Table A Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces Required | |||
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Use | Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces | ||
Residential Uses | |||
Accessory dwelling units | 1 space (covered or uncovered), in addition to the parking required for the primary use; unless otherwise specified in Section 21.10.030 of this code. | ||
The additional parking space may be provided through tandem parking on a driveway and may be within the front or side yard setback. | |||
One-family dwellings | Two spaces per unit, provided as either: • A two-car garage (minimum interior 20 feet × 20 feet); or • Two separate one-car garages (minimum interior 12 feet × 20 feet each); or • As otherwise permitted, pursuant to Section 21.10.030 of this title, when a garage is converted to an accessory dwelling unit. | ||
Two-family dwellings (apartments only), for condominium projects see "planned developments" | Same as required for one-family dwellings | ||
Visitor parking | Same as required for multiple-family dwelling visitor parking | ||
Multiple-family dwellings (apartments only), for condominium projects see "planned developments" | Studio and one-bedroom units | 1.5 spaces/unit, one of which must be covered | |
Units with two or more bedrooms | 2 spaces/unit, one of which must be covered | ||
Visitor parking | Projects with 10 units or fewer | 0.30 space per each unit | |
Projects with 11 units or more | 0.25 space per each unit | ||
Visitor parking may be covered or uncovered | |||
Planned developments | See Chapter 21.45 | ||
Fraternities | 1.25 spaces for each sleeping room | ||
Mobile home parks | 2 paved and covered spaces per unit | ||
1 visitor parking space for every 4 units. On-street parking may be counted towards meeting the visitor parking requirement | |||
Recreation and laundry areas combined shall have sufficient parking facilities to accommodate one automobile for every five mobile home sites up to fifty lots and one space for each ten lots thereafter | |||
Residential care facilities | Two spaces per unit, provided as either: • A two-car garage (minimum interior 20 feet x 20 feet); or • Two separate one-car garages (minimum interior 12 feet x 20 feet each) | ||
Residential care facilities (serving six or fewer persons) | Two spaces per unit, provided as either: *A two-car garage (minimum interior 20 feet x 20 feet); or *Two separate one-car garages (minimum interior 12 feet x 20 feet each) | ||
Residential care facilities (serving seven or more persons) | The number of required parking spaces shall be determined by the city planner and shall be based on the operating characteristics of a specific proposal, including, but not limited to, number of: (1) Employees, (2) Beds, and (3) Service deliveries | ||
Rooming house | 1 space for each sleeping room | ||
Housing for senior citizens | 1.5 covered spaces per unit, plus 1 covered space for an onsite manager's unit (when provided), and 1 visitor parking space per every five units, subject to approval of a site development plan | ||
Time-share projects | 1.2 spaces per unit | ||
Emergency shelters | The number of required parking spaces shall be determined by the City Planner and shall be based on the operating characteristics of a specific proposal, including, but not limited to, number of: (1) employees, (2) beds, and (3) service deliveries. | ||
Group homes (that: (1) do not require state licensing; or (2) require state licensing to provide services to six or fewer persons) | Two Spaces per unit, provided as either: *A two-car garage (minimum interior 20 feet x 20 feet); or *Two separate one-car garages (minimum interior 12 feet x 20 feet each) | ||
Group homes (serving seven or more persons and requiring state licensing) | The number of required parking spaces shall be determined by the city planner and shall be based on the operating characteristics of a specific proposal, including, but not limited to, number of: (1) Employees, (2) Beds, and (3) Service deliveries | ||
Commercial, Industrial, and Other Non-Residential Uses | |||
Farmworker housing complex, large | The number of required parking spaces shall be determined by the City Planner and shall be based on the operating characteristics of a specific proposal, including, but not limited to, number of: (1) employees, (2) beds, and (3) service deliveries. | ||
Farmworker housing complex, small | One parking space for every four beds plus one space for an on-site manager | ||
Bed and breakfast uses | 2 spaces, one of which must be covered for the owner's unit, plus 1 space for each guest room | ||
Bowling alleys | 6 per alley | ||
Car rental agencies | 1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area for the car rental office space and customer waiting area. Adequate rental car fleet parking shall be addressed through a fleet parking plan that shall be reviewed and approved by the City Planner | ||
Child day care center | 1 space/employee plus 1 space for each 10 children | ||
Delicatessen | 1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Driving ranges | 1 space/tee plus required parking for accessory uses | ||
Educational facilities, other | 1 space/200 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Educational institution or school | Preschools/Nurseries | 1 space/employee plus 1 space for each 10 students, with an adequate loading and unloading area | |
Elementary Schools | 1 space/employee, with an adequate loading and unloading area | ||
High Schools | 1 space/employee plus 1 space for each 10 students, with an adequate loading and unloading area | ||
Colleges | 1 space/employee plus 1 space for each 3 students, with an adequate loading and unloading area | ||
Financial institutions and professional offices | Medical Office | 1 space/200 square feet of gross floor area | |
Financial Institutions | 1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Other office uses | 1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Office uses within 300 feet of the boundary of the Village-Barrio zone | 1 space/300 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Furniture and appliance sales | 1 space/600 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Golf courses | 6 spaces/hole plus required parking for accessory uses | ||
Gyms and health spas | 1 space/200 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Hospitals | 3 spaces per bed, or 1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater | ||
Hotels and motels | 1.2 spaces per unit | ||
Industrial building ("spec" - no specific uses identified) | 1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area1 | ||
Libraries | 1 space/200 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Library substations | 1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Manufacturing | 1 space/400 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 space for each vehicle used in conjunction with the use | ||
Mortuaries | 1 space/50 square feet of assembly area | ||
Motor vehicle uses | Gas Stations | 1 space/300 square feet of gross floor area, excluding work bays associated with vehicle repair | |
Gas stations that include motor vehicle repair services shall provide additional parking as required for motor vehicle "repair" uses | |||
Sales | 1 space/400 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Repair | 4 spaces for every work bay (up through three work bays), plus 2 spaces per bay in excess of three bays. Work bays do not count as parking spaces | ||
Museums | 1 space/500 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Personal and professional services3 | 1 space/300 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Professional care facilities | 0.45 parking spaces per every bed | ||
Public assembly | 1 space/5 seats, or 1 space/100 square feet of assembly area, whichever is greater | ||
Recreational vehicle storage areas | 1 space for every 10,000 square feet of storage area, with a minimum of 3 spaces | ||
Recycling facilities | 1 space per employee plus 1 space for each commercial vehicle of the recycling facility; and space for a minimum of 6 vehicles or the anticipated peak hourly customer load, whichever is greater, as determined by the City Planner | ||
Research and development (R&D) | 1 space/250 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Bio industrial R&D - 1 space/300 square feet of gross floor area | |||
Restaurants | Less than 4,000 square feet in size | 1 space/100 square feet of gross floor area | |
4,000 square feet or greater | 40 spaces plus 1 space/50 square feet of gross floor area in excess of 4,000 square feet | ||
Retail uses | Individual | 1 space/300 square feet of gross floor area | |
Shopping Center | 1 space/200 square feet of gross floor area2 | ||
Shooting ranges (indoor) | 1.5 spaces for each firing lane within the range, plus required parking for other associated uses based on the parking standard for each use | ||
Theaters | 1 space/5 seats | ||
Visitor/information center | 1 space per 400 square feet of gross floor area | ||
Warehouse | 1 space/1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus 1 space for each vehicle used in conjunction with the use | ||
Notes: | |
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1 | Projects proposing a "spec" industrial building may provide parking at manufacturing or warehouse standards, provided a deed restriction is recorded on the property indicating that these uses on the property will be retained and no other type of use creating a need for additional parking will be permitted, unless more parking area is provided to meet city parking standards. |
2 | Uses permitted in the underlying zone may be allowed in under-parked shopping centers without the need to provide additional parking, provided there is no expansion of floor area (this does not apply to conditionally permitted uses). |
3 | Personal and professional service uses include, but are not limited to, copying/duplicating services, dry cleaners, laundromats, beauty and barber shops, cosmetic services, nail salons, shoe/garment repair, travel agent, etc. |
Table B Parking Spaces and Areas | |||
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Subject | Requirement | ||
Parking space size | Standard parking space | Minimum area of 170 square feet | |
Minimum width of 8.5 feet | |||
Maximum overhang of 2.5 feet, provided the overhang does not encroach into any required landscape setback | |||
Parallel parking space | Minimum length of 24 feet, exclusive of driveway/drive-aisle entrances and aprons | ||
Minimum length of 20 feet if located immediately adjacent to a driveway/drive-aisle apron | |||
Minimum width of 7 feet | |||
Compact parking space | Minimum width of 8 feet | ||
Minimum length of 15 feet | |||
No overhang permitted | |||
Compact parking | Nonresidential zones | Up to 25% of the total required parking spaces may be compact spaces | |
Residential zones | Up to 45% of the required visitor parking spaces may be compact spaces | ||
All zones | Compact car spaces shall be located in separate parking aisles from standard sized spaces | ||
Aisles for compact car spaces shall be clearly marked with permanent pole signs denoting "Compact Cars Only" | |||
Compact car spaces shall be located in close proximity to the facility they are intended serve, so as to encourage their maximum usage | |||
Minimum width of aisles that provide access to parking spaces | 30 and 45 degree parking | One-way traffic | 14 feet wide |
Two-way traffic | 24 feet wide | ||
60 degree parking | One-way traffic | 18 feet wide | |
Two-way traffic | 24 feet wide | ||
90 degree parking | 24 feet wide | ||
20 feet - where no vehicles pull into or back-out into a drive-aisle from a parking space | |||
Additional width may be required for vehicle/emergency vehicle maneuvering area | |||
Circulation | Circulation within a parking area must be such that a car entering the parking area need not enter a street to reach another aisle and that a car need not enter a street backwards. This provision shall not apply to off-street parking required for one-family and two-family dwelling units. | ||
Location of required parking | For one-family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings | See Section 21.44.060 | |
For other residential uses or care facilities (e.g., housing for senior citizens, hospitals, and, when serving more than six persons, residential care facilities, etc.) | Not more than 150 feet walking distance from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the building that the parking facility is required to serve. | ||
For uses other than those specified above | Not more than 300 feet walking distance from the nearest point of the parking facility to the nearest point of the building that the parking facility is required to serve. | ||
Required landscaping of parking areas | For parking areas having a capacity of five or more vehicles (except parking provided for one-family and two-family dwellings) | For purposes of required landscaping, the words "parking area" shall include all blacktop or paved areas, including access ways and areas. | |
At least 3% of the parking area shall be planted and maintained with trees listed on the city's official street tree list, or approved shrubs. Said trees or shrubs shall be: • Contained in planting areas with a minimum dimension of 4 feet and bounded by a concrete or masonry curb of a minimum of 6 inches in height; • Located throughout the off-street parking areas in order to obtain the maximum amount of dispersion. | |||
All landscaped areas shall be served by a water irrigation system and be supplied with bubblers or sprinklers. | |||
All plans for such landscaped areas shall be approved by the City Planner prior to the construction and placement thereof. | |||
Development and maintenance of public or private parking areas with a capacity for 5 or more vehicles | Surfacing | Off-street parking areas shall be paved or otherwise surfaced and maintained so as to eliminate dust or mud, and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water. In no case shall such drainage be allowed across sidewalks or driveways. | |
Border barricades, screening, and landscaping | Every parking area that is not separated by a fence from any street or alley property line upon which it abuts, shall be provided with a suitable concrete curb or timber barrier not less than 6 inches in height, and located not less than 2 feet from such street or alley property lines, and such curb or barrier shall be securely installed and maintained; provided no such curb or barrier shall be required across any driveway or entrance to such parking area. | ||
Every parking area abutting property located in a residential zone shall be separated from such property by a solid wall, view-obscuring fence or compact evergreen hedge 6 feet in height measured from the grade of the finished surface of such parking lot closest to the contiguous residentially zoned property; provided, that along the required front yard, the fence, wall or hedge shall not exceed 42 inches in height. No such wall, fence or hedge need be provided where the elevation of that portion of the parking area immediately adjacent to a residential zone is 6 feet or more below the elevation of such residentially zoned property along the common property line. | |||
