In all districts, in connection with every industrial, office, commercial, institutional, recreational, residential or any other use, there shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is erected or is enlarged or increased in capacity, off-street parking and loading spaces for automobiles and other vehicles in accordance with the requirements set forth herein. Such facilities shall be completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. In cases where site plan approval is not required, the standards established herein shall prevail. See Schedule 2 identified herein.

Off-street parking and loading facilities for separate uses may be provided jointly if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use and provided that all regulations governing the location of accessory spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to. Further, no accessory space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one (1) use unless otherwise approved by the Planning Board as provided in the Village of Ridgefield Park Site Plan Review Ordinance.

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private off-street parking or loading area shall be maintained in good condition, free of hazards and deterioration. All pavement areas, sidewalks, curbs, drainage facilities, lighting, bumpers, guardrails, stripping and other markings, signs, landscaping and other improvements shall be maintained in workable, safe and good condition.

All permitted and required accessory off-street parking spaces, open or enclosed, shall be located on the same zone lot as the use to which such spaces are accessory, except that such spaces may be provided elsewhere but shall be provided within a radius of no greater distance than four hundred (400) feet from that lot, and provided further that required spaces are provided off the site in accordance with the provisions set forth herein or in the Village of Ridgefield Park Site Plan Ordinance and that such spaces shall be in the same ownership as the use to which they are accessory and shall be subject to deed restrictions filed in the office o the County Clerk in Bergen County, binding the owner or owners and their heirs and/or assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available throughout the life of such use, and such spaces shall conform to all regulations of the district in which they are located.

a. Every one or two-family dwelling constructed and any dwelling converted from a one-family to a two-family dwelling after the enactment of this Chapter and any three/four-family or townhouse unit shall be required to provide a minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit. Two family dwellings shall be required to provide four (4) off-street parking spaces for the two-family dwelling.

All apartment buildings shall provide a minimum for 2.0 parking spaces per dwelling unit plus (10%) percent.

b. Commercial vehicles, including buses used or designed for public conveyance of any nature, shall not be parked overnight or stored out of doors overnight in any residential zone in the Village.

(1) "Commercial vehicle " is defined as any motor driven vehicle used or designed to be used for commercial purposes on the highways or roadways or in construction, whether or not said vehicles are registered as, and bear commercial type license plates.

(2) Not more than one commercial vehicle may be kept on any one-family or two-family lot. The one permitted shall not exceed a vehicle gross weight of 5,500 lbs., and must be used by a resident of the premises. The vehicle shall also be subject to Section 96-10.6 as to size, height, number of tires, etc. No vehicle shall be permitted to be parked within the first twenty (20') behind the front property line.

c. In multiple family dwelling zones, commercial vehicles may be parked overnight, provided that:

(1) The vehicle is used by a resident of the premises;

(2) Not more than one commercial vehicle may be parked by the resident of any unit; and

(3) The vehicle is parked a minimum of ten (10') feet from the nearest building and ten (10') feet from all property lines and is prohibited in the required front yard of the I-1, I-2 and I-3 zones.

d. Width of the Driveways: All driveways shall be a minimum width of nine (9) feet.

**Webmasters Note: The previous section 96-10.5 has been amended as per Ordinance No. 05- 07.

(e) For One Family, Two Family and Four Family Houses, only one curb cut shall be permitted on each lot

**Webmasters Note: The previous subsection (e) has been added as per Ordinance No. 05-12

No truck, bus, tractor, trailer, semitrailer, boat, camper or other motor vehicle, as defined in NJSA 39:1 with a gross weight of more than five thousand five hundred (5,500) pounds and/or a length of more than eighteen (18) feet and a height of more than seven (7) feet/or equipped with more than four (4) tires and/or equipped with any fixed appurtenance shall park on any day of the week on any street within the Village of Ridgefield Park between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.