Malibu Municipal Code § 3.14 Parking Regulations (CA)

3.14.1 Purpose and Intent¶

A. This chapter assures the provision of adequate off-street parking facilities in conjunction with any residential, commercial or other use or development. These standards should be considered the minimum required to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and more extensive parking provisions may be warranted in particular circumstances.

B. New development shall provide off-street parking sufficient to serve the approved use in order to minimize impacts to public street parking available for coastal access and recreation. Adequate parking should be provided to serve coastal access and recreation uses to the extent feasible.

C. Existing parking areas serving recreational uses shall not be displaced unless a comparable replacement area is provided.

D. Restrictions on public parking, which would impede or restrict public access to beaches, trails, or parklands (including, but not limited to, the posting of "no parking" signs, red curbing, physical barriers, imposition of maximum parking time periods, and preferential parking programs), shall be prohibited except where such restrictions are needed to protect public safety and where no other feasible alternative exists to provide public safety. Where feasible, an equivalent number of public parking spaces shall be provided nearby as mitigation for impacts to coastal access and recreation.

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3.14.2 District Parking Requirements.¶

3.14.3 Specific Parking Requirements.¶

Parking shall be provided in accordance with the list of uses under this section. Where the standards result in a fraction, the next larger whole number shall be the number of spaces required. For additions to existing developments, the increased parking requirement shall be based only on the addition. A minimum of two spaces shall be provided for any use or development regardless of the size or scope of the use or development. The minimum size for a residential parking space shall be 18 feet long by 10 feet wide. If the specific use is not listed in the following table, the parking requirements listed in each zone district shall apply:

PARKING STANDARDS Residential Units

Emergency shelters	One parking space per 10 adult beds, plus 1 parking space per employee on the largest shift
Large residential care facility	One space for every two beds and 1 space for every employee
	In addition, 1 off-street parking space for each outside employee shall be provided and maintained.
Multi-family units (market rate)	For each efficiency dwelling unit, 2 spaces which shall be either enclosed or covered
	For each one-bedroom or two-bedroom unit, 3 spaces, two of which shall be enclosed
	For each additional bedroom above two, 1 space which shall be enclosed or covered
	Guest parking for each 4 units or fraction thereof, 1 space
Multi-family units (affordable)	For each efficiency or one-bedroom dwelling unit, 1 space
	For each two-bedroom or three-bedroom unit, 2 spaces, inclusive of guest parking
	For each four-bedroom or larger unit, 2 ½ spaces
	Guest parking for each 4 units or fraction thereof, 1 space
Single-room occupancy	For two units, 1 space (inclusive of guest parking)
	In addition, 2 spaces for the resident manager
Small residential care facility	2 enclosed and 2 unenclosed spaces
Visitor-Serving Commercial Uses	Visitor-Serving Commercial Uses
Hotel	2 spaces for each room, plus 1 space for the average, per-shift number of employees, plus 1 space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area used for consumption of food or beverages, or public recreation areas, plus 1 space for each 5 fixed seats, or for every 35 square feet of assembly area where there are no fixed seats in meeting rooms or other assembly areas.
Motel or motor hotel	1 space for each keyed room, plus 1 space for the average, per-shift number of employees.
Boarding/lodging houses, student housing, dormitories, and fraternity/sorority houses	2 spaces for each 3 guest rooms, plus 2 spaces for each dwelling unit. In dormitories, each 100 square feet of gross floor area shall be considered equivalent to one guest room.
Educational and Cultural Uses	Educational and Cultural Uses
Elementary and junior high	2 spaces for each classroom
High school, including auditoriums and stadiums on the site	7 spaces for each teaching station.
College or university, including auditoriums and stadiums on the site	0.85 spaces for each full-time equivalent, less the number of spaces provided to serve on-campus housing facilities in accord with this schedule.
Business, professional or trade schools	1 space for each faculty member or employee, plus 1 space for each 3 students based upon the maximum number of students attending classes at any one time during any 24-hour period
Day nurseries and preschools	1 space for each employee, plus 1 space for each 5 children or 1 space for each 10 children where a circular driveway is provided for the continuous flow of passenger vehicles (for the purpose of loading and unloading children) and which accommodates at least 2 such vehicles.
Libraries, museums, and art galleries	1 space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.
Places of Assembly and Recreational Uses
Theater, auditorium, arena or stadium, except when part or a school or institutional	1 space for each 3 fixed seats or for every 21 square feet of seating area where there are not fixed seats, plus 1 space for each 2 employees.
Churches	1 space for each 3 fixed seats or for every 21 square feet of seating area where there are no fixed seats.
Chapels, mortuaries or funeral homes	1 space for each 3 fixed seats or for every 21 square feet of seating area where there are no fixed seats in the main chapel, plus 1 space for each 350 square feet of gross floor area outside the main chapel.
Dance halls, pool and billiard parlors, skating rinks, exhibition and assembly halls without fixed seats, community centers, health clubs, lodge and union halls	1 space for each 3 persons allowed with the maximum occupancy load as established by local building code, or 1 space for each 72 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater, plus 1 space for each employee
Bowling alley	5 spaces for each lane.
Golf driving range, public	1 ½ spaces for each 10 linear feet of driving range or 1 space per tee, whichever is greater.
Golf course, regulation, public	8 spaces for each hole, plus 1 space for each employee.
Golf course, miniature or 3 par, public	2 spaces for each hole, plus 1 space for each employee.
Swimming pool, commercial	1 space for each 100 square feet of water surface, plus 1 space for each employee, but not less than 10 spaces for any such use.
Tennis, handball, and racquetball courts, public	2 spaces for each court.
Private golf course, country club, swim club, tennis club, recreation center and other similar uses	1 space for each 4 persons allowed within the maximum occupancy load as established by building code, plus 1 space for each 2 employees.
Stables	1 space for every 5 horses.
Medical and Health Uses	Medical and Health Uses
Convalescent and nursing homes, homes for the aged, resthomes and sanitariums	1 space for every four beds or 1 space for every dwelling unit, whichever is greater, plus 1 space for each employee.
Hospitals	1 space for each two patient beds, plus 1 space for each employee.
Dental and medical offices or other similar uses	1 space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area.
Veterinary hospitals and clinics	1 space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.
Offices Uses	Offices Uses
Commercial bank, savings and loan offices, other floor financial institutions, public or private utility office, mutual ticket agency, other similar window service offices.	1 space for each 225 sq. ft. of gross floor area of the main non-bank uses within a bank structure shall provide parking pursuant to specific use guidelines.
General office and other business, technical service, administrative, or professional offices.	1 space for each 250 sq. ft. of gross floor area.
Business and Commercial Uses	Business and Commercial Uses
Beauty shop or barber shop	3 spaces for each of the first 2 beauty or barber chairs, plus 1 ½ spaces for each additional chair.
Other personal service establishments, including cleaning or laundry agency of similar use	1 space for each 250 sq. ft of gross floor area.
Restaurants, night clubs, bars and similar establishments for the sale and consumption of food or beverages on the premises	1 space for each 50 sq. ft of service area.
General retail stores, except as otherwise provided	1 space for each 225 sq. ft of gross floor area.
Shopping centers	5 spaces for each 1000 sq. ft of gross floor area within the center; or spaces as required for each individual use within the center. To qualify for the "shopping center" criteria (5/1000) a well balanced mixture of uses within the center must be demonstrated. Where there is an imbalance of high intensity uses, restaurants, theater, bowling alleys, billiard parlors, beauty schools and other such uses and/or long-term parking uses, parking calculations will be based totally or in part on an individual basis.
Food store, grocery store, supermarket, or similar use	1 space for each 225 sq. ft of gross floor area.
Drive-in and window service restaurants providing outdoor eating area or walk-up or drive-up window service	1 space for each 50 sq. ft of gross floor area, but not less than 10 spaces for any such use. The above may be modified for walk-up facilities with no seating area (and beach-front walkup seating) depending upon the particulars of the individual case.
Laundromats and coin operated cleaners	1 space for each 2 machines.
Automobile service stations	2 spaces for each lubrication stall, rack, or pit, plus 1 space for each gasoline pump outlet.
Auto wash, except self-service	Reservoir (line-up) parking equal; to 5 times the capacity of the auto wash. In determining capacity, each 20 linear ft. of wash line shall equal one car length.
Auto wash, self-service	5 spaces for each 2 wash stalls.
Furniture store, appliance store, machinery rental or sales store (excluding motor vehicle rental or sales), and similar establishments which handle only bulky merchandise	1 space for each 500 sq. ft of gross floor area, except floor area used exclusively for storage of loading, plus 1 space for each 500 sq. ft of outdoor sales, display or service area.
Commercial service establishments, repair shops, motor vehicle repair garages, and similar establishments	1 space for each 500 sq. ft of gross floor area, except floor area used exclusively for storage or loading, plus 1 space for each 500 sq. ft of outdoor sales, display or service area.
Automobile, truck, boat, trailer or similar vehicle shops, motor vehicle sales or rental establishment	1 space for each 500 sq. ft of gross floor area, except floor area used exclusively for storage or loading, plus 1 space for each 1000 sq. ft. of outdoor sales, display or service area.
Wholesale establishments, mail order houses, printing and publishing establishments, and cartage or express facilities	1 space for each 500 sq. ft of gross floor area, but not less than 5 spaces, plus 1 space for each employee.
Lumber yard	1 space for each 500 sq. ft of gross floor area, plus 1 space for each 1000 sq. ft of outdoor sales, display or service area, plus 1 space for each 2 employees.
Contractor's storage yard, salvage yard, junk yard, automobile wrecking yard	5 spaces, plus 1 space for each employee.
Retail plant nursery, garden shop including greenhouses or lathhouses, or similar outdoor sales and display	5 spaces, plus 1 space for each 500 sq. ft. of outdoor sales, display or service area.
Manufacturing and Related Uses	Manufacturing and Related Uses
Manufacturing or industrial establishment, including offices and other incidental operations on the same site	1 space for each 350 sq. ft of gross floor area, but not less than 3 spaces for each 4 employees.
Laboratories and research establishments	1 space for each 300 sq. ft of gross floor area, but not less than 3 spaces for each 4 employees.
Warehouses or storage building	1 space for each 1000 sq. ft of gross floor area, but not less than 1 space for each employee.
Public utility facilities, including electric, gas, water, telephone, and telegraph, facilities not having business offices on the premises	1 space for each employee, but not less than 2 spaces for each such facility.

