At the time of the erection of any building or structure hereinafter listed, or at the time any such building or structure is enlarged, or its capacity is increased, or the existing use is intensified, modified, or changed, and the cost of construction of said enlargement or intensification is fifty percent or more than the value of the original building or structure as computed by multiplying by four the Colusa County assessor's current assessed valuation of said original building or structure, there shall be provided for new construction, enlargement or increased capacity and for the original building or structure the minimum off-street parking space for the total thereof, together with adequate provisions for safe ingress and egress, and such parking space shall at all times thereafter be maintained in connection with such building or structure. Any fractional space shall constitute one additional required space. For example, if computed requirements equal 9.2 spaces, ten spaces shall be required.

EXCEPTION: Presently zoned and developed commercial property is exempt from parking requirements as herein set forth.

In the event the enlargement or increase in capacity or intensification of use of an existing building or structure has a cost of less than fifty percent of four times the Colusa County Assessor's assessed value of the original building or structure, in such case only the minimum off-street parking space specified herein for such enlargement, increase in capacity or intensification of use shall be required, and the property owner shall not be required to bring the off-street parking requirements for the existing building up to existing Code requirements:

(Ord. No. 505, § 28, 10-21-2014)

(a)

Where adjoining parcel owners wish to cooperate in the establishment and operation of joint parking facilities in situations where the maximum parking demands are generated at different times by the established uses, application may be made to the planning director for a minor use permit to combine facilities and to thereby reduce the total number of off-street parking spaces required.

(b)

Where a motel use includes ancillary restaurant, bar, and convention facility uses, upon an appropriate showing and application, the planning director may, by minor use permit, reduce the combined off-street parking space requirement up to maximum of fifty percent of the off-street parking required for ancillary uses only.

(c)

Recognizing that each type of industrial development generates a different off-street parking need, the planning commission may, upon an appropriate application and an adequate showing, by use permit, reduce the off-street parking requirement from the minimum established above. Parking spaces waived by such procedures shall remain either in landscaped area or in unimproved open space in order to insure that additional parking space areas would be available for development if the industrial use were intensified subsequently.

(d)

It is recognized that certain uses may be unique in their parking demands, and that certain locations within a given zone may, as a result of existing developed areas within the zone, have unique traffic congestion or on-street parking problems, which for new developments require off-street parking greater in quantity than the minimums set forth above. In those cases in which such facts exist and in which the proposed improvement or use requires a minor use permit, the planning director shall have the power to impose off-street parking space requirements greater than those set forth as minimums hereinabove.

(e)

Where the site for the proposed use or development cannot satisfactorily provide all of the required off-street parking spaces, for the proposed use or development, upon appropriate application and an adequate showing, the planning commission may, by use permit, permit the minimum off-street parking requirements to be satisfied by the provision of off-site, off-street parking facilities, provided that such facilities are located within not more than four hundred feet from the site of the proposed use or improvement.

(f)

By minor use permit the planning director may waive the requirement that covered parking spaces be located on the rear one-half of the lot where adequate evidence is submitted that location elsewhere would not injure adjoining properties and that location on the rear half of the lot is not feasible or practicable in connection with a compatible designed use permitted within the zone in which the lot is located.

(g)

By minor use permit the planning director may reduce off-street parking spaces required on a gross floor area basis if that floor area can be shown to be used strictly as common use such as corridors, utility rooms, restrooms and similar areas.

At the time of construction of any general service hospital, or at the time any general service hospital is enlarged, or increased in capacity, or where the use is intensified by the addition of floor space, or bed space, there shall be provided for such new construction, enlargement or increased capacity one parking space for every four beds, plus one parking space for every four employees.

All off-street parking and garage spaces and access thereto required by the provisions of this chapter shall be improved and maintained in accordance with the following requirements. The following provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to areas used solely for display or as sales areas for such products as boats, trailers, automobiles, trucks and heavy equipment.

(a)

Such spaces and access shall be either in an enclosed garage or carport or open surfaced storage area, and if used in conjunction with or accessory to commercial, industrial, professional office or multiple dwelling uses shall be paved with chips and seal coat, or asphalt concrete or concrete paving, and shall have adequate draining and grading as approved by the city engineer.

(b)

Every garage space or parking space shall be provided with adequate ingress and egress, and shall have a minimum length of twenty feet and a minimum width of nine feet.

(c)

Where five or more parking spaces are required by the provisions of this chapter and such spaces will be used by the general public or business invitee of the owner or lessee of the premises, the following requirements shall also be applied:

1.

Contrasting paint or other easily distinguishable material shall be installed and maintained thereafter to designate each parking space in a clearly identifiable manner.

2.

The off-street parking areas shall provide suitable maneuvering areas so that all vehicles parking therein may exit onto any adjoining street in a forward direction.

3.

Where parking spaces abut public property or private property not under the ownership or lease of the person having ownership or control over the subject parking spaces, bumper guards or wheel stops shall be provided for all such abutting parking spaces in such a manner as to prevent encroachment of vehicles over property lines or damage to walls or fences.

4.

Where such parking area abuts or adjoins property or private property zoned for "R" uses, it shall be separated therefrom by solid masonry wall or wooden fence not less than four feet, nor more than six feet high. Walls within sixteen feet of any street shall be not less than two feet six inches nor more than three feet high. No wall shall be required where exists a wall which complies with the requirements of this paragraph, either on the common property line or adjacent thereto on either side of the common property line, provided, however, that if such wall is thereafter removed, a replacement wall shall be required forthwith. Where a wooden fence is substituted for a solid masonry wall, such fence shall be constructed so that a person cannot see through it and shall have fence posts either of wood treated to resist rot and termites, or of iron or steel, and in all cases fence posts must be set in concrete.

5.

Where such off-street parking area is used or to be used by the general public or business invitee for after-dark parking, lighting facilities capable of providing a minimum of one-half feet candle illumination at every point of the parking area shall be installed and maintained. Such lighting shall so be arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and streets. Credit shall be given for adjoining public street illumination where such illumination satisfies this requirement as to any portion of such off-street parking area.

6.

Under no circumstances shall walls, fences or shrubbery be placed or maintained on the property in such a manner as to interfere with visibility so as to endanger safe ingress and egress.

7.

The following parking lot layouts are approved. Proposed off-street parking lot layouts submitted to satisfy the requirements of this section, which deviate in design from the patterns provided below, must demonstrate that adequate provision is afforded for safe ingress and egress and adequate aisle width and maneuvering area are provided for safe maneuvering of vehicles therein and that the design provides for safe pedestrian traffic to, from and within the subject parking area.