Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sections 26-250 to 26-258

Dimensional standards

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maximum access points per 200 feet of frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. on cul-de-sac1 count

    Lots fronting on a publicly-maintained cul-de-sac or service road may have one point of access for every 200 feet of frontage.

  • Lots, other than those fronting on a publicly-maintained cul-de-sac or service road, shall have no more than one point of access to the public road for every 300 feet of frontage.

  • Minimum length of first stacking space18 ft

    The first stacking space shall a minimum of eight-and-one-half (8.5) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long

  • Minimum width of first stacking space8.5 ft

    The first stacking space shall a minimum of eight-and-one-half (8.5) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long

  • Minimum interior drive width for one-way traffic12 ft

    No interior drive shall be less than twelve (12) feet wide for one-way traffic

  • Minimum interior drive width for two-way traffic18 ft

    nor less than eighteen (18) feet wide for two-way traffic.

  • Minimum length of other stacking spaces18 ft

    all other stacking spaces shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long.

  • Minimum width of other stacking spaces9 ft

    all other stacking spaces shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long.

  • Minimum pavement width of private access drive22 ft

    minimum pavement width of twenty-two (22) feet

  • Minimum extension of screen beyond parking area50 ft

    The screen shall extend a minimum of fifty (50) feet beyond the point where such parking is located or to the property line, whichever is closer.

  • The screen shall have a minimum height of six (6) feet

Parking

  • Fractional parking spaces round up

    Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the next highest whole number.

  • Maximum distance of off-site parking from building entrance1,000 ft

    The parking area shall be located no farther than one thousand (1,000) feet from a principal building entrance

  • Minimum length of dead-end aisle18 ft

    Be at least nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length

  • Minimum width of dead-end aisle9 ft

    Be at least nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length

  • Minimum landscaped distance between parking and walkways/streets5 ft

    or by a landscaped distance of at least five (5) feet so that vehicles cannot protrude over a property line or impede drainage.

  • Parking requirements for multiple uses are sum

    If more than one type of permitted use occupies a single structure or parcel, the total parking requirements shall be the sum of the requirements for each of the permitted uses

From the ordinance

Where fractional spaces result, the parking spaces required shall be construed to be the next highest whole number. ... The parking area shall be located no farther than one thousand (1,000) feet from a principal building entrance. ... No interior drive shall be less than twelve (12) feet wide for one-way traffic, nor less than eighteen (18) feet wide for two-way traffic. ... The first stacking space shall a minimum of eight-and-one-half (8.5) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long; all other stacking spaces shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long.
Sections 26-250 to 26-258