40.25.080 Location of off-street parking.

(a)    Off-street parking spaces, including required aisles, shall be located behind the front and street side yard setback line in all residential districts when the principal use is other than a single-family or duplex dwelling.

(b)    For single-family and duplex dwellings, the following conditions shall be met for the parking and storage of all vehicles, materials and equipment:

(1)    No more than two required off-street parking spaces may be located in the front or street side yard.

(2)    When tandem parking (one behind the other) is utilized for fulfilling parking requirements for single-family and duplex dwellings, there may be no more than three spaces in a tandem configuration, with only one required space permitted in the front setback area. There may be no more than one such tandem parking arrangement. Each parking space in a tandem arrangement must have a minimum depth of nineteen feet.

(3)    No more than one driveway per street frontage may be extended from the edge of the public street to the property except where the total width of the street frontage is eighty feet or greater, or where a circular driveway is utilized.

(4)    Where adequate access is provided (minimum ten-foot sideyard), parking in the required rear yard of single-family and duplex dwellings shall be permitted if the minimum usable open space requirement is met and the total coverage, inclusive of any accessory structures and areas surfaced for parking, does not exceed thirty percent of the required rear yard area.

(5)    Impervious surfacing in the required front yard area shall be limited to forty percent, or eighteen feet in total width, whichever is greater. If concrete runners are utilized, the area between the runners shall be counted as part of the total surfacing area.

(6)    Areas surfaced for required parking spaces shall meet minimum length and width standards for parking spaces, individually and in aggregate. For example, the minimum driveway width for two required spaces side by side on a driveway shall be eighteen feet (nine feet (minimum parking space width) times two spaces equals eighteen feet).

(c)    The off-street parking standards established in subsection (b) of this section shall be applicable to all single-family development within existing areas zoned planned development unless more restrictive off-street parking standards for single-family dwellings are established by ordinance within a designated planned development district. (Ord. 296 § 23.6: Ord. 1002 § 2; Ord. 1357 § 13; Ord. 1419 § 11; Ord. 1783 § 1; Ord. 1940 § 4)