Any lights provided to illuminate any public parking area, semi-public parking area or used car sales area permitted by this chapter shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any premises upon which a dwelling unit is located. | |||
Entrances and exits | The location and design of all entrances and exits shall be subject to the approval of the City Planner or other designated person, provided no entrance or exit, other than on or from an alley, shall be closer than 5 feet to any lot located in a residential zone. | ||
Parking areas for commercial or office/professional uses in R-3, R-P and R-T zones | No parking lot to be used as an accessory to a commercial or office/professional establishment shall be established until reviewed by the City Planner and its location approved. Such approval may be conditioned upon the City Planner requiring the planting and/or maintenance of trees, shrubs or other landscaping within and along the borders of such parking area. | ||
The parking lot shall be no farther than fifty feet when measured from its closest boundary to the commercial or office/professional establishment to which it is accessory. | |||
Such parking lot shall be used solely for the parking of private passenger vehicles. | |||
Table C Location of Required Parking Spaces in Residential Zones | ||
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Parking Required For: | Location Standards For Required Parking Spaces | |
One-family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings | All dwelling types | Required parking spaces shall be located on the same lot or building site as the buildings they are required to serve. |
Required parking shall not be located within the front yard setback. | ||
Required uncovered parking spaces may be located within the side and/or rear yard setback, provided that a 6-foot-high masonry wall (or some other solid material approved by the decision-making authority) is built along the property line adjacent to the setback area. | ||
Accessory dwelling units | Same as parking required for primary residential use, with the following exceptions: • May be located in the front or side yard setback; and • May be located as a tandem space on a driveway. • Other parking requirements and exemptions may be applicable pursuant to Section 21.10.030. | |
Multiple-family dwellings | Required parking spaces shall be located no more than 150 feet as measured in a logical walking path from the entrance to the unit it could be considered to serve. | |
Visitor parking for two-family and multiple-family dwellings | Same as parking required for primary residential use, with the following exception: • Required visitor parking need not be located within a garage. • Required visitor parking spaces shall be not more than 300 feet walking distance to the unit the parking space is required to serve. • For projects with 10 or fewer units (outside the Beach Area Overlay Zone), all required visitor parking may be located within driveways (located in front of a unit's garage), provided that all dwelling units in the project have driveways with a depth of 20 feet or more (measured from the front property line, back of sidewalk, or edge of drive-aisle, whichever is closest to the structure). | |
Existing substandard frontage lots with a width of less than 50 feet | Tandem parking within the front yard setback shall be permitted, provided: • There is a minimum of one parking space per dwelling unit located within the required setback lines; and • The front yard building setback is no less than 20 feet (in the R-W zone, the front yard setback shall be no less than 10 feet to a second or third building floor). | |
Subterranean parking | A zero foot setback for subterranean parking shall be permitted, provided that within the setback area(s) all of the "subterranean parking structure" is completely underground and the setbacks are fully landscaped, except for driveways necessary to provide access. | |
Table D Residential Garage Standards | |
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Type | Garage Standard |
One-car garage | Minimum interior dimensions of 12 feet by 20 feet. |
Two-car garage (both spaces for same unit) | Minimum interior dimensions of 20 feet by 20 feet. |
Multiple one-car garages in one structure | Each separate, one-car garage shall have interior dimensions of 12 feet by 20 feet, exclusive of supporting columns. |
As a minimum, each space shall be separated from the adjacent garage, floor to ceiling, by a permanent stud partition with ½-inch gypsum board on one side, where no additional fire protection is required. | |
