(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

   All required parking facilities shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the following regulations.

   (A)   Minimum standard parking space dimensions and location. Each standard surface parking space shall comply with the following requirements:

      (1)   Have a minimum width of nine feet or eight and one-half feet, (when the end parking space is adjacent to a building, light standard, wall, or obstruction, a minimum clearance between the curbface and the face of obstruction shall provide a minimum of two feet);

      (2)   Have a minimum length of 18 feet (the length includes a two-foot overhang);

      (3)   Be located so that an automobile is not required to back onto a public street; and

      (4)   Maintain at least 24 feet of backup space directly behind each parking space.

   (B)   Minimum parallel parking space dimensions. Each parallel surface parking space shall comply with the following requirements:

      (1)   Have a minimum width of ten feet; and

      (2)   Have a minimum length of 23 feet.

   (C)   Minimum enclosed garage parking space dimensions. Each enclosed garage parking space shall comply with the following requirements:

      (1)   Have a minimum width of ten feet; and

      (2)   Have a minimum length of 20 feet.

   (D)   Parking located in required yard areas. All parking spaces and facilities shall not be located within a required front or street side yard area.

   (E)   Underground parking facilities. Underground parking facilities shall comply with the following requirements:

      (1)   The parking facilities may be located within a required yard area, except a required front yard area; and

      (2)   The parking facilities must be constructed in a manner acceptable to the City Engineer to ensure that there will be adequate lateral support and safe vehicular and pedestrian ingress and egress.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12; Am. Ord. 1453, passed 6-17-20)

   In addition to the requirements set forth in § 153.150.050, any parking lot or structure developed in conjunction with any commercial or industrial use that is legally established within a residential zone shall comply with the following standards and limitations.

   (A)   Parking space ingress and egress. Each surface parking space shall be located so that an automobile is not required to back onto a public street or onto any adjacent lot developed with a residential use.

   (B)   Passenger vehicle parking only. The parking facility shall be used solely for the parking of private passenger vehicles belonging to patrons of the permitted use.

   (C)   Parking facility location. The parking facility shall be located directly adjacent to the nonresidential use it serves.

   (D)   Perimeter wall. A minimum six-foot-high masonry block wall shall be constructed on any lot abutting any residentially zoned property. The wall shall be reduced to three feet in height in and along any required front yard area.

   (E)   Front yard. A front yard area of at least ten feet in depth is required for such parking facilities, which shall be fully landscaped.

   (F)   Landscaped buffer. In addition to the masonry block wall, a fully landscaped buffer strip measuring a minimum of three feet in depth shall be provided on the nonresidential side of the wall.

   (G)   Access driveway width. The parking facility shall have and maintain a minimum vehicular access driveway width of 20 feet. However, the Director of Community Development shall have the authority to require a wider driveway width based on city and county fire department requirements and/or other circumstances associated with the location, purpose, and design of the driveway.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

   (A)   Pavement. All off-street parking spaces, driveways and aisles shall be paved with concrete or asphalt concrete pavement in accordance with adopted city standards.

   (B)   Pavement maintenance. The pavement within all parking and storage areas shall be structurally sound, clean and free of dust, mud and trash. All pavement repair, reconstruction or restoration work shall be done in accordance with city standards.

   (C)   Striping. All parking spaces shall be clearly striped showing the layout of the intended parking stalls. Striping shall not be less than three inches in width and shall be maintained so it is clear and visible.

   (D)   Wheel stops. Suitable concrete curb wheel stops or continuous curbing designed to stop the movement of vehicles may be required as a condition of project approval. Such curbing shall be securely installed and permanently maintained.

   (E)   Signage. Where required as conditions of approval for safety purposes, approved exit, entrance and directional signs and markings shall be installed and maintained.

   (F)   Screening wall. A solid masonry wall shall screen all parking areas located abutting a residentially zoned lot, street or alley. The wall shall be a minimum of 6 feet in height along rear and side yards and 3 feet along front and street side yard areas. All wall heights shall be measured from the grade of the surface of the residentially zoned lot. A minimum six-foot tall landscape berm may be substituted for the required wall adjacent to a front or street side yard, at the discretion of the City Planner, or by discretionary applications subject to Planning Commission review and approval.

   (G)   Lighting. Suitable lighting shall be provided to adequately illuminate each parking area. The lighting shall be arranged and maintained to reflect light away from adjacent properties, pursuant to subchapter 153.140, Performance Standards.

   (H)   Surface runoff. All parking lots shall be designed to drain in a manner that collects surface runoff consistent with standards enforced by the City Engineer which implements the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

   (A)   Parking space access. All required off-street parking spaces shall be located in parking lots independently accessible from a street at all times.

   (B)   Location. All required off-street parking spaces shall be located within 300 feet of the use or development requiring such spaces. If the parking spaces are provided on a lot separate from the use it serves, a covenant, acceptable to the City Attorney, shall be recorded associating the parking spaces to the use or development so served.

   (C)   Parking located in required yard areas. Required off-street parking spaces shall not be located within any required front and/or street side yard area.

   (D)   Pedestrian and emergency access. Parking spaces shall not preclude direct and free access to stairways, walkways, elevators, pedestrian access ways or fire safety equipment. Such access shall maintain a minimum width of 44 inches, no part of which shall be within a parking space.

   (E)   City Engineer approval. To ensure that interference with traffic flow on adjacent streets and alleys will be minimal, the location and design of all entrances and exits to streets or alleys from off-street parking facilities shall be subject to approval by the City Engineer.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

   Parking facilities shall be used only temporarily and in conjunction with the uses they serve. Parking facilities shall not be used for other purposes, including, but not limited to, the storage of vehicles.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12) Penalty, see § 10.99

   (A)   Vehicle overhang. Overhang of vehicles into landscaped areas is permitted, provided no vehicle overhangs a sidewalk or walkway and further, provided the landscape area is three feet or more in depth.

   (B)   Motorcycle stalls. Motorcycle stalls may be used as an option to utilize areas that would otherwise not be of adequate size for conventional parking spaces. Unless otherwise determined by the City Planner for a particular project, motorcycle stalls shall not count toward the number of required parking spaces.

   (C)   Parking space abutting wall or pillar. Piers and pillars shall not encroach into parking spaces. Where a parking space is located abutting a wall, pillar or similar structure, the parking space width and/or length shall be increased by a minimum of two feet.

   (D)   Tandem parking prohibited. Each parking space shall be accessible without requiring the movement of another vehicle. Except as provided for in § 153.120.360(E)(1), tandem parking arrangements are specifically prohibited.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12; Am. Ord. 1430, passed 12-5-18; Am. Ord. 1464, passed 11-17-21)

   Within parking lots, landscaping shall be provided for shade and climate control, to enhance project design and to screen the visual impact of vehicles and large expanses of pavement. Landscaped areas within parking lots shall comply with the following standards.

   (A)   Trees required. Trees shall be planted and maintained in all parking lots at a ratio of one tree for every ten parking spaces. The trees shall be placed throughout the parking lot in a manner that will ensure that most portions of the lot receive tree shade. Trees shall be of a variety that provides a broad canopy. The minimum size of such trees at planting shall be 36-inch box.

   (B)   Perimeter planter landscaping. Landscaping within the perimeter planter between the parking lot and any right-of-way shall be designed and maintained for partial screening of vehicles to a minimum height of 36 inches, measured from the finished grade of the parking lot. Screening materials may include any combination of plant materials, earthen berms, raised planters or other screening device deemed acceptable by the City Planner or Planning Commission.

   (C)   Required landscaping. A minimum of 10% of the parking lot area shall be landscaped. Parking lot landscaping shall not count toward required landscape coverage otherwise required for the zone in which a project is located.

   (D)   Landscape irrigation and maintenance. All landscaped areas shall be equipped with an automated irrigation system and shall be maintained at all times in a neat and healthy condition. To the greatest extent possible, native and drought-tolerant plant materials shall be used.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

   (A)   Shared parking conditions. The shared use of parking facilities may be permitted where particular uses or activities meet the following conditions:

      (1)   Parking facilities for any nonresidential use may share parking facilities with another use only if no substantial conflict exists in the principal operating hours of the uses proposed to share parking facilities.;

      (2)   The maximum distance between the outer boundaries of the uses proposed to share parking facilities shall be 300 feet;

      (3)   All prospective users shall agree upon the shared use of the off-street parking facilities; and

      (4)   The adjacent or nearby properties shall not be adversely affected by the proposed shared parking.

