Tilden Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIX
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 500-114 Required off-street parking space.
[Amended 1-3-2006 by Ord. No. 161]
A.
The following off-street parking provisions shall constitute the minimum space required for the following buildings or uses hereafter erected, converted, or otherwise established in any district:
(1)
Adult-oriented use: one space per 100 SF of GFA, plus one space per employee.
(2)
Automatic self-service laundry: one space per three machines, plus one space per employee.
(3)
Bed-and-breakfast inn, motel, boarding house, tourist home, or other place providing overnight accommodations: one parking space for each rental room or unit, plus one additional space for each two full-time employees.
(4)
Building materials sales yard: one space per 150 SF of GFA, plus one space per 1,000 SF of lot area dedicated to outdoor display or sales area, plus one space per employee.
(5)
Care facility: see hospital/nursing/convalescent home.
(6)
Clinic: one space per each employee, plus four spaces per each person engaged in practice.
(7)
Club, lodge, social building: one space per each four seats.
(8)
Community recreation building: one space per each 25 SF devoted to patron use.
(9)
Cultural facility: one space per 300 square feet of GFA.
(10)
Dwelling: not less than two off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit.
(11)
Eating and drinking places: one space per three persons of maximum occupancy, plus one space per employee on the largest shift.
(12)
Financial institution: one space per 250 square feet of GFA, plus one space per employee.
(13)
Funeral home: one space per each four seats.
(14)
General service/contractor's shop: one space per 500 square feet of GFA, plus one space per employee, plus one space per each company vehicle stored on the premises.
(15)
Greenhouse: one space per 150 square feet of GFA, plus one space per 1,000 square feet of lot area dedicated to outdoor display or sales area, plus one space per employee.
(16)
Highway interchange commercial center:
(a)
All permitted uses, other than restaurants and indoor theatres, shall require four spaces per 1,000 square foot. Outside storage areas, such as a garden center typically associated with a home improvement store, shall not be included in the area for the purpose of this calculation.
(b)
Restaurants and indoor theatres shall require one space per three seats and one space per employee on the largest shift.
(17)
Hospital, nursing, or convalescent home or other similar institution: one parking space for every five patient beds, plus one additional space for each staff doctor plus one additional space for each two employees (including nurses) on the two major shifts.
(18)
Junkyard: one space per employee.
(19)
Laboratory: one space per employee.
(20)
Laundry/dry cleaning/dyeing plant: one space per employee on largest shift.
(21)
Laundry/dry cleaning/clothes pressing establishment: one space per 500 SF of GFA, plus one space per employee.
(22)
Manufacturing and other industrial uses: three parking spaces for every four employees on the two major shifts but in no case less than one space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area for use by visitors, plus one space for each company vehicle normally stored on the premises.
(23)
Medical and dental office: one space per each employee, plus four spaces per each person engaged in practice.
(24)
Methadone treatment facility: see clinic.
(25)
Motor vehicle repair facility: three parking spaces for each service bay, plus one additional space for each employee on duty at any one time.
(26)
Motor vehicle sales establishment: one space per 10 vehicles on display, plus one space per employee.
(27)
Motor vehicle service stations: three parking spaces for each service bay, plus one additional space for each employee on duty at any one time.
(28)
Motor vehicle washing establishment: one space per employee.
(29)
Nursery: one space per 150 SF of GFA, plus one space per 1,000 SF of lot area dedicated to outdoor display or sales area, plus one space per employee.
(30)
Office: one space per 250 SF of GFA.
(31)
Other commercial buildings: one parking space for every 200 square feet of ground floor area, plus one parking space for every 400 square feet of floor area above the ground floor.
(32)
Outdoor place of amusement/recreation/assembly: one space per employee on largest shift, plus one space per five persons of total capacity.
(33)
Personal service shop: one space per 150 SF of GFA.
(34)
Places of assembly: for places of worship, auditoriums, recreation establishments, or other places of assembly, one parking space for each five seats provided for public assembly or, for those places not providing fixed seats, one parking space for every 50 square feet of gross floor area intended to be used by customers, patrons, clients, guests, or members.
(35)
Places of worship: see places of assembly.
