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Title 14 — ZONING›Chapter 14-17 — PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES
Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 10 Services: Business and Personal Parking Requirements
Watsonville Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Watsonville
Cite as: Watsonville Municipal Code Article 10 · Text as of 2026-10-05
14-17.1001 Number of off-street parking spaces required.¶
The number of off-street parking spaces required for each of the following uses shall be as follows:
| GLU | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | 60 | Finance, insurance, and real estate: (1) Finance, savings and loan institutions, insurance, real estate, business, professional and other offices (except those otherwise designated in this section): 0 to 20,000 square feet floor area, 1 space for each 300 square feet floor area, plus 1 space for each 500 square feet floor area in excess of 20,000 square feet (2) Banks (commercial): 1 space for each 200 square feet |
| (b) | 61 | Personal services: (1) Self-service laundry and dry cleaning, 1 space for each 3 machines (2) Dry cleaning, pickup: 3 spaces, plus 1 space for each 500 square feet over 1,000 (3) Mortuaries, funeral homes, and cemeteries: 1 space for each 5 seats in the 2 largest chapels (4) All other: same as subsection (a) of this section |
| (c) | 62 | Business and office services: (1) Beauty and culture schools: 3 spaces, plus 1 space for each operator station (2) All other: same as subsection (a) of this section |
| (d) | 63 | Automotive repair, services, and garages: 5 spaces, plus 1 space for each 800 square feet floor area in excess of 3,000 square feet |
| (e) | 64 | Repair services, miscellaneous: 5 spaces, plus 1 space for each 800 square feet floor area in excess of 3,000 square feet |
| (f) | 65 | Commercial amusement and recreational services: (1) Theaters, auditoriums, and sports arenas or stadia, including school auditoriums and stadia: for all fixed seating capacity, 1 space for each 4 seats; theaters in shopping centers, 1 space per 8.5 seats (2) Dance halls and exhibition halls without fixed seats for floor area devoted to public assembly or activity: 1 space for each 100 square feet floor area devoted to the principal activity (3) Dance schools other than ballrooms: 5 spaces, plus 1 space for each 150 square feet of dance floor area over 500 square feet (4) Billiard and poolrooms: 2 spaces per table (5) Bowling alleys: 3 spaces for each alley, except where in a shopping center which includes a supermarket, 2 spaces per alley (6) Golf courses: 4 spaces per hole, plus the required spaces for restaurants and cocktail lounges (7) Health spas and gymnasia: 10 spaces, plus 1 space for each 200 square feet floor area in excess of 1,000 square feet, excluding outdoor swimming pools which require parking per subsection (f)(8) of this section |
| (8) Public swimming pools and private swim clubs, 20 spaces per pool (not including wading pools or whirlpool baths), plus 1 space for each 200 square feet of cabana floor area in excess of 1,000 square feet, except where membership is restricted to the immediate neighborhood, a minimum of 5 spaces shall be provided (9) Public tennis courts and private tennis clubs, 2 spaces per court, plus 1 space for each 200 square feet of clubhouse floor area in excess of 1,000 square feet (10) Skating rinks: 1 space for each 200 square feet of floor area devoted to the principal activity (11) All others in GLU 65, 1 space per each employee, plus public spaces determined by the use permit conditions | ||
| (g) | 66 | Medical and health services: (1) Medical and dental offices and clinics, 1 space for each 200 square feet floor area, plus 1 space for each employee (2) Laboratories when a primary use: 4 spaces, plus 1 for each 300 square feet in excess of 1,000 square feet (3) All others in GLU 66, 1 space per each 300 square feet of floor area |
| (h) | 67 | Professional services, others: Finance, savings and loan institutions, insurance, real estate, and business, professional, and other offices (except those otherwise designated in this section): 0 to 20,000 square feet floor area, 1 space for each 300 square feet floor area, plus 1 space for each 500 square feet floor area in excess of 20,000 square feet |
| (i) | 68 | Transient accommodations: Hotels and motels: 5 spaces, plus 1 space for each guest room, plus required spaces for restaurants, retail outlets, and other accessory uses |
| (j) | 69 | Commercial vacant and temporary uses and buildings: 1 space per each employee, plus public spaces determined by the use permit conditions |
(§ 1, Ord. 1201-06 (CM), eff. October 26, 2006)
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