A. The Parking Standards purpose is to:
1. Require the provision of off street parking and loading facilities at the time of construction, reconstruction, expansion, and/or change in use, for all land use types within the City of Hayden;
2. Specify the minimum off street parking and loading facility requirements for each of the permitted uses;
3. Mitigate traffic congestion on public streets;
4 Reduce the practice of using public streets for the purpose of loading and unloading goods;
5. Provide design standards for storage and display lots; and
6. Provide design standards which allow for parking organization, weed and dust control, and related measures.
B. Applicability: At the time of construction, reconstruction, expansion of any structure or use, the change in use or increase in intensity of use, or at the time of site improvement, off street parking, loading spaces, and storage and display lots shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of this title. Land uses in existence prior to the effective date hereof may be continued as a nonconforming use subject to other provisions of this chapter concerning provision of off street parking.
C. General Requirements:
1. Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements:
a. New Construction, Reconstruction, Expansions and Change in Use: Off street parking and loading spaces meeting the standards detailed in this chapter shall be required. The number of required off street parking and loading spaces shall be determined based upon parking ratios detailed in Hayden City Code 11-4-6(C)(8) as provided in this section and may exclude:
(1) Any space occupied by central mechanical and/or electrical equipment, elevator, escalator, public access stairways, lifts, chutes, trash disposal units and fuel storage spaces;
(2) For multi-tenant structures, shared public lobbies, hallways and entries, and similar enclosed spaces open to the general public.
b. When several uses are encompassed within a single structure, parking requirements shall be based upon the relative proportion of gross floor space attributable to each use.
c. ADA Accessible Parking Spaces: Where off street parking spaces are required by this title there shall also be required parking spaces for persons with disabilities as provided in the Americans with Disabilities Act. The required number of accessible parking spaces shall be included in the number of spaces determined by facility use.
2. Determination of required Parking Spaces:
a. Regulations and Standards Required: If any of the provisions, regulations or standards of this chapter do not specifically pertain to a particular use, or if they are not clearly stated for a particular use or uses, the Community Development Director or his/her designee shall determine the regulations and standards to be required. In making such a determination, the following shall be considered:
(1) Parking generation, giving particular attention to attendance potential at any facility.
(2) Location of the facility and the peak hours of operation.
(3) Extent and frequency of loading/unloading operations.
(4) The number of employees and patrons during peak period(s).
(5) If shared use parking is proposed:
(a) The hours and days of operation of the respective uses.
(b) The combined projected traffic generated by each use.
(c) The required number of spaces for each use.
(d) The average distance of the parking area to the entrance of the Facility being served.
(6) Any other factors that would affect parking and loading requirements.
b. Exceptions and Minor Modifications: Application for an exception from a particular provision, regulation, or standard of this chapter may be made in accordance with Hayden City Code 11-1-7.
3. Street Parking Excluded: No portion of any public right-of-way shall be used in satisfying the minimum parking requirements established by this chapter
4. Parking Spaces Must Be Available: Required off street parking areas shall not be used for any purpose that would at any time prevent their intended use as parking spaces by occupants and patrons of the facility being served. No required parking area may be used for both parking and loading.
5. Tandem Parking and Loading Prohibited: Except for single- family dwelling units, the design and development of tandem parking and loading spaces shall not be allowed in meeting the minimum space requirements of this chapter. A required space shall not be blocked by another space such that a vehicle will be able to enter and leave the space at any time without having to cross another required space and without having to make unreasonable turning movements.
6. Off-Site Parking And Loading Requirements: Whenever any required parking or loading areas are located on a site which is not within the property limits of the facility being served, the owners of the facility and the land providing the offsite space shall prepare and execute an agreement for approval by the City and shall address the following:
a. The agreement shall guarantee the maintenance and reservation of the offsite areas for the duration of the use of the facility being served in accordance with Hayden City Code 11-4-6 (C).
b. The agreement shall include a legal easement, it shall be recorded, and it shall run with the land. The agreement shall not be terminable without notice to the City.
c. Termination of the agreement, or any change in use or increase in use during the term of the agreement, shall require reevaluation of parking requirements for the subject properties.
d. Agreements involving the use of the public right-of-way for parking and/or loading shall require the approval of the City Council and shall be considered under at least one of the following circumstances:
(1) When there is a City Council approved street corridor plan; or
(2) When there is a special agreement such as a master development agreement, deferred improvement agreement or similar instrument that authorizes such use.
7. Maintenance of All Parking and Loading Areas Required: All paved areas intended for use by the owners, employees, and the general public and required by this chapter shall be maintained on a regular basis. Regular maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, pavement repair and seal coating; pavement marking and striping; removal of dust, leaves and litter; removal of snow and ice; maintaining landscaped areas; and maintaining signs, fences, wheel stops, curbs, walks, drainage facilities and any other appurtenances pertinent to the requirements of this chapter and the zoning ordinance.
