Glenn County Municipal Code § 15.61 Off-Street Parking And Loading Facilities

• 15.61.010 Purpose

• 15.61.020 Parking Space Requirements

• 15.61.030 Standards Of Off-Street Parking Facilities

1. In order to prevent traffic congestion, off-street parking facilities shall be provided incidental to any new building or structure and major alterations and enlargements of existing uses. Off-street parking spaces or areas required shall be in proportion to the need for such facilities created by the particular type of land use. Off-street parking facilities shall also be laid out in such a manner that the facilities will protect the public safety and insulate surrounding land uses from their impact.

2. All uses permitted in this title shall comply with all applicable standards of this chapter as set forth herein, except as provided in Division 4. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

Off-street parking space shall be provided in connection with the erection or change of use of any building or structure as follows:

1. Residential.

1. Each lot or parcel of land shall have on the same lot or parcel, space suitable for providing off-street parking for at least two automobiles for each dwelling unit. Such parking facilities shall be conveniently accessible and located at the place where the erection of structures is permitted;

2. Roominghouses, boardinghouses and private lodges shall provide at least one parking space for each bedroom;

3. Hotels and motels shall provide one space for each room. There shall also be one parking space for each two employees per shift regularly employed by the establishment or any independent business located within the motel or hotel;

4. Residential care facilities shall provide at least two parking spaces.

5. Medical Offices, Clinics, Hospitals and Other Facilities.

   1. Dental and medical clinics and offices, one parking space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area, or four parking spaces for each doctor, whichever is greater;

   2. Hospitals, one parking space for each bed;

   3. Veterinary hospitals and offices, one parking space for each two hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area;

   4. Convalescent hospitals, fifteen parking spaces for every four beds.

6. Educational Facilities.

   1. Kindergarten and nursery schools, one parking space for each employee plus one parking space for each ten children;

   2. Elementary and junior high schools; one parking space for each employee plus two parking spaces for each classroom;

   3. High schools, one parking space for each employee plus seven parking spaces for each classroom;

   4. Colleges, business and professional schools and colleges, trade schools, one parking space for each employee plus ten parking spaces for each classroom; 5. Trade schools, one space for every sixty square feet of classroom plus one space for every twenty-five square feet of other floor area.

7. Places of Public Assembly. For auditoriums, community centers, theaters, churches, libraries, museums, stadiums, clubs and funeral chapels, one parking space for every five permanent seats or one parking space for every thirty square feet of gross floor area, whichever is less.

8. Recreational Facilities.

2. Billiard and/or pool parlor, two parking spaces for each table;

3. Commercial and Industrial Facilities.

   1. Banks and other financial institutions, one parking space for each two hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area;

4. General retail stores, except as otherwise specified, one parking space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area;

   3. Offices including all public and professional offices, except as otherwise specified, one parking space for each two hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area, with a minimum of four parking spaces;

   4. Commercial service establishments, repair shops, wholesale establishments and retail stores which handle only bulky merchandise such as furniture, household appliances, motor vehicles, farm implements and machinery, one parking space for each five hundred square feet of gross floor area;

   5. Automobile dealerships, one parking space for each two employees during the time of maximum employment, plus one parking space for each two thousand square feet of lot and building area used for the display or storage of automobiles;

   6. Self-service laundries and dry cleaners, one parking space for each three washing machines;

5. Automobile repair shops, one parking space for each four hundred square feet of gross floor area;

6. Barbershops, beauty shops, two parking spaces for each barber or beautician, with a minimum of four spaces;

7. Restaurants, cafes, soda fountains and similar establishments, one parking space for each one hundred square feet of gross floor area;

8. Manufacturing plants and other industrial uses, one parking space for each five hundred square feet of floor area;

9. Warehousing, one space for each one thousand square feet of floor area;

10. Retail food market, one parking space for each five hundred square feet of gross floor area;

11. Nurseries, retail, one parking space for each one thousand five hundred square feet of site. area, plus one loading space for each acre of site area;

12. Shopping centers (major), one parking space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area;

13. Open uses, commercial and industrial uses conducted primarily outside of buildings, one parking space for each employee on the maximum shift, plus additional parking spaces prescribed by the director;

14. Transportation terminal facilities, one parking space for each two employees plus additional parking spaces prescribed by the director;

15. For a use not specified in this section, the same number of off-street parking spaces shall be provided as are required for the most similar specified use. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. Surfacing and marking.

   1. The parking area shall be maintained in good condition at all times and shall be surfaced in a manner to be consistent with the type and level of use so as to provide safe and convenient use in accordance with the following guidelines:

      1. Parking areas used the year around shall be surfaced with asphaltic concrete or its equivalent, except that low intensive uses may be surfaced with gravel or its equivalent;

      2. Parking areas used only periodically shall be surfaced with gravel or its equivalent, except under special circumstances when directed by the public works director;

   2. Parking spaces, entrances, exits and circulation directions shall be marked and shall remain discernible at all times.

2. Stall Size. Each parking space shall be not less than eighteen feet in length and nine feet in width, exclusive of driveways, ramps and columns, for medium and large automobiles and not less than sixteen feet in length and eight feet in width for subcompact and compact automobiles.

3. Compact Cars. For any development, a maximum of forty percent of all parking provided may be compact car parking. Such spaces shall be signed or otherwise designated for smaller compact cars. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. For parking lots abutting public roads, a minimum five-foot landscape planter shall be installed abutting the right-of-way, except where driveways are installed;

2. In addition to the street side planter required in subsection (A), an additional five percent of all parking lot areas shall be landscaped;

3. All landscape areas shall be planted and continuously maintained by the owner. A minimum of one tree shall be planted for each twenty parking spaces;

4. Grading and Drainage. The grading and drainage of all parking areas shall conform to the requirements of the public works director. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)

1. The minimum width of a driveway for two-way traffic shall be eighteen feet;

2. The minimum width of any driveway shall be ten feet;

3. Exception. Any parking lot or parking lot addition designed to serve ten or less vehicles shall be exempt from the paving and landscaping requirement. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)