15.30.060. Parking standards.

   A.   Required parking:

      1.   Any building in any commercial zone (other than an officially designated parking district, or a restaurant within the Restaurant Overlay District) which is constructed, reconstructed, structurally altered or subject to a change of occupancy or use shall be provided with permanently maintained, on-site automobile parking facilities as described in this subsection, by Table 15.30.060.A, and in Chapter 15.56 of this title. Such parking facilities shall be made permanently available and maintained for parking purposes.

      2.   Handicapped parking shall be provided in accordance with Title 24 of the California Building Code and shall count towards the provision of required parking.

   B.   Stall size:

      1.   A minimum of 70 percent of the required parking stalls shall have a minimum length and width of 19 feet and 9 feet, respectively, except that any space adjacent to a wall shall have a minimum width of 9.5 feet.

      2.   Compact car stalls, of a size no smaller than 16 feet in length by 8 feet in width, are permitted up to a maximum of 30 percent of the required spaces.

      3.   Handicapped parking shall be provided in accordance with Title 24 of the California Building Code.

Table 15.30.060.A Parking Requirements for Uses in Commercial Zone Classifications
Use	Parking Requirement(spaces/gross square feet)
All commercial and office uses not identified below	1 per 250
Bar	1 per 100
Health facility: a. Acute care hospital b. All other facilities	1 per bed 1 space/5 beds
Human service agency	Subject to the approval of a Conditional Use Permit
Kennel	1 per 400
Manufacturing, processing or assembling area	1 per 1,000
Office, medical (i.e. uses defined as “Healing Arts” under the California Business and Profession Code, including but not limited to doctors, dentists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, animal hospitals and veterinarians, but not including retail medical supply where examinations are not performed.)	1 per 182; For a medical office use less than 5,000 sq. ft. in area, the Director of Development Services may reduce the requirement to 1 per 250.
Public assembly uses: a. Religious institution (e.g., a church, mosque, synagogue, temple) b. Movie and live theaters and auditoriums (except adult uses as defined in Chapter 7.95 of the Fullerton Municipal Code), mortuaries, clubs and lodges. c. Dance floor d. Adult uses as defined in Chapter 7.95 of the Fullerton Municipal Code.	One space for each three fixed seats and one space for every 21 square feet of non-fixed seating assembly in all assembly areas in which concurrent activities will occur. Eighteen lineal inches of bench shall be considered equal to one fixed seat. One space for each three fixed seats and one space for every 35 square feet of non-fixed seating area in the main auditorium or assembly area. One space for each two fixed seats and one space for every 14 square feet of non-fixed seating assembly area in a room in which a dance floor is located. One space for each fixed seat and one space for every 7 square feet of non-fixed assembly area in a room in which non-family oriented entertainment is featured.
Recreation, commercial	Subject to the approval of a Conditional Use Permit
Restaurants: a. Fast food, donut shop, take-out establishment and others with 12 seats or less b. Any eating/food establishment having 13 or more seats.	1 per 250, with a minimum of six spaces 1 per 100* *An exemption from on-site parking may be considered under the terms of Chapter 15.67 for restaurants within the Restaurant Overlay District.
School, trade (including but not limited to vocational, training, real estate, art and professional schools, excepting primary, secondary and high schools)	Subject to the approval of a Minor Site Plan
Self-service storage facility	A minimum of six spaces accessible at all times

 

   C.   Location of parking:

      1.   All required on-site parking spaces shall be located on the same lot or building site, except that such spaces may be permitted at other locations when and as authorized by a Conditional Use Permit when and if authorized for restaurants within the Restaurant Overlay District as set forth by Chapter 15.67.

      2.   Parking shall not be located within any setback area.

      3.   Required parking spaces may overhang two feet over landscaped areas and walkways, other than street rights-of-way, provided the total depth of any such landscaped area or walkway is at least six feet.

      4.   All required parking spaces shall have separate access to a public street or alley.

      5.   Each right angle parking space or angled parking space with an angle greater than 60 degrees having direct access to an abutting alley, 20 feet wide or less, shall be separated or set back from said alley right-of-way line by a minimum of five feet.

      6.   Mechanical and automated parking devices may be used in any commercial zone classification provided the devices are enclosed within a building designed for such use. Such devices may be used outside of a building provided they are not visible from the street or from adjacent properties, subject to the approval of a Site Plan application pursuant to Section 15.47.025 of this Title.

   D.   Mixed-use occupancies and joint use of parking

      1.   The total on-site parking spaces required on any property when more than one class of use is proposed (for either the same property or within the same occupancy) shall be equal to the sum of the spaces required in this title for each of such separate classes of use.

      2.   A Minor Exception may be granted to reduce the required parking for mixed-use occupancies (i.e., a joint use of parking), based upon the submission of Shared Parking Analysis as defined in Chapter 15.04 and enforceable documents guaranteeing that the uses will be operating during mutually exclusive hours, and upon such other circumstances or criteria as the Planning Commission, or City Council on appeal, may require.

      3.   The Planning Commission or City Council/ Redevelopment Agency shall consider the following when evaluating joint use parking applications:

         a.   The nature and location within the development of the proposed uses, as well as their size compared to that of the overall development.

         b.   Assurances as to the non- overlapping nature of the non-retail and retail peak-activity periods.

         c.   The provision of peak- hour parking beyond the property boundaries.

         d.   The location and adequacy of the parking in the particular portion of the development wherein joint use of parking is proposed.

   E.   Parking requirement for change of use:

   In the case of a proposed change of use for an existing building where the parking does not meet current standards for the proposed use, so long as the proposed use is permitted by right in the zone, no expansion is being made to the building envelope and the property does not have any open Code Enforcement cases, no increase in parking will be required.

   F.   Reduction in required parking:

   For those developments that must comply with Section 15.30.100 of this chapter, the Planning Commission may, by Conditional Use Permit, reduce the number of required carpool and vanpool parking spaces to a maximum of 30 percent of what would otherwise be required under Subsection 15.30.060.G of this chapter.

   G.   Carpool/vanpool parking:

      1.   A minimum of ten percent of employee parking spaces, as defined below, shall be reserved (through signage or other means) for the exclusive use of carpools and vanpools. The spaces shall be located as close as practical to the entrance(s) of the use they are intended to serve.

      2.   The total number of employee parking spaces for calculating the vanpool/carpool parking space requirement shall be determined by one of the following:

                        Percent of Total Parking
      Type of Use               Devoted to Employee

      Commercial                  30%

      Office Professional               85%

      Hotel/Motel                  30%

      3.   Alternatively, the applicant, subject to the approval of the Director of Development Services, may provide the total number of employee spaces intended for each use in the project.

   H.   Public parking districts:

      1.   A public parking district may consist of an area or structure that provides parking spaces for use by the general public. Such an area or structure may satisfy the parking requirements for the uses on specified private property. Figure 19 shows the limits of Parking Districts #l and #2 in the Central Business District.

      2.   A private property within a public parking district may not be improved with building area that exceeds two stories without the approval of a Conditional Use Permit.

(Ord. 3254 § 6, 2018; Ord. 3232 (part), 2016: Ord. 3066, (part), 2005: Ord. 3022, 2002: Ord. 2982, 2001).