Hatfield Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXIV
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 282-186 Required off-street parking facilities.
[Amended 12-22-1999 by Ord. No. 458; 6-27-2007 by Ord. No. 561; 10-23-2024 by Ord. No. 706]
Any building or other structure erected, altered or used, and any lot used or occupied, for any of the following named purposes or similar uses shall be provided with minimum off-street parking spaces as set forth below, together with adequate passageways, driveways or other means of circulation and access to and from a street or way:
A.
For a dwelling, two all-weather parking spaces per family are required in addition to any garage or enclosed spaces, provided that for multifamily dwellings and townhouse dwellings, all spaces shall be paved in accordance with the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance,[1] and all spaces must be located on the same lot therewith.
B.
For any of the following uses the required parking spaces shall be all-weather and paved and shall be located on the same lot therewith:
(1)
Church, school, public auditorium, assembly or meeting room: one parking space for every three seats provided for public assembly.
(2)
Stadium: one parking space for every three seats.
(3)
Hospital, convalescent home or institutional home: one parking space for every three beds plus one space for each employee on the two longest shifts.
(4)
Community center, library, museum: one parking space for every 500 square feet of floor area in public use, plus one space for each employee.
(5)
Retail store or shop: one parking space for every 100 square feet of store sales floor space.
(6)
Department store or super market: one parking space for every 150 square feet of store sales floor area.
(7)
Indoor theater: one parking space for every three seats.
(8)
Hotel, tourist home, or housing for the elderly: 1.5 parking spaces for each unit.
(9)
Office building or wholesale establishment: one parking space for every 200 square feet of building area excluding hallways, lavatories, shafts, elevators, stairs and utility rooms.
(10)
Restaurant, tap room, cafe or tea room: one parking space for every 50 square feet of floor space devoted to patron use, plus one space for each employee on the two largest shifts.
(11)
Laboratory or any industrial establishment: one parking space for every employee as calculated utilizing the two heaviest work shifts.
(12)
Bowling alleys: at least five parking spaces for each lane.
(13)
Public garages, automobile, and gasoline service stations: at least one parking space either within or without the structure for each 500 square feet of gross floor or ground area or fraction thereof, devoted to repair or service facilities, which shall be in addition to the space allocated for the normal storage of motor vehicles.
(14)
For combination uses and uses not specifically named above the Zoning Officer shall have sole discretion as to the category most nearly equivalent to the proposed use and the determination as to the additional spaces that may be required over and above that category. In so doing, the Zoning Officer shall be guided by the "Parking Generation Handbook," as published by the institute of Transportation Engineers.
(15)
For shopping centers containing five or more uses and comprising a minimum of 100,000 square feet, parking shall be provided on the basis of a ratio of five parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
§ 282-187 Reduction of requirements by special exception.
The parking spaces required in § 282-186B herein may be located elsewhere than on the same lot when authorized as a special exception, subject to the following conditions:
A.
That the owners of two or more contiguous establishments shall submit with their application for special exception a site plan showing joint use and location of a common off-street parking area.
B.
That some portion of the common off-street parking area lies within 200 feet of both entrances, regularly used by patrons, into the buildings served thereby.
§ 282-188 Design requirements for parking facilities.
All parking lots under this section shall be constructed in complete accordance with the requirements of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of Hatfield Township, as amended,[1] and in addition:
A.
They shall not be used for the sale, repair or dismantling of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.
B.
They shall be properly graded for drainage maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash or debris.
C.
They shall be provided with safe entrances and exits so located as to minimize traffic congestion and the effect of headlight glare.
D.
Lighting facilities shall be so arranged that they neither unreasonably nor unnecessarily disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic by either location or glare.
§ 282-189 Reduction of facilities.
Off-street parking facilities existing at the effective date of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced to an amount less than required hereunder for a similar new building or new use. Off-street parking facilities provided to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall not subsequently be reduced below the requirements of this chapter.
§ 282-190 Required off-street loading and unloading facilities.
In addition to required off-street parking spaces, every use permitted in this chapter shall be provided with off-street loading and unloading space, which space, except for single-family detached, single-family semidetached and townhouse dwellings, shall be completely separate and distinct from the required off-street parking spaces and shall be appropriate to the use in every respect and on the same lot therewith.
§ 282-191 Off-street parking in required yards.
Required off-street parking space shall be permitted within the required yard areas only as stated in regulations for the individual zoning districts.
§ 282-192 Reserve areas.
[Amended 12-9-1998 by Ord. No. 420TT]
The Zoning Hearing Board may approve as a special exception the placing of open space in reserve for use as future parking areas. Under such conditions, the applicant may construct reduced parking facilities in accordance with the demonstrated need, provided that space is reserved for the construction of the additional parking facilities necessary to satisfy the requirements of this chapter. Stormwater, including detention facilities shall be constructed based on the facilities required to meet this code, without consideration of the reduction factor.