Land use · Williamsburg, Virginia

parking lot

Named in 1 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Williamsburg’s own text settles what this covers.

interior to the lot or development parcel. Open space shall not include driveways, parking lots , other vehicular surfaces, or any area occupied by a building, or the surface area of any water bodies or watercourses whose

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where the base flood elevation is known and the proposed development is a parking lot . If the proposed development is a parking lot, the floodplain administrator shall require the applicant to provide an elevation certificate; (30)

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be provided between the sidewalk and the curb or edge of driveway or parking lot pavement. These sidewalks shall be connected to the sidewalks along the public streets contiguous to the project. If no sidewalks exist

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is addressed by the parking master plan. (2) Location of existing and proposed parking lots . (3) Location of existing and proposed onstreet parking. (4) Pedestrian circulation. (5) Mass transit facilities provided. (6) The city may, at

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permitted: One, but where the business has a rear entrance from an adjacent parking lot , one additional freestanding sign may be placed at the rear entrance. 2. Maximum sign area: 32 square feet. 3. Maximum height:

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.