Chapter 24.415 — OFFSTREET PARKING REGULATIONS

Sections:

• 24.415.010 Chapter Description.

• 24.415.020 General Parking Space Requirements.

• 24.415.030 Residential Use Types.

• 24.415.040 General Use Types.

• 24.415.050 Agricultural Use Types.

• 24.415.060 Design and Dimensions of Parking Spaces.

• 24.415.070 Design and Dimensions of Parking Area Access and Aisles.

• 24.415.080 Parking and Circulation Design for Uses Within the Shopping Centers: Large Use Type.

• 24.415.090 Surfacing.

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• 24.415.100 Landscaping and Screening.

• 24.415.110 Lighting. 24.415.120 Approval of Plans. 24.415.130 Offstreet Loading Areas. 24.415.140 Bicycle Parking Facilities. 24.415.150 Carpool/Vanpool Facilities.

*** Cross reference:** Parking, standing and stopping, div. 16, pt. 2.

Chapter 24.415 establishes offstreet parking regulations to lessen traffic congestion and contribute to public safety and the general welfare by providing adequate offstreet areas and related landscaping for circulation and parking of motor vehicles and bicycles that are generated by land uses within the city. (Code 1971, § 15.615.010)

A. Applicability. Every use of property hereafter initiated, reinitiated, expanded, intensified, or changed, and every building hereafter erected, enlarged, or structurally altered to accommodate such uses shall be required to provide adequate offstreet parking spaces and adequate provision for vehicle ingress and egress and onsite vehicle circulation to serve the parking area, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The offstreet parking space requirements set forth in this chapter are intended to be minimums only.

• B. Location of Required Parking Spaces. Offstreet parking spaces required for a use shall be provided as follows:

  1. Residential. For residential uses, offstreet parking spaces shall be located on the same site as the dwelling units or other building(s) that they are to serve.

  2. Non-Residential. For all uses other than residential, offstreet parking spaces shall be located on the same site as the building or use that they are intended to serve, provided that:

     • a. Offstreet parking spaces may be located on a different site pursuant to a lease, agreement, easement or other document acceptable to the director and the city attorney;

     • b. Offsite parking spaces may be approved for non-residential uses in Parking District No. 3 pursuant to chapter 24.512; and

     • c. Offstreet parking space requirements within the DP Overlay Zone may be satisfied pursuant to chapter 24.345.

C. Calculation of Required Parking Spaces. The total number of offstreet parking spaces required shall be calculated as follows:

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1. Whenever the computation of the number of offstreet parking spaces required by this chapter results in a fractional parking space, each such fractional space shall be constructed a whole number if equal to or greater than one-half.

2. No offstreet parking spaces are required for floor area comprised by carports, garages, parking structures or other buildings devoted exclusively to provision of required parking spaces.

3. No offstreet parking spaces are required for floor area exclusively used and maintained for elevators, stairways, restrooms, unstaffed electrical or mechanical equipment rooms, and employee only kitchens, lunchrooms, exercise, or locker rooms.

To qualify for this exemption, a complete and detailed floor plan must be submitted to the planning division. At a minimum this floor plan must include: area size dimensions, square footage calculation, and the type of use occurring in each area.

4. With respect to any Dining Establishment or Drinking Establishment use type, gross floor area does not include outdoor dining areas.

5. Within the Downtown Specific Plan Area, tandem parking will be counted toward the total number of offstreet parking spaces for a Family Residential: Single Family use type. However, unless otherwise specified in this zoning ordinance, or specifically allowed by an administrative variance pursuant to the provisions of chapter 24.535, parking spaces in tandem shall not be permitted to count toward the total minimum number of offstreet parking spaces required for sites in other areas of the city.

6. The total number of offstreet parking spaces required shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses on a particular site, except as provided by chapter 24.345 for the DP Overlay Zone.

D. Landscaping – Surplus Parking Spaces. All portions of a parking area not improved for required parking, loading, or vehicular circulation areas shall be landscaped, provided that, for any project or use requiring a discretionary decision, the decision-making authority may approve a parking area design that includes surplus parking spaces for the proposed project or use in addition to those required by this chapter.

• E. Compact Spaces. Compact spaces as specified in subsection 24.415.060(B)(2) may be permitted only in the following instances:

  1. When a planned development permit is approved for residential projects of five or more dwelling units, compact spaces may be permitted up to a maximum of 35 percent of the required open parking spaces.

  2. When non-residential uses require a minimum of ten parking spaces, a maximum of 35 percent of those required parking spaces may be provided as compact spaces.

  3. Any surplus parking spaces approved per subsection 24.415.020(E)(4) may be compact.

  4. Compact parking spaces must be distributed throughout the parking area.

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F. Queuing Lanes. Drive through queuing lanes provided in conjunction with Administrative, Business, and Professional Support, Retail Sales, and similar uses, except Dining Establishments, shall be given a parking requirement credit of one-half parking space credit for each 20 linear feet of queuing area. This is limited to credit for a maximum of 25 percent of the parking spaces required for the use the queuing lane serves. (Code 1971, § 15.615.020)

The number of offstreet parking spaces required, and the manner in which they are to be provided, for uses classified within residential use types shall be determined in accordance with this section as follows:

1. Uses classified within the Family Residential: Mobile Home; Family Residential: Single Family; Family Residential: Two Family; and Residential Care use types shall provide offstreet parking as follows:

   • a. In any zoning district other than R-1-B or R-2-B zoning districts:

     1. Two spaces within a garage shall be provided for each dwelling unit for which a building permit was issued, for the initial construction of that unit after March 15, 1965.

     2. Two spaces within a garage shall be maintained for any dwelling unit that is currently providing two spaces within a garage.

2. One space within a garage shall be provided for each dwelling unit for which a building permit was issued for the initial construction of that unit on or prior to March 15, 1965; provided that, if any such existing dwelling unit is structurally altered, enlarged or expanded such that the cumulative increases in gross floor area since March 15, 1965, exceed 50 percent of the gross floor area of that dwelling unit and other buildings or other structures related thereto as of March 15, 1965, then two spaces within a garage shall be provided.

b. In the R-1-B and R-2-B zoning districts, two spaces within a garage shall be provided for each dwelling unit. For each existing dwelling unit that is nonconforming as to the parking space requirements of this subsection, regardless of the date of issuance of the building permit for the dwelling unit, the offstreet parking requirements of this subsection 1 do not need to be complied with unless and until structural alterations, enlargements, or expansions are carried out which cumulatively total 20 percent of the gross floor area of that dwelling unit and any other buildings or other structures related thereto as it was initially built, in which instance, two spaces within a garage shall be provided.

c. If any of the uses subject to this subsection 1 do not provide a minimum of one offstreet parking space within a garage, any structural alteration, enlargement, or expansion of the dwelling unit related to such uses shall require construction of a one-car garage unless such structural alteration, enlargement, or expansion exceeds the 50 percent limitation of either subsection 24.415.030(1)(a) or the 20 percent limitation of subsection 24.415.030(1)(b), in which instance, the two-car garage required by those sections shall be provided.

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• d. For the purposes of this subsection 1, the gross square footage of garages shall be included in any calculations of gross floor area.

2. Family Residential: Caretaker, and Family Residential: Farm Employee Housing use types shall provide one offstreet parking space within a garage for each dwelling unit.

3. Residential Second Unit use types shall provide one open or covered offstreet parking space. The required parking space may be in tandem with one of the parking spaces provided for the primary dwelling unit.

4. Family Residential: Large Multi-Family, and Family Residential: Small Multi-Family use types shall provide offstreet parking as follows:

   • a. Minimum number of parking spaces required.

     1. Provision for resident parking:

For each dwelling unit with no more than one bedroom: One space

For each dwelling unit with two or more bedrooms: Two spaces

2. Provision for guest parking: One-quarter additional space for every dwelling unit, but no less than one additional parking space for a multi-family use, shall be provided, designated, and maintained as open guest parking.

3. Covered parking: Of the total number of spaces provided, one resident parking space for each dwelling unit shall be within a garage or carport.

4. Residential Condominiums use types, including but not limited to, Residential Condominium Conversions, shall provide offstreet parking as follows:

a. Projects designed and constructed as condominiums: Two and one-half spaces for each dwelling unit, two of which shall be within a garage. Of the total number of spaces provided, one-quarter space for every dwelling unit shall be provided, designated, and maintained as guest parking. Where the computation of the number of spaces to be designated for guest parking pursuant to this subsection results in a fraction, such fraction shall be rounded upward to determine the number of guest spaces.

b. Condominium conversions: Two and one-half spaces for each dwelling unit, one of which shall be within a garage. Of the total number of spaces provided, one-quarter space for every dwelling unit shall be provided, designated, and maintained as guest parking. Where the computation of the number of spaces to be designated for guest parking pursuant to this subsection results in a fraction, such fraction shall be rounded upward to determine the number of guest spaces.

6. Group Residential use types shall provide 1 1/2 offstreet parking spaces for each sleeping room. In the case of dormitories, each 100 square feet of floor area devoted to sleeping quarters shall be considered a sleeping room.

7. Mobile Home Parks use types shall provide offstreet parking as follows:

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• a. Unit parking: Two spaces for each mobile home unit. Such parking spaces must be located on the same lot or rental space as the mobile home. Parking spaces may be in tandem, provided that a paved area at least ten feet wide and at least 40 feet deep is provided.

b. Guest parking: One additional space for every increment of four mobile home lots shall be provided, designated, and maintained as guest parking. Where the computation of the number of spaces to be designated for guest parking pursuant to this subsection results in a fraction, such fraction shall be rounded upward to determine the number of guest spaces.

c. Other parking: One additional space shall be provided for each 300 square feet of gross floor area of community and recreational buildings. (Code 1971, § 15.615.030)

Uses in the seaward parking corridor, as defined in chapter 24.110, shall be subject to the parking requirements specified in underlying zone districts of Commercial Tourist Oriented (C-T-O) or Intermediate Commercial (C-1A) as applicable. The number of offstreet parking spaces required, and the manner in which they are to be provided, for general use types, other than those within the seaward parking corridor, shall be determined in accordance with this section as set forth below:

Parking Spaces Required

1. Administrative, Business, and Professional One space for each 300 square feet of gross Services floor area.

Animal Sales and Services: Grooming and Pet Stores

Animal Sales and Services: Veterinary

Auction Sales

Automotive and Accessories: Automotive Repairs, Systems

Automotive and Accessories: Cleaning

Automotive and Accessories: Gasoline Sales

Business and Professional Support

Construction Sales and Services: Building Supply Stores

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Cultural and Library Services Dining Establishments: Ancillary Service Dining Establishments: Take Out Education Services, Commercial Equipment Rentals, Sales, or Services: Light Food and Beverage Retail Sales Funeral and Interment Services Government Services Medical Services: Consulting Medical Services: Mobile Equipment Oil Equipment Services: Light

Personal Services

Property Maintenance Services Repair Services Retail Sales Safety Services Shopping Centers: Small Transportation Services

2 Shopping Center: Large

(a) With no Food and Beverage Retail Sales Use Type or with a Food and Beverage Retail Sales Use Type which is 10,000 square feet or less in area: One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area.

(b) With a Food and Beverage Retail Sales Use Type greater than 10,000 square feet in area: One space for each 250 square feet of gross floor area.

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• 3 Automotive and Accessories: Automotive Rentals

One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area plus one space for each 5,000 square feet of outdoor sales, display or storage area.

Automotive and Accessories: Automotive Sales, Retail

Boating and Harbor Activities: Boat Sales and Services

Nursery Sales

• 4 Automotive and Accessories: Automotive Repair, Bodies

Automotive and Accessories: Automotive Sales, Wholesale

Automotive and Accessories: Impound Yards

Automotive and Accessories: Operable Vehicle Storage

Boating and Harbor Activities: Boat Building or Repair

Construction Sales and Services: Building Contractor Yards

Construction Sales and Services: Lumber Yards

One space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area, except that for any portion used for warehouse/storage area, one space for each 1,000 square feet, and whatever number of spaces are required for any other principal use on the site. A total of 20 percent of an occupant’s area may be devoted to office use in support of a principal use listed in this subsection 4 without providing parking spaces at a ratio greater than one space per 500 square feet of gross office floor area. However, office area which supports a principal use listed in this subsection 4 and which exceeds 20 percent of an occupant’s area shall provide parking spaces for the entire office area at a ratio of one space per 300 square feet of gross office floor area.

Equipment Rentals, Sales or Services: Heavy

Fish Processing: Fish Receiving

Food and Fish Processing: Fish and Meat Processing

Food and Fish Processing: Food Processing

General Industrial

Laundry Services

Light Industrial

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principal uses on the site (e.g., Dining Establishments, Drinking Establishments, etc.) For other participant oriented facilities, (e.g., skating rinks, amusement centers, fitness centers, billiard parlors): One space for each 200 gross square feet of floor area.

20 Recreation Services: Campgrounds One space for each campsite or table, plus one space for each employee, and one additional space for each 25 campsites, and whatever number of spaces are required for other principal uses on the site (e.g., Dining Establishments, Drinking Establishments, etc.) 21 Community Meeting One space for each four fixed seats or each 96 inches, or fraction thereof, of the length of bench-type seats, or 28 gross square feet where no permanent seats are maintained, in any main meeting area, auditorium, meeting room, sanctuary or place of worship. 22 Utility or Equipment Substation One space for each 300 square feet of gross

One space for each four fixed seats or each 96 inches, or fraction thereof, of the length of bench-type seats, or 28 gross square feet where no permanent seats are maintained, in any main meeting area, auditorium, meeting room, sanctuary or place of worship.

One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area; provided that, no parking spaces are required for completely automated, unattended facilities.

(Code 1971, § 15.615.040)

The number of offstreet parking spaces required and the manner in which they are to be provided for agricultural use types shall be determined in accordance with this section as follows:

1. Produce Sales: As determined necessary by the decision-making authority to provide adequate vehicular access while minimizing adverse impacts on the surrounding neighborhood.

2. Animal Husbandry: None

Apiculture

Crop Production

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Horticulture: Cultivation

Horticulture: Storage

Indoor Production (Code 1971, § 15.615.050)

A. General Requirements. Parking lot and parking space design and dimensions shall be carried out in accordance with this section.

• B. Dimensions of Parking Spaces.

  1. Standard Spaces. Each parking space shall be an unobstructed rectangle not less than nine feet wide by not less than 20 feet long, exclusive of drives, aisles or, if enclosed, structural supports.

  2. Compact Spaces.

     • a. Compact spaces shall be an unobstructed rectangle not less than eight feet wide by not less than 16 feet long, exclusive of drives, aisles or, if enclosed, structural supports.

     • b. Each compact space shall be individually marked or designated as a compact space.

     • c. Compact spaces may be permitted only to the extent allowed by subsection 24.415.020(E).

  3. Overhang. Where a required offstreet parking space is designed to abut a landscaped area that is at least five feet wide or a sidewalk that is a minimum of 2 1/2 feet wider than required by the state building code handicap requirements, the length of any such parking spaces, except for parallel spaces, may be reduced by 2 1/2 feet for spaces that are perpendicular or angular to such landscaped area or sidewalk.

C. Marking. All parking spaces and directional arrows and instructions shall be clearly designated in a manner satisfactory to the city Engineer.

D. Restriping Existing Lots. Existing parking lots may be repainted to follow the exact existing striping layout, whether or not the number of spaces or the dimensions of the spaces or other aspects of the lot are in compliance with this chapter. If existing lots are restriped in any other manner, even to a more conforming manner, all provisions of this chapter shall be met including, but not limited to, numbers and dimensions of parking spaces, drive aisle dimensions, and landscaping.

E. Parking Spaces Unclear. If the parking spaces in an existing private parking lot are not clearly marked or designated, the number of parking spaces that a private parking lot will be deemed to have available for offstreet parking will be the maximum number of spaces which can be accommodated in compliance with all other requirements of this zoning ordinance including, but not limited to, requirements for numbers and dimensions of parking spaces, drive aisle dimensions, and landscaping. (Code 1971, § 15.615.060)

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A. Vehicular access to streets and alleys will be determined to meet the requirements of this chapter only to the extent such access is in accordance with driveway locations and access design approved by the city engineer.

B. Driveway access to offstreet parking spaces for uses within the Family Residential: Single Family or Family Residential: Two Family use types shall be at least ten feet in width throughout.

C. Driveway access to offstreet parking spaces for sites with more than two dwelling units shall be at least 20 feet in width throughout, provided that, the city engineer or the fire department may require a greater minimum width depending on the driveway length, number of dwelling units served, turnaround needs, or other factors.

D. Driveway access to all non-residential uses shall be not less than 14 feet in width throughout for one-way access and not less than 25 feet in width throughout for two-way, combined entrance and exit, access.

E. For all uses except Family Residential: Single Family and Family Residential: Two Family, a minimum 25 foot deep unobstructed back-out area shall be provided in front of every garage, carport, or open perpendicular parking space, provided that, where any of the foregoing abut an alley or private street or driveway, one-half the width of the alley or private street or driveway may count towards this required 25 foot back-out area.

• F. No vehicular parking shall occur over a public or private sidewalk. (Code 1971, § 15.615.070)

Uses classified within the Shopping Centers: Large use type must meet all of the following standards in addition to any other requirements of this zoning ordinance:

1. Standards for Entry Areas.

a. When the city engineer determines that a deceleration lane is necessary to provide safe and adequate right turn access to the shopping center from any adjacent arterial streets, a deceleration lane shall be provided and improved per the requirements of the city engineer.

b. A 30-foot wide two-way drive aisle shall be provided and maintained directly adjacent to any walkways that abut the front building elevation. No parking spaces shall be located within 30 feet of any walkway that abuts the front building elevation.

2. Standards for Parking Spaces.

   • a. All parking spaces within particular rows of spaces served by one-way or two-way drive aisles shall be designed with the same degree of angle.

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b. No more than one-tenth of the number of parking spaces provided for the shopping center may be located behind buildings.

• c. No offstreet parking spaces shall be located behind buildings unless a clearly designated pedestrian walkway a minimum of 20 feet in width is provided on the site to assure adequate access and visibility to that parking area from the front of the building.

3. Other Applicable Standards.

   • a. Adequate temporary storage areas for shopping carts shall be provided throughout the parking lots. No such temporary storage areas shall be located on walkways.

b. Landscape planters in parking lots shall be provided and maintained at a frequency of one planter of suitable size to accommodate a mature tree per each four side-by-side parking spaces. Continuous landscape planters are discouraged in the interior of parking lots.

• c. Where landscape planters are located between buildings or public sidewalks and parking lots such that pedestrians will likely traverse the planters, walk-through areas shall be provided through the planters at intervals of one walk-through area for every four parking spaces. (Code 1971, § 15.615.080)

All driveways, drive aisles, parking areas, and accesses to such parking areas required by this chapter, as well as all outdoor display areas for vehicles and all outdoor storage areas, shall be completely surfaced with asphalt or Portland cement concrete surfacing. Adequate drainage shall be provided for all such asphalted or concreted areas in accordance with the requirements of the building official and the city engineer. (Code 1971, § 15.615.090)

All parking areas for uses other than Family Residential: Single Family and Family Residential: Two Family shall be landscaped and screened in accordance with the requirements of this section.

1. Perimeter Landscaping.

   • a. A landscape strip a minimum of ten feet wide shall be provided along the property lines adjacent to any public or private street or alley (except within the approved exit and entrance ways) wherever parking areas or drive aisles abut such streets or alleys.

   • b. Drive aisles and open parking areas on adjacent sites shall be separated by a planting strip a minimum of five feet in width on each site in any instance:

     1. Where there are two adjacent driveways providing access to such sites; or

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  2. Where there are two or more open parking areas adjacent to one another which are not served by a common driveway. 

2. Interior Landscaping.

   • a. For open parking areas containing parking spaces for at least ten and not more than 21 vehicles, a minimum of five percent of the interior of such areas shall be landscaped.

   • b. For open parking areas containing parking spaces for more than 21 vehicles, a minimum of ten percent of the interior of such areas shall be landscaped.

   • c. For any use that requires design review, interior landscaped areas shall be distributed throughout the entire parking area as required by the decision-making authority.

   • d. The total area of required interior landscaped area shall be calculated on the basis of the total amount of parking and drive aisle areas required to be provided.

3. Landscaping Construction Methods. All parking lot landscape areas adjacent to vehicular parking or drive aisles shall be entirely enclosed within a reinforced brick or masonry planter box, or a poured-in-place Portland cement concrete curb, not less than six inches high, except on any side of such landscape areas adjacent to a public street or alley. Any portion of a parking lot landscape area that abuts a public street or alley shall be constructed per the specifications of the city engineer.

4. Fences and Walls Required for Non-Residential Land Uses. Parking or circulation areas for non-residential uses that abut property in a residential zone shall be totally screened along the length of the property line abutting the residential zone by a wood fence or masonry wall six feet in height; provided that, such fence or wall shall not exceed 3 1/2 feet in height in the area from the front lot line to the depth of the required front yard on the abutting residentially zoned property. Where a parking or circulation area for a non-residential land use is located across a street or alley from property in a residential zone, such parking or circulation areas shall be totally screened along the property line abutting the street or alley by a wood fence or masonry wall 3 1/2 feet in height. (Code 1971, § 15.615.100)

All offstreet parking areas, other than those provided for uses within the Family Residential: Single Family and Family Residential: Two Family and Family Residential: Small Multi-Family use types, shall be provided with exterior lighting. Such lighting shall be designed to confine the lighting to the parking area on the site such that there is no lighting splash beyond the site. (Code 1971, § 15.615.110)

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A. Plans for parking areas containing ten or more spaces, including landscaping and lighting plans, must be considered and approved prior to construction pursuant to the design review process set forth in chapter 24.545

B. Plans for parking areas containing less than ten spaces including landscaping and lighting plans, proposed in conjunction with uses that do not require design review or any other discretionary approvals from any decisionmaking authority other than the director, must be considered and approved by the director, prior to construction pursuant to chapter 24.505. (Code 1971, § 15.615.120)

Any permanently maintained offstreet loading and unloading spaces shall meet the following standards:

1. Location. No loading area shall be oriented to face directly to any arterial street. All loading areas shall be located so as to prevent truck back-up maneuvering within public rights-of-way.

2. Size. Each loading space shall be not less than 12 feet in width, and not less than 50 feet in depth, with a minimum overhead clearance of 14 feet.

3. Screening. All loading areas shall be adequately screened from view of public rights-of-way by walls or landscaping. (Code 1971, § 15.615.130)

A. Applicability. The requirements of this section shall apply when a building is constructed, an existing building is added to or structurally altered, or the use or occupancy of a property is intensified, expanded or changed and such construction, addition, structural alteration or change of use or occupancy requires a planned development permit, or amendment thereto, or use permit, or amendment thereto.

B. Residential Use Types. The number of required bicycle parking facilities for residential use types shall be no less than the following:

1. Family Residential: Large Multi-Family: Ten percent of the number of spaces required for motor vehicle parking, but no less than five bicycle parking facilities.

2. All Other Residential Use Type: None.

C. General Use Types. The number of required bicycle parking facilities for all general use types shall be no less than ten percent of the number of spaces required for motor vehicle parking, except for the following:

1. Education Services. General use types shall provide the same number of bicycle parking facilities as the number of spaces required for motor vehicle parking.

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2. Recreation Services. Indoor Entertainment; Recreation Services: Indoor Sports’ and Recreation; and Recreation Services: Outdoor Sports and Recreation use types shall provide at least 30 percent of the number of spaces required for motor vehicle parking.

• D. Agricultural Use Types. None.

• E. Computation of Required Bicycle Parking Facilities.

  1. Fractional Requirements. Where the total number of bicycle parking facilities required includes a fraction of a facility, one additional bicycle facility shall be added for each such fraction.

  2. Mixed Uses. The total requirement for bicycle parking facilities on a site shall be the sum of the requirements for each of the uses occupying the site.

3. Uses Not Specified. The decision-making authority may establish bicycle parking facilities requirements for uses not set forth herein. Such determination shall be based upon the requirements for the, most comparable uses specified in this section. The decision-making authority may seek the advice of the bicycle technical advisory committee with respect to these matters.

• F. Requirements for Bicycle Parking Facilities.

  1. Location. Bicycle parking facilities shall be located on the same site as the use that is subject to the requirements of this section. Bicycle facilities shall be located so as to be at least as convenient as the majority of vehicular parking areas, and as closely oriented to adjacent bikeways as is feasible.

2. Bicycle Facilities Standards.

a. Bicycle parking facilities shall include provisions for storage and locking of bicycles, either in lockers or secured racks or equivalent installations in which the bicycle frame and wheels may be locked by the user. Instructions for the proper use of the racks and/or lockers should be provided. Bicycle racks shall be designed so that the user is able to secure both wheels and the frame with a user-provided 1.8 meter six-foot cable or chain and lock. Racks or lockers shall be anchored so that they cannot be easily removed. Lockers shall be designed such that bicycles cannot be removed except by authorized persons. It is recommended that bicycle facilities be covered so that they are protected from the elements.

b. The design of bicycle parking facilities with respect to safety, convenience, and security shall be subject to the review and approval of the director. The director may specify certain types and standards for bicycle parking facilities in addition to the standards set forth herein.

c. Bicycle parking facilities required in conjunction with uses that are subject to design review shall be reviewed by the decision-making authority to insure that they relate well to the remainder of the facilities, are architecturally consistent with the site and structures, and are located in the most appropriate location.

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3. Maintenance. Bicycle parking facilities as required herein shall be provided and maintained for the duration of the use incurring the requirements therefor and shall not be used for other purposes. (Code 1971, § 15.615.140)

Non-Residential development that is determined to have the potential to provide employment for 100 or more persons at a particular site shall provide the following:

No less than ten percent of the cumulative total of required parking spaces for the development shall be located as close as is feasible to the employee entrance(s), and shall be reserved for use by potential carpool or vanpool vehicles, without displacing handicapped parking needs. This preferential carpool and vanpool parking area shall be identified on the site plan upon application for discretionary permit, or if no discretionary permit is required it shall be shown on plans at time of first submittal for building permit, to the satisfaction of the city engineer. Spaces shall be signed or striped as demand warrants, provided that, at all times at least one space for projects of 50,000 square feet to 100,000 square feet of gross floor area and two spaces for projects over 100,000 square feet of gross floor area will be signed or striped for carpool or vanpool vehicles. (Code 1971, § 15.615.150)