The following are the design requirements for off-street parking spaces, driveways, and loading spaces.
A.Parking Spaces.
1.Except where indicated in Section 910, off-street surface parking shall not be located between a building and the street without an intervening building.
2.Off-street surface parking shall not be located between a building and the street without an intervening building, except along Georgia Hwy 20, where one double row of parking spaces is permitted.
3.Required Dimensions For Each Parking Space. Each automobile parking space shall be not less than nine (9) feet wide and nineteen (19) feet deep. Parking spaces for compact cars shall not be less than eight (8) feet wide and seventeen (17) feet deep.
Adequate interior driveways shall connect each parking space with a public right-of-way.
4.Surfacing, Drainage and Lighting. All off-street parking spaces, access and interior driveways shall be provided with a paved, dust free surface except as provided for in Section 909. If the off-street parking facilities are used at night, they shall be properly illuminated for the safety of pedestrians, vehicles and for security. The lighting shall be designed so as not to reflect onto or cause glare in any adjacent residential district and shall be in conformance with Section 908 of this Ordinance.
5.Sharing of Required Off-Street Parking Spaces.
a.A maximum of fifty (50%) percent of the off-street parking spaces required by a use whose peak attendance will be at night or on Sundays may be shared with a use that will be closed at night or on Sundays.
b.A maximum of twenty five (25%) percent of the required parking spaces for any development may be reduced in total area, width or depth for designated small vehicle parking. Each small vehicle parking space shall not be less than eight (8) feet in width and seventeen (17) feet in depth.
6.Handicapped Spaces. Handicapped parking spaces shall be in accordance with the regulations set forth by the Americans with Disabilities Act. All handicapped spaces shall be identified by pavement markings and by appropriate signage. Handicapped parking shall be required on all multi-family and non-residential sites. Handicapped parking spaces shall be located in the closest proximity to major building entrances, but in no event shall such spaces be located more than one hundred (100) feet from a major building entrance.
B.Driveways and curb cuts.
1.Interior Driveway. Where ninety (90) degree parking is utilized, all interior driveways shall be a minimum of twenty two (22) feet in width. If forty five (45) or sixty (60) degree angle parking is used, then interior driveways shall be at least twelve (12) feet in width for one-way traffic and twenty two (22) feet in width for two-way traffic. In the instance where parallel parking is utilized or there is no parking, interior driveways shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width for one-way traffic and twenty (20) feet in width for two-way traffic.
2.All sidewalk paving materials shall be continued across any intervening driveway at the same prevailing grade and cross slope as on the adjacent sidewalk clear zone3.
Driveway curb cut widths shall be a maximum of twenty-eight (28) feet for two-way entrances and sixteen (16) feet for one-way entrances, unless otherwise permitted by the Gwinnett or Georgia Department of Transportation. For the purposes of this section, two (2) curb cuts serving two one-way driveways shall only be counted as one curb cut provided that each curb cut does not exceed one (1) lane in width.
3.Driveway curb cuts shall not be permitted on any street that functions as an arterial street or collector street when access may be provided from a side or rear street located immediately adjacent to a contiguous property, with the exception of hotel patron drop-off drives.
4.Driveways, except for a driveway to reach the side yard or rear yard or an on-site parking facility, are not permitted between the sidewalk and a building, and shall be perpendicular to any adjacent street, except along Georgia Hwy. 20.
5.Each lot shall be allowed one (1) curb cut per street frontage. Lots containing more than 300 feet of frontage on a public street may have one (1) additional curb cut per road frontage.
6.Parking deck facades shall conceal automobiles from visibility from any public right-of-way or private drive or street that are open to the general public, and shall have the appearance of a horizontal storied building.
7.A common or joint driveway may be authorized by the City of Grayson.
8.All developments, including parking decks, shall have sidewalks a minimum width of five (5) feet connecting ground level parking to the public sidewalks and to all building entrances.
C.The following are the design requirements for off-street loading stalls:
1.Access. All off-street loading stalls shall have access from an alley, or if there is no alley, from a public street.
2.Surfacing, Drainage and Lighting. All off-street loading stalls and access shall be provided with a paved, dust free surface. If loading stalls are to be used at night, they shall be properly illuminated for the safety of pedestrians, vehicles and for security. Lighting shall be designed to preclude light spill onto adjacent properties and shall be in conformance with Section 908 of this Ordinance.
3.Location. The off-street loading and unloading spaces shall be located to cause a minimum of interference with the free movement of vehicles and pedestrians over a street, sidewalk or alley.