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Martinsville, Virginia · General provision

Section XXIII

All Martinsville districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaRear 30 ftMAX HEIGHT6 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
30 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
6 ft

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to all zoning districts within the city, with the exception of the C-UB (Uptown Business DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.) where on-street parking and public lots may provide parking access.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Minimum stacking spaces per car wash bay3 spaces

    Car washes: Three (3) stacking spaces per car wash bay.

  • Minimum stacking spaces for eating and fast food establishments10 spaces

    Eating and fast food establishments: Ten (10) stacking spaces, with distance as measured from the closest drive-through window.

  • Minimum stacking spaces for each additional drive-through window at financial institutions4 spaces

    Financial institutions: Eight (8) stacking spaces for the first drive-through window and four (4) stacking spaces for each additional window.

  • Minimum stacking spaces for first drive-through window at financial institutions8 spaces

    Financial institutions: Eight (8) stacking spaces for the first drive-through window and four (4) stacking spaces for each additional window.

  • Minimum length for parking garage spaces18 ft

    Spaces in a parking garage shall have minimum dimensions of not less than eight and one-half (8.5) feet by eighteen (18) feet.

  • Minimum width for parking garage spaces8.5 ft

    Spaces in a parking garage shall have minimum dimensions of not less than eight and one-half (8.5) feet by eighteen (18) feet.

  • Maximum slope for inclined access ramps1 unit vertical per 12 units horizontal

    Ramps shall have a minimum width of five (5) feet and a maximum slope of one unit vertical in twelve (12) units horizontal (1:12).

  • Minimum width for inclined access ramps5 ft

    Ramps shall have a minimum width of five (5) feet and a maximum slope of one unit vertical in twelve (12) units horizontal (1:12).

  • Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for handicap parking signs6 ft

    All handicapped parking spaces shall be clearly identified by the placement of signs, with minimum height of four (4) feet and a maximum height of six (6) feet.

  • Minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for handicap parking signs4 ft

    All handicapped parking spaces shall be clearly identified by the placement of signs, with minimum height of four (4) feet and a maximum height of six (6) feet.

  • Minimum length for perpendicular handicap parking spaces18 ft

    Perpendicular handicap parking spaces shall be thirteen (13) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long, including a five-foot width for the delineation of aisles for access to vehicle.

  • Minimum width for perpendicular handicap parking spaces13 ft

    Perpendicular handicap parking spaces shall be thirteen (13) feet wide and eighteen (18) feet long, including a five-foot width for the delineation of aisles for access to vehicle.

  • Percentage of handicap spaces required for parking spaces in excess of 2001 pct

    For uses which provide parking for more than two hundred (200) spaces, six (6) handicap spaces shall be provided for the first two hundred (200) parking spaces, plus one percent of the required spaces in excess of two hundred (200) parking spaces.

  • Percentage of handicap spaces required for first 200 parking spaces3 pct

    Handicap parking spaces for the physically disabled or elderly shall be required at the rate of three (3) percent of the first two hundred (200) parking spaces required for any use.

  • Minimum length for off-street loading spaces25 ft

    No commercial or industrial loading space shall be less than fifteen (15) feet wide and twenty-five (25) feet long.

  • Minimum width for off-street loading spaces15 ft

    No commercial or industrial loading space shall be less than fifteen (15) feet wide and twenty-five (25) feet long.

  • Maximum percentage of front or rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. area occupied by parking and driveways30 pct

    Parking spaces and driveways shall not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of a front or rear yard area.

  • Maximum percentage of total lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for parking on lots over 20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.10 pct

    Parking spaces and driveways shall not occupy more than ten (10) percent of the total lot area for lots having a lot area of more than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

  • Maximum percentage of total lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for parking on lots 20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. or less15 pct

    Parking spaces and driveways shall not occupy more than fifteen (15) percent of the total lot area for lots having a lot area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or less.

  • Maximum parking spaces as percentage of minimum required125 pct

    Commercial and industrial listed in Table 23.1 shall not exceed one and one-quarter (1.25) times (or one hundred twenty-five (125) percent of) the minimum number of parking spaces required in the table.

  • Minimum length for parallel on-street parking spaces22 ft

    Parallel, on-street parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of seven (7) feet by twenty-two (22) feet.

  • Minimum width for parallel on-street parking spaces7 ft

    Parallel, on-street parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of seven (7) feet by twenty-two (22) feet.

  • Minimum length for semi-trailer loading spaces50 ft

    Loading space lengths for semi-trailer vehicles shall be not less than fifty (50) feet.

  • Maximum distance from primary entrance for shared parking spaces300 ft

    Shared parking spaces shall be located within three hundred (300) feet of the primary entrance of all uses served.

  • Maximum reduction in total parking spaces allowed for shared parking50 pct

    The maximum reduction in the total number of parking spaces required for all uses, in the aggregate, sharing the parking area shall be fifty (50) percent.

  • Minimum length for drive-thru stacking spaces18 ft

    Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length.

  • Minimum width for drive-thru stacking spaces10 ft

    Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length.

  • Minimum length for standard parking spaces18 ft

    All other parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet.

  • Minimum width for standard parking spaces9 ft

    All other parking spaces shall have minimum dimensions of nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet.

From the ordinance

The off-street parking and loading requirements of this section shall apply to all zoning districts within the city, with the exception of the C-UB (Uptown Business District) where it is generally recognized that on-street parking and public lots will provide parking access to existing establishments.
Section XXIII