Preston Township Wayne County - Shepstone Management Company

Preston Township, Wayne County
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance
35.3 Street Systems.
35.3.1 Traffic movements in and out of commercial and industrial areas should not interfere with
external traffic, nor should they create hazards for adjacent residential areas.
35.3.2 The design of streets, service drives, and pedestrian ways, should provide for safe and
hazard-free internal circulation, including provision for fire lanes where appropriate.
35.3.3 The points of ingress and egress shall be designed so as not to require commercial or
industrial traffic to pass through residential areas.
35.3.4 All commercial access streets shall be paved pursuant to the requirements for public
streets in the Preston Township Road Ordinance.
35.4 Plan Review Standards. Plans shall address the specific site conditions, delivering the best
possible service to customers in terms of traffic circulation, parking and pick-up and delivery
services, while also protecting the public health, safety and general welfare. The Township may, in
the interest of achieving these objectives, impose specific conditions on the approval of such a land
development to address site conditions including but not limited to steep slopes, limited sight
distance and lack of existing site buffers.
35.4.1 The amount of parking required shall be based on Industry studies of parking needs for
the type of use proposed or actual case-study comparisons for projects of similar
character. The Township may require the developer or applicant to gather and submit
such data in support of its proposed parking provisions and the National Parking
Association and Urban Land Institute are examples of such industry sources. Where the
Township Board of Supervisor shall determine such industry standards are inadequate
for the particular use or site involved or such standards are unavailable, the following
standards shall be applied:
Hotels/motels
Industrial uses
Places of public assembly
Offices
Restaurants
Auto service stations
Other Commercial uses
1 space per rental room
1 space per 400 sq. ft. floor area
1 space per 5 seats
1 space per 300 sq. ft. floor area
1 space per 50 sq. ft. floor area
4 spaces plus 1 per employee
1 space per 250 sq. ft. floor area
35.4.2 Each parking space shall consist of not less than an average of two hundred seventy
(270) square feet of usable area for each motor vehicle, including interior driveways,
driveways connecting the garage, or parking space, with a street or alley.
35.4.3 Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking shall be so arranged as to reflect the
light away from adjoining premises and public right-of-ways. All parking areas which are
designed to accommodate twelve (12) or more vehicles shall be landscaped using
materials of sufficient growth and height to aesthetically balance the impact of the open
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