(A) All off-street parking areas designed for two or less spaces shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Shall be surfaced in accordance with section 9-4-248;
(2) Shall conform to the minimum standards in accordance with the Manual of Standards, Designs and Details;
(3) Shall have adequate ingress and egress. All uses, excluding single-family detached, two-family attached (duplex) and multi-family unit ownership lots where the lots obtain individual driveway access from an approved private street, shall be subject to subsection (B) family unit ownership lots” shall include only residential townhouse divisions approved and recorded pursuant to the subdivision regulations;
(4) All entrances and exits shall conform to the driveway regulations of the city or the state, whichever is more restrictive;
(5) Shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article G and Article L;
(6) Driveways shall be considered as providing off-street parking for residential development in accordance with subsection (A)(3) above and subject to the following standards.
(a) The area to which the driveway approach provides access shall be designed to store any vehicles using the driveway completely off the right-of-way and must be of sufficient dimension to allow the necessary functions to be carried out completely on private property within the designated parking area. Parking and/or maneuvering of vehicles shall not be permitted within any greenway, pedestrian access or bikeway easement, sidewalk and the like.
(b) Minimum length of any two-family attached (duplex) or multi-family unit ownership lot driveway shall not be less than 36 feet, as measured on center, from the street right-of-way or easement line to the end of pavement or curb stop of the longest section. The depth of an associated and qualified garage parking surface or approved carport shall count toward this requirement. Minimum length of any driveway located within a residential cluster development, approved pursuant to Article M of this chapter, shall not be less than 18-1/2 feet in the case of a driveway arranged to provide side-by-side or off-set (separated) parking, or 36 feet in the case of a driveway designed for stacked parking only.
(c) Single vehicle garages shall be considered as one parking space for purposes of this article, provided the garage has an inside parking surface dimension of not less than 12 feet wide by 18 feet deep.
(d) Double or greater vehicle garages shall be considered as one and one-half parking space for purposes of this article, provided the garage has an inside parking surface dimension of not less than 22 feet wide by 18 feet deep.
(e) Spaces for two-family attached (duplex) or multi-family unit ownership lots shall be arranged to accommodate side-by-side or off-set (separated) parking, and stacked parking shall not be considered as fulfilling the minimum parking space requirements. Nothing shall prohibit stacked parking in excess of the minimum, provided there is compliance with all other requirements.
(7) All off-street parking areas shall be separated from walkways, sidewalks, bikeways, streets or any dedicated right-of-way. To prevent vehicles from driving across these areas, except at an approved driveway approach, and to prevent parking or maneuvering vehicles from overhanging upon such areas, there shall be a six-inch raised curb or stop bar constructed between such areas and the parking area; and
(8) All off-street parking areas located upon property developed for residential uses and providing access to residents or the general public located in the area of special flood hazard as defined in section 9-6-2 shall be required to be elevated such that the lowest point in the parking area is no less than one foot below the 100- year flood elevation or no lower than the highest accessible point on the adjacent public street providing access to the site which shall be the point of entry between the development and the public street unless access is required to be provided internally. If access is provided internally through an adjacent site no point in the parking lot shall be below the lowest point along the access route to the public street.
(B) All off-street parking areas designed from three or more spaces shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Shall be surfaced in accordance with section 9-4-248;
(2) Shall conform to the minimum standards in accordance with the Manual of Standards, Design and Details;
(3) Shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article G and Article L;
(4) Sight distance requirements as set forth in Title 6, Chapter 2 of the Greenville City Code shall be observed;
(5) All entrances and exits shall conform to the driveway regulations of the city or the state, whichever is more restrictive;
(6) All parking areas will be adequately drained in accordance with the storm drainage regulations set forth by the city;
(7) All parking areas shall be so arranged that ingress and egress is by forward motion of the vehicle only. Parking bays shall be exempt from this provision;
(8) Each off-street parking space for each use shall be within 150 feet of the use it is intended to serve, except as provided by the remote parking facility standards’ listed under section 9-4-250(D), above;
(9) No parking space shall be located closer than 15 feet to a dwelling structure;
(10) Parking areas shall be designed with careful regard to orderly arrangement and topography, and shall, to the greatest extent possible, be integrated naturally into its physical setting;
(11) All uses shall provide off-street parking on the same parcel of land as the use it is intended to serve, provided however, parking may be allowed within parking bays located on private streets;
(12) One-third of the required spaces may be in parking bays within the easements of private streets, except on the turnaround portion of a cul-de-sac, provided that:
(a) Any bay shall contain no more than ten spaces;
(b) Each bay shall be separated from any other bay by a distance of at least ten feet;
(c) No more than one-fourth of the total frontage on any private street shall be devoted to parking bays; and
(d) Parking bays directly adjoining private streets will be permitted one side of the street at a time only. The parking areas may be alternated from one side of the street to the other.
