Burbank Municipal Code Div. 1 General Provisions

The following minimum parking space widths shall be provided:

The minimum width of parking spaces adjacent to walls, columns, or other vertical obstructions shall be determined by standards established by the Public Works Director.

Minimum parking space widths for uses not mentioned shall be determined by the Public Works Director. Minimum parking space heights shall be determined by the Building Official, and every parking space shall maintain a vertical height in accordance with the standards of the California Building Code.

Where banks, savings and loan institutions, and retail and service commercial uses are part of an office building or retail complex, the Public Works Director shall ascertain the number and location of those parking spaces which will be required to have a minimum width of nine (9) feet.

Minor deviations from all foregoing standards may be authorized by the Public Works Director to accommodate the safe ingress and egress of vehicles.

The following tables shall be used when determining overall parking space dimensions and aisle widths:

STANDARD CARS Table No. 1 PARKING BAY WIDTHS FOR ONE-WAY TRAFFIC AND DOUBLE LOADED AISLES Minimum Stall Length = 18'0 "

Table No. 2 PARKING BAY WIDTHS FOR ONE-WAY TRAFFIC AND SINGLE LOADED AISLES Minimum Stall Length = 18'0 "

Table No. 3 PARKING BAY WIDTHS FOR TW0-WAY TRAFFIC AND DOUBLE LOADED AISLES Minimum Stall Length = 18'0 "

Table No. 4 PARKING BAY WIDTHS FOR TW0-WAY TRAFFIC AND SINGLE LOADED AISLES Minimum Stall Length = 18'0 "

[Formerly numbered Section 31-159; Renumbered by Ord. No. 3058; Amended by Ord. No. 3692, eff. 4/30/06; 3669, 3640, 3109, 2882, 2829, 2676, 2599, 2420, 2370.]

A. FRACTIONAL REMAINDERS.

When a fractional figure is found as a remainder in computing required off-street parking, such fraction shall be construed as a whole number if it is one-half (1/2) or more.

B. FLOOR AREA.

Floor space devoted to parking within a building, including necessary interior driveways and ramps, shall be excluded from the floor area of the building in computing required off-street parking. [Formerly numbered Section 31-160; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

10-1-1402.5:

[Added by Ord. 3640, eff. 7/10/04; Amended by Ord. No. 3669, eff. 7/5/05; Deleted by Ord. No. 3676, eff. 8/16/05.]

Off-street parking shall be easily accessible from and to a street or other dedicated public right-of-way. The parking shall be so arranged that it shall not be necessary to back into a major or secondary highway to exit from the parking area. Exceptions from this requirement may be authorized by the Public Works Director if the parking area is located in an R-1 or an R-2 Zone. [Formerly numbered Section 31-161; Renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2473; 2370.]

Tandem parking spaces may be provided for the following uses if the spaces are properly marked and not more than two (2) cars in depth, and the parking plan is approved by the Community Development Director:

1. HOTELS.

Major hotel developments of 300 rooms or more, whereby the parking system used is a “valet type” operation, where keys to the car are left with an attendant or in the car and an attendant is on duty at all times.

2. OFFICES-PROFESSIONAL.

Spaces in excess of the number required by this chapter.

3. OFFICES-GENERAL.

a. Spaces in excess of the number required by this chapter.

b. Pursuant to an approved Conditional Use Permit, up to 50 percent of the required parking, if all the following conditions are met:

1. Applicant’s lot is less than 50 feet in width;

2. Applicant’s lot abuts Magnolia, Victory, or Burbank Boulevards;

3. Applicant can demonstrate that it is not reasonably practical to assemble a site of 50 feet or more in width; and

4. Applicant can demonstrate that the parking lot can be successfully used with the tandem design as proposed.

5. INDUSTRIAL USES.

Spaces in excess of the number required by this chapter.

5. RESTAURANTS.

Pursuant to an approved Conditional Use Permit, whereby the parking system used is a “valet type” operation provided without any charge to the user.

6. MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

Tandem parking is permitted in multiple family residential zones only as permitted in Section 10-1-628(I).

7. AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS.

For all automotive repair shops, tandem parking spaces can be used to satisfy required parking.

