Article XXI — Parking Regulations

All permitted and conditional uses shall provide the minimum off-street parking according to the zoning district in which they are located as set forth in Table 3 below. Minimum off-street parking standards for parcels in the Millbrae Station area specific plan and downtown and El Camino Real specific plan are specified in the specific plans, unless noted otherwise.

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Table 3 – Off-Street Parking Requirements
Land Use Categories Specific Land Uses Minimum Off-Street Parking
Household Living Single-Family Dwellings 2 garage spaces per unit.
Apartments As specified by conditional use permit.
Duplexes 2 garage spaces per unit.
Triplexes 2 garage spaces per unit.
Multiple-Family Dwellings C District: 1.5 garage spaces per unit.
R-3 District: Studio apartments: 1 garage space
per unit.
One bedroom units: 1.5 garage spaces per unit.
Two or more bedroom units: 2 garage spaces per
unit.
Group Living Care Facilities As specified by conditional use permit.
Rooming and Boardinghouses 1 parking space for each guest room.
State-Regulated Residential Care Maintain parking as required by code for the
Facilities original residential land use.
Temporary Homeless Shelters 1 parking space for each 4 beds.
Community Service Clubs and Lodges 1 parking space for each 4 seats in any assembly
hall.
Community Centers As specified by conditional use permit.
Places of Worship 1 parking space for each 4 seats.
Educational Colleges and Universities As specified by conditional use permit.
Classes Incidental to Retail Uses No additional parking requirement.
Schools (Pre-K and K through 12) As specified by conditional use permit.
Trade and Vocational Schools As specified by conditional use permit.
Tutoring and Instructional As specified by conditional use permit.
Parks and Open Space Country Clubs 1 parking space for each 750 square feet of gross
floor area.
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Table 3 – Off-Street Parking Requirements
Land Use Categories Specific Land Uses Minimum Off-Street Parking
Golf Courses 1 parking space for each 750 square feet of gross
floor area.
Open Space N/A
Parks As specified by conditional use permit.
Utilities Utility Services 1 parking space for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area.
Wireless Communication Facilities No additional parking spaces required where
wireless communication facilities are not the
principal land use.
All other: 1 parking space.
Eating and Drinking Bars 1 parking space for each 2.5 seats in premises
primarily selling alcohol for consumption on site.
Drive-In Restaurants 1 parking space for each 2.5 seats in restaurants.
General Restaurants C District: 1 parking space for each 2.5 seats.
Take-Out Only Restaurants C District: 1 parking space for each 2.5 seats.
Entertainment Indoor Commercial Recreation 1 parking space for each 4 seats in theaters.
5 parking spaces for each lane in any bowling
alley.
1 parking space for each 750 square feet of gross
floor area for all other uses.
Outdoor Commercial Recreation As specified by conditional use permit.
Offices General Offices 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross
floor area.
Medical Offices
Professional Offices
Parking Parking Lots and Structures See Parking Layout Standards Table (MMC
§ 10.05.2120).
Personal Services Banks 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross
floor area.
Dry Cleaners
Hospitals As specified by conditional use permit.
Laundromats 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area.
Medical Clinics As specified by conditional use permit.
Mortuaries 1 parking space for each 4 seats in the chapel.
Personal Care-Related Uses 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross
floor area.
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Table 3 – Off-Street Parking Requirements
Land Use Categories Specific Land Uses Minimum Off-Street Parking
Repair Shops – Not Automobile 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross
Related floor area.
Subject to obtaining a use permit, all or a portion
of the off-street parking requirement may be
satisfied by the payment to the city of an in-lieu
fee as established by the city council.
Pet-Related Services Animal Hospitals 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross
floor area.
Animal Kennels 1 parking space for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area.
Pet Daycare 1 parking space for each 500 square feet of gross
floor area.
Pet Grooming 1 parking space for each 300 square feet of gross
floor area.
Retail Sales Convenience Stores 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area.
Retail Uses 5,000 Square Feet or Less 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area.
Retail Uses 5,001 – 10,000 Square
Subject to obtaining a use permit, all or a portion
Feet
of the off-street parking requirement may be
Retail Uses 10,001 – 25,000 Square satisfied by the payment to the city of an in-lieu
Feet fee as established by the city council.
Retail Uses Greater Than 25,000
Square Feet
Supermarkets 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area.
Vehicle Related Automotive Repair and Paint 1 parking space for each 750 square feet of gross
floor area.
Automobile Sales and Service 1 parking space for each 400 square feet of gross
floor area.
Subject to obtaining a use permit, all or a portion
of the off-street parking requirement may be
satisfied by the payment to the city of an in-lieu
fee as established by the city council.
Carwash As specified by conditional use permit.
Fuel and Service Stations 1 parking space per employee and 1 parking
space for each 2 service bays.
Visitor Bed and Breakfasts 1 parking space per guest room.
Accommodations
Commercial Lodging
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Table 3 – Off-Street Parking Requirements
Land Use Categories Specific Land Uses Minimum Off-Street Parking
Manufacturing Heavy Manufacturing 1 parking space for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area.
Light Manufacturing 1 parking space for each 750 square feet of gross
floor area.
Warehouse, Storage Bulk Materials, Heavy Equipment 1 parking space for each 1,000 square feet of
and Bulk Materials Sales and Service gross floor area.
Fleet Vehicle-Related Uses As specified by conditional use permit.
General Warehousing 1 parking space for each 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area.
Mini Storage
Outdoor Storage As an accessory use to a permitted or conditional
use; parking required as specified by conditional
use permit.
Adult Businesses Gambling Establishments 1 parking space for each 100 square feet of gross
floor area.
Gun Shops 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of gross
floor area.
Liquor Stores
Pawn Shops
Sexually Oriented Businesses
Smoke Shops
Accessory Uses Drive-Through Facilities No additional parking required, but length of
(Allowed Only in stacking lane(s) as specified by conditional use
Conjunction with permit.
Principal Uses)
Home Occupations No additional parking required.
Outdoor Dining No additional parking required.
Outdoor Display of Merchandise No additional parking required.
Other Any change in use in the C or I zones As specified by conditional use permit.
where available on-site parking would
be less than 50% of the total required
parking.
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(Amended by Ord. 800 § 16; Ord. 726 § 2 (Att. A))

Any public or private parking lot, or parking area, established to meet the requirements of this chapter for off-street parking spaces shall afford adequate provision for ingress or egress to any parking spaces. Where a lot does not abut on a public or private alley or access easement, there shall be provided an access driveway of not less than ten feet in width to any single-family, duplex or multiple-dwelling composed of less than nine units, and not less than twenty feet in

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width to all other uses leading to the parking or garage areas required by this chapter. (Formerly 10.05.1180; 1966 Code § 8360; 1976 Code § 10-1.817; Ord. 231; Ord. 726 § 2 (Att. A))

Every parcel of land hereafter used as an automobile or trailer sales lot, or as a public or private parking lot or parking area, including any commercial parking lot shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

• A. Off-street parking lots or parking areas for more than five vehicles shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any "R-1" or "R-2" district or public building, by a masonry wall or solid fence of acceptable design. Such wall or fence shall be not less than three feet or more than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising thereon. The space between such wall or fence and the side lot line-adjoining premises or the front lot line-facing premises, in any "R-1" or "R-2" district, shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs, or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition and, in case the capacity of the parking area exceeds thirty vehicles, it shall be screened by a masonry wall of six feet in height.

• B. Any off-street parking lot, parking area, or parking space, and related driveway, shall be surfaced with asphalt, cement, or comparable material so as to provide a durable and dustless surface, and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulated within the parking and related driveway area, and shall be so arranged and marked so as to provide for orderly and safe ingress, egress, maneuvering, loading/ unloading, and parking of vehicles.

• C. Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking lot or parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining premises in any "R" district.

• D. All public and private parking spaces established to meet the requirements of this chapter for off-street parking spaces shall meet the minimum requirements illustrated in Table 4 below.

