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Peachland Zoning Ordinance
Article 8
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
Section 8.1 Off-Street Parking Requirements
Every new use, or an enlargement, expansion or alteration of an existing use shall require off-street parking in compliance with this Article.
8.1.1 Off-street parking spaces shall be increased when a change of use of either a structure or of land requires additional parking spaces in compliance with this Article. Parking spaces may be decreased when a change of use in either of structure or of land requires less spaces than provided for the replaced use.
8.1.2 A one-time enlargement of a structure or increase in the amount of land used may be made for existing uses deficient in off-street parking, provided that the enlargement or increase does not represent a requirement in excess of five (5) off-street parking spaces. In the event that such increase represents a requirement in excess of five (5) off-street parking spaces, such increase shall require complete compliance with the provisions of this Article for the entire use.
A certificate of occupancy will not be issued for any use until all off-street parking and loading requirements in accordance with this ordinance have been met and are in place and ready for use.
Section 8.2 Location of Off-Street Parking
8.2.1 Off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the same lot as the principal use except that when such parking cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot, it shall be provided on a separate lot, fifty (50%) percent or more of which is located within five-hundred (500) feet of the principal use. All such off-street parking areas located in a Residential (R) district shall require the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit by the Town Council in accordance with Article 10.
8.2.2 Cooperative provisions for off-street parking may be made by contract between owners of adjacent properties, and such contract shall be filed with the Administrator.
The parking area provided on any one lot may be reduced to not less than one-half the parking spaces required for the use occupying such lot. Such cooperative parking shall not be less than the sum of the parking spaces for the uses computed separately.
8.2.3 No parking area shall be located over an active septic tank field.
8.2.4 The temporary parking or storage of mobile homes shall be prohibited in all areas not zoned for mobile homes (excluding mobile home sales lots or when in use on a temporary basis in accordance with Section 7.8 of this Ordinance).
Section 8.3 Design Standards
8.3.1 A parking space shall be not less than nine (9) feet in width nor less than twenty (20) feet in length. In lots of more than twenty (20) spaces, compact stalls may be permitted on the basis of one compact stall to each five (5) standard stalls. Each compact stall shall be seven (7) feet wide and seventeen (17) feet long, and shall be clearly marked, "small cars only". All parking stalls shall be clearly marked and such markings shall be maintained so as to be easily seen.
8.3.2 Parking bays shall be designed in accordance with accepted standard practice for parking at various angles, with aisles being of such widths as to permit the entering and leaving of a parking space with ease and safety.
8.3.3 Access to all required off-street parking areas shall be by roads adequate in width to accommodate two-way traffic. Except by way of approved driveways, access from or egress to a public road from a parking area shall be expressly prohibited. Adequate provisions shall be made to insure compliance by the use of fences, walls, wheel stops or landscaping, or a combination of these devices.
8.3.4 Driveways shall be considered as providing off-street parking spaces for all single-family dwellings.
8.3.5 All off-street parking areas shall be constructed in a manner that contamination by dust or dust clouds will not exist. This shall be accomplished by concrete, black top, crushed gravel or other non-dust producing surface.
8.3.6 Permits for driveway locations on State maintained roads shall be obtained from the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
8.3.7 Storm drainage facilities where required, shall be so designed as to protect any public right-of-way or adjacent property from damage.
Section 8.4 Computation of Off-Street Spaces
8.4.1 When units of measurement determining the number of required parking spaces result in a fractional space, any fraction of one-half (1/2) or more shall require one (1) parking space.
8.4.2 Where seats consist of pews or benches, each twenty (20) inches of pew or bench shall be considered as one seat.
8.4.3 For the purpose of computing parking requirements based on the number of employees, the owners or managers shall also be considered employees.
8.4.4 Lots containing more than one principal use shall provide parking in the amount equal to the total of the requirements for each use.
Pages 72, 73, 74
Pages 69, 70, 71 Table of Contents Pages 75,76, 77, 78
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