(36)
Professional office use of home occupation incidental to a dwelling: one parking space in addition to the requirement for the dwelling unit and one parking space for each employee, except that, in the case of doctors and other medical practitioners, there shall be three spaces in addition to the requirement for the dwelling unit and one parking space for each employee.
(37)
Retail service shop: one space per 150 SF of GFA.
(38)
Retail store: one parking space for every 200 SF of GFA, plus one additional space for every two full-time employees.
(39)
Self-storage facility: one space per employee.
(40)
Shopping center: six spaces per 1,000 SF of GFA. Office uses and other non-retail uses within a shopping center shall provide parking spaces in accordance with this chapter.
(41)
Studio: one space per employee, plus one space per three students to be accommodated at any one time.
(42)
Utility substation: one space per vehicle required to serve such facility.
(43)
Veterinarian office: one space per each employee, plus four spaces per each person engaged in practice.
(44)
Vocational school: one space per employee, plus one space per three students to be accommodated at any one time.
(45)
Warehousing and wholesale use: one space per employee.
(46)
For any building or use not included above, the Township Zoning Officer shall apply the standard for off-street parking spaces in the above schedule that most closely approximates the proposed building or use.
§ 500-115 Required off-street loading space.
The number of off-street loading spaces shall be appropriate for the use to be conducted on the premises and sufficient to accommodate all vehicles serving the use. At least one loading space shall be provided for each use. When a zoning permit or building permit is applied for, the application shall show all provisions for off-street loading and include supporting data (such as the number and frequency of vehicles that will be using such spaces), to justify the number of spaces provided. The Township shall approve the number of loading spaces proposed.
§ 500-116 Area and design standards and other requirements relating to parking and loading spaces.
[Amended 1-3-2006 by Ord. No. 161; 1-2-2007 by Ord. No. 173; 7-11-2009 by Ord. No. 195]
A.
Parking space area. Each off-street parking space shall contain a net area of no less than 200 square feet, with a minimum width of 10 feet and a minimum length of 20 feet for each motor vehicle. In determining the dimensions of such space, access drives and aisles shall not be included.
B.
Loading space area. Each off-street loading space shall be a minimum of 14 feet by 75 feet and have sufficient maneuvering room separate from other parking to eliminate traffic conflicts within off-street loading and parking areas. Each loading berth within a truck dock or truck well shall be a minimum of 12 feet by 75 feet.
C.
Adequate accessways, aisles, and maneuvering space. For residential uses having access to any major street as herein defined and for all nonresidential uses, parking and loading areas shall include within the property lines turning areas so designed and surfaced that a vehicle entering or leaving the property will not be forced to back onto the street or onto the property.
D.
Surface. Except for farms, all driveways, parking areas, and loading spaces shall be paved with a hard, all-weather surface.
E.
Design standards.
(1)
All parking facilities provided under this chapter shall be located off the public right-of-way and on the same lot as the use or building they are designed to serve.
(2)
Off-street parking, loading, and service areas on all properties and for any purpose other than a single-family residence shall be physically separated from the public right-of-way by a concrete curb and by a planting strip parallel to the street line which shall be not less than eight feet in depth measured from the edge of the cartway.
(3)
In Residential, Open Space, and Agricultural Districts, paved accessways shall be at least 14 feet in width at the curbline for one-way use only and at least 22 feet in width at the curbline for two-way use.
(4)
In Commercial and Industrial Districts, paved accessways shall be at least 24 feet in width at the street line and not more than 54 feet in width at the curbline for two-way use.
(5)
For the purpose of servicing any property held under single and separate ownership, not more than two such accessways shall be provided along the frontage of any single street, and their center lines shall be spaced at least 80 feet apart.
(6)
On all corner properties, there shall be a minimum distance between an accessway and the street intersection, measured from the curbline of the intersecting street to the edge of the accessway nearest the intersection of 50 feet in the C-1 and C-2 Districts and 100 feet in the L-1, L-2, and L-3 Districts.
(7)
In Industrial Districts, the required off-street parking and/or loading spaces shall be arranged in such a way as to provide adequate space for parking maneuvers and circulation in the access drives and aisles with a minimum danger of accidental collision.
(9)
All parking aisles shall be separated by a physical barrier permanently fixed to the ground.
(10)
Parking areas shall be designed to permit each vehicle to enter and exit a parking space without requiring the moving of another vehicle.
