A. Definition.
A "parking space" shall be an area for the parking of a motor vehicle,
plus those additional areas and facilities required to provide for
safe access to and from the space. The area set aside to meet these
provisions must be useable and accessible for the type of parking
need that must be satisfied.
B. Special
Limitations and Requirements in Residential Areas.
1. In
any residential district, no recreation vehicle, including motor home,
camping trailer, boat trailer, boat, pick-up camper, fifth wheel or
dune buggy or utility trailer shall be stored or parked except within
an enclosed side or rear yard or within a garage or carport; no semi-truck
and trailer, semi-truck, trailer or other truck exceeding one ton
of capacity shall be parked within any residential district.
2. In
any residential district, all motor vehicles incapable of movement
under their own power, other than in cases of emergency accident or
breakdown, shall be stored in an entirely enclosed space, garage or
carport. No more than one such vehicle shall be so stored at any time,
and no more than one such vehicle shall be allowed to be under repair
at any time. Parking on lawns or other areas in front yards, other
than on a driveway, is prohibited.
C. When Off-Street Parking is Required. Except as provided in subsection
J below or in Section
17.76.100, there shall be provided off-street parking facilities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter when any of the following shall occur:
1. Initial
occupancy of a site;
2. A
major alteration or enlargement of a use, site or building;
3. A
change in use that requires additional parking.
D. Parking
Space Schedule.
1. Residential
Uses.
a. One-Family Dwellings. There shall be two spaces for each dwelling
unit within a garage.
b. Duplexes, Triplexes and Quadruplexes. There shall be two spaces for
each dwelling unit within a garage.
c. Multifamily Dwellings such as Townhomes, Condominiums, and Apartments.
There shall be one covered space plus one additional space per dwelling
unit. Guest parking shall be provided at 0.25 spaces per dwelling
unit for projects with greater than eight dwelling units.
d. Additional Parking for Multifamily Units. Except for driveways allowed
in the front setback area of a garage or carport, all additional parking
for two- or four-unit structures and multifamily units shall be to
the rear or side of such units. If parking is located to the side
of the units, the first parking space shall be to the rear of the
front yard setback line.
e. Housing for the Elderly. There shall be one space for each dwelling unit; provided, however, that sufficient space shall be set aside and incorporated into the site plan for the number of spaces prescribed under subsection
(D)(1)(c) above in the event of a change of use to housing for the nonelderly.
f. Private Clubs, Fraternity or Sorority Houses, Lodging and Rooming
Houses. There shall be one space for each two houses.
g. Motels, Hotels, Inns and Bed and Breakfast Establishments There shall
be one space for each guest room, plus one space for each employee.
2. Uses
Within CN and CC Districts.
a. For uses within an integrated shopping center located within a CN
or CC district, involving a combination of three or more retail uses
permitted within the CN district for which building area, off-street
parking, off-street loading, landscaping, lighting and other features
are developed, managed and maintained as if a single unit, there shall
be three spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area,
or four spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area if
the center includes a supermarket.
b. For other uses within a CN or CC district, the number of spaces otherwise
required for the type of use.
3. Other
Commercial Uses—Industrial Use.
a. Banks. One space for each 300 square feet of floor area.
b. Offices (not including medically related or public administrative
offices). One space for each 400 square feet of floor area.
c. Retail Stores—Food. One space for each 150 square feet of floor
area; mini-market food stores shall have one space for each 300 square
feet of floor area for stores under 2,000 square feet of gross floor
area.
d. Retail Stores, Other than Food and Personal Establishments. One space
for each 300 square feet of floor space.
e. Retail Stores Which Handle Bulky Merchandise. Retail stores which
handle primarily bulky merchandise, such as furniture, household appliances,
motor vehicles, farm implements, machinery and bulk supplies shall
have one space for each 600 square feet of floor area.
f. Service Commercial Uses, Repair Shops and Wholesale Establishments.
One space for each 800 square feet of floor area, plus one space for
each employee and one space for each vehicle stored on the property
for more than 24 hours.
g. Commercial and Industrial Uses Conducted Primarily Outside of Buildings.
