17-7-7.8 Parking.
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 as follows. 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.
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Uses |
Parking Requirement (Number of Spaces) |
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Auditorium |
1 per 5 seats or 3 per 100 s.f. of assembly area |
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Auto Repair |
1 per employee per shift plus 4 per service bay |
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Bed and Breakfast Inn |
1 per bedroom plus 1 per employee per shift |
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Cafe/Deli |
3 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Car Wash | ||
Self Serve |
3 stacking spaces per wash bay | |
Automatic Tunnel (primary) |
6 stacking spaces per wash bay | |
Automatic Tunnel (secondary) |
8 stacking spaces per wash bay | |
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Child Care Facility/Center |
1 per on-duty staff per shift and 1 per 6 children |
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Convenience Store, Support Commercial Uses |
5 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Duplex Dwelling |
2 spaces per dwelling unit | |
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Entertainment Center |
1 per 4 seats or 5 per 1,000 s.f. of floor area, depending on type of facility |
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Financial Institution |
3 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Group Care Facility |
The greater of: 1 per 2 bedrooms plus 1 per employee per shift or 2 per 3 employees per shift |
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Hospital, Limited Care |
1 per 2 beds |
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Hospital, General |
3 per bed |
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Hotel |
1 per suite and 1 space per 200 s.f. of separately leasable space |
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IADU/EADU |
1 space per unit | |
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Master Planned Development |
Determined by planning commission, based on proposed uses and potential for shared parking |
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Mixed-Use |
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Commercial Portions |
Determined by most applicable use in this section |
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Residential Portions |
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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Multifamily Dwelling | Apartment/Condominium not greater than 650 s.f. floor area | 1 per dwelling unit |
Apartment/Condominium 650 to 1,000 s.f. floor area | 1.5 per dwelling unit | |
Apartment/Condominium 1,000 to 2,500 s.f. floor area | 2 per dwelling unit | |
Apartment/Condominium 2,500 s.f. floor area or more | 3 per dwelling unit | |
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Neighborhood Commercial |
2 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Offices, General |
3 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Offices, Intensive and Clinic, Medical |
5 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Public and Quasi-Public Institution, Church and School; Public Utility |
The greatest of: 1 per 5 seats, or 2 per 3 employees, or 1 per 1,000 s.f. |
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Recreation Facility, Private |
1 per 4 persons (based on the facility’s maximum rated capacity) |
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Recreation Facility, Commercial |
The greatest of: 1 per 4 seats, 5 per 1,000 s.f. of floor area, or 1 per 3 persons rated capacity |
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Retail & Service Commercial, Minor |
3 for each 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Retail & Service Commercial, Major |
5 for each 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Retail & Service, Auto Related and Gas Stations |
5 per each 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Restaurant, Standard and Bar |
1 for every 100 s.f. of net leasable floor area, including kitchen areas |
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Restaurant, with Drive-up |
5 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable floor area |
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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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Shopping Centers, Multi-Tenant Retail Spaces |
3.5 per 1,000 s.f. of net leasable building area |
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Single Family Dwelling | 2 spaces per dwelling unit | |
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Temporary Construction Sites |
1 for every 2 employees in the largest shift plus 1 for each vehicle used in conducting the business |
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Vehicle Sales (Minor) |
3 spaces, plus 1 per employee per shift and a minimum of 2 for customers |
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Vehicle Sales/Rental (Major) |
1 per vehicle for sale or rent plus 1 space per 400 square feet of net leasable floor area |
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Warehouse |
1 per 1,000 s.f. of floor area |
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Wholesale |
1 for every 2 employees in the largest shift plus 1 for each vehicle used in conducting the business and wholesale storage uses at 1 per 1,000 s.f. of floor area |
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A. Driveway Widths and Parking Lot Standards. The following driveway width dimensions and parking lot standards 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.
1. Parking. No parking is allowed within the required front yard.
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, perimeter landscaping of at least five feet in width, and a minimum of ten percent interior landscaping.
2. Driveway Standards. For all new development, driveways shall comply with the following standards:
a. No driveway shall be less than fifty feet from intersecting rights-of-way;
b. Commercial 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.
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 thirty-six feet.
B. Parking Garages and Structures. Parking within a parking garage or structure requires:
1. Aisle. The minimum aisle width is twenty-four feet.
2. Circulation. The parking structure must be designed to ensure that each required parking space is readily accessible, usable and safe for automobiles and pedestrians.
