National City Municipal Code Ch. 18.45 Off-Street Parking and Loading

A. Intent of this Chapter.

1. Provide for the establishment of accessory off-street parking and loading facilities incidental to new uses and to major alterations and enlargements of existing uses, in order to prevent or to progressively alleviate traffic congestion and shortage of curb space;

2. Prescribe minimum off-street parking and loading requirements for the various structures and uses irrespective of the districts in which they occur;

3. Ensure that off-street parking and loading facilities are designed, developed and maintained in a manner that will assure their usefulness, provide for public safety, and, where appropriate, insulate surrounding uses from their impact.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

For any structure or use hereafter constructed, established, substantially altered, increased in intensity of use, or changed in, off-street parking and loading facilities conforming to the requirements of this chapter shall be provided on the same lot as the main building or structure or on contiguous property.

A. Required for New or Moved Structures. Parking and loading facilities shall be provided for all structures and uses hereafter constructed, established, or moved to new sites.

B. Additional Facilities for Altered Structures—Requirements.

1. Additional parking and loading facilities need not be provided where any structure is renovated or repaired, provided said structure is not increased in intensity of use or changed to a use requiring additional facilities.

2. Parking and loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for an equivalent new structure where any such structure is in any way structurally altered to the extent of more than twice the latest assessed valuation prior to the alteration. (This provision applies to existing structures which, upon the effective date of the National City Land Use Code, are nonconforming as to parking and loading. The "latest assessed valuation" requirement is identical to the requirement for all nonconforming structures under the nonconforming provisions.)

C. Increase in Intensity of Use.

1. For the purpose of this chapter, an increase in the intensity of use of any structure or premises shall mean the addition of dwelling units, employees, gross floor area, seating capacity, or any other unit of measurement specified in this title as a basis for determining required parking and loading facilities.

2. When the intensity of use of any structure or premises, excluding single-family detached dwellings, is increased by less than fifty percent, parking and loading facilities shall be provided for the increase but not for any existing deficiency in such facilities.

3. When the intensity of use is increased by more than fifty percent, excluding single-family detached dwellings, parking and loading facilities shall be provided for the entire structure or premises.

4. When consecutive increases in intensity of use amount to a total increase of more than fifty percent, parking and loading facilities shall be provided for the entire structure or premises. Consecutive increases shall be figured from the effective date of the National City Land Use Code or from the time of the initial construction or establishment, whichever is more recent.

5. When a single-family detached dwelling is increased or expanded to more than two thousand five hundred square feet of floor area and/or more than four bedrooms, off-street parking facilities shall be provided for the increase but not for any existing deficiency in such facilities. Parking facilities required as a result of this chapter may be provided in a garage, carport, or surface space.

D. Change in Use. When the use of any structure or premises is changed to a different use, parking and loading facilities shall be provided for the different use, in compliance with the provisions of this section for increase in intensity of use.

E. Permitted Facilities. Any off-street parking or loading facility which is permitted but not required by this title shall comply with all regulations in this chapter governing the location, design, improvement, operation and maintenance of such facilities.

F. Reduction of Existing Facilities. Accessory parking and loading facilities in existence on the effective date of the National City Land Use Code, or authorized and subsequently established under a building permit issued prior to said effective date, shall not be reduced below, or if already less than, shall not be further reduced below, the requirements for an equivalent new structure or use. All such facilities shall be continued for as long as the structure or use served is continued, or until equivalent facilities are substituted in conformance with the requirements of this title. In no case, however, shall it be necessary to continue parking or loading facilities in excess of those required by this title for equivalent new structures or uses.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

A. Off-site Facilities—Recorded Agreements.

1. Where required parking or loading facilities are provided on a lot other than the lot on which the structure or use served is located, as a prerequisite to the issuance of a building permit or certificate of occupancy, the property owners for which the facilities are required to be provided shall record an agreement, approved by the city attorney as to form and content, in the office of the county recorder as a covenant running with the land for the benefit of the city. The agreement shall provide that said facilities shall be continued so long as the structure or use they intended to serve is continued.

2. Said agreement shall remain in effect until satisfactory evidence has been submitted to the planning division either that other parking or loading facilities meeting the requirements of this title have been provided or that the structure or use served has been removed or changed so as to no longer require said facilities. Upon submission of such evidence, the planning division shall remove the restriction from the property.

B. Off-site Facilities—Certificate of Occupancy for Building or Structure Being Served.

1. Any certificate of occupancy for the structure or use referred to in Section 18.43.030(A) shall be valid only while such parking facilities are continued and shall bear a notation to that effect.

2. Each such certificate shall be continuously displayed in a conspicuous place in the building, or, if there is no building, on the premises. The city manager or his/her designee shall keep a record of each off-site parking or loading facility and shall periodically inspect such facilities to ensure their continuation.

3. If such facilities are not continued, the certificate of occupancy for the structure or use served by the facilities shall be automatically canceled. The building official shall notify the person having custody of said structure or use of the cancellation of the certificate and the reasons therefore. The structure or use shall not thereafter be occupied or used until the required facilities are again provided in accordance with the provisions of this title and a new certificate is issued.

C. Requirements—General. Where there is a combination of structures or uses on a lot, the total number of parking stalls and loading facilities required shall be the sum of the individual requirements of the various structures or uses on the premises.

D. Unspecified Uses—Determination of Parking Requirements. Parking requirements for structures and uses not specified in Section 18.45.050 shall be determined by the planning commission based on the requirements for the most comparable structure or use specified.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

All parking facility improvements shall comply with the provisions of Section 18.12.070 (Site Plan Review). Improvements subject to review include, but are not limited to, driveways, access to streets and alleys, arrangement of parking stalls, aisles and maneuvering areas, signs and traffic-control devices, striping, surfacing, lighting, landscaping, screening, pedestrian walkways, fire access ways, obstructions, traffic flow and protective barriers.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

The off-street parking and loading spaces as required by this section shall be completed and made available for use, including curb break and driveway installed to the established grade of the street, prior to the occupancy of the building served.

A. Off-Street Parking Schedule. Each land use shall be provided the number of parking spaces required as determined in Table 18.45.050. In addition, the following information shall be used to determine off-street parking requirements.

1. Floor Area. Where Table 18.45.050 establishes a parking requirement based on the floor area of a use in a specified number of square feet (e.g., one space per two hundred fifty square feet), the floor area shall be construed to mean gross floor area.

2. Fractions. Where application of the requirements in Table 18.45.050 results in a fractional requirement, a fraction of 0.5 or greater shall be increased to the next higher number and a fraction of less than 0.5 shall be reduced to the next lower number.

TABLE 18.45.050 Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements by Land Use

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(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

A. Tandem parking shall be permitted only in multi-family or mixed-use development for units of three bedrooms or more.

B. Tandem spaces shall only be permitted in an enclosed parking garage.

C. Each tandem space shall be reserved for the exclusive use of a three-or-more-bedroom unit and may not be split between units.

D. A maximum of twenty-five percent of said multi-family or mixed-use development may be provided with tandem parking spaces.

E. Tandem parking is permitted when a mechanical lift parking device is used. See Section 18.45.100 G.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

A. Shared Parking for Mixed Use in MCR-1 and MCR-2 Zones. Shared parking may be considered where fifty percent of the parking may be shared between daytime uses (commercial and office) and nighttime uses (residential).

B. Joint Parking Arrangements. Joint parking arrangements may be developed on-site or within an off-site parking lot or parking structure located within five hundred feet of the property line of the development.

C. Tandem Parking.

1. Two-car tandem garages are permitted within the RS-4 zone. A two-car tandem garage shall measure a minimum of ten feet wide by thirty-eight feet long. A tandem parking space within a parking structure shall be a minimum of eight and one-half feet wide by thirty-six feet long.

2. A maximum of twenty-five percent of multi-family development may be provided with tandem parking spaces.

3. Tandem parking is permitted when a mechanical lift parking device is used. See Section 18.45.100.G.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

In addition to the parking spaces required by Table 18.45.050, for owners, occupants, employees, customers, or visitors of structures and uses, one parking space shall be provided for each commercial vehicle used in connection with the operation of any structure or use. Parking spaces for accessory vehicles shall be provided within an open or enclosed parking facility on the same lot as the structure or use to which the vehicles are accessory.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

A. Transportation Demand Management Program (TDM). The planning commission, appealable to city council, may approve a reduction in off-street parking spaces otherwise required by the strict application of this section, subject to conditions it deems appropriate, when the applicant has demonstrated to the City's satisfaction that, due to the TDM program, that the spaces proposed to be eliminated for the subject development are unnecessary and that the reduction will not adversely affect the site or the adjacent area. A TDM program shall include, at a minimum, the following components:

1. A projected reduction in parking demand expressed as a percentage of overall parking demand and the basis for such reduction;

2. The TDM program actions to be taken by the applicant to reduce the parking demand;

3. A requirement by the applicant to periodically monitor whether the projected reductions are being achieved; and

4. A commitment and plan whereby the applicant shall provide additional parking spaces in an amount equivalent to the reduction should the TDM program not result in the projected reduction in parking demand.

B. Proximity to Transit. The planning commission, appealable to city council, may approve a reduction in off-street parking spaces otherwise required by the strict application of this section, subject to conditions that it deems appropriate, when the subject development is conveniently accessible to a transit station. The transit station must either exist or is programmed for completion within the same time frame as the completion of the subject development. In addition, the subject development shall be located within a quarter-mile radius (one thousand three hundred twenty feet) of the transit station. Such reduction may be approved when the applicant has proven that the parking spaces proposed to be eliminated are unnecessary based on the projected parking demand resulting from the proximity to the transit station and such reduction in parking spaces will not adversely affect the site or the adjacent area. Parking may be reduced to no more than two parking spaces per one thousand square feet of commercial floor area and multi-unit residential parking requirements may be reduced to no more than one space for studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units and two spaces for three-bedroom units. The subject development may be exempt from minimum parking requirements are per Assembly Bill 2097 (AB 2097).

C. Shared Parking. The planning commission, appealable to city council, encourages parking lots for different structures or uses, or for mixed-uses, to be shared. At the applicant's request, a reduction in off-street parking spaces otherwise required by the strict application of this section, subject to conditions it deems appropriate, when the applicant has demonstrated to the review authority's satisfaction that, due to the shared parking approach, that the spaces proposed to be eliminated for the subject development are unnecessary and that the reduction will not adversely affect the site or the adjacent area. Uses that are sharing the parking facility shall be a maximum of five hundred feet from the closest parking space in a lot providing the shared spaces.

D. Adjacent On-Street Parking. The planning commission, appealable to city council, may approve a reduction in off-street parking spaces otherwise required by the strict application of this section, subject to conditions it deems appropriate, when the applicant has demonstrated to the city's satisfaction that the spaces proposed to be eliminated for the subject development are unnecessary and that the reduction will not adversely affect the site or the adjacent area. A reduction in parking spaces will only be allowed for adjacent on-street parking when said spaces are located along the public street frontage shared with the building's facade. For example, if a building fronting a public street measures one hundred linear feet and four parking spaces are located adjacent to the one hundred linear feet of frontage, the parking reduction may be four spaces. Fractions of spaces will not be permitted to count towards the reduction allowance.

E. Car-Sharing. The planning commission, appealable to city council, may approve a reduction in off-street parking spaces otherwise required by the strict application of this section, subject to conditions it deems appropriate, when the applicant has demonstrated to the city's satisfaction that the spaces proposed to be eliminated for the subject development are unnecessary and that the reduction will not adversely affect the site or the adjacent area. A reduction of one parking space for each car sharing vehicle space leased by a car sharing program may be allowed for every sixty dwelling units in a multi-unit residential development.

F. Motorcycle Parking Spaces. Parking lots with forty or more spaces may replace regular spaces with motorcycle spaces. One regular space may be replaced for each forty required spaces. Motorcycle spaces shall be a minimum size of four feet by eight feet. Although more spaces may be provided, a maximum of two and one-half percent of the total parking space requirement based on the strict application of this section may be motorcycle parking spaces provided in lieu of automobile parking space. Motorcycle parking spaces shall be located within one hundred feet of a building entry.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

A. California Vehicle Code. Properly posted and identified off-street parking stalls reserved for disabled persons shall be provided pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 21107.8 et seq. or the most recently adopted Chapter 11 of the California Building Code. Such parking stalls shall be included in the minimum number of parking stalls required by this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

A. Setbacks.

1. Parking facilities may occupy any portion of a lot, except and as provided by this section.

2. Parking facilities shall not extend into any required yard that adjoins a street lot line.

3. Where a parking facility is on a lot not in a residential zone but which adjoins a residential zone along the same street, the parking facility shall not be located closer to the street lot line than would be permitted on the adjoining residential zone lot or twenty feet, whichever is less. The street setback provided by this provision shall extend for a distance of at least fifty feet from the adjoining residential zone.

4. All parking stalls in an open parking facility shall be setback from any dwelling unit wall on the same lot if the wall contains doors or windows which are on the same or approximately the same level as the parking facility. The setback shall be at least ten feet in width, at least one-half the width of which shall be unpaved.

B. Minimum Dimensions. Stalls, Back-Up Areas, and Aisles. All parking stalls for a standard size car shall measure no less than nine feet wide and eighteen feet long, except for parallel parking spaces, which shall measure no less than nine feet wide and twenty-three feet long. All two-way aisles providing access to parking stalls, including compact parking spaces, shall provide a minimum back-up and maneuvering distance of twelve feet for each space. In no instance may a two-way aisle measure less than eighteen feet in width. All one-way aisles providing access to parking stalls, including compact parking spaces, shall provide a minimum back-up and maneuvering distance of twelve feet for each space, but in no instance may a one-way aisle measure less than twelve feet width. The following diagrams illustrate the minimum layout of parking stalls, back-up space, and drive aisles. The minimum back-up area for two-way aisles is twenty-four feet. All aisles shall be adequate to provide safe and efficient access to and from parking spaces, based on minimum standards administered by the city traffic engineer. One foot shall be added to the width of the stall for each side of a stall abutting a building, fence, or other obstruction.

Parking Lot Design Standards [Figure: Parking Lot Design Standards]

C. Parking Stalls—General Provisions.

1. Parking Stalls—Openings. All parking stalls shall open directly on a maneuvering or turnaround area, an access driveway, or an aisle leading to an access driveway, and shall be individually and continuously accessible.

2. Parking Stalls—Location. All parking stalls shall be so located and free of obstructions that parking can be accomplished in a continuous forward movement and unparking can be accomplished with not more than one backing movement and one forward movement.

3. Vertical Clearance. Each parking space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet.

D. Driveways and Aisles—General Provisions.

1. Access to Streets or Alleys.

a. Access driveways shall be provided between each parking facility and a public street or alley. Lots should not have access from predominantly residential streets, except when the lot is serving a residential use. Residential driveways shall be permitted only on an arterial street where no other access to the property exists.

b. One-way driveways and driveways serving a single-family residence shall have a minimum width of twelve feet; except for driveways leading to a single car garage or parking space where the city manager or his/her designee may authorize a lesser width.

c. Two-way driveways between a street and private parking facilities shall have a minimum width of eighteen feet. Two-way driveways between a street and public parking facilities shall have a minimum width of twenty-four feet. Two-way driveways within a parking facility connecting separated areas of parking spaces shall have a minimum width of eighteen feet, or as otherwise required by this section.

d. Where access is available from any adjoining or abutting alley to any lot proposed for residential or mixed use development in the commercial zones, access to the required residential parking facility shall be from that alley when appropriate to avoid access to commercial collector or arterial streets.

2. Internal Circulation—Generally. All parking facilities, except those serving not more than two dwelling units, shall be arranged so that:

a. Any vehicle entering a public street can do so traveling in a forward motion;

b. A vehicle entering the parking facility shall not be required to enter a street to move from one location to any other location within the parking facility or premises.

3. Internal Circulation—Serving Not More than Two Dwelling Units. Parking facilities serving not more than two dwelling units shall be arranged so that any vehicle entering a street can do so traveling in a forward motion where:

a. The parking facility is served by a single access driveway that is less than twenty feet in width and more than one hundred feet in length;

b. The access driveway opens upon an arterial street.

4. Vehicle Maneuver Restrictions. All parking facilities, except those serving not more than two dwelling units, shall be arranged so that parking maneuvers can be accomplished without driving, maneuvering, or encroaching into or upon any public right-of-way, walkway, or unpaved landscaped area within or adjoining the parking facility.

5. Parking Facilities—Driveway Vertical Clearance. The minimum vertical clearance for driveways shall be thirteen feet six inches to allow for the passage of emergency vehicles, or as required by the city fire department, whichever is greater.

6. Parking Facilities—Aisles, Approach Lanes, and Maneuvering Areas for Two-Way Traffic. For two-way traffic within parking facilities, all aisles, approach lanes and maneuvering areas shall have a minimum width as specified in this section or as required by the city fire department for emergency access, whichever is greater.

7. Parking Facilities—One-Way Aisles—Width. One-way aisles shall have a minimum width of twelve feet or as specified in this section, whichever is greater.

8. Parking Facilities—One-Way Aisles—Directional Markings. One-way aisles shall have directional markings to indicate one-way circulation.

9. Parking Facilities—Entrances and Exits.

a. The location and design of all street or alley entrances and exits for off-street parking facilities shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer, to insure traffic safety.

b. Each exit to a parking lot shall be constructed and maintained so that any vehicle leaving the parking lot shall be clearly visible to a person reaching a point ten feet from the edge of the approach to the driveway nearest to him, when the vehicle is at a point distant ten feet from the property line within the parking lot. Exits from parking lots shall be clearly posted with stop signs. Appropriate bumper guards, entrance and exit signs, and directional signs shall be maintained where needed. Upon a finding that parking facilities cause imminent hazard upon adjoining public streets, the city engineer may order the placement and maintenance of such guards and signs. Failure to comply with any such order may be grounds for a finding of a public nuisance.

10. Vertical Clearance. The minimum vertical clearance for driveways shall be thirteen feet six inches to allow for the passage of emergency vehicles, or as required by the city fire department, whichever is greater.

E. Compact Car Parking.

1. In the industrial, institutional zones, commercial, and mixed-use zones (except retail uses) twenty-five percent of the parking stalls required by the schedules set out in this section may be allocated to compact car spaces. No compact parking spaces shall be permitted for retail uses and guest and visitor parking.

2. For residential multifamily use, one parking space may be compact in size for every ten parking spaces required.

3. All parking spaces provided in excess of the number required by Table 18.45.050 set out in this section may be allocated to compact car spaces.

4. All parking facilities constructed, installed or modified to incorporate compact car spaces shall comply with the provisions of this section. Design features subject to review shall include, but are not limited to, specific findings of good circulation, adaptability to balance of parking lot, easy identification and adequate signs and pavement markings. The design of such signs and markings shall be subject to approval of the planning division.

5. Maintenance of parking facilities pursuant to this section shall also include maintenance of all special compact car signs and pavement markings shown on approved site plans or otherwise required by this section.

6. The dimensions of compact car parking stalls, back-up areas, and drive aisles shall be as indicated in the diagrams in Section 18.45.100(B).

F. Dimensions for Garage or Carport Areas and Openings.

1. A one-car garage or carport shall contain an unobstructed interior parking area of a minimum of eleven feet wide by nineteen feet deep. A two-car garage or carport shall contain an unobstructed interior parking area of a minimum of twenty feet wide by nineteen feet deep.

2. A garage for more than two cars shall contain a minimum area of nine feet by eighteen feet for each additional car.

3. A single-car garage door or opening to a single space carport shall be a minimum of eight feet wide; a two-car garage door or opening to a two-space carport shall be a minimum of sixteen feet wide. For larger parking garages or carports serving multifamily residential or nonresidential development, openings shall be increased in width by at least one foot if a column, post, or similar obstruction is located within at least three and one-half feet of the opening to the stall.

G. Mechanical Lift Parking. Mechanical lifts for vertical storage of vehicles are permitted in the Downtown and Westside Specific Plan areas. Each vertically stacked space shall count as one space. Mechanical lifts shall be completely enclosed or fully screened from street view and adjacent residential zones. Vertically stacked vehicles are exempt from the seven-foot vertical clearance requirement. All mechanical parking equipment must be designed, installed, constructed, and maintained so as to be reasonably safe to life, limb, and adjoining property and must be reviewed by the city manager or his/her designee prior to installation or construction.

H. Motorcycle Parking. Each motorcycle parking space shall measure at least four feet wide and thirty-two square feet in total area. Motorcycle parking spaces shall be located within one hundred feet of a building entry.

I. Pedestrian Walkways.

1. All parking facilities shall have safe, unobstructed, convenient, well-drained pedestrian access by provision of walks, steps or stepped ramps, so constructed as to assure reasonable durability and economy of maintenance.

