§ 36-25. Off-Street Parking And Loading Requirements.

§ 36-25.1. Purpose.¶

The purpose of the off-street parking and loading requirements is to reduce street congestion and traffic hazards by incorporating adequate, attractively designed facilities for off-street parking and loading as an integral part of every use of the land in the City.

§ 36-25.2. Off-Street Parking - General Regulations.¶

A. There shall be provided on the same site with any use except as modified by § 36-25.3 , offstreet parking spaces for vehicles in accordance with the requirements herein. Where existing buildings not now meeting these requirements are proposed to be enlarged or increased in capacity in excess of ten (10%) percent, in any district except a single-family district, off-street parking shall be provided as required herein for the entire floor area of the structure.
B. Floor Area. "Floor Area" in the case of office, merchandising or service types of uses means the gross area used or intended to be used by tenants, or for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients, or patients including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sales of merchandise. It does not include areas used principally for non-public purposes, such as storage and incidental repair.

§ 36-25.3. Alternatives and Exceptions to On-Site Parking.¶

[Ord. No. 985, Exh. A, 1991.]

A. For any new site, structure, or building other than residential, required off-street parking, which due to the size or location of the parcel, cannot be provided on the premises, may be located not more than four hundred (400) feet distance from a building site.
B. None of the requirements of this chapter for on-site parking shall apply to any real property within the "parking and business improvement area" of the City, as defined in Ordinance No. 506; provided, that the parking and business improvement license tax assessed on any business conducted on any of the real property for which a building permit is requested shall be paid in full, with all arrearage, if any, paid before such building permit shall be issued.
C. Off-Street Parking and Non-conforming Structures: No building as it exists at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be non-conforming solely by reason of the lack of off-street parking spaces, provided that any portion of the premises being used for offstreet parking in connection with any such building shall not be reduced below the requirements of this section.
D. Cooperative Parking Facilities. Requirements for the provision of parking facilities, with respect to two or more establishments on the same or different sites may be satisfied by the permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces for each use in a common parking facility, located not farther than four hundred (400) feet measured along the shortest available route of pedestrian access from the site of any such participating use.
E. Off-Site parking for Commercial "Uses" and Residential "Uses" are subject to the requirements of § 36-18.7 , the SPECIAL PROVISIONS section of the Code as amended.

§ 36-25.4. Off-Street Parking - Numbers of Spaces Required.¶

When the calculation required in this section shall result in the requirement of a fractional space, such fraction, if one-half or greater, shall require an additional space; if less than one-half, it shall be ignored

Automobile or machinery sales and service garages	1 for each 400 sq. ft. of floor area
Banks, post offices, business and professional offices, except medical and dental offices shall require one for each 300 square feet of floor area, and medical and dental offices, clinics, one for each 200 square feet of floor A area.
Barber and beauty shops, dry cleaners, and Laundromats	1 for each 200 sq. ft. of floor area
Bowling alleys	4 for each alley
Children's homes	1 for each 4 beds, plus 1 for each 1.5 employees in the maximum shift
Churches	1 for each five Seats
Convalescent hospitals, nursing home and charitable religious institutions providing sleeping accommodations	1 for each 3 beds, plus 1 for each 1.5 employees on the maximum shift, and 1 for each 2 staff doctors
Dance Halls	1 for each 50 sq. ft. of floor area
Dwellings, single-family,	2 for each dwelling unit, or duplex, one paved and one covered by a carport or a garage
Dwellings, multiple	2 for each dwelling unit for the 1st 3 units. Each unit above 3 1.5. Number of covered units equal to number of units. 30% of stalls may be for compact cars.
Funeral homes, mortuaries	1 for each 5 seats of the aggregate number of seats provided in all assembly rooms of the mortuary
Furniture and appliance stores, household equipment or furniture repair shops	1 for each 400 sq. ft. of sales floor area
Homes for the aged	1 for each 3 beds
Hotels, motels, motor hotels, private clubs providing sleeping accommodations	1 for each living or sleeping units plus 1 for the owner or manager
Libraries, museums, art galleries	1 for each 200 sq. ft.
Manufacturing plants, research or testing laboratories, bottling plants processing plants, and packaging plants	1 for each employee on the maximum shift
Medical and dental offices, clinics	1 for each 100 sq. ft. of floor area

