In the use of land for residential, commercial, industrial or any other purpose, no residential, commercial, industrial or any other building or structure shall be erected and no major repairs made to an existing residential, commercial, industrial or any other building or structure unless adequate parking already exists upon the lot or unless provision for off-street parking spaces is made on the lot concurrently with such erection or major repairs. The following minimum requirements shall not apply where another part of this chapter specifies a greater parking requirement for a particular use.

Public parking spaces shall be allocated and delineated for handicapped drivers. The spaces shall be identified as such in accordance with applicable law (federal, state and local). The federal standards for parking spaces allocated for handicapped drivers are provided as follows. These are minimum standards; state or local laws which are more strict would take precedence.

Single-family, twin, duplex, townhouse, conversion apartments and multiple dwellings: two off-street parking spaces (as defined in § 160-101) per dwelling unit.

Dormitories and boardinghouses: one space for each two residents, plus one space for each full-time employee.

Age-restricted multiple dwelling units with one bedroom: one and one-half off-street parking spaces (as defined in § 160-101) per dwelling unit.

Age-restricted multiple dwelling units with more than one bedroom: two off-street parking spaces (as defined in § 160-101) per dwelling unit.

Cemeteries: none, unless in association with a mortuary or monument dealer, in which case the provisions of § 160-105 shall apply.

Churches and cultural facilities, including community centers, assembly or meeting rooms or other similar places of public or private assembly: one space for each five seats provided for public assembly or one space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area when no seats are provided, plus one space for each two full-time employees.

Nursing homes/personal care facility: one space for each four beds, plus one space for every employee, plus one space for each staff or visiting doctor.

Schools (kindergarten, nursery school, day-care facility, elementary and junior high): one space for each faculty member and employee, plus one space per two classrooms and offices.

Schools (senior high, college and university, business college or trade school, music and dancing and similar organizations): one space for each faculty member and employee, plus one space per 10 students of projected building capacity.

Private club and public or private noncommercial recreational facility: one space for each five persons of total capacity.

Police or fire stations: as deemed appropriate by the Borough Council.

Business, financial, professional, public service offices and veterinary offices or hospitals: one space for each 200 square feet of ground floor area plus one space for each 400 square feet of floor area above the ground floor.

Business service establishments, equipment rental agencies, monument and burial vault dealers: one space for each 800 square feet of gross floor area and one space for each 1,500 square feet of lot area devoted to outdoor sales or storage.

Commercial recreation and entertainment facilities: one space for each five persons of total lawful capacity as calculated in accordance with the then-applicable International Building Code.

Gasoline-dispensing facilities and motor vehicle service stations: one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area devoted to service facilities or two spaces for each service bay, whichever is larger, plus one space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area devoted to sales facilities or convenience store, plus one space for each full-time employee on the largest shift.

Vehicular sales and rental establishments: one space for every 1,500 square feet devoted to outdoor sales or storage in addition to space assigned to vehicles in storage awaiting sales, plus one space for each full-time employee on the largest shift. Also, one space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area devoted to service facilities or two spaces for each service bay, whichever is larger, plus one space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area devoted to sales facilities.

Hotels and motels: one space for each guest room, plus one space for each two employees on the largest shift.

Mortuaries: one space for each 50 square feet of floor area in parlor or service rooms or one space for each five seats or five persons of total capacity in assembly rooms.

Quick-service restaurant: one space for each 50 square feet of floor area for public use or one space for every four seats, whichever is greater, plus two spaces for every three employees on the largest shift.

Sit-down restaurant, tavern or nightclub: one space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area or one space for every four seats, whichever is greater, plus one space for every two full-time employees of the largest shift.

Retail stores and businesses and personal service establishments: one space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for each two full-time employees of the largest shift.

Apartment combined with a commercial use: one bedroom, one space; two or three bedrooms, two spaces.

Home occupations: one space, in addition to the requirement for the dwelling unit, plus one additional space for each full-time employee, plus any additional spaces as may be required by the Zoning Hearing Board as part of a special exception.

Rooming house: one space for each roomer.

Existing parking. Structures and uses in existence at the date of adoption of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of this article, so long as the kind or extent of use is not changed, provided that any parking facility now serving such structures or uses shall not be reduced below such requirements.

Change in requirements.

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.

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, except upon the approval of the Zoning Hearing Board, and then only after proof that, by reason of the diminution in floor area, seating area, number of employees or change in other factors controlling the regulation of the number of parking spaces, such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this article. Reasonable precautions are to be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability for required facilities for the employees or other persons whom the facilities are designed to serve. They shall at no time constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.

Joint use. 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 the total only as a special exception under Article XII 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 provide adequately for all uses served by the facility.

Fractional spaces. Where the computation of required parking spaces results in a fractional number, any fraction equal to or exceeding 1/2 space shall be counted as one; any fraction less than 1/2 space may be dropped.

Location of spaces. Required off-street parking spaces shall be provided either:

Waiver of requirements. In order to prevent the establishment of a greater number of parking spaces than is actually required, the minimum off-street parking provisions of § 160-102 may be waived by the Borough Council after consultation with the Planning Commission and Municipal Engineer, provided that:

Design and maintenance standards.

Required spaces and berths.

Existing structures and loading facilities.

Design standards. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the following specifications:

Maintenance requirements. All required loading facilities shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following requirements: