Chapter 25.84 -P PARKING OVERLAY ZONE


Section 25.84.030 Principal permitted uses.

The following uses are permitted in a -P zone:
    1. Automobile parking lots provided that such parking lots are designed and constructed to meet the following standards:
        a. The parking lot shall be surfaced with an all-weather, durable, dust-free material.
        b. No lighting shall be located so as to shine directly on adjacent property which is zoned or used as residential.
        c. Screening between the parking lot and any adjacent residentially zoned or used property may be required. The screening shall be continuous, six feet in height, and shall consist of a fence, evergreen foliage, a topographic feature, such as a landscaped earth berm, or a combination of such materials; provided, however, such screening may be reduced in height so as to avoid shading a solar energy collector located on said adjacent property.
        d. The parking lot shall not encroach on any front or side yard required by the space limit provisions of the underlying zone.
        e. The parking lot shall not encroach on any required yard or open space of any pre-existing use, nor may the area devoted to any parking lot be included in calculating the required minimum lot area for a use existing prior to the construction of the parking lot.
        f. The parking lot and all access drives shall be located in the -P zone or in such other zone in which they may legally be established.
        g. Prior to the time a -P zone is overlaid in whole or in part on a residential zone, and if the contemplated parking lot is designed to accommodate five or more cars, a bond shall be posted by any applicant other than a governmental agency, in the sum equal to the cost of the improvements but in no event less than five thousand dollars, with good and sufficient surety approved by the city attorney. The aforesaid bond shall be deposited with the city clerk, conditioned upon faithful observance of the provisions of this section and of such additional conditions as may be established by the city council. Upon failure to complete a parking lot in full accordance with the provisions of this section within three hundred sixty-five days of the initiation of any construction, grading or clearing of the site, unless extended by the city council, the city council may, upon recommendation of the planning and zoning commission, declare the bond forfeited or rezone the aforesaid property to the original zone. Forfeiture of the aforesaid bond shall not bar any other legal remedies available for the enforcement of this title.
    2. As an exhibit accompanying the application for amendment to the zoning map, the applicant shall submit a detailed site plan showing curb openings, parking arrangement, surfacing material, number of parking spaces, installation and orientation of lighting, and the height, length, placement and material of the sight-obscuring screening to be erected and maintained between the parking lot and adjacent residential property. Said site plan shall be used by the planning and zoning commission and city council to determine whether the proposed parking lot conforms with the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of the primary zone to which it is appended. Said site plan shall become a part of the amendment.  (Ord. S-30424, 1976)