One space for each employee of the maximum working shift, plus one
space for each vehicle stored on the property for more than 24 hours.
h. Manufacturing, Processing and Packaging. Two spaces for each 1,000
square feet of floor area.
i. Warehouse, Storage and Distribution. One space for each 2,000 square
feet of floor area.
4. Utility
Uses. For electrical distribution and transmission substations, gas
regulator stations, public utility pumping stations, reservoirs, water
or gas storage tank farms, sewage treatment plants and other public
utility buildings and uses, there shall be one space for each two
employees of the maximum working shift, plus one space for each vehicle
stored at the site. Where the use is unmanned, one space for each
service vehicle to be parked at the site.
5. Health
Uses.
a. Medical Offices, Dental Offices and Clinics. For medical and dental
offices and clinics, including (but not limited to) surgeons, general
practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, medical specialists,
ophthalmologists, dentists, optometrists and similar medically related
professions, there shall be three spaces for each practitioner, plus
one space for each employee, or one space for each 250 square feet
of floor area, whichever is greater.
b. Rest Homes, Nursing Homes, Convalescent Homes and Homes for the Aged.
One space for each employee of the daytime shift, plus one space for
each four beds.
c. Charitable and Religious Institutions. For charitable and religious
institutions providing sleeping accommodations, there shall be one
space for each employee and one space for each four beds.
d. Hospitals. One space for each four beds and one space for each two
employees of the maximum working shift, plus one space for each staff
doctor.
6. Places
of Assembly.
a. Cafés and Restaurants. For any café, restaurant or
other establishment for the sale and consumption of food and beverages
on the premises, there shall be one space for each four seats.
b. Drive-In and Fast Food Restaurants. One space for each two seats,
and one space for each employee of the maximum working shift.
c. Auditoriums and Similar Establishments. For auditoriums (except school
auditoriums), churches, mortuaries, sports arenas and stadiums, dance
halls, private clubs and lodges, there shall be one space for each
50 square feet of floor area used for seating if seats are not fixed,
or one space for each four seats, plus one space for each employee.
School classrooms associated with a church do not require parking
in addition to that required for church seating.
d. Theaters (Indoor). One space for each four seats.
e. Bowling Alleys. Four spaces for each alley, plus one space for each
four seats devoted to restaurants and/or cocktail lounges, plus one
space for each employee of the maximum working shift.
f. Other Places of Assembly Without Fixed Seats. One space for each
50 square feet of floor areas used for assembly, plus one space for
each employee of the maximum working shift.
7. Educational
Uses.
a. Public and Private Elementary and Junior High Schools. One space
for each employee, plus sufficient space for safe and convenient bus
loading and unloading.
b. High Schools. One space for each employee, one space for each 10
students, plus sufficient space for safe and convenient bus loading
and unloading of students.
c. Colleges. One space for each employee, plus one space for each five
students enrolled.
d. Nursery Schools and Day Care Centers. One space for each employee,
plus sufficient space for safe and convenient loading and unloading
of students enrolled.
e. Business, professional and trade schools and colleges (including
art, craft, music and dancing schools). One space for each employee,
plus one space for each three adult students.
8. Public
Uses.
a. For, city, county, special district, state and federal administrative
offices, there shall be one space for each employee, plus one space
for each 1,000 square feet of floor area.
b. For public buildings and grounds other than offices and educational
uses, there shall be one space for each employee of the maximum working
shift plus the number of additional spaces prescribed by the planning
commission.
9. Transportation
Terminals and Facilities. Airports, heliports, bus depots, taxi stations,
railroad stations and yards shall have one space for each employee
of the maximum working shift, plus sufficient space for the loading
and unloading of passengers.
10. Miscellaneous Uses. For a use not specified or covered by the above
parking schedule, the same number of spaces shall be provided, as
determined by the planning commission, as are required for the most
similar use.
11. Recreation Vehicle Parking Within Multifamily Developments. Recreation
vehicle parking shall not be permitted within multifamily developments
unless confined to an area designed for the purpose enclosed by a
security fence, and located where it will have the least visual impact
on the site as a whole. RV parking within yard spaces of individual
dwelling units or multifamily structures shall be prohibited.
12. Demonstrated Alternative Parking Requirements. Notwithstanding the parking requirements of subsections
(D)(2) and
(3) of the above schedule, an applicant shall be entitled to submit a parking formula for consideration and approval by the planning commission, which is based on a demonstrated satisfaction of parking requirements for the same or similar use at another location. Such alternative demonstration shall be submitted in writing, together with photographic and other evidence as may be necessary in support of the request. Evidence from a location outside of the city shall include a letter from the planning official having jurisdiction corroborating that the evidence supports the alternative formula.
E. Units
of Measurement.
1. For
purposes of this chapter, and with the exception of references to
"gross floor area," the term "floor area" shall mean that floor area
used, or intended to be used for direct service to the public as customers,
patrons, clients or patients, or as tenants, including areas occupied
by fixtures and equipment for the display and sale of merchandise.
It shall not include areas used, principally for nonpublic use, including
storage or administrative offices incidental to a commercial use.
2. In
outdoor or indoor places of assembly in which patrons or spectators
occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each 24
lineal inches of each seating facility shall be counted as one seat
for purposes of calculating off-street parking requirements.
3. If,
in the application of the requirements of this section, a fractional
number is obtained, one parking space shall be provided for a fraction
of one-half or more, and no parking space shall be required for a
fraction of less than one-half.
F. Change
in Use, Additions and Enlargements. Whenever there is a change in
use or increase in floor area, or change in other unit of measurement
specified herein, and such change or increase creates a need for an
increase in the number of off-street parking spaces by 20% or more,
such increase in parking facilities shall be provided on the basis
of the increased requirements of the new or enlarged use; provided,
however, that in the event a change in use creates a need for an increase
of two or less off-street parking spaces, no additional parking facilities
shall be required.
G. Remodeling. No additional off-street parking facilities shall be required solely because of the remodeling of an existing use or buildings unless there is a change in use, addition or enlargement for which additional facilities are required in accordance with subsection
F above.
H. Mixed
Uses. In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street
parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the several uses
computed separately. Off-street parking facilities for one use shall
not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any
other use except as herein specified for joint use and uses within
integrated shopping centers.
I. Joint
Uses. The community development director may, upon written application
by the owner or lessee of any property, authorize the joint use of
parking facilities by the following uses and activities, and under
the conditions specified herein:
1. Seventy-five
percent of the parking facilities required for a use considered to
be primarily a day-time use may be provided by the parking facilities
of a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use, or the reciprocal.
2. The
following uses are typical daytime uses: banks, business offices,
retail stores, personal services, manufacturing or wholesale uses
and similar uses. The following uses are typical nighttime uses: dance
halls, theaters, bars, auditoriums and restaurants that only serve
dinners.
3. The
following are conditions required for joint use:
a. The building or use for which application is made for authority to
utilize the existing off-street parking facilities provided by another
building or use shall be located within 200 feet from such parking
facility.
b. The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in
the principal operating hours of the building or uses for which the
joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed.
c. If the building, structure or improvement requiring parking space
is in one ownership and the required parking space provided is in
another ownership, partially or wholly, there shall be a recording
in the office of the county recorder of a covenant by such owners
for the benefit of the city, in a form approved by the city, that
such owner or owners will continue to maintain such parking space
so long as the building structure or improvement is maintained by
the owner within the city. The covenant herein required shall stipulate
that the title to and right to use the parcel or parcels upon which
the parking space is to be provided will be subservient to the title
to the premises upon which the buildings to be erected and that the
parcel or parcels are not, and will not be made subject to any other
covenant or contract for use without prior written consent of the
city.
J. Common
Facilities. Common parking facilities may be provided in lieu of the
individual requirements contained herein, but such facilities shall
be approved by the planning commission as to size, shape and relationship
to sites to be served. The total of such off-street parking spaces,
when used together, shall not be less than the sum required for the
various uses computed separately, except as follows:
1. Where
joint use is allowed;
2. When
such common parking facility is to occupy a site of 5,000 or more
square feet, a 15% reduction in the total number of spaces shall be
permitted;
3. Where the provisions of subsection
(D)(2) above apply.
(Ord. 92-73; Ord. 16-355 § 1; Ord.
22-431 § 1; Ord. 24-455, 2/12/2024; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023)
Off-street parking facilities shall conform to the following
standards:
A. All
parking areas shall have adequate ingress and egress to and from a
street or alley. Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles
shall be provided on the site. Bumper rails or other barriers shall
be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined
by the public works director.
