Frederick County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

§ 165-202.01D

Dimensional standards

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
5%

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • All curbing shall be a minimum of six inches in height.

  • Drive-in lane minimum width9 ft

    Drive-in lanes shall be designed to provide for a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum stacking distance of 90 feet.

  • Drive-in lane minimum stacking distance90 ft

    Drive-in lanes shall be designed to provide for a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum stacking distance of 90 feet.

  • Minimum driveway width for one-way traffic12 ft

    The width of driveways serving the parking lot shall not be less than 20 feet for two-way traffic, 20 feet for fire lanes, and 12 feet for one-way traffic.

  • Minimum driveway width for two-way traffic20 ft

    The width of driveways serving the parking lot shall not be less than 20 feet for two-way traffic, 20 feet for fire lanes, and 12 feet for one-way traffic.

  • Gravel allowed in RA for small lots10 spaces

    In the RA (Rural Areas) District, parking lots with 10 or fewer spaces shall be permitted to utilize gravel surfaces.

  • A three-foot-high evergreen hedge, fence, berm, or wall shall be provided to prevent headlights from shining on public rights-of-way and adjoining properties.

  • Interior landscaping percentage5 pct

    A minimum of 5% of the interior portions of parking lots shall be landscaped for the purpose of providing shade trees.

  • All parking spaces shall be a minimum of 180 square feet in size.

  • In the M1 (Light Industrial) District and M2 (Industrial General) District, parking lots shall be located no closer than 10 feet to any minor or local street or road right-of-way and no closer than 25 feet to any collector or arterial street or road right-of-way.

  • All parking lots, loading spaces and travelways, except for single-family detached and mobile home residential uses, shall be set back at least five feet from all other property lines, except in cases where more than one lot shares the parking lot.

  • All parking lots, loading spaces and travelways, except for single-family detached and mobile home residential uses, shall be set back at least 10 feet from any street or road right-of-way.

  • One tree shall be provided for every 2,000 square feet of impervious area for the first 100,000 square feet of the entire site. One tree shall be provided for every 5,000 square feet in excess of the first 100,000 square feet of the entire site.

  • Raised island minimum width9 ft

    All islands shall be at least nine feet wide and shall extend the length of the parking space or bay.

  • Shade tree per parking spaces10 spaces per tree

    No less than one shade tree shall be provided in the interior of the parking lot for each 10 parking spaces.

  • Sidewalk requirement in parking lots

    Sidewalks shall be provided as necessary within parking lots to protect pedestrians and promote the safe and efficient movement of pedestrians and vehicles.

  • Space demarcation line width4 inches

    For single-family attached and multifamily developments, required off-street parking spaces shall be demarcated by four-inch durable white lines painted on the pavement or curb.

  • Surface material requirement

    In the RP Residential Performance District, the R4 Residential Planned Community District, the R5 Residential Recreational Community District, the MH1 Mobile Home Community District, the B1 Neighborhood Business District, the B2 Business General District, the B3 Industrial Transition District, the TM Technology-Manufacturing District, the M1 Light Industrial District, the M2 Industrial General District, MS Medical Support District, RA (Rural Areas) District and the HE (Higher Education) District, parking lots shall be paved with concrete, bituminous concrete or similar materials.

From the ordinance

Parking spaces shared by more than one dwelling or use, required for any use in the business or industrial zoning district or required for any institutional, commercial or industrial use in any zoning district shall meet the following requirements:
§ 165-202.01D