Administrative adjustment. For uses in nonresidential zones, adjustments up to 25% of the number of parking spaces required by section 33-765 may be considered by the director upon the submittal of an application for an administrative adjustment, with the application fee adopted by city council. The director may approve or conditionally approve the request upon demonstration that the proposed adjustment will be compatible with adjacent properties or improvements. The director will consider the following: proximity to public transit; on-street and/or overflow parking; and the range of uses in the area. The director shall give notice of his or her intended decision as outlined in Article 61 of this chapter. Multiple requests for reductions of required parking spaces may be considered when the total of all requests for reductions related to the subject property does not exceed 25% of the overall number of parking spaces required for the entire property.

Minor conditional use permit. For uses in nonresidential zones, a request to provide fewer than 75% of the parking spaces required by section 33-765 may be considered by the zoning administrator upon the submittal of an application for a minor conditional use permit pursuant to Article 61, Division 1, with the application fee adopted by city council. The zoning administrator may approve or conditionally approve the request upon demonstration that the proposed reduction will be compatible with adjacent properties, uses and improvements; the development is in close proximity to public transit; and the number of parking spaces provided is suitable for the mix of uses proposed. The zoning administrator may require additional information with the application, including, but not limited to, a market demand study or report that substantiates the appropriateness of the requested parking reduction.

The minimum required parking spaces for any existing development may be reduced by minor plot plan as necessary by the director to accommodate updated standards related to federal accessibility requirements (Americans with Disabilities Act), retrofitting existing dumpster areas for refuse collection, and/or accommodating electrical vehicle charging infrastructure.

Major conditional use permit. Unbundling any amount of parking or other means to separate the cost to rent a parking space from the cost of renting an apartment or condo.

Carry-out zones. For off-street parking facilities containing at least five existing, striped parking spaces, at least one, but no more than 5% of the total number of parking spaces on the same premises may be reserved for curbside pick-up, restaurant carry-out zones, and/or other drop-off and pick-up related uses and activities. Additional spaces may be allowed through an administrative adjustment process.

No parking area, except for single-family or duplex residences where not more than two parking spaces use any one driveway, may be located so as to require or encourage the backing of vehicles across any street lot line to effect ingress or egress from the off-street parking spaces. In no case shall backing be permitted onto streets designated as prime arterial, major road or collector.

Parking spaces in tandem having a single means of ingress or egress shall not be counted as two off-street parking spaces for fulfilling the requirements of this article, unless tandem parking is expressly permitted by the applicable zoning regulation.

All maneuvering, except parallel parking, shall be designed so that a vehicle may enter an off-street parking space in one forward motion and may exit in one reverse and one forward motion.

Circulation within a parking area shall be designed so that a car entering the parking area need not enter a street to reach another aisle.

All required parking spaces shall be clearly outlined on the surface of the lot with paint or other easily distinguishable material.

Lights used to illuminate the parking area shall be reflected away from any adjoining premises located in any R zone.

Each parking lot or parking structure where parking is provided for the public as clients, guests or employees shall provide the required number and minimum dimension of accessible parking stalls pursuant to the most current edition of Title 24, Part 2 of the California Code of Regulation.

Minimum stall size. The minimum stall size shall be eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width and 16 feet in length.

Maneuvering space. The required maneuvering space and drive aisle width shall be shown on Tables 33-768 A and B.

Striping and marking. All compact stalls shall be delineated with double striped yellow striping with 18 inches outside dimensions and marked in a manner to indicate the use for compact or small cars only.

Hospitals, sanitariums, homes for the aged, asylums, orphanages, rooming houses, lodging houses, club rooms, fraternity and sorority houses, not more than 150 feet;

All other buildings except dwellings, not over 300 feet;

Parking facilities for dwellings shall be located on the same or a contiguous lot or parcel in all cases.

Up to 50% of the parking facilities required by this article for a use considered to be primarily a daytime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a nighttime or Sunday use; up to 50% of the parking facilities required by this article for a use considered to be primarily a nighttime or Sunday use may be provided by the facilities of a use considered to be primarily a daytime use, provided such reciprocal parking area shall be subject to the conditions set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

Conditions required for joint use.

Every parking lot, either public or private, having a capacity of five or more vehicles shall be developed and maintained as follows:

All one-way entrances or exits shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width.

Two-way aisles shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width and clear of all obstruction in areas where no parking maneuvering is permitted. When parking is permitted or when regular trucking use occurs, the minimum width shall be 24 feet.

Credit of up to 100% of the total on-street parking spaces for property zoned commercial or professional listed on the Local Register of Historic Places may be applied to the total off-street parking required by the zoning code based on the following criteria:

On-site tandem spaces for employees only may fulfill the requirements of this article for off-street parking spaces.

A minimum of two off-street parking spaces shall be required to be located on site.

Upon approval by the Historic Preservation Commission, properties listed on the Local Register of Historic Places and located on South Escondido Boulevard between 6th and 15th Avenues may be credited up to 100% of the total adjacent on-street parking spaces that may be eliminated by widening of Escondido Boulevard provided that the parking spaces conformed to the criteria outlined in section 33-782(a). These on-street parking spaces, as delineated on the Specific Alignment Plan for South Escondido Boulevard kept on file with the engineering department, may be applied to the total off-street parking required by the Zoning Code.