17.30.090
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Parking
- Parking reduction for senior housing or group care homes50 pct
Parking for senior housing or group care homes may be reduced by up to 50 percent upon approval of the planning director.
- Parking reduction for seniors and/or disabled persons50 pct
Parking requirements for multi-family or group housing developments that can demonstrate that they will be restricted to seniors and/or disabled persons may be reduced up to fifty percent.
- Minimum driveway width for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. development12 ft
connected by a surfaced area of twelve feet minimum width with the public thoroughfare for single-family development
- Minimum driveway width for developments exceeding three units15 ft
fifteen feet minimum width for any development exceeding three units.
- Minimum unobstructed surfaced area from garage entrance30 ft
there shall be an unobstructed surfaced area extending from the garage entrance directly away therefrom for a distance of thirty feet for a residential development.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for parking in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.4 ft
A minimum setback of four feet is provided along the effected yard area.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. spaces for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. homes1 spaces
Single-family homes: 1 garage, carport or parking space per unit.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. spaces for duplexes1 spaces
Duplexes: 1 garage, carport or parking space per unit.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. spaces for three or more units2 spaces
Three or more dwelling units per parcel: Two parking spaces per unit with a maximum credit of .75 per dwelling unit for enclosed garages.
- Parking in front or street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
Parking in the front or street side yard areas is not permissible unless all the following requirements are satisfied: a. A landscaped area equal to the front yard setback is provided within the same development; and b. A minimum setback of four feet is provided along the effected yard area.
Parking in setback areas is permissible in the rear and interior side yard areas.
- Parking reduction in C districts within public parking districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.50 pct
Parking required in 'C' districts may be reduced to one-half of the stated requirements in any portion of such district included within a public parking district or assessment district for financing off-street parking facilities.
From the ordinance
The following garage and off-street parking requirements shall apply to all buildings erected, and new or extended uses commenced after the effective date of this title.
Parking requirements
{
"church": "1 parking space for each four seats",
"duplex": "1 garage, carport or parking space per unit",
"school": "1 parking space for each classroom and office",
"hospital": "1 space per bed plus 1 space per doctor, plus 1 space for each employee on the largest shift",
"hotel_motel": "1 parking space per unit, 2 parking spaces per manager's office",
"single_family": "1 garage, carport or parking space per unit; 1 additional space per guest house",
"restaurant_bar": "1 space for each 3 seats but not less than 1 space for each 30 square feet",
"retail_C1_C2_CH": "5 parking spaces for each 1,500 square feet of gross leasable area; may be off-site within 300 feet when approved by Planning Commission",
"service_station": "3 spaces for each working bay, plus 1 space for each employee on the largest shift",
"bowling_billiard": "5 spaces per lane, 2 spaces per table, plus 1 space for each 2 employees",
"rooming_boarding": "1 parking space per guest up to 20; over, add 1 space per each 2 guests",
"drive_in_restaurant": "1 space for each car to be served, plus 1 space for each three seats",
"three_or_more_units": "Two parking spaces per unit with a maximum credit of .75 per dwelling unit for enclosed garages",
"sanitarium_rest_home": "1 space for each 8 patients or guests plus 1 space per employee",
"convalescent_hospital": "1 space for each 8 patients plus 1 space for each 2 employees on the largest shift",
"warehousing_wholesale": "1 space for each 2,000 square feet of gross floor area off-site within 500 feet on approval of planning commission or 1 space per employee plus 1 space for company vehicle, whichever produces the greatest number of spaces",
"manufacturing_industrial": "Minimum of 2 spaces for every 3 employees on the shift having the largest number of employees, but not less than 1 space for each 2,000 square feet of gross area of building used for any of the allowed uses; off-site within 500 feet on approval of planning commission",
"public_building_administrative": "1 parking space for each 200 square feet of work space",
"public_auditorium_theater_assembly": "1 space for each 5 seats but not less than 1 space for each 30 square feet",
"lodge_club_community_center_mortuary_chapel": "1 parking space for each 3 fixed seats, but not less than 1 space for each 15 square feet of the largest meeting hall"
}