Clatskanie City Zoning Code

The provision and maintenance of off street parking and loading spaces is a continuing obligation of the property owner. After the effective date hereof, every use commenced and every building erected or altered shall have permanently maintained parking spaces in accordance with the provisions of this title. No permits shall be issued until plans are presented to show that the required parking is, and will remain, available within two hundred feet (200') of the business location it serves. Where a use has been established prior to the effective date hereof and does not meet the terms imposed, all of the requirements of this title shall fully apply and be complied with at the time the use, or the occupancy of a building, changes. (Ord. 652, 6-4-2008)

Off street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained as set forth in this chapter for all uses in all zones. Off street parking shall not be located in the required front yard, except in a residential driveway area. The required spaces shall be available for parking, and not used for storage, sale, repair or servicing of vehicles. 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. The parking shall be provided at the time:

   A.   A new building is ready for occupancy.

   B.   A building or use existing on the effective date hereof is enlarged or expanded.

   C.   There is a change in the use of a building with a corresponding change in the number of parking spaces required by this title. (Ord. 652, 6-4-2008)

A plot plan, drawn to scale, shall be submitted in duplicate to the city manager with each application for a building permit, and shall contain the following:

   A.   Dimension of the parking lot.

   B.   Access to the streets and location of curb cuts.

   C.   Location and size of parking spaces.

   D.   Circulation pattern.

   E.   Grade and drainage.

   F.   Abutting property.

   G.   A landscaping plan, including the location and names of all vegetation, size and location of fencing or other screening, to be approved by the city. (Ord. 652, 6-4-2008)

Owners of two (2) or more uses, structures or parcels of land may agree to utilize jointly the same parking and loading spaces if hours of operation do not overlap and the city manager is provided with documentary evidence in the form of leases or contracts securing full access to such spaces for all parties. (Ord. 652, 6-4-2008)

Parking spaces required by this chapter shall be provided on the site of the primary use or within two hundred feet (200'); unless the planning commission determines that, on the basis of practical difficulties, the parking may be sited up to a maximum of three hundred feet (300') distant, measured in a straight line. Loading spaces shall be located either on or abutting the property served. (1996 Code § 17.68.060; amd. Ord. 599, 11-3-1999; Ord. 643, 3-1-2006)

The following standards shall apply to all properties, except those developed with single-family and two-family dwellings. Areas used for the parking or maneuvering of vehicles shall meet the following standards:

   A.   Surface: A durable, hard and dustless surface that is maintained adequately for all weather uses and is drained to avoid flow of water across sidewalks.

   B.   Screening: Screening and design to minimize the disturbance of residents living adjacent to the parking lot.

   C.   Average Grade: Driveways more than one hundred fifty feet (150') in length will not exceed an average grade of twelve percent (12%). The driveway and driveway apron shall be built and maintained by the property owner according to specifications determined by the city based on slope and the presence of adjacent public facilities such as a sidewalk or paved street.

   D.   Location And Access: Location and driveway access such that groups of more than four (4) parking spaces will not require backing movements or other maneuvering within a street right of way.

   E.   Loading Spaces, Dimensions: Loading spaces shall provide a minimum vertical clearance of thirteen feet (13'); a width of at least twelve feet (12'); and a length of at least thirty five feet (35') in multi-family residential and commercial zones and sixty feet (60') in industrial zones.

   F.   Parking Spaces, Dimensions: Each parking space shall be not less than eighteen feet (18') long and nine feet (9') wide, except for those spaces marked "Compact Only" which may be fifteen feet (15') long and seven and one-half feet (7.5') wide, and handicapped parking addressed in subsection G of this section. Up to twenty percent (20%) of required parking spaces may be designed for compact cars.

   G.   Handicapped Parking Spaces: Where less than twenty (20) spaces are provided, at least one shall be for handicapped use, and where a greater number are provided, the ratio shall be one handicapped space for every fifty (50) spaces. Each handicapped space shall be at least twelve feet (12') wide and eighteen feet (18') long and be posted with a wheelchair symbol and a sign indicating its limited use, per Oregon Revised Statutes 447.233. The handicapped spaces shall be located nearest to the main building entry.

   H.   Access Dimensions: Access shall be provided by not more than one 45-foot wide curb cut driveway for each one hundred fifty feet (150') of street frontage, or fraction thereof, per site.

   I.   Aisles: Aisles shall not be less than twenty five feet (25') in width for ninety degree (90°) parking, twenty feet (20') in width for sixty degree (60°) parking, twenty feet (20') in width for forty five degree (45°) parking, and twelve feet (12') in width for parallel parking.

   J.   Parking Bays: All parking areas, except for truck loading areas, shall be divided into bays of not more than twenty (20) parking spaces. Between and at the end of each parking bay there shall be planters which have a minimum width of five feet (5') and be at least seventeen feet (17') in length. Each planter shall contain one major tree and ground cover.

   K.   Separation Of Parking Areas: Parking areas shall be separated from the exterior wall of a structure, exclusive of paved pedestrian entranceways, by a five foot (5') wide strip of landscaping.

   L.   Adjacent To Residential Zone; Setback; Sight Obscuring Hedge: Parking areas abutting any residential zone shall meet the building setback of the adjoining zone, and shall install along the common boundary line a sight obscuring hedge.

   M.   Setback Areas: Parking areas shall be set back from a lot line adjoining a street. The setback area shall be landscaped.

   N.   Landscaping: A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the parking area shall be landscaped and the maintenance of the landscaping shall be the owner's responsibility.

   O.   Sight Obscuring Hedge Location: Parking and/or sight obscuring hedges or shrubbery shall not be located in vision clearance areas.

   P.   Driveways: If the driveway is a one-way in or one-way out drive, then the driveway shall be a minimum width of ten feet (10') and shall have appropriate signage designating the driveway as a one-way connection. For two-way access, each land shall have a minimum width of ten feet (10'). Driveway approaches must be designed and located to provide an exiting vehicle with an unobstructed view. Construction and driveways along acceleration or deceleration lanes and tapers shall be avoided due to the potential for vehicular weaving conflicts. The length of driveways shall be designed in accordance with the anticipated storage length for entering and exiting vehicles to prevent vehicles from backing into the flow of traffic on the public street or causing unsafe conflicts with on site circulation.

   Q.   Marking: All areas used for parking shall be marked and continuously maintained. Handicapped parking spaces shall be marked with a wheelchair symbol.

   R.   Drainage And Lighting: Adequate drainage shall be provided to dispose of the runoff generated by the impervious surface areas of the parking lot. The drainage system shall function so it will not adversely affect adjoining property. Lighting shall be provided in such a manner as to ensure the safety of the parking area without interfering with adjoining properties or creating traffic hazards on adjoining streets. (Ord. 652, 6-4-2008)

   A.   Residential Uses:

 

 

   B.   Public And Semipublic Uses:

 

 

   C.   Commercial Uses: One loading space per twenty five thousand (25,000) square feet (or fraction thereof) of floor area, plus one parking space for every two (2) employees and public parking as follows:

 

   D.   Industrial Uses: One loading/delivery space per forty thousand (40,000) square feet (or fraction thereof) of floor area, plus parking as follows:

 

 

   E.   Unspecified Uses: Any use not specifically listed shall provide the requirements deemed equivalent or appropriate by the planning commission.

   F.   Bicycle Parking Spaces:

      1.   Multi-Family Residences: Every residential use of four (4) or more dwelling units shall provide at least one sheltered bicycle parking space for every two (2) units. Sheltered bicycle parking spaces may be located within a garage, storage shed, basement, utility room, or similar area. In those instances in which the residential complex has no garage or other easily accessible storage unit, the required bicycle parking spaces shall be sheltered under an eave, overhang, an independent structure, or similar cover.

      2.   Schools: Elementary and middle schools, both public and private, shall provide one bicycle parking space for every ten (10) students and employees. High schools shall provide one bicycle parking space for every five (5) students and independent structure, or similar structure.

      3.   Downtown Areas: In downtown areas with on street parking, bicycle parking for customers shall be provided along the street at a rate of at least one space per use. Spaces may be clustered to serve up to six (6) bicycles; at least one cluster per block shall be provided. Bicycle parking spaces shall be located in front of the stores along the street, either on the sidewalks in specially constructed areas such as pedestrian curb extensions. Bicycle parking shall not interfere with pedestrian passage, leaving a clear area of at least five feet (5'). Customer spaces are not required to be sheltered. (Ord. 652, 6-4-2008)

   A.   Site Layout And Design: To ensure safe, direct, and convenient pedestrian circulation, all developments, except single-family detached housing (i.e., on individual lots), shall, if deemed appropriate by the city, provide a continuous pedestrian system.

   B.   Continuous Walkway System: The pedestrian walkway system shall, if deemed appropriate by the city, extend throughout the development site and connect to all future phases of development, and to existing or planned off site adjacent trails, public parks, and open space areas to the greatest extent practicable.

   C.   Safe, Direct, And Convenient: Walkways within developments shall, if deemed appropriate by the city, provide safe, reasonably direct, and convenient connections between primary building entrances and all adjacent streets, based on the following definitions:

      1.   Reasonably Direct: A route that does not deviate unnecessarily from a straight line or a route that does not involve a significant amount of out of direction travel for likely users.

      2.   Safe And Convenient: Routes that are reasonably free from hazards and provide a reasonably direct route of travel between destinations.

      3.   Nonresidential Buildings: "Primary entrance" for commercial, industrial, public, and institutional buildings is the main public entrance to the building. In the case where no public entrance exists, street connections shall be provided to the main employee entrance.

      4.   Residential Buildings: "Primary entrance" for residential buildings is the front door (i.e., facing the street). For multi- family buildings in which each unit does not have its own exterior entrance, the "primary entrance" may be a lobby, courtyard, or breezeway which serves as a common entrance for more than one dwelling.

   D.   Pedestrian Route: When proposed commercial, office, institutional or multi-family uses are located on a site within one-fourth (1/4) mile of an existing or planned transit stop, the proposed pedestrian circulation system must demonstrate a safe and convenient pedestrian route from building entrances to the transit stop or to a public right of way that provides access to the transit stop. (Ord. 658, 11-4-2009)