All public or private parking area and parking spaces shall be designed and laid out to conform with the requirements of the Development Code and the Planning Commission.

Groups of three or more parking spaces, except those in conjunction with single-family or two-family dwellings on a single lot, shall be served by a service drive so that no backward movements or other maneuvering of a vehicle within a street, other than an alley, shall be required. Service drives shall be designed and constructed to facilitate the flow of traffic, provide maximum safety of pedestrians and vehicular traffic on the site.

With the exception of one-or two-family dwellings, parking shall not be allowed within any required setback area adjacent to a street.

The parking requirements within this section shall apply to all commercial or mixed use developments within the mixed use district (MUD). Parking requirements for residential developments within the MUD shall be the same as would apply in residential districts, except as modified by the provisions of Sections 12.30.140 and 12.30.150.

Required Parking Plan. Every use hereafter inaugurated and every building hereafter erected or altered within the MUD shall present a detailed parking plan as part of the required development review process prescribed by the Development Code.

Location. All required off-street parking spaces associated with a commercial use must be provided within 300 feet of the building for which the parking is required. The 300 foot distance shall be measured from the door or entrance way of the building for which the parking is required to the farthest offsite parking space to be provided.

Parking Spaces Required.

Parking Area Improvements. All public and private parking areas shall be improved according to Section 12.44.100, except as allowed in the following paragraph.

Temporary use of gravel surfacing for a parking lot to serve an existing building may be allowed as a conditional use for a time period not to exceed three years, to be reviewed annually. Gravel surfacing must meet the specifications of the city engineer including a minimum gravel depth of ten inches of oneinch minus rock, and a 20 foot by 24 foot paved approach. At the expiration of the temporary gravel parking conditional use permit, parking areas shall be improved according to Section 12.44.100.

Parking Area and Space Dimensions. All parking area and space dimensions within the MUD shall be designed to conform to Section 12.44.110. In addition, spaces meeting the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act must be provided when required by the Act.

Parking Spaces Required. Newly constructed buildings shall provide the number of parking spaces as required in Section 12.44.060 and bicycle parking consistent with Section 12.44.140.

Parking Area and Space Dimensions. All parking area and space dimensions for multifamily development shall be designed to conform to Section 12.44.110.

Parking Area Improvements. All public and private parking areas shall be improved to conform to Section 12.44.100. Parking areas shall be no more than 7,250 square feet in area and shall be physically and visually separated by a landscaped area at least 20 feet in width. Individual parking areas may be connected by an aisle or driveway. Each parking space shall be located no more than 25 feet from the trunk of a canopy tree planted within 10 feet of the parking area.

Pedestrian connectivity shall be provided from the site to the public sidewalk system through the use of paths or easements. Pedestrian pathways shall provide for a minimum of 10 feet of separation from dwellings as measured from the pathway edge closest to any dwelling unit.

The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be no less than as set forth below, provided that:

Proposed new construction and expansion requiring site plan review in mixed-use or commercial zones may include available on-street parking along the subject property's frontage to meet the off-street requirements in Table 12.44.060-1. On-street parking spaces may not be used to satisfy residential parking requirements and shall be signed for customer use only. On-street spaces will be calculated at the rate of one parking space for every 20 feet of frontage where parking is legal and sufficient paved width is present.

Maximum Number of Off-Street Automobile Parking Spaces.

In commercial and mixed-use zones, the maximum number of off-street automobile parking spaces allowed on the subject site equals the minimum number of required spaces, pursuant to Table 12.44.060-1, times a factor of:

The applicant shows that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the building or use for which the joint use of parking facilities is proposed;

The parties concerned in the joint use of off-street parking facilities shall evidence agreement for such joint use by a legal instrument approved by the city attorney as to form and content. Such instrument, when approved as conforming to the provisions of the Development Code, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder and copies thereof filed with the city recorder.

All parking areas shall have a durable, dust-free surfacing of asphalt concrete, Portland cement concrete, or other approved materials.

All parking areas, except those in conjunction with a single-family or two-family dwelling, shall be graded so as not to drain stormwater over the public sidewalk or onto any abutting public or private property. Catch basins and oil/water separators (clarifiers) shall be required as appropriate to each particular use.

Any lights provided to illuminate any public or private parking area or vehicle sales area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any abutting or adjacent residential district or use.

All parking spaces shall be appropriately and substantially marked.

Planter Bays. Parking areas shall be divided into bays of not more than 10 parking spaces. Between or at the end of each parking bay there shall be curbed planters of at least five feet in width. Each planter shall contain one tree at least one and one-half inches in caliper and decorative ground cover containing at least two shrubs for every 100 square feet of landscape area.

Parking Space Buffers. Parking areas shall be separated from the exterior wall of a structure by pedestrian entranceways or loading areas or by a strip of landscaping materials at least five feet in width.

Landscape Protection. Required landscaped areas adjacent to graveled areas must be protected, either by railroad ties secured by rebar driven 18 inches into the ground, by large boulders, or by another acceptable means of providing protection.

Landscaping Plans. All development applications involving parking areas must include landscape plans to conform to Section 12.42.030.

Minimum bicycle parking standards are required pursuant to Table 12.44.140-1.

Design. Bicycle parking that is not covered shall be accommodated by rounded or square style hoop steel racks that provide each bicycle parking space with at least two points of contact for a standard bicycle frame, unless alternative racks, lockers, storage lids are approved by the Planning Commission.

Exemptions. This section does not apply to single-family dwellings, duplexes, home occupations, and agricultural uses.

Hazards. Bicycle parking shall not impede or create a hazard to pedestrians or vehicles, and shall be located so as to not conflict with the vision clearance standards of Section 12.40.080, Clear Vision Area.