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The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1965 :

the charter and the general ordinances of the city
  
  
  
  
  

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Sec. 21. Use regulations.

A building or premises shall be used only for the following
purposes:

1. Any use permitted in the R-3 multiple-dwelling district.

2. Automobile parking lots, and fees may be charged for the
use thereof; and automobile parking garages, except garages
which contain ten (10) or fewer contiguous spaces; provided, that
parking garages shall be governed by the following regulations:

(a) Site plan. A plan for the development of the entire site to
be used for a parking garage shall be submitted in accordance
with sections 72A and 21 (2b).

(b) Standards for parking garages.

(1) Ingress and egress. Entrances thereto and exits
therefrom shall be as far as practicable from street intersections
and shall be located so as to result in the least possible
interference with traffic movement on abutting streets.

(2) Lanes. Not less than one exit lane shall be provided for
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be provided for each 100 parking spaces contained within the
structure.

(3) Driveway widths. Driveway widths at the street line
shall be not less than 18 feet for driveways accommodating one
lane of traffic and 24 feet for driveways accommodating two lanes
of traffic, and in no case shall any driveway width at the street
line be greater than 35 feet.

(4) Illumination. All portions of the structure used for
parking of vehicles shall be illuminated during the hours of use by
natural or artificial lighting with an intensity of not less than
four foot candles measured at floor level.

(5) Screening. The parking garage shall be constructed in
such a manner as to screen from outside street level view any
vehicles parked therein; provided, however, that entrances and
exits shall be exempt from this requirement.

3. Banks; provided, that drive-in banks shall be governed by
the following regulations:

(a) Site plan. A plan for the development of the entire site to
be used for a drive-in bank shall be submitted in accordance with
sections 72A and 21 (3b).

(b) Standards for drive-in banks.

(1) Waiting space. A hard-surface paved area, at least 10
feet wide and 100 feet long shall be provided for each drive-in
teller window.

(2) No cars utilizing the services of a drive-in bank shall be
allowed to wait in the public right-of-way.

(3) The waiting space shall not include any part of the site
which is to be used for required off-street parking.

4. Personal service uses, such as barbershops, beauty parlors,
artists' or photographers' studios and similar uses, but not
restaurants.

5. Radio and television broadcasting stations (excluding
towers).

6. Offices and office buildings.

7. Churches, nursing homes, hospitals or clinics, but not
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be located not less than twenty (20) feet from any side or
rear lot line other than a street line unless it adjoins a residential
district. Then it shall not be located nearer than fifty
(50) feet to any residential lot line.

8. Hotels and motels.

9. Retail drugstores with pharmacy, provided the total floor
area for sales, displays and storage does not exceed seventeen
hundred (1700) square feet.

10. Funeral homes. (2-17-58, § 33-21; 6-1-64; 7-26-71.)