Parking spaces required for homes in Cerritos

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Parking in the front yard	A concrete parking apron at least 20 feet long is required. Applies: In front of the single-family garage entrance, within the property boundaries. § 22.74.300 · code text There shall be a concrete parking apron of a minimum length of twenty feet in front of the garage entrance within the property boundaries, No parking space may be located within required front yards. Applies: Multifamily dwellings; also side yards abutting public streets, and all spaces must be screened from view. § 22.74.300 · code text No parking space shall be located within required front yards or side yards abutting public streets and all parking spaces shall be screened from view both from public streets and from the main entrances to dwelling units,
Garage and covered spaces	Garage inside dimensions must be at least 20 feet wide and at least 22 feet long. Applies: Each single-family dwelling's enclosed garage. § 22.74.300 · code text Each single-family dwelling is required to have a minimum of two automobile parking spaces in an enclosed garage with inside dimensions of a minimum of twenty feet in width and a minimum of twenty-two feet in length, excluding therefrom any service or utility area, Garage inside dimensions must be at least 30 feet wide and at least 22 feet long. Applies: New single-family construction with total floor area of 3,500 square feet or more, excluding the enclosed garage. § 22.74.300 · code text New single-family residential construction, as defined in Section 22.22.700(15)(a)(i), with a total floor area greater than or equal to three thousand five hundred square feet, excluding the enclosed garage, shall require a minimum of three parking spaces within a completely enclosed garage with inside dimensions of a minimum of thirty feet in width and a minimum of twenty-two feet in length Garage inside dimensions must be at least 30 feet wide and at least 22 feet long. Applies: Single-family additions or modifications resulting in total floor area of 3,750 square feet or more, excluding the enclosed garage. § 22.74.300 · code text Single-family residential additions or modifications resulting in a residential dwelling with a total floor area greater than or equal to three thousand seven hundred fifty square feet, excluding the enclosed garage, shall require a minimum of three parking spaces within a completely enclosed garage with inside dimensions of a minimum of thirty feet in width and a minimum of twenty-two feet in length Each space must be at least 10 by 20 feet, with at least 1 space covered. Applies: Multifamily dwellings. § 22.74.300 · code text Each parking space shall be at least ten feet by twenty feet with at least one space covered,
Spaces per apartment or condo	At least 2 parking spaces for each unit. Applies: Each building containing 2 or more dwelling units. § 22.74.300 · code text Each building containing two or more dwelling units is required to have at least two parking spaces provided and maintained on the building site for each unit.
Spaces for a single-family home	2 parking spaces in an enclosed garage. § 22.74.300 · code text Each single-family dwelling is required to have a minimum of two automobile parking spaces in an enclosed garage with inside dimensions of a minimum of twenty feet in width and a minimum of twenty-two feet in length, excluding therefrom any service or utility area, 3 parking spaces within a completely enclosed garage. Applies: New single-family construction with total floor area of 3,500 square feet or more, excluding the enclosed garage. § 22.74.300 · code text New single-family residential construction, as defined in Section 22.22.700(15)(a)(i), with a total floor area greater than or equal to three thousand five hundred square feet, excluding the enclosed garage, shall require a minimum of three parking spaces within a completely enclosed garage 3 parking spaces within a completely enclosed garage. Applies: Single-family additions or modifications resulting in total floor area of 3,750 square feet or more, excluding the enclosed garage. § 22.74.300 · code text Single-family residential additions or modifications resulting in a residential dwelling with a total floor area greater than or equal to three thousand seven hundred fifty square feet, excluding the enclosed garage, shall require a minimum of three parking spaces within a completely enclosed garage

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Cerritos's code: A concrete parking apron at least 20 feet long is required. (In front of the single-family garage entrance, within the property boundaries.) (§ 22.74.300); No parking space may be located within required front yards. (Multifamily dwellings; also side yards abutting public streets, and all spaces must be screened from view.) (§ 22.74.300).

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