b. In order to provide for flexibility in parking lot design and layout, angle parking may be appropriate in certain instances. Where angle parking is utilized, the width of stalls for various types of parking uses shall remain consistent with the minimum dimensions established for each, while the depth of stall may vary as follows:
4. All dead-end parking areas shall be designed to provide sufficient area for backing and turning movements from the end stalls of the parking area.
5. No less than a five (5) foot radius of curvature shall be permitted for all curblines in all parking areas.
6. Except at entrance and exit drives, all parking areas shall be set back from the right-of-way line, and all property lines at least fifteen (15) feet or as required by the Solebury Township Zoning Ordinance (the greater provision shall prevail). The distance between this required set back and the cartway shall be maintained as a planting strip.
7. All automobile parking areas shall be paved and constructed in accordance with the standards established by the Township, except for single-family residential dwellings.
8. The depth and width of parking areas reserved or laid out for commercial and industrial uses shall be appropriate to those uses.
9. The layout of every parking area shall be such as to permit safe and efficient internal circulation, in accordance with accepted traffic engineering principles and standards, including truck traffic where applicable.
10. Entrances and exits to and from off-street parking areas shall be located so as to avoid interference with street traffic.
11. Every off-street parking area shall include sufficient stacking space to accommodate entering and exiting vehicles without overflowing into adjacent streets or service roadways.
12. Pedestrian crosswalks and islands shall be provided at intervals not exceeding 200 feet along the length of each parking area. These can be incorporated into the ten foot division required by E. above.
13. For the purpose of servicing any property held under single and separate ownership, entrance and exit drives crossing the street lot line shall be limited to two (2)along the frontage of any single street, and their center lines shall be spaced at least eighty (80) feet apart. On all corner properties, there shall be spaced a minimum of sixty (60) feet, measured at the curb line, between the center line of any entrance or exit drive and the street line of the street parallel to said access drive.
14. Access drives shall be at least twelve (12) feet from any property line, except for the additional requirements in buffer yards.
15. Concrete tire bumpers shall be installed so as to prevent vehicle overhang on the sidewalk area.
16. Parking and display areas along arterial and collector roads will be set back at least thirty (30) feet from the future right-of-way of said road in order to accommodate acceleration and deceleration lanes and marginal access roads.
17. Parking aisles are those areas designed to provide direct access to parking stalls along either one or both sides and to convey vehicular traffic through the parking facility from one area to another.
The minimum dimensions of parking aisles shall be as follows:
Parking Aisle
(width in feet)
F. Lighting - Parking areas for the following developments shall be (1/17/89) lighted. All artificial lighting used to illuminate any parking area shall be so designed that no direct rays shall fall upon any neighboring property or street. Lighting standards shall be located no less than five (5) feet from the paving of parking spaces, drives or streets. Lighting standards shall be as follows:
