§ 17.40.120. Off-street parking—Compact car parking spaces.  


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  • A.

    In all parking facilities containing fifteen or more parking spaces, a maximum of twenty-five percent of the required parking spaces may be reduced in size for the use of compact cars, provided these spaces shall be clearly identified with a sign permanently affixed immediately in front of each space containing the notation, "Compacts Only." Spaces designed for compact cars may be reduced in size to a minimum of seven and one-half feet in width and fifteen feet in length.

    B.

    Where feasible, all compact car spaces shall be located in one or more contiguous areas and/or adjacent to ingress-egress points within parking facilities. Location of compact car parking spaces shall not create traffic congestion or impede traffic flows.

(Ord. 305 § 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 53 § 180-12, 1978)