18.54.030 General Standards:
A. The parking and/or loading areas shall have reasonable access and a capacity according to the use of the property listed in the following sections. Where a use is not listed, the Community Development Director shall determine the required parking and/or loading space based on similar uses for which the requirements are specified or based on an analysis of likely parking needs.
B. Wheel or bumper stops shall be required to prevent vehicles from overhanging walkways, property lines or other limits of a parking facility and to prevent damage to landscaping.
C. Residential Uses. Regulations refer to Chapter 8.52.
D. Parking lot landscaping shall comply with Chapter 18.57, Landscaping.
E. Parking lots in the C-2 and NC Zones must comply with pedestrian standards of Section 18.30.160.
F. Carpool Parking. For industrial, commercial, and institutional uses where there are more than fifty (50) parking spaces on the site, the following standards must be met:
1. Five (5) spaces or five percent (5%) of the parking spaces on the site, whichever is less, must be reserved for carpool use. More spaces may be provided, but are not required.
2. Signs must be posted, or painted within the spaces, indicating that these spaces are reserved for carpool use.
G. Litter Receptacles. All off-street parking areas serving retail uses and restaurants shall provide at least one (1) outdoor litter receptacle within the parking area or at the building entrance. One (1) additional outdoor litter receptacle shall be provided within the parking area or at the building entrance for each seventy-five (75) parking spaces located on the site.
H. Except for compact car spaces, each parking space shall be no less than nine feet (9') wide and twenty feet (20') long.
I. Ten percent (10%) of the total spaces required may be for compact cars only. These spaces must be designated. Each compact space shall be at least eight feet (8') wide and sixteen feet (16') long and shall be clearly identified as a compact car space by painting the word “COMPACT” in capital letters, a minimum of eight inches (8") high, on the pavement at the base of the parking space and centered between the striping.
J. A building that has mixed occupancies shall provide parking for each use as required in Section 18.54.040. (Ord. 2929, 8/13/19)