Runnemede City Zoning Code
§ 395-13
Off-street parking and parking lot requirements.
A.
Commercial parking lot requirements. Parking lots for the parking of passenger vehicles only, together with entrance and exit rights-of-way, shall be subject to the conditions, regulations and restrictions hereinafter set forth:
(1)
There shall be no repair work or servicing of motor vehicles, and no sales, dead storage or dismantling of any kind, as they are parked on any such parking lots.
(2)
Each parking lot shall be graded, paved and properly drained and shall be so maintained at all times.
(3)
No parking shall be permitted nearer than 20 feet to the property line of any front street or public right-of-way and eight feet to the property line of any side street or public right-of-way.
(4)
No advertising sign or material is to be located in any such parking lots except of a warning, directional and regulatory type and shall be posted in a manner so that the top thereof shall be no more than five feet from the ground level.
(5)
Lighting.
(a)
Parking lots must be lighted. The standards should be functional and attractive, highlighting buildings, leaving no dark areas on parking lots or around buildings.
(b)
No glare, direct or reflected, shall be allowed to impair the vision of drivers or pedestrians on the parking lot or on adjoining properties, streets and walkways.
(c)
Parking light standards should be no higher than the maximum allowed building height, casting light down in cone of approximately 135°. Fixtures should be shielded, if necessary, to protect adjacent properties.
(d)
In the event of hilly or uneven ground, standards may be lowered to prevent overflow of light. Maximum footcandle power should be 1.0 at the property line.
(e)
Applicants must have a drawing or plan when applying for a variance.
(6)
Any such parking lot is to be adequately screened from adjoining property in a residential district by a hedge or sightly fence or wall not less than three feet high and not more than five feet high, and any screening shall be set back at least five feet from the property line. Along any such lot, adequate bumper guards or other appropriate and adequate stopping devices strong enough to stop motor vehicles traveling at reasonable speeds shall be installed.
(7)
Each and every parking lot established under this section shall have appropriate caution signs and warning devices, and at each point of ingress and egress, two feet within the property line, there shall be erected a stop sign, together with a raised crown across the right-of-way. Said signs shall be similar to the caution and directional signs used by the Borough of Runnemede on the thoroughfares of said Borough and shall be approved by the Zoning Officer of the Borough of Runnemede.
(8)
Prior to the establishment of a parking lot under this section, plans and specifications for said parking lot showing drainage, surfacing, location of directional stop signs, location and specifications for screening and bumper stops, together with any and all requirements of this section, shall be submitted to the Zoning Officer of the Borough of Runnemede for his approval in accordance with this section. No such parking lot shall operate until first having received a use permit from the Zoning Officer of the Borough of Runnemede.
B.
Minimum space requirements for off-street parking.
(1)
Minimum space requirements for off-street parking shall be as follows:
(a)
Residence R-1 District: 1 1/2 space per dwelling unit.
(b)
Residence R-2 District: two spaces per dwelling unit.
(c)
Residence R-3 District: two spaces per dwelling unit.
(e)
Special Economic Development SED District:
[1]
Offices: one off-street parking space for each 300 square feet of floor space.
[2]
Research laboratory: one space for each 600 square feet of floor space.
[3]
Industrial: two spaces for each three employees on the maximum work shift or one space for each 600 square feet of floor space, whichever is greater.
(2)
If there is more than one lot, the parking spaces required shall be the total required for each use, unless it is demonstrated to the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment that the uses will not be concurrent.
(3)
These off-street parking requirements can be waived by the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment in the C and GO Districts if it is demonstrated that adequate public off-street parking exists within 600 feet of the proposed use or it is felt by the Joint Planning/Zoning Board of Adjustment that additional access driveways to the proposed use will be a detriment to the public safety.