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Edison City Zoning Code

§ 37-60.3

Reduction or Encroachment of Off-Street Parking Area; Minimum Number of Spaces.

[1999 Code § 17.88.030]
No off-street parking area shall be reduced in size or encroached upon by any building, vehicle store, loading or unloading space or any other use where such reduction or encroachment will reduce the off-street parking and loading spaces below that required by these regulations. Minimum space requirements for off-street parking areas; use and minimum space requirements shall be as follows:
a. 
Automobile and gasoline service station: at least one (1) space for each gasoline island and service bay or similar service area or five (5) spaces, whichever is greater. Further, in the instances of other retail sales of products at the site, one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor space shall be required.
b. 
Automobile sales establishment: at least one (1) space for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of the building area used for such purposes or one (1) space for each five thousand (5,000) square feet of lot area, whichever is greater.
c. 
Bowling establishment: at least three (3) spaces for each bowling lane. If additional facilities such as a bar or restaurant are provided, additional parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for similar uses set forth in this subsection.
d. 
Church, synagogue or other places of worship: at least one (1) space for each four (4) seats or one (1) space for each four (4) person's occupancy based upon the maximum allowed occupancy calculated from the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, whichever is greater.
e. 
Commercial or Personal Service Establishments:
1. 
Grocery store, food market and supermarket: one (1) space per one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area.
2. 
Delicatessen and bakery: one (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area and one (1) space for each three (3) seats, if applicable.
3. 
Barbershop and beauty shop: three (3) spaces for each beautician and barber or one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
4. 
Furniture and hardware store: one (1) space for each three hundred fifty (350) square feet of gross floor area.
5. 
Other commercial or personal service uses not specifically listed elsewhere in this subsection: one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross first floor area, plus one (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of additional gross floor area.
f. 
Educational and training school or institution, nonprofit or commercial: at least one (1) space for each one (1) employee, including teachers and administration, plus one (1) space for each student or one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of classroom, laboratory or other space used for instructional purposes.
g. 
Eleemosynary or philanthropic institution: at least one (1) space for each one (1) employee, plus such additional facilities for residents and visitors.
h. 
Home-based occupation: two (2) parking spaces in addition to the requirement for the dwelling unit, plus one (1) additional space for any full-time employee who is not a resident of the site.
i. 
Hospital or nursing home: at least one (1) space for each two (2) patient beds, plus one (1) additional space for each staff member or visiting doctor, based on the average number of persons serving the facility.
j. 
Industrial or manufacturing establishment: at least one (1) space for each employee, and one (1) additional space for each vehicle used directly in the conduct of the enterprise or one (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of total floor space, whichever is greater.
k. 
Warehouse: one (1) space for each three thousand (3,000) square feet of total floor area.
l. 
Medical, dental or chiropractic office: five (5) spaces for each professional person occupying or using each office, plus one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area of office.
m. 
Mortuary or funeral home: at least one (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the chapel or one (1) space for each twenty-five (25) square feet of area designed and used for chapel space and one (1) additional space for each funeral vehicle.
n. 
Motel, auto court, motor lodge, tourist court: at least one space for each guest or sleeping room, plus two (2) additional spaces for each ten (10) rooms up to one hundred (100) rooms.
o. 
Multifamily dwelling: at least two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit except for dwellings restricted to occupancy by a head of household sixty-two (62) or more years of age, then one (1) space per dwelling.
p. 
Office building, professional building or similar use: at least one (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area, except that medical, dental or chiropractic offices shall comply with the minimum requirement of paragraph l.
q. 
One- or two-family detached dwelling: at least two (2) spaces per dwelling unit. A paved driveway having a surface area of three hundred fifty (350) square feet in area shall service to meet this standard.
r. 
Private club: at least one (1) space for one hundred (100) square feet gross floor space or one (1) space for each three (3) memberships, whichever is greater.
s. 
Recreation establishment, commercial, other than a theater, bowling establishment, auditorium or stadium: one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area open to the general public or members.
t. 
Restaurant or similar place dispensing food, drink or refreshments: at least one (1) space for each three (3) seats provided for patron use or one (1) space for each fifty (50) square feet of retail space, excluding kitchen and utility rooms, whichever is greater.
u. 
Commercial shopping center which includes supermarket or three (3) or more individual uses (tenants, one (1) of which is a supermarket of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet or more): six and five-tenths (6 5/10) spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area; commercial shopping centers of two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) square feet or more of gross floor area: six (6) spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet.
v. 
Swimming pool or natural bathing place operated by profit: at least one (1) space for each four (4) persons within the recommended original capacity prescribed under applicable State and local laws, ordinances or resolutions.
w. 
Theater: at least one (1) space for each three (3) seats or one (1) space for each three (3) persons permitted under the maximum occupancy permitted by the Edison Township Uniform Construction Code.