Powhatan County Unincorporated

An existing parcel fronting Route 711 may have a single driveway access connection on Route 711, provided that additional driveway connections on Route 711 may be allowed where the parcel has 625 feet or more of frontage along Route 711.

Except that the following modified development standards shall apply within the 711 Village Special Area Plan in addition to the standards in article VIII: Development Standards. (1) Access and circulation. a. An existing parcel fronting Route 711 may have a single driveway access connection on Route 711, provided that additional driveway connections on Route 711 may be allowed where the parcel has 625 feet or more of frontage along Route 711 or where a traffic impact analysis demonstrates that proposed additional driveway connections will improve the safety and efficiency of travel along Route 711. b. Access to new lots created along Route 711 shall be provided via shared access, service drives, and/or internal subdivision streets. c. Residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments shall provide right turn lanes/tapers from Route 711 into the development site that are at least 400 feet long, and shall provide left turn lanes from Route 711 into the development site where recommended by VDOT.

All off-street parking areas in village growth area districts shall be separated at least five feet from buildings to allow room for pedestrian movement and/or landscaping between the building and the parking area.

For any use listed under the commercial use classification in table 83-455(d)(1), Minimum number of off-street parking spaces, the number of off-street parking spaces shall not exceed 125 percent of the minimum number of parking spaces required, except as may be allowed through approval of an alternative parking plan in accordance with subsection (g), Off-street parking alternatives, below.

Each compact car parking space shall be at least eight feet wide and 16 feet deep.

All off-street parking spaces must have a minimum overhead clearance of seven feet.

Up to 50 percent of the number of parking spaces required for a use may be used to satisfy the number of parking spaces required for other uses that generate parking demands during different times of the day or different days of the week.

Off-site parking may not be used to satisfy the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for residential uses (except for guest parking), restaurants, convenience stores, or other convenience-oriented uses, and may be used to satisfy no more than 50 percent of the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for any other use.

An alternative parking plan may propose to defer construction of up to 30 percent of the number of off-street parking spaces required by table 83-455(d)(1), Minimum number of off-street parking spaces, and shall comply with the following standards:

No more than 30 percent of the total number of parking spaces provided shall be designated for valet or tandem spaces.

No more than 25 percent of the off-street parking requirement is met through the use of on-street parking; and

Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet wide and 16 feet long.

All parking areas for mixed use developments and within CC District containing more than ten parking spaces shall provide bicycle racks or lockers sufficient to accommodate the parking of at least three bicycles. One additional bicycle space shall be provided for each additional 20 parking spaces. No more than ten bicycle parking spaces shall be required in any one parking area.

The size of a loading space that presumptively satisfies the needs of a medium-sized truck is at least 12 feet wide and 35 feet long, and has at least 13 feet of vertical clearance. The size of a loading space that presumptively satisfies the needs of a large-sized truck is at least 12 feet wide and 55 feet long, and has at least 14 feet of vertical clearance.

The tree save area shall generally include all area within and one foot outside the drip lines of the tree(s) to be preserved.

The following tree removal activities are exempt from the standards of this section: ... d. Tree removal activities on individual lots containing single-family detached, duplex, or manufactured home dwellings;

Deciduous canopy or shade trees shall have a caliper of at least two-and-one-half inches and shall be at least ten feet in height above ground level.

Deciduous canopy or shade trees shall have a caliper of at least two-and-one-half inches and shall be at least ten feet in height above ground level.

Perimeter landscaping strips shall be comprised of: 1. Canopy trees spaced between 40 and 50 feet on center ... 2. Evergreen shrubs planted to form a continuous, opaque hedge ... c. Width. The perimeter landscaping strip shall be a least six feet wide.

Interior landscaping area shall include at least 16 square feet of area per parking space in the vehicular use area. ... Planting islands at the ends of single loaded parking bays shall be at least 162 square feet in area. Planting islands at the ends of double-loaded bays shall be at least 324 square feet in area. The minimum width of planting islands shall be nine feet.