Nottingham Township Washington County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XII
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 425-87 General requirements.
No application for a zoning permit, in conjunction with an application for a building permit for the construction or substantial reconstruction of any principal building, and no application for conditional use or special exception approval shall be approved unless there is included with the plan for such building a plan showing the number of off-street parking spaces to be provided in connection with such construction or reconstruction in accordance with the regulations set forth herein.
A.
There shall be provisions for convenient and safe ingress and egress to all off-street parking spaces or lots.
B.
For the purposes of this chapter, an off-street parking space shall consist of a space adequate for parking an automobile with room for opening doors on both sides, but in no case measuring less than eight feet six inches by 18 feet, together with maneuvering room and properly related access to a public street or alley. Required off-street parking areas for three or more automobiles shall have individual spaces marked and shall be so designed, maintained and regulated so that no parking or maneuvering incidental to parking shall be on any public street or walk and so that any automobile may be parked or moved without moving another. No driveway across public property or curb shall exceed a width of 25 feet. Required or optional parking spaces shall not be permitted in a required front or side yard in residential districts unless on an access driveway leading to a garage or paved rear lot parking area.
C.
All open parking areas containing more than four parking spaces shall have an approved surfacing of bituminous asphalt, concrete, brick or pavers, provided with bumper guards where appropriate, and shall be effectively screened on each side adjoining any residence by a wall, opaque fence or densely planted compact hedge not less than four nor more than six feet in height. All parking lots shall be graded to drain to a natural outfall or municipal storm sewer. All such parking lots shall be equipped with trash containers.
D.
Required off-street parking shall be located on the site of the principal building which is served by the parking or separated therefrom by a public right-of-way not more than 25 feet in width. Said parking space shall not be encroached upon by buildings, storage or other use, nor shall the parking space be reduced from the specified size of eight feet six inches by 18 feet, except upon approval of the Zoning Officer and only after proof that the off-street parking spaces provided are no longer needed by reason of the reduction in floor area, seating area or other factors controlling the regulation of such parking facilities as established in this section.
E.
All parking areas in B and M Districts shall be suitably illuminated at night, and such lighting shall be deflected away from any residential structure. Access shall be provided for parking areas to main buildings by means of paved sidewalks.
§ 425-88 Parking requirements.
B.
In addition to the above requirements, each business operation or enterprise employing two or more employees shall provide one off-street parking space for each two employees or fraction thereof. When specific uses are not known at the time of site plan review and approval, reasonable estimates for the most intense use contemplated will be required.
§ 425-89 Accessible parking.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
As applicable, all new and substantially new structures and required parking facilities must be in compliance with the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, as amended, 35 P.S. § 7210.101 et seq., except single-family attached and detached dwellings, and multifamily dwellings of fewer than six dwelling units. All public facilities, buildings and businesses shall provide thirteen-foot-wide spaces for physically handicapped. The number of such spaces is stipulated by laws governing the same. Curb cuts, ramps and accessible entrances shall be also provided for all new subsequent facilities within the Township as of the date of this chapter.
§ 425-90 Mixed uses.
When multiple different uses are proposed within a structure, facility or complex and when it can be demonstrated that one or more of such uses require parking needs at times other than normal business or operating hours, the applicant may present for review and consideration a written report prepared by a professional traffic engineer or consultant stating that a maximum combination of all such uses will not require that the total accumulative parking needs must be provided on the site. After review of the plan, if determined that a reduced overall parking requirement can satisfy the off-street parking needs of the combined facilities, the applicant shall be permitted to reduce the parking spaces provided in accordance with the stipulated number of spaces by the appropriate reviewing body.
§ 425-91 Required off-street loading spaces.
A.
An "off-street loading berth or space" is defined as a space logically and conveniently located for pickups and deliveries, scaled to delivery vehicles expected to be used and accessible to such vehicles when required off-street parking spaces are filled. Required off-street loading berths are not to be included as off-street parking space.
B.
