A. The provision and maintenance of off-street parking and loading spaces is a continuing obligation of the property owner. Hereafter, every use commenced and every building erected or altered shall have permanently maintained parking spaces in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

B. No building, development, or other permit involving new construction, additional gross floor area or change of use shall be issued until plans and evidence are presented to show how the off-street parking and loading requirements are to be fulfilled and that property is and will remain available for the exclusive use of off-street parking and loading spaces. The subsequent use of the property for which the permit is issued shall be conditional upon the unqualified continuance and availability of the amount of parking and loading space required by this ordinance.

7.100.020 Off-Street Loading.

A. Every use for which a building is erected or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area to equal a minimum floor area required to provide loading space and which will require the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by truck or similar vehicle, shall provide off-street loading space on the basis of minimum requirements as follows:

B. A loading berth shall contain space 12 feet wide, 35 feet long and have a height clearance of 14 feet. Where the vehicles generally used for loading and unloading exceed these dimensions, the required length of these berths shall be increased.

C. If loading space has been provided in connection with an existing use such space shall not be eliminated if elimination would result in non conformance with the above standards.

D. Off-street parking areas used to fulfill the requirements of this ordinance shall not be used for loading and unloading operations except during periods of the day when not required to take care of parking needs.

7.100.030 Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided and maintained as set forth in this section for all uses in all zones. The following required spaces shall be available for parking, and not used for storage, sale, repair or servicing of vehicles, except property resident. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be interpreted to prevent the occasional use of parking areas for community events, special sales, public gatherings and similar activities not other wise prohibited.

USE STANDARD

A. Residential Uses/Day Care/Institutional/Hospital

1. Single and two family 2 spaces per dwelling unit

2. Multi-family dwelling 1 space per studio or one bedroom dwelling unit, 2 spaces per dwelling unit with two or more bedrooms plus and one space per three dwelling units for guests.

3. Manufactured home park Two spaces per unit, plus one space for every three units for guests

4. Bed and Breakfast 2 spaces plus 1 space for each guest bedroom

5. Residential care 1 space per 4 residential care beds plus 1 Home or Facility space per employee

6. Institutional or Hospital 1 space per 3 beds and 1 space per 3 employees

B. Places of Public Assembly.

The following uses shall be treated as combinations of separate use areas such as office, auditorium, restaurant, etc. The required spaces for each separate use shall be provided.

1. Auditorium, church or meeting room - 1 space per 4 seats or 8 feet of bench length.  If no fixed seats or benches, 1 space per 60 square feet.

2. Library, reading room - 1 space per 400 square feet plus 1 space per 2 employees.

3. Senior High/Private School - 1 space per employee plus 5 spaces per every classroom.

4. Elementary School/Jr. High - 1 space per employee plus 1 space per every 100 square feet of floor area in assembly area.

5. Pre-school, nursery or kindergarten - 5 spaces plus 1 space per classroom.

C. Commercial Uses.

1. Hotel/Motel - 1 space per room plus 1 space per every 2 employees.

2. Retail, Bank, Office, medical, dental - 1 space per 400 square feet but not less than 3 spaces per establishment.

3. Service or repair of bulky merchandise - 1 space per 750 square feet.

4. Bowling - 4 spaces per lane plus 1 space per every 2 employees.

5. Beauty/Barber Shop - 1.5 spaces per chair.

6. Theater, Stadium - 1 space per 4 seats or 8' bench length.

7. Mini Storage - 1 space per 200 square feet of office space plus 2 spaces for caretaker residence.

8. Eating establishment with seating - 1 space per 240 square feet.

9. Eating establishment with no seating - 1 space per 400 square feet.

10. Health and Fitness Club - 1 space per 400 square feet.

D. Industrial Uses.

1. Manufacturing, Research, Freight, Transportation Terminal, Warehouse, Public Utility - 1 space per employee on two largest shifts.

2. Wholesale Uses - 1 space per employee, plus one space per 800 square feet of patron serving area.

E. All uses providing drive-in services shall provide on the same site a reservoir for inbound vehicles as follows:

A. In the event several uses occupy a single structure or parcel of land, the total requirements of the several uses should be computed separately.

B. Off-street parking spaces for dwellings shall be located on the same lot with the dwelling. Other required off-street parking spaces shall be located on the same parcel or on another parcel not farther than 300 feet from the building or use they are intended to serve, measured in a straight line from the building.

C. Required parking spaces shall be available for the parking of operable passenger automobiles of residents, customers, patrons and employees and shall not be used for the storage of vehicles or materials or for the parking of trucks used in the conducting of the business or use. The subsequent use of property for which the appropriate permits are issued shall be conditional upon the unqualified continuance and availability of the amount of parking and loading spaces required.

D. Required off street parking or loading spaces for multi-family dwellings, commercial and industrial uses shall be located to the side or the rear of the principal use, not between the principal structure and the lot frontage.

E. Where employees are specified, the employees counted are the persons who work on the premises, including proprietors, executives, professional people, production, sales, and distribution employees during the largest shift at peak season.

