17-7-15.8 General parking requirements.
An applicant for new development or the expansion by more than twenty-five percent of an existing building mass or site size in the zone must provide off-street parking with adequate provisions for independent ingress and egress by automobiles and other motorized vehicles according to the parking requirements set forth in the mixed-use zone, except as provided herein. The planning commission shall grant a reduction of up to thirty-five percent of required parking upon an applicant’s demonstration of opportunities for shared parking within a mixed-use development.
A. On-Site Parking. An applicant shall propose on-site parking in accordance with the on-site parking requirements for the MU Zone. For those uses whose parking is not regulated by the MU Zone, on-site parking shall be provided as follows:
|
Uses |
Parking Requirement (Number of Spaces) |
|---|---|
|
Duplex |
2 spaces per dwelling unit |
|
Entertainment Center |
1 per 4 seats or 5 per 1,000 s.f. of floor area, depending on type of facility |
|
Hospital, Limited Care |
1 per 2 beds |
|
Hospital, General |
3 per bed |
|
IADU/EADU |
1 space per unit |
|
Live/Work Unit |
2 per unit or 1 1/2 per unit in groups of 5 live/work units |
|
Master Planned Development/Mixed-Use |
Determined by planning commission, based on proposed uses and potential for shared parking |
|
Retail & Service Commercial, Minor |
3 for each 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
|
Restaurant, with Drive-Up |
5 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable floor area |
|
Single Family |
2 per dwelling unit |
|
Senior Affordable Housing |
Not less than 1 space per dwelling unit; plus not less than 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit for guest parking |
|
Temporary Construction Site |
1 for every 2 employees in the largest shift plus 1 for each vehicle used in conducting the business |
B. Driveway Standards. The following driveway width dimensions apply to all new development and to the expansion by more than twenty-five percent of an existing building mass or site size. The city engineer may approve minor variations (equal to or less than ten percent) in driveway width and spacing. For all new development, driveways shall comply with the following standards:
1. No driveway shall be less than fifty feet from any intersecting right-of-way;
2. Driveways that exceed fifteen feet in width at the lot frontage must be separated by a landscaped area of at least twelve feet in width and ten feet in depth;
3. Single Family. The minimum driveway width for a single family use is ten feet. The maximum driveway width for a single family detached use is twenty feet or forty percent of the lot frontage, whichever is greater;
4. Duplex/Multifamily. The following standards apply to new development of duplex and multifamily uses:
a. Shared Drive for Two Units. The minimum driveway width for a use shared by a duplex is twelve feet. The maximum driveway widths for a single family use shared by two units is twenty feet or forty percent of the lot frontage, whichever is greater;
b. Shared Drive for Three or More Units. The minimum driveway width for a multifamily use shared by three or more units are as follows:
i. One-Way Drive. The minimum one-way drive width is fifteen feet. The maximum one-way drive width is twenty feet.
ii. Two-Way Drive. The minimum two-way drive width is twenty feet. The maximum two-way drive width is twenty-four feet.
C. Surface Parking. Large areas of surface parking are not generally conducive to good, walkable, livable development. Parking areas should be located underground, under buildings, or in garages as much as possible. When a developer locates more than sixty percent of the total required parking underground, under buildings or in garages, then the permitted height for the buildings in that project may be increased by one story except in those areas located within seventy-five feet of a single family structure located within a single family residential zoning district where the maximum height shall be forty-five feet for a sloped or forty-two feet for a flat roof.
D. The minimum required on-site parking must be provided for the use of the owner or tenant of a dwelling unit in a mixed-use project or a multifamily dwelling and their guests at no additional cost beyond the base sale or lease price of the dwelling unit. (Ord. 2022-09 § 1 (Att. M); Ord. 2021-19 § 1 (Att. A); Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Att. B (part)); Ord. 6/6/2006O-6 § 1 (part))