The purpose of this chapter is to achieve the following:
(A) Provide accessible, secure, properly lighted, and well maintained
parking facilities;
(B) Reduce traffic congestion and hazards;
(C) Protect neighborhoods from effects of vehicular noise and traffic
generated by adjacent nonresidential land use districts;
(D) Assure the maneuverability of emergency vehicles;
(E) Provide appropriately designed parking facilities in proportion to
the needs generated by varying types of land use.
(Ord. 2097 § 3, 2013)
This chapter applies to new buildings and structures, when an
existing building or structure is enlarged or when the use is intensified
and constitutes the minimum standards for all off-street parking and
loading facilities.
(A) Land within the right-of-way of a proposed street or highway, or
within the planned ultimate right-of-way on a street or highway proposed
to be widened, cannot be used to provide required parking and loading
facilities.
(B) A change in occupancy that does not involve a change in the use classification
is not considered a change in use for purposes of this requirement
unless the change in occupancy involves an intensification of use
or an increase in parking demand.
(C) Required parking areas must be used exclusively for vehicle parking
in conjunction with a permitted use and cannot be reduced or encroached
upon in any manner. Required parking spaces must be available for
the use of residents, customers or guests of the use. Fees cannot
be charged for the use of required parking spaces. Required parking
spaces cannot be used for the parking of equipment or storage of goods
or inoperable vehicles. Required parking spaces cannot be used on
another site except for joint parking situations approved by the Planning
Commission and through an appropriate recorded legal instrument approved
by the City Attorney as to form.
(Ord. 2097 § 3, 2013)
The parking facilities required by this chapter can only be
used for temporary parking of vehicles used in conjunction with the
uses they serve. Such parking facilities cannot be used for any other
purpose, such as, but not limited to, storage of vehicles or living
areas for domestic, social or recreational activities normally conducted
in a dwelling.
(Ord. 2097 § 3, 2013)
Notwithstanding any provisions of this title or any adopted
specific plan to the contrary, the parking requirements for a religious
institution affiliated housing development project are subject to
the provisions of
Government Code Section 65913.6, as amended. For
purposes of this section, a 'religious institution affiliated housing
development project' is defined as set forth in
Government Code Section
65913.6(a)(5).
(Ord. 2205 § 3, 2021)
When considering parking needs for a project, the City Planner
may utilize the following methods:
(A) Parking standards set forth in this code.
(B) Where off-site parking is proposed to meet parking standards, the
City Planner may accept appropriate alternatives like ride services,
micro transit, and valet services to help reduce parking demand. Such
services, however, must be mitigated with sufficient pick-up and drop-off
areas.
(C) Shared parking agreements for new projects.
(D) Accept unbundled parking for new projects. Unbundled parking allows
selling or leasing parking spaces separately, rather than automatically
including the parking spaces with the purchase or lease of the commercial
or residential use. Unbundling parking manages parking demand by allowing
applicants to only pay for the parking spaces they actually need.
(E) A traffic and parking study prepared by a licensed engineer to mitigate
vehicle and parking impacts. The traffic and parking study must be
prepared by a state licensed traffic engineer in accordance with Los
Angeles County's Traffic Impact Analysis Report Guidelines (January
1997) and Institute of Transportation Engineers, Parking Generation,
4th Edition, or the most recent subsequent edition. The traffic engineer
preparing the study should define an appropriate approach for determining
the number of trips generated by a proposed project and present this
approach in the study.
(Ord. 2205 § 3, 2021)