Chapter 17B.56
OFF-STREET PARKING
Sections:
17B.56.020 Ingress and egress provisions.
17B.56.030 Location and design of parking lots.
17B.56.040 Parking facilities—Lots—Structures for transit.
17B.56.050 Parking spaces next to the shoreline.
17B.56.060 Off-street parking spaces required.
17B.56.080 Special provisions for waterfront mixed-use district.
17B.56.090 Parking for unspecified uses.
17B.56.100 Parking credit for alternatives to automobile access.
17B.56.110 Joint parking and common parking areas.
17B.56.120 Mixed-use occupancies.
17B.56.140 Loading and delivery space.
17B.56.150 Parking lot development standards.
17B.56.160 Parking lot surfacing requirements.
17B.56.010 Requirements.
Every building hereafter erected, moved, reconstructed, enlarged or subject to change in use from a lower intensity to a higher intensity shall have parking spaces meeting the requirements of this chapter, and the parking spaces shall be made permanently available and maintained for parking purposes. No building permit shall be issued until plans showing provisions for the required parking have been submitted and approved as conforming to the standards of this chapter. Every lot or parcel of land used as a public or private parking area or having a capacity of three or more vehicles shall be developed and maintained in accordance with this chapter. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.020 Ingress and egress provisions.
The city engineer shall have the authority to fix the location, width and manner of approach of vehicular ingress or egress from a building or parking area to a public street and to alter existing ingress and egress as may be required to control street traffic in the interest of public safety and general welfare. All new structures shall take primary access from a public street or private road that complies with the private road requirement as established by Section 17.54.020 and any other applicable ordinance. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.030 Location and design of parking lots.
A. Off-street parking in commercial areas shall either be behind or to the side of development with ground-floor retail along the street frontage.
B. In the relatively small, narrow waterfront mixed-use district, structured parking is encouraged to maximize development potential.
C. Shared or joint parking is encouraged south of Front Street so that parking needs generated by development north of Front Street can be accommodated outside the shoreline zone of two hundred feet from the ordinary high tide.
D. A minimum of curb cuts should be allowed along Front Street for parking access.
E. Adjacent street frontage to commercial properties can be counted on a one-to-one basis towards the parking requirement on streets that are improved and have designated parking.
F. Employee parking shall be provided on site, or as part of a shared parking agreement or at a parking structure.
G. Joint or shared access, and off-street parking, internal circulation or parking is encouraged with adjacent uses.
H. Parking lots shall have internal landscaping as well as be screened from streets and pedestrian ways. (See Section 17B.25.120, Guidelines 21: Parking Lots—Landscape Design and 22, Screening Parking Lots—Pedestrian Environment.)
I. Parking garages shall be screened to improve the pedestrian environment in mixed-use developments. (See Section 17B.25.120, Guideline 23: Screening Parking Garages—Pedestrian Environment.) (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.040 Parking facilities—Lots—Structures for transit.
A. Near the multi-modal station, provide close-in preferential parking for carpools and vanpools.
B. Long-term (eight plus hours), single-occupant vehicle, commuter parking near station is to be discouraged five years after commuter rail is operational.
C. Joint and shared parking are encouraged among retail, office, entertainment, housing, tourist, marina and parking uses (day/night, weekend/weekday, and seasonal (June to September and October to May)) to promote maximum use of parking in the waterfront use district by all users.
D. Park and ride spaces serving the commuter rail, ferry and bus activities should only be permitted in or in close proximity to the multi-modal station area (majority of district).
E. Park and ride lot(s) are allowed for the purpose of serving the commuter rail, ferry terminal and bus facilities. As a secondary use, park and ride lot(s) may be used to accommodate recreational uses along the waterfront. Park and ride lot(s) shall be designed in accordance with Section 17B.56.030.
F. Bike racks and/or weatherproof lockers for bicycles should be provided at the multi-modal station and commuter rail platform.
G. Well defined pedestrian walkways should be provided in parking lots and around the multi-modal station from parking to building, ferry loading, and commuter rail platform. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.050 Parking spaces next to the shoreline.
All off-street parking spaces shall be located a minimum of seventy-five feet landward of the ordinary high water mark. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.060 Off-street parking spaces required.
The required number of off-street parking spaces is as set out in Table 17B.56.040.
