17.175.040 Off-street parking – Number of spaces required.
A. The required number of off-street parking spaces to be provided will be determined as follows:
Permitted Uses |
Required Off-Street Parking Spaces |
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Single-family dwellings |
3 per dwelling unit |
Two-family dwellings |
3 per dwelling unit |
Multifamily dwellings (12 units or less) |
2 per dwelling unit |
Multifamily dwellings (more than 12 units) |
1.5 per dwelling unit |
Aircraft hangars (used for any purpose) |
1 per 700 square feet of gross floor area |
Auto, boat and recreational vehicle sales |
1 per 3,000 square feet of gross lot area, but not less than 5 spaces |
Auto, boat, and recreational service garages, gas stations, repair shops, and accessory installation shops |
4 spaces per stall/service bay. No vehicle in the custody of the business for service, repairs, storage, sales or other purpose may be stored in a public right-of-way |
Banks |
1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area |
Bed and breakfasts |
In addition to the off-street parking requirements of KIBC 17.175.040 for a single-family dwelling, up to 2 guest rooms must provide 1 additional parking space; with 3 to 4 guest rooms must provide 2 additional parking spaces; and a bed and breakfast with 5 guest rooms must provide 3 additional parking spaces |
Bowling alleys |
4 for each alley or lane |
Churches, dance halls, schools, community buildings, fraternal organizations, auditoriums, theaters, banquet facilities, and other places of assembly |
1 per 4 seats, based on maximum seating capacity in the principal place of assembly |
Doctor, dentist, and law offices and clinics |
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area |
Food markets, grocery stores or shopping centers |
4 per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area |
Furniture and appliance stores |
1 per 400 square feet of gross floor area |
General hospitals |
1 per 500 square feet of gross floor area |
Hotels (excluding restaurants, lounges, and banquet facilities) |
1 per each guest room and 1 per dwelling unit |
Industrial or manufacturing establishments |
1 per 700 square feet of gross floor area |
Intermediate care facilities, nursing homes, etc. |
1 per 3 patient beds based on maximum capacity |
Laundromats |
1 per 2 washing machines |
Lumber yards and building supply stores |
1 per 200 square feet of office and showroom sales area |
Mini-warehouses |
1 per 200 square feet of office area but not less than 3 spaces |
Motels or boardinghouses |
1 per guest room or dwelling unit |
Motor freight terminals, warehouses, gear sheds and storage buildings |
1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Offices (total area of the structure is 2,000 square feet or less) |
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area, except identified file and supply storage space at 1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Offices (total area of the structure is more than 2,000 square feet) |
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area for the first 2,000 square feet of the structure and 1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area for square footage in excess of 2,000 square feet, except identified file and supply storage space at 1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Restaurants, bars |
1 per 3 seats, based on maximum seating capacity in the principal place of assembly |
Retail sales and service establishments (total area of structure is 2,000 square feet or less) |
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area, except identified retail inventory and supply storage space at 1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Retail sales and service establishments (total area of structure is more than 2,000 square feet) |
1 per 200 square feet of gross floor area for the first 2,000 square feet of the structure and 1 per 300 square feet of gross floor area for square footage in excess of 2,000 square feet, except identified retail inventory and supply storage space at 1 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area |
B. The off-street parking requirement for a use not specified in this section shall be the requirement for the use specified in this section whose parking demand characteristics the community development department determines to be most similar to those of the unspecified use.
C. In all cases, a minimum of three spaces shall be required for each principal use in a building.
D. Where a building contains more than one principal use, the parking required for that building shall be the sum of the parking required for each such use.
E. A parking space may meet the minimum parking requirements for more than one use so long as it otherwise conforms to the requirements of this chapter for each such use and no hours of operation of any such use overlap the hours of operation of any other such use. [Ord. 2007-08 §13; Ord. 94-26 §2, 1994; Ord. 90-45 §2, 1991. Formerly §17.57.040].