8. CHILD DAY CARE FACILITY.

For all child day care facilities, tandem parking spaces can be used to satisfy up to 50 percent of the required parking for the child day care facility so long as the following requirements are met:

a. At least three (3) passenger unloading/loading spaces are not included as tandem parking;

b. Tandem spaces cannot exceed 50 percent of required parking;

c. A clearly marked visitor’s space is provided. [Formerly numbered Section 31-162; Amended by Ord. No. 3676, eff. 8/16/05; 3640, 3457, 3298, 3267, 3200, 3181, 3109, 3058, 2829, 2331, 2193.]

WITHIN CERTAIN YARDS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES:

No airplane, boat, house car, mobile home, motor vehicle, trailer, or part of such vehicle, shall be parked or stored in the front yard of any lot in a residential zone, or the side yard facing a street on a corner or reverse corner lot in a residential zone, except that:

1. Passenger vehicles as defined in the State Vehicle Code, excluding house cars;

2. House cars not exceeding 22 feet in length;

3. Pickup trucks not used for commercial purposes; and

4. Motor trucks while on business calls; may be parked on permanently constructed driveways within such front or side yards, if currently licensed by the State Department of Motor Vehicles and capable of movement under their own power or temporarily disabled for not to exceed 72 hours while so disabled. This section shall not apply to vehicles parked on publicly owned or operated property. [Formerly numbered Section 31-163; Renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

A. DEFINITION.

A BICYCLE PARKING SPACE shall be defined as the space for one (1) bicycle in a bicycle rack which is affixed to a permanent surface.

B. INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.

Bicycle parking facilities shall be installed in a manner which allows adequate space for access when the facilities are occupied, and shall be located so as to minimize the blocking of any public sidewalks or right-of-way. An encroachment permit from the Public Works Department is required for any encroachment into the public right-of-way.

Bicycle parking facilities shall be located on a hard paved surface and shall be painted with a protective coating to prevent rusting and shall be well maintained.

C. BICYCLE PARKING FOR ARCADES/BILLIARD PARLORS.

For all arcades and billiard parlors, one (1) bicycle space shall be provided for each 150 square feet of adjusted gross floor area. [Added by Ord. No. 3316, eff. 11/14/92.]

A site plan containing a detailed parking arrangement accurately dimensioned, showing individual parking spaces, aisles and driveways indicating adequate ingress and egress, as well as location, size, shape, design, curb cuts, lighting, landscaping, and other features and appurtenances of the proposed parking, as provided in Article 19, Division 2 of this chapter, shall be submitted to the Building Director when application is made for a building permit requiring compliance with this article. The site plan shall be referred to the Building Director for approval. [Formerly numbered Section 31-164; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2930, 2193.]

No vacant lot in any residential or commercial zone shall be used for the parking of vehicles unless such use is a permitted use or is authorized by a Conditional Use Permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Division 4 of Article 19 of this chapter and said lot is improved and maintained in accordance with the requirements of this article and Article 16 of this chapter, or the use constitutes a valid legal nonconforming use; provided, however, that the Building Director may permit the temporary use of any unimproved vacant lot for the parking of vehicles in connection with a special event or construction. [Added by Ord. No. 2340; Formerly numbered Section 31-164.1; Renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2420.]

All required parking shall be used solely as customer and employee parking of motorized vehicles. No required parking shall be used for the temporary or permanent storage of any other motor vehicles, or any products or materials for production, repair, sale or lease. [Added by Ord. No. 3297, eff. 8/15/92.]

A. DEFINITION.

A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT DOWNTOWN PARKING AREA (the “DISTRICT”) is that area bounded by Magnolia Boulevard on the north, Angeleno Avenue on the south, Third Street on the east, and First Street on the west. The area is depicted in the map set forth below.

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B. PURPOSE AND INTENT.

The District was established in 1992 and was intended to ease the current parking requirements which stifled development in the downtown area, a core area of the City. By focusing on the District as a unified business center and not as individual self parked properties, and by examining parking by shared parking and multiple destination parking concepts, it was determined through a traffic study that the overall parking was adequate for the existing buildings in the District. Based on the then current inventory, 3.5 spaces for each 1,000 square foot adjusted gross floor area exists. This District is intended to maintain this ratio at all times. Any new square footage on buildings that exceeds the existing square footage in the District to provide additional parking at 3.5 spaces for every 1,000 square feet of adjusted gross floor area.

