A. In all zones and in connection with every industrial, commercial. institutional, professional, recreational, residential or any other use, there shall be provided off- street parking spaces in accordance with the requirements and parking lot standards as contained in this section.

(1) Each off-street parking space may be perpendicular with the aisle, parallel with the aisle or at any angle between sixty degrees (60') and ninety degrees (90'). No angle parking layout shall be permitted with an angle less than sixty (60).

(2) Off-street parking spaces shall be provided as further specified in this chapter with necessary passageways and driveways.

(3) All such space shall be deemed to be required space on the lot of which it is situated and shall not be encroached upon or reduced in any manner.

(4) No parking area provided hereunder shall be established for less than five (5) spaces, except for detached single-family dwellings on individual lots.

(5) No commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds shall be parked out of doors overnight in a residential zone.

B. Parking for all uses in all zones shall not be located in any required front yard area, unless otherwise specified, nor between any existing or proposed building (or the extension of the plans of the exterior surface of any existing or proposed building to the lot boundaries) and any street right-of-way line.

(1) Parking for single- and two-family dwellings shall not be subject to yard area location restrictions, except that such parking shall be set back at least five (5) feet from all property lines.

(2) Parking shall only be permitted with access aisles meeting the requirements of § 94-8.12.

(3) No parked vehicles shall block or obstruct sidewalks or walkways, and no parking shall be permitted on lawn or landscaped areas or other areas not intended, designed and/or approved for such parking.

(4) Parking areas for nonresidential, uses shall not be located within fifty (50) feet of any residential zone except that when the residential zone is on or along a railroad right-of- way, the parking area shall not be located within twenty (20) feet of the property line. [Amended 7-14-1997 by Ord. No. 737]

(5) Parking areas of five (5) or more spaces shall not be located within twenty (20) feet of any street or right-of-way line except for private streets and drives, the minimum distance shall be eight (8) feet. [Amended 7-14-1997 by Ord. No. 737]

(6) Parking facilities in business zones or industrial zones may be located in any rear or side yard space but shall not be closer than five (5) feet from any side or rear property line. The location of parking shall not conflict with the requirements of Section 94- 8.6 Buffering Areas. [Amended 7-14-1997 by Ord. No. 737]

(7) No area shall be used for parking unless it is large enough to provide for at least two (2) contiguous stalls. For single- and two-family dwellings, the following shall apply:

(a) Garage space may provide for one (1) of the required spaces, and the second space may be arranged in tandem.

(b) Garage space shall comply with requirements of § 94-8.19D of this chapter.

(8) All required parking spaces and facilities shall be located on the same lot or parcel as the structure or use it shall serve.

(9) Off-street parking areas shall be designed to prevent the maneuvering of vehicles into or out of parking spaces or the storage of vehicles within any portion of an entrance driveway or driveway lane that is within twenty (20) feet of right-of-way line of public street.

(a) Off-street parking areas shall be so designed to permit all vehicles to turn around on the site in order to prevent the necessity of any vehicles backing onto a public street from such site.

(b) No required off-street parking space, including adjacent parking access lanes or maneuvering space, shall be located within the existing or proposed right-of-way of public streets.

(10) Any site that provides temporary stopping space or maneuvering space for vehicles of customers or patrons seeking service at a roadside business establishment, such as a drive-in bank, and others shall be located so that the stopping, stacking and maneuvering aisles are set back at least twenty (20) feet from any existing or, where applicable, future right-of-way line of a public street.

(11) Where parking, other than for single- or two family dwellings, is permitted between the street and the front building line, a safety island or raised median separating the public street from the parking area shall be provided in accordance with the following minimum requirements. (See Figures 5 and 6.)14

(a) The width of the safety island shall be that width between the proposed curbline and a point eight (8) feet inside the property line. When this width is less than twenty (20) feet, the parking area shall be reduced to provide a minimum width for the safety island of twenty (20) feet. All required tree and shrub plantings shall be placed on the on-site portion of the safety island.

(b) When perpendicular or. angled parking spaces abut the safety island, the stall depth shall be measured from a point one (1) foot outside the face of the curb for perpendicular spaces or angled spaces greater than sixty degrees (60) and two (2) feet outside the face of curb for sixty degrees (60') angle spaces. Such parking spaces shall be separated from access drives by curbed islands with a minimum width of ten (10) feet.

(c) Safety islands shall be landscaped, topsoiled and seeded, except that they may, as an alternative to seeding, be provided with a cover or mulch of maintenance-free materials which provide a clear and unmistakable distinction between the parking area and the safety island.

