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ORDINANCE N0. 3 5 1 1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, REPEALING AUBURN CODIFIED
CITY ORDINANCE CHAPTER 18.58 RELATING TO OFF-STREET
PARKING AND LOADING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND CREATING A
NEW CHAPTER 18.58 THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City of Auburn Planning Commission, on its awn motion,
requested certain amendments to the Off-Street Parking Ordinance of the City
of Auburn; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing to consider the proposed amendments was duly
held by the City Planning Commission on October 2, 1979, at 8:00 P.M. in the
Council Chambers of the Auburn City Hall pursuant to proper notice, at the
conclusion of which the City Planning Commission recommended the proposed
Off-Street Parking Requirements; and
WHEREAS, the Auburn City Council held a public hearing in the City Hall
of the City of Auburn on November 5, 1979, at 8:00 P.M. to consider the proposed
amendments for the Off-Street Parking Requirements and the recommendations of the
Planning Commission as hereinabove stated;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,WASHINGTON, DO
ORDIAN AS FOLLOIJS:
Section 1. Auburn Codified City Ordinance Chapter 18.58 relating to
Off-Street Parking and Loading, is herewith repealed in its entirety.
Section 2. There is herewith created a new Chapter 18.58 relating to
Off-Street Parking Requirements, which shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 18.58
Sections:
18.58.010 General
18.58.020 Required Off-Street Parking - Minimum Standards.
18.58.030 Drive-In Business.
18.58.040 Off-Street Parking Area Development and Maintenance.
18.58.050 Off-Street Parking Lots.
18.58.060 Off-Street Parking Facilities - Location - In-Lieu of Fees.
18.58.070 Size and Design Standards.
18.58.080 Existing Off-Street Parking Reduction.
18.58.090 Fractional Spaces.
18.58.100 Parking in Front of Side Yards - Prohibition Generally.
18.58.110 Facilities. in Mobile Home.. Districts.
18.58.120 Off-Street Loading Space.
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18.58.010 General. Off-street parking and loading lots shall be provided
in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance for every building hereafter
erected, altered, enlarged, or relocated, except that no off-street parking or
loading shall be required or permitted for a home occupation.
1. These regulations shall not be retroactive to include any building
existing at the time of passage of this ordinance, except as follows:
A. When a building is located on a different site, there shall be
provided off-street parking and loading spaces as required far new
buildings.
B. When the number of units is increased by alteration or
addition to a dwelling or other structure containing sleeping rooms,
there shall be provided off-street parking and loading spaces for such
additional units.
C. When there are alterations or additions to a non-residential
building, there shall be provided off-street parking and loading spaces
for any increase in the gross floor area or number of seats, bowling
alleys, or classrooms therein, except that when the aggregate number
of spaces required for such alterations or additions is five (5) or
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less, the off-street parking need not be provided.
2. The required parking and/or loading shall have reasonable access ,to a
public street or alley and a capacity according to the use of the building listed
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in the following sections. l+lhere a use is not listed, the Planking Director shall
determine the number of required parking and/or loading spaces based upon similar
uses for which the requirements are specified.
3. Removal of required parking and/or loading spaces from practical use by
obstruction, erection of buildings, or other actions as to reduce the parking
and/or loading capacity or usefulness thereof below the minimum requirements
established in this ordinance is prohibited.
4. The term "gross floor area" shall include all floor area within the
exterior walls of the building including area in halls, storage, and partitions,
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but excluding furnace and similar utility space used solely to maintain
the building for occupancy.
18.58.020 Required Off-Street Parking - Minimum Standards. The number of
off-street parking spaces required of each use shall be as follows:
1. Residential:
A. Single Family - One parking space per two-bedroom dwelling;
' two parking spaces per three or more bedroom dwelling.
B. Two-Family (Duplex) - One and one-half (1-1/2) parking spaces
per one and two bedroom living units; two parking spaces per
three or more bedroom living units.
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C. Multi-Family - One and one-half (1-1/2) parking spaces per
one and two bedroom units; two parking spaces per three or
more bedroom units. For developments in excess of fifty (50)
dwelling units, one screened space for each ten (10) dwelling
units shall be provided for recreational vehicles.
D. P7obile Homes - One parking space per one bedroom and two
bedroom units; two parking spaces per three or more bedroom
units. Within mobile home parks, parking space shall not be
allowed within required set backs. Recreation and laundry
areas shall provide off-street parking spaces equal to one
per each ten mobile home sites within the development.
