Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- public transit route
- Applies within
- 1,200 ft
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all districts; reductions for on-street parking and transit proximity
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Parking
- Parking space delineation
Parking spaces shall be delineated by markings on the pavement surface.
- Driveway standards
The location and design of all curb cuts and entrance and exit driveways connecting with public streets shall conform to the standards of the Virginia Department of Transportation
- Handicap parking
Off-street parking spaces accessible to persons with disabilities shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.
- Maximum parking area grade10 pct
No finished grade within any parking area shall exceed ten percent
- Off-site parking allowed in certain districts
Required off-street parking spaces may be located off the premises in the form of off-site, off-street parking, when all of the following conditions are met: ... within 500 feet by normal pedestrian route ...
- On-street parking reduction1 space per 20 ft frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
The total number of required off-street parking spaces ... may be reduced by one space for every 20 feet of lot frontage on a street
- Parallel parking space length22 ft
22 feet in length
- Parallel parking space width8 ft
spaces arranged parallel to their means of access shall be not less than eight feet in width
- Parking space length18 ft
18 feet in length
- Parking space width9 ft
not less than nine feet in width
- Paving required for parking areas5 spaces
Parking areas containing five or more spaces and all related entrances, exits and driveways shall be paved
- Pervious surfacing allowed
The use of pervious or semi-pervious parking lot surfacing materials ... may be approved for off street parking and loading areas except on industrial and other sites where there is reasonable expectation that petroleum and other chemical products will be spilled
- Transit proximity distance1,200 ft
within 1,200 feet of a public transit route
- Transit proximity parking reduction80 pct
Where a use is located within 1,200 feet of a public transit route, the total number of required off-street parking spaces ... may be reduced to 80 percent
- Vehicle overhang allowance30 in
Up to 30 inches of the required length of off-street parking spaces may be provided as vehicle overhang area
From the ordinance
The minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for particular uses shall be as set forth in the following schedule. ... Off-street parking shall not be required for uses in the CB central business district, except hotels, motels, tourist homes and bed and breakfast establishments, and dwelling units in a building with nonresidential use. ... reduction for on-street parking ... reduction for proximity to public transit ... parking space dimensions: nine feet in width and 18 feet in length