Bedford Land Use By-law - Halifax Regional Municipality

Day Care Facilities
1.5 spaces per 400 square (37.2 m²) of
gross (NWCC-Apr 8/03;E-Apr 12/03)floor
area
(RC-Mar 3/09;E-Mar 21/09)
b) Handicapped parking stalls shall be provided at a ratio of four (4) percent of the total
required in each lot with a minimum of one (l) stall per lot where required parking is
for five (5) stalls or greater. These spaces shall be located near building entrances
which shall be wheelchair accessible.
c) The parking requirements for multiple occupancy buildings which contain a mix of
different uses shall be determined by calculating the sum of the parking requirements
for each use and then reducing the number by twenty percent to allow for the shared
usage of spaces by building occupants.
35. Standards For Parking Areas
Where parking facilities for more than three (3) vehicles are required or permitted:
a) all parking areas including individual parking spaces, visitors and service spaces, shall
be clearly marked;
b) individual parking spaces shall be 9' x 18' except in the case of handicapped parking.
Handicapped parking spaces shall be 13' feet wide unless two are located together in
which case a total width of 21' is acceptable. Parking stalls for small cars, where
provided, shall be 8' x 15' and shall not exceed 25% of the total parking spaces
provided. Curb parking shall be 8' x 21. All parking areas including driveways and
manoeuvring areas shall be maintained with a permanent hard surface and shall be
defined by a concrete curb, ornamental brick, planting or other landscaped feature.
c) all parking areas must provide for ingress and egress of motor vehicles to a street or
highway by means of driveways, aisles or manoeuvring areas where no parking or
storage of motor vehicles is permitted;
d) curbs or other appropriate methods of delineating a pedestrian right of way shall be
provided to ensure safety between pedestrian and vehicular movements in all parking
lots that have greater than ten (10) parking stalls;
e) no parking area shall be immediately adjacent to doors or passage ways from buildings;
f) all parking areas shall provide manoeuvring areas to permit vehicles to leave the
property in a forward motion;
g) all parking layouts shall make provision for the stock-piling of snow in a manner which
will not reduce the amount of required parking space available; or reduce visibility
within corner vision triangles of adjacent street intersections as defined in Section 21 of
this Part and corner vision triangles at the intersection of the driveway(s) with the
street.
h) where a parking area for a multiple-unit residential building, a commercial building, or
an industrial building abuts existing or designated residential uses, such parking areas
shall be screened by a buffer, fence, or combination thereof;
i) where windows and doors exist on the ground floor of a residential building, no
parking shall be located within twenty (20) feet of such windows and doors;
j) for institutional and commercial land uses, if off street parking is available on a
permanent basis within three hundred (300) feet of the building and is zoned
commercial or institutional, as well as being clearly signed to indicate the use it is
intended to serve, the parking requirements shall be deemed to be satisfied.
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