18.68.020 Minimum off-street parking space requirements.
The minimum off-street parking space requirements are as follows:
(1) Residential Type of Development and Number of Parking Spaces.
Single-family and two-family dwellings |
1 per dwelling unit |
Multifamily dwelling |
3 per 2 dwelling units |
Short-term rental |
1 per short-term rental plus required parking for the dwelling |
Sorority, fraternity or dormitory |
1 per 3 occupants |
Assisted living facility |
2 per 3 guest rooms |
Hotel or motel |
1 per guest room or suite plus 1 per 2 employees |
Manufactured home park/subdivision |
1 per homesite plus 1 per site for guest parking at a convenient location |
Planned unit development |
2 per dwelling unit plus 1 per 2 units for guest parking at a convenient location |
(2) Commercial Type of Development and Number of Parking Spaces.
General retail or personal service |
1 per 300 square feet floor area |
Convenience store, mini-mart (if use includes fast food or convenience food with seating then additional parking is required) |
1 per 330 square feet of floor area (plus 1 per 66 square feet of seating area plus 1 per 200 square feet of kitchen/storage area for food service use) |
Building supplies, home improvement |
1 per 500 square feet of retail floor area plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of warehouse or storage yard area |
Furniture or appliance store |
1 per 660 square feet floor area |
Auto, boat or trailer sales, or nursery or landscape supplies |
1 per 1,000 square feet floor area, plus 1 per 2 employees |
Barber shop or beauty parlor |
3 per 2 chairs or stations |
General, professional or banking office |
1 per 400 square feet floor area |
Medical or dental office or clinic |
1 per 200 square feet floor area |
Eating or drinking establishment |
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Sit-down restaurant/bars/taverns |
1 per 66 square feet of seating area plus 1 per 200 square feet of kitchen/storage area |
Fast food and convenience food |
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Fitness/exercise club or facility |
1 per 300 square feet of floor area |
Theater, gymnasium, racetrack, stadium or similar use |
1 per 4 seats or 8 feet bench length |
Bowling alley |
2 per lane |
Skating rink or dance hall |
1 per 100 square feet floor area, plus 1 per 2 employees |
Amusement park |
1 per 1,000 square feet floor area, plus 1 per 2 employees |
Service station |
1 per 4 fueling pumps/stations |
(3) Institutional, Public and Quasi-Public Type of Development and Number of Parking Spaces.
Child care center, nursery or pre-school |
1 per 200 square feet of classroom floor area |
School, elementary, middle or junior high* |
2 per classroom plus 1 per 200 square feet of office floor area plus 1 bus loading space per 2,000 square feet of classroom floor area |
High school* |
2 per classroom plus 1 per 200 square feet of office floor area plus 1 per 100 square feet of classroom floor plus 1 bus loading space per 3,000 square feet of classroom floor area |
College, university or trade school |
2 per classroom, plus 1 per 200 square feet of office floor area plus 1 per 60 square feet of classroom floor area |
Library |
1 per 400 square feet floor area, plus 1 per 2 employees |
Church, chapel, mortuary or auditorium |
1 per 4 seats or 8 feet bench length |
Nursing or convalescent home |
1 per 2 beds for patients and residents |
Hospital |
3 per 2 beds |
Golf course |
8 per hole |
Swimming pools |
1 per 200 square feet of building floor area |
*NOTE: Bus loading space shall be clearly marked (painted) with appropriate signage. A bus space shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width and 45 feet in length.
(4) Industrial Type of Development and Number of Parking Spaces.
Building materials or industrial supplies |
1 per 500 square feet of retail/wholesale floor area plus 1 per 1,000 square feet of warehouse or storage yard area |
Storage, warehouse or manufacturing establishment; air, rail or trucking freight terminal |
1 per 1,000 square feet of building floor area plus 1 per 400 square feet of office floor area |
Public utility (gas, water, telephone, etc.) |
1 per 400 square feet of office floor area plus 1 per 500 square feet of shop and/or warehouse floor area |
(5) Requirements for a building or development not specifically listed herein shall be determined by the planning director based upon the requirements of comparable use. A decision of the planning director may be appealed to the planning commission. (Ord. 2054 § 10, 2021; Ord. 2040 § 7, 2020; Ord. 2033 §§ 2, 3, 2020; Ord. 2025 § 13, 2018; Ord. 1952 § 1(4), 2006)