The purpose of the off-street parking and loading regulations
of this chapter is to relieve congestion and provide for safe movement
of traffic along public streets, to promote the general welfare and
convenience and prosperity of residential, commercial and manufacturing
developments which depend upon the availability of off-street parking
facilities, and to protect adjacent residential neighborhoods from
vehicular traffic and parking congestion generated by commercial and
industrial uses.
(Ord. 98 § 14.01, 1974)
Off-street parking spaces, covered parking spaces and loading
areas shall be provided as specified in this code:
A. For
construction of new buildings except where a new building is proposed
to replace an existing building at the exact location and to the same
or lesser dimensions and bulk;
B. For
the floor area proposed for expansion to an existing building;
C. Whenever
a change of use creates an increase in number of parking spaces required.
(Ord. 98 § 14.02.01, 1974)
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for the use of any building nor a building permit issued for the erection or alteration of any building unless such use or building complies with the regulations of this section. This shall not be interpreted to interfere with the nonconforming use of any structure in compliance with the provisions of Chapter
17.22 of this code.
(Ord. 98 § 14.02.02, 1974)
No parking space, covered parking space or loading area required
for compliance with this code shall be discontinued, reduced or altered
in any manner below the requirements established in this chapter unless
otherwise provided or unless equivalent parking spaces, covered parking
space or loading area is provided elsewhere in compliance with this
code.
(Ord. 98 § 14.02.03, 1974)
In computation of the number of off-street parking spaces required,
a fractional space of 0.5 space or more shall be counted as one space.
(Ord. 98 § 14.03, 1974)
A. One-family
dwellings shall be provided with two garage parking spaces.
B. Multiple-family
dwellings, including duplexes and dwelling groups shall be provided
with the following number or parking spaces with a minimum of one
to be garaged.
1. Studio,
one parking space per unit;
2. One-bedroom
unit, 1.5 parking spaces per unit;
3. Each
additional bedroom, 0.5 additional parking spaces per bedroom.
In addition, a minimum of 0.25 spaces per bedroom shall be provided
for guest parking. Guest parking shall be dispersed throughout the
project and designated for such.
C. Fraternities,
sororities, dormitories, lodging, rooming and boarding houses shall
be provided with one off-street park-space for each two-occupant capacity.
D. Planned
unit residential developments shall be provided with two garage parking
spaces for each dwelling unit.
E. Motels
shall be provided with one parking space for each unit.
F. Hotels
shall be provided with one parking space for each two guest rooms.
G. Mobile
home parks shall be provided with two parking spaces for each mobile
home lot.
H.
1. Senior
housing projects shall be provided with a minimum of one parking space
per unit with a minimum of 0.5 spaces per unit being covered and twenty
percent of the covered spaces being enclosed garages.
2. Congregate
care facilities shall be provided with 0.5 parking spaces per unit
with a minimum of 0.5 of the provided spaces per unit being covered.
(Ord. 98 § 14.03.01, 1974; Ord. 319 § 1, 1984; Ord. 342 § 1, 1985; Ord. 395 §§ 2, 3, 1988; Ord. 465 § 1, 1992; Ord. 778, 11/14/2023)
A. The
number of required off-street parking spaces shall be calculated from
the square footage of the entire structure or use, including storage
areas, mechanical equipment rooms, basements and similar areas unless
otherwise designated in this chapter.
B. In
the case of a building or group of buildings under one ownership but
containing different uses with different parking requirements, the
total parking to be provided shall be based on the sum of the requirements
for each separate use.
C. If
parking requirements for a use are not specifically listed in this
section, parking shall be required on the same basis as the most comparable
listed use as determined by the planning commission.
D. Kind
of Use, Size, Number of Required Parking Spaces.
1. Transportation
(railroad, bus, air, terminals): one parking space for each three
seats in waiting terminal;
2. Trade.
a. Wholesale; one parking space for each two employees based on largest
shift plus one space for each company vehicle or one space for each
one thousand square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater,
b. Retail stores (except those otherwise herein designated):
i. Zero to three thousand square feet floor area; five spaces;
ii. three thousand to five thousand square feet floor area; five parking
spaces plus one additional space for each additional five hundred
square feet floor area in excess of three thousand square feet;
iii.
In excess of five thousand square feet floor area; ten parking
spaces plus one additional space for each two hundred fifty square
feet floor area in excess of five thousand square feet,
c. Retail furniture and appliance stores; retail machinery and equipment
sales; motor vehicle sales:
i. Zero to three thousand square feet floor area devoted to retail,
office, service or display of goods: five spaces;
ii. In excess of three thousand square feet floor area devoted to retail,
office, service or display of goods: five parking spaces plus one
additional space for each eight hundred square feet floor area in
excess of three thousand square feet,
d. Eating and drinking places (except those otherwise designated): for
all floor area; one parking space for each two hundred fifty square
feet of floor area.
e. Eating and drinking places (except those otherwise designated) offering
dancing or live entertainment: for all floor area, one parking space
for each one hundred fifty square feet of floor area.
f. Drive-ins, restaurants and eating: a minimum of twenty-five parking
spaces.
