HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1962 - Amends Ch. 19.36, zoning (Repealed by 2131)AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON
AMENDING CHAPTER 19.36 OF THE MARYSVILLE MUNICIPAL
RELATING TO OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MARYSVILLE AS FOLLOWS:
Chapter 19.36 of the Marysville Municipal Code relating
to off-street parking and loading is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Chapter 19.36
Off-Street Parking and Loading
Sections:
19.36.010
19.36.020
19.36.030
19.36.040
19.36.050
19.36.060
19.36.070
19.36.075
19.36.080
19.36.090
19.36.100
19.36.110
19.36.120
19.36.130
19.36.140
General Requirements
Ingress and egress provisions.
Facilities Location.
Provision for Building Expansion or
Enlargement.
Changes in Occupancy.
Mixed Occupancies.
Joint Use.
Conditions for Joint Use.
parking Area Design and Construction.
Uses For Which parking Is Not Specified.
Number of Spaces -Fractions.
Spaces Required.
Loading Areas.
Landscaping Requirements for Parking Areas.
Variance Requests to this Chapter.
19.36.010 Off-street parking --General reguirements.Every
building hereafter constructed,reconstructed,expanded or
occupied,or use of property hereafter established or modified
shall be provided with off street parking as provided in this
chapter,and such parking areas shall be made permanently
available and maintained for parking purposes.No building
permit shall be issued until plans showing provisions for the
required off-street parking have been submitted and approved as
conforming to the standards of this chapter.
19.36.020 Ingress and egress provisions.The director of public
works shall have authority to fix the location,width and manner
of approach of vehicular ingress or egress from a building or
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parking area to a pUblic street and to alter existing ingress and
egress as may be required to control traffic in the interest of
public safety and general welfare.
19.36.030 Facilities location.
A.Parking for one and two family dwellings shall be provided
on the same lot as the dwelling unit it is required to
serve.
B.Parking for multiple family dwellings shall be not over one
hundred feet from the building it serves.
C.Parking for uses not specified above shall not be over five
hundred feet from the building it serves.
D.All off-street parking spaces for non-residential uses shall
be located on land zoned in a manner which would allow the
particular use the parking will serve.
E.If the parking for a building or use is located on a lot
other than the lot upon which the use for which the parking
is required is located,the owner of the lot containing the
parking shall execute a covenant in a form acceptable to the
City Attorney,stating that the lot is devoted in whole or
in part to required parking for the use on another lot.The
owner of the property upon which the main use is located
shall record this covenant with the Snohomish County
Auditor's office to run with the properties on which both
the principal use and the off-street parking are located.
The owner shall provide a copy of the recorded covenant to
the Planning Department.
19.36.040 Provision for building expansion or enlargement.
Whenever any building is enlarged in height or ground coverage,
off-street parking shall be provided for the expansion or
enlargement in accordance with the requirements of the schedule;
provided,however,that no parking space need be provided in the
case of enlargement or expansion where the number of parking
spaces required for such enlargement is less than ten percent of
the parking spaces specified in the schedule for the building.
Nothing in this provision shall be construed to require off-
street parking spaces for the portion of such building existing
on April 25,1972.
19.36.050 Mixed occupancies.In the case of mixed uses,the
total requirements for the various uses shall be computed
separately.Off-street parking facilities for one use shall not
be considered as hereinafter specified for joint use.
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19.36.060 Changes in occupancy.Whenever the occupancy
classification of a building is changed,the minimum standards
for off-street parking for the new occupancy classification shall
be applicable;provided,that if the existing occupancy had
established a legal nonconforming status with respect to off-
street parking requirements,no additional off-street parking
shall be required for the new occupancy unless said new occupancy
is in a classification requiring more parking than that which
would have been required for the existing occupancy if it had
been subject to the provisions of this chapter.
19.36.070 Joint Use.The planning director may,upon
application by the owner or lessee of any property,authorize the
joint use of parking facilities by the following uses or
activities under the conditions specified herein:
A.Up to fifty percent of the parking facilities required by
this chapter for primarily "nighttime"uses such as
theaters,bowling alleys,bars,restaurants and related
uses,may be supplied by certain other types of buildings or
uses herin referred to as "daytime"uses such as banks,
offices,retail and personal service shops,clothing,food,
furniture,manufacturing or wholesale and related uses.
B.Up to fifty percent of the parking facilities required by
this chapter for primarily "daytime"uses may be supplied by
primarily "nighttime"uses;
C.Up to one hundred percent of the parking facilities required
by this section for a church or for an aUditorium incidental
to a public or parochial school,may be supplied by the off-
street parking facilities provided by uses primarily of a
"daytime"nature.
D.Up to one hundred percent of the parking facilities required
for a park and ride facility may be supplied by the off-
street parking facilities provided by uses primarily of a
"nighttime"or "weekend"nature such as a church.
19.36.075 Conditions For Joint Use.The building or use for
which application is being made to utilize the off-street parking
facilities provided by another building or use shall be located
within five hundred feet of such parking facilities in addition
to which:
A.The applicant shall show that there is no substantial
conflict in the principal operating hours of the two
building or uses for which joint use of off-street parking
facilities is proposed;and
B.Parties concerned in the joint use of off-street facilities
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shall submit a proper legal instrument defining the
conditions of the joint use for review and approval of the
planning division and city attorney.
C.In the event of a change in ownership or use,the joint use
instrument may be terminated upon mutual agreement by all
parties if reviewed and approved by the planning director.
The existing and/or new uses shall comply with all parking
and landscaping requirements of this chapter for said uses.
19.36.080 Parking Area Design and Construction.
A.parking stalls and aisles shall be designed according to
Figure 1,"Minimum Standards for Off-Street Parking,"
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.When parking standards
require ten or more parking spaces,up to fifty percent of
the off-street parking spaces required by this chapter may
be designed for compact cars in accordance with Table II of
Figure 1 or Figure 2,"Compact Car Stall and Aisle
Specifications."Such 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 aisle is adjusted by interpolation between
the specified standards.Parking shall be so designed that
automobiles shall not back out into public streets.
B.Screening in the form of a solid masonry wall,architectural
fences or dense coniferous hedges shall be erected or
planted and maintained to a height of not less than five
feet where a parking lot has a common boundary line with any
residentially zoned property.
C.Lighting in areas provided for off-street parking shall be
so arranged to not constitute a nuisance or hazard to
passing traffic,and where parking lots share a common
boundary line with residentially zoned property,lighting
devices shall be shaded and directed to play their light
away from the residentially zoned property.
D.Maintenance of all areas provided for off-street parking
shall include removal and replacement of dead and dying
trees,grass and shrubs,removal of trash and weeds,and
repair of traffic-control devices,signs,light standards,
fences,walls,surfacing materials,curbs,railings and
drainage facilities.
E.All off-street parking areas shall be graded and before an
occupancy permit for the building use is issued,surfaced to
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standards for asphaltic concrete or other surfacing
sufficient to allow for marking of stalls and installation
of other traffic control devices as set forth by the
director of public works and this chapter.All traffic
control devices such as parking strips designating car
stalls,directional arrows or signs,curbs,bUllrails,and
other developments shall be installed and completed as shown
on the approved plans.Hard surfaced parking areas shall
use paint or other similar devices to delineate parking
stalls and directional arrows.Pedestrian walks shall be
curbed,or raised six inches above the lot surface.
F.Internal vehicle and pedestrian circulation for parking lots
shall be approved by the Planning Director andeity
Engineer.Parking lot circulation shall allow for access so
pedestrians and wheelchairs can easily gain access from
public sidewalks and bus stops to building entrances through
the use of pedestrian paths which are physically separated
from vehicle traffic and maneuvering areas.In shopping
center parking lots containing more than one-hundred (100)
spaces,such pedestrian/wheelchair paths shall be a minimum
of five (5)feet wide and constructed in a manner that they
cannot be used as a holding area for shopping carts.
G.Access driveways for parking areas shall be located so as to
cause the least possible conflict with vehicular and
pedestrian traffic on public rights-of-way.The Planning
Director and City Engineer shall have the authority to
restrict the number,size and location of access driveways
to private parking areas.
H.The City Engineer may require joint use of driveways by more
than one property.
I.Handicap parking stalls shall meet the requirements of the
Washington State Regulation and Federal ADA regulations.
J.Parking areas should be located and designed to consider
impacts to the streetscape.Where feasible,on-site parking
shall be located at the sides and rear of buildings or
complexes.
K.Parking lots and storage,loading or maintenance areas which
are located within visual proximity of the public sidewalk
should be screened from the sidewalk by one of the following
methods:
(a)Provide a 5'wide landscaped perimeter bed or hedge.
The hedge shall consist of a landscaped strip at least 5'
wide with the following plant materials:
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i.Trees maximum spacing 30'-0"on center;
ii.Shrubs planted 3'-0"on center to produce an opaque
screen at least 3'-0"in height within 3 years;and
iii.Ground cover planted to cover the remaining planting
strip within three years.
19.36.090 Uses For Which Parking is Not Specified.If this
chapter does not specify a parking requirement for a specific use
in a particular zone,the Planning Director shall establish the
minimum requirement on a case-by-case basis.Such determination
shall be based upon staff investigation,review of requirements
for comparable uses,and comparative data as may be available and
appropriate for the establishment of minimum parking
requirements.The applicant may be required to provide
sufficient information to demonstrate that the parking demand for
a specific use will be satisfied,based upon existing uses
19.36.100 Reduction of required spaces when effective
alternatives to automobile access are proposed.Upon
demonstration to the hearing examiner that effective alternatives
to automobile access are proposed to be implemented,the examiner
may reduce by not more than forty percent the parking
requirements otherwise prescribed for any use or combination of
uses on the same or adjoining sites,to an extent commensurate
with the permanence,effectiveness,and demonstrated reduction in
off-street parking demand achieved by such alternative programs.
Alternative programs which may be considered by the examiner
under this provision include,but are not limited to the
following:
i.Private vanpool operation;
ii.Transit/vanpool fare sUbsidy;
iii.Imposition of a charge for parking;
iv.Provision of subscription bus services;
v.Flexible work-hour schedule;
vi.Capital improvement for transit services;
v~~.Preferential parking for carpools/vanpools;
viii.Participation in the ride-matching program;
ix.Reduction of parking fees for carpools and vanpools;
x.Establishment of a tranportation coordinator position
to implement carpool,vanpool,and transit programs;or
xi.Bicycle parking facilities.
19.36.110 Number of Spaces -Fractions.If the parking formula
used to determine parking requirements results in a fractional
number greater than or equal to one-half,the proponent shall
provide parking equal to the next highest whole number.
19.36.120 Spaces Required.The required number of off-street
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parking spaces shall be in conformance with the following and
where alternative standards prevail,the greater applied in
conflicting computations.
Use Classification
(1)Single family dwellings,
duplexes,townhouses,and
mobile homes.
(2)Multiple family dwellings,
one bedroom per unit.
(3)Multiple family dwellings,
two or more bedrooms per
unit.
(4)Retirement housing and
apartments.
Number of Parking Spaces
Two per dwelling;driveways
may be counted as one parking
space.
One and one-half per dwelling
unit.
One and three-fourths per
dwelling unit.
One per dwelling.
(5)Mobile home parks.Two per unit,plus guest
parking at one per four lots.
(6)Rooming houses,similar uses.One per dwelling.
(7 )
(8 )
Nursing homes,convalescent'
homes for aged.
Medical and dental clinics.
One per five beds plus one
space per employee and medical
staff.
One per two hundred square
feet of gross floor area.
One per four hundred square
feet gross floor area.
(9 )Banks,business and pro-
fessional offices (other
than medical and dental)
with on-site customer service.
(10)Retail stores and personal
service shops unless other-
wise provide for herein.
If less than five thousand
square feet floor area,one
per six hundred square feet
gross floor area;
If over five thousand square
feet floor area,eight
plus one per each three hun-
dred feet gross floor area.
(11)Grocery stores
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One space per two hundred
square feet of customer
(12)Public utility and govern-
mental buildings.
(13)Barber and beauty shops.
(14)Motor vehicle sales and
service.
(15)Motor vehicle or machinery
repair,without sales.
(16)Mobile home and recreational
vehicle sales.
(17)Motels and hotels.
(18)Hospitals.
(19)Churches,auditoriums and
similar enclosed places of
assembly.
(20)Stadiums,sports arenas and
similar open assemblies.
(21)Dance halls and places of
assembly wlo fixed seats.
(22)Bowling alleys.
(23)Restaurants,taverns or
bars with on-premise
consumption.
(24)Drive-in restaurants and
similar establishments,
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service area.
One per four hundred square
feet of gross floor area.
One space per two hundred
square feet.
One per one thousand square
feet gross floor area,plus
one per one thousand five
hundred square feet of out-
door display area.
One per two hundred square
feet of gross floor area.
One per three thousand square
feet of outdoor display area.
One per unit or room.
One per two beds,excluding
bassinets.
One per four seats or sixty
lineal inches of pew or forty
square feet of gross floor
area used for assembly.
One per eight seats or one
per one hundred square feet of
assembly space without fixed
seats.
One per seventy-five square
feet of gross floor area.
Five per lane.
If less than four thousand
square feet of gross floor
area,one per two hundred
square feet gross floor area;
If over four thousand square
feet,twenty plus one per one
hundred square feet gross
floor area.
One per seventy-five square
feet of gross floor area.
primarily for auto-borne
customers.
(25)Skating rinks.
(26)Tennis courts,raquet clubs,
handball courts and other
similar commercial
recreation.
(27)Swimming pools (indoor and
outdoor).
(28)Funeral parlors,mortuaries
or cemeteries.
