There must be off-street parking spaces for each occupied building space within the city, as set out below, and subject to the other provisions of this ordinance:

Note 1. Guest spaces. There must be guest parking spaces marked and kept always available for common use, not reserved for specific persons or classes of persons. Minimum number of guest spaces: 0.5 per DU (1.0 per DU in PDD-TH1, PDD-TH2 and PDD-TH5), rounded up. See Table 7D-1, Note 7 regarding parking for "garden style use" in PDD-TH4. See Articles 7D, and 10 regarding grouping and other requirements.

Note 2. Additional spaces for shopping centers: (a) If office space exceeds 10% of the gross floor area of the center, add 3.0 spaces per 1,000 square feet of office space in excess of 10%. (b) If a theater or auditorium occupies 10% or less of the gross floor area of the center, add 3.0 spaces for each 100 seats in the theater or auditorium. (c) If a theater or auditorium occupies more than 10% of the center's gross floor area, the seats are apportioned on a square-foot basis, so that one portion corresponds to 10% of the gross floor area and the other portion corresponds to space in excess of 10%; for the 10% portion, add 3.0 spaces for each 100 seats, and for the portion in excess of 10%, add 25.0 spaces for each 100 seats. (d) If there is any dine-in food service space with indoor or outdoor seating, add 6.0 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area of food service.

(Ord. No. 1799, § 1(ex. A), 5-23-2005; Ord. No. 1879, § 1(ex. A), 8-25-2008; Ord. No. 1939, § 1(ex. A), 2-28-2011; Ord. No. 2005, § 1(Exh. A), 3-9-2015; Ord. 2029, § 1(Att. A), 2-27-17; Ord. No. 3066, §§ 6, 7, 4-22-2024)

To compute the parking requirements for any particular building, the total parking requirement shall be the sum of the specific parking space requirements for each use or type of space included in the building, as set out above. Exception: This does not apply to a community center, library, school, place of worship, museum or similar institution or to shopping centers; see special rules, above.

(Ord. No. 1799, § 1(ex. A), 5-23-2005)

(a)

Parking Spaces. All parking spaces must be at least nine feet wide and 18 feet long in order to be counted toward the minimum required number. In addition, the following regulations apply in the indicated circumstances for all new construction or major development projects as defined by city ordinance. There shall be no loss of PNC status for design dimensions when resurfacing or restriping an existing parking area.

(1)

Ninety-degree angle parking: Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide and not less than 19 feet in length. Maneuvering space shall be not less than 24 feet in length or breadth.

(2)

Sixty-degree angle parking: Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide perpendicular to the parking angle and not less than 21 feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking line. Maneuvering space shall be not less than 18 feet perpendicular to the building or parking lines.

(3)

Forty-five-degree angle parking: Each parking space shall be not less than nine feet wide perpendicular to the parking angle and not less than 19 feet in length when measured at right angles to the building or parking lines. Maneuvering space shall not be less than 15 feet perpendicular to the building or parking lines.

(4)

Wheelchair-accessible parking spaces: Must be installed and maintained with numbers and sizes prescribed by applicable regulations.

(b)

Walkways. A private walkway, if provided adjacent to a non-SF building, shall be not less than five feet in width and shall be in addition to the minimum requirement for parking and maneuvering space herein required. In a QMDS, there must be a paved walkway (at least 3.0 ft. wide) to the curb from each main entrance oriented toward a street area.

(c)

Maneuvering areas. In addition to the minimum dimensions for parking spaces, there must be sufficient driveways and other maneuvering areas to allow ordinary, practical use of each required parking space. Maneuvering areas for non-SFD uses must also comply with the following:

(1)

To facilitate access to each required garage parking space, there must be a maneuvering area immediately outside the garage opening. The minimum dimensions are 24 feet long and two feet wider than the garage opening, and the area must be located entirely on the building site.

(2)

Maneuvering areas may not be counted toward the required number of parking spaces except for townhouses in the TH and all PDD-TH districts provided that all applicable emergency access and on-site circulation requirements are met.

(3)

Maneuvering areas (except those serving only one or two dwelling units) must be provided, sized and arranged so that a large vehicle can enter and exit the required parking areas in a forward motion without backing into the street area. As used in this section, "large vehicle" means a truck 18 feet long, with a turning radius of 24 feet (outside of bumper).

(4)

Reasonable, usable "overhang" above low landscaping and similar areas may be counted toward required maneuvering area.

(d)

Traffic Engineering Handbook. All parking spaces, maneuvering areas, loading areas and other vehicular facilities must comply with the applicable provisions of the Traffic Engineering Handbook, current edition, including, in particular, Chapter 14. Where multiple standards are provided, the highest standard shall apply. Where this ordinance provides specific numerical criteria different from the same criteria in the Traffic Engineering Handbook, this ordinance controls.

(e)

Other criteria. See Articles 7A, 7B, 7C, and 7D for additional criteria, including driveway, parking and garage regulations.

(Ord. No. 1878, § 1(ex. A), 8-25-2008; Ord. No. 1977, § 1(Exh. A), 5-20-2013; Ord. No. 2005, § 1(Exh. A), 3-9-2015; Ord. No. 3066, § 8, 4-22-2024)

(a)

Same Site Rule. All parking spaces required by this ordinance must be located on the same building site with the building space served. Exception: the required spaces may be located up to 300 feet from the entrance of a building served (and may be outside the City limits) for: (i) parking for building sites not used primarily for residential purposes where an increase in the number of spaces is required by a change or enlargement of use, (ii) spaces allowed by this Ordinance to be used jointly for two or more uses or types of space, or (iii) a community center, library, school, place of worship, museum or similar institution with mixed uses and types of space served by common parking spaces.

(b)

Yards and street areas.

(1)

In an SF district, all parking areas and maneuvering areas (including dead-end or stub driveways) must be behind the principal building or surrounded by opaque fences or walls at least six feet tall, and all such areas are prohibited in front yards. Exception: On a building site accessible only from a roadway marked for four lanes or more, there may be a driveway stub, if it meets all the following criteria:

(i)

The stub must be designed to allow vehicles on a driveway to turn around and enter the roadway headfirst;

(ii)

The width of the stub may not exceed nine feet (plus up to two feet on each side for aprons);

(iii)

The length of the stub, when added to the width of the driveway, may not exceed 24 feet (but if the site width is 60 feet or more, the length of the stub may be up to 18 feet, in addition to the actual width of the driveway);

(iv)

The stub must be pervious pavement;

(v)

Aprons may not be larger than two feet in any dimension;

(vi)

No part of the stub or its aprons may be closer than two feet to any property line or public sidewalk; and

(vii)

The stub may be located in the front yard only to the extent that existing structures or obstructions make another location impractical.

(2)

In a non-SF district, no required parking space may be:

(i)

Closer than 10 feet to a street area, except an alley; or

(ii)

Farther than 500 feet (driving distance) from a street area.

(c)

Certain Joint Use of Spaces. The ZBA may issue a special exception to allow up to 75 percent of the parking spaces required for any use or type of space to be used jointly for another use or type of space, if the ZBA finds that no increase in on-street parking is likely to result. See Tables 7A-5a, 7B-5a, 7C-5a, 7D-5a.

(d)

Above-Grade and Underground Parking Prohibited. No parking spaces shall be located above grade or below grade, meaning that all off-street parking required by this Article shall be provided as at-grade "surface" parking. In the TCC district, no at-grade parking shall be located below any portion of a building.

(e)

Easements in PDD-C1. In PDD-C1, parking spaces may not be located in any easement for underground utilities.

(Ord. No. 1799, § 1(ex. A), 5-23-2005; Ord. No. 1894, § 1(ex. A), 4-27-2009; Ord. No. 2005, § 1(Exh. A), 3-9-2015; Ord. No. 3066, § 9, 4-22-2024)

On the same building site with every building used for non-residential purposes there must be adequate loading space, separate and apart from the off-street parking spaces. The amount of loading space shall be sufficient in size and configuration to avoid the possibility that loading or unloading would obstruct a street or sidewalk, taking into account the proposed use of the building and the types of vehicles likely to serve it. However, there must be at least one loading area (10 wide by 30 feet long) for each 20,000 square feet of gross floor area, or fraction thereof, of building space likely to require loading space. Loading areas do not satisfy this section unless they are located within 200 feet (measured in a straight line horizontally) of the farthest point in the building space they serve.