Abingdon, Virginia · General provision
Article VIII, Division 3, Sections 8-3-7 and 8-3-13
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Parking
- Aisle width for 60-degree parking18 ft
18 feet when the parking spaces are at 60° angle with the aisle
- Aisle width for 90-degree parking24 ft
All aisles within parking areas shall have a minimum width of 24 feet when the parking spaces are at a 90° angle with the aisle
- Aisle width for parallel parking12 ft
and 12 feet for parallel parking.
- Minimum loading space area480 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a minimum area of 480 square feet
- Minimum vertical clearance for loading space15 ft
and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
- Minimum loading space depth40 ft
a minimum depth of 40 feet
- Minimum loading space width12 ft
a minimum width of 12 feet
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space length18 ft
and a minimum length of 18 feet
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. space width9 ft
Off-street parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces with a minimum width of nine feet
From the ordinance
Off-street parking areas shall be marked off into parking spaces with a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum length of 18 feet ... All aisles within parking areas shall have a minimum width of 24 feet when the parking spaces are at a 90° angle with the aisle; 18 feet when the parking spaces are at 60° angle with the aisle; and 12 feet for parallel parking. ... a minimum area of 480 square feet, a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 40 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.