On or after the date of adoption of this chapter, no application for a building permit for the construction or substantial reconstruction of any principal building for uses involving the receipt or distribution of material or merchandise shall be approved unless there is included with the plan for such building a plot plan showing the number of off-street loading spaces to be provided and permanently maintained within the structure or on the same zoning lot, as prescribed hereunder:
(1)
Every nonresidential use which has an aggregate gross floor area of 2,400 square feet or more, arranged, intended or designed for such use, shall provide loading spaces in accordance with the required parking and loading chart.
(2)
Every motel, auditorium, office building, restaurant which has an aggregate gross floor area of 2,400 square feet or more, arranged, intended or designed for such use shall provide loading spaces in accordance with the required parking and loading chart.
(3)
All required loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served. No loading berth for vehicles of over two-ton capacity shall be closer than 30 feet be closer to any property in a residential district unless completely enclosed by building walls or a uniformly painted wall or fence, or any combination thereof, not less than six feet in height. No loading berth shall be located in a required front or side yard, and any loading berth located in a required rear yard shall be open to the sky.
(4)
Each required off-street loading space shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements. No driveway or point of access to an off-street loading berth shall be located within 50 feet of the intersection of any two street lines.
(5)
All drives and loading berths shall be surfaced with a bituminous or concrete surface.
C.
Required parking and loading.
Required Parking and Loading Chart | ||
|---|---|---|
Authorized Land Use | Minimum Off Street Parking Requirement (number of spaces) | Minimum Loading Requirements |
Residential Land Use | ||
Assisted living facility | 1 per 6 beds Plus 1 per staff or visiting medical professional Plus 1 per 2 employees | 1 berth |
Bed-and-breakfast | 1 per guest room plus 2 visitor | |
Boardinghouse | 1 per guest room plus 2 visitor | |
Custodial care facility | 1 per 4 beds plus 1 employee space | 1 berth |
Dwelling, multifamily | 1 per bedroom | >20,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Dwelling, single-family attached | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Dwelling, single-family detached | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Dwelling, two-family detached | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Home occupation | 1 per dwelling unit (in addition to residential requirement) | |
Home-based business, no-impact | 1 space per dwelling unit (in addition to residential requirement) | |
Mobile home park | 1.5 per mobile home | |
Nursing home | 1 per 6 beds Plus 1 per staff or visiting medical professional Plus 1 per 2 employees | 1 berth |
Personal care boarding home | 1 per guest room plus 2 visitor spaces | |
Uses not listed, residential | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Nonresidential Land Use | ||
Adult entertainment establishment | 1 per 100 square feet of gross floor area | |
Artisan workspace/sale | 2 spaces | |
Automotive rental | 1 space per 3 vehicles rented plus 1 space per employee | 1 berth |
Automotive repair | 1 per 2 employees plus 2 per automobile service bay | 1 berth |
Automotive sales and service | Sales: 1 per 600 square feet of net floor area (NFA) Service: 1 per 2 employees plus 2 per automobile service bay | 1 berth |
Bank or financial institution | 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area and 1 space per employee on peak shift and 5 off-street waiting spaces per drive-in window | |
Bar or tavern | 1 space per 50 square feet of public or net floor area and 1 space per employee on peak shift | 1 berth |
Billboard | — | — |
Building materials sales or storage | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area plus 1 per employee | |
Business or professional office | 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area | <40,000 square feet = 1 berth Each additional 40,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Car wash | 3 stacking spaces per wash bay | |
Cemetery, crematorium, mausoleum | 10 per chapel or parlor Plus 1 per funeral vehicle Plus 1 per employee | |
Civic building | Library: 1 space per 250 square feet of net floor area Museum: 1 space per 400 square feet of net floor area Other building: 1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area | As determined by the Township |
Clinic, medical or dental | 3 spaces per exam room | |
Clinic, veterinary | 1 space per employee and 2 spaces per exam room | |
Club or lodge | 1 space per 75 square feet of net floor area of largest assembly area | As determined by the Township |
Commercial amusement | 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area | |
Communications tower | 1 space | |
Contractor's yard [Added 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 110-B] | 1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area for office plus 1 per 750 square feet of gross floor area for maintenance and storage | As determined by the Township |
