Blacksburg

All driveways shall be no less than three (3) feet from a lot line; however, driveways may be adjacent to the lot line if a common driveway is provided for two (2) adjoining lots. ... The minimum driveway width for developments requiring a site development plan shall be twenty (20) feet for two-way directional use and fourteen (14) feet for one-way directional use. ... All driveways shall have a maximum grade of twelve (12) percent overall. ... All driveways and drive aisles shall not be longer than nine hundred (900) feet.

A parking space for an automobile shall have dimensions as specified in the charts and diagrams below:

Parking bays areas, driveways and interior drive aisles shall be constructed with asphalt or concrete. Alternative surfaces may be used if approved by the Administrator. ... Parking bays or travel lanes constructed of an approved pervious pavement material may be excluded from lot coverage calculations.

When a building includes a combination of uses as set forth in this Division the required parking will be the sum of the required parking for each use. ... All references to square feet (sq. ft.) in the parking requirements below shall mean the square feet of gross floor area.

The minimum number of parking spaces may be reduced upon the approval of a mass or alternate transportation plan, which details arrangements for the mass or alternate transit of potential visitors to the site, including residents, employees and customers.

The number of parking spaces reserved for the disabled shall comply with the federal regulations promulgated pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

For developments that require a site development plan as set forth in article V, division 1 of this ordinance, facilities for the off-street parking of bicycles shall be provided as follows: ... Required bicycle stands must be permanently anchored. ... Required bicycle stands must be of inverted U construction.

Motorcycle and scooter spaces are not required for parking areas with twenty (20) or fewer required parking spaces. ... Every two (2) motorcycle and scooter spaces count as one (1) parking space in parking calculations. ... Motorcycle and scooter spaces shall be a minimum of four and one-half (4½) feet in width by eight (8) feet in length.

Compact parking spaces may comprise up to thirty (30) percent of any parking area. Compact parking spaces shall be signed or marked as compact spaces.

A minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided, except in the Downtown Commercial Zoning District, in accordance with the following schedule. ... There is no minimum number of parking spaces required for allowed uses in the Downtown Commercial District. ... When transit service is available within a one-quarter (¼) mile of the site, measured as a pedestrian would walk to the transit stop, and the transit service provides thirty (30) minute peak hour service on a regular schedule then a fifteen (15) percent reduction would be permitted.

There is no minimum number of parking spaces required for allowed uses in the Downtown Commercial District.

Off-site spaces shall be within one thousand (1,000) feet walking distance use, as measured from the parking area entrance along pedestrian walkways, of the primary entrance to the building or use. The minimum required number of parking spaces for the combined uses may be reduced by twenty (20) percent for shared parking when hours of operation overlap.

Off-street parking spaces may be located on the same lot as the structure or use or off-site, under all of the following conditions: ... Off-site spaces shall be within one thousand (1,000) feet walking distance use, as measured from the parking area entrance along pedestrian walkways, of the primary entrance to the building or use.

Two (2) or more uses may share parking without providing the minimum number of on-site required spaces for each use, under all the following conditions: ... The minimum required number of parking spaces for the combined uses may be reduced by twenty (20) percent for shared parking when hours of operation overlap.

Each stacking space shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet. ... Financial institutions with drive-through windows: Four (4) stacking spaces for the first drive-through window and two (2) stacking spaces for each additional window. ... Drive-in or fast food restaurant: Three (3) stacking spaces per drive-through window measured from the order board or station.

All required off-street loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the structure or use. ... Loading spaces facing a street shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in width unless screened so as not to be visible from the right-of-way. ... No loading space shall be located within the front yard setback applicable in any residential, office or commercial or industrial district.

A loading space shall consist of a rectangular area of one (1) or more of the following classes: (1) Class A. An area at least fourteen (14) feet by fifty-five (55) feet having a vertical clearance of fifteen (15) feet or more... (2) Class B. An area at least twelve (12) feet by thirty (30) feet having a vertical clearance of fifteen (15) feet or more.

A loading space shall consist of a rectangular area of one (1) or more of the following classes: 1. Class A. An area at least fourteen (14) feet by fifty-five (55) feet having a vertical clearance of fifteen (15) feet or more, plus adequate area for ingress and egress. 2. Class B. An area at least twelve (12) feet by thirty (30) feet having a vertical clearance of fifteen (15) feet or more, plus adequate area for ingress and egress.

Except in the Downtown Commercial Zoning district, and except as provided below, loading spaces shall be provided for retailing, wholesaling, warehousing, processing and similar activities or uses in accordance with the following schedule. ... The Administrator may substitute a Class A space for a Class B space if tractor-trailer use is expected.

A buffer yard shall be required of any lot in any zoning district when the lot in that district abuts a zoning district of lower intensity. The maximum slope of any buffer yard shall be 2H:1V.