Sayre City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
Off-Street Parking
§ 173-111 General parking regulations.
A.
Off-street parking facilities shall be provided to lessen on-street congestion. The facilities required herein shall be available to patrons throughout the hours of operation of the particular business or use for which such facilities are provided. As used herein, the term "parking space" includes either covered garage space or uncovered parking space located off the public right-of-way.
B.
All parking spaces shall be ample in size for the vehicles for which use is intended. The net parking space per vehicle shall be not less than nine feet wide and 18 feet long. Parking spaces and the approaches thereto shall be paved surfaces or stabilized surface. For purposes of this chapter, "stabilized surface" is hereby defined as an approved all-weather, dustless surface. Outdoor parking spaces shall be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on which it is located and shall be fully accessible.
C.
A garage or carport may be located wholly or partly inside the walls of the principal building or attached to the outer walls. If separated from the principal building, the garage shall conform to all accessory building requirements. A garage may be constructed under a yard, provided that the level of such yard shall conform to the general level of the other yards on the lot. The space above such an underground garage shall be deemed to be part of the open space of the lot on which it is located.
D.
Off-street parking in residential districts shall be in the driveway or rear driveway apron only. There shall be no parking on the lawn in the front yard, except on a temporary basis for moving.
E.
There shall be no driveway or expanded apron that encroaches in the front yard between the principal residential dwelling and the curb. In the event the property is a corner lot there will be no encroachment in the side yard area of a driveway.
§ 173-112 Handicapped accessible parking.
A.
All multifamily, commercial, public and industrial uses shall provide handicapped parking spaces as follows:
Total Parking Spaces | Required Accessible Spaces |
|---|---|
1 - 25 | 1 |
26 - 50 | 2 |
51 - 75 | 3 |
76 - 100 | 4 |
101 - 150 | 5 |
151 - 200 | 6 |
201 - 300 | 7 |
301 - 400 | 8 |
401 - 500 | 9 |
501 - 1,000 | 2% of total |
Over 1,000 | 20, plus 1 per 100 over 1,000 |
B.
The design of handicapped accessible spaces shall be completed in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Architectural Guidelines and include the following:
(1)
Accessible parking spaces serving a particular building shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel from adjacent parking to an accessible structure. In parking facilities not serving a particular structure, accessible parking shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel to an accessible pedestrian entrance of the parking entrance.
(2)
Accessible parking spaces shall be at least eight feet wide.
(3)
One parking access aisle of no less than five feet in width shall be provided for each accessible parking space and shall be a part of the accessible route of no less than three feet in width to the building or facility entrance. A parking access aisle may be shared between two accessible parking spaces.
(4)
Parking spaces and access aisles shall be level with surface slopes not exceeding 2% in all directions.
(5)
Accessible parking spaces shall be designated as "reserved" by a sign showing the symbol of accessibility. Such signs shall be located so as not to be obscured by a vehicle parked in the space.
§ 173-113 Off-street parking space requirements.
A.
Specific parking space requirements. Any of the following facilities hereafter erected or enlarged and any facility hereafter converted into one of the following facilities and any open area hereafter used shall be provided with not less than the minimum parking spaces and loading/unloading areas as set forth below, together with adequate accessways, driveways or other means of circulation and access to and from a street:
Use | Required Parking Spaces | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Automotive parts sales/ service garages | 3 per bay, plus 1 for every 300 square feet of retail parts sales area | ||
Automobile sales | 1 per 500 square feet of indoor gross floor area, plus 1 per 2,500 square feet of outdoor sales/rental area, plus 2 per service bay, plus 1 per employee, but never fewer than 5 spaces | ||
Automobile wash | 5 per washing lane | ||
Banks/financial institutions | 1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area. Each drive-up window shall have sufficient stacking room for 4 cars, and a bypass lane shall be provided. | ||
Bowling alleys | 4 per alley | ||
Convenience stores | 4 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Campground | 1 dust-free 10 feet by 30 feet space per campsite | ||
Dance halls, swimming pools, roller rinks, and other similar uses | 1 per 100 square feet of gross floor area or of surface clubs, lodges pool | ||
Day-care centers (nursery schools) | 1 per employee plus 1 safe passenger off-street loading/unloading space per 5 children | ||
Family-care and group-care facilities | 1 per 4 residents plus 1 per employee in the maximum working shift | ||
Family day-care and group day-care homes | 1 per nonresident employee plus 1 safe passenger off-street loading/unloading space per 4 nonresident children | ||
Funeral homes/ mortuaries | 1 per 100 square feet of gross floor area used for memorial services, viewing area, business office and products display | ||
Furniture or appliance stores | 1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area interior sale space plus 1.5 per 1,000 square feet of interior storage and exterior display or storage | ||
