Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 13. STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES |
Division I. General Regulations |
Chapter 13.12. DRIVEWAYS |
§ 13.12.140. Parking lot size—Requirements.
D = Depth of parking area
W = Width of parking area
R = Width of driveway
B = Four-foot wide buffer zone
P/L = Property line
A.
For head-in parking, the minimum depth (D) shall be forty-five feet and the minimum width (W) shall be fifty feet.
B.
For parking stalls arranged parallel to the street right-of-way:
1.
If W is forty feet to forty-eight feet, then D must be the number of car spaces multiplied by nine feet, plus ten feet.
2.
If W is forty-eight feet to sixty-seven feet, then D must be the number of car space times nine feet.
3.
If W is sixty-seven feet to one hundred fifteen feet, then D must be the number of car spaces multiplied by four and one-half feet.
4.
If W is one hundred fifteen feet to one hundred thirty-four feet, then D must be the number of car spaces times three feet.
5.
If W is one hundred thirty-four feet to one hundred seventy-three feet, then D must be the number of car spaces multiplied by two and one-quarter feet.
C.
For head-in parking at a sixty degree angle to the building line, the minimum width (W) shall be seventy-five feet and the minimum depth (D) shall be forty feet.
(Prior code § 27-1-202)