Springfield Burlington County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XV
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 215-79 General requirements.
A.
Every parking space, outdoors or in a garage, shall consist of not less than 171 square feet of usable area for each motor vehicle. The required parking area shall be measured exclusive of interior driveways or maneuvering areas.
B.
An off-street parking facility existing as of September 1, 1988, shall not subsequently be reduced to an amount less than required under this section for a similar new building or new use. An off-street parking facility provided to comply with the provisions of this section shall not subsequently be reduced below the requirements of this section.
C.
All parking areas and appurtenant passageways and driveways serving business uses shall be adequately illuminated during the hours between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation. Adequate shielding shall be provided by business users to protect adjacent residential zones from the glare of such illumination and from that of automobile headlights.
D.
None of the off-street parking facilities that are required by this section shall be required for any existing building or use unless such building or use shall be enlarged, rebuilt, reconstructed, altered or remodeled, in which case such standards shall apply whenever possible and reasonable.
E.
When the computation of the number of required parking spaces results in a fraction, such fraction shall be resolved to the next highest whole number.
F.
Access aisles and driveways to parking areas shall not be less than eight feet in width in residential zones and not less than 12 feet in all other zones.
G.
Any person desiring to establish a parking area in a residence zone shall submit plans showing the location, size, shape, design, landscape, curb cuts and other features of the parking lot. The establishment and operation of a restricted parking area in such parts of any residence district that abuts a business district is permitted where such areas extend continuously from such business zone for a distance not to exceed 150 feet. All such parking areas in all residence zones may then be authorized, subject to the following conditions:
(1)
All parking areas shall be landscaped and screened, surfaced and drained.
(2)
No parking areas shall extend into any required front yard, except for access driveways.
(3)
Such parking areas shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles, and no commercial repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted on such parking lot. No sign, other than entrance, exit and condition of use signs, shall be maintained.
H.
Not more than two curb cuts, of not less than 20 feet nor more than 30 feet in width, used as a means of ingress or egress for nonresidential off-street parking areas, shall be permitted for each 200 feet of frontage on a public street, nor shall any such curb cut be located closer than 50 feet to the intersection of two public streets.
I.
Off-street parking areas shall be effectively screened on any side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residential zone.
J.
All driveways to all dwellings shall be paved for a distance of not less than 20 feet from the curbline.
§ 215-80 Required parking spaces.
Subject to the general requirement for off-street parking, off-street parking space, with proper access from a street, alley or driveway, shall be provided in all districts in the amounts indicated below. Such parking space shall be provided on any lot on which a dwelling is hereafter erected or converted, or, in the case of any other use, on or near the lot on which any main building is hereafter erected or converted. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the collective provisions for off-street parking facilities for two or more buildings or uses, provided that the total of such off-street parking facilities provided collectively shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed separately. In no case shall the number of parking spaces provided, or the area devoted to parking, be less than the minimum requirements of this section.
