There shall be provisions for convenient and safe ingress and egress to all off-street parking spaces or lots.

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 unparked 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.

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.

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 (see Subsection B above), 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.

All parking areas in Commercial and Industrial 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.

For purposes of this article an on-street parking space shall be a legal parking location on a public street. Where parking spaces are not striped or otherwise marked an on-street spot must be shown to be 20 feet in length.

The minimum number of off-street parking spaces to be provided for every new or substantially reconstructed building shall be as identified in Chart H, Parking Requirements, in Attachments section.[1]

When a use is identified in Attachment 3 as permitted by right in the Commercial District, on-street parking spots and/or parking spots in a public parking facility may be counted to meet the parking requirements found in Chart H.[2] Both the public parking facility and the on-street spots must be located within 300 of the property line and be within the Commercial District. The applicant shall be responsible for providing plans which show the location of all parking spots being counted towards the parking requirement, with length measurements shown for any spots that are not striped or otherwise marked. This provision shall apply to new and existing uses permitted by right in the Commercial District.

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.

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.

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: