Millbrae Municipal Code Art. 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.

Table 3 – Off-Street Parking Requirements

(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 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.

Table 4 – Parking Layout Standards

(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))