Chapter 16.26 OFF-STREET PARKING AND VEHICLE ACCESS STANDARDS


Section 16.26.120 Parking space requirements--Nondwelling.

    Except as otherwise provided in this title, the number of off-street parking spaces for various uses shall be as follows:

USE  
    PARKING SPACE REQUIRED  
Banks, business or professional offices  
1 space for each 300 sq.ft. of gross floor space  
Bowling alleys  
4 spaces for each bowling lane  
Churches & accessory uses  
1 space for each 4 seats in the chapel or main assembly area or if there are no fixed seats, then 1 space for each 100 sq.ft. of floor space used for assembly purposes.  
Food establishments for the sale & consumption on the premises of food & beverages  
1 space for each 4 seats including stools, benches, booths or 1 for each 75 sq. ft. of floor area when number of  seats is unknown, but in no case shall  there be less than 15 spaces.  
Furniture & appliance stores, hardware stores, household equipment service shops, clothing or shoe  repair or similar personal service shops.  
1 space for each 400 sq. ft. of gross floor area.  
Hospitals  
2 spaces for each bed  
Libraries  
1 space for each 250 sq. ft. of gross floor area.  
Museums & similar non-assembly cultural facilities  
1 space for each 500 sq.ft. of gross floor area.  
Manufacturing uses, research & testing labs, creameries, bottling establishments, bakeries, canneries, printing & engraving shops, etc.  
Not less than 1 space for each 800 sq. ft. of gross floor area.  
Medical & dental clinics or offices  
1 space for each 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area.  
Mortuaries  
1 space for each 50 sq. ft. of gross floor area.  
Motels  
1 space for each sleeping or dwelling unit.  
Motor vehicle & machinery repairs (minor).  
1 space for each 600 sq. ft. of gross floor area, plus 1 space per employee.  
Motor vehicle & machinery repairs (  major)   , sales or wholesaling  
1 space for each    500 sq. ft. of gross floor area, plus 1 space per employee.  
Nursing home, children's home, homes for the aged.  
1 space for each 2 beds.  
Offices not providing customer services or sales on premises  
1 space for each    400 sq. ft. of gross floor area.  
Public parks, playgrounds and open spaces  
City Council may require parking at its discretion  
Professional offices for attorneys, CPA's, architects, engineers, etc.  
1 space for each 300 sq. ft. of gross floor area.  
Restaurants  
See food establishments  
Retail stores except as otherwise specified herein.  
1 space for each 225 sq. ft. of gross floor area on the ground floor and 1 space for each 350 sq. ft. of floor area on all floors above or below ground floor.  
Rooming house, lodging houses, & clubs having sleeping facilities  
1 space for each 2 persons having sleeping rooms  
Schools, private, vocational, etc.  
1 space for each employee and 1 space for each 3 students of driving age.  
Stadiums, sports arenas, auditoriums (including school auditoriums) & other places of public assembly and clubs & lodges having no sleeping quarters.  
1 space for each 4 seats and/or 1 space for each 100 sq. ft. of gross floor area used for assembly and not containing fixed seats.  
Swimming pools, commercial & public  
1 space for each 10 persons based on capacity load.  
Theaters  
1 space for each 4 seats based on the design capacity of the structure.  
Transportation terminals & facilities      
Adequate number as determined by the Planning Commission.  
Warehouses & wholesale storage buildings (dead storage or high volume distribution)  
1 space for each employee on the maximum shift.  

(PZSC § 03-12-012)


(Ord. 2007-27, Amended, 10/17/2007, Prior Text; Ord. 2005-16, Amended, 09/21/2005, Prior Text)