A.

A parking space shall be an area for the parking of a motor vehicle, plus those additional areas and facilities required to provide for the safe ingress and egress from the space. The area set aside to meet these provisions must be usable and accessible for the type of off-street parking need which must be satisfied.

B.

In any residential district, all vehicles incapable of movement under their own power, other than in cases of emergency, shall be stored in a garage or carport, or (not to exceed two vehicles) stored in an area entirely enclosed by a six (6) foot sight obscured fence not within the front yard setback.

C.

There shall be provided off-street parking facilities for vehicles in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and other applicable provisions on occurrence of any of the following:

1.

Initial occupancy of a site or construction of a structure where parking is required pursuant to § 16.54.020;

2.

Change of use of a building where parking is required pursuant to § 16.54.040;

3.

Building additions or enlargements where parking is required pursuant to § 16.54.040.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

A.

Parking spaces shall be required as follows:

1.

Residential Uses: As set forth in Zone District.

2.

Commercial and Industrial Uses.

(a)

Banks, business and professional offices (not listed separately herein); one space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area;

(b)

Retail stores and personal services establishments: one space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area;

(c)

Barber shops and beauty parlors: one space for each one hundred (100) square feet of floor area plus one space for each employee;

(d)

Commercial service establishments, repair shops and wholesale establishments, and retail stores which handle only bulky merchandise such as furniture, household appliances, lumber and building materials, motor vehicles, nursery and garden supplies, farm implements and machinery: one space for each six hundred (600) square feet of floor area, plus one space for each two thousand (2,000) square feet of outdoor sales or service area;

(e)

Hotels and Motels: one space for each unit;

(f)

Private clubs, fraternity houses, sorority houses, lodges, lodging houses and rooming houses: one space for each bed;

(g)

Manufacturing plants and other industrial uses: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift;

(h)

Mini-storage uses: two (2) spaces for an onsite caretaker, if any, plus one space for each two hundred (200) square feet of office space shall be provided;

(i)

For warehouses and storage buildings, one space for each one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of floor area or one space for each employee of the maximum working shift, whichever is greater.

3.

Utility uses. Electric distribution substations, electric transmission substations, gas regulator stations, public utility pumping stations, reservoirs, water or gas storage tank farms, sewage treatment plants and other public utility buildings and uses: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift, plus one space for each company vehicle using the site. Where such facility is unmanned, no spaces need be provided.

4.

Health uses.

(a)

Medical and dental offices or clinics: one space for each doctor, dentist or practitioner, plus one space for each employee, plus two (2) spaces for each examining room;

(b)

Rest homes, nursing homes, convalescent homes, homes for the aged: one space for each employee plus one space for each four (4) beds;

(c)

Hospitals: one space for each two (2) beds and one space for each employee of the maximum working shift, excluding doctors.

5.

Places of assembly.

(a)

Café, restaurant or other establishments for the sale and consumption on the premises of food and beverages: one space for each three (3) seats plus one space for each employee of the maximum working shift;

(b)

Drive-in restaurants: one space for each three (3) seats, plus the number of additional spaces prescribed by the Planning Commission;

(c)

Auditoriums (except school auditoriums), churches, dancehalls, private clubs and lodges, wedding chapels, mortuaries, sports arenas and stadiums, and health clubs and public swimming pools generally one space for each three (3) fixed seats or one space for each fifty (50) square feet of area available for public use, whichever is greater, plus one space for each employee, provided however the Planning Commission may determine the number of spaces required taking into consideration the intensity of the proposed use;

(d)

Theaters: one space for each two seats;

(e)

Bowling alleys: four (4) spaces for each alley, plus one space for each three (3) seats devoted to restaurant and/or cocktail lounge and one for each employee;

(f)

Other places of assembly without fixed seats: one space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area used for assembly.

6.

Educational uses.

(a)

Elementary and junior high schools: one space for each employee including teachers, administrators, and custodians, plus sufficient space for safe and convenient bus loading and unloading of students;

(b)

High schools: three (3) spaces for each classroom, plus one space for every six (6) students;

(c)

Colleges: one space for each employee including teachers, administrators and custodians, plus one space for each ten (10) students enrolled;

(d)

Day care centers: one space for each employee;

(e)

Business, professional and trade schools and colleges; art, music and dancing schools: one space for each employee including teachers and administrators, plus one space for each two (2) adult students.

7.

Public Uses.

(a)

Public buildings not open to the public: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift;

(b)

Public buildings open to the public: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift plus such additional spaces required by the Planning Commission taking into consideration the anticipated use of facility by the public.

(c)

Public buildings and grounds other than administrative offices and educational uses: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift, plus the number of additional spaces required by the Planning Commission.

8.

Transportation Terminals and Facilities. Airports, heliports, bus depots, railroad stations and yards, truck terminals: one space for each employee of the maximum working shift, plus the number of additional spaces prescribed by the Planning Commission.

9.

Miscellaneous Uses. For a use not specified in the parking space schedule set out in this section, the same number of parking spaces shall be provided, as determined by the Planning Commission, as are required for the most similar specified use.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

A.

For the purposes of this chapter, "floor area" means that floor area used, or intended to be used, for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, or as tenants, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for the display or sale of merchandise. It does not include areas used principally for storage and restrooms.

B.

If, in the application of the requirements of this chapter, a fractional number is obtained, one parking space shall be provided for a fraction of one-half or more, and no parking space shall be required for a fraction of less than one-half.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

A.

Whenever there is a change in use and such change creates a need for an increase in the number of off-street parking spaces, such increase in off-street spaces shall be provided on the increased requirements of the new use, with credit being given for existing offstreet parking facilities. Except for single-family residences and residential duplexes, additional parking requirements for a change in use need be satisfied only to the extent that such additional parking area is available on the subject lot or parcel.

B.

In the event the change creates a need for an increase of two (2) or less off-street parking spaces, no additional parking facilities shall be required. However, when the addition or enlargement of an existing building creates a need for an increase in the number of off-street parking spaces by ten (10) percent or more, such increase in off-street parking facilities shall be provided on the basis of the total increase in floor area, or in other applicable units of measurement, even if it is two (2) or less spaces.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

A.

This section shall apply to single-family dwellings where all the following conditions occur:

1.

The lot or parcel upon which the dwelling is located is less than seven thousand square feet;

2.

The dwelling was constructed prior to adoption of this ordinance.

B.

The owner of such existing single-family residential dwelling may apply for and obtain an administrative permit to convert an attached garage or carport of such dwelling unit into additional living space not to be used as an "accessory dwelling unit". The following terms and conditions shall apply for approval of the administrative permit.

1.

For each required garage space or carport space converted, the owner shall provide one off-street parking space on the subject property. and not be located within any required building setback area if other areas are reasonably available.

2.

Such alternate parking space shall be paved with concrete or asphalt.

3.

The design and location of the alternate parking space, together with the access thereto, shall be approved by the planning director.

4.

Submission by the applicant of such plans for the garage conversion and construction of the parking place as may be required by the building official for the issuance of a building permit.

C.

No work shall commence on any such conversion or on construction of alternate parking prior to the issuance of an administrative permit by the planning director and the applicant obtaining a building permit for such construction and conversion and paying the necessary fee therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an innocent bonafide purchaser of a residential dwelling described in subsection (A) for which a permit was not obtained may apply for a permit pursuant to this section and for a building permit for such conversion subject to such conditions as may be additionally imposed by the building official to assure that the construction and conversion was in compliance with all applicable codes and regulations.

(Ord. No. 853, § 2, 8-16-2018)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 853, § 2, adopted Aug. 16, 2018, amended § 16.54.050 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former § 16.54.050 pertained to conversion of residential garages and derived from Ord. 775 (part), adopted in 2004.

In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately. Off-street parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use except as herein specified for joint use.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

The Planning Commission may, upon written application by the owner or lessee of any property, authorize the joint use of parking facilities by the following uses or activities under the conditions specified herein:

A.

One hundred (100%) percent of the parking facilities required by this chapter for a use considered to be primarily a daytime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use. One hundred (100%) percent of the parking facilities required by this chapter for a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a daytime use, provided that such parking area shall meet the conditions set forth in paragraph (C) below;

B.

The following uses are typical daytime uses: banks, business offices, retail stores, personal service shops, clothing or shoe repair or service shops, manufacturing or wholesale buildings and similar uses. The following uses are typical nighttime uses: dance halls, theaters, bars, auditoriums other than those incidental to a public or parochial school or churches, and similar uses;

C.

The following are conditions required for joint use:

1.

The building or use for which application is being made for authority to utilize the existing off-street parking facilities provided by another building or use, shall be located within two hundred (200) feet of such parking facility,

2.

The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours or days of the building or uses for which the joint use of offstreet parking facilities is proposed. If the building, structure or improvement requiring parking space is in one ownership and the required parking space provided in another ownership, partially or wholly, there shall be a recording in the office of the county recorder of a covenant by such owners for the benefit of the city, in a form approved by the city, that such owner or owners will continue to maintain such parking space so long as the building, structure or improvement is maintained by the owner within the city. The covenant herein required shall stipulate that the title to and right to use the parcel or parcels upon which the parking space is to be provided will be subservient to the title to the premises upon which the building is to be erected and that the parcel or parcels are not and will not be made subject to any other covenant or contract for use without prior written consent of the city.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

Common parking facilities may be provided in lieu of the individual requirements contained herein, but such facilities shall be approved by the Planning Commission as to size, shape and relationship to the sites to be served. The total of such off-street parking spaces, when used together, shall not be less than the sum required for the various uses computed separately, except as follows:

A.