(d) No commercial signs, light standards or other aboveground obstructions, other than plantings, shall be permitted within ten (10) feet of the street right-of-way.

C. Each perpendicular or angle off-street parking space shall occupy a rectangular area of not less than nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in depth, exclusive of access drives and aisles, except that parking spaces at shopping centers or commercial areas, where people will be entering vehicles while carrying packages, should be ten (10) feet wide, and parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be twelve (12) feet wide. [Amended 7-14-1997 by Ord. No. 737]

(1) Uses that own, rent or service motor vehicles larger than automobiles which must be parked and/or stored on the site shall indicate in the statement of operations submitted with the site plan the size of such vehicles and the anticipated largest number of such vehicles to be stored and/or parked on the site at any single time.

(a) The site plan shall show a sufficient number of parking and/or storage stalls at any adequate size for the largest number of such vehicles to be parked and/or stored on the site at any one (1) time.

(b) Aisles providing for access to such parking and/or storage stalls shall be of adequate width for the vehicles to be served.

(c) Failure of an applicant to indicate, where applicable, in the statement of operations that vehicles larger than automobiles are to be' parked and/or stored on the site and provide for such parking and/or storage on the site plan shall be a violation of this chapter, and any building permit or certificate of occupancy that has been issued shall not be valid and may be revoked.

(d) Any change of use to a use which requires parking and/or storage space for a greater number of vehicles, larger than automobiles, than the previous use shall be required to make application for site plan approval.

D. All parking areas, passageways and driveways shall be surfaced with a properly designed, durable, all-weather pavement of either bituminous concrete or portland cement concrete and clearly marked for parking spaces.

(1) Parking areas for less than fifty (50) cars, which the municipal agency determines are not likely to be utilized by heavy truck traffic or drive-up window service, may be paved with one-and-one-half-inch compacted thickness of bituminous concrete surface course, Type FABC-1 over a four-inch bituminous stabilized base course, all in accordance with the specifications contained in § 94-8,30.

(2) In parking areas for one hundred (100) or more cars, access drives and aisles, which the municipal agency determines are likely to be utilized by heavy trucks or unusually high traffic volumes, shall provide paving in accordance with the requirements for streets other than local streets set forth in § 94-8.30 of this chapter.

E. Sidewalks shall be composed of Class B portland cement concrete. Sidewalks with a minimum width of four (4) feet and a minimum thickness of four (4) inches shall be provided in all parking areas for five (5) or more vehicles, between parking areas and principal structures, along aisles and driveways and wherever pedestrian traffic shall occur.

(1) Sidewalks must be raised and curbed six (6) inches above the parking area except where crossing streets or driveways and wherever pedestrian traffic shall occur.

(2) Sidewalks and parking areas must be arranged to prevent cars from overhanging or extending over sidewalk areas.

(3) Sidewalk areas crossing driveways shall be six (6) inches reinforced with welded wire fabric (66 - 10 x 10) or equivalent approved by the Borough Engineer.

F. Curbing. [Amended 12-13-1993 by Ord. No. 670]

(1) The perimeter of all parking areas and internal islands within all parking areas open to the general public shall have continuous cast-in-place concrete curbing (see Figure No. 3 at the end of this chapter) with a six-inch face or continuous granite block curb (see Figure No. 3A, included at the end of this chapter). The use of granite block curb shall be approved by the municipal agency at the time of site plan approval.

(2) Concrete curbing shall be composed of Class B portland cement concrete.

G. All portions of every site, not utilized for pedestrian paths, parking, access drives, loading areas or approved outdoor storage and not covered by buildings or other construction, shall be landscaped as provided in § 94-8.21 of this chapter.

(1) This shall include areas immediately adjacent to the site on public rights-of-way between the curb and sidewalk or the property line of the site.

(2) Whenever off-street parking areas shall be located next to a residential zone, said parking areas shall be suitably screened and buffered subject to approval by the Planning Board.

(3) Every parking lot with more than one hundred (100) spaces shall be divided as nearly as possible into smaller lots of fifty (50) spaces separated by landscaped dividing strips, except the area for access aisles.

(4) The plantings required within the parking areas shall be considered exclusive from any other plantings that may be required for screening or safety island planting.

H. All parking areas, appurtenant passageways and driveways serving commercial and industrial uses with more than five (5) parking spaces shall be illuminated adequately during the hours between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation. Adequate shielding shall be provided by commercial and industrial users to protect residential zones from the glare of such illumination and from that of automobile headlights.