Public buildings	1 for each 300 sq. ft. of floor area
Restaurant, bars and nightclubs	1 each 2.5 seats
Retail stores, shops, supermarkets, stores, etc., other than furniture and appliance stores as aforementioned	1 for each 200 foot sq. ft. of gross floor area
Rooming and lodging houses	1 for each bedroom
Schools- Elementary and junior high	1 for each employee on the maximum shift
High schools and Colleges	1 for each employee on the maximum shift, plus 1 for each 2 students
Business schools, beauty schools and other special schools	1 for each employee on the maximum shift, plus 1 for each 2 students
The number of spaces required for any school may be increased by the Site Plan Review Committee to provide for visitor parking should it be necessary.
Sport arenas, auditoriums, exhibition halls, theaters, lodge or assembly halls, and meeting rooms	1 for each 50 square feet of floor area
Mobile homes	Two (2) for each space
Wholesale establishments, warehouses service and maintenance centers, communication equipment buildings	1 for each 1500 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Unspecified uses of buildings structures or premises	The number of spaces shall be fixed by the Site Plan Review Committee in accordance with the general purposes and standards herein.

§ 36-25.5. Standards for Parking Facilities.¶

[Ord. No. 1143, Exh. D.]

All off-street parking facilities or parking design shall conform with the City of Oakdale - Department of Public Works - Standard Specifications

Standard Parking Spaces shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet in width by nineteen (19) feet in length, totaling one hundred seventy-one (171) square feet.
Compact Parking Spaces shall be a minimum of seven (7) feet, six (6) inches in width by sixteen (16) feet in length, totaling 120 square feet.
A. Access. Each parking space shall be accessible from street or alley, or from an aisle or drive connecting with a street or alley. No off-street parking facility for five (5) or more spaces in Residential District shall be designed so that vehicles must back across a sidewalk in order to gain access to a street or alley. Where a parking facility does not abut a public or private street, alley, or access easement there shall be provided an access drive of not less than ten (10) to twelve (12) feet in width. In the case of single-family and duplex structures tandem parking may only be permitted when all required off-street parking spaces are situated behind the front yard and corner street side-yard setback areas.
B. Pavement. The parking area, aisles, and access drives shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water without damage to private or public properties, streets or alleys. Such pavement shall be two (2) inches of asphalt pavement, or shall provide equivalent service and protection.
C. Border Barricades. Every parking facility containing five (5) or more spaces shall be provided with a suitable concrete, asphalt, timber or other approved barriers, not less than two (2) feet from any street, landscaped area or property line.
D. Screening. Every parking facility abutting property located in an R District shall be separated from such property by a decorative wall, view-obscuring fence, permanently maintained compact evergreen hedge, a berm, or a combination of any of the preceding treatments, six (6) feet in height measured from the grade of the finished surface of such parking area along the abutting residential property; except that such screening shall not be less than thirty (30) inches in height, and shall not exceed forty-two (42) inches in height adjacent to any required front or exterior side yard area.
E. Lighting. A parking facility serving an establishment which remains open during hours of darkness shall be provided with adequate illumination. Any lights provided to illuminate a parking facility shall be arranged so as to reflect the light away from any adjacent properties, streets, or highways.
F. Setback in R Districts. Every parking facility abutting property located in an R District shall provide a ten (10) foot setback from the street for a distance of not less than fifty (50) feet from such district boundary, and said area shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of § 36-24 .
G. Repair Work. No repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted on a public parking area, other than emergency service such as changing a tire or starting a motor.
H. More Than One Use On a Site. If more than one use is located on a site, the number of parking spaces provided shall be equal to the sum of the requirements prescribed in this section for each use.
I. Off-Street Parking Facilities to Serve One Use. Off-street parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required off-street parking facilities for any other use except as provided for in this section.

