[Ord. No. 304 §1, 10-1-1987; Ord.
No. 99-08, 2-18-1999; Ord. No. 03-05, 3-6-2003]
As used in this Chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings set out herein:
A minor way, dedicated to public use, when it is used primarily
for vehicular service access to the back or side of properties otherwise
abutting on a street.
Spaces on privately owned lands provided for parking of motor
vehicles.
The aisle or driveway between designated parking spaces.
The minimum width for a driveway aisle between angled parking spaces
shall be seventeen (17) feet. The minimum width for a driveway aisle
between parallel parking spaces shall be twelve (12) feet for one-way
traffic and twenty-four (24) feet for two-way traffic. The minimum
width for a driveway aisle between straight-in parking spaces shall
be twenty-four (24) feet.
The space per car herein shall be one hundred eighty (180)
square feet minimum.
The minimum dimension for an angled parking space shall be
ten (10) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long.
Bus spaces must be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and
forty-five (45) feet in length, shall be unobstructed from the surface
up to a height of at least fifteen (15) feet, shall be so located
to insure the furthest possible distance from any adjacent residential
area and shall be clearly marked.
The minimum dimension for a parallel parking space shall
be nine (9) feet wide by twenty-three (23) feet long.
The minimum dimension for a straight-in parking space shall
be nine (9) feet wide by eighteen (18) feet long.
A strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended
primarily as a means of vehicular and pedestrian travel which may
also be used to provide space for sewers, public utilities, trees
and sidewalks.
[Ord. No. 304 §2, 10-1-1987]
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided for the occupants,
owners, invitees, employees, guests, and other visitors to any property
or improvement hereafter in the City of Hollister constructed, opened
or re-located, including any new business entering any presently constructed
property. Such space shall be in the extent as hereafter set forth.
No municipal license shall be issued by the City Clerk and no building
permit shall be issued by the City of Hollister to any new business
not now licensed, until and unless the owner or applicant for such
building permit or license demonstrates that off-street parking is
in fact available at the location in the manner, the size, and the
extent provided for herein.
[Ord. No. 304 §3, 10-1-1987; Ord.
No. 99-09, 2-18-1999; Ord. No. 01-49, 9-20-2001; Ord. No. 03-04, 3-6-2003; Ord. No. 06-47, 10-5-2006; Ord. No. 07-23, 7-5-2007; Ord.
No. 10-01, 2-4-2010]
A.
Off-street
parking shall be provided in the following numbers based on use. The
square footage used to determine space requirements will be the square
footage devoted to a use's principal function. Service and support
spaces like rest rooms, furnace rooms and closets are excluded. All
off-street parking and loading areas, as well as drives, for multiple-family
dwellings, commercial or industrial uses shall provide adequate lighting
meeting the standards set forth by the Illuminating Engineering Society
of North America (IESNA). The Illuminating Engineering Society of
North America (IESNA) is the recognized technical authority on illumination
and new parking lots shall be designed accordingly. This lighting
shall not be part of the City of Hollister's street lighting system.
All off-street parking and loading areas, as well as drives, shall
be surfaced with a pavement (concrete or asphalt) of sufficient strength
to support the vehicular loads thereon and to provide durable and
dustless surface, shall be graded and drained to dispose of surface
waters, shall have concrete curbs and shall be properly arranged and
marked to provide for the orderly and safe maneuvering and storage
of automobiles and trucks.
B.
When
a commercial establishment can document (to the satisfaction of the
administrative authority) that a notable percentage of their customers
will be transported to and from their premises in buses, the administrative
authority may approve the substitution of bus spaces for required
parking spaces. When approved by the administrative authority, one
(1) bus parking space may be substituted for six (6) required parking
spaces to a maximum of ten (10) total bus spaces in lieu of a maximum
of sixty (60) total required parking spaces. No substitution of required
parking spaces shall be approved for any bus spaces in excess of ten
(10). No more than ten (10) total bus spaces may be located in one
(1) single location on an approved parking lot. More than one (1)
bus parking location may be established on an approved parking lot
but the aggregate of all bus parking locations shall not have more
than ten (10) bus parking spaces.
