Tullytown City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Off-Street Parking and Loading
§ 185-61 General regulations for required off-street parking facilities.
A.
Existing parking. Parking for existing structures and uses that were in existence at the date of adoption of this chapter shall be made to comply with Article IV when the structure or use changes. Parking for existing structures and uses shall not be permitted to decline and failure to keep these parking areas in satisfactory condition (i.e., free from holes or clear delineation of spaces) shall be considered a violation of this chapter.
B.
Change in requirements. Whenever there is an alteration of a structure or a change or extension of a use which increases the parking requirements according to the standards of Article IV of this chapter, the total additional parking required for the alteration, change or extension shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of that article; however, when the use of the existing structure is changed or intensified without substantial addition to the structure, the additional parking normally required may be reduced or waived by special exception if the Zoning Hearing Board finds that the provisions of Article VIII are impracticable or would require destruction of important architectural or landscape elements.
C.
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.
D.
Continuing obligation. All required parking facilities shall be provided and maintained as 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 diminution in floor area, seating area, the 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 chapter. Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to assure the availability of required facilities to the employees or other persons whom the facilities are designed to serve. Such facilities shall be designed and used in such a manner as to at no time constitute a nuisance, a hazard, or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
E.
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 this total by 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.
F.
Fractional measurements. If in determining the number of required off-street parking spaces, there results a fractional space, any fraction up to and including 0.5 shall be disregarded and any fraction over 0.5 shall require one space.
G.
Location of parking spaces. Required off-street parking spaces shall be on the same lot or premises with the principal use served. Where this requirement cannot be met, it shall be within 300 feet of the same principal use, but not in an R-1, R-2, or BC District. Off-premises parking shall be either owned by the principal use or leased on a long-term basis of five years or longer. Pedestrian access from the parking facility to the nonresidential use shall be provided.
H.
Maintenance of parking areas. On parking areas for three or more vehicles, the area not landscaped and so maintained, including driveways, shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt or other suitable material, and drained to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer to the extent necessary to prevent dust, erosion, or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining properties. All off-street parking spaces shall be marked to indicate their location.
I.
In the Residential Districts R-1 and R-2, parking of vehicles shall be prohibited from lawn areas in the front yard. And no more than 800 square feet of the front yard may be taken up by parking spaces.
§ 185-62 Spaces for disabled persons.
There shall be one accessible space for every 25 spaces in a parking area; lots with more than six spaces but fewer than 25 spaces shall have one disabled-accessible space. Requirements for disabled person parking shall be in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Such parking spaces shall be 13 feet by 20 feet, with an eight-foot-wide area for parking and a five-foot-wide aisle on the passenger side.
§ 185-63 Design standards.
The design standards for parking layout and pavement surface are described in Chapter 153, Subdivision and Land Development.
§ 185-64 Off-street loading.
Off-street loading facilities shall be provided for any use hereinafter established or enlarged which customarily receives or distributes goods or materials by trucks.
A.
Required spaces and berths.
(1)
For all nonresidential uses whose principal buildings have an aggregate floor area exceeding 6,000 square feet, off-street loading berth shall be provided in accordance with the following table.
Table 185-64 Truck Loading/Unloading Berths | ||
|---|---|---|
Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted to Each Use | Required Number of Berths | |
Under 6,000 | No requirement | |
6,000 up to 19,999 | 1 | |
20,000 up to 79,999 | 2 | |
80,000 up to 127,999 | 3 | |
128,000 up to 191,999 | 4 | |
192,000 up to 255,999 | 5 | |
256,000 up to 319,999 | 6 | |
320,000 up to 391,999 | 7 | |
For each additional 72,000 sq. ft. | 1 additional berth | |
(2)
For the 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 provides for off loading 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.
B.
Existing structures and loading facilities.
(1)
Structures and land uses in existence or for which building permits have been issued at the date of adoption of this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements stated in Subsections C and D so long as the kind or extent of use is not changed, provided that any loading facilities now serving such structures or uses shall not in the future be reduced below such requirements.
(2)
Where a structure existing on the effective date of this chapter is altered or extended in such a way as to increase the gross floor area only, this additional area must meet the requirements of Subsections A, C and D. Alterations or extensions aggregating less than 6,000 square feet subsequent to the effective date of this chapter do not require such provision of loading space.
C.
Design standards. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the following specifications:
(1)
Each required berth shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 55 feet in length and 14 feet in height, exclusive of drives and maneuvering space and located entirely on the lot being served.
(2)
There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley as well as adequate maneuvering space.
(3)
The maximum width of driveways and sidewalk openings measured at the street lot line shall be 30 feet; the minimum width shall be 20 feet.
(4)
All accessory driveways and entranceways shall be graded, surfaced, and drained to the satisfaction of the Code Enforcement Officer to the extent necessary to prevent nuisances of dust, erosion or excessive water flow across streets or adjoining property.
(5)
Such facilities shall be designed and used in such a manner as at no time constitute a nuisance or hazard or unreasonable impediment to traffic.
D.
Maintenance requirements. All required loading facilities shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(1)
They shall be provided and maintained so long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve.
(2)
They shall not be reduced in total extent after their provisions, except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this subsection.
(3)
Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to ensure the availability of required facilities to the delivery and pickup vehicles they are designed to serve.
§ 185-65 Design and layout of off-street loading facilities.
A.
Off-street loading facilities shall be designed to conform to applicable requirements of Chapter 153, Subdivision and Land Development.
B.
All required loading facilities shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:
(1)
They shall be provided and maintained as long as the use exists which the facilities were designed to serve.
(2)
They shall not be reduced in total extent after their provision, except when such reduction is in conformity with the requirements of this article.
(3)
Reasonable precautions shall be taken by the owner or sponsor of particular uses to ensure the availability of required facilities to the delivery and pickup vehicles that they are designed to serve.