A. 
Title. The provisions of this chapter shall be known as the "off-street parking and loading regulations" of this title.
B. 
Purpose. The purpose of the off-street parking and loading regulations is to provide for the general welfare and convenience of the public utilizing the various uses located within the city by providing the following:
1. 
Adequate and functionally designed parking and loading areas and spaces to serve the owners, tenants, customers and/or other users of facilities within the city;
2. 
The safe movement of traffic on public streets by deemphasizing dependence on on-street parking and, through the proper design of off-street parking lots, to reduce conflict with traffic on city streets;
3. 
Assurance that off-street parking and loading areas and their use shall not have adverse impact on adjacent or nearby residential uses or areas.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
Off-street parking and loading shall be required for all new uses or change in use as follows:
A. 
Off-street parking and loading in compliance with the regulations of this chapter shall be required with the construction of any new building or structure, the addition to an existing building or structure, or with the relocation of a building or structure onto a different lot.
B. 
Off-street parking and loading in compliance with the regulations of this chapter shall be required at such time as the use of any land, building, structure or portion thereof is changed from a nonconforming use to a conforming use within a zone where the conforming use has off-street parking and loading requirements in excess of the previous use.
C. 
Additional off-street parking and loading in conformity with the regulations of this chapter shall be required at such time as the use of any land, building, a structure or portion thereof changes from one conforming use to another conforming use within a zone where the new use has off-street parking and loading requirements in excess of the previous use.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
"Access driveway"
means that portion of a parking lot providing access other than aisles.
"Aisle"
means that portion of a parking lot which is contiguous to a parking space and provides direct access thereto.
"Camper"
means a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle for human habitation or other purposes.
"Commercial parking"
means a private parking lot or garage where parking is the principal use of the property for free or fee.
"Historical building"
means a building erected prior to 1930 and/or any other building which has been found by the city to have historical or architectural significance.
"Motor vehicle"
means a vehicle which is self-propelled.
"Municipal parking"
means a parking area or lot, including portions of public streets, owned by the city of Brentwood, Brentwood redevelopment agency, parking district or other municipal body or agency.
"Off-street loading space"
means a parking space or portion of a parking lot marked and designed for temporary parking for purposes of on-loading and off-loading.
"Off-street parking"
means the standing, for a period of time on private property, of any vehicle for purposes of temporary parking, long or short-term storage or on-loading and off-loading.
"Parking lot"
means an area of land, a yard or other open space on a lot used for or designed for use by standing motor vehicles. Parking lots shall include parking spaces, aisles, access driveways, and other areas providing ingress and egress to parking spaces.
"Parking space"
means land or space, covered or uncovered, including space in a private garage, laid out for, surfaced and used or designed to be used for temporary storage, loading or unloading by a standing motor vehicle and permanently maintained as such. "Parking space" does not include access driveways, aisles and other areas used for ingress and egress to parking spaces.
"Private parking"
means a parking lot or space located on private property, which, generally, is not available for public use, except with the specific permission of the property owner.
"Public parking"
means a parking lot or space located on private property, which generally is advertised, designated or otherwise available for public use with the implied permission of the property owner for customers, clients, visitors or employees.
"Trailer"
means a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
"Vehicle"
means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway. For purposes of this chapter, "vehicle" includes bicycle, wagon, cart or similar devices which are normally propelled by humans.
"Vehicle storage"
means the observed parking of any vehicle, trailer or similar equipment at the same approximate location at two successive times more than seventy-two hours apart within any two-week period.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The off-street parking requirements for uses within the city shall be determined in accordance with the following procedures:
A. 
Off-street parking and loading requirements shall be established for a building, site or use at such time as a use permit, building permit, business license, or other approval is granted for a new building, new use of land or change in use of a building or land.
B. 
Subsequent changes in land use shall be permitted provided the overall requirement for spaces on the lot continues to be maintained.
C. 
Existing off-street parking and loading may not be reduced at such time as the use of any land, building or structure or portion thereof changes from one conforming use to another conforming use within a zone where the new use has off-street parking and loading requirements less than the previous use, except through the issuance of a conditional use permit.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The number of required off-street parking and loading spaces required shall be calculated in accordance with the following rules:
A. 
If after calculating the number of required off-street parking spaces, a figure is obtained containing a fraction of one-half or more, one additional space shall be required. If such fraction is less than one-half, it may be disregarded.
B. 
