Chapter 18.86
OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS
Sections:
18.86.010 Purpose.
18.86.020 Chapter application.
18.86.030 Reduction of existing parking spaces.
18.86.040 General requirements.
18.86.050 Required number of parking spaces.
18.86.060 Loading space requirements.
18.86.065 Dumpster/recycling enclosure requirements.
18.86.070 Mixed occupancies and cooperative parking facility.
18.86.080 Criteria for cooperative parking facility.
18.86.085 Exemption for downtown commercial district – Historic Main neighborhood.
18.86.090 Compact car allowance.
18.86.100 Uses not specified.
18.86.110 Landscaping and screening of parking lots.
18.86.115 Minimum standards for off-street parking.
18.86.120 Filing of plans.
18.86.010 Purpose.
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for adequate, convenient, and safe off-street parking and loading areas for the different land uses described in this title. Off-street parking areas refer to those areas on private property; public rights-of-way not used for street purposes cannot be used for required parking. (Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.020 Chapter application.
Off-street parking and loading spaces shall be provided as an accessory use in all zones in accordance with the requirements of this chapter at the time any building or structure is erected, enlarged or at the time there is a change in its use. Whenever any building is enlarged in height or in ground coverage, off-street parking shall be provided for expansion or enlargement in accordance with the requirements of the schedule provided. The zoning code administrator may allow an enlargement or expansion of a use without providing additional parking if the city determines that (A) the required additional parking is less than ten percent of the existing parking available, and (B) there is no history of inadequate parking for the proposed site. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to require off-street parking spaces for the portion of such building existing prior to the date the ordinance codified in this title was adopted. (Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.030 Reduction of existing parking spaces.
Any off-street parking area, already in use or established after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title, shall not be reduced below the limits required by this chapter by the construction of any addition to a building or structure nor by the erection of any additional building or structure on the property. (Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.040 General requirements.
Any required off-street parking and loading facilities shall be developed in accordance with the following standards:
A. Any on-premises parking area which contains parking spaces located more than three hundred feet from the perimeter of the site shall require the hearing body approval for the entire parking lot.
B. All required parking must be under the same ownership as the development site served, except through special covenant agreements as approved by the city attorney, which bind the parking to the development site.
C. In any residential district, public or private parking areas and parking spaces are not permitted in any required yard except as provided herein:
1. Vacation trailers, boat trailers, camperettes and other vehicles not in daily use are restricted to parking in front yard setback for not more than forty-eight hours, and mobile homes, vacation trailers, boat trailers, camperettes and all other vehicles not in daily use are permitted to be located in the required rear yards. Variances from this requirement, if no feasible alternative exists, may be granted by the hearing body.
2. Public or private parking areas, parking spaces of any building intended for parking which is developed or maintained in conjunction with any building or use permitted in any rear or side yard that abuts an alley, provided the parking areas, structures or spaces comply with the parking dimensions available from the city engineer.
D. Parking will be to the rear or side for all apartments and condominiums unless otherwise specified in the municipal code or in the City of Monroe Infill, Multifamily, and Mixed Use Design Standards.
E. Parking Area and Parking Area Entrance and Exit Slopes. The slope of off-street parking spaces shall not exceed eight percent. The slope of entrance and exit driveways providing access for off-street parking areas and internal driveway aisles without parking spaces shall not exceed fifteen percent.
F. Driveways and Maneuverability.
1. Adequate ingress to and egress from each parking space shall be provided without moving another vehicle and without backing more than fifty feet.
2. Turning and maneuvering space shall be located entirely on private property unless specifically approved by the city engineer.
3. All parking spaces shall be internally accessible to one another without re-entering adjoining public streets except where no other alternative exists.
4. When off-street parking is provided in the rear of a building and a driveway or lane alongside the building provides access to rear parking area, such driveway shall require a minimum width of twelve feet and a sidewalk of at least a three-foot section, adjoining the building, curbed or raised six inches above the driveway surface.
5. Ingress and egress to any off-street parking lot should not be located closer than twenty feet from point of tangent to an intersection unless allowed by the city engineer.
6. The city engineer may require ingress separate from an egress for smoother and safer flow of traffic.
G. Surface.
1. The surface of any required off-street parking or loading facility shall be paved with asphalt or concrete (loose surfaces including gravel, crushed rock, or similar aggregate materials are prohibited) unless otherwise approved by the hearing body and shall be graded and drained so as to drain all surface water, in accordance with the city’s drainage ordinances. Porous paving, such as pervious asphalt or concrete, may be considered for use when the proposed application complies with standards of the Department of Ecology Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington (current edition) and is approved by the director and city engineer.
2. All traffic-control devices such as parking stripes designating parking spaces, directional arrows or signs, bull rails, curbs and other developments shall be installed and completed as shown on the approved plans.
3. Paved parking areas shall use paint or similar devices to delineate parking spaces and direction of traffic.
4. Where pedestrian walks are used in parking lots for the use of foot traffic only, they shall be curbed or raised six inches above the lot surface where possible.
5. Wheel stops shall be required on the periphery of parking lots so cars will not protrude into the right-of-way, or off the parking lot or strike buildings. Wheel stops shall be two feet from the end of the parking of head-in parking.
H. Parallel parking spaces shall be designed so that doors of vehicles do not open onto the right-of-way.
I. Obstructions. No obstruction, which would restrict car door opening, shall be permitted within five feet of the centerline of a parking space.
J. Lighting. Any required lighting shall be installed as required in Chapter 15.15 MMC.
K. Curb Cuts. All parking areas shall have specific entrance and/or exit areas to the adjacent rights-of-way. The width of access roads and curb cuts shall be determined by the city engineer. The edge of the curb cut or access road shall be finished as required by the city engineer for safe movement of vehicles or pedestrians. Curb cuts in single-family districts shall be limited to a maximum of twenty feet in width and the location shall be approved by the city engineer.
L. No commercial trucks over eight thousand pounds gross vehicle weight, machinery, bulldozers or similar construction equipment shall be allowed to be stored or parked in any residential zones without a permit as required by other city ordinances.
M. Parking spaces shall not be used for permanent or semipermanent parking or storage of trucks or materials. (Ord. 026/2011 § 2 (Exh. 1); Ord. 033/2008 § 6; Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.050 Required number of parking spaces.
The minimum number of off-street parking spaces shall be as follows for the listed uses:
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Type of Use |
Required Parking Spaces |
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Single-family and multifamily dwellings |
2 for each unit |
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Mixed use multiple-dwelling units1 1. Studio/1 bedroom 2. 2 or more bedrooms |
1. 1.5 per dwelling unit 2. 2.0 per dwelling unit |
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Churches, mortuaries and funeral homes |
1 for each 4 fixed seats |
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Convalescent homes, nursing and rest homes |
1 for every 4 beds with a minimum of 10 stalls |
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Fast-food restaurants |
1 for each 50 square feet of gross floor area |
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Food stores and retail establishments |
1 for each 200 square feet of gross floor area |
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Hospitals |
2 for each employee and 1 for each bed |
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Motels, hotels, rooming houses, boardinghouses |
1 for each room plus additional parking in accordance with the schedule for restaurants and/or conference facilities |
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Bowling alleys |
5 spaces per alley plus additional parking in accordance with the schedule for restaurants if appropriate |
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Mortuaries |
1 for each 4 seats |
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Banks, office uses and professional buildings |
1 for each 400 square feet |
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Dental and medical clinics |
1 for each 200 square feet of floor area plus one space per employee |
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Outdoor sports areas or parks |
Shall be determined by the hearing body when granting a special use permit |
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Places of public assembly, auditoriums, stadiums, clubs, exhibition halls, community centers and theaters |
1 for every 4 persons based on occupancy load or seats (if fixed) |
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Post offices |
1 for each 400 square feet of gross floor area |
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Private clubs |
1 for every 4 persons based on occupancy load |
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Public facilities, including libraries, City Hall, police and fire stations |
Shall be determined by the hearing body when granting a special use permit |
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Schools, including preschool, elementary, junior high, private and parochial schools |
1.5 for each staff member plus parking required for any public assembly areas as outlined above |
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High school |
1 for each staff member, 1 for every 10 students, plus parking required for any public assembly areas as outlined above |
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Manufacturing and industrial uses of all types, except a building used exclusively for warehouse purposes |
1 per employee plus 1 per 800 square feet of gross floor area |
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Warehouses, storage buildings or structures used exclusively for storage purposes, except mini self storage |
1 per employee plus 1 per 2,000 square feet of gross floor area |
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Mini self storage |
1 space per each 10 storage cubicles equally distributed in close proximity to storage buildings plus 1 space for each 50 storage cubicles to be located at the project office |
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Service or repair shop, including retail store handling exclusively bulky merchandise such as automobiles and furniture |
1 for every 400 square feet of gross floor area |
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Auto wrecking yards |
15 spaces for yards less than 10 acres in size and 25 spaces for yards 10 acres and larger in size |
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Utility and communication establishments without regular on-site employment |
1 space |
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Taverns/restaurants |
1 for every 4 persons based on occupancy load |
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1. In mixed use zones, off-street parking shall include adequate parking stalls to meet the sum of the requirements for the various uses as listed in the required parking table. For example, if a site has office and residential uses, the parking area would need to include the required number of parking spaces for both uses; provided, the director or designee may approve a reduction of up to twenty percent of the required off-street parking spaces, per MMC 18.86.050, when the applicant enters into a joint parking agreement, for use of a cooperative parking facility, in accordance with MMC 18.86.070 and 18.86.080.
