Any two or more uses may establish cooperative off-street parking, and where it can be presented to Mason County that the hours of traffic generation on the part of the two land uses appear at different times of the day, the off-street parking provisions for each can be credited to the same off-street parking areas provided cooperatively.

(Ord. 133-04 Att. B § 2 (part), 2004).

(a)

For purposes of defining off-street parking, the floor area of each level of a building shall exclude areas devoted to storage, restrooms, corridors, hallways, entries, stairways, elevators, decks, equipment, utility rooms and kitchens not to be occupied by clientele, and other areas for utility purposes not connected with general conduct of business for which office or sales space is provided.

(b)

Off-street parking areas shall contain the number of parking spaces stipulated in "Table 1 General Residential Parking Standards" and "Table 2 General Non-Residential Parking Standards" below. A use which is similar to any of the below-referenced uses shall adhere to the minimum parking requirements for the referenced use or uses. Mason County shall determine the minimum parking requirements for a use that is not referenced in this section.

Table 1
General Residential Parking Standards.

Table 2
General Non-Residential Parking Standards.

(c)

An applicant may request a modification of the minimum or maximum required number of parking spaces by providing a study that substantiates parking demand can/should be met with a reduced/increased parking requirement. In such cases, Mason County may approve a reduction of up to fifty percent of the minimum required number of spaces or an increase of up to twenty-five percent of the maximum required number of spaces. Said study shall be prepared by a qualified professional approved by Mason County.

(d)

When the county has received a shell building permit application, off-street parking requirements shall be based on the possible tenant improvements or uses authorized by the zone designation and compatible with the limitation of the shell permit. In industrial developments, a minimum of twenty percent of gross floor area shall be assumed as office when calculating parking requirements. When the range of possible uses result in different parking requirements, Mason County will establish the amount of parking based on a likely range of uses.

(e)

In any non-business-industrial development required to provide six or more parking spaces, bicycle parking shall be provided. Bicycle parking shall be bike rack or locker-type parking facilities unless otherwise specified.

(f)

Off-street parking areas shall contain at least one bicycle parking space for every twelve spaces required for motor vehicles except as follows:

(1)

Mason County may reduce bike rack parking facilities for patrons when it is demonstrated that bicycle activity will not occur at that location;

(2)

Mason County may require additional spaces when it is determined that the use or its location will generate a high volume of bicycle activity. Such a determination will include but not be limited to the following uses:

(A)

Park/playfield,

(B)

Marina,

(C)

Library/museum/arboretum,

(D)

Elementary/secondary school,

(E)

Sports club, or

(F)

Retail business (especially when located along a developed or projected bicycle trail or designated bicycle route).

(g)

Bicycle facilities for patrons shall be located within one hundred feet of the building entrance and shall be designed to allow either a bicycle frame or wheels to be locked to a structure attached to the pavement.

(h)

All bicycle parking and storage shall be located in safe and visible areas that do not impede pedestrian or vehicle traffic flow and shall be well lit for nighttime use.

(Ord. 133-04 Att. B § 2 (part), 2004).

(Ord. No. 2022-093, Att. C, 12-20-2022)