Linden City Zoning Code
§ 31-27.19
Required Off-Street Parking Spaces.
[1979 Code § 22-8.19; Ord. No. 2-163 §§ 819—819.20; Ord. No. 22-70 § 1; Ord. No. 25-35 § 1; Ord. No. 48-21 § 1; Ord. No. 57-37 § 5; Ord. No. 58-31; Ord. No. 58-59; Ord. No. 60-1 § 3; Ord. No. 61-47; Ord. No. 61-53; amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 65-1]
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:
a.
Bowling Alley. Four (4) parking spaces for each alley.
b.
Club, Lodge or Service Organizations. One (1) parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.
c.
Commercial Establishments Not Otherwise Classified Hereafter. One (1) parking space for every three hundred (300) square feet of floor area space in the building use for sales and display purposes.
d.
Garden Apartments. Off-street parking spaces shall be as specified in the "Residential Site Improvement Standards" of the New Jersey Administrative Code, Title 5, Chapter 21, latest edition.
e.
Apartments. Off-street parking spaces shall be as specified in the "Residential Site Improvements Standards" of the New Jersey Administrative Code, Title 5, Chapter 21, latest edition.
f.
Hospital, Convalescent and Nursing Home. One and one-half (1 1/2) parking spaces per bed.
g.
Hotel-Motel. One (1) parking space for each guest room plus one (1) additional space for every two (2) employees.
h.
Manufacturing and Industrial Uses, Research and Experimental Laboratories. One (1) parking space for every five hundred (500) square feet of floor area, or one (1) parking space for every two (2) employees at maximum peak occupancy, whichever provides for the greatest number of spaces.
i.
Mortuary Establishment. One (1) parking space for every seventy-five (75) square feet of floor area devoted to viewing rooms or services in addition to provisions of off-street parking for four (4) vehicles.
j.
Single-Family, Two-Family and Multiple-Family Structures Other than Garden Apartments and High Rise Apartment Buildings. Off-street parking spaces shall be as specified in the "Residential Site Improvement Standards" of the New Jersey Administrative Code, Title 5, Chapter 21, latest edition except that for one (1) family dwellings and two (2) family dwellings, an access driveway of ten (10) or more feet in width and having a length of not less than forty (40) feet shall be permitted to account for two (2) of the required spaces for the dwelling types. All other driveways shall account for one (1) space.
k.
Office, Office Building, Office-Administrative Space and Bank. One (1) parking space for every four hundred (400) square feet of floor area used for office or similar purposes.
l.
Medical Office. One (1) space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area.
m.
Eating and Drinking Establishments. One (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area.
n.
Gasoline Service Station. A minimum of three (3) spaces plus one (1) space for each pump island, except for express service stations (offering no repair or maintenance facilities) a minimum of one (1) space per employee or three (3) spaces whichever the greater.
o.
Theatre, Auditorium, Court of Law or Similar Place of Assembly, Including Places of Worship. One (1) parking space for each three (3) seats, based on maximum seating capacity.
p.
Warehouses, Storage Buildings, Distribution Centers. One (1) parking space for every two (2) employees at the peak hour of employment or one (1) space for every one thousand (1,000) square feet of building area, whichever the greater, except that the Planning Board may waive fifty (50%) percent of the required number of spaces provided a notation is put upon the site plan map stating that an area is reserved for future parking.
q.
Barbershops and Beauty Salons. One (1) space for each chair plus one (1) space for each employee.
r.
Car Dealers. One (1) space for each one point five (1.5) employees plus six (6) spaces not to be used for storage, or display of vehicles.
s.
Automotive Supply and Repair Shops. One (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of building area.
t.
Car Wash Business. A stacking lane of ten (10) vehicle capacity plus one (1) space for each five hundred (500) square feet of building area.
u.
Childcare center — 1 space per 2 employees.
v.
Self storage facility — 1 space per 5,000 square feet of gross floor area.
w.
Assisted living facility — 0.5 spaces per dwelling unit.
x.
Dwelling not subject to RSIS — 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit.
y.
Gallery, art - One space for each 500 square feet of net floor area.
z.
Nursing home — 1 space for each 2 beds.
aa.
Physical fitness studio or gym — 1 space per 150 square feet of gross floor area.
bb.
Where no off-street parking standard is provided, the board of jurisdiction shall determine an off-street parking requirement in accordance with American Planning Association (APA) or Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) standards.
cc.
Convenience Food Stores with Gasoline Sales – 1 space per 150 square feet of gross floor area of the convenience store building plus 1 space for every 4 fueling positions.
[Added 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 65-1]