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Table 4 – Parking Layout Standards
Parking Stall Minimum Dimensions (in feet)
Type of Parking Stall Width Stall Length Aisle Width
(also see NOTES below) (side to side) (end to end) (stall to stall)
Single-Family, Duplex, and Triplex
Garage parking 10.0 20.0 N/A
Surface parking 8.0 16.0 N/A
Oversize (at least 10% of total auto parking provided)(1)(2)(3)(4)
0 degrees (1- or 2-way flow) 10.0 26.0 12.0 / 24.0
30 degrees (1-way flow) 10.0 20.0 15.0
45 degrees (1-way flow) 10.0 20.0 18.0
60 degrees (1-way flow) 10.0 20.0 21.0
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Table 4 – Parking Layout Standards
Parking Stall Minimum Dimensions (in feet)
Type of Parking Stall Width Stall Length Aisle Width
(also see NOTES below) (side to side) (end to end) (stall to stall)
75 degrees (1-way flow) – – –
90 degrees (2-way flow) 10.0 20.0 24.0
Standard(1)(2)(3)(4)
0 degrees (1- or 2-way flow) 9.0 24.0 12.0 / 24.0
30 degrees (1-way flow) 9.0 18.0 15.0
45 degrees (1-way flow) 9.0 18.0 18.0
60 degrees (1-way flow) 9.0 18.0 21.0
75 degrees (1-way flow) – – –
90 degrees (2-way flow) 9.0 18.0 24.0
Unistall (when used, may be up to 100% of all auto parking provided)(1)(2)(3)(4)
0 degrees (1- or 2-way flow) 8.5 22.0 12.0 / 24.0
30 degrees (1-way flow) 8.5 17.0 15.0
45 degrees (1-way flow) 8.5 17.0 18.0
60 degrees (1-way flow) 8.5 17.0 21.0
75 degrees (1-way flow) – – –
90 degrees (2-way flow) 8.5 17.0 24.0
Compact (up to 25% of total auto parking provided)(1)(2)(3)(4)
0 degrees (1- or 2-way flow) 8.0 20.0 12.0 / 24.0
30 degrees (1-way flow) 8.0 16.0 15.0
45 degrees (1-way flow) 8.0 16.0 18.0
60 degrees (1-way flow) 8.0 16.0 21.0
75 degrees (1-way flow) – – –
90 degrees (2-way flow) 8.0 16.0 24.0
Motorcycle (2-stall minimum in all cases)
0 degrees (1- or 2-way flow) 4.0 10.0 12.0 / 24.0
30 degrees (1-way flow) 4.0 8.0 15.0
45 degrees (1-way flow) 4.0 8.0 18.0
60 degrees (1-way flow) 4.0 8.0 21.0
75 degrees (1-way flow) – – –
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Table 4 – Parking Layout Standards
Parking Stall Minimum Dimensions (in feet)
Type of Parking Stall Width Stall Length Aisle Width
(also see NOTES below) (side to side) (end to end) (stall to stall)
90 degrees (2-way flow) 4.0 8.0 24.0
Bicycle (at least 10% of auto parking provided; 2-bike minimum)
Sited, sized, and designed as appropriate
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Notes:

(1) Shall be "double-striped" (two sets of lines separating each stall).

(2) Shall be "short-striped" (leaving the first couple of feet at the entrance to each stall unstriped).

(3) Handicapped accessible parking is exempt from (1) and (2), but must meet all applicable ADA requirements.

(4) On-street parking is exempt from (1) and (2), but is subject to review and approval by the city's public works department.

(Formerly 10.05.1190; 1966 Code § 8361; 1976 Code § 10-1.818; Amended by Ord. 516 § 3; Ord. 231; Ord. 726 § 2 (Att. A))

• A. In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of ten thousand square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, wholesale store, laundry, dry cleaning plant or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise but not including retail stores and personal service establishments, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building at least one off-street loading space plus one additional such loading space for each twenty thousand square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of twenty thousand square feet. Such loading space shall not be less than twelve feet in width, fifty feet in length, and having a clear height of sixteen feet.

• B. Each loading space may occupy all or any part of any required yard or court space except the front yard, and shall be located no closer than fifty feet to any other lot in any "R" district, unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or surrounded on all sides by a masonry wall not less than eight feet in height.

• (Formerly 10.05.1200; 1966 Code § 8362; 1976 Code § 10-1.819; Ord. 231; Ord. 726 § 2 (Att. A))

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