Portsmouth
General provisions
307 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The height of materials and equipment stored shall not exceed the height of the screening. Flammable liquids or gases in excess of 1,000 gallons shall be stored underground.
Be limited to the retail sale of agriculture and horticulture products; and Not remain in the same location for more than six months.
Roof-mounted solar energy projects... shall not extend more than five feet above the maximum principal building height. Ground-mounted solar energy projects shall not exceed 20 feet in height.
No heavy truck, trailer, other major recreational equipment shall be parked or stored for longer than four days over any calendar year in any front yard or side yard immediately adjacent to a street, unless the width of the side yard is less than 11 feet. Only one such vehicle described by this section shall be parked on a lot in the NR, GR, UR, UR-M, HR, HLO, or HLB zoning districts at any one time.
The maximum height of a freestanding micro wind turbine is 80 feet. Freestanding micro wind turbines shall be set back from all lot lines a distance equal to the height of the turbine plus three feet.
All off-street parking areas shall be separated at least seven feet from buildings. ... Up to 25 percent of all spaces may be reduced to compact spaces.
The off-street parking, loading, and circulation standards of this section shall apply to all new development in the city.
All off-street parking and loading areas shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete, brick, stone pavers, aligned concrete strips, or an equivalent material.
Development in the Industrial (IN) zoning district may use crushed stone or a comparable alternative surfacing material.
No off-street parking or loading facility shall be required for those properties zoned D1 T4, D1 T5 or D1 T6 and which are located downtown, north of Interstate 264.
Vehicular use areas located within the front or corner side yard shall be limited to the lesser of 33 percent of the entire front and/or corner side yard area, or 880 square feet.
Vehicular use areas located within the front or corner side yard (as measured from the edge of the lot line to the closest portion of the building) shall be limited to the lesser of 33 percent of the entire front and/or corner side yard area, or 880 square feet.
Off-street parking in the front yards is prohibited except as normally exists in driveways.
Each loading berth required by this subsection shall be at least 10 feet wide by 35 feet long (or deep), with at least 15 feet of overhead clearance.
Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of eight feet by 20 feet in size.
One-way driveways shall have a minimum width of 15 feet. Two-way driveways shall be at least 24 feet wide. For single-family, two-family, and townhouse dwellings, the driveway shall be a minimum of 9 feet wide by 18 feet deep.
No bicycle parking is required for any residential development in the Downtown (D1) district and for any commercial facility of less than 1,000 square feet.
The required amount of bicycle parking is shown in Table 40.2-301(1) Minimum Off-Street Parking and Bike Parking Standards.
Except as exempted by this section, these standards shall apply to all development and redevelopment in the City, including accessory structures that require a building permit.
Interior vehicular use area landscaping shall be installed on a landscaping island... minimum size of 153 square feet for single loaded parking bays.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.