Chapter 18.110 PARKING AND LOADING

Chapter 18.110
PARKING AND LOADING

Sections:

18.110.040 Storage and parking of recreational vehicles.

18.110.050 Storage of tractors and road machinery.

18.110.010 Parking and access.

(a) Traffic Visibility. No obstructions, such as structures, parking, or vegetation, shall be permitted in any district between the heights of two and one-half feet and 10 feet above the plane through the mean curb-grades within the triangular space formed by any two existing or proposed intersecting street or alley right-of-way lines and a line joining points on such lines located a minimum of 25 feet from their intersection.

(b) In the case of arterial streets intersecting with other arterial streets or railways, the corner cutoff distances establishing the triangular vision clearance space shall be increased to 50 feet. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-70].

18.110.020 Loading requirements.

In all districts, except B-1, adequate loading areas shall be provided so that all vehicles loading, maneuvering, or unloading are completely off the public ways and so that all vehicles need not back onto any public way. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-71].

18.110.030 Parking requirements.

In all districts and in connection with every use, there shall be provided, at the time any use or building is erected, enlarged, extended, or increased, off-street parking stalls for all vehicles in accordance with the following:

(a) Adequate access to a public street shall be provided for each parking stall and driveways shall be at least 10 feet wide for parking areas for less than 10 vehicles and 20 feet for parking lots for 10 or more vehicles.

(b) Size of each parking stall shall be not less than 180 square feet exclusive of the space required for ingress and egress.

(d) Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area shall be shaded or diffused in order to direct the light down and away from adjoining properties and adjoining streets.

(e) Screening of Parking Areas. When a required off-street parking area for six cars or more is located within, adjoining or along a street line opposite a residential district or adjoining a public right-of-way in any district there may be required a landscape barrier or fence of suitable material of not less than three and one-half feet nor more than six feet in height along such lot lines.

(f) Surfacing. All off-street parking areas shall be graded and surfaced so as to be dust free and properly drained.

(g) Parking areas for more than five vehicles shall have the aisles and stalls clearly marked.

(h) Curbs or barriers shall be installed so as to prevent the parked vehicles from extending over any lot lines.

(i) Number of Parking Stalls Required.


Single-family dwellings	2 stalls for each dwelling unit
Multifamily dwellings (housing for the elderly exempted)	1.5 stalls for each dwelling unit
Motels	1 stall for each guest room plus 1 stall for each 3 employees
Hospitals, clubs, lodges, sororities, dormitories, lodging and boarding houses	1 stall for each 2 beds plus 1 stall for each 3 employees
Rest, nursing and group homes. Assisted care facilities	1 stall for each 5 beds plus 1 stall for each 3 employees
Medical and dental clinics	3 stalls for each doctor
Churches, theaters, auditoriums, community centers, vocational and night schools, and other places of public assembly	1 stall for each 10 seats
Colleges, secondary and elementary schools	1 stall for each 2 employees
Restaurants, bars, places of entertainment, repair shops, retail and service stores	1 stall for each 300 square feet of floor space
Manufacturing and processing plants, laboratories, and warehouses	1 stall for each 3 employees
Financial institutions, business, governmental, and professional offices	1 stall for each 300 square feet of floor space
Funeral homes	1 stall for each 4 seats
Bowling alleys	5 stalls for each alley

(j) Combinations of any of the above uses shall provide the total of the number of stalls required for each individual use.

(k) Uses Not Listed. In the case of structures or uses not mentioned, the provision for a use which is similar shall apply.

(l) Handicap accessible improvements to commercial buildings are exempt from the parking stall requirements.

(m) Exceptions to the parking stall requirements listed above may be made in deference to other sections of the zoning ordinance. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-72].

18.110.040 Storage and parking of recreational vehicles.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

“Mobile home” means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is eight body feet or more in width and is 32 body feet or more in length, and which is built on a permanent chassis, and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. “Length of a mobile home” means the distance from the exterior of the front wall (nearest to the exterior of the drawbar and coupling mechanism) to the exterior of the rear wall (at the opposite end of the home) where such walls enclose living or other interior space and such distance includes expandable rooms but not bay windows, porches, drawbars, couplings, hitches, wall and roof extensions, or other attachments. “Width of a mobile home” means the distance from the exterior of one side wall to the exterior of the opposite side wall where such walls enclose living or other interior space and such distance includes expandable rooms but not bay windows, porches, wall and roof extensions, or other attachments.

“Recreational vehicle” means any of the following:

(1) “Travel trailer” means a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis and on wheels; that is between 10 and 36 feet long, including the hitch and eight feet or less in width, designated to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses and towed by a car, station wagon or truck. It includes so-called fifth-wheel units.

(2) “Pick-up coach” means a structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses.

(3) “Motor home” means a portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation, vacation, or other uses, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.

(4) “Camping trailer” means a canvas or folding structure mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses.

(5) “Chassis mounts,” “motor homes” and “mini-motor homes” means recreational structures constructed integrally with a truck or motor-van chassis and incapable of being separated therefrom.

(6) “Converted and chopped vans” means recreational structures which are created by altering or changing an existing auto van to make it a recreational vehicle.

(7) “Boat or snowmobile trailer” means a vehicle on which a boat or snowmobile may be transported and is towable by a motor vehicle. When removed from the trailer, a boat or snowmobile, for purposes of this chapter, is termed an unmounted boat or snowmobile.

(8) “Boat” means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

(b) Permitted Parking or Storage of Recreational Vehicles. In all residential and commercial districts provided for in this zoning ordinance, it is permissible to park or store a recreational vehicle or boat and boat trailer on private property in the following manner:

(1) Parking is permitted inside any enclosed structure, which structure otherwise conforms to the zoning requirements of the particular zoning district where located.

(2) Parking is permitted outside in the side yard or rear yard provided it is not nearer than five feet to the lot line.

(3) Parking is permitted outside on a hard surfaced or well drained gravel driveway, provided:

a. Space is not available in the rear yard or there is no reasonable access to either the side yard or rear yard.

b. A corner lot is always deemed to have reasonable access to the rear yard.

c. A fence is not necessarily deemed to prevent reasonable access.

d. The unit is parked perpendicular to the front curb.

e. The body of the recreational vehicle or boat must be at least 15 feet from the face of any curb.

f. No part of the unit may extend over the public sidewalk or public right-of-way.

g. Parking is permitted only for storage purposes.

(1) Used for dwelling purposes, except for overnight sleeping for a maximum of 14 days in any one calendar year.

(2) Permanently connected to sewer lines, water lines, or electricity. The recreational vehicle may be connected to electricity temporarily for charging batteries and other purposes.

(3) Used for storage of goods, materials, or equipment other than those items considered to be part of the unit or essential for its immediate use.

a. Notwithstanding the above, a unit may be parked anywhere on the premises during active loading or unloading, and the use of electricity or propane fuel is permitted when necessary to prepare a recreational vehicle for use.

b. The recreational vehicle shall be owned by the resident on whose property the unit is parked for storage. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-75].

18.110.050 Storage of tractors and road machinery.

No person, firm or corporation shall park, keep or maintain on properties zoned residential, more than two of the following types of vehicles: dump trucks, auto wreckers and road machinery. Said vehicles may not be kept or parked on said premises whether or not they are in enclosed buildings, except for the purposes of unloading or servicing the premises. [Res. 05-04. Prior code § 10-1-76].