A.   In order to prevent traffic congestion and shortage of curb spaces, off-street parking facilities shall be provided incidental to any new building or structure and major alterations and enlargements of existing uses. Off-street parking spaces or areas required by this chapter shall be in proportion to the need for such facilities created by the particular type of land use. Off-street parking facilities shall also be laid out in such a manner that the facilities will protect the public safety and insulate surrounding land uses from their impact.

   B.   For the purposes of tabulating the number of off-street parking spaces, the term "floor area" means the gross floor area of a building and its accessory buildings on the same site measured from the outside wall. All applications shall be accompanied by a detailed tabulation of the gross floor area as herein defined and a calculation of the required number of off-street spaces as specified in Section 17.34.020. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7495)

   A.   Residential.

   1.   Single-family dwelling: two parking spaces (one covered) per unit;

   2.   Multi-family dwelling: 1.5 parking spaces per dwelling unit for all multi-family developments with the following exceptions:

   a.   One parking space per dwelling unit for senior citizen housing developments. Senior citizen means a person of fifty-five (55) years of age or older. Senior citizen housing development shall be defined as a multi-family project wherein the units are made available solely to senior citizens,

   b.   Planning Commission shall have the authority to require an additional .25 parking spaces per dwelling unit for guest parking spaces under the following circumstances:

   i.   Should on-street parking not be available to provide a minimum of .25 spaces per unit;

   ii.   Within developments that include more than fifty (50) percent of the units as three or four bedroom units.

   c.   In cases where multi-family developments do not require planning commission review, the site plan review staff shall have similar authority as described above.

   3.   Boarding houses, private clubs providing sleeping accommodations: one covered parking space for each bedroom or one parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of sleeping area, whichever is greater.

   4.   Motels, hotels. One parking space for each guest room.

   5.   Single-room occupancy (SRO) housing: One space for each employee onsite on the highest shift.

   Further, there shall be one parking space for each two employees per shift regularly employed by the motel, or any independent business located within the motel structure. If the motel provides an area for the consumption of food or beverages or provides meeting or assembly halls the following requirements must be met.

 

 

   6.   Planned unit developments, condominiums: one covered parking space plus one uncovered guest parking space for each dwelling unit.

   B.   Medical Offices, Clinics, Hospitals and Other Facilities.

   1.   Dental and medical clinics and offices: one parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of building area, or four parking spaces for each doctor, whichever is greater.

   2.   Major medical facilities, hospitals: one parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of building area.

   3.   Sanitariums and charitable and religious institutions providing sleeping accommodations: one parking space for each three beds.

   4.   Group care facilities: one parking space for each three beds.

   C.   Educational Facilities.

   1.   Kindergarten and nursery schools: one parking space for each employee plus one parking space for each ten children.

   2.   Elementary and junior high schools: two parking spaces for each classroom.

   3.   High schools: one parking space for each employee plus seven parking spaces for each classroom.

   4.   Colleges; business and professional schools and colleges; trade schools: one parking space for each employee plus ten parking spaces for each classroom.

   D.   Places of Public Assembly.

   1.   For auditoriums, community centers, theaters, churches, libraries, museums, stadiums, clubs and funeral chapels: one parking space for every four permanent seats in the principal assembly area or room, or one parking space for every thirty (30) square feet of building area, whichever is greater.

   E.   Recreational Facilities.

   1.   Bowling alleys: four parking spaces for each alley.

   2.   Billiard and/or pool parlors: two parking spaces for each table.

   3.   Skating rinks: one parking space for each employee, plus one parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of building area.

   4.   Dance halls: one parking space for each thirty-five (35) square feet of dance floor area, plus one parking space for each five fixed seats or for each thirty-five (35) square feet of seating area where there are no fixed seats.

   5.   Gymnasiums: one parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of building area.

   F.   Commercial Facilities.

   1.   Banks: one parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of building area plus five tandem lane spaces for each outdoor teller or teller station.

   2.   Savings and loan and other financial institutions: One parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of building area.

   3.   General retail stores, except as otherwise specified: one parking space for each three hundred (300) square feet of building area.

   4.   Offices, including all public and professional offices, except as otherwise specified: one parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of building area, with a minimum of four parking spaces.

   5.   Commercial service establishments, repair shops, wholesale establishments and retail stores that handle only bulky merchandise such as furniture, household appliances, motor vehicles, farm implements and machinery: one parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of building area.

