18.105.070 Alternative compliance with minimum parking requirements.
A. Authorized Alternatives. The zoning administrator is authorized to approve alternative compliance parking permits for the following:
1. Off-site parking (see subsection (C) of this section);
2. Valet parking (see subsection (D) of this section);
3. Residential special needs (see subsection (E) of this section); and
4. Community building(s) for residential development (see subsection ((F) of this section).
5. Other design requirements (see subsection (G)) of this section).
B. Applicants seeking approval of an alternative compliance parking plan must secure approval by the city’s zoning administrator.
C. Off-Site Parking. The zoning administrator may permit all or a portion of the required off-street parking spaces to be located on a remote and separate lot from the lot on which the principal use is located, subject to the standards of this section.
1. Location. No off-site parking space may be located more than 1,000 feet from the primary entrance of the use served, measured along the shortest legal, practical walking route. This distance limitation may be waived by the zoning administrator if adequate assurances are offered that van or shuttle service will be operated between the shared lot and the principal use.
2. Zoning Classification. Off-site parking areas are accessory to the principal uses that the parking spaces serve. Off-site parking areas require the same or a more intensive zoning classification as required for the most intensive of the uses served by the shared parking area.
3. Off-Site Parking Agreement. An agreement providing for the use of off-site parking, executed by the parties involved, must be filed with the zoning administrator, in an approved form. Off-site parking privileges will continue in effect only as long as the agreement, binding on all parties, remains in force. Agreements must guarantee long-term availability of the parking, commensurate with the use served by the parking. If an off-site parking agreement lapses or is no longer valid, then parking must be provided as otherwise required by this chapter.
D. Valet Parking. Valet parking may be authorized through an administrative use permit as a means of satisfying up to 100 percent of otherwise applicable off-street parking ratios. In order to approve an alternative parking plan for valet parking, the zoning administrator must determine that the proposal satisfies the approval criteria of off-site parking (see subsection (C) of this section) and that the valet parking will not cause interference with the public use of rights-of-way or imperil public safety.
E. Residential Special Needs. If a developer can demonstrate that a multi-unit residential or supportive housing project designed for residents with special needs, such as senior citizens or handicapped individuals, will not generate a need for as much parking as such a project designed for a general market, the approving body shall have the authority to allow a reduction in the number of required parking spaces. Upon conversion of a senior citizen or other special needs group housing project to a general market apartment or condominium complex, parking must be provided consistent with the requirements of Table 18.105.040.A, as amended from time to time.
F. Community Building(s) for Residential Developments. Community buildings used for the common benefit of residents within residential subdivisions or otherwise designed to be used by multiple-residence projects, such as townhouse developments, apartments, residential condominiums, or residential manufactured home parks, may substitute up to 50 percent of required full-size parking spaces with golf-cart spaces, motorcycle/scooter spaces, or bicycle parking.
G. Other design requirements listed within this chapter the zoning administrator shall evaluate, and possibly accept or recommend to the decision-making body, alternative design that meets the intent and spirit of the code. [Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 407.07; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]