New Britain Township
City Zoning Code

All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained so long as the use which the facilities were designed to serve still exists.

Off-street parking facilities shall not be reduced in total extent except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this Part in conjunction with a change in the nature of the use.

Two or more uses may provide for required parking in a common parking lot, provided that the total number of spaces in such lot shall not be less than the sum of the spaces required for each use individually (except as provided below) and provided such parking lot is within 300 feet walking distance of all of the principal uses served by such lot.

The applicant may seek to prove that the parking requirement should be reduced under the provisions of § 27-2903 because the uses would have their peak parking at different times of the day.

If two adjoining business uses on separate adjoining lots develop a shared driveway and an integrated shared parking lot, the number of required parking spaces for each use may be reduced by 10%.

The importance of providing adequate, well-designed off-street parking areas.

The need to limit the amount of paved parking areas to preserve open space and limit storm water runoff, and

That unique circumstances associated with a land use may justify a reduction in parking requirements.

The applicant shall demonstrate to the Board, using existing and projected (five years) employment, customer, resident or other relevant data, that a reduction in the off-street parking spaces to be initially developed as required by § 27-2902 is warranted.

Plans.

Agreements.

Every parking area shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other vehicle, except for any spaces greater than two in number of a single-family detached dwelling.

Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or premises with the principal use served unless shared parking lot agreements are recorded to allow access and parking for all affected properties.

No parking area shall be used for any other use that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required to serve. This includes storage or display of materials or vehicles.

Setbacks are required to ensure that parked or moving vehicles do not obstruct sight distance or interfere with pedestrian traffic. The setbacks are also intended to aid in stormwater management along streets.

No parking area, paved area, or outdoor storage or display of vehicles shall be located in a required buffer yard or within 10 feet of the ultimate right-of-way line of any street or property line.

The setback areas required by this section shall be maintained in grass or other appropriate natural ground cover and shall not be covered with paving, except for approved driveway entrances and any concrete sidewalks or trails. Stormwater control facilities may be located within this setback area if they do not obstruct sight distance. No fence shall be located within the paved area setback, except within the Butler Corridor Overlay District where it's demonstrated that the fence does not interfere with sight lines.

The paved setback area, along with any curbing, shall be designed to prevent vehicles from entering or exiting the lot at locations other than approved driveways.

Except for areas that are landscaped and so maintained, all portions of required parking, off-street loading facilities and driveways shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt, concrete, porous paving, or pavers, and drained in ways necessary to prevent dust, erosion or water flow across streets or adjoining properties. Any parking, loading, or driveway shall at a minimum meet the paving standards of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. However, driveways serving an individual single-family detached house on a lot of five acres or greater or that only provide access to general or crop farming shall not be required to be paved except for the first 50 feet of the driveway or to the ultimate right-of-way, whichever is less.

Gravel or another surface other than asphalt may be allowed by the Zoning Officer for parking areas that are used primarily for long-term storage or used less than 10 days in any calendar year.

Any paved area of 1,000 square feet or more designed for use, or that would be open to the public during night hours shall be adequately illuminated in accordance with the lighting standards for parking areas of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.

The number and location of accessible parking spaces shall comply with the requirements of the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

If not otherwise specified in the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act, accessible parking facilities shall meet the following minimum standards:

Commercial Truck or Van. A vehicle designated by its issuing state of registration to be registered as either "truck, apportioned, or commercial" that is primarily used for commercial/business purposes, including, but not limited to, making service calls, transporting equipment used in a business or in accomplishing physical work as part of a business (such as hauling materials).

Truck Tractor. A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn, or, a truck with two or more axles that is primarily intended to be used to pull a trailer, as defined below.

Trailer. A vehicle with a length of 10 feet or more, designed to be towed by a motor vehicle, and that is not self-propelled; that is intended to haul equipment, materials, vehicles, goods, gases or liquids; and/or that is intended to be pulled by a truck tractor (as defined above).

Township-owned vehicles.

Police, fire, EMS, and rescue vehicles.

Buses used primarily for transporting pupils to and from school.

Vehicles operated by the U.S. Postal Service.

Vehicles engaged in the construction or repair of streets, curbs, sidewalks or utilities.

Vehicles engaged in making routine household deliveries or rendering routine household services to a property abutting or that is part of the location where the vehicle is parked.

Within a carport;

Within a completely enclosed structure;

Within the side or rear of a lot, but no closer than 10 feet to a property line;

Within the front yard, provided it complies with the following:

Each off-street loading space shall be at least 14 feet in width by 60 feet in depth for a tractor-trailer, and 12 feet in width and 35 feet in depth for smaller trucks.

Each space and the needed maneuvering room shall be located entirely on the lot being served and be located outside of required buffer areas, off-street parking setbacks and street right-of-ways.

No such facilities shall be designed or used in any manner so as to constitute a significant nuisance, public safety hazard or an unreasonable impediment to traffic.

All such facilities shall comply with the lighting and landscaping requirements of § 27-2904.

For any department store, truck terminal, hospital, retail, warehouse, industrial or manufacturing use:

For any auditorium, exhibition center, office building, restaurant, hotel or motel, sports area or nursing home: