Point Pleasant Beach
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
§ 19-11.7
Off-Street Parking, Loading and Driveways.
[Ord. No. 1979-2 § 500; Ord. No. 2006-42 § 1; Ord. No. 2016-15 §§ 3, 4, 6; amended 8-5-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-19]
a.
General Provisions.
1.
Landscaping.
(a)
Except for detached dwelling units, a screen planting of a dense evergreen material not less than four feet in height shall be provided between the off-street parking areas and any lot line or street line except where a building intervenes or where the distance between such areas and the lot line or street line is greater than 150 feet. Native vegetation will be planted within the screen planting, as deemed appropriate by the board engineer based upon specific site conditions.
(b)
All loading areas shall be landscaped and screened sufficiently to obscure the view of the parked vehicles and loading platforms from any public street, adjacent residential district or uses and the front yards of adjacent commercial and industrial uses. Such screening shall be by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three and shall not be less than four feet in height. Native vegetation will be planted within the screen planting, as deemed appropriate by the board engineer based upon specific site conditions.
(c)
Each off-street parking shall have a minimum area equivalent to one parking space per every 30 parking spaces landscaped with one-half of the spaces having shrubs no higher than three feet and the other half having trees with branches no lower than seven feet. Such spaces shall be distributed throughout the parking area in order to break the view of long rows of parked cars in a manner not impairing visibility.
2.
Lighting. Lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be arranged to reflect the light away from residential premises and streets and be in accordance with Subsection 19-11.5. All parking facilities providing five or more parking spaces shall be lighted.
3.
Surfacing and curbing.
(a)
Off-street parking lots and loading areas, together with their access aisles, driveways and fire lanes, shall not occupy more than 35 percent of the lot area except where the parking lot is the principal use.
(b)
All off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided with curbing so that vehicles cannot be driven onto required perimeter landscaped areas, buffer zones and street rights-of-way and so that each parking and loading area has controlled entrances and exits and drainage control. Curbing or wheel stops shall be located to prevent any part of a vehicle from overhanging internal sidewalks or landscaped areas. Parking and loading spaces shall not be an extension of any street right-of-way. Curb cuts or flush curb and wheel stops will be permitted to allow vegetated swales to be used for stormwater conveyance and to disconnect impervious surfaces in parking lots and loading areas, where appropriate.
(c)
All off-street parking lots shall have adequate designations to indicate traffic flow and parking spaces.
4.
Access. Access points from any one lot crossing the street line shall be limited to a maximum of two along the frontage of any single street. The center lines of any separate access points shall be spaced at least 70 feet apart; shall handle no more than two lanes of traffic; shall be at least 40 feet from any property line; and shall be set back from the street line of any intersecting street at least 50 feet or one-half the lot frontage, whichever is greater, except that in no case need the setback distance exceed 200 feet. Continuous open driveways in excess of 16 feet at the street line shall be prohibited, except that for non-residential uses, driveways of more than 16 feet may be permitted with the approval of the Planning Board, giving due consideration to the proposed width, curbing, direction of traffic flow, radii of curves and method of dividing traffic lanes. Curbing shall be depressed at the driveway or the curbing may be rounded at the corners and the driveway connected with the street in the same manner as another street. In the RC Zone all parking lots with frontage on more than one street shall have all exits on a County Road.
5.
Location of parking spaces. All required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same lot or premises as the use served, except that two uses may share the same lot and except further, that in cases when it is determined during site plan review, that the requirements for on-site off-street parking cannot be met because of existing conditions, the location and adequacy of off-site parking spaces to service the use shall be specified on the site plan for approval by the Planning Board.
Any restaurant, retail, or day fishing business which contains an existing parking lot where the property abuts to Ocean Avenue or Inlet Drive may establish a public parking area. The establishment of such use shall require a mercantile license be issued by the Borough of Point Pleasant Beach.
6.
Type of facility.
(a)
Parking spaces may be on, above, or below the surface of the ground. When parking spaces are provided within a garage or other structure, the structure shall adhere to the proper accessory or principal building setbacks, as applicable.
(1)
The provisions of parking spaces shall also include adequate driveway and necessary turning areas for handling the vehicles for which provision is made.
(2)
Parking may occupy front, side and rear yard areas subject to site plan approval. The provisions of parking and loading spaces shall also include adequate driveway and necessary turning areas for handling of the vehicles for which provision is made. Aisle providing access to parking spaces shall have the following minimum dimensions. Where the angle of parking is different on both sides of the aisle, the larger aisle width shall prevail.
Angle of Parking Space | One-Way Aisle | Two-Way Aisle |
|---|---|---|
90 degree | 25 feet | 25 feet |
60 degree | 18 feet | 20 feet |
45 degree | 18 feet | 20 feet |
30 degree | 15 feet | 18 feet |
Parallel | 12 feet | 18 feet |
(b)
Specific requirements. Each individual use shall provide parking spaces according to the following provisions. Where a permitted use of land includes different specified activities with different specific parking requirements, the total number of required parking spaces shall be obtained by individually computing the parking requirements for each different activity and adding the resulting numbers together.
(1)
All residential uses - As provided in N.J.A.C. 5:21-1 et seq. - Residential Site Improvement Standards.
(2)
Rooming or boarding house - one space for each rental unit plus one space for each resident family.
(3)
Hotel - one space for every two guest rooms plus one additional space for each employee plus one space for every four seats in a public dining room.
(4)
Motel - one and one-quarter spaces for each rental unit.
(5)
Auditoriums, places of worship, theatres, courts of law, gymnasiums and similar places of public assembly - one space for every six seats, based on a maximum of seating capacity.
(6)
Hospital, nursing homes and convalescent homes and buildings for philanthropic or eleemosynary uses - one space for every three beds.
(7)
Club, lodge or service organization - one space for every six members.
(8)
Business and professional offices, banks and fiduciary establishments - one space for every 200 square feet of floor area.
(9)
Retail business use and personal service establishments - one space for every 100 square feet of floor area to which the public has, access.
(10)
Restaurant, tavern or other public eating establishment - one space for every four seats.
(11)
Funeral homes - one space for every 75 square feet of floor area devoted to assembly rooms for services.
(12)
Manufacturing and industrial uses, research and experimental laboratories - one space for every four employees.
(13)
Schools - one space for each staff member plus the required spaces for assembly areas.
(14)
Service station - sufficient spaces for all vehicles of patrons and employees with a minimum of five spaces.
(15)
Marinas - one space for every two berths, plus one space for every two persons (based upon U.S. Coast Guard approved capacity of the vessel) if commercial sport fishing vessels are docked.
(16)
Bowling alley - three spaces for each alley.
(17)
Notwithstanding the provisions herein, no property shall be permitted to have a concrete lawn.
