Sec. 8-200

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• Reduction by administrative special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.

  An administrative special use permit may be obtained pursuant to section 11-513, where sufficient parking to meet the requirement is available at all times the use is operational, despite the fact that the same parking spaces are used, dedicated or available for other uses at other times.

• Reduction for low and moderate income housing

  Required parking may be reduced in conjunction with the provision of low and moderate income housing as provided in section 7-700, and required parking may be reduced or waived where alley or interior court access is infeasible, in the RM zone pursuant to section 3-1107 and in the Old and Historic Alexandria District, Parker-Gray District, Town of Potomac Historic District, Rosemont Historic District and for designated buildings over 100 years old, pursuant to section 8-200(C)(5).

• Co-living parking location300 ft

  For all co-living dwellings the required off-street parking shall be located on the subject property or may be permitted within 300 feet.

• Commercial parking location1,000 ft

  For all commercial or industrial uses, the distance from the off-street parking facility to the commercial or industrial use which it serves shall not exceed 1,000 feet measured as a straight line from the nearest corner of the lot containing the structure to the nearest lot line of the property with the shared parking facility, provided that there are no active railroad tracks, interstate highways, or waterways located between the parking facility and the uses using the parking facility and such off-street parking facility shall be permitted on land in a commercial or industrial zone only.

• Compact car percentage75 pct

  Parking facilities providing for ten or more required off-street parking spaces for a non-retail use may provide up to 75 percent of the required spaces as compact car parking spaces. Parking facilities providing ten or more required off-street parking spaces for a specific commercial, restaurant, or miscellaneous commercial use may provide up to 30 percent of the required spaces as compact car parking spaces.

• Access to parking in historicHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. districts

  Within the Old and Historic Alexandria District, access to all parking shall be provided from an alley or interior court. Upon a finding by the planning commission or director that it is clearly not feasible to provide such access, a waiver as to part or all of any parking requirement may be granted by the planning commission as part of its site plan review or, if no site plan is required, by the director.

• Loading space dimensions

  Such off-street loading space shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width, 14 1/2 feet in clearance height and a depth sufficient to accommodate the largest delivery trucks serving the establishment, but in no case shall such length be less than 25 feet.

• Loading space requirement20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  At least one off-street space shall be provided for each 20,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof used or intended to be used for any of the above purposes; provided, that this provision shall not apply to buildings or structures containing less than 2,500 square feet of floor area.

• Multi-unit parking location

  For all multi-unit dwellings, required off-street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot as the main building lot, on a lot separated from the main building lot by an alley or directly across the street from the main building when separated by a minor local street only.

• Exemption for nonresidential uses with 2 or less spaces2 spaces

  Nonresidential uses that have a parking requirement of two spaces or less shall be exempt from providing the spaces.

• One-way aisle width for 45- or 60-degree parking16 ft

  Aisles serving 45-degree or 60-degree parking shall be no less than 16 feet in width or as much additional width as may be required for access of emergency vehicles.

• One-way aisle width for 90-degree parking22 ft

  Aisles serving 90-degree parking shall be no less than 22 feet in width, except that where parking on both sides of the aisle is for compact cars, the aisle shall be no less than 20 feet in width unless in special circumstances the director of transportation and environmental services and the fire marshall shall approve in writing a reduction in the 20-foot width by not more than two feet for an aisle serving not more than 30 parking spaces.

• Other uses parking location

  For all other uses, including, but not limited to churches, private and fraternal clubs, private and public schools and social service buildings, such required off-street parking shall be located on the same lot as the main building or on a lot immediately contiguous to the main building lot; except, that off-street parking may be permitted within 300 feet with a special use permit.

• Aisle width for parallel parking16 ft

  Aisles serving parallel parking and located immediately adjacent to buildings shall be no less than 16 feet in width. All other aisles serving parallel parking shall be 12 feet in width or as much additional width as may be required for access of emergency vehicles on curvilinear streets.

• Residential parking limit4 vehicles

  For all lots containing single-unit, two-unit, townhouse, or multi-unit up to four units dwelling uses, there shall be a limit of one vehicle per 1,000 square feet of lot area, not to exceed a maximum of four (4) vehicles per lot parked or stored outside on the lot in question.

• Residential parking location

  For all single-unit, two-unit, townhouse, and multi-unit up to four units dwellings, required off-street parking facilities shall be located on the same lot as the main building. Tandem parking is permitted to meet this requirement.

• Shared parking requirements1,000 ft

  If the uses are not on the same property, the distance between the shared parking facility and the off-site uses is no more than 1,000 feet from the nearest corner of each lot containing the uses to the nearest lot line of the property with the shared parking facility, provided there are no active railroad tracks, interstate highways, or waterways located between the parking facility and the uses using the parking facility.

• Reduction by special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.

  A special use permit may not reduce the number of off-street parking spaces otherwise required below the number of spaces which are provided at the time of the permit application, unless allowed by another provision of this ordinance or required by extraordinary circumstances.

• Standard parking space dimensions

  Each required parking space shall be no less than 18.5 feet in length and nine feet in width, except that each required compact car parking space shall be no less than 16 feet in length and eight feet in width for compact car parking spaces, exclusive of driveways and aisles; provided, however, that parking spaces parallel to driveways and aisles shall be not less than 22 feet in length and eight feet in width for standard cars and 18 feet in length and seven feet in width for compact cars.

• Two-way aisle width22 ft

  Aisles with two-way traffic movement shall be no less than 22 feet in width, unless 45- and 60-degree parking is provided or where parking on both sides of the aisle is for compact cars, in which case said aisles shall be no less than 20 feet in width, or as much additional width as may be required for access of emergency vehicles.