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§ 5.03

5.03.232 Parking Standards.

Colma Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-08 · Colma

The Parking Standards Table lists the minimum parking requirements for each use or activity. If a particular use or activity is not listed in the Parking Standards Table, then establishment of parking requirements for that use or activity shall be determined by the City Planner or City Council upon review of a conditional use permit.

Pursuant to AB 2097, Government Code Section 65863.2, there is no minimum automobile parking requirement on a residential, commercial, or other development project if the project is located within one-half mile of high quality public transit. However, a development of 19 dwelling units or fewer may impose parking requirements per Table 4 – Parking Standards below.

Table 4: Parking Standards

Type Covered Spaces
Required		 Uncovered
Spaces Required		 Total Spaces
Required
"R" Residential - Single
Family up to 4 bedrooms		 2 N/A 2
"R" Residential - Single
Family over 4 bedrooms:
add 0.5 covered for each
additional bedroom		 2 minimum N/A 2 minimum
"R" Residential - Multiple
Units: Studio, 1 bedroom		 1.0 1.0 1.0 for either
covered spaces or
uncovered spaces
"R" Residential - Multiple
Units: 2-4 bedrooms		 1 1 2

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Table 4: Parking Standards

Type Covered Spaces
Required		 Uncovered
Spaces Required		 Total Spaces
Required
"R" Residential - Multiple
Units: over 4 bedrooms
add 0.5 covered or
uncovered for each
additional bedroom		 1 minimum N/A 1 minimum
"R-S" Residential
Neighborhood - Single
Family Detached: over 4
bedrooms add 0.5 spaces
for each bedroom		 2 N/A 2
"R-S" Residential
Neighborhood - Legal
Second Units: Studio, 1
bedroom		 N/A N/A N/A
"R-S" Residential
Neighborhood - Multiple
Units: Studio, 1 bedroom		 1.0 1.0 1.0 for either
covered spaces or
uncovered spaces
"C" Commercial -
Residential		 Refer to R or R(s) Refer to R or R(s) Refer to R or R(s)
"C" Commercial - Retail N/A One (1) per one
hundred (100)
square feet of
sales floor area, at
minimum one (1)
per two hundred
(200) square feet
of gross floor area
"C" Commercial - Banks
and Office		 N/A One (1) per three
hundred (300)
square foot of
floor area
"C" Commercial -
Restaurants and Bars		 N/A One (1) per four
(4) seats/stools
"C" Commercial –
Theatres		 N/A One (1) per five
(5) seats

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Table 4: Parking Standards

Type Covered Spaces
Required		 Uncovered
Spaces Required		 Total Spaces
Required
"C" Commercial -
Cardroom		 N/A Minimum of one
(1) for dedicated
truck loading and
unloading, one (1)
for truck loading
and unloading
space for vehicles
involved in money
shipment, one (1)
standard space for
each employee in
the cardroom shift
with the largest
number of
employees, eight
(8) spaces for
each gaming table,
one (1) standard
space for each
four (4)
seats/stools in
restaurant and bar
facilities.
"C" Commercial -
Vehicular Repair and
Service		 N/A One (1) off-street
for two hundred
(200) square feet
of gross building
area, in all cases a
minimum of five
(5) regular off-
street parking
spaces

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Table 4: Parking Standards

Type Covered Spaces
Required		 Uncovered
Spaces Required		 Total Spaces
Required
"C" Commercial - Mixed
Office and Warehouse		 N/A One (1) off-street
parking space for
each three
hundred (300)
square feet of
office space; plus
one (1) off-street
parking space for
each four hundred
(400) square feet
of warehouse
space in each unit
having up to 4,800
square feet of
warehouse space;
plus one (1) one
off-street parking
space for each one
thousand (1,000)
square feet of
warehouse space
in each unit having
in excess of 4,800
square feet plus
less than 10,00
square feet of
warehouse space;
plus one (1) off-
street parking
space for each two
thousand (2,000)
square feet of
warehouse space
in each unit having
in excess of
10,000 square feet
of warehouse
space.
"C" Commercial - All other
Uses		 N/A Minimum of one
(1) parking space
for each five (5)
regular employees,
but in any case,
not less than one
(1) space for each
two thousand
(2,000) square

