Off-street parking, loading and unloading facilities shall be provided to lessen traffic congestion in the streets. The facilities required by these provisions shall be available throughout the hours of operation for the particular business or use for which such facilities are provided. As uses herein, the term "parking space" includes covered garage or carport or uncovered parking lot space located off the public right-of-way.

Each off-street parking space shall have an area of not less than two hundred (200) square feet, being ten (10) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length, exclusive of access drives or aisles.

Each off-street loading space shall be not less than fifty (50) feet in depth, twelve (12) feet in width and provide an overhead clearance of not less than fourteen (14) feet. All loading areas shall be designed, constructed and used so that all vehicular maneuvering is contained within the lot and no vehicle shall be permitted to back into or out of the public right-of-way.

The dimension and design of off-street parking areas shall comply with the following:

The width of a driveway intended to provide access to or from a property shall comply with the following:

There shall be adequate ingress or egress to all parking spaces. All driveways providing access to a property must be clearly defined upon the applicant's site plan. Open and/or unrestricted access along any pubic right-of-way shall be prohibited. For the purpose of providing access to a property, driveways crossing a street right-of-way line shall be limited to one (1) along each front, rear or side lot line. On all corner properties, there shall be a minimum distance of forty (40) feet from any driveway to the lot line fronting on the intersecting street, as measured along the right-of-way lines.

The required off-street parking spaces for any type of use shall be located on the same lot as the principal use to which it is accessory. The required off-street parking may be permitted on another lot, if approved as a special exception use by the Zoning Hearing Board, in conformance with the following criteria and the general standards applicable to all special exception uses as contained in §145-604 of this Chapter:

When an existing use of a building, structure or land is expanded, off-street parking and/or loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Chapter for the net increase of expansion based upon land area and/or gross floor area of the subject use.

Whenever an existing use of a building, structure or land is changed to a different use, the required off-street parking and/or loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Chapter based upon the proposed change in use.

Off-street parking areas shall be graded in a manner to preclude standing surface water and to prevent damage to abutting properties and/or streets. Off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with a pavement structure of bituminous asphalt material or concrete. The need for any catch basins, including the design, location and material of the same may be referred to the Township Engineer for his review and recommendations prior to approval of an off-street parking area.

Any off-street parking spaces for five (5) or more vehicles, located in the front yard of a nonresidential use, shall provide the following:

Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking or loading areas shall be arranged to reflect the light away from adjoining properties and the public right-of-way.

Excluding any required buffer area, the following setbacks shall be applicable for required off-street parking in the following districts:

Structures and uses in existence at the date of adoption of this Chapter shall not be subject to the off-street parking or off-street loading requirements, so long as a structure or use is not changed, altered or expanded. Existing off-street parking or off-street loading facilities provided prior to the adoption of this Chapter shall not be reduced below the minimum required in this Chapter.

When required parking computation results in fractions, any fraction less than one-half(½) shall be disregarded and any fraction equal to or greater than one-half(½) shall be construed to require a full space.

In any instance where a nonresidential structure, building or use of land contains more than one (1) defined use, the required parking for each specific use shall be provided.

Any structure, building or use of land hereafter erected, converted, enlarged or placed into use shall comply with the minimum off-street parking spaces as provided herein:

Any commercial use or nonresidential use of a structure, building or land, not specifically listed within § 145-1117 of this Chapter shall provide one (1) off-street parking space for every two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area or lot area.

All commercial and industrial establishments shall provide off-street loading, unloading and commercial vehicle storage space adequate for their needs. In no case shall a public right-of-way be used for the loading, unloading or storage of such vehicles.

Handicapped accessible parking spaces shall be designated as reserved by a sign showing the symbol of accessibility. Parking spaces designed for vans shall have an additional sign reading “Van Accessible” mounted below the accessibility sign. Such signs shall be located in a manner so they cannot be obscured by a vehicle.