Where joint use is allowed as set forth under § 16.54.070;

B.

Where the uses utilizing a common parking facility require more than twenty (20) parking spaces, a ten (10) percent reduction in the total number of spaces may be permitted by the Planning Commission.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

Off-street parking facilities shall conform to the following standards:

A.

All parking areas shall have adequate ingress and egress to and from a street or alley. Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles shall be provided on the site in accordance with good engineering standards. Bumper rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined by the City Building Official.

B.

Entrances and exits to parking lots and other parking facilities shall be provided only at locations approved by the City Engineer.

C.

Each parking space shall be not less than twenty (20) feet in length and nine (9) feet in width, exclusive of aisles and access drives, and conform to city standards for parking areas and courts.

D.

Handicap parking spaces required by the California Building Code shall be provided in accordance with such law or regulation.

E.

If the parking area is illuminated, the lighting shall be designed to prevent unreasonable glare to adjoining properties and controlled by such reasonable means as are practical to prevent sky-reflected glare.

F.

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

G.

The parking area, aisles and access drives shall be constructed with a minimum six-inch base and double chip and seal so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of such work subject to the approval of the City Engineer.

H.

Off-street parking in multifamily developments shall be prohibited in all required front yards and in the outer one half of required side and rear yards.

I.

Off-street parking area, insofar as possible, shall be screened from view of abutting properties by use of fences, walks, hedges or appropriate plant materials.

J.

When ten (10) or more spaces are required by this chapter, twenty-five (25) percent of the required space may be compact car spaces. A compact car space shall have a minimum size of eight and one-half (8 ½) feet in width and sixteen (16) feet in length.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

In all districts, every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of five thousand (5,000) square feet or more, with a use requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of significant amounts of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same parcel with such building, at least one off-street loading space, plus one additional off-street loading space for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area. It is the intent of this section to apply to those uses which might reasonably be expected to create a traffic or public safety problem without provision being made for onsite loading and unloading facilities. No off-street loading space shall be required where buildings c an be served by a public alley.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

Off-street loading facilities provided in compliance with § 16.54.100 shall conform with the following standards:

A.

Each loading berth shall be of a length and width, and shall have an overhead clearance sufficient to accommodate the size of the vehicles used in loading or unloading operations.

B.

Sufficient room for the turning and maneuvering of vehicles shall be provided on the site.

C.

Entrances and exits shall be provided at locations approved by the City Engineer.

D.

The loading area, access drives and aisles shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of such work subject to approval of the City Engineer.

E.

Bumper rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined by the City Engineer.

F.

If the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away from abutting properties so as not to cause annoying glare to such properties.

G.

A loading area shall not be located in a required front yard. A loading area may be located in a required side or rear yard.

H.

No commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in an off-street loading area.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

Editor's note— Ord. No. 868, § 1, adopted June 7, 2022, repealed § 16.54.120, which pertained to effect of chapter on existing uses and derived from Ord. 775 (part), adopted 2004.

No off-street parking facilities or off-street loading facility provided for a use of land or structures in compliance with this chapter 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. 775 (part), 2004).

A.

The Planning Commission may waive all or a portion of the number of parking spaces required by this chapter on the following terms and conditions:

1.

A finding by the Planning Commission that such waiver of on-site parking requirements would not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare; and

2.

A finding by the Planning Commission as to any new construction or enlargement of an existing structure, that the lot size or lot utilization does not provide sufficient area to reasonably provide the required spaces; and

3.

Finding that the property is located within five hundred (500) feet from an existing city owned parking facility open to the general public, measured by the shortest route of pedestrian access, and

4.

Payment by the owner of the property or the applicant to the city of a fee determined by resolution of the City Council to be the average cost of providing public parking for each parking space waived by the Planning Commission. Such cost shall include the average cost per square foot of real estate in downtown commercial areas plus the cost of installation and pavin g of a parking space of one hundred eighty (180) square feet, together with a proportionate share of the cost of access aisles and landscaping. All fees received by city pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a parking expansion fund and used exclusively for expanding offstreet public parking facilities.

B.

The Planning Commission may modify the standards as required by this section if:

1.

A finding is made by the Planning Commission that such modification of these requirements would not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Yreka.

2.

That application of the standards as required would create an unreasonable hardship due to the limitations of the site and consistency with existing development in the area.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).