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3.14.4 Joint Use and Common Parking Facilities.¶

The Planning Commission may permit the joint use of parking facilities to meet the standards for certain commercial, office, or mixed uses under the following conditions:

A. Up to one-half of the parking facilities required for a primarily daytime use may be used to meet the requirements of a primarily nighttime use and up to one-half of the parking facilities required for a primarily nighttime use may be used to meet the requirements of a primarily daytime use; provided, that such reciprocal parking arrangement shall comply with subsection C of this section.

B. The Planning Commission may reduce parking requirements for common parking facilities by up to twenty-five percent in shopping centers or other commercial areas where a parking lot with common access and joint use is provided.

C. The parties concerned shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the building or uses for which the joint use is proposed and shall evidence agreement for such use by a proper legal instrument, to which the city is a party.

D. Parking facilities for new development of general office or commercial use, which may cumulatively impact public access and recreation, shall be designed to serve not only the development during ordinary working hours, but also public beach parking during weekends and holidays, in conjunction with public transit or shuttle buses serving beach recreation areas.

E. A program to utilize existing parking facilities for office and commercial development located near beaches for public access parking during periods of normal beach use when such development is not open for business should be developed. As feasible, new non-visitor serving office or commercial development shall be required to provide public parking for beach access during weekends and holidays.

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3.14.5 Development Standards.¶

The following development standards shall apply to all parking areas with six or more spaces:

A. Location

Required parking facilities shall be on the same lot as the structure they are intended to serve, except that with proper legal agreement, the planning commission may approve parking on a separate lot. In no event shall required parking be farther than 300 feet from the use it is required to serve. This distance shall be measured along a legal and safe pedestrian path from the parking space to the nearest entrance of the building or use for which the parking is required.
The required parking spaces may be located in interior side and rear setbacks. Except for schools and public safety facilities, no parking space, either required or otherwise, shall be located in any required front or street-side setback area, unless regulations provide otherwise.

B. Access. There shall be a minimum ten-foot wide, three-inch thick, asphaltic or cement concrete, paved, vehicular accessway from a public street or alley to off-street parking facilities.

C. Screening

Where a parking area abuts or is across the street from a residential district, it shall be separated therefrom by a solid masonry wall not less than 42 inches in height. The planning commission may waive this wall requirement if additional setback and screening planting, or landscaped berms are to be provided.
Where a parking area is across the street from a residential district, there shall be a border of appropriate landscaping not less than five feet in depth, measured from the street right-of-way line, along the street frontage.
Parking areas shall be screened from view from all designated highways.

