Mineral City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Special Provisions
§ 425-53 Minimum off-street parking.
There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building minimum off-street parking space with adequate provision for ingress and egress by standard-sized automobiles, as follows:
A.
Residential Limited District. Two spaces for single-family dwellings. See below for provisions on other permitted uses.
B.
Residential General District.
[Amended 9-12-1988]
(1)
There shall be provided, either in a private garage or on the lot, space for parking of one automobile for each dwelling unit in a new dwelling, apartment building or other building housing people, or for any unit added to any dwelling, apartment building or other building in case of the enlargement of an existing building.
(2)
Each person in addition to a family occupying a separate room in dormitories, boardinghouses or any other building housing people shall be considered a separate unit in such building or dwelling.
C.
Tourist homes and motels shall provide on the lot parking space for one automobile for each accommodation.
D.
Any commercial building hereafter erected or converted shall provide one parking space for each 300 square feet of business floor space in the building. Any restaurant or establishment hereafter erected that serves meals, lunches or drinks to patrons either in their cars or in the building shall provide one parking space for each 200 square feet of business floor space in the building; provided, however, that two or more establishments may provide necessary parking space upon a single parcel of land.
E.
Any church, theater, auditorium, stadium, funeral home or chapel, or any other structure involving the assembling of persons, shall provide on the same lot or within 1,000 feet thereof, together with means of ingress and egress thereto, one parking space for each eight seats provided in the structure.
F.
Any hospital or sanitarium shall provide on the same lot or in the immediate vicinity, together with ingress and egress thereto, space for the standing of cars used by patients or their guests at the scale of one space for each three beds.
G.
Space shall be provided for the loading and unloading of trucks and commercial vehicles serving commercial buildings.
H.
Industrial establishments shall provide, on the lot, parking space for one automobile for each four employees.
§ 425-54 Trailer courts. [1]
A.
Trailer courts shall be subject to an annual license for which a fee established by the Town Council shall be assessed, and no trailer court shall continue its operations without such annual license having been obtained.[2]
B.
Area requirements. For each trailer space within a trailer court designated to accommodate one trailer there shall be provided not less than 2,700 square feet of area which shall front on an internal trailer court street, road, or right-of-way.
C.
Width. Each trailer space shall have a minimum width of not less than 35 feet.
D.
Distance between trailers. Parking spaces for trailers shall be so arranged as to provide a distance of not less than 20 feet between adjacent trailers.
E.
Sanitary facilities. Each trailer space shall be provided with individual water and sewer connections.
F.
Electrical connections. Each trailer space shall be provided with electrical outlets installed in accordance with the National Electrical Code.
G.
Outside toilets forbidden. No trailer court shall have outside toilet or toilet facilities which are not connected to a sewage disposal system.
§ 425-55 Widening of highways and streets. [1]
Whenever there shall be plans in existence, approved by either the State Department of Transportation or by the Town Council, for the widening of any street or highway within the Town, the Planning Commission may recommend additional front yard setbacks for any new construction or for any structures altered or remodeled adjacent to the future planned right-of-way, in order to preserve and protect the rights-of-way for such proposed street or highway widening.
§ 425-56 Uses not provided for.
Whenever in any district established under this chapter a use is not specifically permitted or denied and an application is made to the Zoning Administrator for such use, the Zoning Administrator shall refer the application to the Planning Commission, which shall make its recommendations to the Council within 30 days. The Council may then approve or deny the application in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and § 15.2-2204, Code of Virginia, as amended.
§ 425-57 Conditional use permit.
Where specified in this chapter the governing body shall require the issuance of a conditional use permit (in addition to other required permits). These permits shall be subject to such conditions as the governing body deems necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter. No such conditional use permit shall be issued except after public notice and hearing as provided for in § 15.2-2204, Code of Virginia, as amended.