Occoquan, Virginia · General provision

§ 157.196-157.199

Dimensional standards

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Disabled approach slope1 ft per 12 ft

    This approach shall have a slope of not more than one foot in 12 feet and be three-feet wide exclusive of flare sides.

  • Disabled parking per state code

    Disabled parking and building or sidewalk accessibility shall be provided in accordance with the current adopted edition of the State Uniform Statewide Building Code.

  • Net floor space as percentage of gross75 pct

    net floor space is equal to 75% of the gross floor area.

Parking

  • Maximum compact car spaces30 pct

    Such spaces shall not constitute more than 30% of the entire parking space requirements.

  • Maximum parking area slope5 pct

    Parking areas shall be graded at a slope not to exceed 5%. Slope may be up to 10%, with approval of the Town Engineer.

  • Increase in parking spaces triggering additional spaces10 pct

    Whenever a building or use is changed or enlarged ... to create a need ... for an increase in parking spaces of 10% or more, such additional spaces shall be provided.

  • Fractional parking space rounding

    Parking computations yielding fractional spaces of one-half and above shall be rounded up to the next whole number, and fractional yields below one-half shall be rounded down.

  • All off-street parking spaces shall have an all-weather, dust-free, and impervious surface.

From the ordinance

Off-street parking standards for all zoning districts. Residential: 1BR=2 spaces, 2+BR=+1 per bedroom; business: 1 per 400 sqft net; assembly: 1 per 4 seats.
§ 157.196-157.199

Parking requirements

{
  "office": "1 per 400 sqft net floor space",
  "commercial": "1 per 400 sqft net floor space",
  "residential_1br": "2 spaces",
  "residential_2br": "3 spaces",
  "residential_3br": "4 spaces",
  "residential_4br": "5 spaces",
  "places_of_assembly": "1 per 4 seats",
  "office_old_historic": "1 per 800 sqft net floor space",
  "commercial_old_historic": "1 per 800 sqft net floor space",
  "places_of_assembly_old_historic": "1 per 8 seats (no requirement for <50 seats; for >50 seats, 1 per 8 seats for seats over 50)"
}