1.
Single-family dwelling and duplexes. Two (2) spaces
per dwelling unit. Residential subdivisions must covenant for two
(2) spaces per dwelling unit.
2.
Multiple-family dwelling. Two (2) spaces per dwelling
unit. A "lockout unit" portion of a condominium is considered a dwelling
unit.
3.
Mobile homes/mobile home park. Two (2) spaces per
mobile home.
4.
Nursing or rest homes, residential care facilities. One (1) space for every five (5) residents; and additional space
for each detached residential unit; an additional space for every
two (2) resident employees.
5.
Day care centers. One (1) space for every two (2)
employees plus an additional space for every ten (10) children served.
6.
Hotels, motels, RV spaces. One (1) space per housekeeping
unit plus one (1) space for each employee on the largest shift for
hotels and motels. At least one (1) space at each RV site, this is
in addition to where the RV is parked. Hotels, motels or RV parks
with restaurants must provide this parking plus one (1) space for
every three (3) fixed seats and/or thirty (30) square feet of floor
area used for assembly area without fixed seats and one (1) space
for every two (2) employees on the largest shift.
7.
Schools. Two (2) spaces for every classroom plus
one (1) additional space for every eight (8) secondary students; off-street
bus loading/unloading area.
8.
Libraries. One (1) space for every five (5) reading/study
seats.
9.
Clinics/medical offices. One (1) space for every
one hundred (100) square feet.
10.
Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, churches, etc. One (1) space for every four (4) fixed seats every thirty (30) square
feet of assembly area without fixed seating. Secondary schools are
exempt from this requirement.
11.
Restaurants, bars, bowling alleys, similar uses. One (1) space for every three (3) fixed seats and/or thirty (30)
square feet of floor area used for assembly, dancing, recreation,
etc.; one (1) space for every two (2) employees on the largest shift;
five (5) spaces per lane for bowling alleys; no use in this category
shall provide less than ten (10) spaces.
12.
Banks and other financial institutions — real estate,
insurance, business and professional offices — auto sales and
service centers. One (1) space for every three hundred (300)
square feet.
13.
Major appliance, furniture stores, general merchandise "discount"
stores. One (1) space for every four hundred (400) square
feet and adequate loading areas.
14.
Other commercial uses. One (1) space for every two
hundred (200) square feet.
15.
Outdoor sales areas (RVs, boats, auto, implements, mobile
home). One (1) space for every two thousand (2,000) square
feet up to five (5) spaces; an additional space for each additional
five thousand (5,000) square feet; adequate loading areas.
16.
Industrial uses. One (1) space for every employee,
space for all company owned vehicles; adequate space for salesmen,
visitors, etc.; adequate loading area and holding area for vehicles
awaiting loading/unloading.
17.
Condominiums used as time-share, fractional ownership. One and a half (1½) spaces per dwelling unit. A "lockout
unit" portion of a condominium is considered a dwelling unit.
18.
Nightly rentals. One (1) off-street parking space
per guestroom.
19.
Mixed uses. Where mixed uses occur, parking space
requirements should be determined on a proportional basis based on
the actual uses. The number of spaces will have to be adequate to
accommodate all uses.
[Ord. No. 304 §4, 10-1-1987]
This Article shall be in full force and effect after October
1, 1987. If any provision hereof is ruled unconstitutional the constitutionality
of the rest and remainder of the Article shall be considered to be
valid and in right order. Upon vote of the Board of Aldermen, at a
Regular Board meeting, at which any person may be heard, the Board
of Aldermen may order the issuance of a building permit or license
if such would be in the best interest of the inhabitants of the community
and when to do so would alleviate a hardship created by this Article
to any resident householder or individual business.
