Chapter 17.56 — PA OFF-STREET PARKING OVERLAY DISTRICT

Dinuba Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Dinuba

Sections:

17.56.010 Purpose 17.56.020 Permitted uses 17.56.030 Permitted uses – administrative site plan approval 17.56.040 Conditional uses 17.56.050 Uses expressly prohibited 17.56.060 Lot area 17.56.070 Lot dimensions 17.56.080 Building height 17.56.090 Yards 17.56.100 Space between buildings 17.56.110 Coverage 17.56.120 Screening and landscaping 17.56.130 Access 17.56.140 Signs

17.56.010 PURPOSE

The PA off-street parking overlay district is intended to provide for permanent improved parking areas.

17.56.020 LAND SUBJECT TO A (PA) CLASSIFICATION

The off-street parking overlay district classification, denoted as a (PA) on the zoning map, may be superimposed only on those lands zoned C-2, C-3, C-4, and M-1.

17.56.030 PERMITTED USES-ADMINISTRATIVE SITE PLAN APPROVAL

The following uses shall be permitted on properties designated with a PA overlay, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.80 of this Title:

  • A. A public or private parking area, provided:

    1. Such parking area shall be unroofed and for the temporary parking of automobiles, and shall not be used for the regular storage of vehicles or for a car sales area,

    2. Prior to the issuance of a permit thereof, the plans for such parking area shall be submitted and approved in accordance with Chapter 17.64 of this title,

    3. Said area shall be designed, improved and maintained in accordance with Chapter 17.64 of this title;

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.56-1

  • B. Buildings incidental to the operation of a parking lot, not to exceed one-hundred (100) square feet in area, to be used for purposes of maintaining the lot and to contain no provisions for residential or commercial use;

  • C. Temporary (subject to temporary use permit as defined in Section 17.71.180 of this title) or permanent telephone booths.

17.56.040 CONDITIONAL USES

The following uses shall be permitted in the PA overlay district, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.86 of this title:

  • A. Parking structures;

  • B. Within a parking structure two (2) or more stories in height, commercial uses clearly incidental to the use of the building for parking purposes are permitted on the ground floor only in an amount not to exceed six (6) percent of the gross floor area of the parking structure.

17.56.050 USES EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED

In the PA overlay district, the following uses are expressly prohibited:

  • A. Residential use;

  • B. Any combination of residential and nonresidential uses;

  • C. Commercial uses not listed in Section 17.30.030(B) of this chapter;

  • D. Industrial uses;

  • E. Advertising structures (billboards).

17.56.060 LOT AREA

In the PA overlay district, the minimum lot area shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

17.56.070 LOT DIMENSIONS

In the PA overlay district, all lots shall have minimum dimensions of fifty (50) feet.

17.56.080 BUILDING HEIGHT

In the PA overlay district, no parking building or structure shall have a height greater than six (6) stories, not to exceed seventy-five (75) feet.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.56-2

17.56.090 YARDS

Yard requirements in the PA overlay district are as follows:

A. Front. None.

  • B. Side and Rear. No parking building shall be permitted closer than ten (10) feet from any residential district.

17.56.100 SPACE BETWEEN BUILDINGS.

In the PA overlay district, there are no requirements for space between buildings.

17.56.110 COVERAGE

In the PA overlay district, there are no requirements for coverage.

17.56.120 SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING

In the PA overlay district:

  • A. A minimum six (6) foot high ornamental solid wall or fence, or such other height or type of screening as may be required by the city, shall be erected along the property line or district boundary line to separate the P district from any residential district.

  • B. Street trees and other forms of landscaping may be required under the provisions of Chapter 17.71.

17.56.130 ACCESS

In the PA overlay district, access to off-street parking facilities shall be not less than ten (10) feet in width for each direction of vehicular traffic movement and shall be not less than this width from intersecting or intercepting street or alley rights-of-way.

17.56.140 SIGNS

No sign shall be permitted in the PA overlay district except as prescribed in Chapter 17.72 of this title.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.56-3