Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Parking must be accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. to permitted use
Such parking area shall be incidental to, and accessory to, a use permitted in the zone in which the property is located or shall be incidental to, and accessory to, a commercial or industrial use located in a commercial or industrial zone immediately adjacent to the zone in which the property is located.
- Parking must be adjacent to site
Such parking area shall be so located that its boundary shall be adjacent to the site of the establishment to which it is accessory, except that the parking area may be separated from such site by an alley.
- Parking for private passenger vehicles only
Such parking area shall be used solely for the parking of private passenger vehicles.
- Maximum sign area8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No sign of any kind, other than one designating entrances, exits, or conditions of use, shall be maintained on any such parking lot. Any such sign shall not exceed eight square feet in area.
From the ordinance
Every parking area located in an R zone shall be governed by the following provisions in addition to those required by § 10-3.1206 of this subchapter: