17-7-4.7 Parking.
An applicant shall provide on-site parking as follows.
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Uses |
Parking Requirement |
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Child Care Facility/Center |
1 space per on-duty employee and 1 per 6 children |
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Duplex |
2 spaces per dwelling unit |
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Group Home |
The greater of: 1 space per 2 bedrooms plus 1 space per employee per shift, or 2 per 3 employees per shift |
IADU/EADU | 1 space per unit |
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Master Planned Development |
As determined by planning commission, based on the proposed uses and their potential for shared parking |
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Multifamily Developments |
1.5 spaces per 1 bedroom unit; 2 spaces per 2 bedroom unit; 2.5 spaces per 3 bedroom unit and greater; plus 1 space per every 4 units for guest parking |
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Neighborhood Commercial |
2 spaces per 1,000 s.f. of leasable area |
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Public and Quasi-Public Institution, Church and School; Public Utility; Municipal Facility |
The greater of: 1 space per 5 seats, or 2 spaces per 3 employees, or 1 space per 1,000 s.f. |
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Senior Affordable Housing |
Not less than 1 space per dwelling unit; plus not less than 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit for guest parking |
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Single Family |
2 spaces per dwelling unit |
A. All single family and duplex residential lots shall provide a minimum of two improved off-street parking spaces for personal automobiles in a driveway, garage or carport, or in the side or rear yard. The driveway shall be paved with concrete or asphalt and shall have a maximum width of twenty feet, or forty percent of the lot frontage, whichever is greater. This measurement shall be taken at the drive approach and sidewalk. The paved driveway may extend an additional ten feet in width behind the sidewalk. Parking in the side or rear yard shall be improved with concrete, asphalt, concrete pavers or gravel. Parking areas surfaced with either concrete pavers or gravel must be maintained to ensure no weeds grow in these areas. With the exception of the driveway and approved side yard parking, no other portion of the front or side yards shall be surfaced or used for parking. At no time shall parking occur on any landscaped area.
B. Storage of individual recreational vehicles (RVs), travel trailers, boat trailers and utility trailers shall occur in an improved off-street location a minimum of five feet behind the sidewalk. No portion of the RV or trailer, or anything attached to the RV or trailer, shall extend closer than five feet to the sidewalk. This includes, but is not limited to, hitches. Parking in the side or rear yard shall be improved with concrete, asphalt, concrete pavers or gravel. Parking areas surfaced with either concrete pavers or gravel must be maintained to ensure that no weeds grow in these areas. With the exception of the driveway and approved side yard parking, no other portion of the front or side yards shall be surfaced or used for parking. At no time shall parking occur on any landscaped area.
C. Driveway Widths and Parking Lot Standards. The following driveway width dimensions and parking lot standards apply to all new development. The city engineer may approve minor (equal to or less than ten percent) variations in driveway width and spacing.
1. Parking. No parking is allowed within the required front yard setbacks.
a. If a parking lot or driveway to a parking lot is proposed to abut a residential use, the applicant must screen the lot or drive and provide adequate sight distance.
b. Required Landscaping. The following landscaping standards apply to new development:
i. Parking areas with more than four stalls must have perimeter landscaping of at least five feet in width;
ii. Parking areas with over ten stalls must have a minimum of fifteen percent interior landscaping;
iii. Parking areas with over fifteen spaces shall provide landscaped islands at the end of each parking row, an island for every fifteen spaces, and landscaped area that separates parking spaces from any building facade that is visible from a public right-of-way.
2. Driveway Standards. For all new development, driveways shall comply with the following standards:
a. No driveway shall be less than fifty feet from any intersecting right-of-way;
b. 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;
c. 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;
d. Duplex/Multifamily. The following standards apply to new development of duplex and multifamily uses:
i. Shared Drive for Two Units. The minimum driveway width for a duplex use shared by two units is twelve feet. The maximum driveway width for a single family detached use shared by two units is twenty feet or forty percent of the lot frontage, whichever is greater;
ii. Shared Drive for Three or More Units. The minimum driveway width for three or more units are as follows:
(A) One-Way Drive. The minimum one-way drive width is fifteen feet. The maximum one-way drive width is twenty feet.
(B) Two-Way Drive. The minimum two-way drive width is twenty feet. The maximum two-way drive width is twenty-four feet.
D. Parking Garages and Structures. Parking within a fully enclosed parking structure requires:
1. Aisle. A minimum aisle width of twenty-four feet;
2. Circulation. Circulation designed to ensure that each required parking space is readily accessible, usable and safe for automobiles and pedestrians.
E. 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. B); Ord. 2021-19 § 1 (Att. A); Ord. 2016-11 § 1 (Att. A (part)); Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Att. B (part)); Ord. 6/20/2006O-8 § 1 (part); Ord. 3-19-2002A § 1(5) (part); Ord. 11-13-2001 § 2 (part))