CHAPTER 17.052: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
Section
   17.052.010   General requirements
   17.052.020   Exceptions
   17.052.030   Required parking spaces
   17.052.040   Standards for parking spaces
   17.052.050   Required loading spaces
   17.052.060   Standards for loading spaces
   17.052.070   Delineation
   Appendix A: Width of Aisles
   Appendix B: Gross Floor Area; Spaces
§ 17.052.010 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   Except as otherwise required by variance, every building or use hereafter created or established shall be provided with minimum off-street parking and loading spaces.
   (B)   No off-street parking spaces or garage, carport or other accessory structure for parking use, required or additional thereto, shall be located in a required side yard setback.
   (C)   (1)   No garage, carport or other accessory structure for parking use shall be located in the front yard setback except as set forth in § 17.052.020.
      (2)   Uncovered parking spaces may be created in the portion of the required front yard setback not included in the side yard.
   (D)   At least one of the off-street parking spaces for a residential unit must be covered, except as set forth in § 17.052.020.
(Prior Code, § 17.28.010) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 486, passed - -1981; Am. Ord. 490, passed - -1982)
§ 17.052.020 EXCEPTIONS.
   (A)   If particular circumstances justify an exception, the amount, dimensions and location of required parking and loading facilities may be altered by variance or design review requirements.
   (B)    In RM, SF-RMP and PDD zones, one guest parking space shall be provided for each five dwelling units. Available curb parking along the property’s street frontage may be credited toward the required guest parking where found appropriate and as part of the design review or variance procedure.
   (C)   On lots which have a slope greater than 15 percent on the general plan slope map or on a topographic map prepared by a licensed land surveyor and which are downslope lots, uncovered parking decks which have a finished elevation equal to or less than the elevation of the town right-of-way may be constructed in the front yard setback. Decks of this type may exceed the height requirement for accessory buildings.
   (D)   Lots which have a slope greater than 15 percent on the general plan slope map or on a topographic map prepared by a licensed land surveyor, and which are downslope lots, are exempted from the covered parking requirement set forth in § 17.052.010(D).
(Prior Code, § 17.28.020) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 486, passed - -1981; Am. Ord. 490, passed - -1982)
§ 17.052.030 REQUIRED PARKING SPACES.
    Off-street parking spaces shall be provided according to the following schedule, and where a parcel includes two or more uses, the parking requirements shall be the aggregate of the requirement for the various uses. Fractional numbers shall be rounded up to the next highest value:
   (A)   (1)   Dwellings, including one-family and two-family dwellings, apartments and mobile homes:
         (a)   Studio units without separate bedrooms or tiny houses: one space.
         (b)   One-bedroom units: 1.5 spaces (except for single family detached homes which shall require two spaces).
         (c)   Two-bedroom units: two spaces.
         (d)   Units with three or more bedrooms: two spaces.
      (2)   In addition to the required parking spaces set forth in divisions (A)(1)(a) through (d) above, one guest parking space is required when a legal on-street parking space is not available along the immediate frontage of the property. Availability is determined by whether a space of standard dimensions exists off the traveled portion of the roadway.
   (B)   Hotels and motels: one space per guest room and one for each employee and manager.
   (C)   Theaters and other places of assembly which are used daily or nearly daily: one space for every six seats.
   (D)   Churches, auditoriums in high schools, colleges or universities, and other places of assembly which are not used daily or nearly daily: one space for every six seats.
   (E)   Dance halls, commercial places of amusement, assembly halls without fixed seats and exhibition halls: one space per 300 square feet of gross floor area.
   (F)   Retail and personal service stores: three spaces for the first 500 square feet of gross floor area and one space for each additional 500 square feet thereafter.
   (G)   Offices and banks: three spaces for the first 500 square feet of gross floor area and one space for each additional 500 square feet thereafter.
   (H)   Restaurants and bars: one space per each 200 square feet of gross floor space.
   (I)   Hospitals: one space per each three beds.
   (J)   Convalescent homes and convalescent hospitals: one space per each six beds.
   (K)   Industrial uses, including wholesale and storage: one space per two employees of the maximum shift.
   (L)   Mechanical amusement device arcades and accessory uses: one vehicular parking space for each five amusement devices; two on-site bicycle spaces for each amusement device up to ten devices; and one on-site bicycle space per each amusement device in excess of ten devices. Bicycle parking shall be in bicycle racks or stands and shall not obstruct required exits. Bicycle parking may be required inside buildings if no acceptable outside area exists on site. Bicycle parking may be waived for adults-only establishments.
   (M)   Uses not listed: required parking spaces shall be as provided by the applicable individual zone regulations.
   (N)   Commercial parcels which are located in parking districts: shall meet only parking requirements of that district.
   (O)   Public or governmental uses: three spaces for the first 500 square feet of gross floor area and one space for each additional 500 square feet thereafter. The Town Council may grant exceptions to this standard. Existing town owned facilities and properties are exempt from this standard.
   (P)   Short-term rentals (STR's).
      (1)   Short-term rentals must comply with the following:
 
STR type
Required parking
House/portion of house
One 9 ft. x 19 ft. space for every four guests in addition to two spaces required for the long-term residents (if only a portion of the house is used as a STR)
JADU/ADU
One 9 ft. x 19 ft. space for units with up to two bedrooms & for studio units; one space for every four guests in units with three or more bedrooms
 
      (2)   Preferential parking spaces and parking spaces located within the public right-of-way may not be used to meet the short-term rental parking requirements unless the preferential parking was created for the main house and the entire main house is being used as a short-term rental unit.
(Prior Code, § 17.28.030) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 486, passed - -1981; Am. Ord. 490, passed - -1982; Am. Ord. 491, passed - -1982; Am. Ord. 788, passed 5-6-2015; Am. Ord. 865, passed 7-6-2022; Am. Ord. 885, passed 11-1-2023)
§ 17.052.040 STANDARDS FOR PARKING SPACES.
   (A)   Parking facilities shall be designed to provide for safe circulation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic within the parking area and in relation to adjacent streets. Direct backing into or out of parking from a public street shall not be permitted, except for one-family and two-family dwellings.
   (B)   Minimum dimensions of parking spaces shall be as follows:
      (1)   Width: nine feet, excluding any interfering structure.
      (2)   Length: 19 feet, or 22 feet if abutting and parallel to a curb, wall or other obstruction.
   (C)   In all zones except RS-7.5, RS-6 and RD 5.5-7, 25 percent of the assigned spaces may have a minimum size of 8 feet by 16 feet.
   (D)   Width of parking aisles shall be according to the schedule in Appendix A to this chapter.
   (E)   No tandem parking stall shall be allowed, except for a guest space in tandem with required parking for the principal residence. Tandem parking shall not be used in conjunction with a parking space required for a residential second unit.
(Prior Code, § 17.28.040) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 490, passed - -1982; Am. Ord. 605, passed - -1991)
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