Virginia Beach Parking Requirements
| Use | Parking Requirement |
|---|---|
| Animal hospitals, business studios, eleemosynary and philanthropic institutions, veterinary establishments, commercial kennels, animal pounds and shelters, wholesaling and distribution operations, laboratories other than medical, passenger transportation terminals and broadcasting studios: | One space per four hundred (400) square feet of floor area; |
| Assembly uses, except religious uses: | One space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area or at least one space per five (5) fixed seats, whichever is greater; |
| Banks, credit unions, savings and loans: | One space per two hundred seventy (270) square feet of floor area; |
| Botanical and zoological gardens: | One space per ten thousand (10,000) square feet of lot area; |
| Bowling alleys: | Three (3) spaces per alley; |
| Child care centers and child care education centers: | One space per three hundred (300) square feet of floor area; |
| College or university: | As specified by the Conditional Use Permit; |
| Commercial recreation facility—Indoor: | One space per two hundred (200) square feet of floor area; |
| Commercial recreation facility—Outdoor: | As specified by the Conditional Use Permit; |
| Country inns: | One space per room provided for lodging transients; |
| Craft breweries, craft distilleries, and craft wineries: | One space per one hundred (100) square feet of area open to the public for drinking, eating and congregating, and one space per employee on the maximum working shift. |
| Drive-in eating and drinking establishments: | One space per fifty (50) square feet of floor area; |
| Dwellings, single-family, semidetached, duplex and attached: | Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit; |
| Dwellings, multifamily: | Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit for the first fifty (50) units located on a zoning lot and one and three-quarters (1¾) spaces per dwelling unit for all units in excess of fifty (50) units; |
| Eating and drinking establishments accessory to a hotel: | One space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area in dining area; |
| Fraternity or sorority house, student dormitory: | One space per two (2) lodging units or one space per three (3) occupants, whichever is greater; |
| Furniture or appliance stores, machinery equipment, automotive and boat sales and service: | One space per nine hundred (900) square feet of floor area; |
| Golf courses: | Five (5) spaces per hole in the main course; |
| Greenhouses and plant nurseries: | One space per one thousand (1,000) square feet of selling area; |
| Hospitals: | Two and one-half (2.5) spaces per patient bed; |
| Lodging units: | One space per lodging unit; |
| Medical offices: | One space per two hundred seventy (270) square feet of floor area; |
| Meeting rooms and convention hall facilities accessory to a hotel: | One space per twenty (20) seating capacity; |
| Museums and art galleries: | Ten (10) spaces and one additional space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in excess of one thousand (1,000) square feet; |
| Nurses homes and similar housing for institutional employees: | One space per four (4) occupants; |
| Offices: | One space per three hundred thirty (330) square feet of floor area, except for call centers which are allowed one space per one hundred and fifty (150) square feet of floor area; |
| Personal service establishments: | One space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area; |
| Private clubs and lodges, social centers, athletic clubs: | One space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area; |
| Public buildings and funeral homes: | One space per five hundred (500) square feet of floor area; |
| Religious uses: | One space per five (5) seats or bench seating space in the main auditorium; |
| Retail establishments, including beverage manufacturing shops and open-air markets: | One space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area; |
| Restaurants other than drive-in eating and drinking establishments: | One space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area, and one space per one hundred (100) square feet of additional area encompassed by decks, patios and other areas in which seating is provided and food or beverages are consumed; |
| Sanitariums: | One space per four (4) patient beds; |
| Service or repair establishments, motion picture studios, utility installations, manufacturing, industrial, processing, packaging, fabricating, research or testing labs, warehouse establishments, printing, publishing, and plumbing and heating establishments: | One space per employee on maximum working shift; |
| Shopping centers containing at least one (1) acre or more than four (4) tenants: | One space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area, provided that in shopping centers where restaurants with seating for fifty (50) or more patrons comprise fifty percent (50%) or more of the total floor area, parking shall be one (1) space per one hundred (100) square feet of floor area; |
| Vocational, technical, industrial and trade schools: | One space per two (2) seats of designated classroom space or as specified by the Conditional Use Permit; |
Virginia Beach, Virginia - Code of Ordinances APPENDIX A - ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLE 2. - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS A. - REGULATIONS RELATING TO LOTS, YARDS, HEIGHTS, OFF-STREET PARKING, OFF-STREET LOADING, AND CERTAIN USES Sec. 203. - Off-street parking requirements
The parking requirements shown here are the typical required parking standards for the city of Virginia Beach. Variance or exclusions to the parking count requirements could be allowed by the code for a specific project. The city of Virginia Beach parking requirements are for general information. The Virginia Beach standard parking requirements for an area can be modified by zoning overlays or other Virginia Beach parking code requirements specific to each project.