I. All parking areas shall provide paint striping to delineate parking stalls, barrier lines, lane lines, directional arrows, stop lines, fire lanes and other striping as may be required to ensure safe and convenient traffic circulation. Such striping shall be in substantial conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, except that all parking stall marking shall be hairpin style with eight (8) inches between parallel stall dividing lines.

J. All parking areas shall provide traffic control signs and devices necessary to ensure safe and convenient traffic circulation. Such devices shall be in substantial conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

K. Parking areas shall be so arranged as to provide adequate access to all buildings in case of fire or other emergencies.

(1) No parking shall be allowed within twenty (20) feet of the outer walls of any nonresidential structure or within such other adequate distance as the municipal agency in consultation with borough fire officials may approve.

(2) The developer shall post adequate signs and provide pavement markings, approved by the municipal agency, prohibiting such parking in designating such areas as fire zones.

L. Vehicular access between parking areas on adjacent properties, ff allowed by the municipal agency, shall be limited to one (1) opening providing two (2) lanes of traffic and shall be located as far from the street line as practical.

M. In the event that parking is proposed on a lot or site having a slope greater than ten percent (10%), regardless of size, it shall be terraced, utilizing retaining walls or properly reinforced embankment slopes and providing for adequate safety, stability and drainage.

(1) At no time should an embankment slope that is not reinforced, or any other earthen material having a greater elevation than the adjacent parking area, have a slope exceeding a ratio of three to one (3: I).

(2) When retaining walls, terraces. embankment slopes or similar types of earthen retaining devices are necessitated adjacent to or within the parking area, they shall be kept in good repair or otherwise maintained so as to keep the parking area free of debris and dirt.

N. [Amended 3-14-1988 by Ord. No. 569; 7-14-1997 by Ord. No. 737] Required parking spaces for the physically handicapped should be located to provide convenient access to building entrances by way of depressed curbs and ramps in accordance with state and Americans With Disabilities abilities Act (ADA) requirements. The number of parking spaces for the physically handicapped shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet in width, and the number of spaces to be provided shall be determined by the following table:

*In addition, one (1) in every eight (8) accessible parking spaces (but not less than one (1)) must be served by an access aisle at least ninety-six (96) inches wide and must be designated "van accessible." Provision of all required spaces in conformance with the "Universal Parking Space Design" which accommodates both cars and vans is permitted.

(1) Where possible, such spaces shall be located so that persons in wheelchairs or using braces or crutches are not compelled to wheel or walk behind parked cars.

(2) Lines designating the handicapped spaces shall be painted in yellow paint, and a sign(s) shall be posted and maintained, said sign(s) to conform to regulations adopted by the Director of Motor Vehicles and/or be in conformance with N.J.S.A. 39:4-198.

(3) All signing, pavement markings, depressed curbing and/ or ramps shall be maintained in good and proper condition, including but not limited to the condition of required markings and signs which should remain distinctly visible at all times.

(4) Any owner of premises required to provide handicapped parking stalls who fails to maintain stalls, curbing, signs or markings in proper condition shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.). Each day that an owner fails to satisfy the obligations of this subsection shall constitute a separate violation and shall be punishable as such.

O. Parking lots having fifty (50) or less spaces shall be designed in accordance with the minimum design requirements contained herein.

(1) A five-foot unbroken landscaping strip along side and rear property lines. The ten-foot landscaping strips shall have the same minimum planting requirements as safety islands, except that:

(2) No more than one (1) two-way access drive or two (2) one-way access drives shall be permitted on any street.

(3) Where possible, access drives shall not be located closer than one hundred (100) feet from the nearest right-of-way line of an intersecting street.

(4) No parking stall shall be located to require a vehicle to back into any portion of the right-of-way in order to enter or exit the parking stall.

(5) All parking areas for five (5) or more vehicles shall have artificial lighting that will provide a minimum lighting level of five-tenths (0.5) horizontal footcandle throughout the parking area and access drives. Shielding shall be required where necessary to prevent glare upon adjacent properties or streets.

P. Parking lots which have a capacity for parking more than fifty (50) vehicles shall be designed in accordance with the minimum design standards contained herein:

(1) All the minimum design standards for small parking areas.

(2) No parking stalls shall utilize the required entrance and exit drives or major circulation drives as access aisles.

(3) Wherever feasible, access drives located along one-way streets or divided highways shall be separate one-way drives, Said drives shall be located so that vehicles enter the parking area at the beginning of the property and exit at the far end of the property unless other considerations, such as a median opening, dictate otherwise.