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Use Classification: |
Number of Spaces Required |
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Cafeteria-style restaurant at ferry terminal |
No spaces required |
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General office use including banks, real estate offices, medical/dental offices |
3 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area |
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Libraries, art galleries, museums |
3 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area |
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Mixed-use development |
Retail/Office Uses—3/1,000 square feet of gross floor area; Residential—1.5 per studio or 1 bedroom unit; 2 per 2 or more bedroom units; plus 1 per every 4 units for guest parking |
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Multiple-family dwellings |
1.5 per studio or 1 bedroom unit; 2 per 2 or more bedroom units; plus 1 per every 4 units for guest parking |
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Park and recreational facilities |
As determined by the planning director based on projected needs |
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Passenger terminals (bus, rail, ferry) |
To be determined by the planning director, or designee |
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Restaurants, taverns, or bars for on-premises consumption |
5 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area for 4,000 square feet or less; 20 plus 10 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area greater than 4,000 square feet or 1 space per 3 seats, whichever is greater |
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Retail stores and personal service shops |
3 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area plus employee parking, which shall be accommodated on site. The square footage of common areas used exclusively for storage or circulation may be deducted from the total gross floor area, subject to planning director, or designee, approval. |
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Single-family or two-family dwellings |
2 per dwelling; driveways may be counted as 1 parking space |
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Sewer treatment plants |
1 per employee and 2 guest spaces |
(Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.070 Fractional spaces.
If the provisions of this chapter result in a parking requirement which includes a fractional parking space equal to or greater than one-half, one parking space shall be required. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.080 Special provisions for waterfront mixed-use district.
A. On-Street Parking Credit. A reduction in the number of off-street parking spaces shall be allowed on a one-to-one basis, based upon the actual number of existing or proposed parking spaces meeting city requirements on adjacent street frontage. The city requirements for on-street stalls and vehicular circulation are specified in Chapter 10.08, Parking of Motor Vehicles. The provision shall apply only to lots with frontages that are improved with curbs, gutter and sidewalk. Parking in alleys shall not be counted as a credit toward the off-street parking requirements. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.090 Parking for unspecified uses.
Where the parking requirements for a use are not specifically defined herein, the parking requirements for such use shall be determined by the planning director or designee. Such determination shall be based upon staff investigation, parking requirements for comparable uses, and comparative data as may be available and appropriate for the establishment of minimum parking requirements. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.100 Parking credit for alternatives to automobile access.
A development can reduce the required off-street parking spaces up to fifty percent when it can be demonstrated, in a parking-traffic study, prepared by a traffic engineer, that use of transit or demand management programs, special characteristics or customer, client, employee or resident population will reduce expected vehicle use and parking space demand for their development, as compared to standard Institute of Transportation Engineers’ vehicle trip generation rates and city parking requirements. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.110 Joint parking and common parking areas.
Joint parking and common parking areas shall be encouraged to reduce the impervious surface in the shoreline area. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.120 Mixed-use occupancies.
A reduction from the parking space requirements as specified in Table 17B.56.040, Off-Street Parking Requirements, may be allowed by the planning director, or designee, for mixed-use buildings or developments if an adequate shared parking program is developed. Requirements of the program are as outlined in the following subsections:
1. A shared parking study based on the current methodology accepted by the city and prepared by a licensed traffic engineer with experience in performing shared parking studies shall be submitted. The study must demonstrate that the development will result in a more efficient use of parking provided because the combined peak parking demand is less than the normal standards due to the following factors: (a) different, off-setting parking activity or intensity patterns of the business in the development; and/or (b) it can be reasonably anticipated that a number of customers or clients will be served by both uses while on the site;
2. Adequate parking and access shall be provided for users and employees. These should be consistent with the requirements of WMU zone and the 1995 Multimodal Plan or future master plans (park and tank farm) as adopted by the city of Mukilteo; and
3. A shared parking allocation plan showing all shared parking shall be submitted. The number of spaces required for an approved shared parking plan shall be based on the number of spaces estimated to be the combined use peak parking demand. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.130 Joint uses.
A. Joint use of required parking spaces may occur where two or more uses on the same or separate sites involving more than one property owner are able to share the same parking spaces because their parking demands occur at different times. Applicants applying for approval of a joint use parking plan may be required to furnish a parking study as described in Section 17B.56.120 and must meet the following conditions:
1. When use of another site for parking is proposed, such parking shall be located within a district permitting such a use.
2. There is not substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the uses for which the joint use of the parking facility is proposed.
3. The applicant shall present a binding legal agreement, which may include a parking easement, in a form acceptable to the city. The agreement shall be executed by the parties holding an ownership interest in the properties subject to a joint use parking agreement. Further, it shall provide that the agreement may be enforced by the city and shall be irrevocable for the term of the proposed joint use parking. The agreement shall also provide that in the event the joint use parking becomes unavailable, adequate replacement of off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with this chapter. Such instrument, after being approved to form and manner by the city attorney, shall be approved by the planning director, or designee, and recorded with the Snohomish County auditor’s office.
B. The city shall maintain a record of all uses and of the owners or tenants that are subject to a joint use agreement. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.140 Loading and delivery space.
With the exception of existing buildings, new buildings or structures involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with the public uses of the streets or alleys. The space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a ten-foot-by-twenty-five-foot loading space, with fourteen-foot height clearance for every twenty thousand square feet, or fraction thereof, of gross building area used or land used for above-mentioned purposes. The space shall be so situated that no part of a truck or van using the loading space will project into the public right-of-way, nor unduly block parking lot ingress and egress. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.150 Parking lot development standards.