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Table 4: Parking Standards

Type Covered Spaces
Required		 Uncovered
Spaces Required		 Total Spaces
Required
feet of floor area,
or fraction thereof.
"C" Commercial -
Commercial Centers		 N/A Five (5) parking
spaces for each
one thousand
(1,000) square
feet of gross
leasable area
"C" Commercial -
Emergency Shelters		 N/A Provide off-street
parking spaces
totaling the sum
of: 0.35 parking
spaces for every
bed, rounded up
to the nearest
whole parking
space; one (1)
parking space for
each employee
who is working at
the same time as
another employee;
and all parking
spaces required
under the
Americans for
Disabilities Act
"DR" Design Review Refer to zoning Refer to zoning Refer to zoning
"DR (S)" Design
Standards		 Refer to zoning Refer to zoning Refer to zoning
"E" Executive
Administrative - Retail
Stores		 N/A One (1) parking
space for each one
hundred (100)
square feet of
sales floor area,
but in no case less
than one (1) space
for each two
hundred (200)

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Table 4: Parking Standards

Type Covered Spaces
Required		 Uncovered
Spaces Required		 Total Spaces
Required
square feet of
gross floor area
"E" Executive
Administrative -
Professional Business and
Medical Service Offices		 N/A One (1) parking
space for each
three hundred
(300) square feet
of gross floor area
"E" Executive
Administrative -
Restaurants		 N/A One (1) parking
space for each
four (4) seats for
seating other than
private banquet
facilities, no
greater than one
(1) parking space
for each four (4)
seats
"E" Executive
Administrative - All other
uses		 N/A Minimum one (1)
space for each five
(5) regular
employees, but
not less than one
(1) space for each
two thousand
(2,000) square
feet of gross floor
area, or fraction
thereof
"G' Cemetery N/A Applicable to any
golf course use
only: 200 cars or
more		 N/A
"PD" Planned
Development		 Refer to Ordinance
associated with PD		 Refer to Ordinance
associated with PD		 Refer to Ordinance
associated with PD

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Table 4: Parking Standards

Type Covered Spaces
Required		 Uncovered
Spaces Required		 Total Spaces
Required
"T" Transit N/A N/A N/A

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  1. ▸ § 5.03
    Overview
    1. 5.03.020 Purpose.
    2. 5.03.030 Definitions generally.
    3. 5.03.040 General Prohibition.
    4. 5.03.050 Zones and Boundaries Thereof.
    5. 5.03.060 Zone Boundaries.
    6. 5.03.070 “G” Zone - Regulations Established.
    7. 5.03.071 “G” Zone - Permitted Uses.
    8. 5.03.072 “G” – Golf and Cemetery Zone – Development Standards.
    9. 5.03.080 Regulations Established.
    10. 5.03.081 Permitted Uses.
    11. 5.03.082 “R” - Residential Zone Development Standards.
    12. 5.03.090 Regulations Established.
    13. 5.03.091 “R-S” Zone - Permitted Uses.
    14. 5.03.092 “R-S” Zone Development Standards.
    15. 5.03.100 Purpose and Intent.
    16. 5.03.101 Definitions.
    17. 5.03.102 Permit Required.
    18. 5.03.103 ADU Density and Consistency.
    19. 5.03.104 ADU Process Time and Submittal Requirements.
    20. 5.03.105 ADU General Development and Operational Standards.
    21. 5.03.106 ADU Rental and Sale Limitations.
    22. 5.03.107 ADU Fee Requirements.
    23. 5.03.108 Conditions for Nonconforming Uses and Structures.
    24. 5.03.109 State Exempt ADUs and JADUs.
    25. 5.03.110 Number and Combination of State Exempt ADUs and JADUs…
    26. 5.03.111 State ADU Standards.
    27. 5.03.112 Non-State Exempt ADU Objective Design Standards.
    28. 5.03.113 Junior Accessory Dwelling Units.
    29. 5.03.110 Purpose.
    30. 5.03.111 Standards for Permitting Large Family Day Care Homes.
    31. 5.03.120 Purpose.
    32. 5.03.121 Prohibition of Boarding Houses or Rooming Houses in S…
    33. 5.03.130 Regulations Established.
    34. 5.03.131 Purpose.
    35. 5.03.132 Permitted Uses.
    36. 5.03.133 “C” - Commercial Zone Development Standards.
    37. 5.03.140 Regulations Established.
    38. 5.03.141 Purpose.
    39. 5.03.150 Regulations Established.
    40. 5.03.151 Purpose.
    41. 5.03.152 "DR" - Design Review Combining Zone Design Standards …
    42. 5.03.153 Restrictions and Procedures Applicable to the "DR" - …
    43. 5.03.154 Objective Design Standards (ODDS) for Planned Develop…
    44. 5.03.155 Manufactured Single-Family Residential Objective Desi…
    45. 5.03.156. ADU (ODDS)
    46. 5.03.160 Regulations Established.
    47. 5.03.161 Purpose.
    48. 5.03.162 Permitted Uses.
    49. 5.03.163 "P" – Public Zone Development Standards
    50. 5.03.170 Regulations Established.
    51. 5.03.171 Permitted Uses.
    52. 5.03.172 "E" – Executive, Administrative Zone Development Stan…
    53. 5.03.180 Regulations Established.
    54. 5.03.181 Purpose.
    55. 5.03.182 Permitted Uses.
    56. 5.03.183 Establishment of PD – Planned Development Districts.
    57. 5.03.184 Conceptual Development Plan Required.
    58. 5.03.185 Conditional Uses.
    59. 5.03.186 Detailed Development Plan Required.
    60. 5.03.187 PD – Planned Development Design Standards.
    61. 5.03.188 Open Space and Density.
    62. 5.03.189 Amendment of Development Plan.
    63. 5.03.190 Development Schedule.
    64. 5.03.191 Revocation of Use Permit.
    65. 5.03.195 Purpose.
    66. 5.03.196 No Parking Standards Required for Housing Element Ove…
    67. 5.03.197 Purpose.
    68. 5.03.198 Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Incentives.
    69. 5.03.199 In-Lieu Fees and Impact Fees.
    70. 5.03.200 Housing Fund.
    71. 5.03.201 Purposes and Use of Housing Fund.
    72. 5.03.202 Affordability Requirement for Residential Development.
    73. 5.03.203 Exemptions.
    74. 5.03.204 Basic Requirements for Inclusionary Units.
    75. 5.03.205 Alternative Equivalent Actions.
    76. 5.03.206 Compliance Procedures.
    77. 5.03.207 Eligibility for Inclusionary Units.
    78. 5.03.208 Owner-Occupied Units.
    79. 5.03.209 Rental Units.
    80. 5.03.210 Delegation of Authority.
    81. 5.03.211 Minimum Requirements.
    82. 5.03.212 Adjustments, Waivers.
    83. 5.03.213 Enforcement Provisions.
    84. 5.03.215 Regulations Established.
    85. 5.03.216 Purpose.
    86. 5.03.217 Restriction Applicable to "F" Zone.
    87. 5.03.218 Regulations Established.
    88. 5.03.219 “T" – Transit Zone Development Standards.
    89. 5.03.220 Development Standards Applicable to All Zones
    90. 5.03.230 Purpose.
    91. 5.03.231 Applicability.
    92. 5.03.232 Parking Standards.
    93. 5.03.233 Calculation of Parking
    94. 5.03.234 Location of Required Parking.
    95. 5.03.240 Purpose.
    96. 5.03.241 Application for Use Permit.
    97. 5.03.242 Standards for Granting Use Permit.
    98. 5.03.243 Effective Date of Decision to Grant or Deny Use Permi…
    99. 5.03.244 Lapse of Use Permit; Extension.
    100. 5.03.245 Duration of Use Permit.
    101. 5.03.246 Revocation of Use Permit.
    102. 5.03.250 Purpose.
    103. 5.03.252 Application Process; No Public Hearing.
    104. 5.03.253 Tier 1 Temporary Uses.
    105. 5.03.254 Tier 2 Temporary Uses.
    106. 5.03.255 Required Findings.
    107. 5.03.256 Conditions of Approval.
    108. 5.03.257 Term; Extension.
    109. 5.03.258 Revocation.
    110. 5.03.259 Appeal.
    111. 5.03.260 Posting.
    112. 5.03.270 Purpose
    113. 5.03.271 Application for Variance.
    114. 5.03.272 Standards for Granting a Variance.
    115. 5.03.273 Effective Date of Variance.
    116. 5.03.280 Purpose
    117. 5.03.281 Application for Amendment.
    118. 5.03.282 Standards for Adopting Amendments to Zoning Ordinance.
    119. 5.03.283 Compliance.
    120. 5.03.290 Administrative Permits.
    121. 5.03.300 Purpose.
    122. 5.03.310 Purpose.
    123. 5.03.350 Minor, Short-term, and Temporary Uses.
    124. 5.03.351 Home Office Use – Purpose and Recitals.
    125. 5.03.352 Home Office Use – Scope; Prohibition.
    126. 5.03.353 Home Office Use – Zoning Clearance; Prohibited Activi…
    127. 5.03.354 Home Office Use – Zoning Clearance Process.
    128. 5.03.355 Home Occupation Use – Conditional Use Permit Required.
    129. 5.03.356 Home Occupation Use or Cottage Food Operation – Condi…
    130. 5.03.357 No Net Reduction in Housing Units.
    131. 5.03.358 Regulation of the Use of Personal, Medical, and Comme…
    132. 5.03.359 Restrictions and Landscaping Along El Camino Real.
    133. 5.03.360 Restrictions Applicable to Recreational Vehicles and …
    134. 5.03.361 Restrictions Applicable to Dumps.
    135. 5.03.362 Regulations Applicable to RMU Vendors.
    136. 5.03.420 Applicability and Purpose.
    137. 5.03.421 Definitions.
    138. 5.03.422 Basic Requirements.
    139. 5.03.423 Applicant Obligations.
    140. 5.03.424 Electronic Processing.
    141. 5.03.425 Application Review.
    142. 5.03.426 Administrative Use Permit.
    143. 5.03.427 Inspections.
    144. 5.03.428 Exemptions.
    145. 5.03.430 Purpose.
    146. 5.03.431 Applicability of Historic Design Review.
    147. 5.03.432 Definitions.
    148. 5.03.433 Historic Design Review Procedures.
    149. 5.03.434 Findings and Decision.
    150. 5.03.435 Conformance to Plans.
    151. 5.03.500.1 Purpose and Findings.
    152. 5.03.500.2 Definitions.
    153. 5.03.502 Removal or Alteration of Trees Without a Permit Prohi…
    154. 5.03.503 Decision Making Body.
    155. 5.03.504 Permit Procedures.
    156. 5.03.505 Exceptions.
    157. 5.03.506 Appeal .
    158. 5.03.600 Purpose.
    159. 5.03.601 Definitions.
    160. 5.03.602 Administration.
    161. 5.03.603 Interference with town employees, contractors or repr…
    162. 5.03.604 Public Tree Care.
    163. 5.03.605 Destruction of Public Trees Unlawful.
    164. 5.03.606 Exceptions.
    165. 5.03.608 Town Tree Master Plan.
    166. 5.03.608 Master Tree List.
    167. 5.03.609 Prohibited Trees.
    168. 5.03.700 Purpose.
    169. 5.03.701 Applicability.
    170. 5.03.702 Application Requirements.
    171. 5.03.703 Consideration of Request.
    172. 5.03.704 Notice of Decision.

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