Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 5%
Extracted standards
21 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Commercial vehicle parking
Commercial vehicles shall not be parked within any residential district, unless they are actively providing direct temporary service to a specific residential property and parked for less than twenty-four hours.
- Common facility reduction15 pct
When such common parking facility is to occupy a site three thousand square feet or more, a fifteen percent reduction in the total number of spaces shall be permitted.
- Compact parking space length17 ft
Up to forty percent of all spaces may be provided for compact cars with such spaces not less than seventeen feet in length and eight feet in width.
- Compact parking space width8 ft
Up to forty percent of all spaces may be provided for compact cars with such spaces not less than seventeen feet in length and eight feet in width.
- In-lieu payment option
In lieu of furnishing the parking spaces and facilities required by the provisions of this section for uses within the central business district, the requirements thereof may be satisfied by electing one of the following options.
- Increase threshold for additional parking20 pct
Whenever there is a change in use or increase in floor area, or change in other unit of measurement specified herein, and such change of increase creates a need for an increase in the number of off-street parking spaces by twenty percent or more, such increase in parking facilities shall be provided on the basis of the increased requirements of the new or enlarged use; provided, however, that in the event a change in use creates a need for an increase of two or less off-street parking spaces, no additional parking facilities shall be required.
- Maximum inoperable vehicles1 vehicles
A maximum of one inoperable motor vehicle may be parked on a residentially zoned property.
- Joint use allowed
The director of community development may, upon written application by the owner or lessee of any property, authorize the joint use of parking facilities by the following uses and activities, and under the conditions specified herein.
- Lighting deflection
Parking lot lighting shall be deflected away from abutting sites so as not to cause annoying glare to such sites.
- Maximum compact spaces percentage40 pct
Up to forty percent of all spaces may be provided for compact cars.
- Maximum recreational vehicles1 vehicles
A maximum of one recreational vehicle designed primarily for temporary residential occupancy (including, but not limited to, motor homes, cab-over campers, fifth wheel campers, and tent trailers) may be parked on a property at any one time.
- Minimum landscaping in parking area5 pct
In an RM, PO, C or I district, not less than five percent of the interior of a parking area shall be landscaped with trees and other plant materials suitable for ornamentation.
- Mixed use parking sum
In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the several uses computed separately.
- No reduction without addition
No off-street parking or off-street loading facilities provided for a use of land or structure in compliance with this chapter shall be reduced in capacity or in area without sufficient additional capacity or additional area being provided to comply with the regulations of this chapter.
- Parking location
Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be located on the same site with the use for which the berths are required or on an adjoining site, except that within the central business district as located within the CC district, off-street parking facilities may be located within four hundred feet of the use for which the spaces are required, measured by the shortest route of pedestrian access.
- Paving requirement
The parking area, aisles and access drives shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water.
- Remodeling exemption
No additional off-street parking facilities shall be required solely because of the remodeling of an existing use or building, unless there is a change in use, addition or enlargement for which additional facilities are required.
- Screening wall required
Where an off-street parking area in a C district adjoins a UR, RA, R, RM or PO district, an ornamental solid wall or fence, vine-covered open fence, or compact screening device, as may be required under 'Site Plan Review', Chapter 18.18 of this title, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.
- Standard parking space length20 ft
Each parking space shall be not less than twenty feet in length and nine feet in width, exclusive of aisles and access drives.
- Standard parking space width9 ft
Each parking space shall be not less than twenty feet in length and nine feet in width, exclusive of aisles and access drives.
- Trailer parking
Trailers shall be parked only within an enclosed yard, garage or carport. Trailers parked in carports shall be covered.
From the ordinance
One-family dwellings: two spaces for each dwelling unit, with at least one space within a garage or carport.
Parking requirements
{
"bank": "1 per 300 sq ft",
"office": "1 per 400 sq ft",
"college": "1 per employee + 1 per 5 students",
"theater": "1 per 4 seats",
"utility": "1 per 2 employees + 1 per vehicle",
"hospital": "1 per 4 beds + 1 per 2 employees + 1 per staff doctor",
"other_cc": "as otherwise required",
"rest_home": "1 per employee + 1 per 4 beds",
"high_school": "1 per employee + 1 per 10 students",
"mini_market": "1 per 300 sq ft (under 2000 sq ft)",
"motel_hotel": "1 space per guest room + 1 per employee",
"multifamily": "in accordance with schedule (not specified)",
"retail_food": "1 per 150 sq ft",
"admin_office": "1 per employee + 1 per 1000 sq ft",
"bulky_retail": "1 per 600 sq ft",
"other_public": "1 per employee + additional",
"private_club": "1 space per 2 beds",
"retail_other": "1 per 200 sq ft",
"trade_school": "1 per employee + 1 per 3 adult students",
"bowling_alley": "4 per alley + 1 per 4 seats + 1 per employee",
"manufacturing": "1 per employee",
"miscellaneous": "determined by planning department",
"medical_office": "3 per practitioner + 1 per employee, or 1 per 250 sq ft, whichever greater",
"nursery_school": "1 per employee + loading",
"other_assembly": "1 per 50 sq ft + 1 per employee",
"cafe_restaurant": "1 per 4 seats",
"elderly_housing": "1 space per dwelling unit",
"outside_building": "1 per employee",
"auditorium_church": "1 per 50 sq ft or 1 per 4 seats + 1 per employee",
"drive_in_fast_food": "1 per 2 seats + 1 per employee",
"service_commercial": "1 per 800 sq ft + 1 per employee",
"one_family_dwelling": "2 spaces per dwelling unit, at least 1 within garage or carport",
"commercial_office_cbd": "1 space per 800 sq ft floor area",
"charitable_institution": "1 per employee + 1 per 4 beds",
"elementary_junior_high": "1 per employee + bus loading",
"duplex_triplex_fourplex": "in accordance with schedule (not specified)",
"transportation_terminal": "1 per employee + loading",
"integrated_shopping_center": "3 spaces per 1000 sq ft GLA, or 4 if supermarket"
}