(4) Access drives shall not be located closer than one hundred

(100) feet from the nearest right-of-way line of an intersecting street, except that for uses, such as shopping centers, which in the opinion of the municipal agency will generate large traffic volumes, access drives shall not be located closer than two hundred (200) feet from the nearest right-of-way line of an intersecting street.

(5) No driveway shall be located less than (10) feet from the side property line or within thirty (30) feet of an existing drive, whichever is greater.

(6) Properties having a frontage in excess of five hundred (500) feet on any one (1) street shall be permitted two-way and one-way access drives providing for not more than two (2) entrance and two (2) exit movements on the street. Properties having a frontage in excess one thousand (1,000) feet on any one (1) street may be permitted have additional access drives subject to the approval of the Planning Board.

(7) Where the municipal agency determines that the total number of off-street parking spaces required by this chapter may not be immediately required for a particular use, it may permit a staged development plan which requires that only a portion of the parking area, but not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the required spaces, be completed initially subject to the following regulations:

(a) The site plan shall clearly indicate both that portion of the parking area to be initially paved and the total parking needed to provide the number of spaces required by this chapter.

(b) The site plan shall provide for adequate drainage of both the partial and total parking areas.

(c) The portion of the parking area not to be paved initially shall be landscaped in accordance with § 94-8.6 of this chapter.

(d) The applicant shall post separate performance guaranties in addition to the performance guaranties required under Article VII of this chapter, which shall reflect the cost of installing the additional parking facilities necessary to provide the total number of parking spaces required.

(e) In lieu of a permanent certificate of occupancy, a temporary certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a period of two (2) years. Prior to the expiration of the two-year period, the applicant may either install the additional parking shown on the site plan and apply to the Construction Official for issuance of a permanent certificate of occupancy; or apply to the municipal agency after the use has been in operation a minimum of eighteen (18) months for a determination as to whether or not the initial parking area provided is adequate.

[1] If the municipal agency determines that the parking facility is adequate as originally constructed, the performance guaranties may be released and a permanent certificate of occupancy issued.

[2] If, however, the municipal agency determines that the partial off-street parking area is not adequate, the applicant shall be required to install the additional parking facilities in accordance with the terms of the performance guaranties prior to issuance of a permanent certificate of occupancy.

(f) Any change of use on a site for which the municipal agency may have approved a partial paving of an off-street parking area, to a use which requires more parking spaces than are provided on the site, shall require submission of a new site plan.

The following minimum off-street parking spaces are required:

(1) Automotive repair garage or body shop: one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.

(2) Automotive sales and service: one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area shall be provided for customer and employee parking. These areas shall be in addition to areas utilized for display and storage of vehicles. Site plans shall specify which parking spaces are designated for customers, employees, display and storage.

(3) Automotive service station: five (5) parking spaces for each service bay, exclusive of vehicle service area. In no instance shall there be less than five (5) off-street parking spaces.

(4) Banks, savings and loan associations and similar financial institutions: one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(5) Bars, cocktail lounges, nightclubs, including restaurants with bars: one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of gross floor area.

(6) Barber- and beauty shop: three (3) parking spaces for each chair, if known, but not less than one (1) parking space per two hundred, (200) square feet of floor area.

(7) Bowling alley: three (3) parking spaces for each alley. Other commercial uses within the same building will be computed separately in accordance with this section.

(8) Business offices and mixed office uses: one (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area.

(9) Car washes: five (5) parking spaces for employees, plus off-street storage (stacking) space equal to at least five (5) times the number of cars that can be in the wash process at one (1) time. For self-wash or self-service car washes, the requirement for employee parking shall be eliminated.

(10) Churches, temples or chapels: one (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in the main congregation seating area. Where no individual seats are provided, twenty (20) inches of bench shall be considered as one (1) seat. Where seats or benches are not provided, or are provided only in a portion of the main congregation seating area, one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area within the main congregation seating area.

(11) Community center, library, museum, art galleries: one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(12) Community clubs, private clubs, lodges: one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area, plus one and one-half (1 1/2) spaces for each boat slip where applicable.

(13) Drive-in restaurants: one (1) parking space for each thirty-five (35) square feet of gross floor area.

(14) [Amended 8-3-1998 by Ord. No. 751] Dwellings:

(a) Two (2) parking spaces for each single-family dwelling;

(b) Parking requirements for senior citizen residential development in the R-1B Zoning District shall be as follows:

[1] Type of unit and number of spaces

*These parking standards may be reduced if the development is restricted to occupants sixty-five (65) years of age and over. Parking for projects for residents sixty-five (65) years of age and older may be based upon New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Agency or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development standards for comparable uses.

