§ 17.40.900. Off-street parking—Table of minimum standards.

Required parking spaces shall be in conformance with the following table and where alternative standards are indicated, the greater requirement applies in conflicting computation; where the total quota results in a fraction, the next highest full unit shall be provided. Classification of use shall be defined by the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972.

1.

Residential single-family dwelling*: two parking spaces per dwelling unit;

2.

Residential multifamily dwelling*: one and one-half parking spaces per dwelling unit;

3.

Elderly housing (change in use to apartments will require additional parking): one parking space per four dwelling units;

4.

Boarding, lodging houses and similar uses: one parking space per dwelling unit and one space per boarding, lodging unit;

5.

Apartments: one and one-half parking spaces per dwelling unit;

6.

Motels/hotels: one parking space per two guest rooms or suites and one parking space per five seats maximum capacity combined banquet rooms and fifty percent of restaurants/bars, etc.;

7.

Hospitals: one parking space per two beds and one parking space per staff doctor and one parking space per two employees;

8.

Nursing, convalescent, rest homes: one parking space per three beds;

9.

Day care and nursery: one parking space per employee, one parking space per six children;

10.

School: elementary, junior high (public, private or parochial): one parking space per employee and one parking space per two classrooms;

11.

School: high school, college (public, private or parochial): one parking space per employee and one per five students;

12.

Business and professional offices, banks: one parking space per three hundred square feet of floor area, minimum of four parking spaces;

13.

Medical and dental offices: one parking space per two-hundred fifty square feet of floor area, minimum of four parking spaces;

14.

Libraries and museums: one parking space per one thousand square feet of floor area;

15.

Theaters, auditoriums, sports arenas and assembly halls with fixed seats: one parking space per four seats;

16.

Skating rinks, dance halls, recreation establishments: one parking space per two hundred square feet of floor area;

17.

Bowling alleys: five parking spaces per alley;

18.

Churches and similar places of assemblies: one parking space per six seats;

19.

Mortuaries and funeral homes: one parking space per four seats;

20.

Private clubs and lodges: one parking space per two hundred square feet of floor area;

21.

Restaurants and bars (includes pizza): one parking space per four seats or one parking space per one hundred fifty square feet of floor area;

22.

Restaurants, fast food (carry-out and counter service): one parking space per one hundred square feet of floor area and one parking space per employee or one parking space per two seats and one parking space per employee;

23.

Restaurants, fast food with drive-through window: one parking space per two seats or one parking space per one hundred square feet of floor area. Stacking lane: minimum of three spaces when accessed from a minor street or minimum of five spaces when accessed from an arterial street, not counted towards required parking spaces;

24.

Retail stores—Under five thousand square feet: one space per two hundred fifty square feet of floor area, minimum of four parking spaces;

25.

Retail stores—Over five thousand square feet: twenty parking spaces plus one space per four hundred square feet above five thousand square feet;

26.

Furniture, appliance, household and equipment sales: one parking space per six hundred square feet;

27.

Open sales area, trailer sales and rental, mobile home sales and garages: one parking space per one thousand five hundred square feet of sales area;

28.

Service stations, auto repair and services: one parking space per six hundred square feet and one parking space per dispenser station or lube/repair bay. Minimum of four parking spaces. Pump lanes: not counted as parking spaces;

29.

Convenience/gas combination: four parking spaces minimum. One parking space per four hundred square feet of floor area. Pump lanes: not counted as parking spaces;

30.

Motor vehicle, boat showrooms, machines, plumbing, heating, contractors, ventilating, upholstery, building material supplies, sales and service: one parking space per one thousand square feet;

31.

Manufacturing, productions, testing or repair of materials or commodities: one parking space per one thousand square feet or three-quarters space per employee;

32.

Wholesale establishments (not engaged in normal retail operations): three parking spaces first one thousand square feet and one additional space per additional five thousand square feet;

33.

Warehousing or storage buildings, freight terminals: one parking space per two thousand square feet for first ten thousand square feet and one additional parking space per additional ten thousand square feet. Warehouses with office space exceeding six hundred square feet shall be computed as an office warehousing mixed occupancy.

34.

Athletic courts: two spaces per court plus one space per eighty square feet of spectator area or one space per fixed seat, whichever is greater.

35.

Health clubs, indoor athletic facilities and exercise studios: one space per eighty square feet of exercise area, one space per each three hundred square feet of locker room/sauna/shower area, plus code requirement for other users.

36.

Limited indoor recreation, six spaces per one thousand square feet.

37.

Outdoor recreation: one space per three-person capacity of useable space.

38.

Trailheads: parking for eight to ten vehicles, bike rack, access gate and trash can with mutt mitts.

(Ord. 393 § 1, 1990; Ord. 305 § 1 (part), 1987: Ord. 53 § 180-90, 1978)

(Ord. No. 10-12, § 44, 1-19-2011)

*  Residential dwellings exempt from building enlargement requirement.