§ 17.52.020. Off-street parking area required.

A.

In all districts, except C-3 district, in connection with every industrial, commercial, business, trade, institutional, recreational or dwelling use, and similar uses, space for parking and storage of vehicles shall be provided in accordance with the schedule below. Required off-street parking facilities shall be primarily for the parking of private passenger automobiles or occupants, patrons or employees of the principal use served.

1.

Automobile and farm implement sales and service garages: one parking space for every six hundred square feet of gross floor area, plus two parking spaces for each service stall and one parking space for each two employees.

2.

Banks, business and professional offices: under two thousand square feet of gross floor area, not less than five spaces.

3.

Banks, business and professional offices: over two thousand square feet of gross floor area, one parking space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area.

4.

Bowling alleys: five spaces for each lane.

5.

Churches and schools: one parking space for every four seats in the principal auditorium, including balcony, if any. Where no auditorium is involved, one parking space for each staff member.

6.

Community meeting or recreation building: one space for every fifty square feet of gross floor area.

7.

Contractor's shop and storage yards, lumberyards, freight terminals: five spaces plus one space for each employee.

8.

Dancehalls, assembly halls: one parking space for every one hundred fifty square feet of floor area used for dancing or assembly or one space for every four seats.

9.

Dwellings: two parking spaces for each family or dwelling unit.

10.

Funeral homes, mortuaries: one parking space for each four seats in the principal auditorium.

11.

Furniture and appliance stores, household equipment or furniture repair shops: two parking spaces, plus one additional parking space for every five hundred square feet of gross floor area over one thousand square feet plus one parking space for every two employees.

12.

Fraternity and sorority houses, college dormitories: one space for each two beds.

13.

Hospitals: one space for each four beds, plus two spaces for each three employees, plus one space for each staff doctor.

14.

Hotels and motels: one space for each bedroom.

15.

Manufacturing plants: one parking space for each two employees on the maximum working shift, but in no case less than one space for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area.

16.

Medical, dental and chiropractic clinics: one space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for each employee.

17.

Nursing, convalescent and retirement homes: one space per eight beds, plus one space per two employees, plus one space for each resident staff member.

18.

Printing, plumbing shop, heating shop or other similar service establishments: one parking space for every two employees plus one parking space for each service vehicle. If retail trade is conducted within the establishment, one additional parking space shall be provided for every two hundred square feet of retail floor area.

19.

Restaurants, taverns and nightclubs: one parking space for every one hundred square feet of gross floor area, plus one parking space for every two employees with a minimum of five parking spaces for employee parking. Where drive-up windows are proposed, five stacking spaces shall be provided for every window.

20.

Restaurant (standard eat-in): one parking space for every one hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area plus one parking space for every two employees, with a minimum of five parking spaces for employee parking.

21.

Retail stores, shops, supermarkets, etc.: over two thousand square feet of floor area - four and one-half parking stalls per one thousand square feet of gross floor area.

22.

Retail stores, shops, supermarkets, etc.: under two thousand square feet - one parking space for every two hundred square feet of gross floor area but in no case less than five parking spaces.

23.

Roominghouses and boardinghouses: one space for each bed.

24.

Theaters, assembly halls with fixed seats: one parking space for every four potential occupants plus one space for every two employees with a minimum of five spaces for employee parking.

25.

Wholesale establishments or warehouses: one space for each two employees, but in no case less than one space for each two thousand square feet of gross floor area.

26.

Telemarketing office: not less than one parking space for each one hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area but in no case less than five spaces.

B.

In case of any building, structure or premises, the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, the provisions for a use which is so mentioned and to which said use is similar shall apply, as may be determined by the zoning administrator.

C.

Where a parking lot does not abut on a public or private street, alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive not less than ten feet in width, in case of a dwelling, and not less than twenty feet in width in all other cases leading to the loading or unloading spaces and parking or storage areas required hereunder in such manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question; provided, however, such easement of access or access drive shall not be located in any residential district, except where serving a permitted use in a residential district.

D.

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.

1.

No part of any parking space or drive shall be closer than ten feet from street rights-of-way, five feet from alley rights-of-way and five feet from property perimeter on non-street right-of-way sides within residentially zoned districts. An exception may be granted to the street right-of-way requirement from ten feet to five feet where the city does not currently have and does not propose a sidewalk (as determined by the city council. All such parking setback areas shall be effectively landscaped and screened by plantings).

Within commercial (except C-3) and industrial districts no parking space or drive shall be closer than ten feet (five feet may be granted where it can be demonstrated that site distance of existing drive traffic is acceptable to the city engineer) from urban street right-of-way, five feet from alley right-of-way, twenty feet from State Highway right-of-way and five feet from all other parcel perimeter lot lines. An exception may be granted to allow zero feet non-right-of-way setbacks where internal traffic circulation between adjoining parcels is deemed desirable by the city engineer and where adjoining property concurs in connecting paving/parking areas.

A fifteen-foot setback shall be required for parking and drives where a commercial or industrial zone abuts a residential zone.

Within the C-3 district to five feet from street right-of-way, zero feet from alley right-of-way (including Day Spring Lane) and zero feet from non-right-of-way property lines.

A fifteen-foot setback shall be required for parking and drives where a commercial or industrial zone abuts a residential zone.

2.

All required off-street parking areas for more than four vehicles shall be surfaced with an asphaltic or portland cement binder pavement or similar surface so as to provide a durable and dustless surface. They shall be graded and drained to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area and shall be arranged and marked to provide for orderly and safe loading or unloading and parking and storage of self-propelled vehicles.

3.

Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be arranged to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any R district.

E.

Off-street parking areas in residential districts shall be provided on the same lot with the principal use. Off-street parking and loading areas may occupy all or part of any required yard or open space, subject to the provisions of this section, except that no required off-street parking or loading areas shall be located in any required front yard in a residential district. This provision shall not prohibit parking on a driveway leading to a required off-street parking space.

F.

Internal Landscaping. All parking lots that are one acre or larger in size shall be required to landscape the interior of such lot. Not less than ten percent of the interior of the parking lot shall be provided as landscaped space. Each separate landscaped area shall contain a minimum of fifty square feet and shall have a minimum width dimension of at least five feet.

G.

Peripheral Landscaping. All parking lots containing ten or more parking spaces shall provide peripheral landscaping. The peripheral landscaping shall consist of a landscaped strip not less than five feet in width and shall be located between the parking area and the abutting property lines. One tree for each fifty lineal feet of such landscaping or fractional part thereof shall be planted in the landscaping strip. Each such planting area shall be landscaped with grass, ground cover or other landscaping material, excluding paving, in addition to the required trees. Shrubbery, hedges or other planting material may be used to complement the tree landscaping.

H.

Landscaping Materials. The primary landscaping materials used in parking lots shall be trees which provide shade or are capable of providing shade at maturity. Shrubbery, hedges and other plantings may be used to complement the tree landscaping. Effective use of earth berms and the existing topography is also encouraged. Such landscaped areas shall be in addition to the minimum open space requirements for commercial and industrial districts.

(Ord. 1096 § 1 (part), 2007)