Supporting Documentation · Aug 21, 2025
81 Northfield Ave ZB 24 16 Planning Review Rev 1 August 20 2025
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11 | Page 105 Grove Street, Suite 3 Montclair, NJ 07042 www.Nishuanegroup.com 973.954.2677 f. All parking areas shall be so designed that vehicles are not compelled to back directly onto a public right-of-way. g. 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. h. All parking areas shall be designed with service aisles to meet the following standards: 1. Parallel parking, twelve-foot aisle width. 2. 30° angle parking, eleven-foot aisle width. One-way. 3. 45° angle parking, thirteen-foot aisle width. One-way. 4. 60° angle parking, eighteen-foot aisle width. One-way. 5. 90° angle parking, twenty-four-foot aisle width. Two-way. 6. All driveways for two-way traffic shall be a minimum of 24 feet wide and in no case shall a driveway be less than 14 feet wide. i. Each entrance or exit from such parking area shall be at least 50 feet from any residential district. j. 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. k. 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. l. 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,
12 | Page 105 Grove Street, Suite 3 Montclair, NJ 07042 www.Nishuanegroup.com 973.954.2677 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. m. 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. n. 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. o. 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. p. 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
he 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.
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