Off-street auto parking and loading spaces shall be provided, as specified in this article, for uses and structures hereafter established in all districts at the time of initial construction of any principal building, unless otherwise exempted from this article. For developments phased in timing, parking and loading requirements may also be phased in accordance with the requirements applying for each particular time phase of development. Any building or use that is subsequently enlarged or converted to another use shall meet the off-street parking and loading space requirements of this article, for the enlarged or new use. Required parking and loading spaces shall be maintained and shall not be encroached upon by refuse containers, signs, or other structures, unless an equal number of spaces are provided elsewhere in conformance with these regulations. Required parking and loading spaces shall be provided with vehicular access to a public street or alley, unless such access is prohibited by these regulations. Off-street parking and loading facilities required shall be located on the same lot as the principal building or use. However, as much as 50 percent of the required number of parking spaces may be located within 400 feet of the principal building or use, provided proof of ownership or a valid lease agreement for use of such premises is provided to the planning director or designee. Such distance shall be measured between the nearest point of the parking facility and the nearest point of the principal building or use.

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The minimum number of required off-street parking spaces for each type of permitted use shall be as indicated below. For uses not specifically listed, the off-street parking requirements shall be those of the most similar use as determined by the planning director or designee. The planning director or designee may also reference the latest American Planning Associations Parking Standards Report. When referencing APA reports weight should be given to the jurisdiction listed with a population density closest to that of the city. When the application of these parking requirements results in a fractional space requirement, the fractional space requirement shall be construed to mean one additional space.

USE CLASSIFICATION PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS

Art gallery: One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area auditorium, stadium, assembly hall, gymnasium or community center one space per four fixed seats in largest assembly room or area.

Bank or financial institution: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Barber or beauty shop: Three spaces for each operator or chair. One space for each 200 feet of gross floor area.

Boardinghouse or rooming house: One space for each two guests plus one additional space for each resident manager or owner.

Bowling alley: Three spaces for each alley.

Church or place of worship: One space per four fixed seats in largest assembly room.

Convenience retail store: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Dance studio or school: One space for each employee plus one space per 150 square feet of gross floor area.

Day care center: One space for each eight children, plus one space per employee.

Food store: One space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Funeral home or mortuary: One space for each four seats in largest assembly room.

Furniture or appliance store: One space per 600 square feet of gross floor area.

Gasoline service station: Two spaces per gasoline pump plus three space per service bay.

Golf course: Three spaces for each hole plus one space for each two employees.

Health club, spa: One space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area.

Hospital, clinic, nursing home: One space for each two beds plus one space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one space for each three employees.

Hotel, motel: One space for each guestroom plus one space for each two employees on largest shift.

Industrial or manufacturing: Two spaces for each three employees on largest shift.

Laundry, self-service: One space for each washer-dryer combination.

Library, museum: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Lodge, club: One space for each three seats in largest assembly room.

Miniature golf course: Three spaces per hole.

Multiple-family residential uses (R3, R3R and PUD): Two spaces per dwelling unit plus four spaces per leasing office, ten spaces per clubhouse or recreation center and one-half visitor space per dwelling unit.

Office, general or professional: One space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.

Office, medical or dental: Six spaces per practitioner.

Personal service establishment: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Restaurant or lounge: One space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.

Retail business: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Sanitarium, rest, and convalescent home, personal care home: One space for each four patient beds plus one space for each doctor and staff member.

School, college, trade, vocational: Ten spaces per classroom plus one space for each administrative or staff person.

School, elementary: Two spaces per classroom and administrative or staff person.

School, high: Ten spaces per classroom plus one space for each administrative or staff person.

Self-service storage facility, mini-warehouse: One space for each 20 storage stalls, plus two spaces for resident manager's office.

Shopping center: One space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area.

Single-family residential uses (R1 and R2): Two spaces per dwelling unit plus ten spaces per clubhouse or recreation center.

Theater, cinema: One space for each three seats.

Wholesale: One space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area.

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A.

Purpose. Limiting the number of spaces allowed promotes efficient use of land, enhances urban form, encourages use of alternative modes of transportation, provides for better pedestrian movement, and protects air and water quality.

B.

The maximum number of off-street parking spaces for any building or use shall not exceed the amount determined as follows:

1.

Parking lots of more than 20 and less than 50 spaces. Parking lots may not have more than 120 percent of the minimum number of spaces required as identified in section 602.

2.

Parking lots of 51 spaces or more. Parking lots may not have more than 110 percent of the minimum number of spaces required as identified in section 602.

3.

Parking lots described in the above categories may be allowed up to 150 percent of the minimum number of spaces required as identified in section 602. if the parking installed which exceeds the minimum requirement is installed using porous paving techniques or other ecologically friendly techniques.

The planning director or designee must approve any parking design, which exceeds the regularly allowed maximum number of spaces.

