A. Parking Stalls and Aisles. The minimum parking space and aisle dimensions are shown on the table below (attached). Regardless of the parking angle, one-way aisles shall be at least ten feet wide, and two-way aisles shall be at least twenty feet wide. Any parking space abutting a landscape area on the driver or passenger side of the vehicle shall provide an additional eighteen inches above the minimum space width requirement to provide a place to step outside the landscaping.

B. Parking Stall Size and Standards.

C. Surface. All parking facilities shall be paved with Portland cement concrete, asphaltic concrete or other hard durable surface approved by the planning director.

D. Location. Off-street parking areas shall be located not more than five hundred feet from the building they are required to serve for all uses except as specified below. Where the off-street parking areas do not abut the buildings they serve, the required maximum distance shall be measured from the nearest building entrance that the parking area serves:

E. Driveways/access. All parking facilities shall be provided with safe and convenient access to a street. Ingress and egress to public streets shall be provided only through driveways of such dimension, location and construction as approved by the public works director, or their designee. Driveways for single-family detached dwellings may not exceed twenty feet in width. Driveways for other than single-family detached and duplex structures shall be at least fifteen feet in width for one-way traffic, and twenty-two feet in width for two-way traffic. No driveway shall exceed thirty-five feet in width, nor be located closer than twenty feet to a side property line. Driveways onto collector and arterial streets shall be combined where possible.

F. Suitable wheel or bumper stops are required to prevent vehicles from overhanging walkways, and to prevent damage to landscaping. Concrete curbs shall be provided at the edge of all parking and maneuvering areas, except for single family and duplex dwellings.

G. Parking facilities shall be designed so that exiting vehicles are not required to back into streets, except for residential uses of less than four units on local access streets.

H. Marked walkways, at least five feet in width, and separated from traffic lanes, parking spaces and vehicle overhangs, shall be provided from parking areas to the entrances of the associated use.

I. Landscaping/Screening. Landscaping and screening requirements for off-street parking are contained in Chapter 17.64 “Landscaping.”

J. Off-street parking and access for physically handicapped persons shall be provided in accordance with Section 7503 of the regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 19.27, State Building Code, and RCW 70.92, Public Buildings – Provisions for Aged and Disabled.

K. Snow Storage. Adequate space for the storage of snow removed from the parking lot shall be provided. Parking spaces over the required minimum may be used for snow storage. Snow storage areas may not include required landscaping unless designed in such a manner as to prevent landscaping damage.

L. Bicycle Parking. The city, through the design review process, may require bicycle parking facilities (i.e., a bike rack or locker-type facilities) for uses such as:

All bicycle parking and storage shall be located in safe, visible areas in close proximity to building entrances and shall not impede pedestrian or vehicle traffic flow. Bicycle parking areas shall be well lit for nighttime use.

M. Pedestrian Circulation. Safe and convenient pedestrian paths shall be provided from parking areas to building entries and between buildings within a site and adjacent sites to provide for pedestrian safety and to encourage walking between businesses.