Franklin, Virginia · General provision

Article XVIII, § 18.1-18.6

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaRear 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

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

Lighting

  • Parking lot lighting shielding

    All lights shall be shielded so that minimum glare will extend to adjacent property and shall meet requirements of the Zoning Administrator.

Other

  • Fractional parking space rounding

    any fraction less than one-half shall be disregarded, and fractions of one-half or over shall require one additional parking space.

  • No such space shall be located closer than 50 feet to any other lot in any R district unless completely enclosed within a building or shielded by a wall or solid board fence or masonry wall not less than six feet high.

  • Each loading space shall not be less than ten feet wide, 35 feet long and 14 feet high.

  • Minimum loading space length35 ft

    Each loading space shall not be less than ten feet wide, 35 feet long and 14 feet high.

  • Minimum loading space width10 ft

    Each loading space shall not be less than ten feet wide, 35 feet long and 14 feet high.

  • Maximum distance for off-site parking300 ft

    on adjoining or other property within 300 feet thereof.

  • In the B-2 central commercial business district as shown and designated on the zoning district map, the foregoing off-street parking areas shall not be required.

  • Landscaping for parking lots >5 vehicles

    Landscape planting shall be installed and maintained on all off-street parking lots with a capacity of more than five vehicles adjacent to the parking spaces or parking structures in accordance with article XXV landscaping requirements of this ordinance.

  • Stormwater management for parking lots

    Parking lots shall be designed to reduce water pollution through stormwater management measures including, but not limited to porous paving, filter strips, bio-retention areas, open sections, and depressed medians.

Parking

From the ordinance

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the following standards:
Article XVIII, § 18.1-18.6

Parking requirements

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  "duplex": "2 spaces per unit",
  "theater": "1 space per 5 seats",
  "mobile_home": "2 spaces per unit",
  "bowling_alley": "2 spaces per lane",
  "vocational_school": "1 per 3 students + 1 per employee",
  "automatic_car_wash": "3 stacking spaces per bay",
  "public_swimming_pool": "1 space per 9 persons + 1 per employee",
  "funeral_home_mortuary": "1 per 5 seats in chapel + 1 per vehicle",
  "high_schools_colleges": "1 per 5 seats in auditorium + 2 per classroom",
  "medical_dental_clinic": "2 per exam room + 1 per employee",
  "self_service_car_wash": "2 stacking spaces per bay",
  "single_family_detached": "2 spaces per unit",
  "church_temple_synagogue": "1 space per 6 fixed seats",
  "warehousing_distributing": "1 per 2 employees + 1 per vehicle",
  "day_care_nursery_child_care": "1 per employee + 1 per 7 students",
  "marinas_dry_stack_boat_storage": "1 space per boat slip",
  "rooming_boarding_lodging_house": "1 space per sleeping room",
  "hospital_nursing_home_group_home": "1 per 5 beds + 1 per employee",
  "veterinary_clinic_animal_hospital": "1 per treatment room (min 5)",
  "recreational_amusement_establishment": "1 per 4 seats/persons + 1 per employee",
  "public_tennis_handball_racquet_courts": "2 spaces per court",
  "auditorium_gymnasium_arena_convention_hall": "1 space per 5 fixed seats"
}