3. Services.
a. Finance, insurance, real estate, professional and other offices (except
those otherwise designated herein):
i. Zero to twenty thousand square feet floor area: one parking space
for each two hundred fifty square feet floor area;
ii. In excess of twenty thousand square feet of floor area: eighty parking
spaces plus one additional space for each five hundred square feet
floor area in excess of twenty thousand square feet,
b. Personal Services:
i. Self-service laundry and dry cleaning: one parking space for each
three machines;
ii. Beauty shops: three parking spaces per operator;
iii.
Barber shops: two parking spaces per chair,
c. Business Services:
i. Advertising and duplicating; employment agencies: same as for professional
offices;
ii. Warehousing: one parking space for each two employees based on largest
shift, plus one space for each company vehicle.
d. Repair Services: Wearing apparel; motor vehicle; appliance and furniture:
i. Zero to three thousand square feet floor area: five spaces;
ii. In excess of three thousand square feet floor area: five parking
spaces plus one additional space for each eight hundred square feet
floor area in excess of three thousand square feet,
e. Professional Services:
i. Medical, dental offices and clinics; one parking space for each three
hundred square feet floor area;
ii. Hospitals, general: for all bed capacities: 1.5 parking spaces for
each bed;
iii.
Convalescent hospitals, nursing homes, guest homes, foster homes:
one parking space for each two beds;
iv. Veterinary hospitals: six parking spaces plus one space for each
two hundred fifty square feet floor area in excess of one thousand
square feet,
f. Contract Construction: one parking space for each two employees based
on largest shift plus one space for each company vehicle,
g. Educational Services:
i. Child care nurseries: one parking space per employee plus three spaces,
ii. Schools:
A. Elementary: one parking space per employee,
B. High: one parking space per employee plus one space per seven students,
C. College or university: one parking space per employee plus 0.75 space
per student,
D. Trade, vocational, business: one parking space per employee plus
one space per two students,
E. Plus additional parking for stadia or sports arenas as required herein,
h. Miscellaneous Services:
i. Churches, for all seating capacity in sanctuary or seating hall,
in all residential zones: one parking space for each five seats; in
commercial or industrial zones: one parking space for each ten seats;
ii. Private clubs, lodges and union halls, for floor area devoted to
public assembly: one parking space for each fifty square feet floor
area;
4. Entertainment
and Recreation.
a. Theaters, auditoriums and sports arenas or stadia, including school
auditoriums and stadia, for all fixed seating capacity (eighteen lineal
inches of bench equals one seat): one parking space for each three
seats,
b. Skating rinks, dance halls, exhibition halls without fixed seats,
for floor area devoted to public assembly or activity: one parking
space for each fifty square feet of floor area,
c. Bowling alleys: three parking spaces for each alley,
d. Billiard parlor: two parking spaces for each table,
e. Parks, recreation areas and pools, golf courses: as determined by
planning commission,
f. Health centers: one parking space per two hundred square feet of
floor area.
(Ord. 98 § 14.03.02, 1974; Ord. 764 § 2, 2021)
In connection with the use of land for manufacturing, warehousing,
wholesaling, contractors or distributive industries off-street parking
space shall be provided as follows: one off-street parking space for
each two employees computed on the basis of the maximum number of
employees which can be employed on the largest shift at any one time,
plus one space for each company vehicle or one parking space for each
two hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area.
(Ord. 98 § 14.03.03, 1974)
On the same land therewith, every structure or part thereof
erected or occupied for manufacturing, storage warehouse, wholesaling,
department store, food store, hotel, hospital, funeral home, laundry,
or dry cleaning plants or other uses involving the receipt or distribution
by vehicle of materials or merchandise incidental to carrying on such
activity, shall be provided with sufficient space for standing, loading
and unloading vehicles to avoid undue interference with the public
use of streets and alleys. Such space shall be no less than ten feet
by twenty-five feet with a fourteen-foot minimum height clearance.
One space shall be required for every twenty-five thousand square
feet of floor area, however, that not more than four such spaces shall
be required per use. The loading spaces shall not be a part of any
area used for off-street parking purposes.
(Ord. 98 § 14.04, 1974; Ord. 778, 11/14/2023)
Required off-street parking spaces shall be located within the
distances hereinafter specified. For parking spaces not located on
the same lot as the use they are intended to serve, the distance shall
be measured along the nearest public right-of-way available for pedestrian
use:
A. For
one-, two-, and three-family dwellings: on the same lot as the building
the parking is intended to serve;
B. For
multiple-family dwellings: on the same lot and not more than two hundred
feet from the building they are intended to serve;
C. All
uses other than those specified above: not over three hundred feet
from the building they are intended to serve, except that parking
spaces to be located in a residential zone shall be adjacent to the
use they intend to serve.
