Yorba Linda City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 18
22 OFF-STREET PARKING
§ 18.22.010 Purpose.
In order to alleviate or to prevent traffic congestion and shortages of curb space, off-street parking facilities shall be provided for new uses and major alterations and enlargements of existing uses. The number of parking spaces prescribed in this chapter or to be prescribed by the Community Development Director, shall be in proportion to the need for such facilities created by the particular type of use. Off-street parking is to be laid out in a manner that will ensure its usefulness, protect the public safety, and, where appropriate, insulate surrounding land uses from its impact.
(Ord. 2004-884; Ord. 2019-1056 § 3)
§ 18.22.020 Required.
A.
Off-street parking shall be provided for any new building constructed and for any new use established; for any addition or enlargement of an existing building or use; and for any change in the occupancy of any building or the manner in which any use is conducted that would result in additional parking spaces being required, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
B.
No existing use of land or structure shall be deemed to be nonconforming solely because of the lack of off-street parking facilities prescribed in this chapter, provided that the facilities being used for off-street parking on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall not be reduced in capacity to less than the minimum standards prescribed in this chapter.
C.
For additions or enlargements of existing buildings or uses, or any change of occupancy or manner of operation that would increase the number of parking spaces required, the additional parking shall be required only for such addition, enlargement, or change and not for the entire building or use, provided that no additional parking shall be required where the total number of spaces prescribed for the addition, enlargement, or change is less than 10 percent of the number of spaces prescribed for the use as conducted prior to such addition, enlargement or change.
D.
Parking required by this chapter for any building or use shall not be considered as providing parking for any other building or use, except in a shopping center or other joint parking facility serving more than one building or use that contains not less than the total number of spaces required for each individual building or use or as determined by a shared parking study.
E.
Land uses shall provide parking in accordance with the rates prescribed by this chapter, unless additional parking is determined necessary by the City's approval authority pursuant to any conditional use permit, design review, or other land use application.
F.
All off-street parking spaces and areas required by this chapter shall be maintained for the duration of the use requiring such areas. Required parking spaces and areas shall not be used for the sale, display or repair of motor vehicles or other goods and services, with the exception of those applicable permitted temporary uses as specified in Article 1 of Chapter 18.20.
(Ord. 2004-884; Ord. 2014-1005 § 3; Ord. 2014-1011 § 3; Ord. 2019-1056 § 3)
§ 18.22.030 Parking space specifications.
A.
General. Parking spaces shall be required:
1.
In all residential zones, or residential uses off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 18.10.090. All covered parking spaces shall have minimum 10 feet by 20 feet gross dimensions.
2.
In all other zones and for all other uses, off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the standards prescribed in subsection B of this section. The requirement for any use not specifically listed shall be determined by the Community Development Director on the basis of the requirement for similar uses.
4.
Where the application of the off-street parking requirements results in a fractional number of spaces, a fraction of one-half or greater shall be resolved to the next higher whole number.
5.
Where mixed occupancies are located in the same structure or on the same lot, the total requirement should be the sum of the requirement for each use or occupancy computed separately. In any commercial zone, mixed occupancies located within shopping centers of greater than 25,000 square feet of gross floor area shall be provided at a ratio of five spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
B.
Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements. Table 18.22-1 contains the minimum number of required off-street parking for each land use listed.
Table 18.22-1 PARKING REQUIREMENTS BY USE | |
|---|---|
Use | Minimum Off-Street Parking Required |
Residential | |
Accessory dwelling unit | See Chapter 18.20, Article 9 |
Boarding or rooming house | 1 space for each guest room or guest dwelling |
Dwelling, multiple family (excluding R-M-20 and R-M-30 zones) | Studio - 2 bdrm = 2 covered spaces per dwelling unit plus 1 covered or uncovered space per dwelling unit 3+ bdrm = 2 covered spaces per dwelling unit, plus 1.5 covered or uncovered space per dwelling unit |
Dwelling, multiple family (for R-M-20 and R-M-30 zones) | Studio = 1 covered; 1 bdrm = 1 covered + 0.8 uncovered; 2 bdrm = 1 covered + 1 uncovered; 3+ bdrm = 1 covered + 1 uncovered Guest: Studio = 0.75 per unit; 1 bdrm = 0.5 per unit; 2 bdrms = 0.5 per unit; 3 or more bdrms = 1.5 per unit |
Dwelling, single family | 2 covered spaces per dwelling unit, plus one covered or uncovered guest space per dwelling unit |
Senior citizen housing | To be provided as per parking study and conditional use permit requirement |
Temporary model homes | A minimum of 6 parking spaces must be provided within 200 feet of the model home sales office and may be provided on- or off-street |
Community | |
Church, chapel, or mortuary, clubs or lodges | 1 space for each 3 seats in the main assembly room or one space for each 30 square feet in the main assembly room where no seats are provided, or as otherwise identified by a parking study and approved by the Planning Commission through a conditional use permit |
