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Piscataway City Zoning Code

§ 21-32.12

Off-Street Parking and Loading, Street Parking.

[Ord. No. 2017-15]
a. 
Off-street parking in the towne square portion of the development shall be provided within common parking area(s) or parking deck(s) located to the rear or side of non-residential or mixed-use buildings. On-street parking (parallel/angular parking stalls) may be provided within the Mixed-use village area, subject to the approval of the Township Planning Board. Pedestrian access to common parking lots or decks within the towne square area shall be provided via pedestrian pathways.
b. 
On-site parking for residential development will be provided in accordance with the requirements of the New Jersey Residential Site Improvement Standards (RSIS). On-site parking requirements for non-residential development (retail, commercial, office, hotel, restaurants, theatres, etc.) or institutional development (healthcare, educational, research and laboratory, childcare, etc.) shall comply with the design standards of the Piscataway Township Site Plan Ordinance.
c. 
Required parking for permitted commercial uses and restaurants within the Mixed-use village may be provided with a combination of on-street parking and off-street parking (i.e. surface lot and/or parking deck). All other non-residential and institutional uses permitted in the development shall be provided with off-street parking only. On-street loading areas for non-residential uses shall not be permitted in the development. All off-street loading for non-residential uses shall be provided to the rear or side of individual uses. Shared off-street loading may be permitted, subject to the approval of the Township Planning Board. Except as may be expressly permitted in this section, the provision of off-street parking and loading for all non-residential uses shall be provided in accordance with the Piscataway Township Site Plan Ordinance.
d. 
Resident parking for single family detached dwellings and townhomes shall be provided in the form of a private driveway and/or private (attached) garage(s). Visitor parking for such uses may be satisfied with a combination of on-street parking, driveway parking, and/or off-street surface lots/or parking decks. Required resident parking for apartments, condominium flats and student housing shall be provided with private garage(s), surface parking lots and/or parking decks. Visitor parking for such multi-family use shall be satisfied with surface lots and/or parking deck(s). Private resident parking garages for apartments/condominium or student housing units, within an acceptable walking distance, may be provided separately from the residence building(s), subject to the approval of the Township Planning Board.