The construction of any parking lot shall be in accordance with the requirements of the provisions of this chapter and such construction shall be completed and approved by the zoning administrator and the township engineer before actual use of the property as a parking lot and before a certificate of occupancy is issued. Plans for the development of any parking lot must be submitted to the zoning administrator, prepared at a scale of not less than 50 feet equals one inch and indicating existing and proposed grades, drainage, pipe sizes, parking of all dimensions, type of curbing, drive and aisle dimensions, lighting, adjacent main buildings, sidewalks, landscaping, surfacing and base materials to be used and the layout of the proposed parking lot.

(1)

All such parking lots, driveways, or loading areas required for uses other than single-family or two-family residential shall be hard-surfaced with asphalt or concrete pavement, shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water which might accumulate within or upon such area, and shall be completely constructed prior to a certificate of occupancy being issued. Drainage for parking lots shall conform to the standards set forth in section 32-200. The planning commission may; in its discretion, waive the requirements of this section provided the following conditions are met:

a.

Where driveways, loading, turnaround, or storage areas receive only limited use and are not used for employee parking, customer parking, or primary access.

b.

Where gravel surfacing and potential problems arising from dust or scattered gravel will not impact neighboring properties.

c.

Where hard surfacing will significantly increase stormwater runoff and create a potential for flooding and/or soil erosion, and where it can be demonstrated that certain site restraints prohibit the development of on-site retention/detention facilities to accommodate the increase in stormwater runoff from such hard surfacing.

(2)

All illumination for all such parking lots shall meet the standards set forth in section 32-197. The source of illumination in all parking lots abutting a residential area shall not be more than 16 feet above the parking lot surface.

(3)

Parking lot landscaping and buffering requirements set forth in section 32-192 shall be met.

(4)

Adequate ingress and egress to the parking lot, by means of limited and clearly defined drives, shall be provided for all vehicles.

(5)

Where necessary to prevent encroaching upon pedestrian walkway or damaging required landscaping, wheel stops shall be provided.

(6)

Plans for the layout of off-street parking facilities shall be in accordance with the following minimum regulations:

(Ord. No. 50, § 10.5, 11-17-1992)