Fallowfield Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
Parking and Loading Requirements
§ 400-28 Procedure.
An application for a zoning permit for a new or enlarged building, structure or use shall include therewith a plot plan drawn to scale and fully dimensioned, showing off-street parking and loading facilities to be provided in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
§ 400-29 Extent of control.
A.
At the time of the erection of any main building or structure, or when any such building or structure is enlarged or increased in capacity, or when any private or public facility use permitted under this chapter is established, permanent off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided as specified herein.
B.
Required parking spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use for which it is provided. An adjacent lot that is guaranteed for the use of off-street parking during the life of the use for which the parking is provided may be permitted, provided that guarantees in legal form are acceptable to the Township Supervisors on the advice of the Township Solicitor.
C.
Where more than one use occupies a given lot, building or structure, off-street parking equal to the sum of that required for each use shall be required.
D.
No parking area, space or lot shall be located within a public right-of-way or within 12 feet of the road cartway.
E.
Only parking facilities accessory to permitted agricultural or residential uses shall be located in any A-1, R-1 and R-2 District.
(1)
Off-street parking facilities accessory to permitted uses in any agricultural or residential district in accordance with the requirements of this article shall be used solely for the parking of vehicles of the occupants of the land or structures to which such facilities are accessory or by guests, employees or clients of said occupants.
(2)
No land shall be used for commercial or industrial truck or equipment loading, storage or parking activities in any A-1, R-1 or R-2 Districts except for permitted farm-related activities in an A-1 District.
(3)
Accessory off-street parking on a residential lot for one currently state licensed and inspected commercial vehicle having a capacity of one ton or less, used off site by a resident for commercial purposes, may be permitted in A-1, R-1, and R-2 Districts when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to the following performance standards and requirements:
(a)
Said parking shall be utilized solely and exclusively for a vehicle operated on an ongoing basis by a current site resident. No disabled vehicle and no vehicle normally utilized and operated for business purposes less than bimonthly may be stored or parked under the terms of this chapter provision.
(b)
No repair work, maintenance or similar service functions shall be conducted on the vehicle at the parking areas.
(c)
No portion of the off-street parking site shall be within a street right-of-way.
(d)
In addition to the foregoing requirements, such parking shall conform to any further requirements and conditions as may be prescribed by the Township Supervisors for the protection of residential properties adjacent to, and in the vicinity of, the proposed parking area.
F.
Any off-street parking facility, other than for residential purposes, for more than five vehicles shall be graded for proper drainage and surfaced to provide a durable and dust-free surface.
§ 400-30 Schedule of minimum requirements for off-street parking.
[Amended 1-27-2016 by Ord. No. 224]
A.
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided in the various zoning districts as specified in the following table.
Use | Requirement | |
|---|---|---|
Adult-oriented business | Determined as per parking study | |
Amusement establishment | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area plus 1 per employee on peak shift | |
Automobile sales and rental | 1 per 200 feet of showroom area plus 1 per employee on peak shift, provided that a space is provided for each vehicle on display in addition to the preceding | |
Automobile service | 1 space per 250 feet of gross floor area | |
Bank | 1 per 250 feet of gross floor area | |
Banquet facility | 1 for every 3 1/2 seats for areas with fixed seating, plus 1 for each 100 square feet of assembly area or display area without fixed seating, plus 1 for every 2 employees on a peak shift | |
Bed-and-breakfast | 2 spaces plus 1 space per guest bedroom | |
Bulk fuel storage | 3 spaces plus 1 per employee on peak shift | |
Catering services | 1 per 350 square feet of gross floor area | |
Cemetery | Determined as per parking study | |
Child day-care home | 4 spaces | |
Church | 1 for every 4 seats in places of assembly | |
Club | Determined as per parking study | |
Commercial car wash | 4 stacking spaces per either bay (self-serve car wash) or 4 standard parking spaces per bay plus 1 space per employee on peak shift for full-serve car wash | |
Commercial recreation facility | Determined as per parking study | |
Contractor's storage yard | 2 spaces plus 1 per employee on peak shift | |
Convenience store | 1 per 150 square feet of gross floor area | |
Correctional institution | Determined as per parking study | |
Day-care center | 1 for each teacher, administrator or employee on a peak shift, plus 1 for every 6 persons based on regulated maximum capacity | |
Distribution center | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Dwelling, duplex | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Dwelling, multifamily | 1.5 per dwelling unit | |
