Any building or other structure erected, altered or used and any lot used or occupied for any of the following purposes shall be provided with minimum off-street parking spaces as set forth below, together with accessways, driveways or other means of circulation and access to and from a public street, meeting PennDOT or Township regulations.

Off-street parking and loading areas must be provided according to the regulations of this Part.

(Reserved)[1]

All commercial, industrial and institutional parking areas shall provide landscaping, buffering, and screening in accordance with this Part, standards for specific uses in Part 14 of this chapter, the Township's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance,[2] and applicable sections of the Township's Construction Specifications Manual.

Unless otherwise stated, parking is allowed in the front, side and rear yards of structures in all zoning districts.

The parking of any nonmotorized vehicle (including recreational vehicles and utility trailers) or any motorized vehicle not having a current and valid registration and inspection certificate is prohibited within any street right-of-way.

Parking shall be calculated for each individual use.

All multifamily, commercial, public/semipublic, institutional and industrial uses shall provide handicapped parking spaces in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibilities Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities developed by the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. The applicant shall certify in writing or plan note that a zoning permit application and/or subdivision and/or land development plan complies with all relevant ADA requirements.

All agriculture and related uses shall provide off-street parking at the ratio shown in the following table.

All residential uses shall provide off-street parking at the ratio shown in the following table.

For the purpose of this chapter, in residential districts when one or two parking spaces are required for dwellings, a driveway off the public right-of-way may be considered as parking spaces. Covered carports and enclosed garages are not considered a parking space.

All institutional uses shall provide off-street parking at the ratio shown in the following table.

All commercial uses shall provide off-street parking at the ratio shown in the following table.

Open Areas Used for Commercial Purposes: At least one parking space for each 1,500 square feet of area or portion thereof.

All transportation and utility uses shall provide off-street parking at the ratio shown in the following table.

For all industrial uses, there must be provided enough parking spaces to accommodate the total number of employees on largest shift plus 50% of that shift, less management and office staff.

Both the primary use and the off-site parking area are located in a zoning district which allows the use; and

On-street parking has been maximized; and

All required handicapped accessible and loading spaces are provided for on-site; and

There has been executed a written agreement between the owners of the use, the owners of the remote site and the Township guaranteeing the availability of and the maintenance of the remote parking area for the life of the primary use.

The off-site parking area shall not be further from the principal use than 100 feet for a commercial use, 200 feet for a residential use, and 300 feet for an industrial or utility use.

Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or premises for all institutional uses.

The applicant has submitted a study that clearly demonstrates the feasibility of a shared parking lot. The study shall establish the overall peak parking demand, traffic loads and impacts for each of the buildings, use characteristics of each of the buildings (including tenant mix, type, size, allocation, days and hours of operation, peak parking demand per building and use, anticipated rate of turn over, and total vehicle movements); and

The proposed buildings, structures or uses are on the same site or a remote parking plan has been approved consistent with the requirements of § 27-1610; and

Overall parking requirements have not been reduced by more than 25%; and

The impact of the shared parking is consistent with the intent and purpose of the district; and

A written agreement has been executed between the record owners of all of the buildings, structures or uses involved and all of the parking areas involved guaranteeing the availability of all parking areas including remote parking areas for the life of the proposed buildings, structures and/or uses.

No parking area shall be used for any use that interferes with its availability for the parking need it is required to serve.

Parking spaces and loading areas shall not be used for:

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 may only be reduced by reason of a reduction in floor area, seating area, the number of employees or change in other factors controlling the regulation of the number of parking spaces, and only with the approval of the Shrewsbury Township Zoning Hearing Board.

Parking lots shall at no time constitute a nuisance, hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic and shall at all times be kept clean and free from rubbish and debris.

The uses are part of a mixed use of mixed occupancy development as provided for in Part 14 of this chapter (See § 27-1611 herein, Shared Parking, for shopping center and shopping mall uses); or

The number of spaces required in a common parking facility may be reduced below this total as a special exception under Part 19 of this chapter 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.

All public parking areas shall be lighted during operating hours after sunset as approved by the Township Engineer.

All light standards shall be located on the raised parking islands and not on the parking surface.

Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking or loading areas shall be arranged so that the direct rays from the luminaries will not fall beyond the property line.

All outdoor lighting shall comply with § 27-1515 of this chapter.

The layout of every parking lot shall be such as to permit safe and efficient internal circulation in accordance with accepted traffic engineering principles and standards.

All dead-end parking lots shall be designed to provide a minimum of 10 feet of back-up area for the end stalls of the parking lot.

Parking lots 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 and without backing onto any public street.

No portion of a parking space or loading area shall extend into or encroach upon any street right-of-way, access drive, or any other public way.

