§ 29.01. Parking requirements.

At the time of the erection of any building or structure hereinafter listed, or at the time any such building or structure is enlarged, or its capacity is increased, or the existing use is intensified, modified, or changed, and the cost of construction of said enlargement or intensification is fifty percent or more than the value of the original building or structure as computed by multiplying by four the Colusa County assessor's current assessed valuation of said original building or structure, there shall be provided for new construction, enlargement or increased capacity and for the original building or structure the minimum off-street parking space for the total thereof, together with adequate provisions for safe ingress and egress, and such parking space shall at all times thereafter be maintained in connection with such building or structure. Any fractional space shall constitute one additional required space. For example, if computed requirements equal 9.2 spaces, ten spaces shall be required.

EXCEPTION: Presently zoned and developed commercial property is exempt from parking requirements as herein set forth.

In the event the enlargement or increase in capacity or intensification of use of an existing building or structure has a cost of less than fifty percent of four times the Colusa County Assessor's assessed value of the original building or structure, in such case only the minimum off-street parking space specified herein for such enlargement, increase in capacity or intensification of use shall be required, and the property owner shall not be required to bring the off-street parking requirements for the existing building up to existing Code requirements:

	Use	Off-Street Parking Space Requirements
(a)	Single-family dwelling	One single car garage or carport.
(b)	Duplex	One garage or carport space per dwelling unit.
(c)	Multifamily dwelling	One and one-half covered parking spaces per dwelling unit.
(d)	Second unit	One off-street parking space, in addition to spaces required for main dwelling.
(e)	Hotel	One parking space per hotel room, plus two additional parking spaces in addition to the total number required for rooms.
(f)	Motel and single room occupancy units	One parking space for each unit plus, two additional parking spaces for office or management operations if those exist.
(g)	Church, social hall, club, lodge, community center, or other place of public assembly	One parking space for each five seats in the principal seating area, or one parking space for every forty-five square feet in the principal seating area, whichever is the greater, plus one passenger loading space.
(h)	Day care center	One parking space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area, plus one passenger loading space.
(i)	Residential care (large) and convalescent hospital,	One parking space for each three beds within the facility. For senior residential care facilities, one parking space for each room.
(j)	Mortuary	One parking space for every four seats in the principal seating area plus three parking spaces or one parking space for each forty square feet in the principal seating area, whichever is the greatest.
(k)	Theater	One parking space for every four seats in the theater.
(l)	Bowling alley	Five parking spaces per each bowling lane plus one parking space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area devoted to accessory uses.
(m)	Professional office and personal service	One parking space for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area plus one parking space per office.
(n)	Medical offices and clinics	One parking space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area.
(o)	Personal services	One parking space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area.
(p)	Drive-in restaurant	One parking space for each fifty square feet of gross floor area.
(q)	Auto repair shops	One parking space for each five hundred square feet of gross floor area.
(r)	Laundromat	One parking space for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area.
(s)	Retail store	One parking space for each two hundred square feet, of gross floor area.
(t)	Restaurants	One parking space for each four seats.
(u)	Warehousing	One parking space for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area.
(v)	Bulk retail store	One parking space for each four hundred fifty square feet of gross floor area.
(w)	Industrial uses	One parking space for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area.
(x)	Merchandise loading space requirement	Every hospital, institution, hotel, commercial or industrial building hereafter erected or established on a lot which abuts upon an alley or is surrounded on all sides by streets, shall have one permanently maintained loading space of not less than ten feet in width, twenty feet in length, and fourteen feet in height, for each four thousand square feet of lot area upon which said building is located; provided, however, that not more than two such spaces shall be required on any lot.
(y)	Emergency shelters, supportive/transitional housing (7 or more clients)	One and a half covered parking spaces per room that accommodates beds, and one and a half spaces for each room that provides support services.

 

(Ord. No. 505, § 28, 10-21-2014)