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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)