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PARKING
The Board of Aldermen finds the development of vehicle accommodation areas to be of public benefit and recognizes the importance of their design in achieving the following objectives:
(A) To conserve energy, reduce glare and pollution, and provide for heat abatement during summer months;
(B) To contribute to the preservation of open space and to provide maximum pervious areas to retard storm water runoff;
(C) To promote the safe and efficient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic; and
(D) To contribute to the visual enhancement of a development.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)
For the purpose of this subchapter, unless otherwise specifically provided, or unless otherwise clearly required by the context, the words and phrases defined in this subchapter shall have the meaning herein set forth when used in this subchapter. If a word or phrase used in this subchapter is not defined by G.S. Ch. 160D or elsewhere in this chapter, to the extent such word or phrase is defined in G.S. Ch. 160D, that definition shall control.
CIRCULATION AREA. The portion of the vehicle accommodation area used for access to parking or loading areas or other facilities on the lot. Essentially, driveways and other maneuvering areas (other than parking aisles) comprise the CIRCULATION AREA.
DRIVEWAY. The portion of the vehicle accommodation area that consists of a travel lane bounded on either side by an area that is not part of the vehicle accommodation area.
GROSS FLOOR AREA. The total area of a building measured by taking the outside dimensions of the building at each floor level intended for occupancy or storage.
LOADING AND UNLOADING AREA. The portion of the vehicle accommodation area used to satisfy the requirements of § 153.216.
PARKING AREA AISLES. The portion of the vehicle accommodation area consisting of lanes providing access to parking spaces.
PARKING SPACE. A portion of the vehicle accommodation area set aside for the parking of one vehicle.
VEHICLE ACCOMMODATION AREA. The portion of a lot that is used by vehicles for access, circulation, parking and loading and unloading. It comprises the total of circulation areas, loading and unloading areas, and parking areas.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)
(A)
All developments shall provide a sufficient number of parking spaces to accommodate the number of vehicles that ordinarily are likely to be attracted to the facility in question.
(B) (1) The presumptions established by this subchapter are that:
(a) A development must comply with the parking standards set forth in division (F) below to satisfy the requirement stated in division (A) above; and
(b) Any development that does meet these standards is in compliance.
(2) However, the table of parking standards is only intended to establish a presumption and should be flexibly administered, as provided in § 153.208.
(C) Uses in the table of parking requirements (division (F) below) are indicated by a numerical reference keyed to the Table of Permissible Uses (§ 153.080). When determination of the number of parking spaces required by this table results in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction of one-half or less may be disregarded, while a fraction in excess of one-half shall be counted as one parking space.
(D) With respect to any parking lot that is required to be paved (see § 153.212), the number of parking spaces required by this article may be reduced by one if the developer provides a bike rack or similar device that offers a secure parking area for at least five bicycles.
(E) The Board of Aldermen recognizes that the table of parking requirements set forth in division (F) below cannot and does not cover every possible situation that may arise. Therefore, in cases not specifically covered, the permit-issuing authority is authorized to determine the parking requirements using this table as a guide.
(F) Table of parking requirements.
