Section 17.100.030 Designs.
A. Off-street parking spaces must conform to the public
works standards and specifications.
B. Off-street parking areas must be accessible from a
public street.
C. The access to an off-street parking area must be constructed
according to the public
works standards and specifications.
D. Off-street parking spaces that service residential
uses must be located on the same lot as
the dwelling and may not be located in any front yard except in a single designated driveway.
E. Off-street parking areas serving commercial, industrial,
public or institutional uses must
be located within one city block (approximately three hundred (300) feet) of the use.
F. Off-street parking areas serving multi-family residential
developments of more than ten
units, or commercial, industrial and institutional uses must comply with the following provisions:
1. Grading and Drainage. Off-street parking areas shall
be graded and any needed swales,
culverts or other drainage facilities shall be installed to remove storm water run-off in a manner
that does not adversely affect adjacent properties, public streets or surface waters.
2. All off-street parking areas shall be surfaced according
to the public works standards.
3. Screening. Where an off-street parking area abuts
a residential zoning district, the
parking area shall be effectively screened at the property line(s) by sight-obstructing wall, fence
or hedge acceptable to the director of public works with a minimum height of five feet.
4. Lighting. Lighting used to illuminate a parking lot
shall be directed downward and
illuminating the parking area only. No illumination shall spill over to any adjoining residential
zoning district. No source of lighting shall face upward to the sky. (Ord. 225 (part), 2003)
