Each off-street parking area hereinafter created within the Borough of Millstone shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Board or Zoning Board to insure its adequacy to provide for traffic safety, to provide ingress and egress for emergency vehicles and to protect adjacent properties.

Ingress and egress drives including access to off-street parking in non-residential zones shall be so designed that traffic is not routed through a residential zones.

Off-street parking shall be provided and maintained as specified herein and shall be surfaced with an asphalt, bituminous or cement binder pavement which shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water as required by the Borough Engineer.

For nonresidential uses and multi-family developments, parking areas and access drives shall be enclosed by a concrete or Belgian block curb six inches above the paved surface. The type of curb shall be determined by the Board; however, Belgian block curb shall be utilized where a paved area is adjacent to vegetated or other pervious surface areas.

For residential developments, off-street parking shall be provided as set forth in Exhibit 1.

For nonresidential developments, off-street parking shall be provided as set forth in Exhibit 2.

Alternative off-street parking standards to those shown in Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2 shall be permitted at the discretion of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment if the applicant demonstrates in a written analysis that these standards better reflect local conditions. In such case a landscaped area shall be reserved, that can readily be converted to off-street parking should the condition allowing fewer spaces ever change.

Any change or alteration of a use which increases the parking requirements beyond the capacity of available on-site parking shall require site plan approval by the Planning Board.

A one-car garage and driveway combination shall count as two off-street parking spaces, provided the driveway measures a minimum of 25 feet in length between the face of the garage door and the road right-of-way. A two-car garage and driveway combination shall count as four off-street parking spaces provided the minimum width of the driveway is 20 feet and its minimum length is as specified above for a one-car garage.

For developments determined by the Planning Board as mixed-use developments, a shared parking approach to the provision of off-street parking shall be permitted at the discretion of the Planning Board or Zoning Board, dependent upon a written analysis.

Where the total number of off-street parking spaces required may not be immediately required for a particular use, a banked parking/staged development plan may be permitted which requires that only a portion of the parking area be constructed subject to the following regulations:

Each off-street parking space shall measure nine feet in width by 18 feet in length. Parking spaces shall have a 10 foot width in parking lots where shopping carts will be utilized. On-street parallel parking spaces shall measure 10 feet by 23 feet.

Parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be provided at appropriate locations and in conformance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Off-street parking areas shall be oriented to and within a reasonable walking distance of the buildings they are designed to serve. Parking shall be located on the same lot as the use it is designed to serve.

Access to parking lots shall be designed so as not to obstruct free flow of traffic. There shall be adequate provision for ingress to and egress from all parking spaces to ensure ease of mobility, ample clearance, and safety of vehicles and pedestrians.

Two-way traffic aisles shall be a minimum width of 24 feet. The width of all aisles providing direct access to individual parking stalls shall be in accordance with the following requirements:

Parking areas and traffic aisles in commercial zones may be located in the required front, side or rear yard, but shall be placed a minimum of 10 feet from the right-of-way and front property line, and five feet from the side and rear property lines except where adjacent to a residential use or zone, in which case no parking area or driveway shall be located within 25 feet of any property line. Parking may only be placed in a front yard where existing site and building conditions make parking in the rear and/or side yards impractical. Parking shall be screened from view from the street and adjacent residential property lines.

Off-street parking areas and traffic aisles shall not be closer than five feet to any building.

Curbed pedestrian sidewalks, not less than six feet wide shall be provided along the length of any building wall which contains public entrance or exit ways. Said walks shall be at least six inches higher than the abutting paved parking area. Sidewalks with a minimum 10 foot width shall be provided along the front building wall of a shopping center which contains public entrance or exit ways. Curb cuts shall be provided at appropriate locations so that handicapped persons may gain access from parking areas onto sidewalks. In addition, the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, at its discretion, may require increased sidewalk widths and the installation of pedestrian walkways within any curbed islands that are required.

A minimum sidewalk width of six feet is required where parked vehicles overhang or extend over the sidewalk.

All off-street parking spaces, driveways, aisles and pedestrian walkways shall be clearly and legibly marked within the parking lot. Hairpin striping shall be required at the discretion of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment. Hairpin striping shall consist of two stripes located no farther than 12 inches on center.

Traffic signs and pavement markings, complying with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Devices, latest edition, shall be provided to enhance the safety of motorists and pedestrians.

