Parking design and maintenance.
Southaven Code of Ordinances § 13-7(a)
in effectSec. 13-7(a). - Parking design and maintenance.
(a) Dimensions of off-street parking and queuing spaces:
(1) Off-street parking shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in depth with a maximum of five (5) feet overhang.
(2) Off-street queuing spaces shall be at least eleven (11) feet in width and at least twenty-two (22) feet in length.
(3) Drive isles located within parking areas shall be a minimum of twenty-four (24) feet in width.
(4) Handicapped parking shall be required for all nonresidential uses in any zone of the city. New and renovated parking areas must fully comply with the handicapped parking requirements of MCA 1972, § 27-19-56(6). The number of handicapped spaces required shall be computed according to the requirements of the current building code adopted and used by the city. In no case shall there be less than one (1) handicapped parking space within the parking lot. Handicapped spaces shall be at least thirteen (13) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length. (See Figure 1, "Accessible Parking Space Standards".)
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(5) Compact spaces may be constructed for a maximum of twenty-five (25) percent of the total required parking when the development project is subject to site plan review by the planning commission. Such spaces shall be at least eight (8) feet in width and sixteen and one-half (16½) feet in length.
(b) Design standards: Parking lots shall be designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with the following minimum standards and requirements:
(1) Parking lots shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, or other hard surface dustless material and be so constructed to provide for adequate drainage to prevent the release of dust. All parking areas shall be properly marked and designed with adequate circulation area.
(2) Landscape screening within a buffer yard of at least ten (10) feet in depth, shall be provided along each lot line of a parking lot which abuts or is adjacent to a lot used or zoned for residential purposes, or the residential portion of an approved planned unit development. Such screening shall consist of deciduous or evergreen trees and/or evergreen shrubs and grass areas and/or earth berm according to specifications published by the office of planning and development and approved by the governing authority. Such screening shall be maintained in good condition at all times and shall not be placed within fifteen (15) feet of an entrance to or exit from such parking lot. On corner lots, screening shall be provided as required by this subsection except that no screening of more than three (3) feet in height shall be located in the sight triangle.
(3) If a parking lot abuts a street right-of-way or any screening required by this section, continuous curbing or individual wheel stops shall be provided along the perimeter of that portion of the parking lot, which abuts such street right-of-way or screening.
(4) Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking lots shall be so arranged to prevent direct glare onto any public or private property or streets.
Source: City of Southaven, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/southaven/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CO_TITXIIIZORE_CH7REOREPALO_S13-7_PADEMAFetched: 11/1/2026