8. Required Off Street Parking Spaces:
Residential Uses | Required Spaces |
Residential Dwellings, single- family, multi-family, detached, attached, townhome, condominium, apartments | 2 per dwelling unit (where the garage is a 2 or more space garage, then 1 space may be used to meet this requirement) |
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) | 1 per ADU |
Detached housing, group | 1 per sleeping room |
Home occupation, as per residential use | 2 per dwelling unit |
Other | Per Community Development Director or designee |
Note: If on-street parking is removed, the lost parking spaces shall be replaced.
Civic Uses | Required Spaces |
Civic Uses | Required Spaces |
Administrative | 4 per 1,000 square feet |
Childcare or nursery | 3.5 per 1,000 square feet |
Community assembly | 10 per 1,000 square feet |
Community Center | 4 per 1,000 square feet |
Community organization | 4 per 1,000 square feet |
Elementary school | 3 per 1,000 square feet |
High school | 3 per 1,000 square feet |
Hospitals/healthcare | 3.5 per bed |
Library | 3.5 per 1,000 square feet |
Middle or junior high school | 1.5 per 1,000 square feet |
Museum or art gallery | 2 per 1,000 square feet |
Nursing and convalescent facilities | 1.5 per 1,000 square feet |
Religious assembly | 8 per 1,000 square feet |
Other | Per Community Development Director or designee |
Commercial / Recreational / Industrial Uses | Required Spaces |
Commercial / Recreational / Industrial Uses | Required Spaces |
Automotive fleet storage, attendant parking, rental vehicles | 1 per employee and 1 per vehicle |
Banks/financial services | 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet and 5 queuing spaces (with drive-through) |
Bed and breakfast facilities | 2 spaces for the occupant/caretaker & 1 space for each guestroom |
Bowling alleys | 5 spaces per alley |
Childcare center | 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet |
Dry cleaners | 1.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet |
Fast food restaurant with drive-through | 10 per 1,000 square feet and 5 queuing spaces |
Fast food restaurant without drive- through | 12.5 per 1,000 square feet |
Gasoline sales | 1 parking space per pump and 2 queuing spaces per pump per side |
General/Medical/Professional office | 5 per 1,000 square feet |
Golf course | 8 per hole and as required per accessory uses |
Health/fitness facility | 5 per 1,000 square feet |
Hotel/motel | 1.2 spaces per unit and as required per accessory uses |
Manufacturing | 2 spaces per 1,000 square feet |
Self-storage | 1 space per 100 storage units and |
Parks, Open Space | Per Community Development Director or designee |
Retail sales | 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet |
Service establishments (including automotive/vehicular repair service) | 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet |
Sit down restaurant | 10 spaces per 1000 square feet or 1 space per every 2 seats, whichever is greater (including any outdoor seating) |
Skating rink | 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet |
Storage | 1 space per 2,000 square feet and over 20,000 square feet is 1 space per 3,000 square feet |
Supermarket | 4 spaces per 1,000 square feet |
Swap Meet | 1 space per vendor in addition to required 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of retail sales area |
Tavern/bar | 15 spaces per 1,000 square feet (includes any outdoor seating) |
Tennis, handball and racquetball courts | 3.5 spaces per court |
Theaters, auditoriums, and stadiums | 1 space per 4 seats |
Vehicular cleaning and quick vehicle servicing and repair | 3 spaces per bay, and 5 queuing spaces |
Warehousing | 1 space per 1,000 square feet |
Other | Per Community Development Director or designee |
The required number of ADA accessible parking spaces shall be determined based upon the total parking spaces required by the combined uses related to the parking lot. | |
a. Total Parking In Lot | Required Minimum Number of Accessible Spaces (Additional) |
1 to 25 | 1 |
26 to 50 | 2 |
51 to 75 | 3 |
76 to 100 | 4 |
101 to 150 | 5 |
151 to 200 | 6 |
201 to 300 | 7 |
301 to 400 | 8 |
401 to 500 | 9 |
501 to 1,000 | 2 percent of total |
1,001 and over | 20 plus 1 for each 100 over 1,000 |
b. Van Accessible Parking Spaces: One out of every eight required accessible parking spaces shall comply with van accessibility requirements; in no case, however, shall there be provided less than one van accessible space. | |
9. Nonresidential Uses in the Central Business District or the Neighborhood Commercial Node: The Central Business District and the Neighborhood Commercial Node are an overlay district which allows for certain reductions in the required parking should certain conditions exist. Each condition reduction can be reviewed separately, or in combination as follows:
Type of Non-Residential Required Parking Reduction | Example of Application of Reduction if Conditions Are Met | |
Required Non-Residential Parking | 25 | |
1. The required number of onsite parking spaces within the district shall be reduced to 75% of parking space requirements for all nonresidential uses. | (Required Spaces) X (0.75) | 19 |
2. If parking lot layout incorporates a shared approach with a joint access and parking agreement between adjacent lots, an additional 25% reduction. | (Required Space) X (0.75) X (0.75) = for both reductions | 14 |
3. If the subject property is located within one thousand feet (1,000') of a public or commercial parking lot open for use by the general public, an additional 10% reduction. | (Required Space) X (0.75) X (0.75) X (0.90) = for all three reductions | 13 |
Type of Residential Required On-Site Parking Reduction: Required on-site parking may be reduced by up to 50% if the developer provides dedicated offsite parking within 500' of the subject use, with such dedicated off-site parking being equal to the reduction in the number of on-site parking spaces being proposed | ||
All other uses: On-site parking requirements may be waived, if the developer provides dedicated off-site parking spaces equal to the number of required parking spaces within 1,000' of the subject property. | ||
10. Paving Requirements:
a. General Standards:
(1) Paving of Driveways, Approaches, Parking, Loading, and Maneuvering Areas: All driveways, approaches, parking, loading and maneuvering areas required of this chapter shall be paved with hot mix asphalt, or concrete.