Convenience store or cafe | 1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area | |
Day-care center | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 1 per 5 students | |
Emergency services | 1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area | |
Equestrian facility | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Essential services | — | — |
Farm | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Forestry | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Funeral home or mortuary | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area plus 1 per employee | 1 berth |
Garden center, nursery, or greenhouse | 1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of outdoor display | 1 berth |
Golf course | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Hobby farm | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Hospital | 1 per bed plus 1 per 2 full-time employees | As determined by the Township |
Industrial, heavy | 1 per 2 employees on peak shift | 0 to 19,999 square feet = 1 berth 20,000 to 60,000 square feet = 2 berths Each additional 60,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Industrial, light | 1 per 2 employees on peak shift | 0 to 19,999 square feet = 1 berth 20,000 to 60,000 square feet = 2 berths Each additional 60,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Junkyard | 1 per employee on peak shift plus 2 per patron spaces | |
Kennel | 1 space per employee and 1 space per 1,000 square feet | |
Landfill | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Mineral removal | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Motel/hotel | 1 space per employee on peak shift 1 space per sleeping unit Additional regulations for restaurant/ bar/ conference room if accessory use open to general public | 0 to 19,999 square feet = 1 berth 20,000 to 60,000 square feet = 2 berths Each additional 60,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Natural gas compressor stations and natural gas processing facilities | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Oil and gas development and production | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Oil and gas drilling subsurface facilities | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Outdoor amusement | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Personal services | 1 space per 200 square feet of net floor area and 1 space per 2 employees on peak shift | 0 to 9,999 square feet = 1 berth 10,000 to 19,999 square feet = 2 berths Each additional 20,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Place of worship | 1 space per 75 square feet of net floor area of largest assembly area; or for a theater, 1 space per 3 seats | As determined by the Township |
Public building | 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area | <40,000 square feet = 1 berth Each additional 40,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Public parks and recreation | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Regional public utility facilities | 1 space per employee on peak shift | |
Restaurant | 1 space per 2 patrons during peak seating and 1 space per employee on peak shift | 1 berth |
Retail establishment | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area | 0 to 19,999 square feet = 1 berth 20,000 to 60,000 square feet = 2 berths Each additional 60,000 square feet = 1 berth |
School | Elementary and junior high: 1 space per staff employee on peak shift and 1 space per classroom Secondary and postsecondary: 1 space per staff and 4 spaces per classroom | |
Self-storage and mini warehouse | 1 per 2 employees on peak shift plus 1 per 10 storage spaces | 0 to 19,999 square feet = 1 berth 20,000 to 60,000 square feet = 2 berths Each additional 60,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Service station | 1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area | |
Shopping center | 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area | 0 to 19,999 square feet = 1 berth 20,000 to 60,000 square feet = 2 berths Each additional 60,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Solar energy facility, large-scale | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Truck terminal | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Uses not listed, nonresidential | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
Warehouse | 1 per employee on peak shift or 0.5 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater | 0 to 19,999 square feet = 1 berth 20,000 to 60,000 square feet = 2 berths Each additional 60,000 square feet = 1 berth |
Wind energy facility, large-scale | As determined by the Township | As determined by the Township |
§ 425-92 Prohibited on-site storage.
All required parking areas for nonresidential uses shall not be used to store abandoned vehicles, used and discarded tires, stacked or piled newspapers, discarded furniture, lumber, refuse in general and other items or materials not compatible with the use of the site or adjacent and nearby properties or as determined not to be in compliance with the performance standards of this chapter.
§ 425-93 Prohibited front yard parking on public walks.
Parking vehicles is prohibited in front yards on that portion of a driveway that crosses any sidewalk intended for unobstructed public use.