   6.   Automobile dealerships: one parking space for each two employees during the time of maximum employment, plus one parking space for each two thousand (2,000) square feet of lot and building area used for the display or storage of automobiles.

   7.   Self-service laundries and dry cleaners: one parking space for each three washing machines.

   8.   Automobile repair shops: one parking space for four hundred (400) square feet of building area.

   9.   Barber shops, beauty salons: two parking spaces for each barber or beautician, with a minimum of four spaces.

   10.   Restaurants, cafes, soda fountains and similar establishments: one parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of building area.

   11.   Manufacturing plants and other industrial uses: one parking space for each employee during the shift of maximum employment, plus one parking space for each vehicle used in conjunction with the use.

   12.   Retail food market: one parking space for each five hundred (500) square feet of building area.

   13.   Nurseries, retail: one parking space for each one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of site area, plus one loading space for each acre of site area.

   14.   Shopping centers (major): one parking space for each two hundred twenty-five (225) square feet of building area.

   15.   Open uses, commercial and industrial uses conducted primarily outside of buildings: one parking space for each employee on the maximum shift plus additional parking spaces prescribed by the planning department.

   16.   Transportation terminal facilities: one parking space for each two employees plus additional parking spaces prescribed by the city planner.

   17.   Storage and warehouses: one parking space for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of building area.

   G.   For a use not specified in this section, the same number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided as are required for the most similar specified use.

(Ord. 2024-07 §§ 3 (part), 12, 2024: Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 2012-02, 2012: Ord. 2001-13 § 4 (part), 2001: Ord. 9605 § 30 (part), 1996: prior code § 7496)

   All off-street parking facilities shall conform with the following standards:

   A.   All parking areas shall have adequate ingress and egress to a street or alley.

   B.   Entrances and exits to parking lots and other parking facilities shall be provided at locations approved by the site plan review staff.

   C.   The parking area, aisles and access drives shall be surfaced with an asphalt concrete surfacing of two-inch minimum thickness on a four-inch untreated rock base. The subgrade shall be compacted to a minimum relative compaction of ninety (90) percent. The minimum slope of asphalt paved surface in the direction of drainage shall be twelve (12) inches per one hundred (100) feet and the minimum slope of concrete gutters shall be three inches per one hundred (100) feet.

   D.   The four-inch untreated rock base may be modified on basis of an "R" value test of the existing soil. The test to be made with a traffic index of 5.0.

   E.   On major developments service roads shall be designed to carry the traffic loads anticipated.

   F.   No parking areas shall be located within a required front setback or within a street side setback of a corner lot.

   G.   Each parking space shall conform to standards as specified by the city traffic engineer. Open spaces shall be plainly marked by striping.

   H.   Parking spaces for the physically handicapped person shall be provided per the latest adopted version of the California Building Code.

   I.   Parking spaces for "compact automobile" will be permitted providing that each parking space is not less than fifteen (15) feet in length and seven and one-half feet in width, exclusive of aisles and access drives. Number of compact parking spaces shall not exceed thirty (30) percent of the total required parking spaces of an establishment. There shall be no more than four contiguous compact stalls within a parking lot. Any compact parking shall be approved by the site plan review staff.

   J.   If the parking area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away from abutting residential sites so as to cause no annoying glare.

   K.   In all C-N, C-R, C-S, C-MU, D-MU, O-PA, O-C, and BRP zone districts where a site adjoins or is directly across the street from an R-1 or R-M zone, a concrete block or masonry wall not less than six feet in height shall be located on the property line except in a required front yard, in which case the wall shall be three feet, and suitably maintained.

   L.   No repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted on a parking area.

   M.   New parking facilities shall promote the use of time and/or motion sensitive parking lot and security lights, where feasible, as determined by the Site Plan Review Staff.

   N.   New parking facilities shall promote and be evaluated as part of an overall program to implement low impact development features on-site that reduce impermeable surfaces and increase infiltration. The implementation and design of low impact development features for the site will be determined by the Site Plan Review Staff.

   O.   Vacant or unimproved lots shall not be used as vehicle parking facilities and/or outdoor storage of commercial equipment, construction equipment, and similar uses unless screened appropriately, as determined by Site Plan Review Staff.

   P.   For Residential zones, all parking shall be permitted on impervious surfaces such as pavement or concrete when in the front yard setback area.

