Public Township Council Meeting — Packet

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 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 (2) square feet in area. h. All parking areas shall be designed with service aisles to meet the following standards: 1. Parallel parking, twelve (12) foot aisle width. 2. Thirty (30°) degree angle parking, eleven (11) foot aisle width. One way. 3. Forty-five (45°) degree angle parking, thirteen (13) foot aisle width. One way. 4. Sixty (60°) degree angle parking, eighteen (18) foot aisle width. One way. 5. Ninety (90°) degree angle parking, twenty-four (24) foot aisle width. Two way. 6. All driveways for two way traffic shall be a minimum of twenty-four (24) feet wide and in no case shall a driveway be less than fourteen (14) feet wide. i. Each entrance or exit from such parking area shall be at least fifty (50) feet from any residential district. j. Every off-street parking area shall be subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment to insure 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 non- residential 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 one-half (1/2) the setback requirement or fifty (50) feet whichever is less. No parking in the side yard shall be closer than one-half (1/2) the side yard requirements to the side property line or ten (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 non-residential uses shall be the total of the requirements of the component

may be placed in the side or rear yard only. m. The parking requirement for a building or development with a mix of non-residential 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 Section 25-12.2a3. nm. The amount of parking area to be improved as required by subsection 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 paragraph p. below. The Board, in its discretion, may allow up to twenty-five (25%) percent 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. on. All new uses or expansion of existing uses in nonresidential districts shall provide curbs, sidewalks and shade trees within the street right-of-way. All such facilities shall be installed in accordance with Township specifications as adopted by the Township Council. 56