A.

The provision and maintenance of off-street parking and loading spaces is a continuing obligation of the property owner. Hereafter, every use commenced and every building erected or altered shall have permanently maintained parking spaces in accordance with the provisions of this title.

B.

No building, development, or other permit involving new construction, additional gross floor area or change of use shall be issued until plans and evidence are presented to show how the off-street parking and loading requirements are to be fulfilled and that property is and will remain available for the exclusive use of off-street parking and loading spaces. The subsequent use of the property for which the permit is issued shall be conditional upon the unqualified continuance and availability of the amount of parking and loading space required by this title.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.010, 2002)

A.

Every use for which a building is erected or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area to equal a minimum floor area required to provide loading space and which will require the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by truck or similar vehicle, shall provide off-street loading space on the basis of minimum requirements as follows:

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B.

A loading berth shall contain space twelve (12) feet wide, thirty-five (35) feet long and have a height clearance of fourteen (14) feet. Where the vehicles generally used for loading and unloading exceed these dimensions, the required length of these berths shall be increased.

C.

If loading space has been provided in connection with an existing use such space shall not be eliminated if elimination would result in nonconformance with the above standards.

D.

Off-street parking areas used to fulfill the requirements of this title shall not be used for loading and unloading operations except during periods of the day when not required to take care of parking needs.

E.

Loading berths shall not be required in areas subject to Chapter 16.28.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.020, 2002)

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained as set forth in this section for all uses in all zones. The following required spaces shall be available for parking, and not used for storage, sale, repair or servicing of vehicles, except property resident. Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to prevent the occasional use of parking areas for community events, special sales, public gatherings and similar activities not otherwise prohibited.

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(Ord. 496, § 2(Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 488, § 2(Exh. A), 2019; Ord. 415 § 7.100.030, 2002; Ord. 499, § 3(Exh. B), 2022)

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A.

In the event several uses occupy a single structure or parcel of land, the total requirements of the several uses should be computed separately.

B.

Off-street parking spaces for dwellings shall be located on the same lot with the dwelling. Other required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same parcel or on another parcel not farther than three hundred (300) feet from the building or use they are intended to serve, measured in a straight line from the building, except as permitted by Chapter 16.28.

C.

Required parking space shall be available for the parking of operable passenger automobiles of residents, customers, patrons and employees and shall not be used for the storage of vehicles or materials or for the parking of trucks used in the conducting of the business or use. The subsequent use of property for which the appropriate permits are issued shall be conditional upon the unqualified continuance and availability of the amount of parking and loading spaces required.

D.

Unless otherwise provided, required parking and loading spaces for multi-family dwellings, commercial and industrial use shall not be located in a required front yard, but such space may be located within a required side or rear yard, not abutting a street.

F.

Where employees are specified, the employees counted are the persons who work on the premises, including proprietors, executives, professional people, production, sales, and distribution employees during the largest shift at peak season.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.040, 2002)

Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including commercial parking lots, shall be developed as follows:

A.

All parking and maneuvering surfaces shall have a durable, hard and dustless surface such as asphalt, concrete, cobblestone, unit masonry, scored and colored concrete, grass-crete, compacted gravel, or combinations of the above.

B.

Any lighting used to illuminate the off-street parking areas shall be so arranged that it will not project light rays directly upon any adjoining residential property.

C.

Except for single-family and duplex dwellings, groups of more than two parking spaces shall be so located and served by a driveway that their use will require no backing movements or other maneuvering within a street or right-of-way other than an alley.

D.

Areas used for access and standing and maneuvering of vehicles are subject to the dimensional standards of this title, and to the requirements of the public works standards.

E.

Except for parking to serve residential uses, parking and loading areas adjacent to residential zones or adjacent to residential uses shall be designed to minimize disturbance of residents.

F.

Access aisles shall be of sufficient width for all vehicular turning and maneuvering.

G.

Driveways to off-street parking areas shall be designed and constructed according to public works standards. The number of service drives shall be limited to the minimum that will accommodate and serve the traffic anticipated.

H.

Driveways serving commercial drive-in establishment shall be clearly and permanently marked and defined through the use of rails, fences, walls or other barriers or markers. Access driveways to drive-in establishments shall be designed to avoid backing movements or other maneuvering within a street other than an alley.

I.

Driveways shall have a minimum vision clearance area formed by the intersections of the driveway center line, the street right-of-way line and a straight line joining the lines through points fifteen (15) feet from their intersection.

J.

Parking spaces along the outer boundaries of a parking area shall be contained by a curb or bumper rail so placed to prevent a motor vehicle from extending over an adjacent property line or a street right-of-way.

