(a) Each off-street parking space required by this article shall have a minimum length of 20 feet and a minimum width of 10 feet. It shall have vehicular access to a publicly dedicated street or alley, except as authorized in this chapter as group development or otherwise approved by Dare County.
(b) With the exception of required spaces for single-family and two-family dwelling units, sufficient maneuvering space shall be provided so that no vehicle will be required to back into the public right-of-way, private street or other established vehicular right of way or easement.
(c) No parking spaces for residential use, except for single-family and two-family use, shall be located in the required front yard.
(d) Required parking spaces and driveways for other than single-family uses shall be graded, improved and maintained in a manner in which will provide a dust free surface, permitting safe and convenient use in all weather conditions.
(e) Required off-street parking spaces are permanent areas and shall not be used for any other above ground purpose.
(f) For uses not specifically mentioned in this article, off-street parking requirements shall be applied by the Planning Director, based upon requirements for similar uses established herein.
(g) All space requirements, which are based upon employment, shall be computed on the basis of the greatest number of persons on duty at any one period during the day or night. In instances where calculations that indicate a portion of one space is required, an additional full space shall be provided.
(h) Each application for a development approval or certification of compliance submitted to the Planning Director shall include information as to the location and dimensions of off-street parking and loading space and the means of ingress and egress to such space. This information shall be in sufficient detail to enable the Planning Director to determine whether or not the requirements of this article are met.
(i) The required parking space for any number of separate uses may be combined in one lot, but the required space assigned to one use may not be assigned to another use; except, that one-half of the parking space required for churches, theaters or assembly halls whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays.
(j) If the off-street parking space required by this article in any district except a residential district cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot on which the principal use is located, such space may be provided on any land within 400 feet of the main entrance to such principal use. Such land shall be used for no other purpose so long as no other adequate provisions of parking space meeting the requirements of this article have been made for the principal use. In such cases, the applicant for a development approval for the principal use shall submit with the application for a development approval an instrument duly executed and acknowledged, which subjects such land to parking use in connection with the principal use for which it is made available for a period of 20 years, with an option for renewal for an additional period of 10 years. The applicant shall deposit the necessary fee, and upon the issuance of a development approval, the Planning Director shall cause such instrument to be registered in the office of the Register of Deeds of the county.
(k) Any off-street parking space required by any use permitted in any residential district shall be provided on the same lot with the use by which it is required. Off-street parking space in conjunction with commercial and industrial uses in other districts shall not be permitted in a residential district.
(l) Where off-street parking is provided between the building line and the street right-of-way line for any business use, a buffer strip of at least five feet in width shall be provided adjacent to such street right-of-way line. Curb cuts through such buffer strips shall be located no closer than 30 feet, unless otherwise approved by Dare County. (11-20-75, art. 6, 6.01)
(Am. Ord. passed 6-21-2021)