[Amended 2-18-1998 by Ord. No. R-294; 12-2-1998 by Ord. No. R-357; 6-7-2000 by Ord. No. R-445; 10-17-2001 by Ord. No. DR-14]
Except as noted below, there shall be provided, at the time any building or structure is erected, enlarged or changed in use, off-street parking spaces and loading and unloading areas in accordance with the requirements of this Article. Such standards shall apply only where parking areas containing nine (9) or more spaces are provided. Required facilities shall be available for use prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
There will be no curbcuts permitted anywhere in the R-1 district for new or existing development. There will be no curbcuts permitted on Washington Street within the CBD or R-1 district for new or existing development. No curbcuts will be permitted in any zone on development sites with less than a fifty (50) foot frontage. No curbcuts will be permitted on eastwest streets with rights-of-way measuring fifty (50) feet where the travel lane has less than fourteen (14) feet except where access is being provided for multiple lot sites.
[Amended 2-18-1998 by Ord. No. R-294; 12-2-1998 by Ord. No. R-357; 10-17-2001 by Ord. No. DR-14]
For accessory parking facilities with fewer than twenty-five (25) spaces, the applicant must demonstrate that there is a minimum of three hundred (300) square feet of gross area for each parking space to be provided. A parking layout, which may include tandem parking spaces (see limitations below), must be shown to demonstrate that the required number of cars can maneuver in the area provided but it will not be used as a basis for variances. The layout should be based on the dimensions below. Note that any accessory facility with more than twenty-five (25) spaces and any public parking facility of any size must comply with the dimensions below:
A. Dimensions of parking spaces. Except as modified below, every such space provided shall measure at least eight and five-tenths (8.5) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length, exclusive of access drives and aisles. In parking structures with assigned spaces, forty percent (40%) of all spaces or stalls may be dimensioned and marked for compact vehicles. Such stalls may have a minimum width of seven and five-tenths (7.5) feet and a minimum length of sixteen (16) feet. [Amended 6-21-1989 by Ord. No. P-58]
(1) All accessory parking facilities must be based on a self-park design with a minimum of three hundred (300) square feet of gross area per parking space. Tandem parking spaces may be provided for compact cars only and for no more than the maximum number of compacts permitted.
(2) Public parking facilities based on a self-park design must provide a minimum of three hundred (300) square feet of gross area per parking space. No tandem parking spaces are permitted.
(3) Public parking facilities based on a valet design must provide a minimum of two hundred (200) square feet of gross area per parking space. If the facility is purely public parking, no layout is required. The total number of parking spaces will be calculated based on gross square footage only. There is no limitation on number of compact cars or tandem spaces. In a large-scale project where accessory and public spaces may be proposed within the same facility, a parking layout must demonstrate that all required accessory parking can be provided on a self-park design basis before any area is used for public parking. If such proof is given, the entire layout may then be designed for valet parking. The Board may condition the approval to provide for resubmission of a parking layout if the facility reverts to self-park in the future.
**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 196-38R through 196-40A(3), have bee amended as per Supplement No. 45.
B.Access, aisles and driveways. Every parking facility shall have direct access to a street or alley by means of a driveway and shall provide aisles behind spaces in accordance with the following:
(1) Access aisles. Access aisles located directly behind parking stalls shall have minimum dimensions as shown in Table:
(2) Driveway. Driveways shall have a minimum width of ten (10) feet for one-way traffic and twelve (12) feet for two-way traffic with appropriate warning devices for pedestrians.
(3) Sidewalk crossing. All driveways shall cross sidewalks at grade.
(4) Different zone. No access drive, driveway or any other means of egress or ingress located in a residential district shall provide access to uses other than those permitted in a residential district.
(5) Adjacent driveways. Garage doors and driveways must be placed so as to minimize loss of public curb parking. Where an adjacent property has an existing driveway, the proposed driveway should either be placed in such a manner as to abut the existing one or to leave twenty-two (22) feet of curb space for public parking to the greatest extent possible.
C. Curbing and pedestrian circulation. Any public parking area containing more than twenty (20) spaces shall provide striped pedestrian ways, providing a safe path into and out of the parking facility. Such pedestrian ways shall be at least three (3) feet wide, and shall be painted in a reflective paint. The design of parking areas must prevent cars from overhanging or extending over sidewalks, driveways, access aisles or striped pedestrian ways by the use of wheel stops.
D. General standards for parking area.
(1) Design. Parking areas for six (6) or more vehicles and access to this parking shall be designed and planned in accordance with accepted engineering and parking design principles, such as contained in the 1978 Eno Foundation publication, Parking Garage Planning and Operation. [Amended 6-211989 by Ord. No. P-58]
(2) Review. All plans may be reviewed by the City Engineer and/or the Parking Authority and recommendations forwarded to the Planning Board for their use in accordance with Section 196-26, Site plan review.
(3) Paving and drainage. Where parking areas are paved with asphalt, they shall be paved and drained in accordance with good engineering and construction practices, such as defined in the Construction Code of the City of Hoboken. Where other surfacing materials are used, standard practice yielding corresponding performance standards shall be followed. [Amended 6-21-1989 by Ord. No. P-58]
(4) Markings and access. Parking space, driveways and aisles shall be clearly marked and delineated. For safety and fire-fighting purposes, free access between adjacent parking areas shall be provided.
(5) Lighting. For reasons of safety, all parking areas for six (6) or more cars shall be lighted, but all lighting shall be installed as not to shine on adjacent properties.
