Altavista, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 86-565

Extracted standards

6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

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  • Aisle widths

    Aisles shall be not less than 22 feet for 90 degree parking, nor less than 18 feet for 60-degree parking, nor less than 16 feet for 45-degree parking. For parallel parking, the length of the space shall be increased an additional four feet and the width shall be decreased by one foot.

  • Bike rack reduction

    The number of spaces required by this article may be reduced by one space for each bicycle rack for five or more bicycles and each motorcycle pad for two or more motorcycles, which are provided up to a total of five percent of the required number of spaces.

  • Disabled parking required

    Site plans, as required by division 6, (below), shall provide for parking spaces reserved for the disabled. The number of spaces provided shall be as required by the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

  • No part of any vehicle parking area other than the driveway entrance or exit shall be within four feet of any right-of-way line or public sidewalk, which is adjacent to the street right-of-way.

  • Parking stall dimensions

    A required off-street parking space or stall shall include a rectangular area with a length of at least 18 feet and a width of at least nine feet, exclusive of access drives or aisles, ramps, columns, or office or work areas. Such space shall have a vertical clearance of at least six and one-half feet.

  • Surface requirement

    All parking areas and/or sales display/service areas shall be maintained on all weather surface of gravel, surface treating, concrete or asphalt. Any newly constructed parking areas required to contain ten or more spaces shall be surface treated or paved with concrete or asphalt.

From the ordinance

Every off-street vehicular parking area shall be designed so it has access to a public street without impeding vehicular movement in that street.
Sec. 86-565