When the requirement is based on number of seats, each twenty inches of pews, benches, bleachers or similar seating shall be counted as one seat.
C. 
When the parking requirement is based on floor area, "floor area" includes the total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use, including basements, mezzanines, employee cafeterias and upper floors, expressed in square feet measured from centerlines of joist separations and exteriors.
D. 
Whenever a single lot contains different uses which all have the same parking or loading requirement, the overall requirement shall be based on the total floor area or other applicable unit of measurement prescribed herein.
E. 
When a single lot contains uses with different requirements, the overall requirements shall be the sum of the requirements for each use calculated separately.
F. 
Where there is an addition to a building or structure, or increase in the amount of open land use, the addition of new floor area within an existing building, an increase in the number of dwelling units on the site, or otherwise an increase in the amount of parking required, additional off-street parking need only be required to the extent of that required for the addition or increased occupancy.
G. 
A conditional use permit shall be required in case of any unlisted use or a use for which the off-street parking and loading requirements cannot be clearly determined.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
When applicable, pursuant to Section 17.620.002, the number of off-street parking spaces to be provided for uses within each zone shall be in accordance with the Sections 17.620.007 through 17.620.014. The parking spaces required in these sections shall be considered as a minimum number and a greater number of spaces may be required, if justified, as a condition of approval of a conditional use permit or design and site development review permit.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
Except as specified in Section 17.620.012 there shall be required for permitted uses in a residential zone the number of off-street parking spaces specified in this section:
A. 
Single-Family Dwelling.
1. 
Primary Dwelling Unit. Two spaces, both of which shall be enclosed within a garage.
2. 
Accessory Dwelling Unit. The number of spaces required in Section 17.100.005(D)(10).
B. 
Two- and Three-Family Dwellings. A total of 0.5 assigned, covered spaces per zero-bedroom units (studios) and 1.5 assigned, covered spaces per one-bedroom unit. Two assigned spaces for each dwelling unit larger than one bedroom, all of which shall be covered;
C. 
Four- and More Family Dwellings. A total of 0.5 assigned, covered spaces per zero-bedroom units (studios) and 1.5 assigned, covered spaces per one-bedroom unit. Parking for units larger than one bedroom shall be provided for each dwelling unit in an apartment complex at a ratio of one assigned space which shall be covered plus one common space which may be uncovered;
D. 
Condominium or Similar Single-Family Residence Projects. Two assigned spaces which shall be enclosed within a garage, and two common spaces for each dwelling unit which may be uncovered;
E. 
Mobile Home Park. Two assigned spaces on each mobile home lot, one of which shall be covered, plus one of which may be covered, plus one common space for each two mobile home lots which may be uncovered;
F. 
Common parking spaces in mobile home park, apartment, condominium and similar projects shall be distributed throughout the project with some concentration near recreation, laundry and other community facilities;
G. 
Two-unit housing developments, as defined in Chapter 17.797, shall comply with the parking requirements set forth therein.
(Ord. 408, 1987; Ord. 991 § 2, 2017; Ord. 1021 § 5, 2021; Ord. 1030 § 3, 2021; Ord. 1033 § 5, 2022; Ord. 1084, 3/11/2025)
When applicable, pursuant to Section 17.620.002, the number of public off-street parking spaces to be provided for specific uses, zone notwithstanding, shall be in accordance with the following:
A. 
Temporary roadside stand for sale of agricultural products: five spaces which may be unimproved;
B. 
Agricultural processing uses: five spaces plus one space for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area, or one space for each one and one-half employees on a maximum shift, whichever is greater;
C. 
Contractor, material and equipment storage yards, transportation and trucking yards, building material yards and similar open land uses where any building is accessory to the use: five spaces, exclusive of company vehicle storage, plus one space for each two thousand square feet of gross site area;
D. 
Manufacturing: five spaces plus one space for each eight hundred square feet of gross floor area, or one space for each one and one-half employees on a maximum shift, whichever is greater;
E. 
Warehousing: five spaces plus one space for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area;
F. 
Building materials, hardware, nursery and garden supply: one space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area plus one space for each one thousand square feet of open space area devoted to retail use, plus one space for each two thousand square feet of open area devoted to wholesale use or area restricted to employees only;
G. 
General retail sales: one space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area;
H. 
Business, professional and financial offices: one space for each two hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area;
I. 
Automobile service station: three spaces plus five spaces for each auto service bay;
J. 
Eating and Drinking Places.
1. 
