Parking spaces required for homes in Gardena

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Garage and covered spaces	Minimum interior size 20 feet wide by 20 feet deep. Applies: Two-car garage, unless another subsection applies; tandem parking allowed. § 18.40.070 · code text a two-car garage shall be fully enclosed and have a minimum interior dimension of twenty feet in width by twenty feet in depth. Minimum interior size 12 feet wide by 41 feet deep. Applies: Garage designed for tandem parking, unless another subsection applies. § 18.40.070 · code text A garage designed for tandem parking shall have a minimum interior dimension of twelve feet in width by forty-one feet in depth. Minimum interior size 19 feet wide by 19 feet deep. Applies: Two-car garage in the R-4 and MU Overlay Zones, unless tandem parking is allowed. § 18.40.070 · code text a two-car garage shall be fully enclosed and have a minimum interior dimension of nineteen feet in width by nineteen feet in depth. Minimum interior size 10.5 feet wide by 38 feet deep. Applies: Garage designed for tandem parking in the R-4 and MU Overlay Zones. § 18.40.070 · code text A garage designed for tandem parking shall have a minimum interior dimension of ten and one-half feet in width by thirty-eight feet in depth. The designated parking area must stay free and clear of all obstructions. Applies: All garage parking spaces. § 18.40.070 · code text In all garage parking spaces, the designated parking area shall be designed to remain free and clear of all obstructions, including, but not limited to, washer/dryer units, water heaters, trash enclosures, etc.
Guest parking	One-half parking space per dwelling unit Applies: Residential developments and mobile home parks of more than one unit § 18.40.070 · code text Guest parking shall be provided for residential developments and mobile home parks of more than one unit at one-half parking space per dwelling unit.
Spaces per apartment or condo	2 spaces per dwelling unit, in an enclosed garage or parking structure. Applies: Low-density and medium-density multifamily residential. § 18.40.040 · code text Low-density and medium-density multifamily residential: \| Two spaces per dwelling unit in an enclosed garage or parking structure. 2 spaces per unit except studios: 1 in an enclosed garage or parking structure, the other may be covered. Applies: High-density multifamily dwellings (over 20 units per acre). § 18.40.040 · code text High-density multifamily dwellings (anything over 20 units per acre): \| Two spaces per dwelling unit, other than a studio unit, one of which must be in an enclosed garage or parking structure and the other which may be in a covered parking area. 1 space per dwelling unit. Applies: Studio unit. § 18.40.040 · code text Studio unit: \| One space per dwelling unit.
Spaces for a single-family home	A 2-car enclosed garage. § 18.40.040 · code text Single-family: \| Two-car enclosed garage.

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Gardena's code: Minimum interior size 20 feet wide by 20 feet deep. (Two-car garage, unless another subsection applies; tandem parking allowed.) (§ 18.40.070); Minimum interior size 12 feet wide by 41 feet deep. (Garage designed for tandem parking, unless another subsection applies.) (§ 18.40.070).

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