§ 20.90.100. Off-street vehicle parking space design standards.

A.

All off-street parking spaces shall conform to the design requirements set forth in Table 20-220.

B.

Off-street parking spaces for small cars shall be marked as such.

C.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the approving person or body pursuant to the provisions of this title may allow reduction of the minimum width of certain twenty-six-foot aisles on a site to not less than twenty feet, provided such reduction will not impair the safe and convenient accessibility of the parking spaces affected thereby, and the safety of the site, as otherwise provided in this section.

D.

Parking stall spaces for clean air vehicles that are required per Table 20-215 shall have the following characters painted with the paint used for stall striping such that the lower edge of the last word aligns with the end of the stall striping and is visible beneath a parked vehicle: "CLEAN AIR VEHICLE".

Table 20-220
Design Requirements - Off-Street Vehicle Parking Spaces

	Angle of Off-Street Parking Space from wall, curb or fence (Parking Angle in Degrees)
	90	60	45	30	0
Minimum Width of Parking Space (feet)
Full-size car spaces	9	9	8.5	8.5	8
Small car spaces	8	8	8	8	8
Uniform-size car spaces	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8
Length of Space (feet) Note 1
Full-size car spaces	18	19.8	18.7	16.4	22
Small car spaces	16	17.6	16.6	14.6	20
Uniform-size car spaces	17	18.7	17.7	15.5	21
Minimum width of one-way aisle (feet)
Full-size car spaces	20	16	15	14	12
Small car spaces	20	16	15	14	12
Uniform-size car spaces	20	16	15	14	12
Minimum width of two-way aisle (feet)	26	26	26	26	26

 

Note 1: Length of space means the minimum distance measured at right angles, from wall, curb, or fence, to nearest edge of aisle (length of stall perpendicular to aisle).

(Ords. 26248, 26455, 28836.)