Sec. 5-301 to 5-305
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Parking
- Prohibition on backing onto public road
New parking spaces that require backing out onto a public road shall be prohibited.
- Disabled parking space dimensions
All spaces for disabled parking shall have minimum dimensions of 13 feet by 20 feet.
- Maximum gradient for disabled parking1 ft per 20 ft
At no point shall the gradient exceed one foot rise or fall in 20 feet.
- Driveway width for one-way traffic
driveways shall be not less than ten feet or exceed 15 feet in width for one-way traffic
- Driveway width for two-way traffic
less than 18 feet or exceed 30 feet in width for two-way traffic
- Minimum distance from intersection50 ft
exits and entrances shall not be located within 50 feet of a street intersection or be greater than 50 feet in width.
- Rounding of fractional parking spaces
Where a fractional space results during calculation of required parking, the required number of parking spaces shall be construed to be the next highest whole number.
- Minimum length for parallel parking22 ft
Wherever parking areas consist of spaces set aside for parallel parking, the dimensions of such parking spaces shall be not less than 22 feet in length.
- Maximum distance for off-site parking300 ft
required spaces may be located and maintained not to exceed 300 feet from an institutional building or other non-residential building served.
- Parking space dimensions for gravel lots
parking spaces in gravel or similarly surfaced parking lots shall be ten feet wide by 20 feet long.
From the ordinance
When any building or structure is hereafter erected or structurally altered, or any building or structure hereafter erected is converted, accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided as follows...