E. Boarding and lodging houses - One parking space for the
proprietor plus one space per sleeping room for boarders and/
or lodging use plus one additional space for each. four persons
employed on the premises.
F. Fraternaties, sororities, and dormatories - One parking space
for each four (4) beds in mens dormatories and one space for
each twelve (12) beds in womens dormatories.
G. Motels, motor hotels and hotels - One parking space per
sleeping unit, plus two parking spaces for each three employees.
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2. Commercial Activities:
A. Auto sales, new and used - one space per one thousand square
feet of floor space of showroom and service facilities; but
in no case shall there be less than six (6) spaces provided.
B. Appliances (retail), bakeries, drycleaning, furniture stores,
heating services, etc. - one parking space per five hundred
(.500) square feet when gross floor area used for retail sales
is four thousand (4,000) square feet or less. One parking
space per four hundred (400) square feet when gross floor area
used for retail sales exceeds four thousand (4,000) square feet.
A minimum of five (5) parking spaces shall be provided.
C. Hardware and building supplies - one space per four hundred
(400) square feet of cross floor area:
D. Food retail stores and markets - one parking space per two
hundred (.200) square feet of gross floor area. A minimum of
six (6) parking spaces shall be provided.
E. Laundry, self-service - one parking space per four (4) washing
machines; a minimum of five (5) parking spaces shall be provided.
F. Mortuaries or funeral homes - one parking space per four (4)
seats in the assembly area; computed as seven ('7) square feet
of floor area per seat.
G. Offices, including professional and business, banks and related
activities - one space per two hundred fifty (.250) square feet
of gross floor area, provided, that in the case of doctors' and
dentists' offices there shall not be less than six (6) spaces
per doctor for each of the first three (3) doctors plus four (4)
spaces per doctor for each doctor in excess of three (3) doctors.
H. Shopping centers - one parking space per two hundred (200) square
feet of gross leasable floor area used for retail sales.
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I. Retail, other:
1. C-1, one parking space per three hundred and fifty
(.350) square feet of gross floor area, or a minimum
of five spaces.
2. C-3 and C-4, one parking space per two hundred and fifty
(250) square feet of gross floor area, provided there are
a minimum of six (6) spaces provided.
J. Drive-In businesses - one parking space for each fifty (50)
square feet of gross floor area.
K. Food and Beverage:
1. Drive-In Restaurants - one parking space per four (4)
seats. This requirement is based upon fifteen (15) square
feet of floor area for each seat. Use whichever is greater.
2. Restaurants, nightclubs, taverns and lounges - one space
per four (4) seats. Requirement based upon fifteen (15)
square feet of floor area for each seat. Use whichever is
greater.
3. Industrial and Manufacturing Activities:
A. Freight terminals and wholesale facilities - one parking space
per two employees on a maximum work shift, or one per one thousand (.1,000)
square feet of gross floor area. Use whichever is greater.
B. Manufacturing, research and testing laboratories, creameries,
bottling establishments, bakeries, canneries, printing, and engraving shops -
two parking spaces for each three employees on a maximum work shift, or one
space per seven hundred fifty (.750) square feet of gross floor area. Use
whichever is greater.
C. Warehouse and Storage - two parking spaces for each three em-
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ployees or one space for each 'fifteen hundred (1500) square feet of gross
floor area. Use whichever is greater.
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D. Uncovered storage area - one parking space for each two
thousand (.2,000) square feet of area.
E. Office space shall provide parking as required for offices.
4. Medical Facilities:
A. Convalescent, nursing and health institutions - one parking
space for each two employees, plus one space for each three (3) beds.
B. Hospitals - one parking space for each three beds plus one
parking space for each staff doctor, plus one parking space for each three
employees.
5. Public Assembly and Recreation:
A. Assembly halls, auditoriums, stadiums, sports arenas, and
community clubs - one parking space per three (3) fixed seats, where fixed
seats consist of pews or benches, the seating capacity shall be computed
upon not less than eighteen (18) linear inches of pew or bench length per
seat. Where movable chairs are provided each seven (7) square feet of the
floor area to be occupied by such chairs shall be considered as a seat.
B. Bowling Alleys - Six (5) spaces per bowling lane. Additional
parking for food and beverage on same premises shall be required as per
Section 18.58.030(.2)(k), and for spectator or assembly seating as per
Section 18.58.020 (5)(A).
