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Swarthmore City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1268

Parking Requirements

1268.01 STANDARDS.

   (a)   Off-street parking spaces shall have safe access from streets or alleys and may be within a structure or in the open.
   (b)   Each space shall be a minimum of nine feet by eighteen feet in size.
   (c)   Parking spaces shall have an all-weather paved surface and shall be adequately marked.
(Ord. 774. Passed 8-23-76. )

1268.02 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN TC TOWN CENTER DISTRICT.

   Off-street parking shall be required in any new construction or change of use in TC Town Center District as follows:
   (a)   Multiple dwelling - .75 space per dwelling unit;
   (b)   Store and shop - one space per 400 square feet of usable floor area;
   (c)   Service establishments - one space per 600 square feet of usable floor area;
   (d)   Offices - one space per 200 square feet of usable floor area;
   (e)   Banks and financial institutions - one space per 300 square feet of usable floor area;
   (f)   Municipal uses - one space per 300 square feet of usable floor area; and
   (g)   Where mixed uses are within the same complex, a multiuse factor of .7 may be applied to reduce the total parking requirements.
(Ord. 774. Passed 8-23-76; Ord. 1056. Passed 11-12-13.)

1268.03 OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

   Off-street parking shall be required in Residential Districts, as follows:
   (a)   A single-family dwelling - two spaces;
   (b)   A two-family detached dwelling - three spaces;
   (c)   A two-family semidetached dwelling - three spaces;
   (d)   A multifamily dwelling - 1.25 spaces per dwelling unit.
(Ord. 774. Passed 8-23-76.)

1268.04 SUPPLEMENTAL PARKING REGULATIONS.

   (a)   In residential zoning districts all parking spaces shall be on the same lot as the principal building except when permitted elsewhere by Council after review by the Planning Commission.
   (b)   A reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces may be authorized by Council after review by the Commission where the applicant can justify the reduction and still provide adequate parking facilities.
   (c)   The parking requirements applicable to a nonconforming use or structure within any zoning district shall be those applicable to that use or structure in its customary zoning district.
(Ord. 774. Passed 8-23-76; Ord. 998. Passed 12-12-05; Ord. 1072. Passed 12-21-15.)