College or university, including auditoriums, stadiums and housing facilities | 0.75 spaces for each full-time equivalent student, plus the number of spaces provided for on-campus housing facilities according to this schedule |
Community care facility | 1 space for each 3 beds |
Convalescent home/nursing home | 1 space for each 3 patient beds |
Day nursery or nursery school | 1 space for each staff member plus 1 space for each 10 students |
Dormitories or other student housing | 1 space for each 2 guest rooms |
Elementary or junior high school | 2 spaces for each teaching station |
High school, including auditoriums and stadiums on site | 7 spaces for each teaching station |
Hospital | 1.5 spaces for each patient bed |
Theater or auditorium not on school site | 1 space for each 3 seats in main assembly room; or, 1 space for each 30 square feet in main assembly room where no seats are provided |
Commercial | |
Animal day care | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area |
Automobile, boat, camper, or similar vehicle sales, display or rental uses | 1 space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area plus 1 space for each 1,000 square feet of outdoor sales, display or service area |
Bank, financial institution, public or private utility office | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area |
Barber or beauty shop, cleaning or laundry use or similar personal service use | 1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area |
Car wash | Spaces or reservoir parking and drying area equal to 5 times the capacity of the car wash |
Commercial repair shops and commercial garages | 1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area including display areas |
Commercial service uses | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area |
Food store, supermarket or similar use | 1 space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area |
Furniture store, appliance store, or similar uses which handle only bulky merchandise | 1 space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area (including display) |
General retail uses | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area |
Office—medical, dental, veterinary and other health services | 1 space for each 200 square feet of gross floor area |
Office—business, professional or administrative | 1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area |
Plant nursery, garden shop | 5 spaces, plus 1 additional space for each 500 square feet of outdoor sales or display |
Restaurant, cocktail lounge, or similar use for sale or consumption of food or beverage | 1 space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area, but not less than 10 spaces for each such establishment Retail food uses, as defined in Section 18.04.190, shall be parked at the commercial service rate of one space for each 200 square feet gross floor area |
Service station | 5 spaces |
Shopping center (25,000 sq. ft. or greater) | 5 spaces for each 1,000 square feet |
Wholesale uses | 1 space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area including display areas |
Industrial | |
Manufacturing or industrial uses, including office or other incidental operations on the site | 1 space for each 350 square feet of gross floor area, but not less than 1 space for each employee on the maximum shift Manufacturing or industrial uses containing more than 50% of the gross floor area devoted to office uses, shall be parked at the office—business, professional standard of 1 space per 250 sq. ft. gross floor area |
Warehouse or storage building | 1 space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area but not less than 1 space for each employee on the maximum shift |
Self-storage/mini-warehouse | |
Vehicular access provided to each unit | 10 spaces for the first 100,000 square feet of gross floor area (including office), and 1 space for each 25,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof over 100,000 square feet |
Vehicular access not provided to unit | 0.26 space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area (including office) |
With caretakers living quarters | 2 additional spaces within an enclosed garage |
Commercial Recreation | |
Athletic club/health club or commercial recreation (over 10,000 sq. ft.) | 1 space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area |
Athletic club/health club or commercial recreation (10,000 sq. ft. or less) | 1 space for each 3 persons based on the maximum anticipated capacity of all facilities capable of simultaneous use as determined by the Community Development Director |
(Ord. 2004-884; Ord. 2011-968 § 16; Ord. 2014-1005 § 4; Ord. 2014-1011 § 4; Ord. 2019-1056 § 3)
§ 18.22.040 Site development standards.
A.
Parking Space Design.
1.
Off-street parking areas shall consist of parking spaces with a minimum rectangular area of not less than nine feet wide by 20 feet long, together with drives, aisles, turning and maneuvering areas and having access at all times to a public street or alley (see Figure 18.22-1). Provided, however, that a two-foot overhang may be approved in appropriate cases where landscaping or pedestrian walks will not be negatively impacted (see Figure 18.22-4).
Table 18.22-2 PARKING STALL DIMENSIONS | ||
|---|---|---|
Facility | Min. Width | Min. Length |
Covered | 10 ft. | 20 ft. |
Uncovered | 9 ft. | 20 ft. |
Parallel | 8 ft. | 24 ft. |
 Figure 18.22-1 Parking Space Measurements |
2.
Angled parking shall maintain the minimum space dimensions in accordance with subsection A.1, and shall be measured in accordance with Figure 18.22-2.
 Figure 18.22-2 Angled Parking/Space Measurements |
3.
Striping. All parking spaces shall be double striped except as specifically approved by the Community Development Director if no Design Review is required or there are less than three spaces involved (see Figure 18.22-3).
 Figure 18.22-3 Double Striping |
B.
Drive Aisles. Drive aisles shall maintain minimum widths of 14 feet for one-way traffic, and 24 feet for two-way traffic. Angled parking shall maintain minimum one-way drive aisles in accordance with Table 18.22-3. Two-way drive aisles shall be permitted only on 90-degree parking designs.