(13) No parking space shall be utilized for dead storage, repair work or other similar activity;
(14) All off-street parking areas shall be separated from walkways, sidewalks, bikeways, streets or any dedicated right-of-way, to prevent vehicles from driving across these areas, except at an approved driveway approach, and to prevent parked or maneuvering vehicles from overhanging upon such areas. There shall be a six-inch raised curb or stop bar constructed between such areas and the parking area;
(15) Parking areas so designed to serve ten or more vehicles may designate a maximum of 25% of the spaces for use by compact cars only. These spaces shall conform to the requirements as set forth in the Manual of Standards, Designs and Details under “Minimum Parking Standards (Compacts Only).” These spaces shall be identified in a manner which will prohibit its occupancy by any larger vehicle;
(16) Parking areas so designed to serve ten or more vehicles, may reduce the required number of spaces by 10%, to a maximum reduction of three spaces, where off-street parking or storage of nonmotorized vehicles is provided at a rate of ten nonmotorized spaces per motorized space reduced. Nonmotorized spaces shall be conveniently located in relation to the assigned use;
(17) Where two rows or more of parking spaces are designated within the interior of any parking area, curb or elevated wheel stops shall be provided at every second bay or every fourth row of stalls extending the length or depth of the bay or stall. The wheel stop shall be at least four inches in height, six inches in depth (average) and six feet in length. The wheel stops shall be anchored in place by a method approved by the City Engineer. Each curb or elevated wheel stop separating one row of parking stalls from another shall be separated by an open space area at least five feet in width. The open spaces shall not contain asphalt, concrete or any other impervious surface except as further provided. General (public/customer) pedestrian cross walkways shall be allowed to cross the open space areas within a six-foot strip as measured perpendicular to the parking surface. Any two walkways shall be separated by not less than 50 feet as measured from center of walkway to center of walkway. General (public/customer) pedestrian sidewalks and the like shall be allowed within the open space area provided the total width of the required open space is increased in direct proportion to the width of any impervious encroachment(s);
(18) All internal and external traffic signs, markings and devices shall conform to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices or to North Carolina Department of Transportation standards;
(19) All off-street parking areas for buildings that are subject to the North Carolina State Building Code, Volume I, General Construction, shall comply with all of the requirements set forth therein including those for parking spaces for the physically handicapped; and
(20) All off-street parking areas located upon property developed for residential uses and providing access to residents or the general public located in the area of special flood hazard as defined in section 9-6-2 shall be required to be elevated such that the lowest point in the parking area is no less than one foot below the 100- year flood elevation or no lower than the highest accessible point on the adjacent public street providing access to the site which shall be the point of entry between the development and the public street, unless access is required to be provided internally. If access is provided internally through an adjacent site, no point in the parking lot shall be below the lowest point along the access route to the public street.
(C) Off-street loading areas shall be provided as follows:
(1) Every commercial and industrial use, except those located in the CD District, shall provide space for off-street loading and unloading of delivery, shipment or transport vehicles.
(2) Space designated for compliance with off-street parking requirements shall not be used to comply with these requirements and vice-versa.
(3) Off-street loading area dimensions shall be at minimum, 12 feet by 30 with a vertical clearance of 16 feet above the finished grade of the space.
(4) Space(s) shall be designed and located such that a delivery, shipment or transport vehicle can safely maneuver by means of not more than two continuous movements. All movements shall be made completely on private property outside any public street right-of-way.
(5) The required number of off-street loading spaces shall be as follows:
(a) Retail use: one space for each 5,000 square feet of floor space or major fraction thereof, not to exceed two spaces.
(b) Wholesale and industrial uses: one space for each 10,000 square feet of floor space or major fraction thereof, not to exceed three spaces.
(6) For purposes of this section, “major fraction” shall constitute 51%.
(Ord. No. 2337, § 1, passed 6-13-1991; Ord. No. 2539, § 5, passed 11-12-1992; Ord. No. 2724, §§ 1, 2, passed 10-14-1993; Ord. No. 94-156, § 14, passed 12-8-1994; Ord. No. 95-78, § 2, passed 8-10-1995; Ord. No. 95-114, § 1, passed 11-9-1995; Ord. No. 95-115, § 1, passed 11-9-1995; Ord. No. 00-19, § 13, passed 2-10-2000)