§ 36-25.6. Off-Street Parking—Power of the Site Plan Review Committees to Modify…¶

The provisions of this section as to number of spaces may be modified by the Site Plan Review Committee in the following cases only (any other request for modification shall be submitted as, and meet the tests for a variance):

A. Up to thirty (30%) percent of the required parking spaces in parking facilities may be reduced in size to accommodate sub-compact cars. The number of spaces required may also be modified by the Committee for uses such as elderly housing or retirement homes where it can be demonstrated that the automobile use or ownership is significantly lower than for other dwelling or lodging houses.
B. When a common off-street parking facility, located within four hundred (400) feet of the uses served will provide twenty (20) or more parking spaces, the total number of parking spaces required for all the uses served may be reduced by not more than twenty-five percent (25%) upon a finding by the Site Plan Review Committee that the typical use of the off-street parking facility would be staggered to such an extent that the reduced number of spaces would be adequate to serve all uses sharing the facility.

§ 36-25.7. Off-Street Parking Permit Procedure and Fees.¶

Before any work may proceed on a new or an existing parking facility, a plan shall be submitted to the Planning Department for review and approval, conditional approval or denial. Said plans shall be accompanied by a fee to be determined by the value of the work to be performed, based on the rates established in the Building Code. A permit shall be issued upon approval, and payment of the required fee.

A. Site Plan Approval. All parking facilities shall be subject to site plan approval as provided herein and all areas not used for parking spaces and access drives shall be landscaped in accordance with the standards of § 36-24 .

§ 36-25.8. Off-Street Loading-Berth Requirements.¶

For every building or part thereof, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material and merchandise, the following regulations shall apply, provided that commercial or other establishments within a Parking District shall not be subject to these requirements:

A. For motels, hotels, restaurants, public and business and administrative offices, post offices, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, and charitable and religious institutions and clubs used for human habitation:

	Loading Berths Required
For 10,000 to 50,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area.	1
For 50,000 to 150,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2
For each additional 150,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	1

B. For commercial and industrial establishments including retail stores, personal service establishments, commercial service enterprises, warehouses, storage facilities, manufacturing plants and other industrial uses:

	Loading Berths Required
For less than 12,500 sq. ft. of gross floor area	0
For 12,500 to 20,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	1
For 20,000 to 30,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2
For 30,000 to 50,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	3
For each additional 25,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	1

C. Professional offices, public buildings, other than administrative offices, schools, and colleges, places of public assembly, charitable and religious institutions and clubs not used for human habitation, and public utility and public service structures and installations, when any of the foregoing requires the recurring receipt, delivery, or distribution of goods or equipment by truck as prescribed by the Planning Commission.
D. Railroad stations, railroad freight stations and yards, airports, and heliports as prescribed by the Planning Commission.
E. Mortuaries: One berth from each 5,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area.
F. Any other use which requires the recurring receipt or distribution of goods or equipment by truck: one berth plus the number of additional berths prescribed by the Site Plan Review Committee.

§ 36-25.9. Off-Street Loading Facilities: Standards And Regulations.¶

All off-street loading facilities shall conform to the following standards:

A. Each loading berth shall be not less than forty-five (45) feet in length and twelve (12) feet in width exclusion of aisle or maneuvering space, and shall have an overhead clearance of not less than fourteen (14) feet, except that for mortuaries, cemeteries, mausoleums and crematories, a loading berth used exclusively for ambulances or hearses shall not be less than twenty-four (24) feet in length and ten (10) feet in width and shall have an overhead clearance of not less than eight (8) feet.
B. Such space may occupy all or any part of any required yard or court space, except front and exterior side yards, and shall not be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any lot in any R District, unless enclosed on all sides by a wall not less than eight (8) feet in height.
C. Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles shall be provided on the site.
D. Each loading berth shall be accessible from a street or alley or from an aisle or driveway connection with a street or alley.
E. Entrances from and exits to streets and alleys shall be designed to minimize traffic congestion and shall be placed at locations approved by the Director.
F. The loading area, aisles, and access drives shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water without damage to private or public properties.
G. Bumper rails shall be provided at locations where needed for safety or to protect property.
H. If the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away from abutting residential sites so as to cause no annoying glare.
I. No repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in a loading area.
J. Landscaping and screening are required in accordance with the standards of § 36-24 .
K. Location of Off-Street Loading Facilities. Off-Street loading facilities shall be located on the same site with the use for which the berths are required or on an immediately adjoining area.
L. More than One Use on a Site. If more than one use is located on a site, the number of loading berths provided shall be equal to the sum of the requirements prescribed in this section for each use. If more than one use is located on a site and the gross floor area of each use is less than the minimum for which loading berths are required but the aggregate gross floor area is greater than the minimum for which loading berths are required, off-street loading berths shall be provided as if the aggregate gross floor area were used, or the use requiring the greatest number of loading berths.
M. At the time of initial occupancy, major alteration, or enlargement of a site, or of completion of construction of a structure or of a major alteration or enlargement of a structure, there shall be provided off-street loading facilities for trucks in accordance with the schedule of off-street loading berth requirements prescribed in § 36-25.8 . For the purposes of this section the terms "major alteration" or "enlargement" shall mean a change of use or an addition which would increase the number of loading berths required by not less than ten (10) percent of the total number required. The number of loading berths provided for a major alteration or enlargement of a site or structure shall be in addition to the number existing prior to the alteration or enlargement, unless the pre-existing number is greater than the number prescribed in § 36-