[Amended by Ordinance No. 03-589-O 9/18/03]

7.100.050 Development and Maintenance Standards. Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, including commercial parking lots, shall be developed as follows:

A. All parking and maneuvering surfaces shall have a durable, hard and dustless surface such as asphalt, concrete, cobblestone, unit masonry, scored and colored concrete, grasscrete, or combination of the above.

B. Any lighting used to illuminate the off-street parking areas shall be so arranged that it will not project light rays directly upon any adjoining residential property.

C. Except for single-family and duplex dwellings, groups of more than two parking spaces shall be so located and served by a driveway that their use will require no backing movements or other maneuvering within a street or right-of-way other than an alley.

D. Areas used for access and standing and maneuvering of vehicles to the dimensional standards of this ordinance, and to the requirements of the Public Works Standards.

E. Access aisles shall be of sufficient width for all vehicular turning and maneuvering.

F. Service drives shall be clearly and permanently marked and defined through the use of rails, fences, walls or other barriers or markers. Service drives to drive-in establishments shall be designed to avoid backing movements or other maneuvering within a street and conflicts with pedestrians.

G. Service drives shall have a minimum vision clearance area formed by the intersections of the driveway center line, the street right-of-way line and a straight line joining said lines through points 15 feet from their intersection.

H. Parking spaces along the outer boundaries of a parking area shall be contained by a curb or bumper rail so placed to prevent a motor vehicle from extending over an adjacent property line or a street right-of-way. The outer boundary of a parking or loading area shall be provided with a bumper rail or curbing at least four inches in height, and at least three feet from the lot line or any fence.

I. All areas for the parking and maneuvering of vehicles shall be marked in accordance with the approved plan required and such marking shall be continuously maintained.

J. All parking lots shall be kept clean and in good repair at all times. Breaks in surfaces and areas where water puddles shall be repaired promptly and broken or splintered wheel stops shall be replaced so that their function will not be impaired.

K. The provision for and maintenance of off-street parking and loading facilities shall be a continuing obligation of the property owner.

7.100.060 Provisions for Reduction in Spatial Requirements for Off-Street Parking Due to Landscaping. Where landscaping is to be provided in parking areas, the Planning Commission may approve a proportional reduction in parking area gross spatial requirement up to a total of 5 percent reduction if general landscaping (including ground cover, raised beds, or low shrubbery, all of evergreen nature) are utilized around parking area borders, or where landscaping is required as screening around borders, or as traffic control structures within parking areas, or as general landscaping within parking areas..

7.100.070 Plan Required. A plot plan showing the dimensions, legal description, access and circulation layout for vehicles and pedestrians, space markings, the grades, drainage, setbacks, landscaping and abutting land uses in respect to the off-street parking area and such other information as shall be required, shall be submitted to the Planning Director with each application for approval of a building or other required permit, or for a change of use.

7.100.080 Unlisted Uses. Off-street parking or loading requirements for structures or uses not specifically listed shall be determined by the Planning Director. The Planning Director shall base such requirements on the standards for parking or loading of comparable, listed uses.

7.100.090 Recreational Vehicles. The parking restrictions shall not be interpreted to prevent the parking on-site of recreational vehicles at all single-family residences provided the applicable parking requirements are satisfied.

7.100.100 Disabled Person Parking. A sign shall be posted for each disabled person parking space required by subsection A of this section. The sign shall be clearly visible to a person parking in the space, shall be marked with the International Symbol of Access, shall indicate that the spaces are reserved for persons with disabled person parking permits and shall be designed as set forth in standards adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission. Parking spaces constructed under this section shall be in accordance with the Uniform Building Code.

7.100.110 Compact Vehicle Parking. All parking spaces designated for compact vehicles shall be labeled by painting "compact only" on the parking space. Up to 50 percent of the required parking spaces may be designated compact spaces.

7.100.120 Bicycle Parking. At least one secured bicycle rack space shall be provided for each 15 required parking spaces or portion in any new commercial, industrial, or multi-family development. Bicycle parking areas shall not be located within parking aisles, landscape areas, or pedestrian ways.

7.100.130 Off Street Parking Dimensional Standards. All off-street parking lots shall be designed subject to city standards for stalls and aisles as set forth in the following table.

A. Parking Angle In Degrees

B. Stall Width

C. Stall Depth

D. Aisle Width One Way

E. Curb Length Per Car

F. Bay Width (Includes stall length plus back up length)

A. For one row of stalls use "C" + "D" as minimum bay width.

B. Public alley width may be included as part of dimension "D", but all parking stalls must be on private property, off the public right-of-way.

C. For estimating available parking area, use 300-325 square feet per vehicle for stall, aisle and access areas.

7.100.140 Special Exceptions. If conformance with this Chapter would require an existing structure to be modified, or would involve destroying existing landscaping, the Planning Commission may approve modifications to the requirements of this Chapter and no variance shall be required for such modification.

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