(a)

These provisions for offstreet parking are intended to address the offstreet parking demands created by various land uses within the county. The standards established within this section are designed to protect the health, safety and welfare of the county by accommodating parked vehicles in a safe and functional manner with consideration given to the stormwater quality and quantity impacts of impervious parking areas.

(b)

No commercial-type vehicle, defined as any vehicle with a curb weight exceeding 9,000 pounds, shall be parked or stored in an R-E, R-1, R-2, R-3, or MHR zoning district, other than:

(1)

Such vehicles that are completely enclosed in a building or structure or completely screened from view of any public road;

(2)

Campers, recreational and other similarly used vehicles;

(3)

School buses or other similar vehicles used for public or private educational purposes.

(c)

No recreational vehicles shall be used for living or business purposes, or otherwise connected to utility services unless located in an approved campground or used for less than seven days, as approved by the administrator, for temporary use by any immediate family members.

(d)

All required offstreet parking shall be located on the same lot as the use requiring the parking except under the following conditions:

(1)

Required parking spaces are on a contiguous lot under the same ownership or in a permanent parking easement on contiguous property. Contiguous lots providing parking for more than one use shall provide sufficient spaces to comply with the parking requirements for all uses.

(2)

For use types other than residential uses, required parking spaces may be located up to 600 feet away from the use that requires the parking spaces, so long as the property providing the parking is under the same ownership or is in a permanent parking space contractual easement for use of the parking spaces.

(e)

The number of handicap accessible parking spaces shall be provided as required in the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (VUSBC).

(f)

All required offstreet parking spaces may be located within any required yard unless the yard is required for screening buffering or landscaping purposes.

(Ord. No. O-14-24, 10-28-2014)

(a)

All parking areas, access aisles and driveways shall be paved with a dust-free all-weather surface such as asphalt, concrete, or other hard surface, except as permitted by the administrator:

(1)

Gravel parking areas under an approved site plan for temporary, overflow parking such as at a church, historic structure or other nonprofit or tax exempt land use; or

(2)

Offstreet parking areas may be constructed using durable pervious materials such as porous pavement or grid block type pavers. Any offstreet parking areas constructed of these material types shall not be considered as part of the lot coverage calculations for the use.

(b)

Bases must be well compacted and well drained and soft clay or heavy truck traffic necessitates a heavier base. Accepted bases for driveways are bank run gravel or stones up to inch in size, sandy gravel, crushed stone 1½ or 2½ inches in size slag or other inorganic porous materials as approved by the administrator.

(Ord. No. O-14-24, 10-28-2014)

(a)

All offstreet parking areas shall be designed to provide safe vehicle access to a public road and safe delineated pedestrian access from parking spaces and/or to pedestrian sidewalks to the use or structure being served by the parking area.

(b)

Aisles between rows of parking and aisles providing access to parking areas shall comply with these design standards. Cross-access easements shall be established in all new parking areas which shall permit the connection or eventual connection of parking areas on adjoining lots.

(c)

The minimum width of a driveway shall be ten feet for a single lane and 20 feet for a double lane. Minimum aisle dimensions and adequate backup space shall be provided for all parking spaces. The minimum width of drive-in window aisles shall be ten feet.

(d)

Parking spaces shall have a minimum width of nine feet and a minimum depth of 18 feet except as specifically listed:

(1)

When parking spaces are adjacent to landscaped areas, the paved depth of such spaces may be decreased by two feet to provide for a vehicle overhang area provided there are bumper blocks for safety.

(2)

Spaces for compact vehicles may provide up to 30 percent of the required spaces. Compact spaces shall be located in groups of five contiguous spaces and should be located near the building. They shall have a minimum width of eight feet and a minimum depth of 16 feet. These spaces shall be clearly marked as reserved for compact vehicles by small signage or by pavement markings.

(3)

Spaces for motorcycles, motor scooters, or other licensed vehicles may provide up to ten percent of the required parking spaces. They shall have a minimum width of four feet and a minimum depth of eight feet. These spaces shall be clearly marked as motorcycle spaces by small signage or by pavement markings.

(4)

Spaces for electric vehicles (EV) and their related charging stations may provide up to ten percent of the required parking spaces. They shall have a minimum width of eight feet and a minimum depth of 16 feet. These spaces shall be clearly marked as reserved for electric vehicles and be pre-wired for charging stations.

(Ord. No. O-14-24, 10-28-2014)

(a)

When the parking requirement for a use is not defined in this section, and no similar land use is listed, the administrator shall determine the number of spaces to be provided on the premises.

(b)

There shall be provided at the time of erection of any main building or at the time any main building is being enlarged, minimum offstreet spaces shall be as follows:

(1)

In all residential districts there shall be provided either in a private garage or within the parking lot two parking spaces for single-family dwellings and one parking space per each bedroom for multifamily apartment units.

(2)

Church, high school, college and university auditoriums; theaters; stadiums and other similar places of assembly shall provide at least one parking space for every five fixed seats in such building.

(3)

Hospitals, nursing homes, and other assisted care facilities shall provide one space per employee on shift plus one space per three residents.

(4)

Educational facilities—Primary school: one space for per employee; Secondary: one space per employee plus one space for every four students in 11th and 12th grades; Collegiate: one space per employee plus one space for every student enrolled at the college campus.

