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 Denton
 Development Code
 SubChapter 14. Parking Standards

  § 35.14.8. Design Requirements.  

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  • A.

    Size and Access. All required parking areas shall be designed in accordance with the parking layout chart contained in the Transportation Criteria Manual. All parking spaces shall be a minimum of nine by eighteen (9 x 18) feet and shall have a twenty-four (24)-foot back-up space except where parking is angled.

    B.

    Driveways and Turn-Arounds. Driveways and turn-arounds providing access to parking areas shall conform to the following provisions:

    1.

    A driveway for a single dwelling shall have a minimum width of nine (9) feet, and a shared driveway serving two (2) units shall have a width of twelve (12) feet.

    2.

    Except for a single or two-family dwelling, groups of more than five (5) parking spaces per lot shall be provided with adequate aisles or turn-around areas so that all vehicles may enter the street in a forward manner.

    3.

    Except for a single one- or two-family dwelling, more than five (5) parking spaces shall be served by a driveway design and constructed to facilitate the flow of traffic on or off the site, with due regard to pedestrian and vehicle safety, and shall be clearly and permanently marked and defined. In no case shall two-way and one-way driveways be less than twenty (20) feet and twelve (12) feet respectively.

    C.

    Vision Clearance. No signs, structures or vegetation in excess of two and one-half (2½) feet in height shall be placed in the vision clearance area. The vision clearance area is the triangle formed by a line connecting points twenty-five (25) feet from the intersection of property lines. In the case of an intersection involving an alley and a street, the triangle is formed by a line connecting points ten (10) feet along the alley and twenty-five (25) feet along the street. When the angle of intersection between the street and the alley is less than thirty (30) degrees, the distance shall be twenty-five (25) feet. No signs, structures or vegetation or portion shall be erected within ten (10) feet of driveways unless the same is less than two and one-half (2½) feet in height. No variance shall be granted for vision clearance standards.