22.40.020 Required off-street parking – Minimum standards

22.40.020 Required off-street parking – Minimum standards.

A. Spaces Required. Except as modified in subsections below, off-street parking areas shall contain at a minimum the number of parking spaces as stipulated in Table 22.40.020. Off-street parking ratios expressed as number of spaces per square feet means the gross floor area, exclusive of building maintenance areas, storage areas, closets, furnace space, or other similar utility space used solely to maintain the building of occupancy. If the formula for determining the number of off-street parking spaces results in a fraction, the number of off-street parking spaces shall be rounded to the nearest whole number with fractions of 0.50 or greater rounding up and fractions below 0.50 rounding down.

Table 22.40.020. Required Off-Street Parking Table
Category of Land Use	Minimum Parking Spaces Required
RESIDENTIAL/LODGING
Single-family dwellings	2.0 per dwelling unit; for structures containing more than 4 bedrooms, 1 additional space for each bedroom in excess of 4 shall be provided
Accessory dwelling units	1.0 in addition to any off-street spaces required for the single-family residence
Duplexes, townhouses, and courtyard apartments	2.0 per dwelling unit; for structures containing more than 4 bedrooms, 1 additional space for each bedroom in excess of 4 shall be provided
Multiple-family dwellings	2.0 per 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom units; 2.5 per 3 or more bedroom units; for developments in excess of 50 dwelling units, 1 screened space for each 10 dwelling units shall be provided for recreational vehicles
Boarding (lodging or rooming) houses	1.0 for the proprietor, plus 1.0 per sleeping room for boarders and/or lodging use, plus 1.0 per each 4 persons employed on the premises
Bed and breakfast facilities	The parking required for the residence, plus 1.0 per guest room
Hotels/motels	1.0 per sleeping unit, plus 2.0 per each 3 employees
COMMERCIAL
Retail establishments, except as otherwise specified	1.0 per each 300 square feet of gross floor area
Auto sales, new and used	1.0 per 1,000 square feet of floor space of showroom and service facilities. In no case shall there be less than 6 spaces
Appliances (retail), bakeries, dry cleaning, furniture stores, hardware and building supplies, heating services, etc.	1.0 per 500 square feet when gross floor area used for retail sales is 4,000 square feet or less; 1.0 per 400 square feet when gross floor area used for retail sales exceeds 4,000 square feet. A minimum of 5 spaces shall be provided
Food retail stores and markets	1.0 per 200 square feet of gross floor area. A minimum of 6 spaces shall be provided
Office, including professional and business, banks, or similar uses	1.0 per 250 square feet of gross floor area. If a medical or dental office, clinic shall not be less than 6 spaces per doctor for each of the first 3 doctors, plus 4.0 per additional doctor
Medical or dental clinic	1.0 per 250 square feet of floor area; there shall not be less than 5 spaces per doctor
Restaurants, nightclubs, taverns and lounges	1.0 per 75 square feet of gross floor area
INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING
Freight terminals and wholesale facilities	1.0 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area
Manufacturing, research and testing laboratories, creameries, bottling establishments, bakeries, canneries, printing and engraving shops	1.0 per 750 square feet of gross floor area
Warehouse and storage	1.0 per 1,750 square feet of gross floor area
Uncovered storage area	1.0 for each 2,000 square feet of area
MEDICAL FACILITIES
Convalescent, nursing and health institutions	1.0 per each 2 employees, plus 1.0 for every 3 beds
Hospitals	1.0 per each 3 beds, plus 1.0 for each staff doctor, plus 1.0 for each 3 employees
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY AND RECREATION
Assembly halls, auditoriums, stadiums, sports arenas, religious institutions, mortuaries/funeral homes, and community clubs	1.0 per every 4 seats; where fixed seats consist of pews or benches, the seating capacity shall be computed upon not less than 18 linear inches of pew or bench length per seat; where moveable chairs are provided, each 7 square feet of the floor area to be occupied by such chairs shall be considered as a seat
Dance halls and skating rinks	1.0 per 100 square feet of gross floor area
Libraries and museums	1.0 per 250 square feet of gross floor area
Parks	As determined by planning commission on an individual basis
EDUCATION
Elementary and junior high schools	1.0 per classroom, plus 1.0 per 50 students
High Schools	1.0 per classroom, plus 1.0 per 8 students
Day care centers	1.0 per each employee, plus 1.0 temporary loading parking per each 8 full-day equivalent children

B. Other Uses. For uses not specifically identified herein, parking shall be provided as specified for the use which, in the opinion of the public works director, is most similar to the use to be constructed.

C. Mixed Occupancies. In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements for the several uses computed separately. Off-street parking facility for one use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use, except as expressly provided for in this title.

D. Shell Building Permit Applications. When the city has received a shell building permit application, off-street parking requirements shall be based on the possible tenant improvements or uses authorized by the zone designation and compatible with the limitations of the shell permit. When the range of possible uses results in different parking requirements, the public works director shall establish the amount of parking based on a likely range of uses. (Ord. 1190-21 § 2, 2021; Ord. 1059-12 § 18; Ord. 905-01 § 1; Ord. 817 § 2, 1996).