Off-street parking areas shall be provided in the following manner:
1. ACCESS
A. All parking areas shall provide suitable maneuvering room so that all vehicles may enter an abutting street in a forward direction. The Director may approve exceptions for single-family homes and other residential projects.
B. No parking space shall be located so that a vehicle will maneuver within 20 feet of a vehicular entrance measured from the face of the curb.
(Ord. MC-888, 12-07-93)
2. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING
It shall be unlawful for the driver, owner or operator of any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's Gross Vehicle Weight rating (GVWR) exceeding 10,000 pounds to park, or cause to be parked, except for the immediate loading and unloading of goods, any such vehicle upon any public street, or alley, or on any residentially zoned property, within any residential land use district in the City. This prohibition shall not apply to construction sites during the construction process or to recreational vehicles.
(Ord. MC-1381, 12-19-12)
3. DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
A. Parking stalls shall be non-perpendicular whenever possible.
B. A minimum unobstructed inside dimension of 20 feet by 20 feet shall be maintained, for a private two-car garage or carport. The minimum unobstructed ceiling height shall be 7 feet, 6 inches.
C. Parking structures may be subject to dimensional adjustments based on utilization (i.e., public or private garage with or without an attendant), but in no case shall the stall width be less than 8 feet, 6 inches. Reductions in design standards shall be subject to approval by the City Engineer.
D. Minimum parking dimensions shall be as indicated in the following table as illustrated by Figure 24-2.
A. | B | C | D | E | F |
A. | B | C | D | E | F |
0° | 9'0" | 9.0 | 15.0 | 23.0 | - |
9'6" | 9.5 | 15.0 | 23.0 | - | |
10'0" | 10.0 | 15.0 | 23.0 | - | |
20° | 9'0" | 15.0 | 15.0 | 26.3 | 36.5 |
9'6" | 15.5 | 15.0 | 27.8 | 37.1 | |
10'0" | 15.9 | 15.0 | 29.2 | 37.4 | |
30° | 9'0" | 17.3 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 41.8 |
9'6" | 17.8 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 42.4 | |
10'0" | 18.2 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 42.7 | |
45° | 9'0" | 19.8 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 48.3 |
9'6" | 20.1 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 48.5 | |
10'0" | 20.5 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 48.9 | |
60° | 9'0" | 21.0 | 18.0 | 10.4 | 55.5 |
9'6" | 21.2 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 55.6 | |
10'0" | 21.5 | 18.0 | 11.5 | 56.0 | |
70° | 9'0" | 21.0 | 19.0 | 9.6 | 57.9 |
9'6" | 21.2 | 19.0 | 10.1 | 58.2 | |
10'0" | 21.2 | 19.0 | 10.6 | 58.0 | |
80° | 9'0" | 20.3 | 24.0 | 9.1 | 63.0 |
9'6" | 20.4 | 24.0 | 9.6 | 63.2 | |
10'0" | 20.5 | 24.0 | 10.2 | 63.3 | |
90° | 9'0" | 19.0 | 24.0 | 9.0 | - |
9'6" | 19.0 | 24.0 | 9.5 | - | |
10'0" | 19.0 | 24.0 | 10.0 | - | |
4. DRAINAGE
All required off-street parking areas shall be so designed that surface water will not drain over any sidewalk, or adjacent property.
5. DRIVEWAYS
Commercial/Industrial/Multiple Family Residential Driveways providing ingress and egress to off-street parking spaces shall be a minimum width of 15 feet for a one-way driveway and 24 feet for a two-way driveway.
Single Family Residential
Attached Garage
Driveways for an attached 2-car garage shall have a minimum width of 16 feet and a minimum length of 24 feet measured from the inside sidewalk or apron to the front of the garage.
Driveways for an attached 3-car garage shall have a minimum width of 24 feet and a minimum length of 24 feet measured from inside the sidewalk or apron to the front of the garage.
Detached Garage
Driveways for a detached 2-car garage shall be a minimum width of 10 feet with a minimum 16 feet wide by 24 feet deep back up area immediately adjacent to the garage door.
Driveways for a detached 3-car garage shall be a minimum width of 10 feet with a minimum 24 feet wide by 24 feet deep back up area immediately adjacent to the garage door.
6. LIGHTING
Parking areas shall have lighting capable of providing adequate illumination for security and safety. The minimum requirement is 1 foot candle, maintained across the surface of the parking area. Lighting standards shall be energy-efficient and in scale with the height and use of the structure. Any illumination, including security lighting, shall be directed away from adjoining properties and public rights-of-way.
7. LOCATION OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES
All parking spaces shall be located on the same parcel as the structure or use, unless approved otherwise by the review authority.
Off-street parking spaces for multi-family residential developments shall be located within 150 feet from the dwelling unit (front or rear door) for which the parking space is provided.
No parking space required by this Chapter shall be located in the front, side of rear setback area of any land use district except for a detached garage or carport structure and driveways which may be located in interior (non-street) side or rear setback areas.
