Mendocino County Municipal Code § 20.714.010 Parking Requirements

The County shall provide for traffic, bicycle, and pedestrian safety within the Town, consistent with historic preservation. The County shall analyze the need for, and install where warranted and consistent with the Capital Improvement Program, additional traffic control measures, including but not limited to signage, speed controls, marked cross-walks, and new sidewalks or paths to enhance the walking environment of the Town.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Permitted development shall provide off-street parking consistent with the requirements of the applicable Zoning District, or demonstrate compliance with an alternative provision of parking that meets the applicable standards over the economic life of the development.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

(a) Permitted development may meet the parking requirements through project design, recorded off-site parking agreements with third parties, or participation in an in-lieu fee parking program.

(b) Where no off-street parking is feasible in otherwise permitted development, the development applicant shall pay an in-lieu fee to the County, or to an entity acceptable to the County, provided that such fees:

(1) Shall be proportionate to the cost of parking construction and maintenance, and

(2) Shall be used solely in the Town of Mendocino for street and public parking improvements within existing public street rights-of-way or on other publicly owned land.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

On-site parking ingress and egress shall not have a significant adverse impact on the historical character of the Town, including, but not limited to, through elimination of on-street parking spaces. Off-street parking shall be designed to: (1) minimize its visibility from public areas, either by locating parking behind buildings or by providing adequate landscape screening; and (2) minimize its interruption of the pedestrian's use of the sidewalk through minimizing the scale and placement of driveways to off-street parking, especially when parking can be accessed from alleys or secondary streets. Where such measures are infeasible or would conflict with public view protection requirements of the Town LCP, other feasible screening shall be required.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Bicycle parking shall be incorporated in:

(a) The Main Street restoration and enhancement project;

(b) Any Mendocino Headlands State Park facilities planning and the 1976 Mendocino Headlands State Park General Plan; and

(c) All new commercial development with one thousand (1,000) square feet or more of floor area.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

All new parking areas shall minimize impermeable surfacing and soil compaction, and shall use permeable ADA-compliant paving material wherever feasible.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Where the Mendocino Unified School District is able to accommodate overflow parking on School District property, and where the California Department of Parks and Recreation is able to accommodate, as feasible, overflow parking on Mendocino Headlands State Park adjacent to Main Street, Heeser Street, and Heeser Drive west of its intersection with Heeser Street:

(a) Such additional parking shall utilize semi-pervious pavers or similar materials that comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, and

(b) A public agency participant in providing such parking may receive or collect in-lieu fee parking payments for use solely to provide, enhance, operate, and maintain it.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

(a) The existing (2015) supply of on-street parking spaces on each block in the Town shall be maintained by limiting, as feasible, the number and width of access points to private off-street parking and by discouraging exclusive use of on-street parking spaces by adjoining private property owners.

(b) As part of the implementation of the Public Access Component in the Main Street, Ukiah Street, and Little Lake Street rights-of-way, the County shall consider placing restrictions on parking by commercial trucks with a weight in excess of two (2) tons, beyond the reasonable time required for loading and unloading in the performance of a service to or on the block in which the vehicle is engaged.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Improvement and maintenance of existing and new parking spaces shall include, but not be limited to, new pavement or repavement with permeable paving materials that comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, delineation of parking spaces, provision of wheel stops to protect existing walking paths, and associated sustainable storm water management.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)