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In all districts, except the GU-1, general use district, off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided in the amount and location as set forth herein.

A. General Provisions.

1. The off-street parking and loading facilities required by this section shall be established.

2. Required off-street parking spaces and loading facilities for multiresidential, commercial and industrial land uses shall provide vehicle parking.

3. Any area once designated for required off-street parking and loading shall not thereafter be used for any other purpose unless and until equal facilities are provided elsewhere in conformance with this title.

B. Rules for Computing the Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces. The number of required off-street parking spaces to be provided for each use shall be determined as follows:

1. Where the computation of required parking space results in a fractional number, the determination of required parking spaces shall be made by rounding the fractional number to the nearest whole number.

2. Except as otherwise indicated, the number of parking spaces shall be determined by the net floor area, which for the purpose of this section shall mean that floor area of the building accessible to or devoted to use by the customer or patron of a business establishment. Net floor area shall not include those areas used for storage, cooking, stairwells, etc.

C. Minimum Standards for Off-Street Parking Spaces. For every use, there shall be provided the following minimum number of off-street parking spaces:

1. Bed and breakfast residence: one space per guestroom over four rooms;

2. Bowling alley: one space per three seats;

3. Furniture store: one space per 500 square feet of sales area;

4. Hospital, sanitarium; one space per three beds;

5. Hotel (guestrooms only, add other uses extra), roominghouse: three spaces per four guestrooms;

6. Office: one space per 200 square feet;

7. Residential: one space per dwelling unit, and one additional parking space per bedroom over four bedrooms;

8. Store (except furniture): one space per 200 square feet of sales area;

9. Theater or auditorium (including school auditoriums), church, funeral parlor, Assembly hall: one space per four seats;

10. Restaurant: one space per three seats;

11. Trailer park, hotel: one space per unit;

12. All commercial and industrial uses not otherwise designated: three spaces per four employees.

No off-street parking is required in the general use zone or in the downtown core area bounded by First Avenue to Fifth Avenue, Noble Street to Barnette Street, and First Avenue to Third Avenue, Barnette Street to Wickersham Street.

D. Minimum Standards for Off-Street Loading Facilities. For every use requiring the loading and unloading of merchandise, off-street facilities for loading and unloading within or adjacent to the building shall be provided in a manner as to not obstruct the traffic movement on adjacent streets and alleys. No off-street parking space shall be used as an off-street loading facility.

E. Location of Off-Street Parking Spaces. All required off-street parking spaces shall be located within the property lines of the same zoning lot, or, where permitted, on a lot within 300 feet of the zoning lot that accommodates the building, structure or use being served.

F. Shared Off-Street Parking Spaces. Up to 50 percent of the off-street parking spaces required for a particular use may be utilized by other uses seeking additional off-street parking spaces; provided, that the uses involved are not normally open, used or operated during the same hours as the primary use for which such off-street parking spaces are required, and that a written agreement is drawn assuring their retention for such purposes as set forth herein.

G. Handicapped Parking Requirements. There shall be provided one handicapped equipped and designated off-street parking space for every 50 required off-street parking spaces or 10 such spaces, whichever is less. Said space or spaces shall be at least eight feet in width with an access aisle at least five feet in width adjacent to the driver’s or passenger’s side of the car space. Said space or spaces shall be within 200 feet of an entrance to the building, structure or use being served and, where there is more than one entrance, evenly distributed throughout the parking lot also within the distance requirement. The accessible route of travel shall have ramps where curbs are present, shall not cross traffic lanes, and shall not pass behind car spaces. Each handicapped car space shall be identified with an unobscured sign.

H. Design. Except for single-family and two-family residences, all off-street parking spaces and loading facilities shall be designed with the following standards:

1. No wall, post, guardrail or other obstruction that would restrict car door opening shall be permitted within five feet of the centerline of a parking space. Access to each parking space shall be designed so that a driver can enter and leave a space without backing up more than 25 feet.

2. Turning and maneuvering space shall be located entirely on the lot of the use being served; except this does not apply to commercial uses where the primary purpose of parking is for on-site employees; and provided, that the exiting vehicles will not be required to back into a street classified as a (a) major collector or arterial or (b) minor collector unless the managing public agency has provided approval. A portion of an alley may be credited as turning and maneuvering space.

3. Each parking space shall have a minimum dimension of nine feet in depth and 18 feet in length with circulation drives of adequate width to make each stall accessible and usable without the need of moving other vehicles.

4. Each loading and unloading area shall have a minimum width of 10 feet, a minimum length of 40 feet, and a minimum height clearance of 14 feet.

5. All off-street parking and loading facilities including circulation drives and access routes shall be surfaced with at least two inches of compacted gravel and graded and drained. (Ord. 2023-48 § 2, 2023; Ord. 2002-04 § 4, 2002; Ord. 89-099 § 13, 1990; Ord. 88-010 § 2, 1988. 2004 Code § 18.50.060.)