(c) Garage parking spaces in senior citizen residential developments shall be counted as one

(1) space for each vehicle housed within the garage. Tandem parking spaces in front of a garage shall not be counted as a parking space for determining the total number of parking spaces.

(d) In a senior citizen residential development, common parking spaces with accessible guest parking of one space for every five (5) selling units in the areas to be served shall be provided.

(15) Dental or medical office: one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area, except that if located within a building housing three (3) or more separate, unassociated practitioners, the requirement shall be one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area.

(16) Furniture and appliance store or similar type of use requiring large amounts of storage: one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet up to four thousand (4,000) square feet, plus one (1) parking space for each eight hundred (800) square feet of gross floor area above four thousand (4,000) square feet.

(17) Government office: to be determined by the Planning Board, except that governmental offices within privately owned buildings shall provide a minimum of one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area.

(18) Hardware and auto supply store: one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.

(19) Hotel and motel: one (1) parking space for each rental unit. Each commercial use within the building shall be computed separately according to the requirements for such use set forth herein. The Planning Board may allow up to fifty percent (50%) of the required parking for commercial uses in the hotel or motel to be satisfied by guest room parking.

(20) Laundromat or similar coin-operated cleaning: one

(1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(21) Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, bottling plant or similar use: one (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area.

(22) Meeting room or assembly or exhibition hall: one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of gross floor area.

(23) Mortuary and funeral home: one (1) parking space for every one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area.

(24) Nursery school, day camp or similar use: one (1) parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area.

(25) Nursing, convalescent or rest home: one (1) space per each three (3) beds, plus one (1) space for each two (2) employees, including nurses and staff.

(26) Professional office (other than medical): one (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area.

(27) Public and private utility, electrical substation, gas regulator, waterworks, pumping station and similar facility: to be determined by the Planning Board based on the specific need of the use.

(28) Restaurant, cafe and diner: one (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of gross floor area.

(29) Recreation facility: Those not specifically mentioned herein shall be determined by the Planning Board.

(30) Retail store, except otherwise specified: one (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) feet of gross floor area.

(31) Studio: art, music, dance, gymnastics and similar for the purpose of giving instruction rather than shows or exhibitions: one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area.

(33) Shopping center: four and five-tenths (4.5) spaces for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area. If more than five percent (5%) of the enclosed gross floor area of any shopping center is occupied by malls, lobbies, corridors. heating plants or other space not utilized for direct commercial purposes, which in the opinion of the Planning Board will not generate a need for parking, the Planning Board shall allow the parking required to be based on the gross leasable area of the shopping center at the above rate. The "gross leasable area," for the purposes of this chapter, shall be defined as the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines and upper floors.

(34) Theaters: one (1) parking space for each thirty-five

(35) square feet of gross floor area.

(35) Veterinary clinic or hospital or animal care facility: one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area.

(36) Warehouse, wholesale, machinery or large equipment sales: one (1) parking space for each one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) parking space for each vehicle used in connection with the business.

(37) Enclosed garage: At least one (1) enclosed garage must be provided for each dwelling unit constructed. [Added 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 608]

(38) Existing buildings: None of the off-street parking facilities as required in this chapter shall be required for any existing buildings or use, unless said buildings or use shall be enlarged, altered, amended or changed. [Added 4-9-1990 by Ord. No. 608]

R. In computing the number of the above required parking spaces, the criteria contained herein shall apply:

(1) Where fractional spaces result, the required number shall be construed to be the nearest whole number.

(2) The parking space requirements for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature as determined by the municipal agency upon that use mentioned. If there is no use enumerated herein having sufficient similarity to the use proposed to enable the municipal agency to establish rational parking requirements, the municipal agency may, in its discretion, direct the applicant to furnish the municipal agency with such data as may be necessary to enable the municipal agency to establish rational parking requirements.

(3) Nothing in the above requirements shall be construed to prevent the joint use of off-street parking facilities by two (2) or more uses on the same site, provided that the total of such spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for various individual uses computed separately by the above requirements. The collective provisions of off-street parking facilities by two (2) or more buildings or uses located on adjacent lots is permitted, provided that the total of such off-street parking facilities shall not be less than the sum of the requirement for the various individual uses computed separately in accordance with the standards contained in this chapter, and further provided that the land is owned by one (1) or more of the collective users.