Ashland, Virginia · General provision

Sec 21-198.1

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 30 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Bicycle parking ratio30 per space

    Commercial retail centers greater than ten thousand (10,000) square feet and multi-family developments shall provide bicycle parking at the rate of one (1) bicycle parking space for every thirty (30) off-street parking spaces.

  • Maximum bicycle parking spaces15 spaces

    The maximum number of required bicycle parking spaces shall be fifteen (15).

  • Minimum pedestrian path width5 ft

    a five (5) foot wide pedestrian path shall be maintained at all times.

Parking

  • Parking spaces and drives in front yards... must be clearly delineated, constructed and adequately maintained with a hard all-weather surface such as asphalt, concrete, brick, CABC (gravel), pervious paving or other approved material.

  • No more than thirty percent (30%) of the front yard area (of a lot occupied by a detached single family dwelling or duplex) may be paved unless the zoning administrator grants an exception.

  • Maximum parking spaces as percentage of required140 pct

    the maximum number of parking spaces allowed shall be 140% of the number of required parking spaces in the above table.

  • Maximum vehicle overhang30 in

    Up to thirty (30) inches of the required length of off-street parking spaces may be provided as vehicle overhang area and need not be paved, provided that wheel stops are installed.

  • Minimum parallel parking space length22 ft

    spaces arranged parallel to their means of access shall be not less than eight (8) feet in width and twenty-two (22) feet in length

  • Minimum parallel parking space width8 ft

    spaces arranged parallel to their means of access shall be not less than eight (8) feet in width and twenty-two (22) feet in length

  • Whenever four (4) or more parking spaces are provided, such spaces shall be laid out on the parking surface with paint or plastic stripping which shall provide a permanent delineation between spaces.

  • Each off-street parking space required by this article shall not be less than nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length

  • Each off-street parking space required by this article shall not be less than nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length

  • Off-site parking discontinuance notice30 days

    the zoning administrator shall be notified, by both the lessor and the lessee, in writing, a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the discontinuance.

  • In the HE district, parking spaces required to serve colleges and related educational, administrative, recreational and dormitory facilities... may be located within six hundred (600) feet by pedestrian route

  • Minimum off-site parking lease term1 years

    Such lease shall be for a term of not less than one year

  • Maximum off-site parking distance300 ft

    Parking spaces shall be located in the same district as the use they are intended to serve, and shall be located within three hundred (300) feet by pedestrian route of a public entrance to the building occupied by the use they are intended to serve.

  • Maximum shared parking for churches50 pct

    up to fifty (50) percent of the required number of off-street parking spaces for churches and other places of worship may be provided by parking spaces required for or serving any other use

  • Trucks, commercial vehicles, and buses of over twelve thousand (12,000) pounds gross vehicle weight... Shall not be parked on any private or public street in a residential district; and Shall not be parked on private property in a residential district.

From the ordinance

Each off-street parking space required by this article shall not be less than nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length, except that spaces arranged parallel to their means of access shall be not less than eight (8) feet in width and twenty-two (22) feet in length.
Sec 21-198.1