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..w. Recommended by Planning Commission December 12, 1973 • AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTION 31-159 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING AREAS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that §31-159 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1976, as amended, be amended and reordained as follows: Section 31-159. Aisles; entrance, exit driveways and loading space. Aisles, entrance and exit driveways shall be built to the following minimum specifications: (a) Aisles with two-way traffice movement shall be not less than twenty-four feet in width. (b) Aisles with one-way traffic movement shall be as specified below: (1) Aisles serving, ninety degree parking shall be not less than twenty-four feet in width. (2) Aisles serving sixty degree parking shall be not less than twenty feet in width. (3) Aisles serving forty-five degree parking shall be not less than fifteen feet in width. (4) Aisles serving thirty degree parking shall be not less than twelve feet in width. (5) Where such aisles serve parallel parking which are located immediately adjacent to buildings they shall be not less than sixteen feet in width. All other aisles serving parallel parking shall be twelve feet in width or as much additional width as may be required for access of emergency vehicles or curvilinear streets. (c) The location and design of entrance and exit driveways for all parking areas, except those serving one -family attached and detached and two-family dwellings, shall be approved by the planning commission or the director of planning to insure a safe and convenient means of ingress and egress, and shall conform to the following standards: (1) No driveway shall exceed fifty feet in width at the property line, nor sixty feet at the curb line. (2) No driveway entering a street at the curb line • shall be located within fifteen feet of the right of way of an intersecting street, or less than five feet from the end of the curb radius. (3) No driveway shall be located within five feet, at the curb line, from the line of the adjacent property.