Chapter 16.54 — OFF-STREET PARKING AND OFFSTREET LOADING FACILITIES

In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately. Off-street parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use except as herein specified for joint use.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

The Planning Commission may, upon written application by the owner or lessee of any property, authorize the joint use of parking facilities by the following uses or activities under the conditions specified herein:

A.

One hundred (100%) percent of the parking facilities required by this chapter for a use considered to be primarily a daytime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use. One hundred (100%) percent of the parking facilities required by this chapter for a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a daytime use, provided that such parking area shall meet the conditions set forth in paragraph (C) below;

B.

The following uses are typical daytime uses: banks, business offices, retail stores, personal service shops, clothing or shoe repair or service shops, manufacturing or wholesale buildings and similar uses. The following uses are typical nighttime uses: dance halls, theaters, bars, auditoriums other than those incidental to a public or parochial school or churches, and similar uses;

C.

The following are conditions required for joint use:

1.

The building or use for which application is being made for authority to utilize the existing off-street parking facilities provided by another building or use, shall be located within two hundred (200) feet of such parking facility,

2.

The applicant shall show that there is no substantial conflict in the principal operating hours or days of the building or uses for which the joint use of offstreet parking facilities is proposed. If the building, structure or improvement requiring parking space is in one ownership and the required parking space provided in another ownership, partially or wholly, there shall be a recording in the office of the county recorder of a covenant by such owners for the benefit of the city, in a form approved by the city, that such owner or owners will continue to maintain such parking space so long as the building, structure or improvement is maintained by the owner within the city. The covenant herein required shall stipulate that the title to and right to use the parcel or parcels upon which the parking space is to be provided will be subservient to the

title to the premises upon which the building is to be erected and that the parcel or parcels are not and will not be made subject to any other covenant or contract for use without prior written consent of the city.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

Common parking facilities may be provided in lieu of the individual requirements contained herein, but such facilities shall be approved by the Planning Commission as to size, shape and relationship to the sites to be served. The total of such off-street parking spaces, when used together, shall not be less than the sum required for the various uses computed separately, except as follows:

A.

Where joint use is allowed as set forth under § 16.54.070;

B.

Where the uses utilizing a common parking facility require more than twenty (20) parking spaces, a ten (10) percent reduction in the total number of spaces may be permitted by the Planning Commission.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

16.54.090 - Standards for off-street parking facilities.

Off-street parking facilities shall conform to the following standards:

A.

All parking areas shall have adequate ingress and egress to and from a street or alley. Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles shall be provided on the site in accordance with good engineering standards. Bumper rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined by the City Building Official.

B.

Entrances and exits to parking lots and other parking facilities shall be provided only at locations approved by the City Engineer.

C.

Each parking space shall be not less than twenty (20) feet in length and nine (9) feet in width, exclusive of aisles and access drives, and conform to city standards for parking areas and courts.

D.

Handicap parking spaces required by the California Building Code shall be provided in accordance with such law or regulation.

E.

If the parking area is illuminated, the lighting shall be designed to prevent unreasonable glare to adjoining properties and controlled by such reasonable means as are practical to prevent sky-reflected glare.

F.

No commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted on a parking area.

G.

The parking area, aisles and access drives shall be constructed with a minimum six-inch base and double chip and seal so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of such work subject to the approval of the City Engineer.

H.

Off-street parking in multifamily developments shall be prohibited in all required front yards and in the outer one half of required side and rear yards.

I.

Off-street parking area, insofar as possible, shall be screened from view of abutting properties by use of fences, walks, hedges or appropriate plant materials.

J.

When ten (10) or more spaces are required by this chapter, twenty-five (25) percent of the required space may be compact car spaces. A compact car space shall have a minimum size of eight and one-half (8 ½) feet in width and sixteen (16) feet in length.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

In all districts, every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of five thousand (5,000) square feet or more, with a use requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of significant amounts of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same parcel with such building, at least one off-street loading space, plus one additional off-street loading space for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area. It is the intent of this section to apply to those uses which might reasonably be expected to create a traffic or public safety problem without provision being made for onsite loading and unloading facilities. No off-street loading space shall be required where buildings c an be served by a public alley.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

Off-street loading facilities provided in compliance with § 16.54.100 shall conform with the following standards:

A.

Each loading berth shall be of a length and width, and shall have an overhead clearance sufficient to accommodate the size of the vehicles used in loading or unloading operations.

B.

Sufficient room for the turning and maneuvering of vehicles shall be provided on the site.

C.

Entrances and exits shall be provided at locations approved by the City Engineer.

D.

The loading area, access drives and aisles shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of such work subject to approval of the City Engineer.

E.

Bumper rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined by the City Engineer.

F.

If the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away from abutting properties so as not to cause annoying glare to such properties.

G.

A loading area shall not be located in a required front yard. A loading area may be located in a required side or rear yard.

H.

No commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in an off-street loading area.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

Editor's note— Ord. No. 868, § 1, adopted June 7, 2022, repealed § 16.54.120, which pertained to effect of chapter on existing uses and derived from Ord. 775 (part), adopted 2004.

No off-street parking facilities or off-street loading facility provided for a use of land or structures in compliance with this chapter shall be reduced in capacity or in area without sufficient additional capacity or additional area being provided to comply with the regulations of this chapter.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

A.

The Planning Commission may waive all or a portion of the number of parking spaces required by this chapter on the following terms and conditions:

1.

A finding by the Planning Commission that such waiver of on-site parking requirements would not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare; and

2.

A finding by the Planning Commission as to any new construction or enlargement of an existing structure, that the lot size or lot utilization does not provide sufficient area to reasonably provide the required spaces; and

3.

Finding that the property is located within five hundred (500) feet from an existing city owned parking facility open to the general public, measured by the shortest route of pedestrian access, and

4.

Payment by the owner of the property or the applicant to the city of a fee determined by resolution of the City Council to be the average cost of providing public parking for each parking space waived by the Planning Commission. Such cost shall include the average cost per square foot of real estate in downtown commercial areas plus the cost of installation and pavin g of a parking space of one hundred eighty (180) square feet, together with a proportionate share of the cost of access aisles and landscaping. All fees received by city pursuant to this section shall be deposited into a parking expansion fund and used exclusively for expanding offstreet public parking facilities.

B.

The Planning Commission may modify the standards as required by this section if:

1.

A finding is made by the Planning Commission that such modification of these requirements would not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Yreka.

2.

That application of the standards as required would create an unreasonable hardship due to the limitations of the site and consistency with existing development in the area.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

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