Churches, auditoriums and similar places of enclosed public assembly such as dance halls | 1 per 3 persons who can be seated simultaneously or 1 per 40 square feet of floor area used for assembly purposes | |
Places of open assembly | 1 per 4 persons who can be seated simultaneously and/or 1 per 100 square feet of assembly space without fixed seats | |
Bowling alleys | 6 per bowling lane plus 1 per each employee | |
Medical and dental clinics | 1 per 50 square feet of gross floor area | |
Schools, public, private and parochial | 1 per classroom plus one per faculty member | |
Libraries and museums | 1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area | |
Funeral homes | 15 per viewing area or parlor | |
Commercial | ||
Motels, motor courts and hotels | 1 per sleeping room plus 1 per each employee | |
Retail commercial and personal services stores without drive-through services | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area open to the public, plus 1 per each employee on the largest shift | |
Retail commercial and personal service stores with drive-through services | 1 per 100 square feet of enclosed floor area open to the public plus 1 per each employee on the largest shift | |
Offices with customer service | 1 per 300 square feet of total floor area | |
Offices not providing customer service | 1 per 600 square feet of total floor area | |
Service stations | 3 waiting spaces at each side of each pump island plus 5 spaces for customer services plus 1 space for each employee | |
Clubs, taverns, etc. | 1 per each 100 square feet of floor area plus 1 per each employee | |
Industrial | ||
Warehouse, storage, and wholesale business | 2 per each 3 employees plus 1 each company vehicle ordinarily parked on the site | |
Manufacturing (light industrial) | 1 per each employee on the largest shift plus 2 per each employees for visitor parking plus 1 per each company vehicle ordinarily parked on the site |
§ 130-65 Design standards for off-street parking facilities.
[Amended 10-20-2015 by Ord. No. 541]
The design standards specified herein shall be required for all off-street parking facilities.
A.
The minimum dimensions of stalls and aisles shall be as follows:
(1)
Stall width shall be at least nine feet for all angle parking and eight feet for parallel parking.
(2)
Stall depth shall be at least 18 feet, with said dimension measured on the angle, for all angle parking and 22 feet for parallel parking.
(3)
The minimum width of one-way aisles providing access to stalls, varying with the angle of the parking shall be:
Angle of Parking (degrees) | Minimum Aisle Width (feet) | |
|---|---|---|
Parallel | 12 | |
30° | 14 | |
45° | 16 | |
60° | 20 |
(4)
The minimum width of aisles providing access to stalls for two-way traffic shall be 24 feet.
B.
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 vehicles.
D.
For the purpose of servicing any property held under single and separate ownership, entrance and exit drives crossing the street lot line shall be limited to two along the frontage of any single street, and their center lines shall be spaced at least 80 feet apart. On all corner properties, there shall be a space of a minimum of 60 feet, measured at the curbline, between the center line of any entrance or exit drive and the street line of the street parallel to said access drive.
E.
In no case shall parking areas be designed to require or encourage cars to back into a public street in order to leave the lot.
F.
All parking spaces and access drives shall be at least five feet from any side or rear lot line.
G.
All parking areas for any purpose other than single-family residences shall be physically separated from any public street by a planting strip which shall be not less than three feet in depth. Tire bumpers or concrete curb shall be installed so as to prevent vehicle overhang of the sidewalk area. This three-foot planting strip shall be parallel to the street line and shall be measured from the right-of-way.
H.
Lighting of parking areas may be required at the discretion of the Council. All artificial exterior lighting used to illuminate any parking space or spaces shall be so arranged that no direct rays from such lighting shall fall upon any neighboring property or streets. Sharp cutoff luminaires shall be used.
I.
Notwithstanding anything in this Zoning Ordinance to the contrary, for any office uses, retail and consumer uses and industrial uses:
§ 130-66 Off-street loading.
Off-street loading requirements as specified below shall be provided on any lot on which a building exceeding 6,000 square feet of gross floor area for business or industry is hereafter erected.
A.
Every retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishment exceeding 6,000 square feet shall have a least one off-street loading space. Where there is a gross floor area of 20,000 square feet or more arranged, intended or designed for such use, there shall be provided off-street truck loading or unloading berths in accordance with the following table:
Square Feet of Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use | Required Number of Berths | |
|---|---|---|
6,000 up to 19,999 | 1 | |
20,000 up to 79,999 | 2 | |
Each additional 50,000 | 1 additional |
B.
Every auditorium, funeral home, multifamily dwelling of 20 units or more, office building, restaurant or hotel, which exceeds 6,000 square feet, shall have at least one off-street loading space. Where there is a gross floor area of 30,000 square feet or more arranged, intended or designed for such use, there shall be provided off-street truck loading and unloading berths in accordance with the following table:
Square Feet of Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use | Required Number of Berths | |
|---|---|---|
6,000 up to 2,999 | 1 | |
30,000 up to 44,999 | 2 | |
Each additional 75,000 | 1 additional |
§ 130-67 Design standards for off-street loading facilities.
A.
Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the following specifications:
(1)
Each required space shall be no less than 14 feet wide, 55 feet long and 17 feet high, exclusive of drives and maneuvering space, and located entirely on the lot being served.
(2)
There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley, as well as adequate maneuvering space.
(3)
The maximum width of driveways and sidewalk openings measured at the street lot line shall be 35 feet; the minimum width shall be 20 feet.
(4)
All accessory driveways and entranceways shall be graded, surfaced and drained to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer to the extent necessary to prevent nuisances of dust, erosion or excessive water flow across public ways.
(5)
Such facilities shall be designed and used in such a manner as to at no time constitute a nuisance, a hazard or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.
B.
All required loading facilities shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(1)
They shall be provided and maintained as long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve.
(2)
They shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision, except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this article.
(3)
Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities to the delivery and pickup vehicles they are designed to serve.