25.8 , in which instance the number in excess of the prescribed minimum shall be counted in calculating the number provided to serve the major alteration or enlargement.

§ 36-25.10. Off-Street Loading–Power of the Site Plan Review Committee to Modify or…¶

[Ord. No. 913, § 1.]

The provisions of this section as to number of spaces may be modified or increased by the Site Plan Review Committee in the following cases only: (Any other request or modification shall be submitted as and meet the tests for a variance.)

A. Off-street loading berths in addition to those prescribed in the schedule of off-street loading berth requirements shall be provided if the Site Plan Review Committee finds that such additional berths are necessary to ensure that the trucks will not be loaded, unloaded, or stored on public streets. The finding of the Committee shall be based on an investigation of the anticipated frequency of truck pick-ups and deliveries and of the truck storage requirements of the use for which the off-street loading berths are required.
B. Space allocated to required off-street loading berths may be used to satisfy the requirements f off-street parking spaces provided the Site Plan Review Committee shall find that the timing of their use is such as to create no conflict.

§ 36-25.11. Off-Street Parking-Shared Parking Between Occupancies/Uses.¶

[Ord. No. 1246-17]

The provisions of this section as to the criteria in approving off-street shared parking facilities for nonresidential buildings or uses in conjunction with a discretionary action (conditional use permit, design review) that requires Planning Commission or City Council approval.

A. Definition of Shared Parking.

Shared parking may be applied when land uses have different parking demand patterns and can use the same parking spaces/areas throughout the day. Shared parking is most effective when these land uses have significantly different peak parking characteristics that vary by time of day, day of week, and/or season of the year. In these situations, shared parking strategies will result in fewer total parking spaces needed when compared to the total number of spaces needed for each land use or business separately. Land uses often used in specific shared parking arrangements include: office, restaurants, retail, colleges, churches, cinemas, and special event situations. Shared parking is often inherent in mixed-use developments, which includes one or more businesses that are complementary, ancillary, or support other activities. General parking lots and/or on-street parking that is available for patrons of nearby businesses/commercial districts is another form of shared parking.

B. Application of Shared Parking.
1. Applicants for new developments or significant redevelopment of site(s) shall examine the feasibility of using shared parking arrangements. (Significant redevelopment could be defined as increasing building size or land uses so that the site's trip generation and/or parking demand would increase by a certain percentage similar to paragraph (2) below).
2. Shared parking arrangements shall be considered when the number of parking spaces requested by the developer/applicant is more than ten (10) percent higher or more than 10

spaces higher than the minimum number of parking spaces required by Code for a site, whichever is more.

C. Agreement Between Sharing Property Owners. If a privately-owned parking facility is to serve two (2) or more separate properties, a legal agreement between property owners guaranteeing access, use and management of designated spaces will be considered in an application as a requirement of that application. Such an agreement shall run with the parcels involved and be recorded with the County Assessor's office following approval of the application. Proof of recordation shall be supplied to the City to validate completion of the approved application. Until proof is provided, the application approval shall not be complete.
D. Shared Parking Plan. In some cases, as determined by the Director or his/her designee, the City shall require a shared parking plan and such plan shall include the following:
1. Site plan of parking spaces intended for shared parking and their proximity to land uses that they will serve.
2. A signage plan that directs drivers to the most convenient parking areas for each use or group of uses (if such distinctions can be made).

A pedestrian circulation plan that shows connections and walkways between parking areas and land uses. These paths should be as direct and short as possible.
1. A safety and security plan that addresses lighting and maintenance of the parking areas.