New Milford City Zoning Code
§ 30-28.1
Off-Street Parking.
[Ord. No. 77:11; Ord. No. 91:16 § XLIII; Ord. No. 2016:05; Ord. No. 2018:15]
a.
In conjunction with any building hereafter erected or any use of land hereafter established, there shall be provided on the same lot therewith sufficient parking spaces to meet the minimum requirements specified herein.
b.
No parking spaces presently existing in conjunction with an existing building or use of land shall be eliminated, nor shall any parking spaces hereafter established be eliminated, unless the remaining parking spaces meet the minimum requirements specified herein.
c.
All parking spaces, except for one- and two-family dwellings, shall be individually designated on the ground by means of pavement markings. For purposes of this section, a parking space shall be deemed to be an area nine (9') feet wide by twenty (20') feet long, exclusive of access driveway and aisles, which area is accessible from a public street and which is available for the parking of one passenger vehicle throughout the hours in which any use to which it may be necessary is in operation.
d.
Access to any lot other than one- and two-family dwellings shall be had by means of driveways twenty-four (24') feet wide, with not more than one such driveway permitted for each two hundred (200') feet or fraction thereof of street frontage, except that, where more than one such driveway is provided for any lot, the width of such driveway may be reduced to twelve (12') feet, and each such driveway shall be used as a one-way entrance or exit. The entire street frontage opposite any residential zone shall be landscaped so as to prevent any use from hindering or discouraging the development and use of adjacent land and buildings or the impairment of the value thereof, and such landscaping shall be properly maintained throughout the life of any use.
e.
Required Minimum Number of Parking Spaces For Various Uses.
1.
Dwelling: in accordance with the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards (N.J.A.C. 5:21), except that 1.5 spaces per unit shall be provided for dwellings above nonresidential uses in the Business zone.
2.
Dwelling including professional office: two parking spaces per dwelling unit plus one parking space for each 50 square feet of floor area within such office space.
3.
School: one parking space per employee plus computation based on the gross area of largest assembly or most intense use such as an auditorium, all purpose room or in some instances a gymnasium. The following formula shall be used.
4.
Church, auditorium, library, museum, art gallery, club, theater or similar place of public assembly: one space for every five seats or one space for every 50 square feet of gross floor area if without seats.
5.
(Reserved)
6.
Restaurant or tavern: one parking space for every four seats. If no seats are present, one space per 100 square feet of floor area.
7.
Other business, commercial, professional or governmental establishments, in which operation the customer or client usually comes to the establishment: one parking space for every 150 square feet of total area devoted to such use.
8.
Manufacturing, assembling, processing, research, office use or other establishments wherein the parking need is primarily created by employees: one space for each two employees, based on peak shift of employment.
9.
Hospital: one parking space for every 300 square feet of sleeping room area for patients, plus one space for each two employees and staff members.
10.
Combination uses: the required parking shall be the sum of the requirements for each individual use in the combination.
11.
Uses not included in the list above: the number of required parking spaces shall be determined by the Planning Board, which shall base its determination upon the reasonable need for parking likely to result from such particular use based upon a study and the experience of the same use under similar circumstances.
f.
Parking spaces required for other than a one- or two-family dwelling, together with access aisles and drives, shall be paved with a minimum of four (4") inch standard macadam-type pavement and shall be properly drained. Illumination, if any, shall be so arranged as not to cause undue glare upon any abutting street or adjoining residential zone.
g.
The following standards shall apply to all one- and two-family dwellings:
1.
Vehicle parking shall only be permitted on portions of a lot that are paved, and shall not be permitted on lawns or landscaped areas. If additional parking area is required, it must be paved to match existing parking areas or driveways on the same property.
2.
Vehicle parking shall not be permitted in any front yard other than in a paved driveway that traverses the front yard.
3.
The maximum area of a front yard covered by impervious surfaces shall be 30 percent.