21.48.100

Parking

• Permitted bumper overhang2 ft

  A two-foot overhang for bumpers is permitted into landscaping or walkways

• Maximum compact parking spaces30 pct

  Compact spaces may be provided for up to thirty percent of required spaces.

• Maximum front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. pavement (single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.)50 pct

  pavement of the front yard shall be limited to fifty percent of the front yard.

• Minimum garage door width (1-car)8 ft

  Garage door openings shall be at least eight feet in width for a one-car opening

• Minimum garage door width (2-car)16 ft

  and sixteen feet for a two-car opening.

• Landscape buffer (front property line)10 ft

  parking areas shall provide a landscape buffer of ten feet between the front property line and the parking area

• Landscape buffer (interior property line)3 ft

  and three feet between an interior (side or rear) property line and the parking area.

• Landscape buffer (street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. property line)5 ft

  five feet between a street side property line and the parking area

• Landscaping per parking space8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  eight square feet of landscape area shall be provided for every parking space in parking lots with six or more spaces.

• Maximum parking space slope5 pct

  Parking spaces shall not have front-to-back or side-to-side grades that exceed five percent slope.

• Maximum parking slope (single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours., modified)15 pct

  Parking space slope may be modified through a site plan modification (Section 21.17.020) to allow parking spaces on slopes of up to fifteen percent.

• Maximum parking lot screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft

  and not more than six feet in height

• Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. lot screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.5 ft

  shall be at least five feet in height

• Required shade cover (20+ cars)25 pct

  In parking areas with twenty or more cars, the design shall demonstrate a minimum of twenty-five percent shade cover within five years

• Maximum 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. pavement (corner lots)10 pct

  On corner lots, pavement of the street side yard shall be limited to ten percent of the street side yard

• Wheel stop distance from walkway2 ft

  Wheel stops shall be installed for parking spaces at least two feet from any adjacent walkway, sidewalk, street, or alley.