Hamburg City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXIII
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 215-120 Off-street parking; residential zone districts.
[Amended 10-7-2024 by Ord. No. 15-2024
Provision shall be made for at least two off-street parking spaces, one of which may be a garage, for each dwelling unit hereafter erected. Driveways and parking areas shall be constructed in accordance with § 215-126. Nonresidential uses permitted in residential zone districts shall provide the number of parking spaces required by the specific use as prescribed in § 215-122. Provisions relating to the parking and storage of recreational vehicles shall be in accordance with requirements specified in § 215-125. The Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS) shall supersede the Borough Regulations where applicable.
§ 215-121 Off-street parking; nonresidential zones and uses.
A.
For all new buildings or uses or additions to existing buildings or uses in the nonresidential zones and for nonresidential buildings and uses in the residential zones, there shall be provided the number of off-street parking spaces required by the specific use in accordance with the following schedule:
[Amended 10-7-2024 by Ord. No. 15-2024]
Use | Required Parking Spaces |
|---|---|
Apartment units in business structures | Two for each dwelling unit |
Assembly halls, dance halls, community buildings, social clubs, institutions | One for each 100 square feet of floor area |
Banks, business, professional and executive offices | One for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Bed-and-breakfast facilities | One for each sleeping room |
Churches, auditoriums, theaters, | One for each three seating spaces including school auditoriums |
Funeral homes, mortuaries | Two for each slumber room |
Furniture and appliance stores, motor vehicle sales, wholesale store, building material stores and similar hardgoods sales | One for each 300 square feet of floor area |
Hospitals, nursing homes, medical institutions | One for each two beds |
Hotels, motels | One for each sleeping room |
Individual dental office | One for each physician, plus one for each employee, plus two for each dental chair, but not less than one for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Manufacturing plant, research laboratory, industry, warehouse storage building | One for each two employees in a maximum shift but not less than one for each 500 square feet of floor area |
Medical clinics or offices and dental clinics | Five for each physician plus one for each employee, but not less than one for each 200 square feet of floor area |
Restaurant, eating and drinking places | One for each three seats |
Retail store or service establishment | One for each 200 square feet of floor area |
B.
Any building containing more than one use shall meet the combined parking space requirements for all uses in the building. Any change in use within a building shall be required to meet the minimum parking requirements for the new use.
C.
If it can be clearly demonstrated that because of the peculiar nature of any use all of the required parking is not necessary, the Land Use Board may permit a reduction in the amount of parking area to be paved; provided, however, that the entire required parking area shall be shown on the site plan so that it will be available in the event future conditions should so require.
[Amended 10-7-2024 by Ord. No. 15-2024]
§ 215-122 Nonresidential off-street parking and loading.
A.
General requirements. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, all nonresidential off-street parking and loading areas shall meet the following requirements:
(1)
All off-street parking areas other than residential parking areas shall be paved with bituminous concrete two inches thick after compaction, on a stable base four inches thick after compaction where curbs are provided. In the event that curbing is not provided, the area shall be paved with bituminous concrete two inches thick after compaction on a stable base six inches thick after compaction. Such paved areas shall be approved by the Municipal Engineer.
(2)
All parking and loading areas shall be graded and equipped with adequate drainage facilities as approved by the Municipal Engineer.
(3)
All parking and loading spaces shall be appropriately marked with painted lines.
(4)
Any lighting in connection with off-street parking shall be so arranged and shielded as to reflect the light downward away from adjoining streets or properties.
(5)
All parking areas shall provide for adequate ingress and egress and safe and convenient traffic circulation. Access drives and aisles shall be of sufficient width to permit safe access to parking spaces and safe traffic movement.
(6)
The off-street parking area shall be effectively screened on any side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residential zone, by a fence or wall not less than four nor more than six feet in height, maintained in good condition; provided, however, that a screening or hedge or other natural landscaping may be substituted for the required fence or wall if approved by the Planning Board. The fence as required by this section may be waived by the Planning Board if, in the Board's judgment, because of topographic or other unusual conditions, said fence is not necessary to screen adjoining residential property.
(7)
Except as hereinafter provided, off-street parking as required for any use shall be provided on the same lot with said use.