(5)

Medical and dental offices shall provide at least ten parking spaces. Three additional parking spaces shall be furnished for each doctor or each dentist having offices in excess of three doctors or dentists in the medical practice.

(6)

Professional office buildings shall provide six parking spaces for the first 1,000 square feet of leasable space, after which an additional parking space shall be provided for each 500 square feet of leasable office space.

(7)

Financial institutions shall provide three spaces per 1,000 square feet of leasable office space plus the required drive-through stacking spaces for the windows and ATM lanes.

(8)

Automobile repair services shall provide two spaces per repair bay plus one space per employee on shift.

(9)

Commercial indoor recreational shall provide one space per four persons based upon maximum occupancy plus one space per employee on shift.

(10)

Commercial outdoor recreational shall provide one space per golf hole or driving range tee area; two spaces per tennis court; and one space per participant in other outdoor sporting events at the complex.

(11)

Hotel and extended stay lodging shall provide one space per guest room plus one space per employee per shift.

(12)

Retail stores shall provide one parking space for each 500 square feet of retail floor space in the building. Convenience stores shall also provide one space at each gas pump dispenser in lieu of additional parking spaces.

(13)

Restaurants shall provide one space per four seats plus one space per employee on shift; drive-through lanes also provide stacking spaces.

(14)

Manufacturing and warehousing facilities shall provide one space per employee on shift and one space per each truck driver on shift.

(15)

Mini-warehouse complexes shall provide two parking spaces for the resident managers plus two spaces per 100 storage units and to provide parking for any rental trucks as an accessory to the mini-storage complex.

(16)

Specific parking requirements shall be determined by the administrator based on requirements for similar uses, location of the proposed land use, and the expected demand and traffic generated by the proposed land use.

The following contains minimum parking requirements for land uses with elements having different functions. The administrator shall consider and decide the minimum parking required for land uses containing a mixture of these and other similar elements:

a.

Indoor sales, display or service area shall be one space per 500 square feet and outdoor sales, display or service area shall be one space per 2,000 square feet typically during holiday or seasonal retail sales periods.

b.

General equipment servicing or manufacturing shall be one space per 1,000 square feet and industrial indoor warehousing or outdoor storage shall be one space per 5,000 square feet of screened storage yard space.

(Ord. No. O-14-24, 10-28-2014)

(a)

Stacking spaces shall be provided for any use having a drive-through facility or having drop-off and pick-up areas. The following shall apply:

(1)

Stacking spaces shall not impede on and off-site movements, shall not cross or pass through offstreet parking areas and shall not create potentially unsafe conditions.

(2)

Drive-through lanes shall be separated from offstreet parking areas with individual lanes being marked or otherwise delineated.

(3)

Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of nine feet in width by 20 feet in length to accommodate box delivery trucks.

(b)

Stacking spaces shall be provided as follows:

(1)

Financial institutions shall provide five stacking spaces for the first drive-through window and two stacking spaces for each additional window or for each automatic teller machine (ATM).

(2)

Vehicle washes shall provide four stacking spaces per wash bay.

(3)

Restaurants shall provide six stacking spaces per drive-through window and shall be measured from the restaurant ordering station.

(4)

All other uses containing drive-through facilities shall provide a minimum of three stacking spaces for each window or machine.

(Ord. No. O-14-24, 10-28-2014)

(a)

All offstreet loading spaces and their aisles and driveways shall not be reduced in any manner except upon approval by the administrator when a change in land use or building size reduces the number of loading spaces.

(b)

No required offstreet loading area shall be used to meet the space requirements for offstreet parking, and no loading area shall interfere with the site circulation within the required offstreet parking area.

(c)

All offstreet loading spaces shall have safe and convenient access to a road. If any spaces are contiguous to a road, the loading space shall be curbed for proper site access and for stormwater drainage purposes.

(d)

When a building includes a combination of uses, the required number of loading spaces will be the sum of the required loading spaces for each use. In no case shall the development be required to provide in excess of five loading spaces.

(Ord. No. O-14-24, 10-28-2014)

(a)

Retail sales, automobile dealerships and restaurants shall provide one loading space up to 15,000 square feet; two spaces 15,001 to 40,000 square feet; three spaces 40,001 to 100,000 square feet; four spaces 100,001 to 300,000 square feet and five spaces over 300,000 square feet. Note: Square footage is based upon the structure size.

(b)

Industrial warehousing and distribution facilities shall provide one loading space up to 40,000 square feet; two spaces 40,001 to 70,000 square feet; three spaces 70,001 to 100,000 square feet; four spaces 100,001 to 150,000 square feet and five spaces over 150,000 square feet of storage space.

(c)

Professional and medical offices and financial institutions shall provide one loading space up to 40,000 square feet; two spaces 40,001 to 100,000 square feet; three spaces 100,001 to 300,000 square feet; and four spaces over 300,000 square feet.

(d)

Extended stay lodging, hotels, hospitals, nursing homes and educational facilities shall provide one loading space up to 100,000 square feet; two spaces 100,001 to 200,000 square feet; and three spaces over 200,000 square feet.

(Ord. No. O-14-24, 10-28-2014)