Sec. 18-1-1.1

Two means of exit must be available from a bedroom, with one being a door or window leading directly to the exterior. A window exit must have a width of at least 20 inches, a height of at least 24 inches, and a clear opening at least 5.7 square feet in area. A window sill may be a maximum of 44 inches.

No building or structure shall be used or occupied except in accordance with a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the City's building code official.

a Conditional Use Permit shall expire immediately upon any of the following occurrences: a) the use does not commence within one year of approval; b) the use ceases for more than one year; or, c) the use changes to another use allowed in the district.

the applicant shall produce satisfactory evidence that any delinquent real estate taxes owed to the City of Winchester which have been properly assessed against the subject property have been paid.

In any district in which residential uses are allowed or legally exist, a Dwelling Unit... must be used for occupancy by a Family... for residential purposes as its principal use.

The maximum number of adult occupants permitted in a dwelling unit is based upon the size of the entire dwelling unit.

One occupant per bedroom requires at least 70 square feet of bedroom floor area. Two or more occupants requires at least 50 square feet of bedroom floor area per person.

No recreational vehicle (RV)... shall be used for living, sleeping, or other occupancy when parked and/or stored on any property within the City.

For Single-Family Detached and Two-Family Dwellings, recreational vehicles exceeding an average height of 84" shall be parked on an improved surface behind the front and corner-side yard lines of the main building and shall not exceed two recreational vehicles per dwelling.

For Townhouse developments and Multiple-Family Dwellings, recreational vehicles shall be parked on an improved surface behind the front and corner-side yard setback lines and within a clearly designated area noted on the site plan... The maximum number of recreational vehicles per dwelling unit shall be equivalent to no more than one such vehicle per five dwelling units.

Recreational vehicles that exceed an average height of 84" may be parked on an improved surface within the front or corner-side yard of the main building for a period not exceeding 48 hours within a 30 continuous day period for maintenance, loading, and unloading purposes

Sleeping rooms built after 1996 must have an electrically-powered smoke detector, interconnected with smoke detectors in other sleeping rooms.

Transient use of a dwelling unit, other than a group home, assisted living facility, homeshare or short term rental... is not permitted in any district, without either a zoning use permit, conditional use permit or a certificate of nonconforming use as may be required by this Ordinance.

the zoning use permit shall be issued within five working days after the complete application for the same has been made.

A zoning use permit shall be obtained from the Administrator for any of the following... (a) Occupancy and use of a building hereafter erected. (b) Change in the use of an existing building. (c) Occupancy and use of vacant land, except for any agricultural use. (d) Change in the use of land, except for any agricultural use. (e) Any change in the intensity or scope of a nonconforming use. (f) Enlargement of any use...

No off-street parking area shall be designed to permit backing out directly onto a public street.

Constructed of steel not less than four inches in diameter; Spaced not more than four feet between posts on center; Set no less than three feet deep in a concrete footing of not less than 15 inches diameter; Set with the top of the posts not less than three feet above finished grade; and Located no less than three feet from any protected object.

In parking areas containing more than ten parking spaces, the Director of Planning may allow up to 30 percent of the required off-street parking spaces to be designed for compact cars. All compact spaces shall be clearly marked as such. The required minimum width for compact spaces is eight feet.

For all Category I Streets (per Subdivision Ordinance Section 2-2-31) minimum required spacing shall be 60 feet.

When the units of measurements determining the number of required parking spaces result in the requirements of a fractional space, any fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded, and fractions over one-half shall require one additional parking space.

For properties and sites containing multifamily and townhouse dwelling residential uses with three or more bedrooms, an attached or detached garage bay may be counted as one required off-street parking space if: (i) The garage bay provides an unobstructed parking surface at a minimum of 11 feet wide by 21 feet in length (depth); (ii) The garage be on the same property or site as the dwelling it serves; ... and (iii) At least one additional parking space that meets off-street parking site plan standards is provided either on-site on the same property or on-site in a shared off-street parking area.

Parking areas and access driveways located within a required front or corner-side yard on residential lots improved with a single-family dwelling shall not consist of gravel.

All required handicapped parking spaces must be located on-site.

Such space shall be a minimum of ten feet in width, 25 feet in length, and 15 feet in height.

All required loading spaces for a use or structure must be located on-site.

In the case of mixed uses, the parking spaces required shall equal the sum of the requirements of the various uses computed separately, except as otherwise provided in this Article.

Off-site spaces shall be within 700 feet of the use or structure served. For the purpose of this requirement, distance from parking spaces to the use or structure served shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest parking space to the use served. However, no space shall be more than 1,200 feet away from the use or structure served as measured along a traversable pedestrian route.

be subject to arrangements (such as long-term lease, recorded easement, etc., providing the required parking arrangements for a period of at least 25 years) as will assure the availability of such space for the duration of the use or structure to be served.

Where off-street parking area... does not exist; and, where there is no enlargement of the existing structure, a minimum of 80 percent of the total required off-street parking for the use(s) shall be provided.

In all cases, when the change of use generates an off-street parking area requirement for no more than five vehicles and where there exists on-street parking, no additional parking is required.

Where the enlargement is less than 25 percent of the structure's gross floor area, but not more than 1,000 square feet, no additional parking is required.

Such off-street parking areas shall be maintained and continued as long as the use is continued.

Every use or structure instituted, constructed, erected, enlarged, or structurally altered after the effective date of this Ordinance shall provide off-street parking areas in accordance with the provisions of this article

No off-street parking area required or provided for any use other than single-family detached residential shall be situated within ten feet of any front or corner side property line nor within five feet of any side or rear property line

In the Central Business District (B-1) and Residential Business (RB-1) zones, where off-street parking areas shall not be situated within four feet of front and corner

Along side or rear property lines of any lots in districts other than B-1 and RB-1 districts abutting a residential zoning district where the abutting property is vacant or residentially used, in which case a 15-foot-wide buffer area shall be provided

Along side or rear property lines of any lots in the B-1 and RB-1 districts abutting a residential zoning district where the abutting property is vacant or residentially used, in which case a six-foot-wide buffer area shall be provided if the parking serves any use other than residential.

Whenever five or more parking spaces are provided, such spaces shall be delineated by painted lines, curb stops, signs, or other acceptable means that will ensure the availability of the required number of parking spaces.

off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with a minimum of two inches of compacted bituminous concrete on a suitable base

For properties containing the residential use and occupancy of a single-family detached dwelling, parking area and access driveway surfaces shall be designed and improved using accepted engineering practices for usability and longevity with asphalt, concrete, unit pavers or similar material approved by the City Engineer

Driveways in front and corner-side yards of lots improved with single family detached dwellings shall not exceed 20 feet in width for the first ten feet adjacent to the front lot line and shall not encumber more than 35 percent of said yard

Off-street parking for single-family detached dwellings shall be exempt from all provisions of this Article except for Sections 18-6-3.5 and 18-6-5.

Required off-street parking spaces for single-family detached dwellings shall be at least nine feet wide and 21 feet in length.

Such space shall be a minimum of 8.5 feet in width and 18 feet in length.

Trucks or buses of over one-half ton shall not be parked in any required front yard in a residential district, except for purposes of making pickup or deliveries.