Halifax County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 53-14

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Parking lot lighting

    Any lights used to illuminate such parking areas shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in a residential district.

Parking

  • Parking area surfacing

    Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public parking area shall be surfaced with gravel, stone, asphalt or concrete.

From the ordinance

There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building, or at the time any main building is enlarged, minimum off-street parking space with adequate provision for entrance and exit by standard-size automobiles, as follows: ...
Sec. 53-14

Parking requirements

{
  "hospitals": "1 space per 2 beds",
  "residential": "1 space per dwelling unit",
  "retail stores": "1 per 250 sq ft under 15,000 sq ft; 1 per 100 sq ft over 15,000 sq ft",
  "other commercial": "1 per 100 sq ft of business floor space; 1 per 300 sq ft in urban development area",
  "tourist homes and motels": "1 space per accommodation",
  "medical and dental clinics": "10 spaces + 3 per doctor over 3",
  "hotels and apartment motels": "1 space per 2 rooms up to 20, then 1 per 3 over 20",
  "mortuaries and liquor stores": "30 spaces",
  "tourist courts, apartments, apartment motels": "1 space per sleeping/living unit",
  "church, high school, college, university auditoriums, theaters, general auditoriums, stadiums": "1 space per 5 fixed seats"
}