§ 9162.3. Off-Street Parking - Location of Parking.

• A. Parking spaces required for residential uses shall be located on the same lot as the use for which such spaces are provided.

Driveways, sidewalks, and paving shall not cover more than thirty-five (35) percent of a required front yard setback for residential property with a single-car driveway, fifty (50) percent for a twocar driveway, and forty (40) percent for a driveway where the garage does not face a public street. For the purposes of this Section, paving for parking shall include that portion of the required front yard abutting a side property line nearest the driveway. Exceptions may be allowed by an approved Site Plan as follows:

1. For substandard size lots or unique properties and circumstances;

2. Where decorative type paving is approved as a landscape feature; or

3. To allow space only for the parking of vehicles as described below provided that the total amount of paved area on a standard sized lot does not exceed fifty (50) percent of a front yard setback.

   • a. Automobiles, motor homes, motor trucks, vans, campers/camper shells mounted on a vehicle, camp trailers, boats on trailers, and tent trailers are allowed in a required front yard, side yard, corner lot rear yard or in a yard clearly visible to a public right-of-way provided they are:

     • (1) Fully operable, completely assembled, supported by inflated tires and not supported by blocks, jacks or similar supports.

     • (2) Maintained in a clean and neat condition, not significantly damaged or continuously under repair.

     • (3) Not more than one (1) ton load capacity if a motor truck, including commercial vehicles when used as personal transportation to and from work, and not more than two (2) ton load capacity if a motor truck, excluding commercial vehicles.

     • (4) Parked or stored on an approved residential parking space or on an approved residential driveway.

   • b. Motor homes, unmounted campers, camper shells mounted on a vehicle, camp trailers, boats on trailers, and tent trailers may be permitted in such front and side yard areas subject to the following additional requirements:

     • (1) Only if there is no access to the rear yard or no other approved location can be made available on the property for parking.

     • (2) Limited to a maximum of one (1) motor home, tent trailer, unmounted camper, camp trailer or boat on a trailer.

     • (3) Limited to a maximum size of eight (8) feet in width and thirty-two (32) feet in length for motor homes.

   4. Additional landscaping and/or screening may be required to improve the quality of development to a reasonable standard.

• B. Parking facilities required for nonresidential uses should be located on-site wherever feasible, but may be located on a different lot from the lot on which the use to be served is located provided the distance from the lot on which the use is located and the lot used for the required parking is not greater than four hundred (400) feet. Said distance shall be measured along public walkways from the nearest lot line of the lot on which the use is located to the nearest lot line of the lot on which the required parking is located.

When the required parking is provided on a lot other than the lot on which the use to be served is located, a copy of a recorded deed or covenant shall be filed with the Community Development Department which provides that the parking lot is restricted for parking for the use served and shall be used for no other purpose unless the required parking is met in some other way in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter.

(Ord. 90-917 § 3)