Section 17.76.080 Parking requirements.
Due to the uniqueness of this zone and the uses allowed in this chapter, reciprocal
parking
and off-site parking shall be permitted. Required off-street parking for proposed uses shall be
allowed credit for on-street parking spaces to satisfy off-street parking requirements. Credit shall
be given for on-street parking spaces located within the public right-of-way that are directly in
front of or adjacent to the subject proposed use or parcel. When an on-street parking space is
shared between two uses or parcels, a line perpendicular to the right-of-way at the point
separating the uses or parcels will be projected to the curb. From this point the distance will be
measured along the curb to each parking stripe. The use or parcel having the majority of this
distance may count the space towards its required parking. Standards not included within this
chapter shall be subject to review and approval through the conditional use permit process. The
required parking for all uses within this zone shall be those as delineated within this zone and
shall be exempt from the parking Chapter 17.100 et seq. of this title. All other uses other than
those described within this text shall be calculated from the parking Chapter 17.100 of this title.
A. Professional and personal offices: one space per five
hundred (500) gross square feet of
building.
B. Medical and dental offices: one space per five hundred
(500) gross square feet of
building.
C. Banks, credit unions and other financial institutions:
one space per one thousand (1,000)
gross square feet of building services.
D. Barber or beauty shops: two spaces per work station
or one space per five hundred (500)
gross square feet of building whichever is less.
E. Libraries, art galleries, museums: one space per one
thousand (1,000) gross square feet
of building.
F. Eating establishments, taverns, lounges and casinos:
one space per five hundred (500)
gross square feet of building.
G. Furniture or large appliance, retail: one space per
two thousand (2,000) gross square feet
of building.
H. Other retail, commercial: one space per five hundred
(500) gross square feet of building.
I. Minimum off-street parking spaces per residential
dwelling unit: one space.
J. All other uses not described within Section 17.76.080
must comply with Chapter 17.100,
off-street parking and loading.
K. Mixed-use parking shall be the aggregate of all proposed
uses. Joint-use parking cannot
be applied to residential parking space requirements.
L. When off-street parking is not available in the same
lot or parcel for an existing
residential dwelling, the landlord must obtain off-street parking.
M. Parking lots shall not be located on main street frontage,
and shall be located behind
buildings in the interior of the block to the maximum extent feasible or shall be located behind or
to the side of a building when possible.
N. The zoning administrator may grant a reduction of
or an exemption from landscaping
requirements when it is determined the amount of land available for parking spaces is limited and
the installation of landscaping would decrease the amount of parking spaces.
O. Off-street parking spaces, parking stripes and parking
lots abutting or adjacent to a
residential area shall provide landscaped screening and shall comply with landscape
requirements listed in Chapter 17.100, parking.
P. Required off-street parking spaces shall be located
on the same lot or premises as the
building or use for which they are required unless such spaces are provided for collectively by
two or more buildings or uses on adjacent lots in a single parking area located within the
boundaries of the adjacent lots, and the total number of parking spaces supplied collectively is
equal to the number of spaces required.
Q. Joint Use Parking. See Chapter 17.100, Section 100,
joint use off-street parking, of this
title.
R. Credit for On-street Parking. The amount of required
off-street parking for each lot shall
be reduced by one off-street parking space for every on-street parking space in front of or
adjacent (corner lots) to that lot. The zoning administrator shall address the configuration of on-street
parking and any allowable credit toward off-street parking requirements during site or
design review.
S. Reduced or Waive Minimum Off-Street Parking Spaces.
The applicant may request a
variance to reduce or waive the number of parking spaces required. Such variance shall be
handled according to Chapter 17.124. As part of the variance process, an applicant may be
required to perform and present a parking impact study. Such study shall contain an estimated
peak use, reductions due to easy pedestrian accessibility, availability of transit service, and
likelihood of car pool use, and adjacent on-street parking.
T. Maximum Parking Ratio. Surface parking shall not exceed
one hundred ten (110) percent
of the minimum-parking requirement for the subject land use(s). Exemptions may be approved by
the zoning administrator through site or design review for developments that provide parking
structures, shared parking, valet parking spaces, market rate parking, or similarly managed
parking facilities. (Ord. 225 (part), 2003)