Restaurants, bars, and nightclubs: one space for each one hundred square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for each fifty square feet of gross floor area used for dancing or other assembly uses,
2. 
Carry-out restaurant: one space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area,
3. 
When located in shopping centers, the number of required parking spaces may be reduced at the time of issuance of a conditional use permit based on the following factors:
a. 
Mix of land uses within the shopping center and their projected parking demand,
b. 
Hours of operation of the various land uses,
c. 
Floor area of shopping center,
d. 
If the shopping center is existing, the number of parking spaces actually occupied at peak hours,
The applicant shall submit the above information with the conditional use permit application;
K. 
Hotels, motels and tourist courts, rooming and boarding houses: one space for each sleeping unit plus the required spaces for ancillary eating and drinking places, places of assembly or retail trade;
L. 
Automotive repair and service: five spaces plus five spaces for each repair or service bay or four hundred square feet of gross floor and open space area, whichever is less;
M. 
Motion Picture Theater. See subsection U of this section;
N. 
Bowling alleys: five spaces per alley plus an amount required for any ancillary eating and drinking place or other use;
O. 
Automotive, boat and mobile home and recreational vehicle dealer: one space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area plus parking in an amount specified for automotive repair and service;
P. 
Offices of physicians, dentists and other health practitioners: one space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area or five spaces per physician or dentist, whichever is greater;
Q. 
Nursing and personal care facilities: five spaces plus one space for each three beds over ten. For nursing or convalescent homes one additional space for each one and one-half employees on a maximum shift shall be provided;
R. 
Hospitals: one space for each patient bed plus the required spaces for ancillary office, clinic, outpatient and similar uses;
S. 
Educational facilities:
1. 
Child care nurseries and preschool facilities: three spaces for the first fifteen children authorized plus one space for each ten additional children,
2. 
Schools, grades K-8: two and one-half spaces for each classroom,
3. 
Schools, grades 9-16: one space for each two students plus one space for each one and one-half employees at designed capacity,
4. 
Trade, vocational, professional and business school: one space for each two students plus one space for each one and one-half employees at designed capacity,
5. 
In-Lieu Parking Provisions.
a. 
The spaces required for any place of assembly may be reduced in the amount of any space otherwise required for a school,
b. 
The spaces required for any place of assembly may be located within school playground or similar surfaced open space area;
T. 
Places of assembly such as religious sanctuary, funeral chapels, auditoriums, theaters, sports arenas, social hall, exhibition hall, dancehall, fraternal hall, meeting room: one space for each five fixed seats in principal assembly rooms or where seats are not fixed, one space for each fifty square feet of floor area;
U. 
Public stable: one space for every four horses authorized for boarding. Public stables shall provide the capability of off-street loading and storage of multi-horse vans and trailers as may be required as a condition of conditional use permit approval;
V. 
Billiard and pool room: five spaces plus two spaces for each table;
W. 
Golf course and/or driving range: five spaces for each hole plus one space for each driving range tee plus parking required for any bar, restaurant, retail, office or other ancillary use.
(Ord. 408, 1987; Ord. 467 §§ 2—6, 1990; Ord. 486 §§ 2, 3, 1991; Ord. 736, 2003; Ord. 813 § 1, 2005)
Bicycle parking shall be provided within any parking lot developed within a C district or for any public or semipublic facility in accordance with the following regulations:
A. 
In each parking lot there shall be provided at least four bicycle spaces with a total of spaces to be provided equivalent to five percent of the total vehicle parking spaces in the lot.
B. 
Bicycle parking spaces may be integrated into the parking lot or may be separate.
C. 
Bicycle parking spaces shall have a minimum width of two feet and a length of six feet.
D. 
Bicycle parking spaces shall be located adjacent to bicycle paths and pedestrian walkways and shall be located on the site in a manner that will provide parking within fifty feet of the public entrance to each building or use.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
Parking for the physically handicapped shall be provided as follows:
A. 
For a building, structure or use which is in part used by the general public or for a publicly funded residential project there shall be provided parking for the physically handicapped in accordance with the following regulations:
1. 
Handicapped parking spaces shall be located as near as practical to a primary entrance to the building, structure or use or to any access provided for the handicapped.
2. 
Handicapped parking shall be provided in each parking lot in the amount of one additional space for the first twenty-five spaces in the lot plus one additional space for each fifty additional spaces in the lot.
3. 
Handicapped parking spaces shall be signed as set forth in the California Vehicle Code.
4. 