Head-in or back-out parking into any public right-of-way or over any sidewalk shall not be permitted, except for single-family dwellings, semidetached dwellings, and row dwellings on local streets and culs-de-sac. Head-in or back-out parking shall be prohibited in all cases on all arterial streets, collector streets, and state highways.

All parking spaces and loading areas shall be located outside any required open space, buffer, screen, or landscaped area. Parking spaces shall be located at least 10 feet from any building, structure, property line, or right-of-way, except a residential garage. Loading areas shall be located at least 10 feet from any property line or right-of-way.

All parking areas shall have a sidewalk, no less than four feet in width, separating the parking area from the primary building.

All parking areas for multifamily residential, commercial, industrial and institutional uses shall provide a snow storage area containing 100 square feet of storage area per 1,000 square feet of plowed area along with any required stormwater management areas.

Parking space and aisle dimensions (in feet) shall be no less than those listed in the table below and provided for in the Shrewsbury Township Construction Specifications Manual:

Angled parking less than 90° may only be used in conjunction with one-way aisles.

All parking lots with 10 or more spaces shall provide landscaped areas within the paved area in accordance to the following standards and the requirements set forth in the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[1]

All parking lots shall be set back from any street line in conformance with the applicable zoning district building setback or yard requirements, unless planted and screened in accordance with § 27-1506 of this chapter; in which case, such setbacks may be reduced to 10 feet.

In all zoning districts, no less than 10 feet of open space shall be provided between the edge of any parking lot and the outside wall of any principal building other than a residential garage, unless otherwise specifically stated elsewhere in this chapter.

For parking areas of six or more vehicles, the area not landscaped and so maintained, including driveways, shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt, concrete or other durable paving material and drained to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining property.

All off-street parking spaces shall be marked by painted lines to indicate their location.

Parking areas shall be designed and improved to achieve full compliance with all of the requirements of the Shrewsbury Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance,[1] which requirements are incorporated herein by reference.

The minimum vehicle stacking for on-site entrance and exit lanes between the parking lot and public street for shopping centers, recreation areas, retail areas, schools, hospitals, and other similar uses shall be 200 feet.

A stacking distance of less than 200 feet for these uses may be approved with the submission of a traffic study and supporting documentation and the recommendation of the Township Engineer.

No internal parking lot access drives shall access the required entrance and exit lanes within the minimum stacking distance.

The minimum vehicle stacking for pad sites within a parking lot for entrance and exit lanes between the parking lot access drive and pad site shall be 40 feet.

The minimum vehicle stacking for drive-up or drive through uses shall be as follows:

Except as otherwise set forth in Part 14, all institutional, commercial, industrial and utility/transportation uses whose principal buildings have an aggregate floor area exceeding 6,000 square feet, at least one off-street loading space shall be provided. Where there is an aggregate of 20,000 square feet or more, one off-street loading berth or parking space shall be provided for the initial 20,000 square feet, plus one additional berth or space for each 60,000 square feet above 20,000 square feet.

For purposes of this chapter, off-street loading berths shall be distinguished from off-street loading spaces in that a berth shall have a platform or dock raised to the height of a truck bed whereas a space may off-load at ground level.

All off-street loading spaces and berths shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve. They may, however, be reduced in number after their provision by special exception under Part 19 of this chapter, if it can be demonstrated to the Zoning Hearing Board that the lesser number of spaces/berths will adequately serve the facility.

Each required space or berth shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 65 feet in length and 14 feet in height, exclusive of driveways and maneuvering space and located entirely on the lot being served.

There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley, as well as adequate maneuvering space.

The setback provisions of this chapter shall be met when applicable.

Off-street loading areas, spaces and berths, including driveways, shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt, concrete or other durable paving material and drained to the satisfaction of the Zoning Officer to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining property.

No building shall hereafter be erected or altered unless there is unobstructed vehicle access to the parking area of the main building.

Such access shall comply with the width requirements set forth in § 27-1636 herein, and shall extend from the main building or structure to a public right-of-way or private street or lane.

Pursuant the provisions set forth in § 27-404 of this chapter, contiguous lots in the Agricultural District shall share a common point of access.

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, all nonresidential and non-agricultural uses shall provide access via a street or roadway that meets the standards for collector or arterial roadways as designated by the Township's Comprehensive Plan.

Except in the case of single- and semidetached dwellings fronting on local streets, the general layout shall be such that there will be no need for motorists to back onto public rights-of-way.

Width of Access. The maximum width of driveways and sidewalk openings measured at the street lot line shall be 35 feet; the minimum width shall be 20 feet for two-way use and 12 feet for one-way use.

Number of Access Points. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the number of driveways shall not exceed two per lot on any one street frontage.

Location. Driveways shall not cross the street right-of-way line: