§ 8176-4

Applications for land use developments that include parking areas shall include a detailed parking plan(s) with a corresponding preliminary grading and drainage plan. These plans shall be prepared by a California-licensed civil engineer, and shall clearly illustrate compliance with all applicable requirements of this Article. The applicant shall submit these plans to the Public Works Agency Director and the Building and Safety Division Director for their approval prior to issuance of any land use entitlement.

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To enhance, protect and preserve water quality, a hydrology and hydraulics report may be required to demonstrate compliance with stormwater management requirements. Parking area design should incorporate methods of accommodating infiltration or filtration of stormwater onsite through use of pervious pavements, vegetated drainage swales, bioretention areas, tree box filters, dry swales, or other means.

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8176-4.3 - Location.

Off-street parking areas and spaces shall be located in the following manner:

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To promote attractive urban form and facilitate pedestrian circulation, the preferred location of required parking areas (when provided above ground) relative to the street is as follows:

• First priority: to the rear of buildings or land uses.

• Second priority: to the side of buildings or land uses.

• Last priority: in front of buildings or land uses.

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8176-4.3.2 - Parking in setbacks.

Parking in setbacks is limited to situations authorized by Sections 8175-3.4 and 8181-14.1 of this Chapter. Except as provided for in these sections, required uncovered single or two-family residential parking spaces shall not be located within the front set back.

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Motorcycle parking spaces shall be located as close as practical to the building entrance, but not closer than the spaces for disabled persons.

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Carpool parking spaces shall be located as close as practical to the building entrance, but not closer than the spaces for disabled persons.

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8176-4.3.5 - Bicycle parking.

See Section 8176-5.3.

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a.

Parking areas are prohibited in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated regulatory floodways.

b.

Parking areas located in a FEMA designated one (1) percent annual chance floodplain (100-year floodplain) are subject to special design requirements. These requirements may include, but are not limited to, flood warning signage, design measures to contain motor vehicles in the parking area in the event of a flood, special lighting, mechanical and electrical system design requirements, and fencing restrictions.

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Cross access is encouraged between adjacent sites in commercial, industrial, and multi-family housing developments. A joint cross access agreement between two (2) or more participating adjacent property owners must be executed where cross access is provided so that cross access between the properties is legally established, enforceable and maintained. This joint cross access agreement must be approved by the Director, recorded by the parties to the agreement and run with the respective properties.

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a.

Parking areas serving commercial, institutional, and multi-family land uses shall not impede safe and direct pedestrian access from the street or sidewalk to building entrances.

b.

At least one (1) pedestrian pathway shall be provided from the street or sidewalk to the primary building entrance. If not completely separated from vehicular traffic, pedestrian pathways shall be clearly designated using a raised surface, distinctive paving, bollards, special railing, or similar treatment. Pathways shall be designed to have minimal direct contact with traffic and prevent parked vehicles from overhanging the pathways. The use of pervious surface materials for pedestrian pathways is encouraged.

c.

Where feasible, parking rows shall be perpendicular to the main building entrance(s) or main pedestrian pathway(s) to assist safe pedestrian movement toward the building.

d.

Where cross access is provided, it shall be designed, established, and maintained so that internal drive aisles, parking spaces, and pedestrian paths assure safe pedestrian access to adjacent land uses, and adjacent

parking areas.

e.

Where pedestrian routes cross driveways such crossings shall be clearly marked.

f.

If parking is designed to allow vehicle overhang into a pedestrian pathway, the pathway width shall be increased by at least two (2) feet.

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Approved fire apparatus access roads shall be provided when required by the Ventura County Fire Protection District in order to minimize risks to life and property. Fire access roads shall be designed and constructed such that impacts on coastal resources are minimized, consistent with all policies and provisions of the LCP. Generally this requirement is triggered when any facility or portion of the exterior walls of the first story of a building is located more than one hundred fifty (150) feet from an existing public street or approved fire apparatus access driveway. For the purposes of this requirement, the term facility includes recreational vehicles, mobile home and manufactured housing parks, and sales and storage lots.

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All internal circulation and queuing areas shall be designed to accommodate the turning radii of the vehicles that will be using the site.

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Parking areas shall be designed so that motor vehicles will exit onto a public street in a forward direction. Circulation of vehicles among parking spaces shall be accomplished entirely within the parking area. The Director may modify this requirement, in consultation with the Public Works Agency Transportation Director, when the applicant can demonstrate that it is not appropriate to the land use or location.

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Parking areas should be divided both visually and functionally into smaller parking courts. Interior rows of parking spaces shall be no more than two hundred seventy (270) feet in length, inclusive of landscape planters but not including cross aisles or turnarounds. The Director may modify this requirement when the applicant can demonstrate that it is not appropriate to the land use or location.

