Colusa County Zoning Code § 29.04 Minimum parking

All off-street parking and garage spaces and access thereto required by the provisions of this chapter shall be improved and maintained in accordance with the following requirements. The following provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to areas used solely for display or as sales areas for such products as boats, trailers, automobiles, trucks and heavy equipment.

(a)

Such spaces and access shall be either in an enclosed garage or carport or open surfaced storage area, and if used in conjunction with or accessory to commercial, industrial, professional office or multiple

dwelling uses shall be paved with chips and seal coat, or asphalt concrete or concrete paving, and shall have adequate draining and grading as approved by the city engineer.

(b)

Every garage space or parking space shall be provided with adequate ingress and egress, and shall have a minimum length of twenty feet and a minimum width of nine feet.

(c)

Where five or more parking spaces are required by the provisions of this chapter and such spaces will be used by the general public or business invitee of the owner or lessee of the premises, the following requirements shall also be applied:

1.

Contrasting paint or other easily distinguishable material shall be installed and maintained thereafter to designate each parking space in a clearly identifiable manner.

2.

The off-street parking areas shall provide suitable maneuvering areas so that all vehicles parking therein may exit onto any adjoining street in a forward direction.

3.

Where parking spaces abut public property or private property not under the ownership or lease of the person having ownership or control over the subject parking spaces, bumper guards or wheel stops shall be provided for all such abutting parking spaces in such a manner as to prevent encroachment of vehicles over property lines or damage to walls or fences.

4.

Where such parking area abuts or adjoins property or private property zoned for "R" uses, it shall be separated therefrom by solid masonry wall or wooden fence not less than four feet, nor more than six feet high. Walls within sixteen feet of any street shall be not less than two feet six inches nor more than three feet high. No wall shall be required where exists a wall which complies with the requirements of this paragraph, either on the common property line or adjacent thereto on either side of the common property line, provided, however, that if such wall is thereafter removed, a replacement wall shall be required forthwith. Where a wooden fence is substituted for a solid masonry wall, such fence shall be constructed so that a person cannot see through it and shall have fence posts either of wood treated to resist rot and termites, or of iron or steel, and in all cases fence posts must be set in concrete.

5.

Where such off-street parking area is used or to be used by the general public or business invitee for afterdark parking, lighting facilities capable of providing a minimum of one-half feet candle illumination at every point of the parking area shall be installed and maintained. Such lighting shall so be arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises and streets. Credit shall be given for adjoining public street

illumination where such illumination satisfies this requirement as to any portion of such off-street parking area.

6.

Under no circumstances shall walls, fences or shrubbery be placed or maintained on the property in such a manner as to interfere with visibility so as to endanger safe ingress and egress.

7.

The following parking lot layouts are approved. Proposed off-street parking lot layouts submitted to satisfy the requirements of this section, which deviate in design from the patterns provided below, must demonstrate that adequate provision is afforded for safe ingress and egress and adequate aisle width and maneuvering area are provided for safe maneuvering of vehicles therein and that the design provides for safe pedestrian traffic to, from and within the subject parking area.

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Article 30. - Landmark and Historic Preservation.

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 484, § 2, adopted March 5, 2013, repealed the former Art. 30, §§ 30.01—30.06, and enacted a new Art. 30 as set out herein. The former Art. 30 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 403 and Ord. No. 473, § 4, adopted March 20, 2012.