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Conemaugh Township Zoning Ordinance

ARTICLE VII - OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS

REWRITTEN AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCES 413, 414, 423, 442, 443, 555, 557, 560, 569, 569A, 582, 583, 593, AND 594, AND AS ACCEPTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1995 AND THE SUPERVISORS ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1995.

 

701 TERMS RELATING TO PARKING AND LOADING ARE DEFINED:

701.01 FLOOR AREA means the square feet of floor space within the outside line of walls and includes the total of all space on all floors of a building. It does not include porches, garages, or space in a basement or cellar.

701.02 LOADING SPACE is a space within the main building or on the same lot having a minimum dimension of twelve feet by fifty-five feet.

701.03 MANEUVERING SPACE is the unobstructed area needed for a truck to back in a single movement directly form the access street into a loading space, the depth of which is measured perpendicular to and from the front of the loading space to the curbside of the most remote lane in the access street.

701.04 PARKING SPACE is an area on a lot (or within a building) sufficient in size to store one automobile (not less than ten feet wide and twenty feet long) connected to a public street or alley by a driveway not less than ten feet wide. Except for single- family dwellings, the parking space and connecting driveways shall be surfaced with a permanent dust-free paving, except that the pavement for the apron within the street right-of-way shall be the same as specified for the street.

 

702 THE FOLLOWING OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED:

702.01 For DWELLINGS, one space on the lot for each living unit in the building. For dwelling units found in apartments with more than four living units one and one- half spaces for each living unit in the building. For dwellings having a permitted home occupation, one space for resident and two (2) for patron use.

702.02 For CHURCHES erected on new sites, one parking space on the lot for each four seats in the main auditorium, or each sixty-four (64) square feet where there are no seats.

702.03 For PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, including auditoriums and theatres, one space for each four seats provided or each thirty-two (32) square feet of assembly area where there are no seats.

702.04 For ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, two spaces for each classroom; for JUNIOR HIGH OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, four spaces for each classroom; and, for SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, seven spaces for each classroom.

702.05 For HOSPITALS, one space for each hospital bed, plus one space for every two employees.

702.06 For HOTELS OR MOTELS, one space for each guest unit, plus one space for every two employees.

702.07 For INSTITUTIONS, CLUBS, LODGES, and other PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC BUILDINGS, one space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area.

702.08 For Commercial uses in "C-N", "C-T", "R-1", R-2", and "R-3" Districts, sufficient off-street parking to eliminate parking on the street and to reduce the hazards of motorists stopping on the street or highway. (Z.A.- 11/09/88)

702.09 For industrial uses in the "I-L" and "I-H" Districts, one space for each two employees on the premises at any one time.

702.10 For retail and wholesale uses in the "RR", sufficient off-street parking to eliminate parking on the street and to reduce the hazard of motorist stopping on the street or highway.

 

703 THE FOREGOING REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING GENERAL RULES AND EXCEPTIONS:

703.01 In the "C-N", "C-T", and "I-L" Districts parking spaces may be provided on a separate lot if within three hundred (300) feet of a building and two or more owners may join together in the provision of this parking space.

703.02 Parking spaces may be provided in side and rear yards in the "R" Districts and in any yard in the "RR", "C", and "I" Districts except that in the "C-T", "C", and "I" Districts, no parking space shall be provided in a front yard unless the building is set back at least forty (40) feet from the street right-of-way line.

 

704 THE FOLLOWING OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE SHALL BE PROVIDED:

704.01 No loading space shall be required for commercial or industrial buildings having a floor area of less than five thousand (5,000) square feet; however, should a loading space be provided, it shall conform to Section 704.02.

704.02 Commercial or industrial buildings with a floor area of more than five thousand (5,000) square feet shall provide one loading space on the lot for each twelve thousand (12,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof. Where such space is located in such a manner that a truck must back directly into the loading space, a maneuvering space of fifty-five (55) feet shall be provided. A minimum vertical clearance of sixteen (16) feet shall be provided for trucks.

 

705 ALTERATION OF REQUIREMENTS:

705.01Existing buildings not complying with off-street parking or loading requirements may be remodeled, repaired and structurally altered, but any enlargement must provide the parking space as required by the enlargement.

705.02 For any off-street parking facility as required by this Ordinance, a layout plan showing entrances, drives and parking stalls shall be submitted to the Planning Commission, and before a building permit is issued, the layout must be approved by the Planning Commission.

705.03 Before an occupancy permit is issued for the building which the required parking facility is to serve, the parking facility must be constructed and certified by the Zoning Officer as being in conformance with all requirements of this Ordinance.

705.04 Alteration or reduction of these requirements may be made by the Planning Commission where the applicant demonstrates that the specific use of a building would make unnecessary the full number of parking spaces required by this Ordinance.