Table 18.22-3 MINIMUM DRIVE AISLES—ANGLED PARKING | |
|---|---|
Parking angle | Aisle width |
0-30° | 14 ft. |
31-45° | 18 ft. |
46-60° | 20 ft. |
61-90° | 24 ft. |
C.
Parking Lot Design.
1.
All required parking areas, including those for residential uses, shall be designed so that no more than three spaces would require automobiles to back out directly into a public travelway.
2.
All off-street parking areas shall be constructed and maintained to provide the following:
a.
Grading, drainage and a minimum of two inches of asphaltic concrete paving over a four-inch aggregate base to the specifications of the City Engineer (see Figure 18.22-4).
 Figure 18.22-4 Parking Lot Planters |
b.
Bumpers, wheel stops, continuous curbing, stall markings and other vehicular control devices shall be approved by both the City Engineer and Community Development Director.
c.
Curbs shall be installed at minimum of five feet from the face of walls, fences, buildings or other structures. This requirement exempts driveways that are not a part of the maneuvering area for parking. The use of continuous concrete curbing is recommended for all landscaped areas and can be so specified at the discretion of the Community Development Director.
d.
Curb radius shall be three-foot minimum.
e.
Driveways widths shall be 24-foot minimum and constructed to City standards.
f.
The first parking spaces adjacent to streets in an on-site parking area shall be a minimum 10-foot distance from the property line.
g.
Concrete walks with a minimum width of two feet shall be installed adjacent to parking spaces as indicated.
h.
Walk openings four feet wide shall be permitted in planting islands every five spaces.
i.
Lighting shall be to the specifications of the City Engineer, and in all cases such lighting shall be designed and arranged so that direct rays do not shine on adjacent properties or streets.
D.
Landscaping.
1.
Each off-street parking area shall provide areas landscaped equivalent to a minimum of 20 square feet for each parking space. Such landscaping shall be provided along the periphery of the parking area and shall consist of trees and plant material. Such landscaped area shall include at least one minimum 15-gallon tree for each five parking spaces. In addition, one minimum 15-gallon tree shall be provided in the interior portions of the parking area for each 1,500 square feet of parking area. Required landscaped yard or setback areas shall not be construed as satisfying any portion of the landscaped area required by this section.
2.
Any unused space resulting from the design of the parking area shall be used for landscaping.
3.
All required landscaped areas shall be provided with a permanent and adequate means of irrigation and shall be adequately maintained.
4.
Landscape and irrigation plans, including the type and location of plant materials to be used, shall be subject to the approval of the Community Development Director. To ensure aesthetics on a year-round basis and to mitigate "heat island effects" within parking areas, plant materials shall consist predominantly of evergreen species unless otherwise specified by the City Council, Planning Commission or Community Development Director.
5.
Islands shall have a maximum length of 180 feet and a minimum width of six feet (see Figure 18.22-4). The minimum average width of islands at the extremities of 90-degree parking islands shall be six feet. Except, however, the Community Development Director may approve, or the Planning Commission may approve in conjunction with approval of a conditional use permit or design review, alternative planter designs such as individual "diamond-shaped" planters, provided that such individual planters are located a minimum of every fourth parking space in single contiguous rows of parking, or every eighth parking space in double contiguous rows of parking, and in no case shall said planters be less than 40 feet apart in any contiguous parking row. When such individual planters are used, the minimum interior dimensions shall be not less than four feet by four feet. In addition, in approving said alternative planter designs, the Community Development Director or the Planning Commission shall make a finding that the revised design results in an improvement for engineering, drainage or aesthetic purposes.
E.
Shared Parking. Mixed use developments in any C, M or PD zone may request approval of shared parking, subject to approval of a conditional use permit by the Planning Commission. Shared parking applications shall meet the following criteria:
1.
Preparation of a parking study by a qualified traffic engineer. Said parking study shall be subject to review and approval by the Community Development Director and City Engineer.
2.
No parking space(s) shall be separated by a collector or arterial street from the use it is intended to serve.
3.
No parking space(s) shall be more than 500 feet from the use they are intended to serve, unless the Planning Commission determines that there are other factors that would justify a greater distance.
F.
Handicap Parking. Handicap parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the most recent requirements of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations and as stipulated by the Yorba Linda Building Code. Each required handicap space shall be counted as meeting the total spaces required as outlined in Table 18.22-1.
G.
Compliance/Deviations from Standards.
1.
Where off-street parking facilities are provided but not required by this chapter, such facilities shall comply with the development standards of this section.
2.
In the event practical difficulties and hardships result from the strict enforcement due to existing permanent buildings or an irregular-shaped parcel, an administrative variance by the Zoning Administrator may be given for those standards contained in subsections C and D of this section in accordance with the provisions of Section 18.38.060 of this title.
(Ord. 2004-884; Ord. 2019-1056 § 3)