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)