Each parking space shall be at least nine feet wide by 18.5 feet in depth, exclusive of access lanes. Handicapped parking spaces must be in compliance with current ADA standards.

The minimum dimensions for parking lot layouts at various angles shall be taken from Diagram C below.

A parking aisle, for purposes of this chapter, shall include the area within a parking lot containing an access lane and the parking spaces to which the lane provides access. A double-loaded parking aisle denotes parking spaces on both sides of an access lane.

All parking areas serving any commercial, industrial, public or semipublic use, or any residential development, where more than two dwelling units share the same parking area:

Surface shall be at least two inches of binder and 1 1/2 inches of wearing course of an asphaltic mix acceptable to the Township over at least six inches of well-compacted and choked base course of crushed limestone. Parking areas not intended for customer use, such as auto dealer storage lots, contractor storage yards, or employee parking, or similar uses accommodating light vehicles, may be exempt from the binder and wearing courses, provided the surface is kept dust- and mud-free at all times. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the use of porous pavement, pervious surface or other alternative surface materials may be considered and approved on a case-by-case basis upon the recommendation of the Township Engineer.

Parking areas shall be sloped not less than 1% and not more than 6% towards a stormwater management facility designed to meet the requirements contained in Chapter 266, Stormwater Management, as amended. Connecting drives may be sloped at a maximum of 12%.

Parking spaces shall be marked off by three-inch-wide white or yellow stripes.

Where edges of paved areas slope downhill and parking spaces are at right angles to the slope, stop bars shall be provided at each space.

Embankments adjacent to a parking lot shall not exceed one foot vertical rise to each two feet of horizontal run. Where an embankment slopes from a parking lot, a swale shall be provided adjacent to the paved surface directed to a storm drain inlet.

Where more than 40 parking spaces are provided in a lot serving a use that will be occupied, even occasionally at night, such lot shall be lighted as follows:

Where drainage from a parking lot may create problems on adjacent properties, the Zoning Officer may require curbs to be placed on the edge of the lot to direct surface water to storm inlets.

Handicap spaces, accessibility route, design of the ADA access and passenger loading facilities shall be in compliance with the current ADA laws and regulations for any parking lot serving a commercial, industrial, public, semipublic or multifamily residential facility.

Vehicles (including towed trailers and boats) that are not self-propelled or those vehicles/equipment that are self-propelled, but do not require licensing, shall not be stored in the front yard of a residential property between a street and the wall of the dwelling nearest the street and shall not be located any closer to an adjacent property line than is allowed for an accessory structure of equal square footage in the property's zoning district.

Abandoned, junk, unlicensed, uninspected, and derelict vehicles/stored equipment shall not be placed on any property in any residentially zoned district. See Chapter 190, Motor Vehicle Nuisances, as amended.

No vehicle may be parked or stored in the front yard of any residential property except on an approved parking surface constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Article XIII. Nothing herein shall prohibit temporary parking under the following special circumstances listed below:

Single-family dwelling: three spaces, including garage area.

Double house or duplex: two spaces per dwelling.

Townhouse: two spaces per dwelling; no spaces shall be located in the required front yard.

Apartments/garden apartments: two spaces per dwelling; no spaces shall be located in the required front yard.

Home occupation: one space.

Convents, monasteries, bedrooms: one space for each two bedrooms.

Retirement homes: 1 1/2 spaces for each apartment.

Recreation uses.

Churches, temples, synagogues and other places of worship: one space per four seats or one space per 40 square feet of floor area in the hall, whichever is greater.

Schools, nonresident: two per each classroom plus one per each five students in grade 11 or above.

Hospitals and nursing homes: one space per each four beds plus one space for each of the maximum number of employees for the largest shift.

Medical and dental clinics: one space per each 200 square feet of floor area plus one space for each of the maximum number of employees for the largest shift.

Municipal and public utility service buildings: one space per each 400 square feet of floor area.

Libraries and museums: one space for every 200 square feet of net floor space.

Retail commercial and personal service stores without drive-in services: one space per 200 square feet of floor area open to the public.

Commercial kennel: one space per 400 square feet of floor area open to public but not less than four spaces.

Drive-in commercial outlets: one space per 100 square feet of floor area open to the public but not less than 20 spaces.

Restaurants and taverns: one space for every two persons that can be seated simultaneously.

Motels and hotels: one space per each sleeping room plus one space for each of the maximum number of employees for the largest shift.

Offices.

Banks: one space per every 300 square feet of floor area.

Automobile sales and service.

Funeral homes: 25 spaces per each reposing room.

Clubs, lodges, etc.: criteria for places of assembly [Subsection B(2)] and restaurants [Subsection C(3)] shall apply.

Manufacturing, research, etc.: one space per each employee on the largest shift plus one space for each company vehicle or one space per each 1,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.

Warehousing, storage, freight terminals: two spaces per each three employees plus space for each company vehicle or one space per each 3,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater.