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Amador City City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

64 - OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS

17.64.010 - Off-street parking required.

For each dwelling, multiple dwelling, business, or industrial establishment or other structure hereafter erected, there shall be provided and maintained off-street parking facilities to accommodate the motor vehicles used by the occupants, customers, clientele, and employees of such dwelling, multiple dwelling, business, or industrial establishment or structure. The aggregate amount of parking space for each type of use shall be not less than that stated in the following.

(Ord. 55 § 17.00, 1980)

17.64.020 - One-family, two-family, and multiple dwellings.

For every dwelling, multiple dwelling, or other structure erected or intended to be used as a dwelling, there shall be provided on the same lot or parcel of land one parking space for each dwelling unit. Each such parking space shall be not less than eight feet wide and twenty (20) feet long.

(Ord. 55 § 17.01, 1980)

17.64.030 - Rooming houses, lodging houses, clubs, fraternity houses, dormitories, and hotels.

For each one guest room there shall be provided one parking space. Each such parking space shall be on the same lot or parcel of land or contiguous thereto and shall contain at least two hundred (200) square feet, except that parking space for hotels shall be on the same lot or within five hundred (500) feet of the building.

(Ord. 55 § 17.02, 1980)

17.64.040 - Auto courts, tourist courts, and motels.

One parking space shall be provided for each living or sleeping unit on the same lot or parcel of land or contiguous thereto, and each such space shall contain at least two hundred (200) square feet.

(Ord. 55 § 17.03, 1980)

17.64.050 - Hospitals, sanitariums, convalescent homes, and homes for the aged.

One parking space shall be provided for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor space or fraction thereof on the same lot or parcel of land or contiguous thereto, and each such space shall contain at least two hundred (200) square feet.

(Ord. 55 § 17.04, 1980)

17.64.060 - Auditoriums.

For church, high school, college, or university auditoriums and for theaters, general auditoriums, and other similar places of assembly one parking space shall be provided for every ten (10) seats provided in such building. A seat shall mean eighteen (18) lineal inches of seating space when seats are arranged in rows or pews. For auditoriums with no permanent seats, a seat shall mean seven square feet of floor area. Each such parking space shall contain at least two hundred fifty (250) square feet including adequate space for ingress and egress, and shall be on the same lot or within five hundred (500) feet of the building.

(Ord. 55 § 17.05, 1980)

17.64.070 - Amusements.

For stadiums, arenas, and fairs one parking space shall be provided for each four seats of eighteen (18) lineal inches each.

For dance halls one parking space shall be provided for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.

For bowling alleys four parking spaces shall be provided for each alley.

Each such parking space shall contain at least two hundred fifty (250) square feet including adequate space for ingress and egress and shall be on the same lot or within five hundred (500) feet of the building or amusement area.

(Ord. 55 § 17.06, 1980)

17.64.080 - Commercial and industrial buildings.

For all office, commercial, and industrial buildings one parking space shall be provided for each five hundred (500) square feet of floor space or fraction thereof.

Each such parking space shall contain at least two hundred fifty (250) square feet including adequate space for ingress and egress, and shall be on the same lot or within five hundred (500) feet of the building.

(Ord. 55 § 17.07, 1980)

17.64.090 - Loading space.

On the same premises with every building, structure, or part thereof erected or occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods, display, department store, wholesale or retail market, hotel, restaurant, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning plant, or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles carrying materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate loading services in order to avoid undue interference with the public use of the streets or alleys. Required loading space may be included within the required parking space adjacent to a building.

(Ord. 55 § 17.08, 1980)

17.64.100 - Miscellaneous provisions.

Nothing in this title shall prohibit the collective use of space for off-street parking, provided such collectively used space is equal to the sum of the requirements of each individual establishment participating in such collective use.

When the required off-street parking space is provided on a separate lot from the main building, there shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of Amador County, California, a covenant by the owner or owners of the lot for the benefit of the city to the effect that such owner or owners will continue to maintain such parking space as long as said building is maintained.

Neither a required side yard abutting a street, nor a front yard, shall be used for off-street parking.

All off-street automobile parking areas including automobile sales lots, service stations and other drive-in establishments shall be surfaced with a bituminous surface treatment or other surfacing of a higher type.

(Ord. 55 § 17.09, 1980)