Chapter 17.56
PA OFF-STREET PARKING OVERLAY DISTRICT
Sections:
17.56.020 Land subject to a (PA) classification.
17.56.030 Permitted uses—Administrative site plan approval.
17.56.050 Uses expressly prohibited.
17.56.100 Space between buildings.
17.56.120 Screening and landscaping.
17.56.010 Purpose.
The PA off-street parking overlay district is intended to provide for permanent improved parking areas. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.010)
17.56.020 Land subject to a (PA) classification.
The off-street parking overlay district classification, denoted as a (PA) on the zoning map, may be superimposed only on those lands zoned C-2, C-3, C-4, and M-1. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008)
17.56.030 Permitted uses—Administrative site plan approval.
The following uses shall be permitted on properties designated with a PA overlay, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.80:
A. A public or private parking area, provided:
1. Such parking area shall be unroofed and for the temporary parking of automobiles, and shall not be used for the regular storage of vehicles or for a car sales area;
2. Prior to the issuance of a permit thereof, the plans for such parking area shall be submitted and approved in accordance with Chapter 17.64;
3. Said area shall be designed, improved and maintained in accordance with Chapter 17.64;
B. Buildings incidental to the operation of a parking lot, not to exceed one hundred square feet in area, to be used for purposes of maintaining the lot and to contain no provisions for residential or commercial use;
C. Temporary (subject to temporary use permit as defined in Section 17.71.170) or permanent telephone booths. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.020)
17.56.040 Conditional uses.
The following uses shall be permitted in the PA overlay district, subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.80:
A. Parking structures;
B. Within a parking structure two or more stories in height, commercial uses clearly incidental to the use of the building for parking purposes are permitted on the ground floor only in an amount not to exceed six percent of the gross floor area of the parking structure. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.030)
17.56.050 Uses expressly prohibited.
In the PA overlay district, the following uses are expressly prohibited:
A. Residential use;
B. Any combination of residential and nonresidential uses;
C. Commercial uses not listed in Section 17.56.040(B);
D. Industrial uses;
E. Advertising structures (billboards). (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.040)
17.56.060 Lot area.
In the PA overlay district, the minimum lot area shall be ten thousand square feet. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.050)
17.56.070 Lot dimensions.
In the PA overlay district, all lots shall have minimum dimensions of fifty feet. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.060)
17.56.080 Building height.
In the PA overlay district, no parking building or structure shall have a height greater than six stories, not to exceed seventy-five feet. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.070)
17.56.090 Yards.
Yard requirements in the PA overlay district are as follows:
A. Front. None.
B. Side and Rear. No parking building shall be permitted closer than ten feet from any residential district. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.080)
17.56.100 Space between buildings.
In the PA overlay district, there are no requirements for space between buildings. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.090)
17.56.110 Coverage.
In the PA overlay district, there are no requirements for coverage. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.100)
17.56.120 Screening and landscaping.
In the PA overlay district:
A. A minimum six-foot-high ornamental solid wall or fence, or such other height or type of screening as may be required by the city, shall be erected along the property line or district boundary line to separate the PA district from any residential district.
B. Street trees and other forms of landscaping may be required under the provisions of Chapter 17.71. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.110)
17.56.130 Access.
In the PA overlay district, access to off-street parking facilities shall be not less than ten feet in width for each direction of vehicular traffic movement and shall be not less than this width from intersecting or intercepting street or alley rights-of-way. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.120)
17.56.140 Signs.
No sign shall be permitted in the PA overlay district except as prescribed in Chapter 17.72. (Ord. 2008-05 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 93-6 § 3 (part), 1993. Formerly 17.30.130)