§ 8108-5.6.3. Standard spaces.

Each standard parking space shall be nine (9) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long, with the following exceptions:

a.

The length of the parking space to be decreased by two (2) feet where parking spaces face into landscape planters so that the concrete curb around the planter functions as the wheel stop, allowing motor vehicles to overhang the landscape planter. Use of such a bumper overhang reduces impervious surfaces and is encouraged. Plant material and irrigation equipment in the outside two (2) feet of these landscape planters shall conform to the requirements of Section 8108-5.14. Utilization of a bumper overhang shall not allow a vehicle to extend into or over a pedestrian pathway or drive aisle.

b.

Required parking space dimensions do not apply if mechanical parking lifts are used to stack cars.

c.

The width of parking spaces may be reduced to eight (8) feet on legal lots that are less than twenty-six (26) feet wide and where two (2) or more parking spaces are required.

d.

The Director may approve an increase to the width or length of parking spaces for land uses that cater to larger vehicles such as trucks, shuttles, or vans.

e.

Parking space width shall be increased by six (6) inches to nine (9) feet six (6) inches (one hundred fourteen (114) inches) if adjacent on one (1) side to a wall, fence, hedge, or structure; and by one (1) foot six (6) inches to ten (10) feet six (6) inches (one hundred twenty-six (126) inches) if adjacent on both sides to a wall, fence, hedge, or structure.

(Ord. No. 4407, § 1, 10-20-2009)