Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
41 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Car wash stacking spaces per bay7 spaces
A minimum of seven (7) stacking spaces per car wash bay shall be required.
- Fast food stacking spaces10 spaces
A minimum of ten (10) stacking spaces shall be required for fast food restaurants with drive-up windows.
- Financial institution stacking spaces per lane3 spaces
The minimum number of stacking spaces required for each teller, customer window or automatic teller machine (ATM) serving a financial institution shall be three (3) stacking spaces per lane and per window.
- Loading space front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. prohibition
No off-street loading area shall be located within any required front yard.
- Maximum loading spaces required5 spaces
in no instance shall more than five (5) off-street loading spaces be required for any given use or building.
- Minimum pedestrian path width4 ft
The internal pedestrian circulation system must be hard-surfaced and shall have an unobstructed width of at least four (4) feet wide.
- Minimum sidewalk width5 ft
Sidewalks shall have a minimum unobstructed width of five (5) feet.
- Parking area maintenance required
Parking and loading facilities shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and dust-free condition at the expense of the owner or lessee.
- Pedestrian crossing identification required
Where the system crosses driveways, parking areas, and loading areas, the system must be clearly identifiable through the use of elevation changes, a different paving material, texture change, or other similar method. Striping does not meet this requirement.
- Pedestrian lighting required
The on-site pedestrian circulation system must be lighted to a level where the system can be used at night by employees, residents and customers.
- Pedestrian path separation required
Where the system is parallel and adjacent to a vehicle travel lane, the system must be a raised path or be separated from the vehicle travel lane by a raised curb, bollards, landscaping or other physical barrier.
- Semi-trailer loading space clearance15 ft
Semi-Trailer loading spaces shall be a minimum of 15 feet in width and 55 feet in length and provide a minimum vertical clearance of 15 feet.
- Semi-trailer loading space length55 ft
Semi-Trailer loading spaces shall be a minimum of 15 feet in width and 55 feet in length and provide a minimum vertical clearance of 15 feet.
- Semi-trailer loading space width15 ft
Semi-Trailer loading spaces shall be a minimum of 15 feet in width and 55 feet in length and provide a minimum vertical clearance of 15 feet.
- Sight distance standard
All development shall comply with the Sight Distance standards of the Design and Construction Standards Manual Sec. 7-371.
- Stacking space length18 ft
Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width inclusive of gutter pans and eighteen (18) feet in length.
- Stacking space width10 ft
Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width inclusive of gutter pans and eighteen (18) feet in length.
- Standard loading space clearance15 ft
Standard loading spaces shall be a minimum 15 feet in width and 30 feet in length and provide a minimum vertical clearance of 15 feet; provided, however, that when loading spaces are located alongside each other, additional loading spaces need only be a minimum of 12 feet in width.
- Standard loading space length30 ft
Standard loading spaces shall be a minimum 15 feet in width and 30 feet in length and provide a minimum vertical clearance of 15 feet; provided, however, that when loading spaces are located alongside each other, additional loading spaces need only be a minimum of 12 feet in width.
- Standard loading space width15 ft
Standard loading spaces shall be a minimum 15 feet in width and 30 feet in length and provide a minimum vertical clearance of 15 feet; provided, however, that when loading spaces are located alongside each other, additional loading spaces need only be a minimum of 12 feet in width.
Parking
- Commercial vehicle limit in residential areas1 vehicles
One (1) commercial vehicle may be stored on the premises whether privately owned or business provided, for the resident’s use for commuting and/or work purposes. Such vehicle cannot exceed a one (1) ton hauling capacity.
- Commercial vehicle prohibition in residential areas
Dump trucks and vehicles designed to haul garbage, trash, refuse or waste of any type and for the towing and recovery of vehicles are strictly prohibited to be parked on residential properties.
- Commercial vehicle storage prohibition
The storage of commercial vehicles or merchandise or the sale of vehicles shall be prohibited in a required off-street parking or loading area, except as specifically authorized in this Zoning Ordinance.
- Commercial vehicle ton limit in residential areas1 ton
One (1) commercial vehicle may be stored on the premises whether privately owned or business provided, for the resident’s use for commuting and/or work purposes. Such vehicle cannot exceed a one (1) ton hauling capacity.
- Employee parking delineation required
Each required employee parking space shall be readily identified by durable pavement markings as depicted on any required site plan or zoning permit.
- Maximum contiguous parking spaces in a row20 spaces
The maximum number of contiguous parking spaces in a row shall be no greater than twenty (20).
- Maximum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. parking area35 pct
No front yard paved surface used for parking shall exceed thirty-five percent (35%) of the size of the front yard of the lot.
- Parallel parking space length22 ft
Standard parking spaces shall be a minimum of 9.0 feet in width and 18 feet in length, except for parallel parking spaces which shall be a minimum of 22 feet in length.
- Parking lighting requirement
Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking and loading areas shall be arranged, installed and maintained in order to deflect, shade and focus lights away from adjacent public or private properties.
- Parking space delineation required
All parking and loading spaces shall be marked by durable painted lines or curbs extending the length of the space.
- Parking structure accessible slope2 pct
Parking spaces and access aisles for handicap accessible spaces shall be level and not exceed a two percent (2%) slope.
- Parking structure maximum floor slope5 pct
Maximum slope for parking floors shall not exceed five percent (5%).
- Parking structure maximum ramp slope15 pct
Maximum slope for speed ramps shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%).
- Parking structure minimum vertical clearance6.5 ft
Minimum vertical clearance for all spaces shall be six feet, six inches (6'6").
- Parking structure van accessible clearance8.17 ft
When the facility serves a "place of public accommodation" as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, then a minimum vertical clearance of eight feet, two inches (8'2") shall be provided for van accessible spaces and along the vehicular route to the accessible spaces, and from the accessible spaces to the exit.
- Parking surface requirement
all off street parking and loading areas including aisles and entrances, shall be paved with durable dust-free hard surface, except as may be specifically authorized within the 100-year floodplain.
- Parking use restriction
Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be used solely for the parking of vehicles in operating condition by the patrons, occupants or employees of the use to which such facilities are accessory.
- Residential driveway pavement distance from sidewalk20 ft
Residential driveways shall be paved at least twenty feet (20’) back from any public sidewalk or driveway apron.
- Standard parking space length18 ft
Standard parking spaces shall be a minimum of 9.0 feet in width and 18 feet in length, except for parallel parking spaces which shall be a minimum of 22 feet in length.
- Standard parking space width9 ft
Standard parking spaces shall be a minimum of 9.0 feet in width and 18 feet in length, except for parallel parking spaces which shall be a minimum of 22 feet in length.
- Vehicle repair prohibition
No motor vehicle repair work, except emergency service, shall be permitted in association with off-street parking and loading facilities.
From the ordinance
These off-street parking and loading regulations of this article shall apply to all parking and loading areas, including driveways for single-family and duplex dwellings, established within the Town of Leesburg following February 25, 2003.