(A) Parking required. On-site parking must be provided as required by this section, except when:
(1) Exempted by this division (A); or
(B) Residential use exemptions. The following residential uses are exempt from on-site parking requirements:
(1) Accessory dwelling units;
(2) New residential units 500 square feet or less, regardless of the size of the overall structure;
(3)
New residential units that are deed restricted to households earning 80% or less of the Humboldt County area median income, including one, on-site, deed restricted or market rate, manager's unit;
(4) New construction or conversion of existing non-residential space to create eight or fewer residential units in the Downtown (DT), Downtown West (DW) and Hinge Industrial (HN) zoning districts. Where nine or more new units are created, parking must be provided only for the units in excess of eight. This parking exemption applies to exempt units in perpetuity regardless of future development on the site;
(5)
New construction or conversion of existing non-residential space to create four or fewer residential units in the Henderson Center (HC), Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Wabash Avenue (WA), Office Residential (OR), Hospital Medical (HM) and Service Commercial (SC) Zoning Districts. Where five or more new units are created, parking must be provided only for the units in excess of four. This parking exemption applies to exempt units in perpetuity regardless of future development on the site;
(6) Division of an existing residential unit to create one or more additional residential units; and
(7) Conversion of existing covered parking to create one or more additional residential units. When a covered parking space is eliminated to create an additional residential unit, replacement parking is not required for the eliminated parking space.
(8) New second single-family homes in the RE and R1 zoning districts created pursuant to Cal. Government Code § 65852.21, and new residential units created as a result of an urban lot split subdivision pursuant to Cal. Government Code § 66411.7.
(C) Non-residential use exemptions. The following non-residential uses are exempt from on-site parking requirements:
(1) New construction of a building less than 1,000 square feet;
(2) New construction on lots less than 4,000 square feet;
(3) Existing non-residential buildings enlarged by less than 1,000 square feet;
(4) All new construction in the Downtown (DT), Downtown West (DW), Henderson Center (HC) and Hinge Industrial (HN) Zoning Districts and in the Neighborhood Market (NMO) Overlay Zone;
(5) All new construction within the Parking Assessment District. See Figure 508-5 in § 155.508 (Glossary) for parking assessment district boundaries; and
(6) In all zoning districts, a change from an existing non-residential use to a different non-residential use within an existing building.
(D) Enlargements. Where parking is required for an enlarged building, additional parking is required only to serve the enlarged area. Additional parking is not required to remedy parking deficiencies existing prior to the enlargement.
(Ord. 885-C.S., passed 5-21-19; Am. Ord. 916-C.S., passed 7-6-21; Am. Ord. 931-C.S., passed 2-15-22)