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Each parking area of six or more spaces devoted to uses other than residential shall provide handicapped parking spaces (a minimum of 12 feet in width), counted as a part of the total parking required, in accordance with the following scale:

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On the same lot with every building, structure or part thereof, erected or occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, truck freight terminal, goods display, department store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning, retail business or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for the standing, loading and unloading services to avoid undue interference with public use of streets and alleys. Such loading and unloading space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall be an area 12 feet by 60 feet, with 14-foot height clearance, and shall be provided according to the following schedule.

Square feet of gross floor area or fractional part thereof. Uses in excess of 25,000 square feet shall provide loading spaces according to the following schedule:

All plans for off-street loading areas shall be subject to the approval of the planning director or designee.

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1.

Improvement of parking lots: All parking areas containing more than five spaces shall meet the following requirements:

a.

They shall be graded to ensure proper drainage, surfaced with concrete or asphalt, and maintained in good condition free of obstructions.

b.

Parking areas shall not be used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicle, equipment, materials or supplies.

c.

Each parking space shall be clearly marked and directional arrows or signs shall be provided wherever necessary. Markers, directional arrows, and signs shall be properly maintained at all times.

d.

A parking lot pavement setback of ten feet from any public street right-of-way and five feet from any exterior property line shall be provided, except where access points and interconnections to other parcels have been approved. The parking lot pavement setback shall be increased to ten feet where such lot abuts a residential district. Concrete or other suitable curb stops shall be installed so as to prevent vehicle encroachment onto setback areas.

e.

Not less than ten percent of the total area devoted to parking shall be landscaped open space.

f.

Any lighting facilities installed shall be so arranged to prevent the direct illumination of adjacent residential properties or public streets.

g.

A site plan indicating property lines, parking areas, location of parking spaces, pavement setbacks, drainage facilities, paving materials, access, landscaped open space and other features required to ensure compliance with this article shall be submitted to the planning director or designee. A permit shall be required prior to the construction of new parking areas, or for the expansion or alteration of existing parking areas.

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Access from public streets to all parking areas, regardless of the number of parking spaces provided, shall meet the following requirements:

a.

Curb cuts or access breaks for service drives, entrances and exits on public streets shall not be located within 100 feet of the intersections of two curb lines, street pavement lines, such lines extended, or any street intersection nor within 50 feet of another curb cut or access break on the same side of the street.

b.

Curb cuts shall be no less than 28 feet in width for all residential subdivisions. Curb cuts can be located no closer than 20 feet to any property line, unless common use of driveways for an abutting lot is required or approved by the city engineer.

c.

No more than two curb cuts or access breaks shall be permitted for any lot or parcel with a frontage of 200 feet or less on any one street.

d.

All curb cuts or access breaks onto public streets, except for those serving single-family detached residences, shall require a permit from the planning director or designee.

e.

Curb cuts for driveways that serve commercial, office or industrial zoning districts shall not be permitted to pass through residential zoning districts or to access alleys that abut a residential zoning district.

f.

Where the side of an accessed public street or alley does not contain curbing, such curbing or other method of approved access control shall be provided.

g.

Curb cuts for all commercial zoning uses shall be specified in width by the city engineer based upon the proposed use of the property.

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No fence, wall, sign, hedge or planting which obstructs the sight lines at elevations between two and 12 feet above any roadway shall be placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the triangular area formed by the street right-of-way lines, or such lines extended, and a line connecting such right-of-way lines at points 50 feet from the intersection of the right-of-way lines.

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Recreational equipment such as boats, boat trailers, travel trailers, pick-up campers or coaches, motorized dwellings, motor coaches, tent trailers and other vehicles may be parked or stored only in side yards, rear yards, carports, or in an enclosed building, provided however, that such equipment may be parked or stored anywhere on residential premises for a period not to exceed 24 hours during loading and unloading.

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Except as otherwise expressly permitted, it shall be prohibited in all districts to park or continuously store abandoned, wrecked, junked or inoperable vehicles, power-driven construction equipment, used lumber or metal, appliances or any other miscellaneous scrap material in quantity that is visible from a public street or adjacent or abutting property. Said prohibition shall not be construed as to prohibit the temporary repair or maintenance of autos with current tags reflecting payment of ad valorem tax on the vehicle owned by the property owner or the storage of such vehicles, equipment or other materials within an enclosed building, provided that such vehicles, equipment or materials are not for commercial sale and are repaired within 30 days or less.

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The requirements of this article shall not apply to any use of building existing or hereafter initiated or erected within the TB, historical business district.

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Parking areas, parking lots or parking garages which constitute the principal use of a lot shall only be permitted in OI, TB and CBD zoning districts. In cases where parking areas, parking lots or parking garages exit or are proposed to serve as accessory parking for a particular building or use, regardless of whether such parking is required by this article, such land, area or lot, including all access drives, shall require the same or less restrictive zoning district as that within which such building or use it serves is located. Similarly, in cases where accessory parking serves a building or use which requires, or was approved as, a conditional use, such parking area and access drives shall require the same conditional use approval as that for which such conditional use or building it serves.

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