§ 184-163. Access aisles, driveways and aprons.

All parking areas shall be provided with adequate means of ingress and egress, which areas shall be kept open and unobstructed at all times and which shall be designed to provide service driveways or aisles between rows of parking stalls, or between parking stalls and the edge of the parking areas, to comply with the following standards:

A. 

A driveway serving private property and intersecting with a public street shall be constructed in such a manner that it does not interfere with existing drainage, movement of traffic and/or removal of snow from the abutting roadway.

B. 

Flared driveway aprons shall be allowed between the street pavement and the sidewalk, or, when no sidewalk is provided or required, between the street pavement and the right-of-way line in accordance with the following standards:

(1) 

The flare shall not encroach upon the frontage of an adjacent property.

(2) 

Driveway aprons shall be constructed of concrete on lots where there are existing concrete sidewalks or bituminous concrete on properties where there are existing bituminous concrete sidewalks.

(3) 

The driveway flare shall not exceed two feet on either side.

C. 

Maximum driveway widths shall be as follows:

(1) 

Driveways may be full width (excluding apron flare) between the edge of the street and the property line.

(2) 

Driveways shall not exceed 18 feet in width, or 30% of the frontage of the subject property, whichever is less, on private property, for one- and two-family dwellings.

D. 

Any proposed driveway expansion that results in an increase in impervious coverage of more than 200 square feet must be reviewed by the Borough Engineer for compliance with the Borough's stormwater management plan.

E. 

The driveway side yard setback shall be a minimum of three feet from an adjacent property line.

F. 

No circular driveway shall be installed on a lot which is less than 100 feet in frontage width or on any corner lot. A residential lot utilizing a circular driveway with two curb openings shall not exceed in width 10 feet at either curb opening and/or at the property line.

G. 

A zoning permit shall be required to construct or expand a driveway for a permitted principal residential use in the R-75 and R-150 zones. The applicant shall pay a fee of $25 to the Borough for a permit to resurface the driveway without an expansion of the driveway and a fee of $50 for a permit to reconstruct or expand a driveway.

[Amended 3-8-2011 by Ord. No. 11-04R]

H. 

Exceptions and modifications. The following provisions shall, where applicable, modify the foregoing standards:

(1) 

Interior setback of the driveway shall not exceed two feet from the inside edge of the garage.

(2) 

For homes with no garage or a detached garage, the width of the entire driveway shall be located within 25 feet of the side lot line.

I. 

Driveways for nonresidential uses. Driveways shall be at least 10 feet in width for one-way traffic and at least 20 feet in width for two-way traffic; provided, however, that the Board may require greater width when conditions warrant.

J. 

Access aisles for nonresidential uses. Access aisles serving parking areas for nonresidential uses shall have the following minimum widths, provided that any access aisle less than 24 feet wide shall only be permitted if designed for one-way traffic only: (SIS)

	Angle of Parking Space (degrees)	Aisle Width (feet)
	0	12
	30	12
	45	13
	60	18
	75	22
	90	24

K. 

Access aisles for loading spaces. The width of access aisles serving loading spaces shall be not less than the depth of the space required for the longest vehicle expected to use the space, as follows:

	Vehicle Type	Aisle Width (feet)
	Semitrailers	55
	Single-unit large trucks	35
	Step vans/light delivery truck	25

L. 

Access to/from arterial streets. Driveways and parking and loading areas providing access from arterial streets as indicated on the Borough Master Plan shall be designed so that all vehicles may turn around within the parking or loading area, thus preventing the necessity of any vehicle backing into an arterial street.

M. 

Shared access. No driveway shall be permitted to serve any use other than the permitted use on the lot upon which said driveway is located, except for joint parking and common access driveways permitted by this chapter.

N. 

Highway access management codes. All developments shall comply with the standards of the state highway access management code adopted by the NJDOT Commissioner in the case of a state highway, and with the standards of any access management code adopted by the county in the case of a county road or highway.

O. 

Driveways in the MAH, TAH, and LGAH Zones shall be governed by §§ 184-116B(3)(h) and 184-117.

Amended 12-31-2001 by Ord. No. 01-22R; 7-9-2002 by Ord. No. 02-15R; 11-9-2010 by Ord. No. 10-16R