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0 <br />AN ORDINANCE <br />TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTION 31-159 OF THE CITY CODE <br />OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, AS AMENDED, <br />RELATING TO THE MINIMUM LENGTH OF PARKING SPACES. <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottes- <br />ville, Virginia, that section 31-159 of the Code of the City of <br />Charlottesville, is hereby amended and reordained as follows: <br />Section 31-159. Aisles; entrance, exit driveways and <br />loading space. <br />(a) . <br />(b) <br />(c) . <br />(d) The dimensions for each individual parking space shall <br />conform to the following requirements: <br />Type of Space <br />(1) Parallel <br />(2) Handicapped <br />• (3) Compact Cars <br />(4) All others <br />Minimum Width <br />9 feet <br />13 feet <br />8 feet <br />9 feet <br />Minimum Length <br />20 feet <br />14 18 feet <br />16 feet <br />+9-18 feet <br />The planning commission or director of planning may permit a <br />reduction of up to three feet in the paved length of spaces, <br />where such spaces are adjacent to a planting island or other <br />physical separation (but not a sidewalk) which permits the <br />overhanging of vehicles parked in such spaces. <br />In parking lots with spaces for ten or more vehicles, the <br />director of planning or the planning commission may allow not <br />more than twenty percent of the spaces to be compact car spaces, <br />provided they are clearly marked as such and are appropriately <br />located for the uses served by the lot. <br />(e) <br />(f) <br />Approved by Council <br />March 21, 1988 <br />erk of Council <br />• <br />88-7-6 <br />1 <br />