(6) Safety. Visual or auditory warnings shall be provided to warn pedestrians of exiting vehicles. Adequate signage should be provided to control entering and exiting turning movements.
(7) Garage doors. Garage doors shall be a similar rather than a contrasting color to that of the principal building in order to minimize its visual appearance.
E. Joint facilities. Pursuant to the policies expressed in Chapter 5.23 of the Circulation Plan Element of the
City's master plan, any two (2) or more land uses may collectively join in providing required off-street parking spaces provided that the number of spaces contained in such parking facilities shall equal the sum total of spaces required for all participating establishments. A legal agreement ensuring that the facility will be available to all participants shall be approved by the Planning Board Attorney before approval is granted to such joint facilities.
(1) In the case of two (2) similar land uses sharing "offsite parking" the number of spaces contained in such parking facilities shall equal the sum total of spaces required for all participating establishments. Accessory off-street parking provided pursuant to this section will not be considered a conditional use.
(2) In the case of "time-shared parking", two (2) different land uses may share space according to the conditions discussed in Chapter 5.23 of the Circulation Plan subject to adequate documentation of the usage characteristics of each land use.
F. Reserved. [Amended 1-7-1987 by Ord. No. V-91; 6-21-1989 by Ord. No. P-58; 2-18-1998 by Ord. No. R-294; 6-7-2000 by Ord. No. R-445; repealed 10-17-01 by Ord. No. DR-14]
G. Responsibilities of owners. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property to maintain all off-street parking, loading and unloading areas, driveways, aisles and accessways in good condition, free of sagging condition, potholes, cracked pavement, etc.
A.[Amended 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140] Minimum required off-street parking schedule. The number of off-street parking spaces required for any use shall be determined by reference to the minimum required off-street parking requirements
**Webmasters Note: The previous sections, 196-40.D(1) through 196-41.A, have been amended as per Supplement No. 50.
(1) Unscheduled uses. Off-street parking requirements for uses not listed in the minimum required off-street parking requirements shall be established by the Planning Board using the closest comparable use for which standards have been set. [Amended 2-18-1998 by Ord. No. R-294]
(2) Combined uses. In the case of a combination of uses, the off-street parking requirement shall consist of the sum of the spaces required for each individual use, unless it can be demonstrated that staggered hours would permit modification.
(3) Fractional spaces. Whenever the application of the minimum required off-street parking requirements results in the requirements of a major fraction of a space [in excess of forty percent (40%)], a full space shall be required.
B. Credit for spaces in public facilities. Spaces in Hoboken Parking Authority facilities or in privately owned public parking garages, where available, may be credited toward the off-street parking requirements of a new or expanded use under the following conditions: Such space or spaces shall be within eight hundred (800) feet of the use claiming credit. Evidence of a lease or other contractual arrangement within the Hoboken Parking Authority or the private operator of a public parking facility shall be furnished to the Building Inspector or, in conjunction with site plan review, to the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment. [Amended 2-181998 by Ord. No. R-294]
A. Dimensions of loading berths. Required off-street loading berths shall be a minimum of forty (40) feet long, twelve (12) feet wide and fourteen (14) feet high. Berths for funeral homes shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet long, ten (10) feet wide and ten (10) feet high, if covered.
B. Location of loading berths. All loading areas (other than loading areas in planned developments) shall be on the same lot as the use which is to be served. Such areas shall not encroach on any required front yard, required open space, accessway, off-street parking area or public right-of-way. In planned developments, loading berth locations may be determined on the basis of the uses served but without regard to the subdivision of the subject tract into separate lots. [Amended 9-6-1995 by Ord. No. R.141]
C. Access. All required off-street loading areas shall provide sufficient turning spaces and access in accordance with the standards set for off-street parking facilities.
D.. Calculation of required spaces. The number of off-street loading berths for any use shall be determined by application of the standards set forth in § 196-45, the minimum off-street loading space requirements. In planned developments, loading berth requirements shall be calculated on the basis of the uses and their gross use areas considering the planned development as a whole and without regard to subdivision of the subject tract into separate lots. [Amended 9-6-1995 by Ord. No. R-141]
[Amended 2-18-1998 by Ord. No. R-294]
All parking and loading areas within a residential zone or abutting such zone shall be screened in accordance with the following standards:
A. Fencing. Fencing along the street line must be of an ornamental nature such as rail or picket tubular steel fencing, stockade fencing or decorative masonry walls at least four (4) feet in height. Chain link fence may be used only on the interior lot lines except where there is a need to shield adjacent residential uses from headlights. In that event, the fencing must provide opacity up to a height of four (4) feet. Screen planting may be used to provide opacity.
B. Screen plantings used for opacity must be of a hardy (salt, shade and drought resistant), evergreen hedge-forming shrub variety. They shall be planted in a ground in an area large enough for the plant selected. The planting area shall be surrounded by a curb. In addition, wheel stops shall be placed so that cars do not damage the foliage. Plants shall be maintained permanently, and any plant material which does not live shall be replaced within six (6) months. Where approvals are granted between December 1 and March 1, the applicant may be given 90-150 days to complete the planting upon posting of a performance bond in an amount to be determined by the City's Planner or Engineer.
Where a nonresidential use is located in the R-1 zone or on Washington Street and is located within eight hundred (800) feet of a public parking garage, the parking requirement shall be satisfied through participation in the Park & Shop program or its successor program. Evidence of a lease or other contractual arrangement with the Hoboken Parking Authority or the private operator of a public parking facility shall be furnished to the Building Inspector or, in conjunction with site plan review, to the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment. [Amended 12-2-1998 by Ord. No. R-357]
