Union Township City Zoning Code
§ 30-22.15
Automobile Parking.
[Ord. No. 85-9, § 2214; Ord. No. 90-2, § 9; Ord. No. 2001-8, § 3]
a.
A parking space is a paved stall or berth covered or uncovered for parking motor vehicles, excluding space(s) within a cartway. Parking facilities shall be provided off-street in accordance with the requirements of the zoning regulations herein.
b.
Parking areas shall be designed to permit each motor vehicle to proceed to and from the parking spaces provided for it without requiring the moving of any other motor vehicle(s).
c.
At no time shall angle or perpendicular parking be provided along public or private streets. All parking lots and bays permitting parking other than parallel shall be physically separated from the street and confined by curbing or other suitable separating device.
d.
Parking areas shall be designed to allow ingress and egress from a parking area without backing from or into a street. Access areas shall be designed so as to allow vehicles to enter a street in a forward direction.
e.
The design standards specified below shall also be required for all off-street parking facilities with a capacity of six or more vehicles and shall be required in addition to the parking standards in § 30-7 herein.
1.
Pedestrian crosswalks and refuge islands shall be provided at intervals not exceeding 200 feet along the length of each parking area.
2.
Access drives shall be a minimum of 12 feet from any property line for single-family detached dwellings 27,500 square feet or greater. Driveway setbacks for residential lots less than 27,500 square feet shall be equal to 10% of the minimum required lot width. Buffer requirements shall be observed in addition to driveway setback requirements. The following chart illustrates driveway setback requirements.
Residential Driveway Setbacks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Lots Less Than 27,500 square feet | |||
Housing Type | Min. Lot Size (Square feet) | Minimum Lot Width (feet) | Driveway Setback (feet) |
VR District | |||
Village House | 19,000 | 90 | 9 |
RM District | |||
Single Detached | 9,000 | 50 | 5 |
Village House | 5,600 | 50 | 5 |
Patio House | 4,500 | 45 | 4.5 |
Atrium House | 2,500 | 40 | 4 |
Twin House | 4,500 | 45 | 4.5 |
Townhouse | 2,500 | 24 | 2.4 |
Town/Duplex | 2,000 | 24 | 2.4 |
Multiplex | 2,500 | 30 | 3 |
3.
When required by the Planning Board, all parking areas for any purpose other than single-family residences shall be physically separated from any public street by a concrete curb and by a planting strip which shall be not less than three feet in depth followed by a four-foot concrete sidewalk built to Township specifications. Concrete tire bumpers shall be installed so as to prevent vehicle overhang on the sidewalk area. This three-foot planting strip shall be parallel to the street line and shall be measured from the future right-of-way.
4.
Parking and display areas along arterial and collector roads will be set back at least 30 feet from the future right-of-way of the road in order to accommodate acceleration and deceleration lanes and marginal access roads.
f.
Parking areas for commercial, industrial, and multi-family residential development shall be lighted. All artificial lighting used to illuminate any parking area shall be so designed that no direct rays shall fall upon any neighboring property or street. A minimum level of 0.5 foot candle of light shall be maintained. Hours of operation of the lighting is required to be identified and shall be reviewed by the Planning Board.
g.
Parking lots with less than 20 spaces shall not have a grade exceeding 5%. Parking lots with 20 or more spaces shall not have a grade exceeding 3%. Any grade, cut, fill or height difference exceeding four feet shall be subject to approval of the Planning Board.
h.
All parking areas shall have at least one tree of 1.5 inch caliper minimum for every five parking spaces in single bays and one tree of 1.5 inch caliper minimum for every 10 parking spaces in double bays. Trees shall be planted in such a manner as to afford maximum protection from the sun for parked vehicles.
i.
In a parking lot, all parking spaces shall be marked so that individual spaces are identifiable.
j.
In a parking lot, curbs or tire stops shall be designed for the protection of planting strips and to prevent cars from overhanging pedestrian walks. Curbs shall be designed to accommodate handicapped persons.
k.
Parking lot pavement thickness shall contain a five-inch base course and a two-inch top course.