B. Entrances
and exits to parking lots and other parking facilities shall be provided
only at locations approved under site plan review procedures of this
code.
C. Each parking space shall be not less than 20 feet and not more than 26 feet in length, except as allowed under Section
17.76.110(A) of this code, and nine to 12 feet in width, exclusive of aisles and access drives, except that up to 40% of all spaces may be provided for compact cars with such spaces not less than 17 feet in length and eight feet in width, and marked for compact cars. The length of a parking space may be reduced by two feet where the space heads into any one side of a curbed planter at least four feet in width for cars or on both sides of a curbed planter which is at least six feet in width. Spaces for the handicapped shall meet state standards.
D. Parking
lot lighting shall be deflected away from abutting sites so as not
to cause annoying glare to such sites.
E. A photometric
plan shall be prepared for parking lots with five or more spaces.
Parking lots, driveways, trash enclosure/areas shall be illuminated
during the hours of darkness with a minimum maintained one foot-candle
of light and an average not to exceed four foot-candles of light.
The illumination shall not exceed 10 foot-candles in any one location.
F. No
commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted
on a parking site.
G. The
parking area, aisles and access drives shall be paved so as to provide
a durable, dustless surface, and shall be so graded and drained as
to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of
such work subject to city standards and the approval of the director
of public works.
H. Parking
lot design shall be consistent with the city of Lathrop design and
construction standard details.
I. Parking
spaces shall not be allowed in tandem except where parallel parking
is provided along a driveway having sufficient width for the purpose,
or in the driveways of single-family houses or in parking lots operated
as a commercial enterprise apart from any other use.
J. The requirements of this section shall apply to all uses for which a site plan must be approved in accordance with the provisions of Chapters
17.100 and
17.112.
K. At
least one on-street parking space shall be provided for each single-family
residence within any residential zoning district.
(Ord. 92-73; Ord. 98-164; Ord. 18-384 § 1; Ord. 21-418 § 14)
In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof
hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet
or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse,
goods' display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital,
mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other use similarly requiring the
receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there
shall be provided and maintained, on the same parcel with such building,
at least one off-street loading space, plus one additional off-street
loading space for each 20,000 square feet or major fraction thereof
of gross floor area. This requirement shall also apply to two or more
occupancies as listed in this section, which in the aggregate equals
or exceeds the standards set forth for single occupancies.
(Ord. 92-73)
Off-street loading facilities shall conform with the following
standards:
A. Each
loading berth shall be of a length and width, and shall have an overhead
clearance sufficient to accommodate fully the maximum size of vehicles
used in loading or unloading operations.
B. Sufficient
room for the turning and maneuvering of vehicles shall be provided
on the site.
C. Entrances
and exits shall be provided at locations approved under site plan
review procedures of this code.
D. The
loading area, access drives and aisles shall be paved so as to provide
a durable, dustless surface, and shall be so graded and drained as
to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of
such work subject to city standards and approval of the public works
director.
E. Bumper
rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety
or to protect property, as determined by the public works director.
F. If
the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away
from abutting sites so as not to cause annoying glare to such sites.
G. A loading
area shall not be located in a required front yard. A loading area
may be located in a required side or rear yard.
H. No
commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted
in an off-street loading area.
(Ord. 92-73)
Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be
located on the same site with the use for which the berths are required
or on an adjoining sites, except that within the CC District, off-street
parking facilities may be located within 400 feet of the use for which
the spaces are required, measured by the shortest route of pedestrian
access. No off-street loading space shall be required where buildings
are served by a public alley which is at least 20 feet in width.
(Ord. 92-73; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023)
A. Where
an off-street parking area in a non-residential district adjoins a
residential district, the visual interface between the parking area
and such districts shall be designed and developed so as to avoid
obtrusive visual impacts of the parking area on such districts.
B. All screening, fencing, and landscaping shall be consistent with Chapter
17.92 of this title.