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Maneuvering areas within parking areas shall be clearly marked with directional signs or painted arrows to ensure the safe and efficient flow of vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians (see Article 5 Section 8175-5.13 Signs).

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8176-4.5 - Driveways. 8176-4.5.1 - Driveway width.

a.

Portion Within Right-of-Way: Driveway width shall be the minimum necessary to provide access to the land use.

b.

Portion Outside Right-of-Way: Driveway widths shall be minimized where possible.

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8176-4.5.2 - Number of driveways.

Each site is limited to one (1) driveway unless more than one (1) driveway is required to handle traffic volumes or specific designs, such as residential circular driveways. Additional driveways shall not be allowed if they are determined to be detrimental to traffic flow and the safety of adjacent public streets, adversely impact coastal resources, or reduce on-street public parking. Whenever a property has access to more than one (1) road, access shall be limited to the lowest traffic-volume road whenever possible.

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The number of driveways should be minimized where feasible by the use of shared driveways between adjacent properties. A joint access agreement between two (2) or more participating adjacent property owners must be executed where driveways are shared, so that shared driveway access by the properties is legally established, enforceable and maintained. This joint access agreement must be approved by the Director, recorded by the parties to the agreement and run with the respective properties.

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Parking areas shall be designed to prevent entrance or exit at any point other than driveways. Appropriate barriers and entrance and exit signs shall be provided within parking areas. Stop signs shall be installed at all exits from parking areas (see Article 5 Section 8175-5.13 Signs).

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8176-4.6 - Parking area and space dimensions. 8176-4.6.1 - Planning Director waivers/modifications.

Motor vehicle parking design standards may be modified when the applicant can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Planning Director, that the required motor vehicle parking design standard is not appropriate

to the land use or location.

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8176-4.6.2 - Space angle.

Ninety-degree parking, which uses the least amount of pavement per parking space, is preferred wherever possible.

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Each standard parking space shall be nine (9) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long, with the following exceptions:

a.

The length of the parking space may be decreased by two (2) feet where parking spaces face into landscape planters so that the concrete curb around the planter functions as the wheel stop, allowing motor vehicles to overhang the landscape planter. Use of such a bumper overhang reduces impervious surfaces and is encouraged. Plant material and irrigation equipment in the outside two (2) feet of these landscape planters shall conform to the requirements of Section 8178-8 Landscaping and Screening. Utilization of a bumper overhang shall not allow a vehicle to extend into or over a pedestrian pathway or drive aisle.

b.

Required parking space dimensions do not apply if mechanical parking lifts are used to stack cars.

c.

The width of parking spaces may be reduced to eight (8) feet on legal lots that are less than twenty-six (26) feet wide and where two (2) or more parking spaces are required.

d.

The width or length of parking spaces may be increased for land uses that cater to larger vehicles such as trucks, shuttles, or vans.

e.

Parking space width shall be increased by six (6) inches to nine (9) feet six (6) inches (114 inches) if adjacent on one side to a wall, fence, hedge, or structure; and by one (1) foot six (6) inches to ten (10) feet six (6) inches (126 inches) if adjacent on both sides to a wall, fence, hedge, or structure.

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Each motorcycle parking space shall be a minimum of four (4) feet wide by eight (8) feet long.

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Up to thirty (30) percent of the total parking spaces required for low-turnover, nonretail parking areas serving primarily employees, residents, or students may be provided as compact spaces. Each compact space shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet six (6) inches wide by sixteen (16) feet long and be clearly designated for compact vehicles.

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The minimum size of a parallel parking space shall be eight (8) feet six (6) inches wide by twenty-two (22) feet long.

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See Section 8176-5 Bicycle Parking Design Standards.

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At least one (1) floor in parking structures shall be designed with a minimum height of nine (9) feet six (6) inches to allow for vanpool vehicles and accessible parking for disabled persons.

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Where drive aisles terminate at a dead-end, adequate provision shall be made for vehicles to turn around. Depending on the situation, this may be satisfied by provision of at least six (6) feet between the end of parking rows and the end of the drive aisle. Dead-end drive aisles shall be avoided or otherwise minimized.

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Parking area drive aisles and modules shall be designed following the standard dimensions included in the table in Section 8176-4.6.11 and the figure in Section 8176-4.6.12 and as required to meet Section 8176-4.4. Wider aisles may be approved when appropriate for truck maneuvering. Two-way aisles are permitted in conjunction with 90-degree and parallel spaces only.

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1 Parking area design for full rows of compact spaces shall be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

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8176-4.6.12 - Figure 1: Parking Area Layout Dimensions.

