Perkiomen Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Off-Street Parking
§ 310-73 Legislative intent.
It is the specific intent of this article to:
A.
Set reasonable standards and provide reasonable controls to assure sufficient parking capacity for the uses or potential uses of land in the Township;
B.
Provide flexibility in the implementation of these standards by permitting construction of a reduced number of parking spaces under appropriate conditions;
C.
Prevent hazards to public safety caused by the intrusion of parking upon public rights-of-way and provide suitable facilities for off-street parking; and
D.
Provide design standards that will minimize the impact of parking lots on adjoining property owners.
§ 310-74 Required off-street parking facilities.
Any building or structure erected, altered or used and any lot used or occupied for any of the following purposes shall be provided with the minimum number of parking spaces set forth below, together with adequate driveways and street access in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 264, Subdivision and Land Development. The required spaces below are in addition to any state or federal handicapped space requirements.
Use | Requirement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. | Dwellings: | |||||
1. | Single-family detached, two-family, multifamily | 2 spaces per dwelling unit | ||||
2. | Single-family attached (townhouses) | 2.5 spaces per dwelling unit | ||||
B. | Places of assembly (theater, church, stadium, auditorium, etc.) | 1 space per 3 seats | ||||
C. | Freestanding retail stores | 1 space per 100 square feet of sales floor | ||||
D. | Shopping centers | 1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
E. | Offices | 1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
F. | Industry (excluding those specifically listed below): | 1 space per employee for the largest shift | ||||
1. | Laboratory | 1 space per 450 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
2. | Warehouse or storage | 1 space per 1,500 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
G. | Services: | |||||
1. | Doctor, dentist or similar type, including outpatient clinics | 7 spaces per practitioner, plus 1 space per additional employee | ||||
2. | Barber, beautician, tailor or similar type | 2 spaces per 250 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 space per any other employee | ||||
H. | Tourist home, rooming house, bed-and-breakfast | 2 spaces, plus 1 space per rental unit | ||||
I. | Self-service laundromat | 1 space per 3 washers and/or dryers | ||||
J. | Place of indoor amusements (not sports or exercise) | 1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
K. | The following uses require 1 space per employee and/or volunteer on the largest shift or during peak periods, plus the number of spaces listed below: | |||||
1. | Library, museum or similar place | 1 space per 500 square feet of floor area | ||||
2. | Hospital, inpatient clinic, sanitarium, nursing home | 1 space per 1 bed | ||||
3. | Hotel, motel or similar use | 1 space per rental unit, plus 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area in common or public use (lobby, bar, meeting rooms, etc.) | ||||
4. | Restaurants: | |||||
a. | Restaurant with drive-through window | 1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area, minimum 25 spaces | ||||
b. | Takeout restaurant (no dining on premises) | 4 spaces per service counter/cash register, whichever is greater | ||||
c. | All others | 1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
5. | Motor vehicle repairs (body or mechanical) | 3 spaces per service bay | ||||
6. | Vehicle sales | 1 space per 500 square feet of indoor sales area, plus 1 space per 5,000 square feet of outdoor sales area | ||||
7. | Indoor sports facility: | |||||
a. | Bowling alley | 5 spaces per lane | ||||
b. | Racquet sports | 2 spaces per court | ||||
c. | Health spa | 1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
8. | Studio for dance, art, music or photography | 1 space per 5 students and 1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
9. | Post office or wholesale business | 1 space per 500 square feet of gross floor area | ||||
10. | Bank, financial institution: | |||||
a. | Without drive-through window | 6 spaces per inside teller | ||||
b. | With drive-through window | 6 spaces per inside teller | ||||
c. | In addition | 3 spaces per non-drive-through automated teller | ||||
11. | Day-care or preschool facilities. | Additional capacity determined on a case-by-case basis. | ||||
12. | Drive-through windows (drive-through queue) shall meet the following queuing requirement: | |||||
a. | A minimum of 4 automobile spaces shall be provided for each drive-through bank window, remote-teller window and drive-through automatic teller machine (ATM). These spaces shall be inclusive of the automobile space at the pickup window. | |||||
b. | A minimum of 8 automobile spaces shall be provided for each drive-through restaurant window. These spaces shall be inclusive of the automobile spaces at the pickup window. | |||||
c. | A minimum of 4 automobile spaces shall be provided for all other drive-through uses other than banks and restaurants as they are provided for in a and b above. These spaces shall be inclusive of the automobile space at the pickup window. | |||||
d. | The automobile spaces referred to in a, b and c above shall not interfere with other parking spaces or the pedestrian or vehicular travel or circulation of the site. | |||||
e. | Drive-through windows shall be placed to the rear or side of the structure. | |||||
L. | ER Elderly Residential. The following minimum parking standards shall apply to development in the ER District: | |||||
1. | Independent dwelling units (single-family or multifamily dwellings) | 1 space for each independent dwelling unit, to be used primarily by the residents of the units, and 1 additional space for every 5 independent units, to be used primarily by visitors | ||||
2. | Skilled care facilities and personal care congregate facilities | 1 space for every 2 beds in skilled care facilities and personal care congregate facilities | ||||
3. | Staff parking | 1 space for each staff doctor | ||||
4. | Employee parking | 1 space for each employee working on the largest shift. | ||||
M. | Schools: | |||||
1. | Elementary or intermediate | 2 spaces per classroom | ||||
2. | High school | 8 spaces per classroom | ||||
N. | Any use not specifically listed in this chapter shall provide parking spaces in compliance with the Parking Generation Manual of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), as last amended. | |||||
§ 310-75 Parking held in reserve.