(Ord. 98 § 14.05.01, 1974)
A. If a use requiring parking space is in one ownership and the required parking space provided is another ownership partially or wholly, the property owners involved shall submit a legal agreement approved by the city attorney as to form and content, guaranteeing that said required parking spaces shall be maintained so long as the use requiring parking is in existence, unless the required parking is provided elsewhere in accordance with the provisions of Section
17.24.100.
B. The
approved agreement guaranteeing maintenance shall be recorded by the
property owner in the office of the county recorder and a copy thereof
filed with the building department of the city.
(Ord. 98 § 14.05.02, 1974)
A parking area exclusively for passenger automobiles may be permitted in residential districts (R-1, R-3) if authorized by the planning commission through approval of a conditional use permit. Said parking area shall be subject to the minimum requirements of Section
17.24.130 through
17.24.200 in addition to those elsewhere specified herein.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06, 1974)
The parking area shall be accessory to and for use of one or
more uses permitted in an abutting commercial or industrial district.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06.01(a), 1974)
Said parking area shall be used solely for the parking of passenger
automobiles.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06.01(b), 1974)
No signs of any kind, other than signs designating entrance,
exits, and conditions of use, shall be maintained on such parking
areas. Said signs shall not exceed four square feet in size, and the
number and location shall be approved by the planning department prior
to installation.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06.01(c), 1974)
The parking area shall be fenced along all interior property
lines by a solid fence of decorative masonry or other materials approved
by the planning commission. The height of said fence shall be six
feet in elevation above the highest grade of the parking area.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06.01(d), 1974; Ord. 485 § 3, 1992)
A. Landscaping,
screening and maintenance plan shall be required for:
1. Parking
lots associated with new development;
2. Parking
lots serving buildings for which additions, remodels and/or floor
area expansions are being proposed;
3. Parking
lots serving buildings for which a change of use, that creates an
increase demand for parking, is being proposed; and
4. Changes
of occupancy which are subject to a precise plan of design.
B. Parking
lot landscape, screening and maintenance plans shall conform to the
following standards:
1. One
tree per every five parking spaces;
2. Ten
percent landscaping for parking lots with less than eighty-five spaces;
and
3. Eight
percent landscaping for parking lots with eighty-five or more parking
spaces.
C. Parking
lot landscape, screening and maintenance plans shall be judged according
to guidelines adopted and amended from time to time by the planning
commission.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06.01(e), 1974; Ord. 516 § 1, 1995)
In addition to the requirements of Sections
17.24.120 through
17.24.170, such parking lot shall comply with such further requirements or conditions as may be prescribed by the planning commission for the protection of the residential district in which such parking lot is to be located.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06.01(f), 1974; Ord. 485 § 3, 1992)
Overnight parking is prohibited unless said parking lot is completely
enclosed by an approved barrier and is locked and limited to passenger
automobiles.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06.01(g), 1974)
The planning commission may, upon application by the owner of
any property, authorize the joint use of parking facilities for uses
or activities whose normal hours of operation do not coincide or overlap
with each other. Joint use parking shall be subject to the following
limitations and conditions:
A. The
joint use parking spaces shall not total less than the maximum required
for the most intensive parking use.
B. The
parking area shall be located within three hundred feet of the use
intended to be served measured along the normal walking distance along
a public right-of-way.
C. The
applicant shall submit sufficient data to indicate that there is no
conflict in the principal operating hours of the uses proposing to
make use of the joint parking facilities.
D. The
property owners involved in the joint use of off-street parking facilities
shall submit a legal agreement approved by the city attorney as to
form and content. Such instrument, when approved as conforming to
the provisions of this section, shall be recorded by the property
owner in the office of the county recorder and a copy thereof filed
with the building department of the city.
(Ord. 98 § 14.06.02, 1974; Ord. 485 § 3, 1992)
Except as otherwise provided, all parking spaces shall have
a minimum length of eighteen and one-half feet and a minimum width
of nine feet. Aisle widths for angle parking shall be supplied as
follows:
A. Parking
spaces laid at angles of 0 through 45° to the aisle or driveway
shall have a one-way aisle or driveway of not less than sixteen feet.
B. Parking
spaces laid out at angles from 46° through 60° to the aisle
or driveway shall have a one-way aisle or driveway width of not less
than twenty feet.
C. Parking
spaces laid out at angles from 61° through 90° to the aisle
or driveway, shall have an aisle or driveway width of not less than
twenty-five feet.