   (B)   Shared parking report required. A parking report shall be prepared for review and approval by the Director of Community Development documenting the parking requirements of each use proposing to share parking facilities and further documenting how the sharing arrangement will satisfy the parking needs of each affected use.

   (C)   Legal agreement approved and recorded. If approved by the Director of Community Development, all parties sharing parking facilities shall sign a legal agreement. Such agreement shall be approved by the City Attorney and the Director of Community Development, and recorded with the County Recorder’s office. Copies of the agreement shall be filed with the Director of Community Development.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

   (A)   Residential zones. The City and County Fire Department shall approve the driveway widths and clearances. However, the following minimum standards shall be observed for driveways in residential zones:

      (1)   The minimum driveway width for R-1-7,500 and R-1 zoned properties shall be nine feet. No more than one driveway shall be provided on R-1-7,500 and R-1 lot;

      (2)   The minimum driveway width for R-G and R-3 zoned properties shall be 26 feet; and

      (3)   The minimum lot street frontage for all residential zones shall be 50 feet where dual driveways are provided.

   (B)   Nonresidential zones. Driveways serving parking facilities in nonresidential zones shall a minimum width of 24 feet. However, the Director of Community Development shall have the authority to require a wider driveway width or allow a narrower driveway width based on City and County Fire Department requirements and/or other circumstances associated with the location, purpose, and design of the driveway.

   (C)   Shared driveways. Shared use of driveways used in combination with abutting properties are permitted for commercial and industrial lots when proper easements or agreements, approved by the City Attorney, have been executed, recorded and filed with the city.

   (D)   Safety considerations.

      (1)   Driveways shall be designed and located in such a manner so as to ensure proper visibility to on-street traffic. Driveway design shall take into consideration slopes, curvature, speed and conflicting turning movements in the area. A clear cross-visibility area shall be maintained pursuant to § 153.130.080 and be kept free of obstacles such as signs, landscaping and structures.

      (2)   Driveways shall not be located where they would impede traffic on streets or intersections.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12) Penalty, see § 10.99

   (A)   Loading minimum dimensions. The minimum dimensions of a loading space shall be 15 feet in width, 15 feet in length and 14 feet of vertical clearance.

   (B)   Minimum loading spaces required. The number of off-street loading spaces shall be in compliance with the standards set forth in Table 153.150.140.

 

 

   (C)   Loading maneuvering. Loading areas shall be designed so that all truck back-up maneuvering occurs entirely on private property and does not utilize any public right-of-way.

   (D)   Loading facilities located in setback areas. Off-street loading facilities may not be located within any required setback area.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

   (A)   Minimum bicycle parking required. Bicycle parking shall be provided for multi-family residential, public and civic facilities, schools, retail, commercial and office uses in accordance with the following regulations:

      (1)   For multi-family dwelling units, one bicycle space for every five units shall be provided;

      (2)   For public and civic facilities, one bicycle space for each three automobile parking spaces, not required to exceed 25 bicycle spaces; and

      (3)   For retail and office uses, five bicycle spaces for the first 25 automobile spaces shall be provided, plus one space per ten additional vehicle spaces, but not required to exceed 20 bicycle spaces.

   (B)   Bicycle parking location. Bicycle parking shall be located on a paved surface, in proximity to a building entrance, in a visibly secure and well-lit location and adjacent to the building served.

   (C)   Bicycle parking minimum dimensions. The minimum dimensions for bicycle parking areas shall be two feet by six feet, plus a five-foot maneuvering space behind the bicycle rack area.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)

   (A)   Off-street parking waiver. A maximum of 40% of the off-street parking required by this subchapter may be waived when the lot or parcel of land is located within 500 feet of a city-owned public parking facility, with such distance measured between the property line of the subject parcel and the nearest point of the city-owned public parking facility.

   (B)    Waiver application and in-lieu fee. An application for waiver shall be reviewed by the City Council, which shall consider the effect that the waiver would have on the availability of and need for public parking within the neighborhood of the project. The City Council may approve the application in whole or in part, or may deny the application, as it determines appropriate to protect public health, safety and welfare. If the City Council determines to grant the application in whole or in part, the developer of parking the lot or parcel shall pay to the city an in-lieu parking fee for each space waived, in an amount to be established by resolution of the City Council.

   (C)   Parking in-lieu fee special fund. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a special fund that shall be specifically utilized for the purposes of providing for, facilitating the use of or maintaining city-owned public parking spaces.

(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)