If the number of spaces required by § 310-74 of the article is substantially larger than the number of spaces anticipated by the applicant, then the applicant may hold some of the parking in reserve in order to avoid unnecessary paving while ensuring adequate area for potential parking demands.
A.
Suitable area must be available on the site for 100% of the parking required by § 310-74 of this article.
B.
The number of spaces which must be paved initially may be reduced by up to 50% by the Township Supervisors, upon the recommendation of the Township Planning Commission. All stormwater engineering shall be designed based on total parking requirements, including the reserve.
C.
Suitable area must be reserved for the balance of the total number of spaces required by § 310-74 of this article; these spaces shall be constructed by the applicant if and when determined necessary by the Supervisors, upon the recommendation of the Township Zoning Officer. The Supervisors may require the installation of these parking spaces when there is evidence of a continued overflow of parking.
D.
The applicant and the Township shall enter into an escrow agreement which shall describe how and when the spaces held in reserve shall be constructed when the Supervisors determine that they are necessary.
E.
To qualify for use of the reserve parking concept, the applicant shall provide evidence supporting reduced parking needs to the Township Planning Commission and Engineer for their review and recommendations.
§ 310-76 Additional requirements.
B.
Parking lots shall not be used for the sale, repair or dismantling of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.
C.
All commercial, industrial and institutional uses shall provide adequate off-street loading/unloading space.
D.
All schools shall designate an area of level lawn or field for overflow parking for special events, which shall provide at least 100 parking spaces or one per two students of total capacity, whichever is less. This area may be located on adjacent property if easement is obtained from the property owner.
§ 310-77 Shared parking.
A.
The parking spaces required under § 310-74 of this article may be reduced when two or more establishments share the same parking area, whether on the same lot or abutting lots, according to the following formula:
(1)
Determine the required amount of parking for each proposed land use as if it were a separate use.
(2)
For each determined amount, plug into an appropriate general category in the following formula. Either plug in zeros for the not-relevant categories or delete them from the formula.
Formulas: | ||||
(a) | Formula (1), weekday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: | |||
required office or individual spaces | X1 | + required retail or public/community facility spaces | X 0.6 | |
+ required hotel or motel spaces | X 0.75 | + required restaurant spaces | X 0.5 | |
+ required entertainment or recreation spaces | X 0.4 | = a | ||
(b) | Formula (2), weekday 6:00 p.m. to midnight: | |||
required office or individual spaces | X 0.1 | + required retail or public/community facility spaces | X 0.9 | |
+ required hotel or motel spaces | X1 | + required restaurant spaces | X 1 | |
+ required entertainment or recreation spaces | X1 | = b | ||
(c) | Formula (3), weekend 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: | |||
required office or individual spaces | X 0.1 | + required retail or public/community facility spaces | X 1 | |
+ required hotel or motel spaces | X 0.75 | + required restaurant spaces | X 1 | |
+ required entertainment or recreation spaces | X 0.8 | = c | ||
(d) | Formula (4), weekend 6:00 p.m. to midnight: | |||
required office or individual spaces | X 0.5 | + required retail or public/community facility spaces | X 0.7 | |
+ required hotel or motel spaces | X 1 | + required restaurants spaces | X 1 | |
+ required entertainment or recreation spaces | X 1 | = d | ||
(3)
The formula with the highest value (either a, b, c or d) is the shared parking requirement.
(4)
The shared parking calculations shall not include any residential uses on the subject property.
§ 310-78 Off-street loading.
In addition to required off-street parking, off-street loading spaces shall be required for all commercial and industrial uses requiring regular delivery or shipping of goods, merchandise or equipment by semitrailer truck. Off-street loading areas shall comply with the following:
A.
Required loading areas shall not be used for storage of vehicles or materials or as off-street parking.
B.
The location and size of loading areas shall be adequate for the safe parking of trucks, and maneuvering space shall be provided so that ingress and egress can occur on the lot without backing out onto a public street.