b. Residential Uses:
(1) New single-family, duplexes, accessory structures, and additions of 50% or greater of the existing gross floor area of a structure (including the gross floor area of the garage), shall be served by a paved driveway, paved approach, and paved parking spaces as required.
(2) New accessory structures constructed within a residential zoning district with an eight foot wide or larger door or opening with a depth of 15' or greater (as measured opposite of the door/opening) shall be served by a paved or concrete approach from the edge of the developed public or private right-of-way to the property line; and a paved or gravel driveway from the edge of the approach to a point aligned with the rear wall of the dwelling, said paved or graveled driveway is not required to exceed 60' as measured from the property line. The Community Development Director or his/her designee may consider and administratively approve modified standards and specifications as per Hayden City Code 11-1-7.
c. Surfacing of Non-residential Outdoor Storage: Outdoor storage shall be surfaced, as herein provided:
(1) All outdoor storage lots that are used for the purpose of storage of motorized vehicles shall be paved according to the requirements of this chapter.
(2) Storage lots that are used for the purpose of storing supplies and materials may be paved with asphalt or concrete or surfaced with a maintained, dustless, weedless gravel and follow the requirements of section 11-2-5(C).
(3) Storage lots where heavy mobile equipment (including, but not limited to, farming implements, logging equipment and/or construction equipment, and tracked equipment) is displayed, stored or used for the movement of materials:
(a) The actual area used for the storage, display, or use of the heavy equipment may be surfaced with compacted crushed aggregate, provided that the unpaved area is maintained in a neat, dustless and weedless condition. The gravel shall meet the City regulations for 3/4" minus crushed aggregate and shall be spread and compacted to a uniform layer having a minimum depth of four inches after all topsoil and other unsuitable material have been removed.
(b) Said lots shall be served by paved approaches, driveways, vehicular maneuvering areas and parking spaces meeting the requirements of this chapter.
d. Surfacing of Outdoor Sales Display: Outdoor Sales Display shall be surfaced, as herein provided:
(1) All outdoor sales display of merchandise shall be paved with concrete or asphalt, except as provided below:
(a) Outdoor sale areas for greenhouse/nursery materials may be surfaced with a maintained, dustless, weed free gravel.
(2) Said lots shall be served by paved approaches, driveways, vehicular maneuvering areas and parking spaces meeting the requirement of this chapter.
11. Parking Lot Grades and Drainage:
a. All off street parking shall be paved such that no surface shall exceed five percent and no longitudinal drainage gradient shall be flatter than one-half percent.
b. Approach grades shall be safe and convenient and shall be designed in accordance with the Idaho Standards for Public Works Construction (as amended) for driveway grade standards; however, the City Engineer may allow exceptions from this standard based on site specific circumstances.
c. Parking spaces for persons with disabilities shall be as level as possible but in no case shall the parking space, adjacent aisle, driveway or designated pathways exceed a gradient of two percent in any direction.
d. All parking and loading areas shall provide for proper drainage of surface water to approved drainage areas or structures.
e. Surface drainage shall be retained on site to the extent that site runoff shall not exceed runoff from the site in its undeveloped condition.