Use | Parking Requirement |
Use | Parking Requirement |
Adult day care | 1 space per 8 participants |
Amusement and recreation services, indoor | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Artists, commercial including silk screening | 1 space per 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Assembly Hall | 1 per 400 sq. ft. min or 1 per every 4 seats, whichever is greater |
Automobile and truck dealers | 1 space per 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Automobile renting and leasing | 1 space per 100 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Automobile repair shop | 1 per 600 sq. ft. of gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. of display area |
Automotive services, except repair and towing | Per 600 sq. ft. of gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. of display area |
Banking services | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Bowling alleys and pool halls | 1 space per alley, plus requirements for any other use associated with the establishment, such as a restaurant |
Building material dealers | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Business services | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Carpet and upholstery cleaners | 1 per 600 sq. ft. of gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. of display area |
Catalog stores | 1 per 600 sq. ft. of gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. of display area |
Child daycare | 1 space per 8 participants |
Communications facilities | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Contractor’s equipment and supply dealers | 1 per 300 sq. ft. |
Contractor’s office | 1 per 300 sq. ft. |
Contractor’s storage yard | 1 per 300 sq. ft. |
Cultural arts center | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Dormitory, private | 1 space per resident, plus 1 space per supervisor and staff person |
Drive-in theater | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. or 1 per 1.5 employees |
Duplex | 2 spaces for each dwelling unit; except that, 1-bedroom units require only one space |
Electric motor repair shop | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Family care home | 1 space per 4 beds and 1 space per supervisor and staff person |
Farmer’s market, seasonal only | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Fraternity or sorority houses | 1 space per resident, plus 1 space per supervisor and staff person |
Golf course, private or public | 50 spaces per 18 holes |
Group day facilities | 1 space per supervisor and staff person |
Group home residential | 1 space per 4 beds and 1 space per supervisor and staff person |
Group home supportive, small | 1 space per 4 beds and 1 space per supervisor |
Group home supportive, large | 1 space per 4 beds and 1 space per supervisor |
Group home supportive, medium | 1 space per 4 beds and 1 space per supervisor |
Guest lodging | 1 space per guest room and 1 space per supervisor and staff person |
Guns sales, including repair | 1 per 600 sq. ft. of gross floor area and 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. of display area |
Hospitals, except animal hospitals | 1 space per each 2 licensed beds intended for patient use, plus 1 space per each staff person, including medical and support staff based on the largest employee shift |
Industrial | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. |
Kennels (breeders and boarders) | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Laboratories, testing | 1 per 600 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Launders, industrial | 1 space per 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Libraries | 1 per 300 sq. ft. |
Manufactured housing dealers | 1 space per 100 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Medical, offices | 1 space per 250 sq. ft. |
Mini-warehousing | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Mini-warehousing | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Motels and hotels | 1 space per guest room, plus 50% of the required space for any accessory uses |
Motor freight companies | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of non-office floor area, plus 1 space per 300 sq. ft. office floor area |
Motorcycle dealers | 1 space per 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Movers, van lines and storage | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Movie theaters, except drive-in | 1 space per 4 seats |
Multi-family residence | 2-1/2 spaces per dwelling unit, plus 1 additional space for every 4 units in the development |
Night clubs, not contained in restaurant, motels or similar business | 1 per 4 seats |
Nursing and personal care facilities | 1 space per 4 beds and 1 space per supervisor and staff person |
Offices, medical | 1 space per 250 sq. ft. |
Offices, professional | 1 per 300 sq. ft. |
Package delivery services, commercial | 1 space per 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Parks and recreation areas, municipal | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Personal services | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Recreation facility, private | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Religious institutions | 1 space per 4 seats |
Repair shops, not elsewhere classified | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Research and development laboratories | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Restaurant: standard and fast food carry-out | 1 per 4 seats or 1 per 80 sq. ft. of gross floor area exclusive of kitchen and restroom facilities |
Retail sales establishment | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Sales office, off-premises | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. or 1 per 1.5 employees |
Schools: colleges and universities | 1 space per 5 students, or 1 space for each 3 seats in auditoriums and other places of assembly or facilities available to the public, whichever is greater |
Schools: correspondence and vocational | 1 space per 5 students, or 1 space for each 3 seats in auditoriums and other places of assembly or facilities available to the public, whichever is greater |
Schools: elementary and junior high | 1 space per teacher and staff person |
Schools: secondary schools | 1 space per 5 students, or 1 space for each 3 seats in auditoriums and other places of assembly or facilities available to the public, whichever is greater |
Schools: specialty training | 1 space per 5 students, or 1 space for each 3 seats in auditoriums and other places of assembly or facilities available to the public, whichever is greater |
Service stations | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Single-family residence | 2 spaces, plus 1 per room rented (see “accessory uses”, § 153.084) |
Skating rink, roller or ice | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Small engine repair, except automotive | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Social services, not elsewhere classified | 1 per 300 sq. ft. |
Swimming pool, private | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Tattoo and body piercing | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Telecommunication facility unattended | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. |
Tire dealers and service | 1 space per 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Towing services, automobile and truck | 1 per 600 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Used merchandise stores, except automotive goods | 1 per 400 sq. ft. min |
Utility stations and plants outside public rights-of-way | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. minimum or 1 per 1-1/2 employees |
Veterinary services | 1 per 250 sq. ft. |
Warehousing general | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Water transportation | 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. minimum or 1 per 1-1/2 employees |
Welding, repair | 1 per 400 sq. ft. |
Wholesale trade, durable goods | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Wholesale trade, non-durable goods, except liquefied bulk storage | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
Wholesale trade, non-durable goods | 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area |
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021; Am. Ord. 2024-01, passed 2-20-2024)
(A) The Board of Aldermen recognizes that, due to the particularities of any given development, the inflexible application of the parking standards set forth in § 153.207(F) may result in a development either with inadequate parking space or parking space far in excess of its needs. The former situation may lead to traffic congestion or parking violations in adjacent streets as well as unauthorized parking in nearby private lots. The latter situation results in a waste of money as well as a waste of space that could more desirably be used for valuable development or environmentally useful open space. Therefore, as suggested in § 153.207(E), the permit-issuing authority may permit deviations from the presumptive requirements of § 153.207(F) and may require more parking or allow less parking whenever it finds that such deviations are more likely to satisfy the standard set forth in § 153.207(A).