K.

The outer boundary of a parking or loading area shall be provided with a bumper rail or curbing at least four inches in height, and at least three feet from the lot line or any required fence.

L.

All areas for the parking and maneuvering of vehicles shall be marked in accordance with the approved plan required and such marking shall be continuously maintained.

M.

All parking lots shall be kept clean and in good repair at all times. Breaks in surfaces and areas where water puddles shall be repaired promptly and broken or splintered wheel stops shall be replaced so that their function will not be impaired.

N.

The provision for and maintenance of off-street parking and loading facilities shall be a continuing obligation of the property owner.

(Ord. 496, § 2(Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 415 § 7.100.050, 2002)

Where landscaping is to be provided in parking areas, to reduce the starkness generally associated with such parking areas, the Planning Commission may consider and approve the following reduction: if general landscaping (including ground cover, raised beds, or low shrubbery, all of evergreen nature) are utilized around parking area borders, or where landscaping is required as screening around borders, or as traffic control structures within parking areas, or as general landscaping within parking areas, then the parking area gross spatial requirement may be reduced proportionately, up to a total of five percent.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.060, 2002)

A plot plan showing the dimensions, legal description, access and circulation layout for vehicles and pedestrians, space markings, the grades, drainage, setbacks, landscaping and abutting land uses in respect to the off-street parking area and such other information as shall be required, shall be submitted to the Planning Director with each application for approval of a building or other required permit, or for a change of use.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.070, 2002)

Off-street parking or loading requirements for structures or uses not specifically listed shall be determined by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall base such requirements on the standards for parking or loading of similar uses.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.080, 2002)

The parking restrictions shall not be interpreted to prevent the parking on-site of recreational vehicles at all single-family residences provided the applicable parking requirements are satisfied.

A.

Recreational vehicles shall be mobile and fully operable, on inflated wheels, and licensed with the Department of Motor Vehicles at all times.

B.

No more than one recreational vehicle per lot shall be permitted to be stored outdoors, except for recreational vehicles brought to a lot by guests and for no more than a total of ten (10) days in a calendar year.

C.

Porches and awnings and related structural projections may not be constructed adjacent or attached to a recreational vehicle.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.090, 2002; Ord. 483, 2016)

A.

A sign shall be posted for each disabled person parking space required by subsection B of this section. The sign shall be clearly visible to a person parking in the space, shall be marked with the International Symbol of Access, shall indicate that the spaces are reserved for persons with disabled person parking permits and shall be designed as set forth in standards adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission.

B.

Parking spaces constructed under this section shall be in accordance with the Uniform Building Code.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.100, 2002)

All parking spaces designated for compact vehicles shall be labeled by painting "compact only" on the parking space. Up to twenty-five (25) percent of the required parking spaces may be designated compact spaces.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.110, 2002)

At least one secured bicycle rack space shall be provided for each fifteen (15) parking spaces or portion thereof in any new commercial, industrial, or multifamily development. Bicycle parking areas shall not be located within parking aisles, landscape areas, or pedestrian ways.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.120, 2002)

All off-street parking lots shall be designed subject to city standards for stalls and aisles as set forth in the following table.

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A.   Parking Angle In Degrees

B.   Stall Width

C.   Stall Depth

D.   Aisle Width One Way

E.   Curb Length Per Car

F.   Bay Width (Includes stall length plus back up length)

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A.

For one row of stalls use "C" + "D" as minimum bay width.

B.

Public alley width may be included as part of dimension "D," but all parking stalls must be on private property, off the public right-of-way.

C.

For estimating available parking area, use three hundred (300) to three hundred twenty-five (325) square feet per vehicle for stall, aisle and access areas.

D.

For large parking lots exceeding twenty (20) stalls, alternate rows may be designed for compact cars provided that the compact stalls do not exceed thirty (30) percent of the total required stalls. When designated compact spaces are provided the stall width may be reduced to eight feet and the stall length reduced to seventeen (17) feet in length with appropriate aisle width.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.130, 2002)

If conformance with this chapter would require a historic structure to be modified, or would involve destroying existing landscaping, the Planning Commission may approve modifications to the requirements of this chapter and no variance shall be required for such modification.

(Ord. 415 § 7.100.140, 2002)

If more than one type of land use occupies a single structure or parcel of land, the total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for all uses, unless it can be shown that the peak parking demands are less (i.e. the uses operate on different days or at different times of the day). In that case, the total requirements may be reduced accordingly.

(Ord. 487 § 2, 2017)