2. Pedestrian walkways shall be a minimum of five feet in width. Pedestrian walkways located immediately adjacent to and perpendicular to a parking stall shall be a minimum of six feet.

3. The preferred gradient for pedestrian walkways is no greater than five percent. Pedestrian walkways shall not exceed a gradient of twelve percent. Pedestrian walkways between five percent and twelve percent gradients shall be provided with handrails.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

A. General Provisions.

1. On the same premises with every building, structure or part erected and occupied in the commercial or industrial zones, there shall be provided and maintained, on the lot, adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services, in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets or alleys.

2. Such space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include one twelve-foot by fifty-foot loading space with a fourteen-foot height clearance for every twenty thousand square feet or fraction thereof of building floor area, or for every twenty thousand square feet or fraction thereof of land use.

3. All loading facilities shall be improved in accordance with the requirements established for parking facilities by this section.

4. Required loading facilities shall be used exclusively for the loading and unloading of vehicles concerned with the transportation of goods or materials. Loading facilities shall not be used to satisfy the stall requirements for parking facilities, nor shall they be used for the sale, display, rental or repair of motor vehicles.

5. Loading facilities shall be screened as provided in this section except that all loading berths exceeding twenty-five feet in length which are located within fifty feet of a residential zone shall be enclosed or screened from the residential zone by a solid masonry wall not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height.

6. No interior landscaping of loading areas shall be required.

7. All loading facilities shall be arranged so that any vehicle utilizing the facility may enter a street traveling in a forward motion.

8. Each loading berth shall open directly upon a maneuvering or turnaround area, an access driveway, an aisle leading to an access driveway, or an alley, and shall be easily accessible.

9. All access driveways serving loading facilities shall conform to the requirements established in this section for parking facility access driveways, but in addition shall be located so that any street entrance or exit to or from the loading facility is at a point at least fifty feet from the nearest point of intersection of any two streets and at least thirty feet from any lot in a residential district.

B. Number of Spaces Required. The following loading and unloading spaces shall be provided and maintained as specified below for the use to which the property is devoted. Fractional requirements are omitted. Encroachment of the loading space on a public right-of-way is not permitted.

1. Retail and wholesale markets, warehouses, hotels, hospitals, laundry and dry cleaning establishments and other places where large amounts of goods are received and shipped, no loading space is required for a building less than ten thousand square feet in gross floor area.

2. For such buildings with ten thousand to forty thousand square feet in gross floor area, one off-street loading space shall be required.

3. For such buildings with greater than forty thousand square feet in gross floor area, one off-street loading space is required for each forty thousand square feet in total gross floor area.

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

A. Number of Spaces Required. The following minimum off-street bicycle parking facilities shall be required for all new or expanded developments. Calculation of bicycle parking facilities shall be based on the off-street vehicle parking spaces required prior to consideration of any vehicle parking reduction measures. Fractional requirements up to one-half shall be omitted. One-half or over shall require one space. Calculation of bicycle parking facilities for mixed use land uses shall be based on the individual use as identified in Table 18.45.120A, below.

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TABLE 18.45.120A Bicycle Parking Requirements by Land Use

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B. Bicycle Parking Design.

1. Bicycle parking facilities shall be installed in a manner which allows adequate spacing for access to the bicycle and the locking device when the facilities are occupied. Space allowances shall be thirty inches wide and six feet long per bicycle and include a five -foot maneuvering space behind the bicycle. At least seven feet of vertical clearance is required.

2. The facilities shall be located on a hard dust-free surface, such as asphalt or a concrete slab.

3. Bicycle parking facilities shall be located in view of building entrances or in view of windows and/or security personnel stations. At least fifty percent of required bicycle parking must be located within fifty feet of a customer entrance, and the remainder must be located within one hundred feet of any entrance.

4. Bicycle spaces shall be separated from sidewalks, motor vehicle parking spaces or aisles by a fence, wall, or curb, or by at least five feet of open area, marked to prohibit motor vehicle parking.

C. Required Shower Facilities. All news buildings and additions to existing buildings that result in a total floor area as shown in the following table are encouraged to provide employee showers and dressing areas for each gender as shown in the following Table 18.45.120B.

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TABLE 18.45.120B Required Number of Showers

(Ord. No. 2024-2529, 4-2-2024)

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