(29)Libraries,art galleries
and museums.
(30)Schools,elementary and
junior high (public and
private).
(31)Schools,senior high
(public and private.
(32)Colleges or commercial
schools.
(33)Manufacturing and industrial
uses of all types,except
a building used exclusively
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Drive through aisles shall
accommodate minimum stacking
for three automobiles per
service window.Each stacking
space shall be a minimum of
twenty feet in length.Such
spaces shall be designed so
as not to impede pedestrian or
vehicular circulation on the
site or abutting street(s).
One per seventy-five square
feet of gross floor area.
One space per forty square
feet gross floor area used for
assembly,plus two per court.
One per ten swimmers,based on
pool capacity as defined by
the Washington State Dept.of
Health.
One per four seats or eight
feet of bench or pew or one
per forty square feet of
assembly room used for ser-
vices if no fixed seating is
provided.
One per two hundred fifty
square feet of gross floor
area.
Five plus one per each
employee and faCUlty member.
One per each ten students plus
one per each employee and
faculty member.
One per ten students plus one
per each employee and faculty
member.
One per each two employees on
maximum shift and not less
than on per each eight hundred
for warehouse purposes.
(34)Warehouses,storage and
wholesale business.
(35)Mini self-storage.
(36)Golf Course.
(37)Gymnasium,Health Club
square feet gross floor area.
One per each two employees on
maximum working shift.
One per each fifty storage
cubicles equally distributed
and proximate to storage
buildings.In addition,one
space for each fifty storage
cubicles to be located at the
project office.
Four spaces for each green,
plus 50 percent of spaces
otherwise required for any
accessory uses (e.g.bars,
restaurants).
One space for each 200 square
feet of gross floor area.
(38)Shopping Center Less
five
ft.
four
ft.
than 15,000 net sq.ft.:
spaces per 1,000 net sq.
Over 15,000 net sq.ft.:
spaces per 1,000 net sq.
(39)Day Care Center One space per staff member,
and one space per ten
students.A paved
unobstructed pick-up area
with adequate stacking spaces
(as determined by the Planning
Department)shall be set aside
for dropping-off and picking
up children in a safe manner
that will not cause the
children to cross the parking
area or lines of traffic.
19.36.130 Loading Areas.On the same premises with every
building,structure,or part thereof,erected and occupied for
manUfacturing,storage,warehouse,goods display,department
store,wholesale store,market,hotel,hospital,mortuary,
laundry,drY cleaning,or other use which requires delivery of
merchandise or materials by trucks shall provide truck loading
and unloading berths.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.
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Each loading space shall measure not less than ten (10)feet wide
by thirty (30)feet long,with fourteen foot height clearance,
and shall be made permanently available for such purposes,and (\
shall be surfaced,improved and maintained as required in Section
19.36.090.Required loading spaces shall be provided in
accordance with the following table:
Gross Floor Area
10,000 to 20,000 sq.ft.
20,001 to 50,000 sq.ft.
50,001 to 100,000 sq.ft.
above 100,000 sq.ft.
Number of Berths
1
2
3
1 for each additional
50,000 sq.ft.
Every hotel,office building,restaurant,assembly structure or
similar use shall provide truck loading and unloading berths
according to the following standards:
Aggregate Gross Floor Area
20,000 to 50,000 sq.ft.
50,001 to 100,000 sq.ft.
above 100,000 sq.ft.
Number of Berths
1
2
1 for each additional
50,000 sq.ft.
19.36.140 Landscaoinq Reguirements for Parking Areas.
Landsacping requirements for all parking areas are contained
within MMC 19.32.
19.36.150 Variance Reguests to This Chapter.
A.In considering a request for a modification of parking
requirements,the Hearing Examiner shall consider the
following factors:
1.Type of use proposed and traffic generation,including
hours of operation,frequency of employee and customer
trips,and other specific factors relating to the
proposed use.
2.Location of the subject property,proximity to and
availability of public transportation facilities,
likelihood of customers or employees to use public
transportation.
3.Other information which is relevant and necessary to
make a determination as to the validity of the request
for modification.such additional information may
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include parking studies and traffic surveys for the
proposed project vicinity and data concerning the
actual parking demand of other similar uses.
B.In approving a request for the modification of the number of
required off-street parking spaces,the Hearing Examiner may
require that a transit stop be located on the subject lot in
order to promote use of public transit and to justify a
reduction in the required number of parking spaces.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 23~
day of August,1993.
CITY OJ}!AR'-:SVILLE _
By vaW!h~
MAYOR
CITY CLERK
Approved as to form:
BY.~K.LJ&-eI
.-CITY ATTORNEY
Date of Publication:
Effective Date (5 days
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