Ordinance 898c
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.12, SECTION 12.12.710 OF THE
EDMONDS CITY CODE, EFFECTING CHANGES IN OFF-STREET PARKING
MgLJIREMENTS IN RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL USE DISTRICTS (R -C).__
W H E R E A S, the Planning Coms fission of the City of Edmonds did,
• by Resolution No. _4", , recommend that off-street parking requirements in
Restricted Commercial use districts, City of Edmonds, be amended, and the
City Council being fully advised in the matter,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1_ That Chapter 12. 12, Section 12. 12.710 of the Edmonds City
Code be and the same is hereby set forth, as amended:
12.12.710 _Off-street parkinTrequirements. (a) Parking areas when
required by this chapter shall meet the following requirements:
1. Required off-street parking for residential uses shall be on the same
lot as the dwelling or dwellings for which they are provided.
2. Required off-street parking for other than residential uses shall be
within a distance of five hundred (500) feet, measured along the shortest route of
available pedestrian access between any entrance of such use and the nearest pert
of the required parking space.
3. All parking space provided for nonresidential uses in other than M-1
Districts shall be surf aced with asphaltic or cement concrete or penetration type
bituminous surfacing of minimum thickness of one and one-half (1-1/2) inches to
provide a dust free parking lot.
4. All parking areas shall have a means of access to a public street or
public alley.
(b) Parking Areas: When off-street parking areas are stipulated as being re-
quired for a specific use district, then any new facility or the enlargement of an
existing facility shall provide as a minimum, the maximum number of parking
spaces as provided below:
• Multiple Dwellings: One (1) parking space for each individual dwelling unit.
Churches: One (1) parking space for each one hundred sixty (160) lineal inches
of pew space.
Theaters: One (1) parking space for each one hundred sixty (160) square feet
of gross floor area.
Schools:
Elementary: One (1) parking space for each teaching station, administra-
tive office, janitorial office.
Junior High: One (1) parking space for each teaching station, administra-
tive office, janitorial office.
Senior High: Five (5) parking spaces for each teaching station, one for
each administrative and janitorial office.
Auditoriums (school or otherwise), Lodges or Fraternal Halls and
Clubhouses: One (1) parking space for each two hundred (200) square feet of gross
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floor area.
Hospitals, Nursing and Con«lescent Homes: One (1) parking space for each
doctor, one (1) parkiuig space for each four (4) employees, and one (1) parking
space for each four (4) beds.
Commercial. or retail establishments: One (1) parking space for each two
hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area, and in no case less than five (5);
PROVIDED, however, that in Restricted Commercial land use districts (R -C),
an off-street parking ratio of three (3) s ,Hare feet of off-street parking area
for one square foot of gross retail floor space shall be required.
Filling stations: Minimum of four (4) parkiiig spaces, plus one ( for each
• grease rack.
Boat Houses acid Marh,as: One (1) parking space for eacli live (5) wet and dry
moorage facilities.
Industrial: Manufacturing: One (1) parking space for each four (4) employees
per shift.
Utility Substations: Minimum of four (4) spaces.
The Board of Adjustment may under its jurisdiction in granting special
property uses permit a use, the parking requirements for which would be either
night time or Sunday, to utilize a parking lot jointly with andber use or uses, the
parking requirements of which are daytime, provided it is jointly agreed to by the
owners or representatives of the i•irties involved, and it is established that the
parking requirements for each will not be conflicting, and the parking facility is
within three hundred (300) feet of the uses concerned.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
five days after its passage and publication according to law.
MAYOR
ATTEST: /
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CITE' CLERK
Passed: Au ust 22, 1961
Published: Au ust S0 1961
Filed with City Clerk: —August 22, 9G1 ---