3. Location. The parking structure shall not be located on a street frontage.
4. Architecture. Architectural relief shall be integrated into all facades to soften visual impacts and to provide a visual relationship with the surrounding structures.
C. Parking Ratio Requirements for Specific Land Use Categories. All new development shall provide parking according to the following standards. If a project incorporates two uses, the use requiring the higher number of parking spaces shall govern. Whenever the calculation results in a fractional number, the number of spaces required must be rounded up to the next whole number.
1. Surfacing. Parking areas and driveways must be hard-surfaced, maintained in good condition, and clear of obstructions at all times.
2. Parking Space Dimensions. All new commercial development shall provide parking spaces of the following minimum dimensions. The city engineer may approve minor (equal to or less than ten percent) variations in parking space dimensions.
a. Parking spaces must be nine feet wide by eighteen feet long;
b. ADA parking space width requirements vary and shall be consistent with current Building Code standards; and
c. Compact spaces with dimensions of nine feet wide by sixteen feet long may be provided. These spaces are not code spaces for the purpose of satisfying parking requirements.
3. Grading and Drainage. Parking shall be graded and constructed as follows:
a. Parking areas must be graded for proper drainage, with surface water diverted to keep the parking area free of accumulated water and ice;
b. Adequate control curbs must be installed to control drainage and direct vehicle movement;
c. Parking area drainage must be detained on site, treated (if required by NPDES), and channeled to a storm drain or gutter as approved by the city engineer;
d. Driveways may not exceed a ten percent slope;
e. Drives serving more than one single family dwelling shall provide a minimum twenty-foot transition area at no greater than two percent slope beginning at the back of the curb, or as otherwise approved by the city engineer, in anticipation of future street improvements; and
f. The maximum stormwater discharge level accepted by the city is two-tenths of a cubic foot per second per acre.
4. Street Access and Circulation. New commercial development shall provide the following:
a. Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking areas must have unobstructed access to a street or alley. The parking area design for five or more vehicles must not encourage cars to back onto adjoining public sidewalks, parking strips, or roadways. With the exception of permitted tandem parking, parking spaces shall be independently accessible and unobstructed.
b. Corner Lots. No landscape obstruction is allowed in excess of two feet in height above street grade within the sight distance triangle. A reasonable number of trees with lower branches pruned to six feet to permit automobile drivers and pedestrians an unobstructed view of the intersection may be allowed by administrative permit.
c. Driveway Access. For corner lots, the triangular area is defined by the intersection of the road right-of-way, the line extending from the point-of-curve at the top-back-of-curb, and a line connecting them at points twenty-five feet from their intersection.
d. Drive-Through Developments. Applicants for all drive-up or drive-through service windows or facilities must provide sufficient stacking space for vehicles waiting for service, to prevent vehicles from waiting in the right-of-way.
e. Common Driveways. To encourage the location of parking in the rear yard and/or below grade, the city allows common driveways along shared side yards to provide access to parking if the owner restricts the deeds to both properties to preserve the shared drive in perpetuity.
f. Off-Street Loading Spaces. Every structure that is to be used for any purpose which involves the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by vehicle must provide and maintain adequate space for standing, loading, or unloading services off-street.
i. All such loading areas or berths shall be located so that no vehicle loading or unloading merchandise or other material shall be parked in any front yard or in any street or right-of-way.
ii. Loading docks and loading areas must be screened from adjoining property and public rights-of-way.
D. Calculation of Spaces. If a project incorporates two uses, the use requiring higher number of parking spaces shall govern. Whenever the calculation results in a fractional number, the number of spaces required must be rounded up to the next whole number.
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.
F. Parking Lot Use. A parking lot shall only be constructed for uses allowed within the zone in which it is located. (Ord. 2022-09 § 1 (Att. D); Ord. 2021-19 § 1 (Att. A); Ord. 2020-19 § 1 (Att. A); Ord. 2019-06 § 1 (Att. B (part)); Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Att. B (part)); Ord. 2015-05 § 1 (Att. A (part)); Ord. 7/11/2006O-10 § 1 (Exh. A and C (part)); Ord. 3/18/2003O-2 § 1 (part); Ord. 11-20-2001 § 2 (part))