D. Parallel
parking shall have twelve-foot minimum aisles and ten feet by twenty-four
feet parking stall sizes.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.01, 1974; Ord. 372 § 1, 1987)
Parking is permitted to overhang a landscape planter or walkway
a maximum of two feet. When parking is proposed to overhang into a
landscape planter or a walkway, the planter or walkway shall be a
minimum of six feet in width. If a planter or walkway is overhung
on two sides, the planter or walkway shall be a minimum width of eight
feet.
(Ord. 372 § 2, 1987)
All off-street parking spaces, whether required or not, shall
be developed and maintained in accordance with the regulations contained
in this chapter.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.02, 1974)
Approval of the precise plan of design shall be secured from
the planning department prior to the installation or use of any area
for parking purposes which is not covered under the conditional use
permit provisions of this title.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.03, 1974)
Parking spaces and access driveways thereto shall be graded,
drained and surfaced in accordance with city standards.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.04, 1974)
Each off-street parking space shall be designed so it can function
independently of any other parking space, and no space shall be approved
which cannot function properly due to obstructions, restricted access,
restricted turning radius or which require excessive maneuvering.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.05, 1974)
Wherever a parking area for commercial or industrial uses abuts
the side or rear of a parcel located in a residential zone, the development
plan for such parking area shall be reviewed and approved by the planning
department to assure compliance with all regulations and requirements
for the proper consideration and protection of the abutting residential
property.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.06, 1974)
No sale, storage, repair work, dismantling or servicing of any
kind shall be permitted on required parking spaces.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.07, 1974)
Ingress and egress across public sidewalks shall be made possible
without the necessity of backing over the same, except for property
devoted exclusively to one-family, two-family, or three-family dwellings.
This requirement may be waived by the planning commission upon a showing
of hardship and a finding that such waiver will not create a hazardous
condition.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.08, 1974)
Required side yards and rear yards may be used for parking purposes
except in residential zones or unless otherwise noted within development
standards of the respective zone.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.09, 1974; Ord. 778, 11/14/2023)
Posts, bumpers, wheel stops or other acceptable devices shall
be provided on all parking spaces located along property lines and
at such other locations as may be required by the planning department.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.10, 1974)
Wherever a parking area is lighted, such lighting shall be arranged
so that it is directed onto the parking area and reflected away from
any residential property.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.11, 1974)
Public alleys may be used to satisfy a portion of the required
backup space where the director of public works determines use of
such alley for such purpose will not prove detrimental to traffic
circulation or access to adjacent properties.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.12, 1974)
A. Landscaping,
screening and maintenance plan shall be required for:
1. Parking
lots associated with new development;
2. Parking
lots serving buildings for which additions, remodels and/or floor
area expansions are being proposed;
3. Parking
lots serving buildings for which a change of use, that creates an
increase demand for parking, is being proposed; and
4. Change
of occupancy which are subject to a precise plan of design.
B. Parking
lot landscape, screening and maintenance plans shall conform to the
following standards:
1. One
tree per every five parking spaces;
2. Ten
percent landscaping for parking lots with less than eighty-five spaces;
and
3. Eight
percent landscaping for parking lots with eighty-five or more parking
spaces.
C. Parking
lot landscape, screening and maintenance plans shall be judged according
to guidelines adopted and amended from time to time by the planning
commission.
(Ord. 98 § 14.07.13, 1974; Ord. 516 § 2, 1995)
A. Reasonable
and justifiable reductions or waivers may be made to the parking regulations
of this chapter by the planning commission as provided in this section.
B. Such
reductions or waivers shall be judged upon:
1. The
effect on present and future traffic;
2. The
effect on neighborhoods;
3. The
effect on the stability and adequacy of the site to accommodate the
proposed use; and
4. Any
other conditions hereinafter specified.
(Ord. 98 § 14.08, 1974; Ord. 485 § 3, 1992)
Whenever, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, public off-street parking facilities are established by means of a special assessment district, or by any other means which the city council may determine, all existing buildings and uses, and all buildings erected or uses established thereafter within the special assessment district, or other district which the city council may have determined, shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter for privately supplied off-street parking facilities except as provided in Section
17.24.360.
(Ord. 98 § 14.09.01, 1974)
The city council may require additional parking facilities in
connection with the occupancy or use of a building in an area which
was included in a special assessment district, or in any other district
which the city council may have determined to be served by public
off-street parking facilities in the following cases:
A. Where
the use of a building which was erected after the levying of the special
assessment in such an area, or after the establishment of public off-street
parking facilities creates the need for an unusual or exceptional
amount of off-street parking;
B. Where
alterations, expansion or change in use of a building, after levying
of a special parking assessment in such an area, or the establishment
of public off-street parking facilities, creates a need for off-street
parking spaces in excess of the spaces required for such a building
or use before the alteration, expansion or change in use.
(Ord. 98 § 14.09.02, 1974)