Handicapped parking spaces shall have a designated loading zone having a minimum width of five feet. Where two handicap spaces adjoin, such loading zone may be jointly provided.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
In conjunction with the development of any off-street parking facility there shall be provided off-street loading space in accordance with the following:
A. 
Off-street Loading Spaces Required—General. Off-street loading spaces shall be required in accordance with the following schedule:
Square Foot Gross Floor Area
Spaces Required
Less than 10,000
0
10,000 to 19,999
1
20,000 to 29,999
2
30,000 to 49,999
3
50,000 to 75,000
4
Each additional 25,000
1
B. 
Off-street loading spaces required—specific: none at this time.
C. 
Off-Street Loading Space Regulations. Off-street loading spaces shall be designed and developed in accordance with the following regulations:
1. 
Off-street loading areas shall be improved to the same standards as off-street parking lots except in the case of industrial, heavy commercial or similar uses where it is found by the city that the off-street loading areas are not accessible to the public.
2. 
Off-street loading spaces or areas may be separate or integrated as part of the off-street parking lot.
3. 
In the case of uses or buildings having less than twenty thousand square feet gross floor area, required off-street parking spaces may be designated as off-street loading spaces provided they have a width of at least ten feet and a length of at least twenty-five feet.
4. 
In the case of uses or buildings having twenty thousand square feet gross floor area or more, each loading space shall be not less than forty-five feet in length and twelve feet in width.
5. 
Off-street loading spaces shall be located in a manner so as to not obstruct traffic within a parking lot nor require backing onto a public street.
6. 
Off-street loading spaces shall have an overhead clearance of not less than fifteen feet.
D. 
Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to the following:
1. 
To a commercial or industrial use where off-street loading is one of the principal activities associated with the use;
2. 
To any residential or agricultural use.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The parking or storage of a motor vehicle, trailer, camper, boat, aircraft or similar equipment must be in conformance with the following:
A. 
Abandoned Vehicle. The parking or storage of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle in any zone is subject to Chapter 10.20, Abandoned vehicles.
B. 
Public Right-of-Way. The parking or storage of a vehicle, trailer or similar equipment within a public right-of-way in violation of applicable traffic codes, or for more than seventy-two consecutive hours, is prohibited (see Chapter 10.13 and the California Vehicle Code).
C. 
Residential District. The parking or storage of a vehicle or similar equipment is permitted in any residential district subject to these regulations. The vehicle or equipment must:
1. 
Not be used for living or sleeping;
2. 
Not be a vehicle that requires a Commercial Class A, Commercial Class B, or Commercial Class C California driver's license to operate;
3. 
Not be stored in an unsafe manner, as determined by the city; and
4. 
Comply with the following:
a. 
If parked or stored within a front yard or an unfenced side yard, the vehicle must be a passenger vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, or truck (excluding a truck tractor or a vehicle exceeding a maximum six thousand pounds base pound weight), and:
i. 
Not be a trailer, boat, motorhome, or RV,
ii. 
Be entirely located on the designated paved driveway area that provides direct access to the garage from the street; or on a driveway extension (the area of the front yard between the driveway and its nearest side yard property line, that is improved in a manner substantially similar to the driveway). In this section, "paved driveway area" includes any impervious surface, including concrete, brick, pavers or asphalt,
iii. 
Not exceed twenty feet in length and twelve feet in height,
iv. 
Not be within the visibility triangle as defined at Section 17.640.004, Sign ordinance;
b. 
If stored within a side or rear yard, the vehicle (including a trailer, recreational vehicle (RV), motorhome, boat, boat mounted on a trailer, or similar equipment) must:
i. 
Not exceed twelve feet in height,
ii. 
Be stored behind a solid six-foot fence, or other wrought iron or chain link fence with screening material on it,
iii. 
Not be used for living or sleeping,
iv. 
If the property has an access driveway for vehicle storage in the side or rear yard, the curb cut to the access driveway requires an encroachment permit and the property owner must maintain the required percentage of landscaped area under Section 8.36.030(B), Residential landscaping requirements—Structures completed after the year 1987. A vehicle may not be parked or stored on the access driveway. An access driveway is a secondary driveway not adjacent to the main driveway, on the opposite side of the front yard (or on the adjacent street of a corner lot). An access driveway may be improved with an impervious surface or with open pavers with green planting material growing through and around the pavers.
(Ord. 408, 1987; Ord. 999 § 7, 2018)
Subject to conditional use permit approval, off-street parking requirements may be reduced. The amount of parking required shall be based on:
1. 