   Q.   For Residential zones, all driveways shall be paved.

(Ord. 2024-07 § 3 (part), 2024: Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7497)

   The submission of any plan for off-street parking facilities shall be accompanied by a detailed landscape plan for approval by the site plan review staff. All off-street parking facilities shall conform with the following standards, but not limited to:

   A.   A plot plan indicating the location of all landscaping shall be submitted for approval;

   B.   Not less than six percent of a parking lot comprising up to twenty (20) parking spaces shall be landscaped and continuously maintained;

   C.   Not less than ten percent of a parking lot comprising more than twenty (20) parking spaces shall be landscaped and continuously maintained;

   D.   Not more than ten consecutive parking stalls shall be allowed without an approved landscaped tree well of eighty (80) square feet or more;

   E.   A minimum five-foot landscape strip shall be provided outside the public right-of-way along the street frontage perimeter of all proposed parking facilities.

   F.   A planting list shall be shown on the required plot plan to obtain a grading permit, or building permit, for the buildings for which the parking lot is provided, which planting list shall give the botanical and common names of the plants to be used, the sizes to be planted, the quantity of each, and the spacing to insure balance and design. The plants shall be listed alphabetically and assigned key numbers to be used in locating the plants on the plan;

   G.   The site plan review staff shall approve all landscaping plans within a parking area and shall have the right to require additional landscaping if the staff deems it necessary to improve the aesthetic character of the project.

(Ord. 2024-07 § 3 (part), 2024: Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7498)

   The site plan review staff may grant an exception to the total number of spaces required when the joint users of a parking facility have divergent needs with respect to daytime versus nighttime use, or weekdays versus Saturdays or Sundays. Conditions for allowing shared parking are:

   A.   The buildings and uses shall be within three hundred (300) feet of the nearest point by walking distance within a parking facility to said building or use;

   B.   The applicant shall show there is no conflict in the principal operating hours of the buildings or uses;

   C.   A shared parking agreement between the principal parties and the city shall be entered into that restrict the shared parking area to a parking use only.

(Ord. 2024-07 § 3 (part), 2024: Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7499)

   A.   In all zones districts except the D-MU zone, off-street parking facilities prescribed in Section 17.34.020 shall be located on the same site as the use for which the spaces are required or on an adjoining site (if an exception is approved) or a site separated only by an alley from the use for which the spaces are required.

   B.   In the D-MU zone district, off-street parking facilities prescribed in Section 17.34.020 shall be located within three hundred feet of the use for which the spaces are required, measured by the shortest route of pedestrian access. Such spaces shall be deemed to provide parking for one use only unless approved subject to Section 17.34.050. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7500)

   A.   In all commercial and industrial zones and in the O-PA, O-C, and BRP zones, if required by the commission, there shall be located on the site of each building or structure, off-street loading facilities for vehicles. Where, in the opinion of the site plan review staff, a practical difficulty is involved relating to site size, existing development or access, the planning commission may grant an exception to any portion of the requirements necessary to achieve the intent of this section. For all commercial and industrial buildings, one off-street loading berth shall be provided if the gross floor area exceeds five thousand (5,000) square feet, and one additional berth shall be provided for each additional ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

   No off-street loading berths shall be required for buildings of less than five thousand (5,000) square feet of gross floor area.

   B.   The location of off-street loading facilities shall be approved by the site plan review staff.

(Ord. 2024-07 § 3 (part), 2024: Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7501)

   Off-street loading facilities provided in compliance with Section 17.34.070 shall conform to the following standards:

   A.   The loading area, aisles and access drives shall be fully hard surfaced with asphaltic concrete of minimum thickness of two inches, over four inches of untreated rock base;

   B.   If the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away from abutting residential sites to prevent annoying glare;

   C.   No repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in a loading area. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7502)

   No existing use of land or structure shall be deemed to be a non-conforming use solely because of the lack of off-street parking facilities or used for off-street parking and off-street loading at the time of the adoption of this chapter shall not be reduced in a capacity to less than the number of spaces or berths prescribed in this chapter or reduced in area to less than the minimum standards prescribed in this chapter. Where an existing use is expanded, the parking requirements of this chapter shall apply only to the addition. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7503)

   No off-street parking facility or off-street loading facility providing for a use of land or structure in compliance with Section 17.34.020 or 17.34.070 shall be reduced in capacity or in area without sufficient additional capacity or additional area being provided to comply with the regulations of this chapter. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7504)

   No off-street parking space or off-street loading berth provided for a use of land or structure in compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an off-street parking space or an off-street loading berth for a use or a structure on another site, except as otherwise provided in Sections 17.34.020 and 17.34.070. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: prior code § 7505)