(Ord. 92-73; Ord. 96-136; Ord. 19-405 § 1; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023)
No existing use of land or structure shall be deemed to be a
nonconforming use solely because of the lack of off-street parking
facilities or off-street loading facilities prescribed in this subchapter;
provided, however, that facilities being used for off-street parking
and off-street loading at the time of the adoption of this chapter
shall not be reduced in capacity to less than the number of spaces
or berths or reduced to less than the minimum standards prescribed
in this chapter. Where an existing use is expanded, the parking requirements
of this chapter shall apply only to the addition.
(Ord. 92-73)
No off-street parking or off-street loading facilities provided
for a use of land or structure in compliance with this chapter shall
be reduced in capacity or in area without sufficient additional capacity
or additional area being provided to comply with the regulations of
this chapter, except for residential projects for disabled persons
as stated below. The approving entity for a project shall reduce parking
requirements by no more than 20% for residential projects for disabled
persons where the project applicant has demonstrated to the satisfaction
of the approving party that there is a reduction in parking need.
(Ord. 92-73; Ord. 16-365 § 1)
None of the provisions of this chapter which require the provisions
of off-street parking and off-street loading spaces in connection
with the use of property for commercial or industrial purposes shall
apply to any parcel of property which is located within any vehicle
parking district hereafter formed and existing under the provisions
of any parking district act approved by the city council, and where
parking and loading facilities provided by such district are determined
by the city council to be adequate to serve the district.
(Ord. 92-73)
A. The
following highway oriented uses located within a CH or CC zoning district
shall be subject to the following standards for the provision of parking
for trucks and recreational vehicles:
1. All highway oriented uses, as listed in Section
17.44.050(B)(1) of the zoning code, permitted in both the CH-highway commercial and CC-central commercial zoning districts shall provide truck/recreational vehicle parking stall(s) as deemed necessary by the community development director. The amount of truck/recreational vehicle parking stalls required shall be determined on a case-by-case basis.
2. Each
truck/recreational vehicle parking stall shall be located as to provide
adequate ingress and egress to and from the site.
3. Each
truck/recreational vehicle parking stall shall be striped on a dustless,
impervious surface, 12 feet wide by 72 feet long.
B. Parking for trucks and recreational vehicles may be provided by a group of uses (two or more), so that a common area is utilized. Such areas shall meet the standards provided in subsection
A above as to the number, size and type of stall required.
(Ord. 96-136; Ord. 98-164; Ord. 16-355 § 1; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023)
A. Applicability.
Bicycle parking shall be required for commercial, professional office,
and industrial users with 20 or more parking spaces, and for all public
and quasi-public (institutional) uses.
B. Number
of Bicycle Parking Spaces Required.
1. Commercial,
professional office and industrial users: five percent of the total
automobile parking spaces as required by this chapter.
2. Public/quasi-public (institutional) uses: a minimum of five percent of the total automobile parking spaces as required by this chapter for these uses. A larger number of spaces may be required as determined by planning commission action as specified in the conditional use permit process (Chapter
17.112).
C. Design.
1. Bicycle
racks shall be provided to accommodate all required bicycle parking
spaces. Each rack shall consist of a stationary object to which the
user can support the bicycle in a stable upright position and lock
the bicycle into place.
2. Bicycle
racks shall be designed to provide at least an 18 inch clearance from
the centerline of each bicycle on the left and right and at least
10 inches to walls or other obstructions.
3. An
aisle or other space shall be provided for bicycles to enter and leave
the bicycle rack area. This aisle shall have a width of at least five
feet to the front or rear of a standard six-foot bicycle parked in
the rack.
4. The
bicycle rack area shall be situated at least as conveniently as the
most convenient automobile parking area. Bicycle and automobile parking
areas shall be separated by a physical barrier or by a sufficient
distance to protect parked bicycles from potential damage from automobiles.
5. Bicycle
parking shall be located in highly visible, well lit areas to minimize
theft and vandalism.
6. Overhead
coverage or rain shelters for bicycle parking areas are encouraged,
but are not required by this code.
D. Changing
Facilities.
1. Any
new use which employs 100 persons or more (for all working shifts),
shall provide changing facilities for employees/workers utilizing
bicycles to get to and from the use.
2. Changing
facilities shall include a number of lockers located in a secure room
equal to the minimum number of bicycle parking stalls required by
this chapter.
(Ord. 96-136; Ord. 23-449, 11/13/2023)