Type of senior housing project (congregate care, senior apartments, subsidized housing, residential care, etc.);
2. 
Availability of public transportation;
3. 
Provision of private van or bus service;
4. 
Mix of unit types with respect to number of bedrooms per unit.
No conditional use permit shall be granted unless the property owner has entered into, or is required to enter into, a written agreement with the city of Brentwood restricting use of the facility to senior citizens for a period of not less than thirty years.
(Ord. 408, 1987; Ord. 467 § 8, 1990)
That area so designated on the zoning map of the city of Brentwood is found and declared to be an area impacted by the off-street parking regulations of the city and is characterized by higher per-square-foot land values, inequities between land owners in the provision of off-street parking, the availability of on-street parking, the existence of parking lots which are inefficient or function poorly because of design, and the existence of fragments of land which are basically unusable due to the restrictions of this title. Within the area so designated the following off-street parking regulation shall apply.
A. 
Notwithstanding any proposed use, the parking requirement for buildings existing as of October 22, 1987 shall be at least one space for each nine hundred square feet of ground floor area and one space for each one thousand eight hundred square feet of basement or upper floor area.
B. 
An existing building may be substantially remodeled for purposes of historical preservation or restoration without the provision of off-street parking; provided:
1. 
There is no increase in floor area except that an increase in ground floor area may be allowed to occupy any vacant area on the site, provided the area is not or cannot be utilized for off-street parking purposes.
2. 
Any existing off-street parking is maintained.
3. 
Any potential off-street parking spaces are developed for off-street parking.
C. 
If any existing building is increased in occupancy within the building through division thereby creating additional spaces for purposes of lease, franchise, rental or other occupancy above that existing on October 22, 1987, for each new commercial space created having an area of one thousand two hundred square feet or more, there shall be provided one parking space for each nine hundred square feet of floor area in the space or spaces created, and for each new commercial space created having an area of less than one thousand two hundred square feet, there shall be provided one parking space for each three hundred square feet of floor area in the space or spaces created. Such parking spaces shall be in addition to any existing parking spaces; however, the total parking spaces need not exceed the minimum required by subsection A of this section.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
The off-street parking and loading requirements of a use may be met through the following in-lieu provisions:
A. 
When the site of the use is located within an off-street parking assessment district to the extent of the amount of the benefit ratio determined by the district;
B. 
When the site of the use can be annexed to an off-street parking assessment district and upon payment to the district of the costs of the required off-street parking spaces;
C. 
By payment of the costs of the required off-street parking spaces into a trust fund to be administered by the city for the provisions of future off-street parking facilities;
D. 
Where costs of required off-street parking are to be paid to the city or assessment district such costs will be based on the fair market value of the land on which the new use is to be located, the amount of land necessary to provide the required off-street parking, and the current costs of paving and other necessary improvements as determined by the city.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
All required off-street parking and loading facilities shall be located on the same site on which is located the use they serve except as follows:
A. 
In the case of any new use, building or structure where it is found that due to parcel size, location or other circumstances the required off-street parking cannot or should not be provided on the site, the required off-street parking may be located on another site located within three hundred feet of the use which site may be in the same or different ownership or in the cooperative ownership.
B. 
Where any required off-street parking is located off-site the parking requirements will be considered to be met only through the execution of an agreement to be recorded in the offices of the county recorder as a covenant running with the land for the benefit of the city providing that the owner or owners and their heirs, assigns or successors in interest will continue to maintain such parking facilities for the exclusive benefit of the use as long as the building or use they are intended to serve is maintained.
C. 
When the off-street parking and loading requirements for the use are satisfied by use of the in-lieu provision of Section 17.620.019.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
Parking lots which are developed or redeveloped after October 22, 1987 shall be designed in accordance with the following regulations:
A. 
Minimum parking space width: nine feet except as specified in subsection D of this section.
B. 
Minimum parking space length: twenty feet except as specified in subsection D of this section and for parallel parking which shall be twenty-four feet.
C. 
Aisle Width. The required width of aisles shall vary with the width and angle of the parking space as specified in the following table:
Angle in Degrees
Aisle Width
8 to 9-1/2 foot space
Greater than 9-1/2 foot space
90 (Perpendicular)
25
25
76—89
22
21
61—75
18
19
46—60
15
14
1—45
13
12
0 (Parallel)
13
12
D. 
