24-7 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING.
24-7.1 Off-Street Parking and Loading Spaces Required.

a. In all districts, in connection with every industrial, business, institutional, recreational or 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 in Chapter XXII, Site Plan Review. 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.

b. Off-street parking and loading facilities in the OP-200 Zone shall be provided in accordance with the requirements established in Chapter XXII, Site Plan Review. A minimum of fifty (50%) percent of all required parking shall be required to be provided either in a below grade parking facility or above grade parking garage or deck, in the OP-200 Zone. (Ord. #574; Ord. #883; 1976 Code § 179-30)

24-7.2 Joint Facilities.

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 Chapter 1, Site Plan Review. (Ord. #574; 1976 Code § 1 79-31)

24-7.3 Maintenance of Off-Street Parking and Loading Areas.

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, markings, signs, landscaping and other improvements shall be maintained in workable, safe and good condition. (Ord. #574; 1976 Code § 179-32)

24-7.4 Off-Site Parking Facilities.

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 Chapter XXII, Site Plan Review, 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 of the County Clerk in Bergen County, binding the owner and his 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. (Ord. #574; 1976 Code § 179-33)

24-7.5 Off-Street Parking Residential Zones.

a Every one or two-family dwelling constructed and any dwelling converted from a one (1) family to a two (2) family dwelling after the enactment of this Chapter shall be required to provide a minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit in a one (1) family dwelling, and one and one-half (1-1/2) off-street parking spaces for each dwelling unit in a two (2) family dwelling.

b. Commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle weight exceeding ten thousand (10,000) lbs., including buses used or designated for public conveyance of any nature, shall not be parked overnight or stored out of doors overnight in any residential zone in the Township.

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 the 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 vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) lbs. and must be used by a resident of the premises. The permitted vehicle must be parked a minimum of ten (10') feet from all property lines of the premises.

3. In multiple dwelling zones, PRD Zones and in the residential portions of the CED Zone, commercial vehicles may be parked overnight provided that:

(a) Each vehicle does not have a gross vehicle weight exceeding ten thousand (10,000) lbs.;

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

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

(d) The vehicle is parked a minimum of ten (10') feet from the nearest building and ten (10') feet from all property lines.

c. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles regulated by Chapter XI of the Township Code entitled "Trailers and Trailer Parks". (Ord. #574; Ord. #675; 1976 Code § 179-34)