B. These regulations shall not be retroactive to include any building existing at the time of passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter, except as follows:

C. The required parking and/or loading shall have reasonable access to a public street or alley and a capacity according to the use of the building listed in the following sections. Where a use is not listed, the hearing examiner shall determine the number of required parking and/or loading spaces based upon similar uses for which the requirements are specified.

D. Removal of required parking and/or loading spaces from practical use by obstruction, erection of buildings, or other actions as to reduce the parking and/or loading capacity or usefulness thereof below the minimum requirements established in this chapter is prohibited. (Ord. 1255-25 § 9, 2025; Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).

A. Spaces Required. Except as modified in subsections below, off-street parking areas shall contain at a minimum the number of parking spaces as stipulated in Table 22.40.020. Off-street parking ratios expressed as number of spaces per square feet means the gross floor area, exclusive of building maintenance areas, storage areas, closets, furnace space, or other similar utility space used solely to maintain the building of occupancy. If the formula for determining the number of off-street parking spaces results in a fraction, the number of off-street parking spaces shall be rounded to the nearest whole number with fractions of 0.50 or greater rounding up and fractions below 0.50 rounding down.

B. Other Uses. For uses not specifically identified herein, parking shall be provided as specified for the use which, in the opinion of the public works director, is most similar to the use to be constructed.

C. Mixed Occupancies. In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements for the several uses computed separately. Off-street parking facility for one use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use, except as expressly provided for in this title.

D. Shell Building Permit Applications. When the city has received a shell building permit application, off-street parking requirements shall be based on the possible tenant improvements or uses authorized by the zone designation and compatible with the limitations of the shell permit. When the range of possible uses results in different parking requirements, the public works director shall establish the amount of parking based on a likely range of uses.

E. Tandem Parking. Parking spaces in tandem for off-street residential use shall count towards meeting minimum parking requirements at a rate of one space for every twenty linear feet with any necessary provisions for turning radius. (Ord. 1255-25 § 9, 2025; Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 1059-12 § 18; Ord. 905-01 § 1; Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).

A. Stacking Space. A stacking space shall be an area measuring nine feet by twenty feet with direct forward access to a service window of a drive-in facility. A stacking space shall be located to prevent any vehicles from extending onto the public right-of-way, or interfering with any pedestrian circulation, traffic maneuvering, or other parking space areas. Stacking spaces for drive-in uses may not be counted as required parking spaces.

B. Uses providing drive-in services shall provide vehicle stacking spaces as follows:

C. Drive-in facilities are not permitted between a building and a street.

D. Drive-in facilities that have negative traffic impacts on adjacent roads and/or businesses may require additional traffic controls at the drive-in businesses’ expense.

E. Where drive-in facilities are located adjacent to a through lane; the drive-in facility shall be constructed of different material than the through lane or a four- to five-foot planter strip shall be installed between the through lane and the drive-in lane.

F. The city may require additional stacking lanes based on the applicant’s traffic impact assessment.

G. Shopping Centers. When located in a shopping center, drive-in facilities shall provide sufficient stacking space to handle peak business demands and shall not in any way obstruct the normal circulation pattern of the shopping center. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).

A. Areas used for parking on private property, including interior driveways and access to a public street, shall be paved with asphalt concrete, cement concrete pavement, or pervious pavement and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed.

B. Whenever any portion of the commercial or manufacturing parking area abuts property zoned for residential use, a solid fence or hedge shall be erected to a height of not less than six feet, except within a front yard area where the fence may be reduced to three and one-half feet.

C. Required parking spaces shall be used for automobile parking only, with no sales, dead storage, repair work, or dismantling of any kind.

D. If lighting is provided, it shall be arranged to reflect away from the residential area, and from any public street or highway.

E. Drainage facilities for storm water shall be provided for and be approved by the utilities department.

F. Ingress and egress shall be approved as to location by the public works department. All required off-street parking must have direct and unobstructed vehicular access to ingress and egress from a public street, except that tandem or end-to-end parking in garages or carports is allowed for single-family dwellings, accessory dwelling units and middle housing as long as spaces are identified for the exclusive use of occupants of a designated dwelling unit.

G. Parking lots containing more than twenty thousand square feet of parking area shall be landscaped as follows: Landscaping shall cover a minimum of five percent of the parking lot and may consist of trees, shrubs, lawn and other landscaping or combination thereof distributed throughout the parking lot in a pattern that reduces the barren appearance of the parking lot and reduces the amount and intensity of storm water runoff.

H. Driveways and parking stalls shall be clearly marked.

I. Any request submitted to the hearing examiner for a variance to the provisions of this section shall be submitted to the public works director for their recommendations prior to public hearing.

J. Garages, inclusive of large parking facilities, or carports shall not be required in order to meet minimum parking requirements for residential development.

K. Parking spaces that count towards minimum parking requirements for residential development may be enclosed or unenclosed.

L. Existing designated parking areas with legally nonconforming gravel surfacing may be used to meet minimum parking standards for residential development, up to a maximum of six parking spaces.

M. Parking spaces that consist of grass block pavers, “grasscrete,” or “turf stone” count toward minimum parking requirements for residential development.

N. Existing parking spaces that do not conform to the above residential development standards by June 6, 2024, shall not be required to be modified or resized, except to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Parking spaces in existing paved parking lots are not required to be resized during resurfacing if doing so will be costly or require significant reconfiguration of the parking space locations. (Ord. 1255-25 § 9, 2025; Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).

A. That a public hearing is held, written notice of which has been mailed to all property owners within three hundred feet of the property proposed for such use, at least ten days prior to the hearing;

B. That no advertising sign or structures shall be erected or used in conjunction with the parking lot;

C. That entrances and exits shall be approved as to location by the public works director;

D. That the parking lot shall be subject to such other conditions as the planning commission may deem desirable in the interest of the public safety, convenience and welfare;

E. That no property shall be used for a parking lot under the provision of this section unless and until the planning commission has made an inspection of the property to verify that it conforms to the conditions specified in this section or any other special conditions made a part of the special property use permit;

F. The planning commission shall approve with conditions or deny the issuance of the requested special property use permits;

G. The building official shall include all conditions with permits when issued. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).

A. Minimum Dimensions. Each parking space and parking lot aisle shall comply with the minimum dimension requirements in Table 22.40.060, with the exception of subsection E of this section.

B. Compact Parking. In any off-street parking lot having more than twenty parking spaces, up to thirty percent of such spaces may be designated as “compact” spaces and be developed according to the minimum dimensional requirements for compact spaces established in Table 22.40.060; provided, that in any off-street parking lot having more than twenty spaces, a minimum of twenty parking spaces shall comply with the minimum dimensional requirements for standard spaces established in Table 22.40.060. Every compact parking space created pursuant to this section shall be clearly identified as such by painting the word COMPACT in upper case block letters, using white paint, on the pavement within the space. The additional use of signs to identify any large blocks of compact parking spaces is encouraged. The random distribution of compact spaces or blocks of compact spaces throughout a parking lot is also encouraged.

C. Existing parking lots may provide for compact parking spaces under the provisions of this section; provided, that the parking lot shall comply with all provisions of this chapter except that any parking lot which provides five percent of its area in landscaping shall be deemed to comply with all landscaping requirements.

D. Vehicle Overhang. Vehicular overhang of up to two feet is permitted, provided no vehicle shall overhang into a sidewalk or walkway which would reduce the unencumbered width of a sidewalk or walkway to less than four feet. A vehicle is permitted to overhang into a landscaped area by two feet; provided, that the required landscape area of trees and shrubs are not reduced in quantity and not subject to potential damage.

E. Residential Sizing. Parking spaces for residential uses shall be a minimum of eight feet by twenty feet, except for required parking for people with disabilities. (Ord. 1255-25 § 9, 2025; Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).

A. Building of six thousand square feet or more of floor area, one off-street loading and unloading space plus one additional off-street loading space for each twenty thousand square feet of floor area;

B. Each loading space shall be not less than ten feet in width, twenty-five feet in length and fourteen feet in height;

C. Loading space, exclusive of driveways and/or corridors leading thereto, shall not be considered as providing off-street parking space, nor shall anything in this chapter prevent the provisions of parking space in excess of the amount specified. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).

A. Shared parking agreements may be established to meet code-required off-street parking where site infeasibility or change of use, requiring additional off-street parking, would otherwise prohibit the development of property in the city of Algona.

B. One hundred percent of the required parking of any single land use may qualify for shared parking.

C. Required parking shall be based on:

D. Location. The shared parking facility shall be located within a five-hundred-foot radius of the off-site use.

E. The following minimum safety requirements shall be met:

F. The lot or part of a lot on which the parking is provided shall be legally encumbered by an easement or other means acceptable to the city to ensure continuous use of the parking facility.

G. If sufficient parking is not provided, the use, or that portion of the use out of compliance, shall be terminated or the property owner(s) will be subject to city code enforcement. This requirement shall be established as a condition of approval for any uses relying on a shared parking agreement. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021).

A. Commercial/Mixed Use Conversion. There shall be no parking requirements on the addition of dwelling units added within an existing building, as defined in AMC 22.08.018, if that existing building is located on a property zoned commercial/mixed use.

B. Affordable to Very Low-Income. For constructed dwelling units that are affordable to very low-income or extremely low-income individuals and that are located within one-quarter mile of a transit stop that receives transit service at least two times per hour for twelve or more hours per day, minimum residential parking requirements shall be no greater than 0.75 per dwelling unit.

C. Seniors and People with Disabilities. For constructed dwelling units that are specifically for seniors or people with disabilities and that are located within one-quarter mile of a transit stop that receives transit service at least four times per hour for twelve or more hours per day, there are no parking requirements.

D. Market Rate Multifamily. For constructed, market rate multifamily housing units, inclusive of middle housing, that are located within one-quarter mile of a transit stop that receives transit service from at least one route that provides service at least four times per hour for twelve or more hours per day, minimum residential parking requirements shall be no greater than 0.75 per dwelling unit. (Ord. 1255-25 § 9, 2025).