Except in the single-family residential districts, subject to approval of the planning commission, a portion of required parking area may be designated landscape reserve parking and developed with appropriate landscaping.

All required parking spaces and access thereto shall conform to city parking standards, as adopted by the city council.

Assessment district, or other cooperative method approved by the city council, may be used in lieu of the stated requirements.

Reductions in parking requirements for commercial and industrial land uses may be allowed through an administrative permit as outlined in Chapter 16.82.

Requirements for electric vehicle charging spaces (EV spaces) are applicable to development in all zoning districts, including the SP-ECR/D district, subject to meeting certain criteria, and are specified in Chapter 12.18 (California Green Building Standards Code Amendments).

Allowable intrusions into a garage or carport space (as defined in Section 16.04.320) include:

Dwellings: two (2) spaces per unit, not in any required front or side yard, at least one (1) of which shall be in a garage or carport, unless otherwise specified. However, when required parking is provided in a detached garage or carport, the parking space may be located in the interior side yard, but not closer than three (3) feet from the property line. Any garage or carport entrance fronting on any lot line, except an alley, shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet from such line. For alleys, the minimum setback for an entrance facing an alley is five (5) feet.

Retirement living units: Adequate parking for the character of the occupancy but not less than one (1) garage space per three (3) units;

Boardinghouses: One (1) space per two (2) occupants, not in any required front or side yard. At least half of the required spaces shall be in a garage or carport;

Rest home, convalescent home: One (1) space per four (4) beds, not in any required front or side yard;

Churches: One (1) space per five (5) seats, not in any required front or side yard;

Offices: One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area, not in any required yard abutting a street;

R-4 District. Units with two (2) or more bedrooms require two (2) off-street parking spaces per unit; one (1) bedroom units require one and one-half (1 1/2) off-street parking spaces per unit; studio units require one (1) off-street parking space per unit; required off-street parking spaces cannot be located in any required front or side yard setback; each unit shall have at least one (1) covered off-street parking space; one (1) guest off-street parking space for every three (3) units shall be provided on the site.

C-1 district nonresidential uses: One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area, not in any required yard abutting a street;

C-1-C district nonresidential uses: One (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area, not in any required yard abutting a street and not in the exterior one-half (1/2) of any required yard or loading area;

C-1 and C-1-C districts residential uses: one (1) space per dwelling unit minimum, one and one-half (1 1/2) spaces per dwelling unit maximum.

Nonresidential uses: Six (6) spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor area, not in any required yard or loading area;

Residential uses: One (1) space per dwelling unit minimum, one and one-half (1 1/2) spaces per dwelling unit maximum.

Well patient/short stay facility for surgery, medical and post operative care, requiring overnight stay: 1.25 spaces per bed plus one (1) space per employee on the largest shift.