8. MAINTENANCE
All required parking facilities shall be permanently maintained, free of litter and debris.
9. PARKING STRUCTURES
All parking structures shall be landscaped as follows:
A. The parking structure shall have a continuous minimum 10 foot perimeter landscaping with vertical elements at lease every 20 feet.
B. The entries and exits of the parking structure shall include a minimum 6 foot wide landscaped median island and accent paving in the driveway.
C. Landscaped materials, excluding vertical element openings, shall be provided in planters and/or pots for 5% of the total surface deck area. The planters and/or pots shall be distributed throughout the top deck area, and perimeter of intermediate decks.
D. All landscaping shall be permanently maintained and automatically irrigated.
E. Lighting for the above ground deck shall be energy-efficient, low-level and directed so as not to spill beyond the surface deck. Lighting fixtures shall not exceed 4 feet in height.
10. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING - RESIDENTIAL
A. A recreational vehicle may only be parked on a lot behind the front line of the house or, in the case of a corner lot, behind the front line facing each street or right-of-way, and shall be screened to a height of 6 feet from view from any public or private right-of-way. A recreational vehicle used as daily transportation may be parked overnight in recognized driveways.
B. Recreational vehicles may be temporarily parked on public or private rights-of-way in front of residences for not more than 48 continuous hours for the purposes of loading and unloading. Forty-eight hours must elapse before the start of a new 48 hour period, together with movement of the vehicle a distance of at least 500 feet.
11. SCREENING
Commercial/industrial and public parking areas abutting residentially designated property shall have a 6 foot high solid architecturally treated decorative masonry wall approved by the Director. All wall treatments shall occur on both sides.
12. SECURITY
All parking facilities shall be designed, constructed and maintained with security as a priority to protect the safety of the users.
13. SHADING
All parking areas shall provide 25% permanent shading for parked vehicles. Any reasonable combination of shading methods can be utilized. If trees are used, they may not thereafter be trimmed so as to reduce the effectiveness of their shading ability.
14. SHARED PARKING
Parking facilities may be shared if multiple uses cooperatively establish and operate the facilities and if these uses generate parking demands primarily during hours when the remaining uses are not in operation. (For example, if one use operates during evenings or week days only.) The applicant shall have the burden of proof for a reduction in the total number of required off-street parking spaces, and documentation shall be submitted substantiating their reasons the requested parking reduction. Shared parking may only be approved if:
A. A sufficient number of spaces are provided to meet the greater parking demand of the participating uses;
B. Satisfactory evidence, as deemed so by the Director, has been submitted by the parties operating the shared parking facility, describing the nature of the uses and the times when the uses operate so as to demonstrate the lack of potential conflict between them; and
C. Additional documents, covenants, deed restrictions, or other agreements as may be deemed necessary by the Director are executed to assure that the required parking spaces provided are maintained and uses with similar hours and parking requirements as those uses sharing the parking facilities remain for the life of the commercial/industrial development.
15. SLOPE
A. Parking areas shall be designed and improved with grades not to exceed a 5% slope.
B. Driveways shall not exceed an 8% slope or as approved by the City Engineer.
16. STRIPING
All parking spaces shall be striped in accordance with City requirements. The striping shall be maintained in a clear and visible manner. Each exit from any parking area shall be clearly marked with a "STOP" sign as required by the City Engineer.
17. SURFACING
All driveways and parking areas shall be surfaced with a minimum thickness of 3 inches of asphaltic concrete, concrete, or any City Engineer approved bituminous surfacing over a minimum thickness of 4 inches of an aggregate base material. An appropriate structural section of slag or other material may be approved by the City Engineer and Director for storage areas of industrial uses, provided that toxic or hazardous materials, including but not limited to those enumerated in Section 8.80.010 of the Municipal Code, are not located in such storage areas.
18. TANDEM PARKING
The review authority may approve an off-street parking program utilizing limited tandem parking for commercial and industrial uses provided that the development requires 150 or more parking spaces, with no more than a maximum of 10% of the total number of spaces designated as tandem and an attendant is on duty during the normal hours that the commercial/industrial development is open for business.
19. WHEEL STOPS/CURBING
Continuous concrete curbing at least 6 inches high and 6 inches wide shall be provided at least 3 feet from any wall, fence, property line, walkway, or structure where parking and/or drive aisles are located adjacent thereto. Curbing may be left out at structure access points. The space between the curb and wall, fence, property line, walkway or structure shall be landscaped, except as allowed by the Development Review Committee. The clear width of a walkway which is adjacent to overhanging parked cars shall be 4 feet. All parking lots shall have a continuous curbing at least 6 inches high and 6 inches wide around all parking areas and aisle planters. Existing wheel stops may remain. If repaving of the parking lot is necessary, existing wheel stops may be removed and reinstalled following the repaving, provided stall dimensional requirements are met. However, no installation of new or additional wheel stops shall occur.
(Ord. MC-1393, 12-02-13)