For each dwelling, multiple dwelling, business or industrial establishment or other structure hereafter erected, there shall be provided and maintained off-street parking facilities to accommodate the motor vehicles used by the occupants' customers, clientele and employees of such dwelling, multiple dwelling, business or industrial establishment or structure. The aggregate amount of parking space for each type of use shall be not less than that stated in the following.

In the event that the required parking cannot be provided for each type of use, the in-lieu parking provisions as specified in Chapter 15.28 can be utilized.

Each type of use shall provide the minimum number of off-street parking spaces as follows:

(Ord. 333 §2(Exh. A), 2010)

In calculating the number of parking spaces by land use, partial totals shall be rounded up to the next full space.

As an alternative for special situations not addressed in section 18.48.030, required parking may be provided based on the occupant load as specified in the California Building Code. The required number of spaces shall be the occupant load divided by four.

(Ord. 373, §2, 2023)

Unless otherwise superseded by development standards adopted by the city, the following standards shall apply to off-street parking:

A.

Disabled/handicapped parking spaces and accessible path of travel shall be provided as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title 24 of the California Administrative Code.

B.

Parking areas shall provide suitable maneuvering room so that vehicles enter and leave a parking lot in a forward direction.

C.

The minimum parking stall dimensions shall be eighteen feet long and nine feet wide, except for parallel parking stalls which shall be at least twenty-four feet long.

D.

The minimum aisle width shall be twelve feet per travel lane.

E.

All parking spaces, aisles, approach lanes and maneuver areas shall be paved with asphaltic concrete or concrete and shall be clearly marked with directional arrows and lines.

F.

Parking lots shall have a maximum slope of five percent measured in any direction.

G.

Tandem parking may be allowed to satisfy off-street parking requirements for single-family dwellings, duplexes, second unit dwellings, and bed and breakfast inns.

(Ord. 373, §25(a), 2023)

On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof erected or occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, department store, wholesale or retail market, hotel, restaurant, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning plant, or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles carrying materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate loading services in order to avoid undue interference with the pubic use of the streets or alleys. Required loading space may be included within the required parking space adjacent to a building.

A.

Nothing in this title shall prohibit the collective use of space for off-street parking, provided such collectively used space is equal to the sum of the requirements of each individual establishment participating in such collective use.

B.

When the required off-street parking space is provided on a separate lot from the main building, there shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder a covenant by the owner or owners of said lot for the benefit of the city to the effect that such owner or owners will continue to maintain such parking space as long as said building is maintained.

C.

Neither a required side yard abutting a street nor a front yard, shall be considered when calculating off-street parking requirements. (Refer also to section 18.10.090.)

A.

The city may authorize the joint use of parking facilities for uses or activities if it finds the criteria listed below are met. The amount of parking spaces required shall be based on the criteria met by the proposed project. In no case shall the parking requirements be reduced where, based on substantial evidence, there is insufficient off-street parking to meet the needs of the neighborhood.

1.

The normal hours of operation of such uses or activities do not substantially coincide or overlap with each other; or,

2.

Transit alternatives are available near the development; or,

3.

For mixed-use developments, residential and commercial parking demand often occurs at different times of the day.

B.

Joint use parking shall be subject to the following limitations and conditions:

1.

No more than fifty percent of the parking spaces required for a building or use may be supplied by parking facilities required for any other building or use.

2.

The applicant shall submit sufficient data to indicate that there is not substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the uses proposing to make use of the joint parking facilities.

3.

The property owners involved in the joint use of off-street parking facilities shall submit a legal agreement approved by the city attorney as to form and content guaranteeing that said required parking spaces shall be maintained so long as the use requiring parking is in existence or unless the required parking is provided elsewhere in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such instrument, when approved as conforming to the provisions of this section, shall be recorded by the property owner in the office of the county recorder and a copy thereof filed with the planning department.

(Ord. 333 §2(Exh. A), 2010)