17.110.030 Schedule of off-street parking space requirements

17.110.030 Schedule of off-street parking space requirements.

A. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Table 17.110-2.

1. Electric vehicle charging station spaces and rideshare spaces shall count toward the total vehicle parking requirement.

Table 17.110-2. Parking Requirements
	Vehicle Parking Spaces	Rideshare Spaces	Bicycle Parking Spaces
Residential Uses
Single-family dwellings	2 per unit	-	-
Duplex, triplex, or fourplex	3 per 2 units if one bedroom or less, otherwise 2 spaces per unit	-	0.5 per unit
Multifamily and attached single-family	Studio: 1 per unit One bedroom unit: 1.5 per unit Two and three bedroom units: 2 per unit Four or more bedrooms: 3 per unit	-	0.5 per unit
Senior citizen housing	0.75 per unit for the first 50 units plus 0.5 per unit for each additional unit	-	20% of the required vehicle spaces
Single room occupancy	0.75 per unit for the first 50 units plus 0.5 per unit for each additional unit	-	25% of the required vehicle spaces
Homeless shelter	1 per 10 beds	-	25% of the required vehicle spaces
Deed-restricted affordable housing	90% of the applicable parking requirement	-	25% of the required vehicle spaces
Commercial, Office, and Industrial Uses
Retail uses	1 per 300 sf plus 1 per 1,000 sf of public outdoor display area	-	20% of the required vehicle spaces
Service establishments and office uses	1 per 300 sf	Office uses: 5% of the vehicle parking requirement, if requirement is 20 spaces or more	20% of the required vehicle spaces
Hotels and motels	2 spaces plus 1 per unit for the first 75 units plus 0.75 per room for each additional room	-	15% of the required vehicle spaces
Hostels	2 spaces plus 0.5 per bed for the first 25 beds plus 1 per each 3 additional beds	-	20% of the required vehicle spaces
Bed and breakfast inns	1 per inn plus 1 space per guest room	-	15% of the required vehicle spaces
Theaters	1 space per every 4 fixed seats, or 1 space per 40 sf of seating area if not fixed seats	5% of the vehicle parking requirement, if requirement is 20 spaces or more	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Health club, recreation/activity centers	1 space per 300 sf (excludes courts) plus 4 spaces per court	-	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Yoga, dance, and similar exercise facilities	1 per 300 sf	-	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Bowling alleys and pool halls	2 spaces per alley or pool table plus additional seating for on-site restaurants, services, etc.	-	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Restaurants, cafes seated service	Interior seating: 1 per 125 sf for the first 2,500 sf plus 1 per each additional 150 sf	-	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Restaurants, fast food or carryout	1 per 65 sf of floor area	-	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Bars	1 per 65 sf of floor area	-	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Hospitals, urgent care	1.25 spaces per bed	5% of the vehicle parking requirement, if requirement is 20 spaces or more	15% of vehicle parking requirement
Assisted living facilities	0.75 space per unit	5% of the vehicle parking requirement, if requirement is 20 spaces or more	15% of vehicle parking requirement
Nursing home and convalescent care facilities	0.33 spaces per bed	5% of the vehicle parking requirement, if requirement is 20 spaces or more	15% of vehicle parking requirement
Car washes	Automatic: Queuing space equal to six times the capacity of the washing facility Self-service: 1 space per wash bay plus spaces equal to three times the capacity of the car wash facility For both automatic and self-service: the spaces shall be arranged to provide both waiting and dryoff/cleanup area	-	0.25 spaces per employee
Heavy commercial and light industrial uses	1 space per 300 sf of office area 1 space per 1,000 sf of warehouse floor area 1 space per 500 sf of production area	5% of the vehicle parking requirement, if requirement is 20 spaces or more	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Schools (day care through 12th grade)	1 space per employee plus 1 space per every three students of driving age plus one loading/unloading space per every six students under driving age	5% of the vehicle parking requirement, if requirement is 20 spaces or more	25% of vehicle parking requirement
Colleges, business, professional, trade, art schools, etc.	1 space per employee plus 1 space per every two students of driving age	5% of the vehicle parking requirement, if requirement is 20 spaces or more	25% of vehicle parking requirement
Other Uses
Central Core District and Commercial-Industrial District	Nonresidential: 1 per 500 sf net floor area Residential: Applicable parking requirement, less 30 percent	Nonresidential uses: the total of the applicable rideshare requirement, less 30 percent	20% of vehicle parking requirement
Small lots of 4,000 sf or less	Applicable parking requirement, less 20 percent	-	20% of vehicle parking requirement

B. Parking In-Lieu Fee. If the City has established an applicable area and in-lieu fee, parking requirements for nonresidential uses located within the area or as otherwise established by procedures under the SMC may be met by payment of a parking in-lieu fee as provided for in this subsection.

1. The parking in-lieu fee shall be a per-parking-space fee and is only applicable when a required vehicle parking space is not provided.

2. The amount per parking space of the in-lieu fee shall be as established in the City’s master fee schedule, as amended from time to time.

3. The parking in-lieu fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of occupancy permits.

4. Funds collected by the City from parking in-lieu fee payments shall be deposited into a dedicated “parking and vehicle trip reduction” deposit account and shall be used for parking improvements that serve the downtown area (Figure 17.08-1).

5. Payment of the parking in-lieu fee shall be subject to the following:

a. In combination with the spaces provided on site, payment of the fee shall be considered full satisfaction of the off-street parking requirement, as determined by this section.

b. The fee shall be nonrefundable and payment of the fee does not carry any other guarantees, rights, or privileges to the payer.

c. Payment of the fee does not represent an obligation of the City to provide parking spaces within any particular proximity to the project for which the payment was made or to make available parking spaces within any particular amount of time.

d. Payment of the fee does not entitle the applicant, his or her tenants, or his or her clients to exclusive or private use of any public parking spaces. (Ord. 1111, 2018)