(B) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the permit-issuing authority may allow deviations from the parking requirements set forth in § 153.207(F) when it finds that:
(1) A residential development is irrevocably oriented toward the elderly;
(2) A residential development is located in close proximity to the central business district and is committed to a policy of placing restrictions on the vehicle ownership of its tenants;
(3) A business is primarily oriented to walk-in trade; or
(4) A residential or non-residential development is located within one of the town's designated National Register historic districts.
(C) Whenever the permit-issuing authority allows or requires a deviation from the presumptive parking requirements set forth in § 153.207(F), it shall enter on the face of the permit the parking requirement that it imposes and the reasons for allowing or requiring the deviation.
(D) If the permit-issuing authority concludes, based upon information it receives in the consideration of a specific development proposal, that the presumption established by § 153.207(F) for a particular use classification is erroneous, it shall initiate a request for an amendment to the table of parking requirements in accordance with the procedures set forth in §§ 153.435 through 153.441.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021; Am. Ord. 2024-01, passed 2-20-2024)
(A)
Subject to divisions (B) and (C) below, each parking space shall consist of a rectangular area 18 feet long by nine feet wide. Lines demarcating parking spaces may be drawn at various angles in relation to curbs or aisle, so long as the parking spaces so created contain within them the rectangular area required by this section.
(B) Wherever parking areas consist of spaces set aside for parallel parking, the dimensions of such parking spaces shall be not less than 22 feet by nine feet.
(C) Handicapped parking spaces shall comply with the dimensional requirements found in the Southern Building Code with North Carolina amendments.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)
(A) Aisle widths. Parking area aisle widths shall conform to the following table which varies the width requirement according to the angle of parking:
Parking Angle | ||||||
0 Degrees | 30 Degrees | 45 Degrees | 60 Degrees | 90 Degrees | ||
Aisle width in feet: | ||||||
One-way traffic | 13 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 24 | |
Two-way traffic | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | |
(B) Driveways for business or commercial installation.
(1) No driveway shall exceed 30 feet in width at the outer edge of the driveway; however, driveways for business or commercial installations on state highway system streets may be as much as 36 feet in width at the street edge of the driveway, if such width is first approved by the appropriate representative of the State Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, and if that agency requests town concurrence in the greater width.
(2) All radii and/or angle of turnout of the driveway where it meets the curb shall be as shown on the State Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, standard being used.
(3) Not more than two driveways shall be permitted to serve one business at the same location from one street. In such situations, the two driveways shall be at least 30 feet apart.
(4) Any business or commercial establishment located at the intersection of two or more streets, which desires a driveway into both streets, shall construct the driveways so as not to be in conflict with provisions of this or any other subchapters of this chapter or any other section of the town code pertaining to the regulation of vehicle traffic.
(5) No driveway apron shall extend out into the street further than the face of the curb.
(6) If, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator and the Director of Public Works, strict adherence to all dimensions herein set forth would create a traffic management or safety problem in connection with a specific driveway installation, a modification may be authorized by the Director if he is of the opinion that the change would benefit the public and, further, be consistent with the Department of Transportation's recommendations and requirements.
(C) Driveways for residences.
(1) No driveway for a residence shall exceed 18 feet in width nor be less than 12 feet in width at the outer or street edge of the driveway.
(2) Residences shall not have more than two driveways; however, one shared driveway up to, but not exceeding, 32 feet in width may be permitted.
(3) No driveway apron shall extend out into the street further than the face of the curb.
(4) All radii and/or angle of turnout of the driveways where the same meets the curb shall be as shown on the State Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, standard being used.
(Ord. passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 2021-03, passed 6-8-2021)
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