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4G parking dev guidelines4G.110 Parking Lots Standards for parking lot construction. Permit Required. Prior to the construction and/or paving of any parking lot or parking area or access thereto not covered by another review or permit process, such as site plan review, the owner of the real property involved shall obtain a parking lot construction permit from the City. Permit Application. The application for a permit shall be accompanied by four sets of plans and specifications to be approved by the City with respect to requirements for storm drainage discharge and on site retention or detention, matching street and/or sidewalk grades, access locations, parking layout, and in order to conform with future street improvements and zoning regulations of the City. Materials and Workmanship. Materials and workmanship for all parking lot construction regardless if a parking lot construction permit is required, must comply with City adopted standards and specifications. Parking lot surfacing materials shall satisfy the requirement for a permanent all weather surface. Asphalt concrete pavement and cement concrete pavement satisfy this requirement and are approved materials. Gravel surfaces are not acceptable or approved surface material types. Combination grass/paving systems are approved materials types, however, their use requires submittal of an overall parking lot paving plan showing the limits of the grass/paving system sand a description of how the systems will be irrigated and maintained. If the Public Works Director determines the grass/paving system is not appropriate for the specific application, alternate approved surfacing materials shall be utilized. Other types of surfacing materials will be considered subject to the approval of the Public Works Director prior to construction. Permit Fees. A permit fee for a parking lot construction permit shall be established by resolution of the City Council. Non-Compliance--Removal--Lien. In the event that the construction covered under this section is not performed in accordance with the established specifications and the construction is not corrected as directed by the City Engineer, such construction may be removed and/or corrected by the City. Upon the failure of the owner to take such corrective steps as outlined within thirty days if notice in writing by the City Engineer, costs of such removal and/or correction or reconstruction as performed by the City shall be charged to the owner of the real property involved and shall become a lien against the premises until paid. Buffer Strips. All parking areas located adjacent to any private street or public street right-of -way shall provide a minimum five-foot planted buffer strip between the parking area and the private street or public Right-of-Way. Development Standards. Parking area design shall include: 1. Ingress and Egress. The location of all points of ingress and egress to parking areas shall be subject to the review and approval of the City. 2. Backing Out Prohibited. In all commercial and industrial developments and in all residential buildings containing five (5) or more dwelling units, parking areas shall be so arranged as to make it unnecessary for a vehicle to back out into any street or public Right-of-Way. 3. Parking Spaces--Access and Dimensions. Adequate provision shall be made for individual ingress and egress by vehicles to all parking stalls at all times by means of unobstructed maneuvering aisles. Minimum acceptable and desirable parking stall and aisle dimensions for the most common parking angles are shown in drawing numbers 4-21 thorough 4-24. Other parking angles not included in these tables are permissible. Minimum stall and aisle dimensions for other angles may be interpolated from values shown in the tables. Regardless of the parking angle, one-way aisles shall be at least ten feet wide and two-way aisles shall be at least twenty feet wide. Layouts for angle parking shall use stall widths no less than eight feet, six inches for standard design and eight feet for compact design. If combinations other than those included in the tables are used, the proposed aisle and stall widths shall permit parking or unparking the design vehicle in a single maneuver without encroaching on adjacent stalls. 4. Compact Car Parking Spaces. In all parking facilities containing twenty-five (25) or more parking spaces, a maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the required parking spaces may be reduced in size for the use of small cars, provided these spaces shall be clearly identified with a sign permanently affixed immediately in front of each space containing the notation, "Compacts Only." Spaces designed for small cars may be reduced in size to a minimum of seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet in width and fifteen (15) feet in length. Where feasible, all small car spaces shall be located in one (1) or more contiguous areas and/or adjacent to ingress/egress points within parking facilities. Location or compact car parking spaces shall not create traffic congestion or impede traffic flows. 5. Off-street parking areas shall be designed to provide for the safe and convenient circulation of pedestrians and vehicle traffic within the parking area and between the parking area and adjacent streets. The parking areas shall be so arranged as to permit the internal circulation of vehicles between parking aisles without reentering adjoining public streets. Parking angles may be varied on different aisles within a single parking area to permit more efficient space utilization provided that the minimum component dimensions shall equal or exceed those shown in drawing number 4-21. If dead-end aisles are used in the parking layout, they shall be considered as two-way aisles. Turn around areas will be required when deemed necessary by the Department of Public Works. 6. Landscaping. Landscaping of off-street parking areas is required. Landscaping is often required along street fronting and adjacent to sites of less intensive zoning. Refer to the City of Yelm's Municipal Code, Chapter 17.80. Parking areas must be landscaped as follows: a. At least three percent of the parking area, excluding any other required landscaping, shall be utilized for landscaping; b. At least one tree for every five parking stalls shall be provided, to be reasonably distributed throughout the parking lot; c. No parking stall shall be more than sixty feet from some landscaping; d. Permanent curbs and/or structural barriers shall be provided to protect the plantings from vehicle overhang; e. A minimum of forty percent of the trees shall be evergreen; 7. Setback of Buildings from Public Right-of-Way. a. When parking is not to be provided between the building and the Right-of-Way line, the building setback shall be: (1) Forty-five (45) feet from the centerline of the Right-of-Way; or (2) Half the Right-of-Way width plus fifteen (15) feet, whichever is greater. b. When parking is to be provided between the building and the Right-of-Way line, the building setback shall be: (1) Forty-five (45) (five feet is for planted buffer strip along the Right-of-Way line) from the centerline of the Right-of-Way; or (2) Half the Right-of-Way width plus five (5) feet, (five feet is for planted buffer strip along Right-of-Way line), whichever is greater; plus (3) The distance needed for appropriate parking and internal circulation as shown in the design standards of this section. 8. Handicapped Parking. A minimum of one handicapped parking space is required and not less than one additional space for every fifty spaces be provided. They should be located nearest the most accessible entrance of a building and shall not be less than twelve feet six inches wide. The spaces must be signed and the pavement may also be painted with the "International Symbol of Access." 9. Lighting. Any lighting of parking areas shall be designed to minimize glare on neighboring properties and adjacent streets. Parking area construction shall include: 1. Surfacing. All parking areas shall be surfaced with asphalt, concrete or similar pavement so as to provide a permanent all-weather surface that is durable and dust-free and shall be so graded and drained as to properly dispose of all surface water. Gravel surfaces are not acceptable or approved surface material. 2. Subgrade Preparation. The subgrade shall be prepared for surfacing following the requirements outlined in Section 2-06 of the WSDOT Standard Specifications. Erosion/sedimentation control facilities shall be provided. 3. Stormwater Runoff. All stormwater runoff shall be retained and disposed of on site or disposed of in a system designed for such runoff and which does not flood or damage adjacent properties . Systems designed for runoff retention and control shall comply with criteria as set forth in Chapter 5 of these standards and specifications provided by the City and shall be subject to its review and approval and shall, moreover, comply with Section 2A.090 pertaining to community facilities. 4. Stall Markings. Asphalt or concrete surfaced parking areas shall have parking stalls marked by surface paint lines or suitable substitute traffic marking material. Painted stall markings need not extend the full depth of the stall. If less than the full depth of the stall is painted, the combined stall depths and aisle width shall not be less than the appropriate unit parking depth. Wheel stops are required where a situation exists whereby a parked vehicle would encroach on an adjacent property or Right-of-Way or to protect landscaping. See drawing number 4-24 for approved stall markings and wheel stop locations. 5. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all parking facilities are completed and approved unless otherwise allowed by the director of public works.