Alturas Municipal Code Div. 6 Parking Standards

This Section contains standards for off-street parking requirements for residential and nonresidential uses.

(Ord. No. 503, 12-16-2014)

A. Required Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Table 28.45.020 below, unless otherwise provided in this Section.

1. Rounding. Where a calculation for the parking requirement results in a fraction of a space, the number of parking spaces required shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.

2. Gross Square Footage. All square footage (SF) numbers in the table refer to gross square footage of all enclosed structures on site unless otherwise indicated. Trash enclosures (of any size) and free-standing sheds of 120 square feet or less are not considered enclosed structures for the purpose of this section.

B. Uses Not Listed. Where the parking requirement for a use is not specifically listed in the parking schedule, the parking requirement for that use shall be determined by the Director based on the most similar use or activity for which parking requirements are established.

C. Combined Uses. In situations where a combination of uses or activities are developed on a single site (for example, a hotel that also provides restaurant facilities and a separate bar area or coffee house), parking shall be calculated for each separate use according to the parking schedule, except as otherwise provided by the parking schedule.

D. On Street Parking in Commercial Zones. Where additional on-street parking is created due to improvements made by the project (for instance, the addition of curbs and gutters, where there were none previously), the new on-street parking created by this improvement may be counted toward the off-street parking requirement as part of the Site Plan Review process at the discretion of the Planning Commission.

E. Off Street Parking in -DH Overlay Zone. Because of it's special historic nature and the ample parking provided by the Downtown Historic District's street grid pattern, commercial businesses located in the -DH, Downtown Historic District, Overlay Zone are exempt from providing off-street parking.

F. Accessible Parking Requirement. The number of parking spaces required by Table 28.45.020 is inclusive of the accessible parking required by California Building Code Section 1129B (which shall be used to determine the number, location and design of all accessible parking provided within a development).

G. Design Standard. Standard vehicle off-street parking areas shall conform to the dimensions and design standards illustrated in Figure 28.45.020. As noted in Subsection F, accessible parking shall be provided pursuant to the requirements and design standards of California Building Code Section 1129B.

Figure 28.45.020—Standard Parking Illustration

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Table 28.45.020 Off-Street Parking Requirements

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(Ord. No. 503, 12-16-2014)