Home/farm occupations | 1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area utilized for the home/farm occupation, plus 1 per nonresident employee, in addition to the requirement for the dwelling unit | ||
Hospitals | 1 per 4 beds, plus 1 per 2 employees of the maximum working shift, plus 1 per staff doctor | ||
Laundries | 1 per 2 washing machines plus 1 per employee on maximum working shift | ||
Hotels, motels, boarding and lodging/rooming houses, bed-and- breakfast establishments | 1 per sleeping room plus 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area in non-room areas | ||
Industrial uses (manufacturing or assembly plants) | 1 per 800 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Junkyard/salvage yard | 1 per employee plus 1 per 5,000 square feet of lot area, excluding required buffer area | ||
Lumberyard | 1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor storage area | ||
Medical centers | 1 per 250 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Nursery/ greenhouse | 1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 per 2,000 square feet lot area, excluding buffer area | ||
Nursing and convalescent homes | 1 per 3 beds, plus 1 space per 2 employees in the maximum working shift plus 1 per staff doctor | ||
Office | 4 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Places of public or private assem- bly (churches, community centers, theaters or similar meeting and assembly uses) | 1 per 5 seats or 1 per 100 square feet where no seats are provided | ||
Radio, television and/or broadcast station [Added 4-22-2010 by Ord. No. 876] | 1 space per 400 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Residential uses: | |||
Single-family | 2 per dwelling unit | ||
Multiple dwellings (including con- version apartments and excluding accessory apart- ments): | |||
Elderly apartments | .5 per dwelling unit | ||
Efficiency/studio | 1 per dwelling unit | ||
1 bedroom | 1.5 per dwelling unit | ||
2 bedrooms or more | 2 per dwelling unit | ||
Restaurants, tea rooms, night- clubs, bars and taverns | 1 per 3 seats | ||
Fast-foods establishments | 1 per 60 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Retail stores and shops | 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Schools | |||
Elementary | 2 per classroom, but not less than 1 per teacher and staff | ||
Intermediate | 2.5 per classroom, but not less than 1 per teacher and staff | ||
Secondary | 2.5 per classroom, but not less than 1 per teacher and staff | ||
Shopping centers | 5.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Utility or communication station | 1 per vehicle normally required to service such facility | ||
Warehousing/ distribution | 1 per 5,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus required spaces for any office or sales areas | ||
B.
All other uses not provided for herein. For all other uses not provided for herein, required parking spaces shall be determined by a study to be prepared by the developer and approved by the Borough. The study shall include the following:
(1)
Type of use and estimated number of total trips generated during peak conditions (inbound and outbound).
(2)
Estimated parking duration per vehicle trip (turnover rate).
(3)
Based on estimated number of trips generated and average parking duration per trip, calculate number of spaces required.
(4)
Estimated number of employees; one space to be provided for every two employees working maximum shift.
§ 173-114 Location and management requirements.
A.
Existing parking. Structures and uses existing on the effective date of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this Article so long as the type or extent of use is not changed, provided that any parking facility now serving such structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced below such requirements.
B.
Changes in requirements. Whenever there is an alteration of a structure or a change or extension of a use which increases the parking requirements according to the standards contained herein, the total additional parking required for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of that section.
C.
Conflict with other uses. No parking area shall be used for any use that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required to serve.
D.
Continuing obligation. All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve. Off-street parking facilities shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision. Reasonable precautions are to be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities for the employees or other persons whom the facilities are designed to serve. Facilities shall at no time constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
E.
Drainage, surfacing and maintenance. Drainage, surfacing and maintenance of off-street parking areas, including driveways and access drives, shall be completed in accordance with the Bradford County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, as amended.
F.
Shared parking. Two or more uses may provide for required parking in a common parking lot, if the total space provided is not less than the sum of the spaces required for each use individually. However, the number of spaces required in a common parking facility may be reduced below this total only as a Special Exception, if it can be demonstrated to the Zoning Hearing Board that the hours or days of peak parking needed for the uses are so different that a lower total will adequately provide for all uses served by the facility.
G.
Computation of spaces. Where the computation of required parking space results in a fractional number, any fraction shall be counted as one.
H.
Location of spaces.
(1)
Single- and two-family residential off-street parking space shall be provided on the same lot or premises with the use served.