(8)
Off-street parking areas shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles and no commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted on the parking lot nor shall such lots be used for the parking of disabled, dismantled, inoperable or unregistered vehicles.
(9)
No signs other than "entrance," "exit," or conditions of use signs shall be maintained.
(10)
Parking areas shall be enclosed by concrete curbing six inches above the paved surface and, unless otherwise required by this chapter, located at least five feet from any property line or nearest structural wall of a building, except that in the commercial zones parking areas may be constructed up to the property line which abuts a parking area on property in the commercial zones and further provided proper access and circulation between the two parking areas is provided.
(11)
Service aisles and access.
(a)
All parking areas shall be designed with service aisles to meet the following standards:
Type of Parking | Aisle Width (feet) | |
|---|---|---|
Parallel parking | 12 | |
Thirty-degree-angle parking | 12 | |
Forty-five-degree-angle parking | 13 | |
Sixty-degree-angle parking | 18 | |
Ninety-degree-angle parking | 24 |
(b)
In addition there shall be a minimum distance between parallel parking spaces of six feet when found necessary to provide convenient access.
(12)
All portions of the property not used for off-street parking shall be attractively landscaped with grass lawns, trees and shrubs as approved by the Planning Board.
(13)
All off-street parking areas shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board to ensure their adequacy, relation to traffic safety and protection of the adjacent properties.
B.
Highway Commercial Zone off-street parking exceptions. Any owner or group of owners of a business building or buildings in the Highway Commercial Zone may jointly sponsor off-street parking facilities, provided that the area of the parking facilities equals the total parking area requirements of each owner participating therein, that such jointly sponsored facilities comply with all the other requirements of this chapter and further provided that any participating use is no farther from the parking area than 300 feet.
§ 215-123 Off-street loading spaces.
In all zones for every building or use requiring the receipt or distribution in vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided on the same property with such building or use off-street loading spaces in relation to floor area as follows:
Floor Area (square feet) | Number of Spaces |
|---|---|
10,000 or less | 1 |
10,000 to 20,000 | 2 |
20,000 to 50,000 | 3 |
50,000 to 100,000 | 4 |
Each additional 100,000 or part thereof | 1 |
§ 215-124 Parking and storage of recreational vehicles as accessory use to family residence uses.
Recreational vehicles, including boats, boat trailers, snowmobiles and snowmobile trailers, as well as campers, tent campers, motor homes, trailers and travel trailers, may be parked in any zone subject, however, to the following restrictions and regulations:
A.
The area in which such recreational vehicles are parked shall be paved in accordance with the requirements of § 215-126 or 215-123A(1), whichever is applicable.
B.
Any recreation vehicle 32 feet or more in overall length, including all hitching devices and other projections extending beyond the confines of the vehicle or trailer on which it may be located, shall be parked or stored only within an enclosed garage at all times.
C.
All other recreational vehicles shall be parked or stored in the side or rear yard areas only and shall meet the requirements applicable to accessory buildings for the zone in which they are located, with respect to setback requirements.
D.
The area, exclusive of garage area, that may be used for storage of such recreational vehicles in connection with single-family detached housing shall not exceed 7% of the total lot area or 400 square feet, whichever is less.
E.
Recreation vehicles that may be parked or stored in the side or rear yard areas, in connection with residence uses other than single-family detached housing, may be parked or stored in the parking areas required for such uses so long as such recreation vehicles, including all hitching devices and other projections extending beyond the confines of the vehicle or trailer on which it may be located, can be contained within a parking space not exceeding 10 feet by 20 feet in size.
F.
Off-street parking provided for and utilized by recreational vehicles shall be in addition to any other parking provisions required by this chapter.
G.
Such vehicles must be owned by a resident of the dwelling unit.
§ 215-125 Requirements for construction and paving of residential parking areas.
A.
Unless otherwise required hereafter, parking areas and/or driveways shall be paved, or covered with shale, stone or like material to a minimum depth of two inches.
[Amended 12-3-2001]
B.
The grade of any driveway shall not exceed 15% at any point along its length. The first eight feet of the driveway, measured from the street line, shall not exceed a grade of 8% and shall not exceed 8% in grade within 12 feet of the garage (if any).
C.
The side slopes of driveways shall be topsoiled, seeded, fertilized and mulched to prevent erosion.