Compact Car Parking. Up to thirty percent of the required number of off-street parking spaces may be designated for the parking of compact cars only. Such spaces may be reduced in required width by one foot and in length by four feet. Compact spaces shall not be located directly opposite another compact space along an aisle providing access to such spaces.
E. 
Driveway Width. Where a parking lot does not abut a public street, there shall be provided a service drive or easement of access which shall be unoccupied and unobstructed, which shall be improved to parking lot standards and which shall have a width of not less than twenty-five feet except as follows:
1. 
In the event more than one driveway or easement of access is provided, the width for one-way access may be reduced to twelve feet.
2. 
Driveways or easements of access having a length of less than fifty feet may have a width reduced to eighteen feet.
3. 
Driveways or easements of access providing access to parking lots of less than ten spaces may have a width reduced to sixteen feet.
F. 
Access. Parking lots shall be designed to provide clear ingress and egress to all spaces with a minimum of maneuvering. Parking in tandem shall be prohibited except two cars may be parked in tandem on mobile home lots and on individual single-family, duplex and triplex lots. The backing out from a parking lot onto a public street shall be prohibited except in R zones for lots of less than six spaces.
G. 
Curb Cuts. Curb cuts for driveway purposes shall be approved by the city and shall be regulated in number and location in a manner that will; in order of importance:
1. 
Minimize conflict with movement of traffic;
2. 
Minimize loss of on-street parking;
3. 
Provide ease of ingress to the parking lot;
4. 
Provide ease of egress from the parking lot.
H. 
Maintenance of Visibility. Parking lots shall be designed in a manner that will assure that site distances are maintained, particularly at points of egress to a public right-of-way.
I. 
Within any zone, except for necessary access driveways, no portion of a parking lot or space shall be located in any required front yard or required side yard adjacent to a street.
J. 
Valet or Other Controlled Parking. Subject to obtaining a conditional use permit the design provisions of this section may be revised for purposes of accommodating a larger number of vehicles within a parking lot. Such revisions shall include the allowance of tandem parking and reduced dimension and shall only be allowed where valet service is provided for public parking, where parking is completely controlled by the use with no public parking and where the reduced standards will not impact other portions of a parking lot, if any. Any conditional use permit approved pursuant to these provisions shall be temporary and shall not be construed to allow a reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces or the design standards otherwise required.
(Ord. 408, 1987)
Parking lots which are developed or redeveloped after October 22, 1987 shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following regulations:
A. 
Surfacing. Parking lots shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or Portland cement binder pavement, building stone or equivalent material approved by the city on a suitable base so as to provide a durable and dust-free surface.
B. 
Screening. Parking lots for more than six vehicles shall be screened in accordance with Sections 17.630.005 and 17.630.009.
C. 
Striping. All parking and loading spaces and, when required, aisles, pedestrian walkways and crossings, visitors' parking, fire lanes, no-parking areas and driveways, shall be striped and otherwise designated to provide for the safe loading, unloading and parking and storage of vehicles and shall be so installed as to be in accordance with the standards of the city for such improvements.
D. 
Barriers. Curbs, tire stops or similar barriers shall be provided where a parking space abuts any structure, boundary of an adjacent property, landscaped area or tree. Barriers shall be placed in a manner that will prevent the overhang of a vehicle over a required landscaped area.
E. 
Parking lot lighting shall be installed to the approval of the city. All lighting shall be directed or shielded so as to not produce nuisance or annoyance on abutting properties. Lighting shall be of the type or in a location such that it does not constitute a hazard to vehicular traffic, either on private property or on abutting streets. The spacing and height of the standards and luminaries shall be such that a maximum of seven foot-candles and a minimum of one foot-candle of illumination are obtained on all vehicle access ways and parking areas. The height of lighting fixtures shall not exceed thirty feet. To prevent damage from automobiles, standards shall be mounted on reinforced concrete pedestals or otherwise protected. Under-canopy lighting elements shall be recessed or concealed in such a manner as not to be directly visible from a public street. All lighting fixtures shall be vandal-resistant.
F. 
Traffic Controls. Traffic controls at ingress and egress points and standard traffic directional signs with no advertising thereon shall be provided as may be deemed by the city to be necessary in the interest of public safety.
G. 
Parking Lot Landscaping. In conjunction with their development all parking lots shall be improved and permanently maintained by the property owner with the installation of shade trees and landscaped areas and planters in accordance with Chapter 17.630.
(Ord. 408, 1987)