(A) Applicability. All new multi-family and commercial construction must provide bicycle parking as required by this section and the California Green Building Standards Code.
(B) Nonconformities. Sites nonconforming to this subsection must be brought into conformance when required by § 155.424.030 (Nonconforming Site Features).
(C) Types of bicycle parking.
(1) Short-term bicycle parking. Short-term bicycle parking provides shoppers, customers, messengers and other visitors who generally park for two hours or less a convenient and readily accessible place to park bicycles.
(2) Long-term parking. Long-term bicycle parking provides residents and employees who live or work at a site a secure and weather-protected place to park and store bicycles. Long-term parking may be located in garages or other limited access areas for exclusive use by tenants, residents, and/or employees. Long-term parking may not be located within an area of a dwelling unit primarily intended to serve a different function (e.g., clothes closet or bathroom).
(D) Number of spaces.
(1) Minimum requirement. Multi-family and commercial uses must provide short-term and long-term bicycle parking as specified in Table 324-3.
Table 324-3: Required Bicycle Parking Spaces | ||
Land Use [1] | Required Bicycle Parking Spaces | |
Short-Term Spaces | Long-Term Spaces | |
Table 324-3: Required Bicycle Parking Spaces | ||
Land Use [1] | Required Bicycle Parking Spaces | |
Short-Term Spaces | Long-Term Spaces | |
Multi-family dwellings | 1 per 6 units | 1 per 3 units |
Commercial uses | ||
Service Commercial (SC) Zoning District | 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. | 1 per 20 required automobile spaces for uses 10,000 sq. ft. or greater |
All other zoning districts | 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. | |
NOTES TO TABLE: [1] For mixed-use projects, required bicycle parking spaces is the combined total for the residential and commercial components of the project. | ||
(2) Calculations of less than one. When the calculation of required bicycle parking results in less than one space, a minimum of one bicycle parking space must be provided.
(3) Maximum spaces. In no case will more than 15 bicycle spaces be required for any single use or development project.
(4) Reductions. The Director may allow reductions to the number of required bicycle parking spaces with an administrative adjustment. To approve the administrative adjustment, the Director must make the findings in § 155.412.030(F) (Findings for Approval) and one or both of the following additional findings:
(a) Adequate space is not available to provide the bicycle parking; and/or
(b) Reduced bicycle parking is justified by reasonably anticipated demand.
(E) Short-term bicycle parking standards.
(1) Location. Short-term bicycle parking must be located within 100 feet of the primary entrance of the structure or use it is intended to serve. Parking may be located within required setbacks.
(2) Surfacing. Parking areas must be paved with asphalt, concrete or other all-weather surface.
(3) Protection. When located in a parking area: for the protection of bikes, automobiles and pedestrians, bicycle spaces must be protected by curbs, fences, planter areas, bumpers or similar barriers.
(F) Parking space dimensions.
(1) Minimum dimensions of two feet by six feet must be provided for each bicycle parking space. Spaces may be configured horizontally or vertically. Minimum ceiling height is prescribed by the California Building Code.
(2) An aisle of at least five feet must be provided behind all bicycle parking to allow room for maneuvering.
(3) A minimum two feet of clearance must be provided between bicycle parking spaces and adjacent walls, poles, landscaping, pedestrian paths and other similar features.
(4) A minimum four feet of clearance must be provided between bicycle parking spaces and adjacent automobile parking spaces and drive aisles.
(G) Rack design. Bicycle racks must be capable of locking both the wheels and the frame of the bicycle, and of supporting bicycles in a secure position, such as an “inverted-U” style rack. Alternative methods to secure bicycles are allowed if they provide a level of security equivalent to conventional bicycle racks.
(H) Long-term bicycle parking standards.
(1) Location. Long-term bicycle parking:
(a) Must be located on or within 250 feet of the use that it is intended to serve;
(b) May be located within a garage;
(c) May not be located within required front setbacks; and
(d) Must be permanently available and maintained to provide bicycle parking for the use they serve (e.g., immovable equipment, such as water heaters and washer/dryers, may not be located within a required parking area).
(2) Security. Long-term bicycle parking spaces must be secured. Spaces are considered secured if one or more of the following apply:
(a) The spaces are in a locked room or area enclosed by a fence with a locked gate;
(b) The spaces are within view or within 100 feet of an attendant or security guard; and
(c) The spaces are visible from employee work areas.
(Ord. 885-C.S., passed 5-21-19; Am. Ord. 902 C.-S., passed 8-18-20; Am. Ord. 938-C.S., passed 11-1-22; Am. Ord. 951-C.S., passed 10-17-23)