C. Churches - one parking space per five (5) seats. In computing
seating capacity and requirements for assembly area without seats, use re-
quirements as set forth for assembly halls per Section 18.58.020(5)(A).
D. Dance halls and skating rinks - one parking space per one
hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area.
E. Libraries and Museums - one parking space per two hundred fifty
(250) square feet of gross floor area.
~ } F?''Parks - as determined by the Planning Director and/or Planning
Commission on an individual basis.
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6. Educational Activities:
A. Elementary and junior high schools - three (3) parking spaces
for each two (2) teaching stations.
B. High schools - one parking space for each employee, plus
one parking space for eight (8) students.
C. School Auditoriums, Stadiums and sports arenas - see require-
merits as set forth in Section 18.58.020(5)(A).
D. Colleges and universities - see requirements as set forth
in Section 18.58.020 (7).
E. Nursery schools and day care centers - one parking space for
each employee plus loading and unloading areas.
7. Other Uses:
For uses not specifically identified herein, parking shall be
provided as specified for the use which, in the opinion of the Planning
Director, is most similar to the use under consideration.
8. Mixed Occupancies:
In the case of two or more uses in the same building, the total
requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the re-
quirements for the several uses computed separately. Off-street parking
facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required parking
facilities for any other use.
18.58.030 Drive-In Businesses: All banks, savings and loan associations,
food dispensing establishments, and other businesses which maintain drive-in
facilities which are intended to serve customers who remain in their motor vehicles
during business,transactions,`dr'are designed in such a manner that customers must
leave their automobiles temporarily in a driving lane located adjacent to the
facility, shall provide stacking space for the stacking of motor vehicles as follows:
1. Stacking space = the drive-in facility shall be so located that
sufficient stacking space is provided for the handling of motor vehicles
using such facility during peak business hours of such a facility.
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2. Driveway location - entrances and exits shall not be located
as to cause congestion in any public right of way.
,3. Shopping centers.-,when located in a shopping center, drive-in
facilities shall provide sufficient stacking space to handle peak business
demands and shall not in any way obstruct the normal circulation pattern
of the shopping center.
18 58 040 Off-Street Parking Area Development and Maintenance: Every
parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private off-street parking area, shall
be developed and maintained as follows:
1. The parking areas shall be paved with asphalt, cement concrete
and shall have appropriate bumper guards where needed.
2. Whenever any portion of a commercial or manufacturing parking
area abuts property zoned for residential use, a solid fence or hedge
shall be erected to a height of not less than six (6) feet, except within
a front yard area where the fence may be reduced to three and one-half
(3-1/2) feet.
3. Parking areas shall be used for automobile parking only, with
no sales, dead storage, repair work, dismantling of any kind.
4. If lighting is provided, it shall be arranged to reflect away
from the residential area, also from any public street or highway.
5. Drainage facilities for storm water shall be provided for and
be approved by the Public Works Department in accordance with City Ordinance
No. 3314 and amendments thereto.
6. Ingress and egress shall be approved as to location by the
Public Works Department.
7. Parking lots containing more than twenty thousand (.20,000) square
feet of parking area shall be landscaped as follows:
In addition to the requirements of Chapter 18.56, landscaping
shall cover a minimum of five percent (5%) of the parking lot
and may consist of trees, shrubs, lawn and other landscaping or
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combination thereof distributed throughout the parking lot
in a pattern that reduced the barren appearance of the parking
lot and reduced the amount of intensiveness of storm water runoff.
8. Driveways and parking stalls shall be clearly marked.
9. Any request submitted to the Board of Adjustments for a variance
to the provisions of Section 18.58.040 shall be submitted to the Street
Committee of the City Council for their recommendations prior to public
hearings thereon.
18.58.050 Off-Street Parking Lots: The Board of Adjustment shall have
the authority to issue a special property use permit for off-street parking lots
in any zone which is more restrictive than that required for the major land use
it is interided to serve, subject to the following conditions:
1. That a public hearing is held, written notice of which has
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been mailed to all property owners within two hundred feet of the
property proposed for such use ,, at least ten (10) days prior to the
hearing.
2. That the parking lot shall be developed and maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 18.58.040.
3. That no advertising signs or structures shall be erected or
used in conjunction with the parking lot.
4. That entrances and exits shall be approved as to location
by the City Engineer.
5. That the parking lot shall be subject to such other conditions
as the Board of Adjustment may deem desirable in the interest of public
safety, convenience, welfare and other conditions enumerated in Section
18.02.020.
6. That no property shall be used fora parking lot under the
provisions of this section unless and until the Board of Adjustment has
made an inspection of the property to verify that it conforms to the
conditions specified in this section or any other special conditions
made a part of the Special Property Use Permit.
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18:58.060 Off-Street Parking Facilities Location - In-Lieu-of Fees:
1. The Board of Adjustment shall have the authority to permit off-
street parking facilities on property other than that on which the major
land use it is intended to serve is located, subject to the following
conditions:
A. If any portion of the off-street parking area is established
to meet the minimum amount specified for any major land use
under this chapter, the off-street parking area shall be
provided and maintained in the same ownership as that of
the property on which the major land use is located.
B. A Special Property Use Permit has been secured from the
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2. Payment in Lieu of Parking. In lieu of furnishing the parking
spaces required~in'this Chapter (except residential property) the require-
ments and. provisions thereof may, if approved by the Planning Commission,
be satisfied by paying to the Finance Director, prior to issuance of a
building permit, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)_ for each
parking space required under the provisions of this Chapter. Sums so paid
shall be deposited by the Finance Director in a special fund to be designated
the "City Off-Street Parking Cumulative Fund", and shall be used and expended
exclusively for acquiring, developing and maintaining off-street parking
facilities by purchase or lease. Such facilities shall, wherever feasible,
and having due regard to the statutes and sources of the fund, be acquired
in the general vicinity of the buildings for which the in-lieu payments were
paid.
18.58.080 Existing Off-Street Parking Reduction. Existing off-street
parking facilities shall not be eliminated nor reduced to an amount less than
that required for new buildings.
18.58.090 Fractional Spaces. When units or measurements determining
the number of required parking spaces result in requirements of a fractional space,
any fraction up to one-half shall be disregarded, and fractions of one-half or over
shall require one parking space.
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18 58 100 Parking in Front or Side Yards - Prohibition Generally.
On any lot in any SR, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and RM district, the off-street
parking and loading space required by this Chapter shall not be provided in the
required front or side yard area except as otherwise specified in this Chapter.
18.58.110 Facilities in Mobile Home Residential Districts.
In R-T districts, each mobile home shall adjoin a private improved drive
or roadway which is at least sixteen (16) feet in width. Access from the public
highway or street on which the site is located shall be limited to two entrances,
each lot to exceed twenty-four (24) feet in width.
18.58.120 Off-Street Loading-Space.
Buildings devoted to retail trade, retail and wholesale food markets,
warehouses, supply houses, wholesale and manufacturing trade, hotels, hospitals,
laundry, dry cleaning establishments or other buildings where large amounts of
goods are received or shipped, shall provide loading and unloading space on the
same premises as the building as follows:
1. Building of six thousand (6,000) square feet or more of
floor area, one off-street loading and unloading space
plus one additional off-street loading space for each.
twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor area.
2. Each loading space shall be not less than ten (10). feet
in width, twenty-five (25) feet in length and fourteen
(J 4) feet in height.
3. Loading space, exclusive of driveways and/or corridors
leading thereto, shall not be considered as providing off-
street parking space, nor shall anything in this chapter
prevent the provisions of parking space in excess of the
amounts specified.
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Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5)
days from and after its passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: ~1AY 5, 1980
PASSED: MAY 5, 1980
APPROVED: MAY 5', 1980
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ATTEST:
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PUBLISHED:. MAY 9, 1980
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STATE OF WASHINGTON)
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COUNTY OF KING )
I, Coralee A. McConnehey, the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk
of the City of Auburn, a Municipal Corporation and Code City, situate in
the County of King, State of Washington, do hereby certify that the fore-
going is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 3511 of the
ordinances of the City of Auburn, entitled
"APJ ORDIWANCE of the City of Auburn, Washington, repealing Auburn
codified City Ordinance Chapter 18.58 relating to Off-Street Parking and
loading in its entirety and creating a new chapter 18.58 thereof.
I certify that said Ordinance No. 3511 was duly passed by the
Council and approved by the Mayor of the said C ty of Auburn, on the 5th
day of May A. D., 19 80 .
I further certify that said Ordinance No. 3511 was published as
provided by law in the Daily Globe News, a daily newspaper published in the
City of Auburn, and of general circulation therein, on the 9th day of
_ Mav , A.D., 19~_.
WITNESS rqy hand 8hd the official seal of the City~ofAuburn, this 20th
day of June A. D., 19~g ~ . - ~
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CITY CLERK;OF THE„CITY,OFiAUBURN
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