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a. For safety and emergency situations and to reduce congestion on major roadways caused by vehicles entering and exiting parking areas, free access between adjacent parking areas serving a single use or compatible multiple uses within a single building or complex must be provided regardless of ownership.
b. Free access must be provided where there is public access to front and rear without accessing public streets unless issue of grade.
c. Except for single-family and two-family uses, all off-street parking spaces must be permanently and clearly identified by stripes, buttons, tiles, curbs, barriers, or other approved methods. Parking spaces identified by non-permanent materials, such as paint, must be regularly maintained to ensure continuous clear identification of the space.
d. Compatible uses under separate ownership with public parking lots must be connected.
The land on which off-street parking spaces or a loading facility is located must be owned or under the control of the same entity which owns or controls the land on which the principal use is located, or by "joint use agreement" as defined in Sec. 10-359 of the off-street parking and loading requirements.
a. Parking spaces and loading areas provided in accordance with this division may not be used for the sale, repair, assembly or disassembly, storage or servicing, of vehicles or equipment. Unlicensed and inoperable vehicles may not be stored in any required parking or loading space.
b. Required parking spaces must be available for the parking of operable passenger vehicles, by residents, customers, patrons and employees only, and must not be used for display or storage of vehicles or materials, or parking of service or delivery trucks and trailers.
c. Temporary display of merchandise in a required parking space or loading area, or a temporary use of a parking space or loading area for a use other than parking and loading, may be permitted under certain circumstances if authorized by the planning director through issuance of a temporary use permit (TUP).
a. No building permit for new construction or building expansion, or a certificate of occupancy and compliance for change in occupancy may be issued by the building official until a parking plan has been reviewed and approved by the traffic engineer as a part of the building and site plan review process. No certificate of occupancy and compliance may be issued until all off-street parking and loading facilities have been constructed.
b. Parking Plan Requirements
The applicant for a building permit for new construction or building expansion, or for a certificate of occupancy and compliance for a change in occupancy of an existing structure must submit a parking plan showing the number, location, and size of all parking spaces, driveway dimensions and locations, traffic aisle widths and locations, and maneuvering areas. The applicant must submit information necessary to verify compliance with this division and the city parking design standards.
c. Plans for Paving of Parking Area
Plans for paving of all off-street parking areas, traffic aisles, and access driveways, including detailed drainage plans are subject to review and approval by the city engineer for compliance with this division and the city driveway requirements in Sec. 10-380 or on file with the city engineer.
d. Building Permit Required
All new parking lots and additions to existing parking lots require issuance of a building permit.
a. Each parking space required and provided pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be not less than nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length and parking access aisles must be at least 25 feet wide.
b. The use of continuous curbing in lieu of individual wheel stops is allowed. This will allow sixteen (16) feet of asphalt, and a two-foot car bumper overhang. The two-foot car bumper overhang shall be in addition to the required landscape area, required buffer area or to a sidewalk.
(Ord. No. 0-2009-19; 3/11/09)
The minimum size of angled parking spaces varies depending on the degree at which it is angled and the width of the drive aisle.
Angled parking stall size and length dimensions
Parking Angle (degrees) | Minimum Stall Width (ft.) | Minimum Stall to Curb Length (ft.) | Minimum Aisle Width (ft.) |
0 | 9-0" | 22'-0"* | 10,-0" |
45 | 9'-0" | 17'-8" | 12'-8" |
60 | 9'-0" | 19'-0" | 14'-6" |
90 | 9'-0" | 18'-0" | 25'-0"** |
*Stall is parallel to curb.
**A 26’ drive aisle width is required for all lanes with fire hydrants.
The required off-street parking spaces for any number of separate uses may be combined in a joint parking facility under the following conditions:
a. In the case of mixed or joint uses, the parking spaces required must equal the sum of the requirement of the various uses computed separately.
b. A document must be filed with the city showing that the operating schedules of the facilities involved do not conflict and the separate facilities will be required to provide enough additional parking spaces to meet the requirements of this code.
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