The A Off-Street Parking Overlay District is intended to provide adequate parking facilities to support important commercial corridors and neighborhood commercial areas in the City, while assuring that each facility will not adversely impact the environment of nearby residents or diminish the integrity of the subject residential zoning district in a manner consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the General Plan. Any parcel classified as "A" shall also be classified in one of the Residential Districts.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)
The following uses shall be permitted in the A Off-Street Parking Overlay District:
A. 
All uses listed as permitted uses in the residential district in which the parcel is located.
B. 
Existing parking on "A" lots shall be permitted if all of the following conditions are met:
1. 
The commercial parcel supported by the "A" parcel is not redeveloped.
2. 
The lot remains as a surface level parking lot.
3. 
The square footage of the existing commercial building on the commercial parcel is not added to or expanded beyond 50% of the floor area existing on September 8, 1988.
4. 
The required parking for any new addition or expansion of less than 50% of the floor area is not located on the "A" parcel.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)
The following uses may be permitted in the A Off-Street Parking Overlay District subject to the approval of a Minor Use Permit:
A. 
All uses listed as subject to Minor Use Permit in the residential district in which the parcel is located.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)
The following uses may be permitted in the A Off-Street Parking Overlay District subject to the approval of Conditional Use Permit:
A. 
All uses listed as conditionally permitted uses in the residential district in which the parcel is located.
B. 
Parking structures below the ground level if all of the following conditions are met:
1. 
The "A" parcel was in parking use on the effective date of this Chapter.
2. 
The "A" parcel is in an R2, R3, or R4 zoning designation.
3. 
Any code-required parking in an existing "A" parcel is replaced in the structure.
4. 
The facility is for the temporary parking of transient motor vehicles and trucks with no overnight storage.
5. 
The parking structure is accessory to a permitted commercial and/or residential use on the adjacent commercially zoned parcel.
6. 
The surface level of the "A" parcel is developed and maintained as landscaped open space with a minimum of 75% of the parcel planted with trees, ground cover, shrubbery, and other plant material for the life of the commercial project, or in R2, R3, and R4 designations, developed as a residential project as permitted by the underlying designation.
7. 
The access to commercial-serving parking spaces is from the commercially zoned parcel.
C. 
Farmers markets.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)
A. 
Parking structures located above the ground level, unless authorized by Section 9.31.070 Automobile/Vehicle Sales, Leasing, and Storage.
B. 
There shall be no use of any parcel in the "A" Off-Street Parking Overlay District for automobile parking unless all properties between the side property line of the "A" parcel and the boundary of any adjacent commercial district are in nonresidential use. The automobile parking on the "A" Overlay parcel must remain contiguous to the adjacent commercial parcel that it is supporting.
C. 
Rooftop parking directly abutting, or separated by an alley from, a residential use.
D. 
New surface level parking lots.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)
All non-parking uses developed on property in the A Off-Street Parking Overlay District shall be developed in accordance with the same property development standards required for the underlying residential district.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)
A. 
Side Yard Setback. The side yard shall be 5 feet for any underground parking facility. No side yard shall be required adjacent to a commercially zoned parcel or another "A" designated parcel in commercial parking use.
Parking structures located below grade shall be exempt from the floor area ratio and setback requirements provided that there remains an unexcavated area 5 feet in width along the side property line that abuts a residentially zoned parcel which shall contain landscaping pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9.26, Landscaping.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015; Ord. No. 2814CCS, 5/27/2025)
A. 
Walls. Walls shall conform to the provisions of Section 9.21.050, Fences, Walls, and Hedges.
B. 
Use of Required Yards. There shall be no access to parking permitted within the required side yard, except access may be provided within a required side yard that abuts a commercially zoned parcel.
C. 
Landscaping. At least fifty percent of the required front yard area shall be landscaped pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9.26, Landscaping.
D. 
Vehicle Access. Vehicle access to and from all parking structures shall be located a minimum of twenty feet or a greater distance if practical from any residentially zoned parcel.
E. 
Lighting. Lighting shall be provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.21.080, Lighting.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)
All new construction, new additions to existing buildings, and any other exterior improvements that require issuance of a building permit shall be subject to architectural review pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9.55 of this Article.
(Added by Ord. No. 2486CCS §§ 1, 2, adopted June 23, 2015)