17.30.080 PARKING

A. General Requirements 1. Intent. Parking requirements are established to accomplish the following: a. Ensure an appropriate level of vehicle parking, loading, and storage to support parking within the Town Center and districts. b. Provide appropriate site design standards to mitigate the impacts of parking lots on adjacent land uses and zoning districts. c. Provide specifications for vehicular site access. 2. Applicability. This section shall apply to all new developments and changes in use or intensity of use for existing development, in any district. a. Damage or Destruction. When a use that has been damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion, or other cause is reestablished, any associated off-street parking spaces or loading facilities must be re-established based on the requirements of this section. b. Site Plan Approval Required. Parking quantities, design, and layout shall be approved through the development application process and meet the standards of the current parking chapter. 3. Parking Spillover Management Plan. If deemed necessary, the city planner shall require a parking spillover management plan for peak demand periods. 4. Stormwater Management in Parking Lots. Incorporation of stormwater management best practices is required, such as incorporating drainage swales and slotted curbs in medians and within landscaped islands in parking lots. Final design shall meet the requirements of the City Engineer. 5. Lighting Parking lot lighting shall be confined to the lot. No poles shall be located closer than 10’ to any street. All lighting shall use cutoff techniques to ensure dark skies intent. All poles shall be black. 6. Shared Parking When any land or building is under the same ownership or under a joint use agreement and is used for two or more purposes, the number of parking spaces is computed by multiplying the minimum amount of parking normally required for each land use by the appropriate percentage as shown in the following parking credit schedule for each of the five time periods shown (see tables below). The number of parking spaces required is determined by totaling the resulting numbers in each column; the column total that generates the highest number of parking spaces then becomes the parking requirement. Neighboring property owners may share parking spaces if: a. a permanent cross-access easement or other recorded agreement is established; b. pedestrian access between the properties can be gained without utilizing a major public or private street; c. all of the parking must be located within a 400’ radius of the main entrance of the use requesting the additional parking. 7. Bike Parking Bike Parking requirements are outlined in the Bike Parking Requirements table. 8. Off street Parking Setbacks All parking lots shall have a minimum setback from Primary Streets of fifteen feet (15’).