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Required parking may be provided in tandem for residential land uses with the following restrictions:

a.

Tandem parking shall not be more than two (2) cars in depth.

b.

Both tandem spaces shall serve the same dwelling unit.

c.

For multi-family residential dwellings, tandem parking may be provided to meet up to fifty (50) percent of the required parking spaces, only where it is demonstrated that such a reduction has no potential to adversely affect public parking available for public coastal access.

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Accessible parking spaces for disabled persons shall be the minimum possible and shall not exceed two (2) percent slope in any direction. All other parking spaces shall slope no more than five (5) percent in any direction and no less than one-half (0.5) percent in the direction of drainage. The slope in drive aisle and turnaround areas shall be no more than ten (10) percent.

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Slope requirements may be modified, but not for disabled person accessible parking spaces, when appropriate given site constraints.

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a.

The surface of all required uncovered off-street motor vehicle parking spaces, aisles, driveways and loading areas shall be constructed and maintained with permanent all-weather, load-bearing pervious or impervious surfacing material sufficient to prevent mud, dust, loose material, and other nuisances. The use of pervious surfaces is encouraged to facilitate on-site infiltration of stormwater. To reduce heat generation from parking area surfaces, the use of light-colored/high-albedo surfaces is encouraged.

b.

The surface of fire apparatus access driveways shall be subject to review by the Ventura County Fire Protection District.

c.

The surface of the portion of driveways in the right-of-way design shall be subject to review by the Public Works Transportation Department or Caltrans if located on a state highway.

d.

Ribbon driveways outside of the right-of-way may be installed as an alternative to fully paved driveways, subject to review by the Ventura County Fire Protection District.

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When pervious surfaces are used, the parking area plans shall document that:

a.

The pervious materials have been designed to support anticipated vehicle weights and traffic volumes.

b.

The pervious materials have been designed to minimize surface cracking, crumbling, eroding, and other maintenance problems for the pervious surface as well as any adjacent surfaces or structures.

Pervious surfaces used for parking spaces in single- and two-family dwellings or other parking lots with less than five (5) spaces are not subject to the above documentation requirements.

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Parking spaces within parking areas shall be clearly marked with paint striping or another durable, easily distinguishable marking material. Concrete wheel stops shall be provided for all parking spaces. Space marking shall be four (4) inches in width and maintained in good condition.

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Space marking requirements may be modified if the applicant can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Planning Director, that they are not appropriate to the land use or location, including but not limited to parking areas surfaced with gravel or other aggregate materials.

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Clear visibility of and between pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists shall be assured when entering individual parking spaces, when circulating within a parking area, and when entering and exiting a parking area.

a.

Each driveway shall be constructed and maintained pursuant to the sight distance requirements as determined by the Ventura County Transportation Department or Caltrans, as appropriate.

b.

Landscaping at any interior parking area intersection shall not obstruct a driver's vision of vehicle and pedestrian cross traffic.

c.

With the exception of trees, landscaping adjacent to pedestrian pathways shall be no more than three (3) feet in height.

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Lighting shall be provided for all parking areas in compliance with the following:

a.

Parking areas that serve night-time users shall be lighted with a minimum one (1) foot-candle of light at ground level for security.

b.

All lights in parking areas that serve non-residential land uses, except those required for security per subsection a. above, shall be extinguished at the end of the working day. Lights may be turned on no sooner than one (1) hour before the commencement of working hours.

c.

Light poles shall be located so as not to interfere with motor vehicle door opening, vehicular movement or accessible paths of travel. Light poles shall be located away from existing and planned trees to reduce obstruction of light by tree canopies. Light poles shall be located outside of landscape finger planters, end row planters, and tree wells. Light poles may be located in perimeter planters and continuous planter strips between parking rows.

d.

Any light fixtures adjacent to a residential land use, a residentially zoned lot, agricultural or open space lots, or an environmentally sensitive habitat area, shall be arranged and shielded so that the light will not directly illuminate the adjacent lot or land use. This requirement for shielding applies to all light fixtures, including security lighting.

e.

In order to direct light downward and minimize the amount of light spilled into the dark night sky, any new lighting fixtures installed to serve above-ground, uncovered parking areas shall be full cut-off fixtures. New lighting fixtures installed for parking area canopies or similar structures shall be recessed or flush-mounted and equipped with flat lenses.

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At least one (1) trash and one (1) recyclables receptacle shall be provided for parking area users for the first twenty (20) motor vehicle parking spaces. Receptacles shall be enclosed to prevent access by animals and wind, placed in convenient, accessible locations, and serviced and maintained appropriately.

(Ord. No. 4492, § 4, 6-21-2016)