The District was established with an assumption that all restaurants created the same demands and impacts, whether fast-food or sit-down or other types. Such assumption has been proven to be invalid, and therefore, all new restaurants in the Downtown District shall operate only after its demands and impacts on the District can be evaluated through an Administrative Use Permit in accordance with Subsection (I) below.

C. GENERAL PARKING REQUIREMENT CREDIT.

Any legally permitted use or conditional use that is allowed in its respective zone within the District as of April 25, 1992, shall be deemed to have adequate parking and deemed to meet all legally required parking space requirements under this Code as long as the square footage of the structure or building located on the property and calculated as of April 25, 1992, does not increase.

All new restaurants shall obtain an Administrative Use Permit in accordance with Subsection (I) below.

D. ADDITIONS OR INCREASED SQUARE FOOTAGE TO BUILDINGS ON SITE.

Any additional or increased square footage to any building or structure on any site in the District after April 25, 1992, will require additional parking spaces at the District parking rate of 3.5 spaces for each 1,000 square feet of adjusted gross floor area.

E. DESTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION OF BUILDING IN DISTRICT.

In the event that any building or structure is destroyed, demolished, or otherwise removed from the District, the Building Official shall calculate the new building’s parking requirement to be: the number of parking spaces that were in existence as of April 25, 1992, at the site plus an additional number of parking spaces calculated at the District rate of 3.5 spaces for each 1,000 square feet of adjusted gross floor area for that amount of the new building or structure in excess of the square footage of the previous structure or building that existed on April 25, 1992.

F. MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING PARKING STOCK.

All parking spaces existing as of April 25, 1992, shall be accessible and maintained at all times, and if temporarily lost due to construction activities, the spaces shall be replaced as soon as possible.

G. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

All new construction that exceeds 35 feet in height and all residential construction in the District shall have its parking standards determined by the Planning Commission processed through the Conditional Use Permit process.

H. SECTION PREVAILS.

In the event that any inconsistency arises between this section and any other section in this chapter, this section shall prevail.

I. ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT FOR NEW RESTAURANTS.

All new restaurants shall obtain an Administrative Use Permit (AUP) prior to operating. When a tenant space is proposed to be converted from one restaurant to another, an AUP is required if either of the following apply: 1) the proposed restaurant would have a higher parking generation rate than the previous restaurant, as determined by parking generation categories and rates published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (“ITE”), or 2) the proposed restaurant intends to serve alcoholic beverages and the previous restaurant did not serve alcoholic beverages, or the proposed restaurant intends to serve alcoholic beverages under a different type of Alcoholic Beverage Control license than the type of license used by the previous restaurant. In addition to the findings required by Section 10-1-1959, the following special findings shall be made:

a. the restaurant is of a type which will compliment the other uses in the District and will not burden the shared parking concept. It shall identify itself into one of the ITE trip and parking generation categories (eg. Quality restaurant, Family, High turnover sit down, or fast food), and provide evidence that the demands and impacts on the District which are generated from the restaurant are fully mitigated.

b. the location of the restaurant is not one which leads to the over concentration of certain types of restaurants (as defined in (a) by ITE). The location shall not create an undue amount of any one type of restaurant in any area of the District.

c. (if applicable) the restaurant intends to provide alcohol incidental to food service, and shall provide a floor plan of the tables and bar area, as well as an annual certification of the receipts of alcohol and the receipts of food to evidence compliance with the code.

d. the restaurant type (as defined in (a) above) economically stimulates the downtown area by providing quality tenant improvements.

Notice requirements required by this Code shall be increased for these AUPs (including any appeals) to all property owners and tenants within the Central Business District Downtown Parking Area. If a restaurant requires a CUP and an AUP, the two (2) processes may be merged into one (1) CUP, but the additional AUP findings of this section remain applicable. [Added by Ord. No. 3284, eff. 4/25/92; Amended by Ord. No. 22-3,983, eff. 12/16/22; 3707, 3644.]