Enclosed parking garage with multiple, open parking spaces | Each parking space shall maintain a standard stall size of 8.5 feet by 20 feet, exclusive of supporting columns or posts. |
A backup distance of 24 feet shall be maintained in addition to a minimum 5 feet turning bump-out located at the end of any stall series. | |
Type of Vehicle | Where Vehicles Can Be Parked | |
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Passenger vehicles, and light-duty commercial vehicles used as a principal means of transportation by an occupant of the dwelling | One-family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings | Garage |
Covered or uncovered parking spaces provided as required for the dwelling unit | ||
One-family dwellings on individual lots (in addition to parking spaces required pursuant to Table A of this chapter or as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 21.10.030 of this code) | In the required front yard on a paved driveway or parking area that: 1. Does not exceed 30% of the required front yard area; or 2. Is comprised of 24 feet of width extended from the property line to the rear of the required front yard, whichever is greater. | |
A paved area between the required front yard and the actual front of the building, as long as it is an extension and does not exceed the width of the area described above. | ||
Any other area of the lot provided that they are screened from view from the public right-of-way. | ||
For corner lots, the provisions of this subsection shall apply to the required street side yard; however, in no case, shall the provisions of this section allow parking in both the required front yard and the required street side yard. | ||
Recreational vehicles, boats, and trailers | One-family dwellings on individual lots | In an enclosed structure observing all required setbacks |
Open parking in the side yard or the rear yard | ||
Subject to City Planner approval, open parking in the required front yard is permitted if the parking area does not exceed the maximum paved area permitted for passenger vehicles, and that access to the side or rear yard cannot be provided. In making this determination, the City Planner shall give notice pursuant to Section 21.54.060.B and shall consider: 1. Whether parking in, or access to, the side or rear yard would require structural alteration to the existing residence, or would require the removal of significant or unique landscaping. A fence shall not be deemed to prevent access to the side or rear yard; 2. Whether parking in or access to the side or rear yard would require extensive grading; 3. Whether, because of the configuration of the lot, existing landscaping, the location of the structures on the lot, and the size of the recreational vehicle, parking of the recreational vehicle in the front yard would interfere with visibility to or from any street; 4. Whether allowing parking of the recreational vehicle in the front yard would interfere with traffic on the street or sidewalk, or would encroach into the street and utility right-of-way. | ||
Any person may file an objection to the decision or request an administrative hearing with the City Planner pursuant to Section 21.54.060.B. The decision of the City Planner shall become effective unless appealed in accordance with the provisions of Section 21.54.140 of this title. Note: A corner lot is deemed to have reasonable access to the rear yard. | ||
Notwithstanding the above, during the construction of a permanent one-family dwelling on a lot, the owner of the lot may live in a recreational vehicle upon said lot during construction of said dwelling for a period not to exceed six months. | ||
The provisions listed in this section are not intended to supersede more restrictive homeowner provisions contained in approved conditions, covenants and restrictions (CC&Rs). If the provisions of any such CC&Rs are less restrictive than the ordinance codified in this section, then the provisions contained herein shall apply. | ||
Inoperable vehicles | One-family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings | Storage or parking of inoperable, wrecked, dismantled or abandoned vehicles shall be regulated by Chapter 10.52 of this code, with the following exception: • For one-family dwellings on individual lots, not more than two vehicles in any inoperable, wrecked or dismantled condition may be parked in the side yard or rear yard while said vehicles are being repaired or restored by the owner of the property, provided the vehicles are visually screened from the public right-of-way. |
Heavy-duty commercial vehicles | One-family, two-family, and multiple-family dwellings | No heavy-duty commercial vehicles as defined by Section 10.40.075 of this code, except for trailers as permitted by the provision for "recreational vehicles, boats, and trailers" above, shall be parked on any residential lot, except while loading or unloading property; or when such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aide of, the performance of a service to the property on which the vehicle is parked. |