(11)
In Residential, Open Space, and Agricultural Districts, there shall be at least six feet between all access points, and no access point shall be closer than 15 feet from any street intersection.
(12)
Parking lots for three or more vehicles should be designed to prevent vehicles from backing into a public street in order to leave the lot.
(13)
All off-street loading spaces shall be graded and provided with an all-weather surface and drained to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion, or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining properties.
F.
Joint parking. Two or more buildings or uses on adjacent lots may provide for required parking in a common parking lot, provided that the total of such spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for each individual use.
G.
Reduction of off-street parking/loading space. Off-street parking or loading space shall not be discontinued or reduced without providing alternate space in compliance with the standards and specifications of this chapter.
H.
Nonconforming parking areas. No major repairs, substantial alterations, or extensions to any building shall be permitted unless the plans for such change shall provide for bringing the entire property, including parking, into conformance with all of the provisions of this chapter as if an application were being made for a permit to erect or construct all of the existing and proposed buildings, structures, and parking on undeveloped ground.
I.
Use of parking areas. No off-street parking or loading space shall be used for anything other than its intended purpose. No storage of any kind and no motor vehicle repair work of any kind shall be permitted within any such space.
J.
Landscaping standards.
(1)
Perimeter screening.
(a)
In the case of any parking or off-street area of five or more spaces, all spaces not within a building shall be provided with a suitable fence, wall, or planting screen that is designed to screen visibility and headlight glare, to be located between such parking spaces and any lot in a residential district or in a residential use that directly abuts or is across a street from said spaces.
(b)
If a planting screen is provided for a property that directly abuts said spaces, it shall consist of at a minimum evergreen plantings at least five feet high at the time of planting and may also include flowering and deciduous plantings. All plantings shall be located within a planting strip a minimum of five feet in width.
(c)
If a planting screen is provided for a property that is across a street from said spaces, it shall consist of at a minimum evergreen plantings no taller than 36 inches at maturity. It may also include flowering and deciduous plantings, with shrubs no taller than 36 inches at maturity and trees with branches trimmed at least eight feet from ground level. All plantings shall be located within a planting strip a minimum of five feet in width.
(2)
Interior landscaping.
(a)
Any parking lot of more than 15 spaces shall be required to provide landscaped areas within the paved area.
(b)
This required landscaped area shall be equal to a minimum of 10% of the total paved area and shall show at least one deciduous tree with a minimum caliper of two inches planted for every 10 required parking spaces.
(c)
Such landscaped areas shall be configured to promote pedestrian safety by defining walkways, to enhance motorist safety by defining traffic lanes and discouraging cross-lot taxiing, to act as a barrier against wind-borne debris and dust, to provide shade, to reduce the volume and velocity of stormwater runoff, and to enhance the appearance of the parking lot.
K.
Landscaping plan.
(1)
A landscaping plan shall be prepared by a registered landscape architect.
(2)
The plant materials used in parking lot landscaping should have low maintenance requirements and be able to withstand exhaust fumes and pavement heat.
(3)
The plan should provide a variety of flowering, deciduous, and evergreen plant materials to screen vehicles and provide color and textural interest.
(4)
All plant materials proposed in a landscaping plan shall be subject to the approval of the Zoning Officer.
L.
Lighting.
(1)
Any parking area designed for use by six or more vehicles after dusk shall be adequately lighted.
(2)
All lighting fixtures shall be arranged to prevent glare onto public streets and adjacent properties.
(3)
Parking lots serving residential uses shall, at a minimum, be lighted over their entire surface to 0.5 average maintained footcandles (5.4 average maintained lux).
(4)
Parking lots serving commercial and industrial uses shall, at a minimum, be lighted over their entire surface to 1.0 average maintained footcandle (10.8 average maintained lux).
M.
Notwithstanding the above regulations, in a highway interchange commercial center, the following will be permitted:
(1)
Design standards. Any aisle provided for maneuvering in or out of parking spaces that are angled at 90° shall be at least 24 feet in width, measured perpendicular to the row of parking spaces it serves. Where parking spaces are angled at 60°, the aisle shall be at least 18 feet in width, measured perpendicular to the row of parking spaces it serves. All other criteria outlined in § 500-116E shall apply.