§ 17.06.440. Off-street parking requirements (residential districts).

The requirements for off-street parking in the districts are as follows:

A.

There shall be at least two parking spaces enclosed entirely by permanent walls in a garage for every dwelling unit with the minimum interior dimensions of at least twenty feet by twenty feet, and each additional parking space shall have a minimum dimension of ten feet by twenty feet. These spaces shall be on the same lot with the structures which they are intended to serve.

B.

All parking spaces located outside of the required enclosed parking spaces as stated in section 17.06.440 (A) above, shall be located on a suitable parking surface, i.e., a driveway leading to the garage and not within a landscaped area(s) or unimproved area(s) (i.e., dirt or wood chips) in compliance with front yard coverage and overall lot coverage standards where applicable, and located within all private property lines, such that no parking is permitted within sidewalks or driveway aprons.

C.

Over-sized vehicles. For purposes of this section, an over-sized vehicle is defined as any motorized vehicle, non-motorized vehicle, trailer or combination thereof that exceeds any one of the following size dimensions (inclusive of any projecting racks and/or vehicle appurtenances): Twenty-two feet long, seven feet high, or eight feet wide.

1.

Parking of over-sized vehicles in front yards or yards contiguous to streets. In addition to the requirements set forth under Municipal Code Section 8.12.060(F), which prohibits the storage of trailers, campers, boats and other mobile equipment in yard areas contiguous to streets, no over-sized vehicle shall be permitted to park in a front yard or yard contiguous to a street. A variance to park an over-sized vehicle in a front yard or yard contiguous to a street may be granted by the planning commission (application filing fee of one thousand one hundred dollars applies, unless superseded by city council resolution), if the following hardship finding can be made. In no instance shall said vehicle that may be permitted by a variance to be located in a front yard or yard contiguous to a street, be resided within at any time, nor shall a variance be approved in which to reside within said vehicle. Only one variance for one over-sized vehicle per property may be granted. The issuance of a variance is subject to the following limitations:

a)

A variance may only be granted if the planning commission makes a finding that a medical condition exists, which creates a hardship that requires the use of an over-sized vehicle which must be parked in a front yard or yard contiguous to the street for convenient access purposes, to and from a dwelling, and due to the frequency of use necessitated by that medical condition (i.e., not for recreational purposes that could otherwise be stored off-site or elsewhere on the property).

b)

All variances shall be subject to annual review of the continued existence of the necessary medical condition finding by the planning commission. All variances shall terminate when the identified medical condition ceases to exist at the property.

2.

Parking of over-sized vehicles in side and/or rear yards. Parking of an over-sized vehicle is permitted within a side yard or rear yard of a property, subject to the vehicle being set back a minimum of ten feet from the property line, inclusive of any vehicle appurtenances. For properties located within the Horse (H) District, an over-sized horse trailer (not to exceed a height of eight feet measured from the ground or a length of fourteen feet [excluding the towing tongue], and specifically prohibiting gooseneck trailers from this ten foot setback exemption), may be located closer than ten feet from a side or rear property line and is not subject to the provisions of neighborhood compatibility (Chapter 17.62 of the Municipal Code). All other over-sized vehicles shall be subject to the ten feet side yard and/or rear yard setback and the requirements of neighborhood compatibility, such that the over-sized vehicle's location respects neighboring views, privacy, and minimizes its appearance from both public and private view through the use of landscaping. In the case where an over-sized vehicle is parked in a side yard, which abuts a front yard, a six-foot high solid fence shall be installed separating the side yard from the front yard. No over-sized commercially-registered vehicle(s) with the DMV shall be stored in a side or rear yard. No more than two over-sized vehicles may be stored within the side and/or rear yards on a property and said vehicle(s) shall not be maintained on a slope steeper than fifteen percent and shall be operational at all times, with wheels in place on the ground and registered with the DMV. No person(s) shall reside within said over-sized vehicle(s) while stored in any side or rear yard.

3.

Registering over-sized vehicles with the city. Any over-sized vehicle(s) that is stored on a property in the city shall be registered with the city, by submission of a completed application form supplied by the city and payment of the required permit fee of thirty dollars, paid annually (unless superseded by city council resolution).

4.

Loading and unloading of an over-sized vehicle in a front yard or yard contiguous to a street. An over-sized vehicle, such as a recreational vehicle, may be parked in a front yard or yard contiguous to a street for purposes of loading for or unloading from (including related preparation and cleaning) any trip or excursion as may from time to time be necessary, but any such loading or unloading event shall not exceed forty-eight hours. In no case shall any person(s) reside within said vehicle during loading and unloading event periods. There shall be a minimum period of time between loading and unloading events of forty-eight hours during which period the over-sized vehicle shall not be located on the subject property. There shall also be a minimum period of time between loading and unloading events of forty-eight hours during which the over-sized vehicle must not be located in a front yard or yard contiguous to the street. An over-sized vehicle that is a recreational vehicle shall be prohibited from parking on any street at any time, with the following exception: in instances where an over-sized vehicle is too large for a driveway or the driveway is too steep for safe or practical access, the city manager may grant a waiver to allow the vehicle to park on the street for loading and unloading periods as permitted and otherwise in accordance with the limitations above, assuming that there is adequate street width and visibility as determined by the city's traffic engineer.

D.

Any vehicle parked in a front yard or yard contiguous to a street shall be limited to a total sign area of nine square feet. No single sign (i.e., a magnetically or permanently applied sign to a door panel) shall exceed three square feet. Projecting signs from a vehicle are prohibited as well as any added or projecting moldings to a vehicle for advertising purposes. Screening advertising, such as a vehicle "wrap" that covers an entire vehicle, is also prohibited for vehicles parked in a front yard or yard contiguous to a street.

(Ord. No. 681, § 1, 9-27-2011)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 681, § 1, adopted Sept. 27, 2011, repealed former § 17.06.440, and enacted a new § 17.06.440 as set out herein. Former § 17.06.440 pertained to the same subject matter and derived from Prior code § 1827 and Ord. No. 670, § 1, adopted Jan. 25, 2011.