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Table 1 |
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Interlocking—Conventional Cars |
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Parking Layout |
Angle |
Dimensions |
One Way |
Two Way |
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See Diagram 1 |
Parking Angle (Degrees) |
Stall Width |
Curb Length |
Stall Depth |
Angle Width |
Parking Section Width |
Angle Width |
Parking Section Width |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
E |
F |
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Parallel |
0 |
8' |
21' |
8' |
12'/22' |
28'/38' |
22'/24' |
38'/40' |
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Angular |
20 |
8.5' |
24.9' |
10.5' |
11' |
32' |
20' |
41' |
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30 |
8.5' |
17' |
13.2' |
11' |
37.4' |
20' |
46.4' |
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40 |
8.5' |
13.2' |
15.3' |
12' |
43' |
20' |
51' |
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45 |
8.5' |
12' |
16.4' |
13.5' |
46.3' |
20' |
52.8' |
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50 |
8.5' |
11.1' |
17.3' |
13.5' |
50.1' |
20' |
54.6' |
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60 |
8.5' |
9.8' |
18.6' |
18.5' |
55.7' |
22' |
59.2' |
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70 |
8.5' |
9' |
19.3' |
19.5' |
58.1' |
22' |
60.6' |
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80 |
8.5' |
8.6' |
19.5' |
24' |
63' |
24' |
63' |
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Perpendicular |
90 |
8.5' |
8.5' |
19' |
25' |
63' |
25' |
63' |
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Table 2 |
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Interlocking—Compact Cars |
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Parking Layout |
Angle |
Dimensions |
One Way |
Two Way |
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See Diagram 1 |
Parking Angle (Degrees) |
Stall Width |
Curb Length |
Stall Depth |
Angle Width |
Parking Section Width |
Angle Width |
Parking Section Width |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
E |
F |
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Parallel |
0 |
8' |
20' |
8' |
12' |
28' |
20' |
36' |
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Angular |
45 |
8' |
11.3' |
14.1' |
12.5' |
40.7' |
20' |
48.2' |
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60 |
8' |
9.2' |
15.9' |
17' |
48.8' |
22' |
53.8' |
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Perpendicular |
90 |
8' |
8' |
16' |
22' |
54' |
25' |
57' |
A. Sites which contain more than one hundred parking spaces shall be designed with access lanes and fire lanes not less than twenty-five feet in width, forming a continuous route or loop connecting at both ends with public streets. In parking lots containing less than one hundred parking spaces and in parking garages, emergency access shall be provided subject to approval of the planning director after consultation with the fire chief. Emergency access shall be provided to within fifty feet of any mixed-use building. If any of these requirements are impractical due to the peculiarities of the site and/or building, other provisions for emergency access may be approved by the fire chief. Parking in fire lanes is prohibited. Signs and/or painting/striping on the parking lot surface shall be specified by the fire chief.
B. All parking stalls and aisles shall be designed according to Tables 1 and 2, interlocking parking standards for conventional and compact cars, unless all parking is to be done by parking attendants on duty at all times that the parking lot is in use for the storage of automobiles. Up to forty percent of the off-street parking spaces required by this chapter may be designed for compact cars in accordance with Table 2, compact car staff and aisle specification. The parking stalls shall be individually marked in the parking plan and on each constructed parking stall as being for compact cars only. Parking at any angle other than those shown is permitted, providing the width of the stalls and aisles is adjusted by interpolation between the specified standards. Parking lots shall be so designed that automobiles shall not back out into public streets. Disabled parking shall be installed in accordance with the Regulations for Barrier-Free Facilities as adopted by the Washington State Building Code Council. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.160 Parking lot surfacing requirements.
All off-street parking areas shall be graded and paved before an occupancy permit for the building use is issued. Parking lots shall be designed with proper storm drainage and water quality BMPs and allow for marking of stalls and installation of other traffic control devices as set forth by the city public works director and this title. All traffic control devices such as parking strips designating car stalls, directional arrows or signs, curbs, bull rails, and other developments shall be installed and completed as shown on the approved plans. Hard surfaced parking areas shall use paint or similar devices to delineate parking stalls and directional arrows. Pedestrian walks shall be curbed, or raised six inches above the lot surface. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)
17B.56.170 Illumination.
Any lights provided to illuminate any public parking area, any semi-public parking area, or private parking lot or parking garage area permitted by this title shall be arranged so as to reflect the light away from any dwelling unit and the public right-of-way. Flashing lights are only allowed for essential public facilities and must be approved by the State Highway Department and/or the public works director. (Ord. 1427 § 3 (Exh. C) (part), 2019: Ord. 1295 § 10 (Exh. 1B) (part), 2011)