Allegany County, MD Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Section 360-139, Off-street parking standards, amended by Bill No. 1-19 effective August 25, 2019, sets both general parking geometry and Table 5's use-by-use space counts for the zoned areas of unincorporated Allegany County. Subsection A requires every parking space to measure at least nine feet by 18 feet, aisleways between spaces to be at least 20 feet wide, and all parking areas to keep a five-foot setback from streets, alleys or other rights-of-way; handicapped spaces must follow the Maryland Accessibility Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Subsection B directs that parking for employees, customers and visitors follow Table 5, with any fractional space rounded up to the next whole space, and gives the Zoning Administrator authority to set a requirement by analogy when a proposed use is not listed. The loading and unloading line of Table 5 applies to all nonresidential occupancies as a single category rather than breaking loading needs out by use: one loading or unloading space is required for every 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, with a floor of one space even for a small building well under that threshold.

That loading standard sits alongside Table 5's use-specific customer and employee parking counts, for example one space per 200 square feet of retail floor area or one space per 300 square feet for a professional office, so a commercial site plan for unincorporated Allegany County has to satisfy the loading line in addition to whichever occupancy row covers the building's primary use.