Zoning Ordinance

4.03.09. HANDICAP PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS

Handicapped access including parking should be designed to meet or exceed the accessibility code being enforced by the City of Athens.

4.03.10. CERTIFICATION OF MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PARKING

REQUIREMENTS.

Each application for a building permit 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 building inspector to determine whether or not the requirements of this section are met.

4.03.11. COMBINATION OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACE.

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 the parking space required for churches, theaters, or assembly halls whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays may be assigned to a use which will be closed at night or on Sundays.

4.03.12. REMOTE PARKING SPACE.

If off-street parking spaces required by this ordinance cannot be reasonably provided on the same lot on which the principal use is located, such spaces may be provided on any land deemed usable (i.e. walkability from principle use, size, accessibility from ROW etc.) for the required parking by the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA). The BZA will set the parameters of each request for remote parking spaces on a case by case basis. Such land shall be used for no other purpose. Where owner of the principal use leases parking spaces, the building inspector will require a copy of the lease agreement prior to issuance of the building permit. The owner must present a copy of the lease agreement to the building inspector on an annual basis.

4.03.13 REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN OF PARKING LOTS.

A. Except for parcels of land devoted to one- and two-family residential uses, all areas devoted to off-street parking shall be so designed and be of such size that no vehicle is required to back into a public street to obtain egress.

B. Each parking space, regardless of type (i.e. angled, parallel etc.) shall be no less than two hundred (200) square feet in area, ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet.

C. Entrances and exits for all off-street parking lots shall comply with the requirements of Section 4.01 of these regulations.

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