D. Layout and Paving

Parking areas shall provide for a twenty-five foot outside turning radius within the facility and a thirty-foot outside turning radius into public alleys.
Except in residential parking facilities with less than six spaces, parking spaces shall be arranged so that vehicles need not back onto or across any public sidewalk.
Off-street parking facilities shall be designed so that a vehicle within the parking facility shall not be required to enter a street to move from one location to any other location within that parking facility. Separate non-contiguous parking facilities may be provided with independent entrances for employee and visitor parking, provided the use of each lot is clearly identified on proposed plans and at the entrances to each lot.
No dead end parking aisles serving more than five stalls shall be permitted unless the aisle is provided with a turnaround area installed in a manner meeting the approval of the Manager.
Tire stops shall be provided within all parking areas.
All parking areas shall be surfaced with asphaltic or cement concrete paving which is at least three inches thick or permeable paving of comparable load-carrying capacity and durability.
Parking stalls shall be at least nine feet by twenty feet minimum, and shall be marked with lines or indicated with special paving materials. The access lanes shall be clearly defined and shall include directional arrows to guide internal movement traffic. Compact parking spaces are permitted, but shall not exceed twenty percent of the total number of required spaces. Compact stalls shall be a minimum of eight feet by fifteen feet six inches and shall be marked for compact use only.
Off-street parking facilities shall be designed so that provision is made, to the satisfaction of the Manager, for the accommodation of vans, motorcycles, and bicycles.

E. Landscaping

A landscaped planter bed of at least five feet in width with a 6-inch high cement concrete berm shall be installed along the entire perimeter except for those areas devoted to perpendicular accessways.
A minimum of five percent of the paved parking area shall be devoted to interior planting areas. Extensive use of trees is encouraged. All planting areas shall be at least three feet wide. Perimeter planting shall not be considered part of this required interior planting.
Where topography and gradient allow, parking lots should be depressed and/or screened from view by landscaped berms and hedges.
Where trees already exist on the property, the design should make the best use of this growth and shade. Such trees shall be protected by a tree well with a diameter sufficient to insure their continued growth.
Planting areas should be distributed throughout the lot as evenly as possible, but variations from this pattern may be granted by the Manager when a different pattern would result in the overall aesthetic improvement of the project. Innovation in design and materials is encouraged.
Wherever a center divider separates parking stalls facing each other, tree wells shall be established not more than fifty feet apart for large trees (exceeding twenty feet spread at maturity), or not more than thirty feet for small and medium-sized trees.
All plantings shall be permanently and regularly maintained free of debris and in conformity with the accepted practices for landscape maintenance.
Required landscaping shall be irrigated with greywater, where feasible.

F. Lighting. Lighting, where provided to illuminate a parking area, shall be hooded and so arranged and controlled so as not to cause a nuisance either to highway traffic or to adjacent properties.

G. Usability. The required off-street parking facilities and driveways shall not be used for any purpose other than as required by this chapter. Unless otherwise provided by an approved use permit, no owner or tenant shall lease, rent or otherwise make such required parking available to any person who does not occupy the premises for which the parking is required.

H. Seasonal or Peak Parking Areas. With the approval of the planning commission, the above development standards may be waived or conditionally waived for a portion of the required parking spaces where the applicant can show that such spaces are required only on a periodic basis.

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3.14.6 Loading¶

A. The following off-street loading spaces shall be provided and continuously maintained and shall be not less than ten feet in width, twenty feet in length, and with fourteen feet of vertical clearance:

Total Square Feet of Building Space	Loading Spaces Required
Commercial Buildings (gross floor area)
3,000—15,000	1
15,001—45,000	2
45,001—75,000	3
75,001—105,000	4
105,001—and over	5
Commercial Outdoor Sales (gross area)
0—5,000	1
5,001—45,000	2
45,001—105,000	3
105,001—and over	4
Institutional (gross floor area)
3,000—20,000	1
20,001—50,000	2
50,001—80,000	3
80,001—110,000	4
110,001—and over	5

B. When the lot upon which the loading spaces are located abuts an alley, such loading spaces shall adjoin or have access from the alley. The length of the loading space may be measured perpendicular to or parallel with the alley. Where such loading area is parallel with the alley and the lot is fifty feet or less in width, the loading area shall extend across the full width of the lot. The length of a loading area need not exceed fifty feet for any two spaces.

C. Loading space required by this section may occupy a required rear or interior side setback, but not a required front or street side setback. Where the loading is permitted in a setback, the setback may be used in calculating the area required for loading, providing that there be no more than one entry or exit for each sixty feet of lot frontage or fraction thereof.

D. All loading spaces shall be separate, striped spaces in addition to the required parking spaces not within a required parking lot drive, backout space or aisle; except, that for commercial buildings with a gross floor area of less than fifteen thousand square feet, the loading space may be within a parking lot drive, backout space or aisle.

E. No loading space shall be located on a dead end driveway, accessway, aisle, or alley unless a turn-around circle with a minimum radius of ninety feet is provided adjacent to the loading space.

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