Dwelling, single-family detached | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Dwellings, townhouse | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Flexible use development | Determined by establishment types specified in the remainder of this table | |
Gas or service station | Parking or storage space for all vehicles used directly in the conduct of the business plus 1 parking space for each gas pump, 3 spaces for each grease rack or similar facility, and 1 space for every 2 persons employed on the premises at maximum employment on a single shift | |
General rental center | 1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area | |
Greenhouse | 1 1/2 for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area | |
Group care facility | 1 for every 4 beds, plus 1 for each staff position during the peak shift | |
Group home | 1 per 3 residents and 1 per caregiver on peak shift | |
Group residential | Determined as per parking study | |
Heavy equipment rental sale | 1 per 200 feet of display area plus 1 per employee on peak shift, provided that a space is provided for each vehicle on display in addition to the preceding | |
Heavy industrial | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Home occupation | 3 spaces (in addition to dwelling unit requirement) | |
Hotel or motel | 1 per sleeping room plus 1 per employee on peak shift; a parking study is required for other accessory functions that may serve patrons other than hotel guests | |
Hospital | Determined as per parking study | |
Indoor entertainment recreation facilities | 1 off-street parking space for each 5 persons which can be accommodated at designed capacity, or at least 1 off-street parking space for each 50 square feet of gross floor area used or intended to be used for service to customers, patrons, clients, guests, or members, whichever requires the greater number of off-street parking spaces, plus 1 additional space for each employee | |
Junkyard | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Kennel | 1 off-street parking space for each employee plus 1 off-street parking space for each 8 animals in capacity | |
Landscaping supply center | 3 off-street parking spaces for each 4 employees on the largest shift, or 1 off-street parking space for every 250 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 off-street parking space for each company vehicle normally stored on the premises | |
Light industrial | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Massage establishment | 1 space per 200 feet of gross floor area | |
Medical clinic | 2 spaces per treatment room or chair (whichever is greater) and 1 per doctor and/or employee on peak shift | |
Minor equipment and automotive repairs | 1 space per 250 feet of gross floor area | |
Mobile home park | 2 off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit, plus supplemental parking at a ratio of 1 off-street parking space per 6 dwelling units, to be centrally located | |
Municipal waste landfill | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Natural gas compressor station | 2 spaces | |
Natural gas processing plant | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Nightclub | 1 off-street parking space for each 4 square feet of net floor area devoted to seating at stools or standing area, plus 1 off-street parking space for each 50 square feet of net floor area devoted to seating at tables with chairs | |
Noncommercial recreation facility | 1 off-street parking space for each 2,500 square feet of outdoor recreation area, or 1 off-street parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area used or intended to be used for service to patrons, whichever requires the greater number of off-street parking spaces, plus 1 additional space for each employee | |
Oil and gas well operations/impoundment areas | 2 spaces | |
Outdoor storage | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Park, public or semipublic | Determined as per parking study | |
Personal services | 1 off-street parking space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 additional space for every employee | |
Professional office | 1 off-street parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area; for each 200 square feet of gross floor area for medical offices | |
Recreational farms | 3 spaces for each employee on peak shift | |
Recreational vehicle campground | 1 off-street parking space per dwelling unit, plus supplemental parking at a ratio of 1 off-street parking space per 6 dwelling units, to be centrally located | |
Restaurant | 1 off-street parking space for each 75 square feet of service area; plus 1 additional off-street parking space for each employee | |
Retail sales and service | 1 off-street parking space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 additional space for every employee | |
School | Determined as per parking study | |
Self-storage facilities | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Stable | 1 off-street parking space for each employee plus 1 off-street parking space for each 4 animals in capacity | |
Tower-based wireless communications facility | 2 spaces | |
Township facilities | Determined as per parking study | |
Trade or vocational school | Determined as per parking study | |
Truck terminal | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Veterinary office | 4 spaces for every veterinarian and 1 space for each additional employee | |
Warehouse | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions | |
Wholesale use | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area used for office or administrative functions |
B.