(2)
Parking spaces for multiple dwelling buildings and nonresidential uses shall be readily accessible to the buildings served thereby. Such spaces shall be in the same zoning district as the principal building, or open area, and conform to the following regulations:
(a)
The required parking spaces shall be located within 600 feet of the principal building or open space in question, measured from the edge of the structure or open space to the edge of the parking lot closest to the structure or open space.
(b)
The applicant for a use or building permit shall submit, with his application, an instrument duly executed and acknowledged which subjects such parcels of land to parking uses in connection with the principal use to which it is accessory. Upon issuance of a permit, the Zoning Officer shall cause such instrument to be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds.
I.
Lighting.
(1)
All public parking areas shall be adequately lighted during after-dark operating hours. All newly-installed light standards shall be located on raised parking islands and not on the parking surface.
(2)
Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking or loading areas shall be shielded from any street or residential use.
(3)
Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking or loading areas shall be 15 feet in height.
§ 173-115 Design standards for parking facilities.
A.
Minimum dimensions.
(1)
The minimum dimensions of parking facilities to be provided shall be as follows:
Parking | Aisle Width | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Angle of Parking | Stall Width (feet) | Stall Depth1 (feet) | One-Way | Two-Way |
90 degrees | 9 | 18 | 24 | 24 |
60 degrees | 9 | 20 | 18 | 20 |
45 degrees | 9 | 18 | 15 | 20 |
30 degrees | 9 | 16 | 12 | 20 |
Parallel | 8 | 22 | 12 | 20 |
Notes: |
|---|
1 Depth of stall is the perpendicular measurement from the curb or the edge of the parking lot toward the interior portion of the lot to be occupied by the parking vehicles and not including any part of the drive. |
(2)
All dead-end parking lots shall be designed to provide sufficient backup area for the end stalls of the parking area.
(3)
Parking areas shall be designed so that each motor vehicle may proceed to and from the parking space provided for it without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicle.
B.
Setbacks for parking areas shall be provided as follows:
(1)
All parking spaces and access drives shall be at least 10 feet from any multiple dwelling building or nonresidential building on the lot.
(2)
All parking spaces and access drives shall be at least five feet from any exterior lot line, except where buffer yards are required, in which case such parking spaces and access drives may not encroach on the buffer yard area.
(3)
No parking area shall be located within a public right-of-way.
C.
Separation.
(1)
Except at entrance and exit drives, parking area shall be physically separated from any public and/or private streets with a minimum six-foot-wide planting strip.
(2)
In no case shall parking areas be designed to require or encourage cars to back into a public or private street in order to leave the parking areas. When adjacent to a public or private street, a grassed buffer yard of at least 10 feet shall be provided and maintained.
(3)
All paved off-street parking shall be marked so as to indicate its location.
D.
Landscaping.
(1)
Buffer yards and screening shall be required for parking lots containing 10 or more parking spaces. Said buffer yard and screening shall be in accordance with buffer yard standards set forth in § 173-93 herein.
(2)
Five percent of the off-street parking and access area, exclusive of other required landscaped areas, shall be landscaped.
(3)
Parking lots containing 10 or more parking spaces shall be planted with a minimum of one tree for every eight parking spaces. Each tree shall be surrounded by a planting island consisting of no less than 50 square feet of permeable and unpaved surface. Plantings may be placed individually or collectively.
(4)
Planting islands shall be bounded by a concrete curb having a minimum height of six inches.
E.
Curb radius. No less than a five-foot radius of curvature shall be permitted for all curb lines in all parking lots.
§ 173-116 Off-street loading and unloading.
A.
Required spaces.
(1)
For all nonresidential uses requiring delivery or pickup of materials, a minimum number of off-street loading and unloading spaces shall be provided as follows:
Gross Floor Area (square feet) | Required Number of Loading/Unloading Spaces |
|---|---|
6,000 or less | 1 |
6,001 - 20,000 | 2 |
Above 20,000 | 2, plus 1 additional space for each additional 50,000 square feet of gross floor area |
(2)
Hotels shall have a least one loading space, with an additional loading berth when the floor area exceeds 50,000 square feet.
(3)
All off-street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve.
B.
Design standards. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed in accordance with the following specifications:
(1)
Each required space shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 45 feet in length and 14 1/2 feet in height, exclusive of drives and maneuvering space and located entirely on the lot being served.
(2)
There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley, as well as adequate maneuvering space.
(3)
The maximum width of driveway openings, measured at the street lot line, shall be 40 feet; the minimum width shall be 20 feet.
(4)
All accessory driveways and entranceways shall be graded, surfaced and drained in accordance with applicable Borough/county ordinances and codes.
§ 173-117 Motor vehicle access.
Motor vehicle access to lots shall be provided in accordance with the Bradford County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, as amended.