Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-938

Extracted standards

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

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  • There shall be no vehicular entrance or exit to commercial or business off-street parking or loading areas within 100 feet of an R district unless the planning commission finds that there is no other feasible location, considering public safety and adequate vehicular circulation.

  • All vehicular entrances and exits to off-street parking and loading areas shall be set back at least 25 feet from the point of tangency of the curb at any intersecting street or projected right-of-way lines shown on the official major thoroughfare plan, whichever is the greater.

  • Minimum width for one-way traffic12 ft

    Vehicular entrances to off-street parking areas shall be no less than 22 feet in width, if providing access to any aisle for use by two-way traffic; nor less than 12 feet in width, if providing access to an aisle restricted to one-way traffic.

  • Minimum width for two-way traffic22 ft

    Vehicular entrances to off-street parking areas shall be no less than 22 feet in width, if providing access to any aisle for use by two-way traffic; nor less than 12 feet in width, if providing access to an aisle restricted to one-way traffic.

From the ordinance

Vehicular entrances to off-street parking areas shall be no less than 22 feet in width, if providing access to any aisle for use by two-way traffic; nor less than 12 feet in width, if providing access to an aisle restricted to one-way traffic. ... All vehicular entrances and exits to off-street parking and loading areas shall be set back at least 25 feet from the point of tangency of the curb at any intersecting street or projected right-of-way lines shown on the official major thoroughfare plan, whichever is the greater.
Sec. 48-938