(Ord. 026/2011 § 2 (Exh. 1); Ord. 024/2009 § 8; Ord. 006/2009 § 4; Ord. 1243, 2001; Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.060 Loading space requirements.
A. Off-street space for standing, loading, and unloading services shall not obstruct traffic movement in parking lots or on streets or alleys. For all office, commercial, and industrial uses, each loading space shall consist of at least a ten-foot by thirty-foot loading space with fourteen-foot height clearance for large trucks, including tractor-trailer large spaces.
B. Number of Loading Spaces Required.
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Total Gross Floor Area of Building(s) |
Space Required |
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Less than 5,000 sq. ft. |
1 |
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5,000 sq. ft. to 25,000 sq. ft. |
2 |
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25,000 sq. ft. to 50,000 sq. ft. |
3 |
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Each additional 50,000 sq. ft. or fraction thereof in excess of 25,000 sq. ft. |
1 additional |
C. Exceptions. The director of community development may waive or modify the requirements for loading spaces in the PO and DC zones when lots with existing structures require a change in use and the property owner demonstrates that the development has and will have no substantial loading needs or is physically constrained by existing conditions. (Ord. 033/2008 § 6; Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.065 Dumpster/recycling enclosure requirements.
MMC 6.08.110 provides the general garbage container requirements for single-family, multifamily, and commercial customers, whereas, this section deals specifically with enclosure requirements.
A. All multifamily, office, commercial, and industrial uses that require a one cubic yard or greater dumpster and/or recycling container shall provide a site-obscuring enclosure to house the dumpster/recycling container(s).
B. Enclosures shall be architecturally consistent with the primary building, provide landscaping that is consistent with the surrounding landscape requirements, and provide seventy-five percent opacity around the perimeter excluding the gate area.
C. Dumpster/recycling enclosures shall not obstruct traffic movement in parking lots or on streets or alleys.
D. The city’s solid waste provider must approve the enclosure location. (Ord. 026/2011 § 2 (Exh. 1); Ord. 033/2008 § 6)
18.86.070 Mixed occupancies and cooperative parking facility.
In the case of mixed occupancies in the building or on a lot, the total requirements for off-street parking shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately. Off-street parking facilities of a particular use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use except as hereinafter specified for joint use.
The building official may, upon application by the owner or lessee of any property, authorize the joint use of parking facilities by the following uses of activities under the conditions specified herein:
A. Up to fifty percent of the parking facilities required by this chapter for a use considered to be primarily a daytime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use or vice versa; provided, that the reciprocal parking area shall be subject to the conditions set forth in MMC 18.72.080.
B. Up to one hundred percent of the Sunday and/or nighttime parking facilities required by this chapter for a church or auditorium incidental to a public or parochial school may be supplied by the parking facilities required for the school use; provided, that the reciprocal parking area shall be subject to the conditions set forth in MMC 18.72.080.
C. For purposes of this section, the following uses are typical daytime uses: business offices, barber shops and beauty shops, manufacturing or wholesale buildings. The following uses are typical nighttime and/or Sunday uses: auditorium incidental to a public or parochial school, churches, dancehalls, theaters and taverns. (Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.080 Criteria for cooperative parking facility.
A. The building or use for which application is made for authority to utilize the existing off-street parking facilities provided by another building or use shall be located within one hundred fifty feet of the parking facilities.
B. The applicant shall show that there is not substantial conflict in the principal operating hours of the buildings or uses for which the joint use of the parking facility is proposed.
C. Parties concerned in the joint use of off-street facilities shall show evidence for joint use by a proper legal instrument approved by the city attorney and filed with the city clerk for recording. (Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.085 Exemption for downtown commercial district – Historic Main neighborhood.
All residential uses shall meet the minimum parking requirements and nonresidential uses need only provide loading area per this chapter, except for the hotel/motel use, which shall provide one stall per rental unit/room; however, for new construction on-site parking is encouraged when feasible. (Ord. 006/2009 § 4; Ord. 1248, 2001; Ord. 1230, 2001)
18.86.090 Compact car allowance.
A. A maximum of thirty percent of the total required off-street parking stalls may be permitted and designated for compact cars.
B. Each compact stall shall be designated as such.
C. Dimensions of compact parking stalls shall conform to the standards as indicated by the city engineer. (Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.100 Uses not specified.
In the case of a use not specifically mentioned in MMC 18.86.050, the requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be determined by the director or designee. Such determination shall be based upon the requirements for the most comparable use specified in MMC 18.86.050. (Ord. 033/2008 § 6; Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.110 Landscaping and screening of parking lots.
Landscaping and screening requirements shall be as provided in Chapter 18.78 MMC. (Ord. 922, 1989)
18.86.115 Minimum standards for off-street parking.
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Parking Layout |
Angle |
Dimensions |
One-Way |
Two-Way |
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See Diagram 1 |
Parking Angle A |
Stall Width B |
Curb Length C |
Stall Depth D |
Aisle Width E |
Parking Section Width F |
Aisle Width E |
Parking Section Width F |
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Parallel: one side two sides |
0° |
8' |
21' |
8' |
12' |
20' |
22' |
30' |
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0 |
8 |
21 |
8 |
22 |
38 |
24 |
40 |
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Angular: |
20 |
8.5 |
24.9 |
14.5 |
11 |
40 |
20 |
49 |
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30 |
8.5 |
17 |
16.9 |
11 |
44.8 |
20 |
53.8 |
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40 |
8.5 |
13.2 |
18.7 |
12 |
49.4 |
20 |
57.4 |
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45 |
8.5 |
12 |
19.4 |
13.5 |
52.3 |
20 |
58.8 |
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50 |
8.5 |
11.1 |
20 |
15.5 |
55.5 |
20 |
60 |
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60 |
8.5 |
9.8 |
20.7 |
18.5 |
59.9 |
22 |
63.4 |
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70 |
8.5 |
9 |
20.8 |
19.5 |
61.1 |
22 |
63.6 |
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80 |
8.5 |
8.6 |
20.2 |
24 |
64.4 |
24 |
64.4 |
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Perpendicular: |
90 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
19 |
25 |
63 |
25 |
63 |
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Parking Layout |
Angle |
Dimensions |
One-Way |
Two-Way |
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See Diagram 1 |
Parking Angle A |
Stall Width B |
Curb Length C |
Stall Depth D |
Aisle Width E |
Parking Section Width F |
Aisle Width E |
Parking Section Width F |
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Parallel: |
0° |
8' |
20' |
8' |
12' |
28' |
20' |
36' |
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Angular: |
45 |
8 |
11.3 |
15 |
12.5 |
42.5 |
20 |
50 |
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60 |
8 |
9.2 |
16.5 |
17 |
50 |
22 |
55 |
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Perpendicular: |
90 |
8 |
8 |
16 |
22 |
54 |
25 |
57 |
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Parking Layout |
Angle |
Dimensions |
One-Way |
Two-Way |
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See Diagram 1 |
Parking Angle A |
Stall Width B |
Curb Length C |
Stall Depth D |
Aisle Width E |
Parking Section Width F |
Aisle Width E |
Parking Section Width 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 |
15.5 |
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 |
15.5 |
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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Parking Layout |
Angle |
Dimensions |
One-Way |
Two-Way |
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See Diagram 1 |
Parking Angle A |
Stall Width B |
Curb Length C |
Stall Depth D |
Aisle Width E |
Parking Section Width F |
Aisle Width E |
Parking Section Width 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 |
(Ord. 1177, 1999)
18.86.120 Filing of plans.
Detailed plans of off-street parking areas including the location, size, shape, design, curb cuts, adjacent street, circulation of traffic, ingress and egress to parking lots and other features and appurtenances of the proposed parking facility shall be filed with and reviewed by the city. The parking area shall be developed and completed to the required standards before a certificate of occupancy permit for the building may be issued. (Ord. 922, 1989)