West Orange City Zoning Code

All off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with an asphalt, bituminous, or cement binder pavement which shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water as provided by the Township Engineer. There shall be a five-foot-wide sidewalk at least five inches above the parking area level between any building and a parking area or drive used by the public.

The entire perimeter of all parking areas and the edges of all entrance and exit drives shall be enclosed with a concrete or granite block curb at least six inches above the paving surface. Curbing shall not be less than five feet from any fence or screening nor less than five feet from any structure. Where required, concrete wheel stops shall be provided.

All parking spaces within a parking area shall be clearly marked showing the parking arrangement and traffic direction within the parking area, and such marking shall be continuously maintained.

Any lighting in connection with off-street parking shall conform with § 25-14 of this chapter.

Any parking area shall be screened on any side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any residence district by a fence, wall, berm, evergreen or hedge maintained in good condition as required. The fences as required by this subsection may be waived by the Planning Board or the Zoning Board if in the Board's judgment, because of the topography or other extraordinary or exceptional conditions, the fence is not necessary to protect the adjoining property.

All parking areas shall be so designed that vehicles are not compelled to back directly onto a public right-of-way.

Such parking area shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles and no repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted in the parking lot. No permitted sign shall be larger than two square feet in area.

All parking areas shall be designed with service aisles to meet the following standards:

Each entrance or exit from such parking area shall be at least 50 feet from any residential district.

Every off-street parking area shall be subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment to ensure its adequacy, relation to traffic safety and protection of the adjacent properties.

Off-street parking facilities as required by this chapter shall be provided on the same lot as the principal building or use that they serve, except that off-site parking facilities for nonresidential uses in the B-1, B-2, OB-1 and OB-2 Districts may be provided on properties within 250 feet of the lot on which the principal building is located.

Off-street parking facilities may be placed in any required yard in the I, I-B, P-C and O-R Districts, provided the parking area, placed in the front yard, is at no point closer to the public right-of-way than 1/2 the setback requirement or 50 feet, whichever is less. No parking in the side yard shall be closer than 1/2 the side yard requirements to the side property line or 10 feet, whichever is greater. In the O-B and B Districts, off-street parking may be placed in the side or rear yard only.

The parking requirement for a building or development with a mix of nonresidential uses shall be the total of the requirements of the component uses, computed separately in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. Shared parking shall be permitted for a mixed-use development containing a residential use, per § 25-12.2a3.

The amount of parking area to be improved as required by § 25-12.2 may be reduced by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment if it can be clearly demonstrated by the applicant that the full amount of parking area is not necessary; however, the area to remain unimproved shall at all times be available for parking in the event that future conditions should so require, shall be fully graded and suitably landscaped in keeping with the remainder of the site. The approved site plan shall show the location of all required parking stalls and shall designate those spaces which meet the definition of compact size as described in Subsection p below. The Board, in its discretion, may allow up to 25% of the total number of required spaces to be designated as compact size if the applicant presents adequate proof that such spaces will not adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the Township and/or the users of the subject property.

Landscaped plans shall be submitted for detailed planting within the parking area. In parking areas with 30 or more parking spaces, there shall be a minimum of one tree plus ground level planting for each 10 parking stalls, which may be provided within and/or on the perimeter of the parking area. The maximum length of a single row of parking spaces shall be 20 spaces, at which point a landscaped area with a minimum width of eight feet shall be provided.

Standard size parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of nine feet by 18 feet measured perpendicular to the axis of the length with adequate provision for ingress and egress to all parking spaces. Compact size spaces shall not be less than eight feet by 15 feet, if approved by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment.