Inglewood Municipal Code § 12-49 Special Parking Calculations

(A) Compact Parking Spaces. Thirty percent of nonresidential required parking spaces may be compact spaces; however no compact space shall be provided in any parking lot or facility that does not provide a minimum of ten standard parking spaces. No compact parking space shall be utilized to provide any residential parking. (There is no restriction on the utilization of compact parking spaces when such spaces constitute additional parking spaces that exceed the number of required parking spaces.)

Exception: When it can be determined by the Planning and Building Department Director that a professional office facility is specifically designed for little or no retail sales activity and utilizes a parking structure where employee parking may be individually assigned, or that an industrial facility is specifically designed for little or no retail sales activity and employee parking may be individually assigned, the Director may permit up to a maximum of forty percent of the required parking to be provided by compact parking spaces.

(B) Handicapped Parking Spaces. The number of parking spaces designed to provide special access for handicapped persons shall conform to the provisions of Section 12-57 of this Chapter.

(C) Tandem Parking. Tandem parking spaces, where one parking space is located immediately behind a second parking space and thereby a parked vehicle in the anterior space obstructs access to and from the second (interior) space, shall not be utilized to provide required off-street parking.

Exception: Tandem parking spaces are permitted in residential subterranean parking facilities permitted for construction prior to July 1, 1990.

(D) Mixed Uses. Whenever there is a combination of two or more distinct uses on one lot or building site, or within one structure or store, the total number of parking spaces required to be provided for such lot, building site, structure or store shall be not less than the sum total of the parking spaces required for each of the distinct uses. No off-street parking facilities provided for one use shall be deemed to provide parking facilities for any other use.

(E) Calculations Involving Fractions. When calculating the number of required off-street parking spaces for any particular use, building, or structure, or integrated group of uses, buildings, or structures, any resulting fraction less than one-half shall be disregarded and any such fraction of one-half or greater shall be construed as requiring one additional parking space.

(Ord. 87-3 3-17-87; Ord. 90-23 9-11-90; Ord. 02-12 3-19-02; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08)

Regardless of any minimum dimensional requirement of this Article, when site conditions or parking facility design could result in impaired access, restricted maneuverability or reduced safety, within a proposed parking facility, a greater dimension shall be required by the Planning and Building Department Director to ensure a safe and functional utilization of the parking facility.

(Ord. 88-7 5-17-88; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08)