(a)

Unless otherwise modified or exempted in the district regulations or in Article XXVIII, there shall be provided in all districts at the time any building or structure is erected, loading spaces in conformity with the requirements of this article. In the event a building or structure is altered so as to increase its floor area, loading spaces shall be provided for such enlargement in conformity with this article.

(b)

Continued use required. Any off-street parking or loading space shall be maintained for parking or loading use, as the case may be, as long as the principal use such off-street parking or loading spaces were established to serve shall remain.

(c)

Encroachment upon existing spaces. In no case shall an addition to a building or structure be made in such a way as to reduce the number of existing loading spaces of an existing building or structure unless provisions are made elsewhere on the same premises to re-establish any required parking or loading spaces which may be removed or relocated.

(d)

Location on same premises. Except as otherwise provided, all off-street loading spaces required by this article shall be located on the same premises with the principal use such spaces are established to serve.

(e)

Ingress and egress. Ingress and egress to and from off-street parking and loading spaces shall be made through driveway openings, the location and width of which shall be determined by the city's traffic engineer.

(f)

Distinction between loading and parking spaces. Off-street loading spaces shall be exclusive of off-street parking spaces.

(g)

Parking commercial vehicles.

(1)

Parking of commercial vehicles on property in residential districts shall be limited to one (1) small commercial vehicle per parcel for any detached single-family dwelling and shall be limited to one (1) such small commercial vehicle per single-family dwelling unit on any multiple-family residential site; provided that, one (1) additional small or large commercial vehicle may be parked on the same property in an enclosed and approved accessory building. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any commercial vehicle while in the process of loading or unloading.

(2)

The parking of school buses shall be permitted on school property.

(3)

Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 45-515, pertaining to recreational vehicles.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1; Ord. No. 5204-98; Ord. No. 8027-24, § 1)

Surface lots when abutting any residential use shall be screened by privacy fencing no less than six (6) feet in height, or a seven-foot wide treed buffer planted with evergreen trees at a minimum height of eight (8) feet and no more than ten (10) feet apart, as provided in Chapter 33.02 of the City Code, except where buffer areas are required by Article XXVIII, of this chapter. Such fencing shall be designed to be architecturally compatible with, and not detract from, the surrounding neighborhood and shall be erected in a manner as to provide adequate air and light and to not obstruct clear sight vision for traffic safety purposes. The board of zoning appeals may grant a special exception for the reduction or elimination of the fencing or treed buffer, subject to the conditions prescribed in Article XXXII, section 45-3204. Where lighting is required by this or any other ordinance of the city, it shall be erected and shielded in a manner as to direct lighting inward to the property being developed and prevent glare to adjacent properties or vehicular public rights-of-way.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1; Ord. No. 5204-98)

See Design Criteria Manual, City of Newport News.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 8027-24, § 1, adopted October 22, 2022, repealed § 45-3004, which pertained to parking requirements for specific uses and derived from Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1; Ord. No. 5751-02; Ord. No. 6803-11; Ord. No. 6890-12; and Ord. No. 7436-18.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 8027-24, § 1, adopted October 22, 2022, repealed § 45-3004.1, which pertained to requirements and procedures for parking increases and derived from Ord. No. 5751-02; Ord. No. 6417-07, § 1; and Ord. No. 7765-22, § 1.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 8027-24, § 1, adopted October 22, 2022, repealed § 45-3004.2, which pertained to requirements and procedures for parking reductions using on-premises shared parking plans and derived from Ord. No. 5751-02; and Ord. No. 6417-07, § 1.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 8027-24, § 1, adopted October 22, 2022, repealed § 45-3004.3, which pertained to requirements and procedures for parking reductions for certain residential uses and derived from Ord. No. 5751-02.

Every building erected or occupied by a commercial, manufacturing or service establishment; a place of public assembly or accommodation; storage or warehouse facilities or any other enterprise or activity which is determined by the zoning administrator to involve the distribution or receiving of materials or merchandise by motor vehicles shall provide and maintain on the same premises off-street spaces for loading in conformity with the requirements of this section. Space for loading shall be a paved space of not less than twelve (12) feet by forty-five (45) feet and shall have a fourteen-foot vertically clear access from a public street or alley.

(1)

Group one. The following uses or any use similar to a use listed below shall be provided with not less than one (1) space for loading plus one (1) additional space for loading for every twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet:

a.

Retail store, or a group of related retail stores.

b.

Furniture and appliance store.

c.

Wholesale store.

d.

Household equipment store.

e.

Any establishment offering alcoholic beverages, food or refreshment for sale and consumption.

f.

Bowling alley.

g.

Funeral home or mortuary.

h.

Manufacturing and industrial uses.

i.

Place of public assembly such as convention hall, auditorium (except school) or theatre.

(2)

Group two. The following uses or any use similar to a use listed below shall be provided with not less than one (1) space for loading for every fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof:

a.

Apartment hotel building.

b.

Hotel.

c.

Dormitory or fraternity/sorority house.

d.

Hospital.

e.

Office building or medical clinic.

(3)

Group three. The following uses or any use similar to a use listed below shall be provided with not less than one (1) space for loading for every three thousand (3,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in excess of three thousand (3,000) square feet:

a.

Truck terminal, transfer or storage terminal.

b.

Distributors of food, beverages or merchandise where the principal activity is transfer of products from one (1) form of transportation to another when at least one (1) such form of transportation utilizes highway vehicles.

c.

Freight station or transportation terminal.

(Ord. No. 5028-97, § 1)