12. Parking Lot Location Requirements and Proximity To Use: The distance between parking areas and the use being served shall meet the following requirements:
a. Residential: Required parking shall be located on site for residential uses except in the Central Business District.
b. All other uses: Required parking shall be located not farther than 300' from the entrance to the facility being served, unless continuous parking is provided (except in the Central Business District).
c. Loading berths for an activity shall be located on the same lot as the activity served, or on a contiguous lot within the same zoning district. Property within the right-of-way shall not be used to meet the need for a loading berth except with the express written authorization of the City Council who shall take into account safety concerns, traffic congestion, other loading demands on the road system, pedestrian-vehicle conflicts, and the like in their decision-making and if the authorization is granted, the City Council may apply conditions as deemed necessary to the approval. Loading berths and service areas shall be allowed to be located at the front of buildings in an area visible from the roadway only by administrative authorization of the Community Development Director or his/her designee who is authorized to place conditions on the approval to mitigate the visual impacts such as requiring the use of fences, hedges, and other screening mechanisms.
13. Parking Space Requirements: In general the parking space requirements are identified below; however the specific details can be found in accordance with the City’s Design Standards Manual, as may be adopted by the Hayden City Council.
a. Standard Dimensions: Off street parking spaces shall meet the minimum dimensions of 9' x 20' for a standard space, 8' x 23' for a parallel space, and 10' x 23' where parking abuts a building.
b. ADA Accessible Parking Spaces:
(1) Access Aisles: Every designated accessible space requires an adjacent access aisle. This aisle must be on either side of each space and can be shared by two designated accessible space.
(2) Location: The spaces for persons with disabilities shall be located as near as practical to a primary accessible entrance.
(3) Signage: All designated accessible spaces shall be signed.
14. Aisleways, Driveways, Turning Radii, and Dimensions:
a. Access Requirements and Standards: All required off street parking areas shall be located, designed, constructed and maintained to provide access at all times. Driveway approaches shall be located, designed and constructed according to the City’s current standards and policies.
(1) Access to a public street shall require an encroachment permit and a guarantee for work to be performed in a public right-of- way, as detailed in title 7, chapter 2 of this Code.
(2) The number of approaches serving an individual lot or parcel may be restricted to a single two-way approach, and in some cases, joint use approaches serving two or more lots may be required.
(3) The width of an approach shall be determined according to the City standards, and shall meet the requirements of the local fire protection district.
(4) The location and design of approaches shall be approved by the City Engineer or his/her designee in accordance with the Access Management Policy as adopted by the City.
15. Bicycle Parking Requirements:
a. Permanently installed bicycle racks shall be required in the Central Business District and Commercial Zone Districts for all retail, hospitality, medical, dental, and restaurant uses, where those uses are required by Code to have 15 or more parking spaces.
b. Bike racks shall be provided with the number of bikes spaces totaling 10% of the required off-street vehicle parking spaces rounded to the nearest even number, or a minimum of two bike spaces, whichever is greater, up to a maximum requirement of eight bike spaces. All bike racks shall be placed in locations that facilitate use by customers and employees riding bikes, and may be incorporated into the site’s hardscape design.
c. A single bicycle rack element shall be designed to meet the following criteria:
(1) Support the bicycle in an upright position by its frame in two places, without the use of a kickstand.
(2) Prevent the wheels of the bicycle from tipping over, tilting, or twisting.
(3) Enable the frame and one or both wheels to be secured.
(4) Allow either “front in” or “back in” parking where a “U-lock” or cable can secure either the front wheel and down tube or the rear wheel and seat tube of an upright bicycle.
(5) Provide for all types and sizes of bicycles, including various types and sizes of frames, wheels, and tire widths.
d. The use of creative designs for three-dimensional bicycle parking racks (functional art) may be permitted. Proposed alternatives shall be submitted for evaluation and approval by the City prior to installation.
e. Bicycle racks shall be installed in a manner and location that does not interfere with required access, pedestrian and vehicle circulation or create a public safety concern, and is acceptable to the City.
f. Bicycle racks shall not be located within the public right-of- way, nor on private sidewalks/walkways with a width of less than 10'.
16. Parking Lot Landscaping Requirements:
a. Landscaping: All parking areas shall include buffer landscaping as detailed in this chapter. If this is an addition to an existing parking lot, the perimeter landscaping shall apply only to the expanded area of the addition. If this is a parking lot reconstruction of more than 40% (not including surface overlays) the perimeter landscaping requirement shall apply to the entire parking lot.
17. Parking Lot Lighting Requirements: The illumination of off street parking and loading areas and display lots shall be designed such that lighting is directed away from the street and adjacent properties and toward the interior of the property. All such lighting shall be fully shielded, and all lighting shall be contained on the lot. A minimum illumination of 0.2 foot-candle per square foot is required. When parking lot lighting is proposed, a photometric plan shall be submitted which demonstrates compliance with these standards and the Lighting Standards in 11-4-5. (Ord. 619, 4-13-2021)