Use | Minimum Required Spaces | |
|---|---|---|
All dwellings, per unit | 2 | |
Bowling alley, for each lane | 4 | |
Employee parking, for every use, for which there are regular employees, for each two employees on the largest shift, in addition to the above parking requirements | 1 | |
Funeral homes, for each three seats devoted to assembly room purposes, but in no case less than 50 spaces | 1 | |
Hospital, sanitarium or nursing home | ||
For each 600 square feet of floor area, exclusive of basement areas not devoted to patient use or living quarters of student nurses; or | 1 | |
Space for each two patient beds, whichever is greater | 1 | |
Hotel, motel or inn | ||
For each rental room or suite | 1 | |
If a restaurant in connection with such a use is open to the public, for every three seats | 1 | |
Medical and dental offices and clinics | ||
For each employee | 1 | |
Plus, per doctor | 5 | |
Motor vehicle service station or public garage, for each 200 square feet of floor or ground area devoted to repair sales or service facilities; plus such spaces as may be provided either within or without the structure; in no case shall the spaces for permitted motor vehicle storage in conjunction with a service station be less than five | 2 | |
Office, office building or bank, for each 200 square feet of floor area, exclusive of basement if not used for office purposes | 1 | |
Personal service establishments, for every 100 square feet of customer service area in addition to one space for each employee | 1 | |
Private kindergarten, child nursery | ||
For each 600 square feet of floor area, plus adequate pickup and delivery area | 1 | |
If this is a co-op school, for every five students an additional | 1 | |
Restaurant or similar establishment, for each three seats | 1 | |
Retail store, for each 200 feet of floor area, exclusive of basement areas if not used for sale or display of merchandise | 1 | |
Theater, church, lodge meeting places, etc. | ||
For every three seats | 1 | |
Where the capacity is not determined by the number of fixed seats, for each 60 square feet of floor devoted to patron use | 1 | |
Tourist, rooming or boarding house | ||
Per rented room | 1 | |
Plus, per each two full-time employees | 1 | |
Wholesale establishments or industrial building, for each 1,000 square feet of floor area exclusive of basement areas not used for the sale or display of merchandise or manufacturing | 1 | |
Building or use, other than specified above, for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, or lot area, whichever is the larger, except when otherwise authorized as a special exception consistent with the principles set forth herein for comparable buildings, minimum | 1 | |
§ 215-81 Bus, tractor trailers, and truck parking.
[Amended 11-8-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-07]
A.
Buses, tractor trailers, and trucks as defined herein, except those incidental to farming operations, must be parked on the property and not on the street and may only be parked in the Light Industrial Zone and in all of the Township’s commercial zones.
B.
For purposes of this subsection, a “truck” is a commercial vehicle at a manufactured gross vehicle weight of 14,000 pounds or more. A “tractor trailer” is a truck equipped with a coupling device that enables it to tow a trailer; a container on wheels that carries materials, goods, or other objects, is equipped with a coupling device and is designed to be towed by a truck. The restriction on parking set forth in the previous subsection applies to the trailer component of a tractor trailer regardless of whether or not the trailer is attached to a truck.
§ 215-82 Loading spaces required.
For every building or structure, or part thereof, having over 4,000 square feet of gross floor area erected and occupied for commerce, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning, places of public and quasi-public assembly, industry and other similar uses involved in the receipt and distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and permanently maintained adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets or alleys. Every building, structure or addition thereto having a use which complies with the above definition shall be provided with at least one loading space. One additional truck space of these dimensions shall be provided for every additional 20,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, of gross area in the building.
§ 215-83 Access to loading spaces.
Access to truck standing, loading and unloading space shall be provided directly from a public street or alley or from any right-of-way that will not interfere with public convenience, and will permit orderly and safe movement of truck vehicles.
§ 215-84 Loading spaces to be separate from parking area.
Loading space, as required under this section, shall be provided in addition to off-street parking space and shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking space.
§ 215-84.1 Parking commercial vehicles in residential zones.
[Added 11-8-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-07]
A.
AR-10 Zone. Two commercial vehicles, excluding vehicles designed or used to carry waste products, hazardous or combustible materials, each with a manufactured gross vehicle weight under 14,000 pounds with only one rear axle owned or used by a resident of the premises may be regularly parked, stored or garaged on lots, but not on streets. Such vehicles must be parked only in rear or side yards and may be parked no nearer to side or rear lot lines than the minimum setback for accessory buildings in the zone. The foregoing limitations on parking and on the number of vehicles do not apply to pick-up trucks whether or not they are registered as commercial vehicles.
B.
HMR-3, Hamlet Residential Zone. Not more than one commercial vehicle, excluding vehicles designed or used to carry waste products, hazardous or combustible materials, with a manufactured gross vehicle weight under 12,000 pounds with only one rear axle owned or used by a resident of the premises may be regularly parked, stored or garaged on lots, but not on streets. Such vehicle must be parked only in rear or side yards and may be parked no nearer to side or rear lot lines than the minimum setback for accessory buildings in the zone. The foregoing limitations on parking and on the number of vehicles do not apply to pick-up trucks whether or not they are registered as commercial vehicles.