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.
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(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.
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.
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.
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.