Parking study. Where a parking study is required in order to determine minimum parking requirements for a particular use, the study shall be prepared using data from the latest edition of Parking Generation, published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, where a similar use is addressed therein, or shall be prepared using methodology and studies acceptable to the Township Engineer. When a reasonably similar use or scale of a particular use is not otherwise available via existing acceptable studies or industry publications, the applicant may provide a parking study of a similar location or locations in a manner acceptable to the Township Engineer.
C.
Shared parking. Shared parking is permitted for development containing multiple principal uses or establishments on the same premises notwithstanding and in accordance with the schedule of off-street parking of this chapter, where the minimum spaces in the lot utilizing such is computed as follows and accordance with the following table:
(1)
Determine the minimum parking requirements in accordance with the table in Subsection A for each land use as if it were a separate use.
(2)
Multiple each amount by the corresponding percentages for each of the five time periods set forth in Columns A through D of the table in this Subsection C.
(3)
Calculate the total parking demand for each time period.
(4)
Select the column with the highest total and use this number as the required minimum number of parking spaces.
(5)
Table, Calculating Parking for Mixed-Use Developments:
Calculating Parking for Mixed-Use Developments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weekday | Weekend | ||||
A | B | C | D | ||
Use | Daytime | Evening | Daytime | Evening | |
Office/industrial | 100% | 10% | 10% | 5% | |
Retail | 60% | 90% | 100% | 70% | |
Hotel | 75% | 100% | 75% | 100% | |
Restaurant | 75% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Entertainment/ recreational | 40% | 100% | 80% | 100% | |
§ 400-31 Schedule of requirements for off-street loading.
In any district, in connection with a building, or building group or part thereof that is to be occupied by commercial, public, industrial or other uses that rely on delivery or distribution of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such buildings, off-street loading berths in accordance with the following standards:
Uses | Floor Area-Total (square feet) | Minimum Required Off-Street Load Berths |
|---|---|---|
Schools | — | 1 |
Retail and service Commercial | Under 3,500 Over 3,500 | 0 1 |
Wholesale commercial | Under 10,000 Over 10,000 | 1 2 |
Warehousing or storage | Under 10,000 For each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof | 1 (additional) 1 |
§ 400-32 Standards for off-street parking and loading areas.
A.
General standards.
(1)
When determination of the required number of off-street spaces for parking or loading results in a fractional space, any fraction of 1/2 or more shall be interpreted as a whole space.
(2)
In no case shall the public right-of-way be used for loading or unloading of material or for meeting a required parking facility.
(3)
Loading and unloading facilities and parking lots shall be designed so that vehicles are not required to back onto the street right-of-way.
(4)
Nonresidential parking areas, parking accessways, driveways and loading areas shall be sited at a minimum distance of 10 feet from all property lines. Where commercial or industrial land uses abut residential districts, no such vehicular areas shall be closer than 25 feet of an adjacent residential parcel.
(5)
All lighting used to illuminate off-street loading and parking areas shall be designed so that light is reflected away from adjoining premises and public rights-of-way.
B.
Off-street parking standards.
(1)
A required off-street parking space for an individual auto shall be a minimum dimension of nine feet wide by 20 feet long. Maneuvering and cross aisles shall be 20 feet wide for ninety-degree parking. Aisle width for angle parking may be decreased in proportion to the parking angle, but no aisle may be less than 12 feet in width.
(2)
Driveways may be included as meeting the requirement for parking spaces for single-family and two-family dwellings.
(3)
Whenever possible, parking areas and lots shall be level, except for necessary drainage purposes. If parking spaces are provided in areas which exceed five-percent slope, all such spaces shall be parallel to the contour lines of the area.
(4)
All off-street parking areas shall be graded for proper drainage; and, except for single-family use, if for five vehicles or more, shall be surfaced with a bituminous, asphaltic or concrete pavement so as to provide a durable and dustless surface, and shall be so arranged and marked as to provide for orderly and safe parking in all seasons. Areas intended for less than five vehicles shall be covered with gravel, cinders, or other appropriate material in commercial and industrial districts.
(5)
Parking spaces for other than single-family use shall be clearly delineated by painted lines or markers for lots accommodating five or more spaces.
(6)
Stalls shall be provided with bumper guards or wheel stops when necessary for safety or protection to adjacent structures or landscaped areas.
(7)
Surface drainage shall be connected to the existing or proposed drainage system.