Hollister City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Off-Street Parking
Section 400.140 Definitions.
[Ord. No. 304 §1, 10-1-1987; Ord. No. 99-08, 2-18-1999; Ord. No. 03-05, 3-6-2003]
As used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the meanings set out herein:
A minor way, dedicated to public use, when it is used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
Spaces on privately owned lands provided for parking of motor vehicles.
The aisle or driveway between designated parking spaces. The minimum width for a driveway aisle between angled parking spaces shall be seventeen (17) feet. The minimum width for a driveway aisle between parallel parking spaces shall be twelve (12) feet for one-way traffic and twenty-four (24) feet for two-way traffic. The minimum width for a driveway aisle between straight-in parking spaces shall be twenty-four (24) feet.
The space per car herein shall be one hundred eighty (180) square feet minimum.
The minimum dimension for an angled parking space shall be ten (10) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long.
Bus spaces must be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and forty-five (45) feet in length, shall be unobstructed from the surface up to a height of at least fifteen (15) feet, shall be so located to insure the furthest possible distance from any adjacent residential area and shall be clearly marked.
The minimum dimension for a parallel parking space shall be nine (9) feet wide by twenty-three (23) feet long.
The minimum dimension for a straight-in parking space shall be nine (9) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended primarily as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel which may also be used to provide space for sewers, public utilities, trees and sidewalks.
Section 400.150 Off-Street Parking Spaces Shall Be Provided.
[Ord. No. 304 §2, 10-1-1987]
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided for the occupants, owners, invitees, employees, guests, and other visitors to any property or improvement hereafter in the City of Hollister constructed, opened or re-located, including any new business entering any presently constructed property. Such space shall be in the extent as hereafter set forth. No municipal license shall be issued by the City Clerk and no building permit shall be issued by the City of Hollister to any new business not now licensed, until and unless the owner or applicant for such building permit or license demonstrates that off-street parking is in fact available at the location in the manner, the size, and the extent provided for herein.
Section 400.160 Requirements.
[Ord. No. 304 §3, 10-1-1987; Ord. No. 99-09, 2-18-1999; Ord. No. 01-49, 9-20-2001; Ord. No. 03-04, 3-6-2003; Ord. No. 06-47, 10-5-2006; Ord. No. 07-23, 7-5-2007; Ord. No. 10-01, 2-4-2010]
Off-street parking shall be provided in the following numbers based on use. The square footage used to determine space requirements will be the square footage devoted to a use's principal function. Service and support spaces like rest rooms, furnace rooms and closets are excluded. All off-street parking and loading areas, as well as drives, for multiple-family dwellings, commercial or industrial uses shall provide adequate lighting meeting the standards set forth by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) is the recognized technical authority on illumination and new parking lots shall be designed accordingly. This lighting shall not be part of the City of Hollister's street lighting system. All off-street parking and loading areas, as well as drives, shall be surfaced with a pavement (concrete or asphalt) of sufficient strength to support the vehicular loads thereon and to provide durable and dustless surface, shall be graded and drained to dispose of surface waters, shall have concrete curbs and shall be properly arranged and marked to provide for the orderly and safe maneuvering and storage of automobiles and trucks.
When a commercial establishment can document (to the satisfaction of the administrative authority) that a notable percentage of their customers will be transported to and from their premises in buses, the administrative authority may approve the substitution of bus spaces for required parking spaces. When approved by the administrative authority, one (1) bus parking space may be substituted for six (6) required parking spaces to a maximum of ten (10) total bus spaces in lieu of a maximum of sixty (60) total required parking spaces. No substitution of required parking spaces shall be approved for any bus spaces in excess of ten (10). No more than ten (10) total bus spaces may be located in one (1) single location on an approved parking lot. More than one (1) bus parking location may be established on an approved parking lot but the aggregate of all bus parking locations shall not have more than ten (10) bus parking spaces.
Single-family dwelling and duplexes. Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit. Residential subdivisions must covenant for two (2) spaces per dwelling unit.
Multiple-family dwelling. Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit. A "lockout unit" portion of a condominium is considered a dwelling unit.
Mobile homes/mobile home park. Two (2) spaces per mobile home.
Nursing or rest homes, residential care facilities. One (1) space for every five (5) residents; and additional space for each detached residential unit; an additional space for every two (2) resident employees.
Day care centers. One (1) space for every two (2) employees plus an additional space for every ten (10) children served.
Hotels, motels, RV spaces. One (1) space per housekeeping unit plus one (1) space for each employee on the largest shift for hotels and motels. At least one (1) space at each RV site, this is in addition to where the RV is parked. Hotels, motels or RV parks with restaurants must provide this parking plus one (1) space for every three (3) fixed seats and/or thirty (30) square feet of floor area used for assembly area without fixed seats and one (1) space for every two (2) employees on the largest shift.
Schools. Two (2) spaces for every classroom plus one (1) additional space for every eight (8) secondary students; off-street bus loading/unloading area.
Libraries. One (1) space for every five (5) reading/study seats.
Clinics/medical offices. One (1) space for every one hundred (100) square feet.
Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, churches, etc. One (1) space for every four (4) fixed seats every thirty (30) square feet of assembly area without fixed seating. Secondary schools are exempt from this requirement.
Restaurants, bars, bowling alleys, similar uses. One (1) space for every three (3) fixed seats and/or thirty (30) square feet of floor area used for assembly, dancing, recreation, etc.; one (1) space for every two (2) employees on the largest shift; five (5) spaces per lane for bowling alleys; no use in this category shall provide less than ten (10) spaces.
Banks and other financial institutions — real estate, insurance, business and professional offices — auto sales and service centers. One (1) space for every three hundred (300) square feet.
Major appliance, furniture stores, general merchandise "discount" stores. One (1) space for every four hundred (400) square feet and adequate loading areas.
Other commercial uses. One (1) space for every two hundred (200) square feet.
Outdoor sales areas (RVs, boats, auto, implements, mobile home). One (1) space for every two thousand (2,000) square feet up to five (5) spaces; an additional space for each additional five thousand (5,000) square feet; adequate loading areas.
Industrial uses. One (1) space for every employee, space for all company owned vehicles; adequate space for salesmen, visitors, etc.; adequate loading area and holding area for vehicles awaiting loading/unloading.
Condominiums used as time-share, fractional ownership. One and a half (1½) spaces per dwelling unit. A "lockout unit" portion of a condominium is considered a dwelling unit.
Nightly rentals. One (1) off-street parking space per guestroom.
Mixed uses. Where mixed uses occur, parking space requirements should be determined on a proportional basis based on the actual uses. The number of spaces will have to be adequate to accommodate all uses.
Section 400.170 Validity.
[Ord. No. 304 §4, 10-1-1987]
This Article shall be in full force and effect after October 1, 1987. If any provision hereof is ruled unconstitutional the constitutionality of the rest and remainder of the Article shall be considered to be valid and in right order. Upon vote of the Board of Aldermen, at a Regular Board meeting, at which any person may be heard, the Board of Aldermen may order the issuance of a building permit or license if such would be in the best interest of the inhabitants of the community and when to do so would alleviate a hardship created by this Article to any resident householder or individual business.