18.48.180 Off-street parking design standards.
A. All off-street parking spaces shall be no less than nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet in size, except that all parallel parking spaces shall be no less than nine (9) feet by twenty-two (22) feet in size.
B. The aisle width between parking spaces shall be no less than:
1. Sixteen (16) feet between rows of parking spaces angled thirty (30) degrees or less;
2. Eighteen (18) feet between rows of parking spaces angled at greater than thirty (30) degrees but not greater than sixty (60) degrees;
3. Twenty-five (25) feet between rows of parking spaces angled at greater than sixty (60) degrees;
4. Twelve (12) feet for one-way aisles and twenty-four (24) feet for two-way aisles between parallel parking spaces.
C. Each parking space shall have access to a circulation isle which shall access a street or alley.
D. Maneuvering and access aisle area shall be sufficient to permit vehicles to enter the space in a forward motion except that residential and employee parkers may back in from alleys.
E. Parking lots with four (4) or more stalls shall have an improved surface approved by the city engineer; provided, the overall finished grade of a parking lot shall not exceed a five (5) percent slope.
F. The lot shall be graded so that it will drain as required by the city engineer.
G. All boundaries of the lot directly abutting public or private property shall have a landscaped setback of at least eight (8) feet or shall have a suitable barrier to prevent vehicle encroachment beyond the property line.
H. Neither the landscaped setback required in subsection G of this section nor any landscaping or sign shall block the visibility of drivers exiting across a public sidewalk or entering a public street. If located closer than eight (8) feet to the nearest sidewalk or twenty (20) feet from the nearest improved edge of the street, any closed fence, wall, ground-mounted sign, bush, or hedge line shall not exceed twenty-four (24) inches in height along any side having a driveway exit across a sidewalk or to a street.
I. Parking facilities available for night use by employees or patrons shall be lighted during the night hours of use.
J. Covered parking spaces shall have a vertical clearance of a least seven (7) feet six (6) inches above the parking lot surface for all uses except residential. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]