§ 21.26.060. Off-street parking.

The purpose of the off-street parking requirements is not only to provide the public and residents of the building with an adequate number of parking spaces, on-site, but also, to provide for vehicular ingress and egress to and from the property from public streets, and for access to the property by emergency vehicles. The intent is to eliminate congestion on public streets, provide for internal on-site vehicular circulation, and allow for controlled access from private property on to a public street. The standards for off-street parking in the membership lodging district are as follows:

(1)

Off-street parking requirements shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of chapter 21.40 of the Cheney Municipal Code except where amended by this section of the CMC.

(2)

Off-street parking facilities required under this chapter shall be as follows: Sixty percent of the required parking shall be located on site. Forty percent of the required parking may be provided for through a contractual agreement or real property purchase off site. This off-site location can be either inside the delineated MLSOD boundary or outside the boundary within a distance of 1,200 feet from any directional boundary line of the MLDU site.

(3)

The number of off-street parking spaces required is three spaces for every four residents of the MLDU.

(4)

Parking shall be so designed that automobiles shall not back out into public streets. Single-family and duplex residences are exempt.

(5)

Parking shall only be permitted on the side or rear of the lot. No parking will be allowed to occur in the front yard area where normally there will be lawn or landscaping.

(6)

All required parking areas will be paved, within six months of approval or one year with proof of action for paving, with a non-permeable surface acceptable to the city's public works director and will be buffered from adjoining properties.

(7)

Standard vehicle stalls shall not be less than 30 percent of the total required off-street parking spaces.

(8)

Compact vehicle stalls shall not exceed 70 percent of the total required off-street parking spaces.

(9)

Any area gained to accommodate compact vehicle stalls shall not be used to increase the number of required off-street parking spaces.

(Ord. No. Q-22, § 2(part), 1994; Ord. No. R-4, §§ 3-5, 1997; Ord. No. R-81, §§ 2, 3, 1999)