All buildings and structures erected and all land uses initiated after the effective date of this chapter shall provide accessory off-street parking or loading facilities as required hereinafter for the use thereof.

When a building or structure is erected or enlarged after the effective date of this chapter and thereafter undergoes a decrease in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, number of employees, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required off-street parking or loading facilities, and further when said decrease would result in a requirement for fewer total off-street parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter thereto, off-street parking and loading facilities may be reduced accordingly, provided that existing off-street parking or loading facilities are so decreased only when the facilities remaining would at least equal or exceed the off-street parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.

Following the effective date of this chapter, a building or structure that undergoes any increase in number of dwelling units, gross floor area, seating capacity, or other unit of measurement specified hereinafter for required off-street parking or loading facilities, and further when said increase would result in a requirement for additional total off-street parking or loading spaces through application of the provisions of this chapter, parking and loading facilities should be increased so that the facilities would at least equal or exceed the off-street parking or loading requirements resulting from application of the provisions of this chapter to the entire building or structure as modified.

Accessory parking facilities provided elsewhere than on the same zoning lot with the principal use served, in accordance with the requirements below, may be located in any zoning district except as follows:

Where authorized, off-site accessory parking shall be located within 1,000 linear feet provided by a sidewalk, signalized crosswalk, striped crosswalks over access drives, or a combination thereof. Off-street parking shall be secured by a perpetual easement agreement or a lease. In the case of a lease, the owner of the property upon which an establishment is placed shall record an agreement approved by the municipal solicitor that states the legal occupancy of the establishment expires at the same time as the lease or any extension of the lease and will hold the Borough harmless against the inability to operate after the expiration of said lease.

Tables for required off-street parking and loading (see § 280-806): Requirements governing the number and location of off-street parking, off-street loading facilities in relation to the use of property are established hereinafter in subsections of this chapter. The off-street parking and loading requirements for any use not specified therein shall be the same as for a similar specified use, as determined as follows.

Floor Area - the term "floor area," as employed in this off-street parking and loading section, in the case of office, merchandising, or service types of use, means the floor area of a building or structure used or intended to be used for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, patients or tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. "Floor area," for the purpose of this section, shall not include any area used for:

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for zoning districts as specified herewith:

Commercial establishments in C-1, C-2 and C-3 Commercial Districts that are within 1,000 lineal feet of a municipal parking lot may receive credit for on-site parking requirements at the rate of one space credit for every five spaces within the municipal lot. No space credit shall be given for increments of less than five spaces in municipal lots. No space credit shall be given for municipal on-street parking stalls. The one-thousand-foot distance shall be computed from the nearest point of the commercial property to the nearest point of the municipal parking lot.

Parking space description: a required off-street parking space shall be an area of not less than 180 square feet nor less than nine feet wide by 18 feet long measured perpendicularly to the sides of the parking space exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office and work areas, accessible from streets or alleys or from private driveways or aisles leading to streets or alleys and to be used for the storage or parking of passenger automobiles or commercial vehicles under 1 1/2 ton capacity. Aisles between vehicular parking spaces shall be not less than 12 feet in width when serving automobiles parked at a forty-five-degree angle in one direction, not less than 20 feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicularly for two-way aisle movement, and not less than 20 feet in width when serving automobiles parked perpendicularly for one-way aisle movement.

Measurement of space: when determination of the number of required off-street parking spaces results in a fractional space, any fraction up to and including 1/2 may be disregarded, and fractions over 1/2 shall be interpreted as one parking space.

Access: parking facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in such manner as will least interfere with the movement of traffic. No driveway or curb cut in any district shall exceed 25 feet in width for one-way movement or 32 feet in width for two-way movement.

Signs: no signs shall be displayed in any parking area within any residential district except such as may be necessary for the orderly use of the parking facilities. All signs in other parking areas shall conform to Article IX of this chapter.

Striping: all parking spaces shall be properly marked by durable paint in stripes a minimum of four inches wide and extending the length of the parking space.

Required setbacks: no parking space or portion thereof established on a lot shall be located within a required front yard except, in C and I Districts, where off-street parking areas may be installed and maintained in the required front yard, provided such parking areas do not occupy the first five feet of front yard nearest the street or alley.

Surfacing: all open off-street parking areas, except those accessory to single-family dwellings, shall be improved with a compacted base surfaced with all-weather dustless material of adequate thickness to support the weight of fully loaded vehicles which customarily park or travel on it in a manner consistent with all Borough ordinances and standards.

Lighting: any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from all adjoining properties and shall not produce glare and shall adhere to the lighting standards of this chapter.

Stormwater: adequate stormwater drainage facilities shall be installed in order to insure that stormwater does not flow onto abutting property or abutting sidewalks in such a way or quantity that pedestrians using the sidewalk would be detrimentally affected or inconvenienced. The Borough Engineer shall approve all such facilities.

Walls or planting strip: wherever a parking lot abuts onto a public street, sidewalk, or alley, a structurally sound wall, stop bar or planting strip, approved by the Borough Engineer, shall be installed.

All parking lot standards as required by the Zelienople Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance[1] shall be maintained and adhered to for those parking lots designed and constructed thereto.

Shared parking is permitted for mixed-use development, notwithstanding and in accordance with § 280-804B for off-site parking, where the minimum space in the lot utilizing such is computed as follows and accordance with the table in § 280-808B.