Where feasible, parking areas for individual nonresidential uses shall be designed to be interconnected with adjacent properties and shall utilize common entrance(s) and exit(s) to minimize the disruption to traffic flow, reduce access points to adjacent roadways and reduce conflicts with pedestrian traffic.

All off-street parking areas required by this chapter shall be used exclusively for the parking of automobiles. No commercial repair work or sales of any kind shall be conducted in any parking area.

Parking areas shall be suitably landscaped to minimize noise, glare and other nuisance characteristics as well as to improve the environment of the site and surrounding area.

For every building or part thereof, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, goods display, retail store, wholesale store or warehouse, market, hospital, or other use similarly requiring the receipt or distribution in vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises with such building one off-street loading space measuring 15' x 60' with a 14 foot clearance above grade. At the discretion of the Planning Board, a smaller loading space may be permitted if justified by the applicant based upon the type of use and type and frequency of vehicles servicing the facility.

Office buildings shall provide an appropriate location(s) within any yard area for parcel delivery and pick-up in a manner that will not negatively impact internal traffic flow.

Additional loading and unloading spaces may be necessary and required dependent upon the specific activity.

Off-street loading shall be permitted in the side and/or rear yard but in no case shall it be located closer than 10 feet to a property line. There shall be no loading or unloading within the street. Off-street loading within the front yard is prohibited.

Except for detached single-family and two family dwelling units, a screen planting, berm, fence, wall or combination thereof, no less than three feet in height, shall be provided between the off-street parking areas, including drive-through lanes and interior drives running parallel to other roads) and any lot line or street line except where a building intervenes. Parking lot street frontage screening and perimeter screening shall be a minimum of five feet wide.

All loading areas shall be landscaped and screened sufficiently to obscure the view of parked delivery vehicles, loading platforms and loading activities from any lot line or street line throughout the years. Such screening shall be an extension of the building, a fence, berm, wall, planting or combination thereof and shall not be less than six feet in height.

In parking lots, at least 5% of the total square footage of interior parking area, including accessways, shall be landscaped with shrub plantings. Such landscaped areas shall be distributed throughout the parking area in order to break the view of parked cars in a manner not impairing visibility. In parking lots containing more than 100 vehicles, at least 8% of the interior parking area shall be landscaped.

One shade tree measuring a minimum of 2.5 to 3 inch caliper shall be provided in the vicinity of the parking lot for every five parking spaces. This provision excludes trees required for landscape buffers or street tree planting. Trees types shall be selected from Section 30-123C(1)(a) of this Ordinance. Nine feet wide curbed plating islands shall be placed at the end of each parking bay. Such islands shall also be required to separate any parking bay exceeding 25 spaces in a row.

Landscaping within parking lots shall not obstruct the view of approaching vehicles. Shrubs within sight lines shall not exceed a mature height of 30 inches.

Interior parking layout and landscaping shall, insofar as possible, be used to delineate and guide major traffic movement within the parking area so as to prevent cross-space driving.

The view of utility areas, mechanical equipment, transformers and meters shall be screened from adjoining lots and street lines with landscaping. Open access to the equipment shall be maintained.

Trash and recycling containers shall be screened from view from any lot line or street line with six foot high gated wood fence and landscaping or six foot high masonry wall and landscaping.

All developments shall provide for adequate disposal of solid waste and provisions for handling recyclable materials.

For nonresidential uses and multi-family developments there shall be at least one location for trash disposal and recyclable material situated either within a building or within the side or rear yard. Solid waste and recycling storage areas shall be set back a minimum of 10 feet from adjoining property lines and are prohibited within the front yard.

For any development proposal of 50 or more single-family detached dwelling units, or 25 or more units of multi-family dwellings, and for any commercial or industrial development proposal for the utilization of (1,000) square feet or more of land, the location and number of recycling containers, and the collection and disposition of recyclables must be provided for and approved of by the Board.

Exterior trash and recyclable containers shall be fully screened with a gated enclosure constructed of board on board fence or similar material. The distance between opposite boards separated by a rail/beam shall not exceed two inches. A one inch overlap of opposite boards shall be provided. The enclosure shall not exceed a six foot height and shall be buffered from within the site and from adjoining properties and streets with plant material.

Adequate access shall be provided to a solid waste and recycling storage facility.