17.24.010 – Off-street parking and loading general provisions

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply as follows:

1. Existing Facilities
   Existing off-street parking and loading facilities shall not be reduced below the
   requirements of this Chapter with respect to the number of spaces provided or the design
   of such facilities. If an existing facility provides less than the required number of
   parking or loading spaces, no parking or loading spaces shall be removed. If an existing
   facility provides less than the dimensions, landscaping, or other characteristics regulated
   by this Chapter, no nonconforming dimension, landscaping or other characteristic
   regulated by this Chapter shall be further decreased. Existing off-street parking and
   loading facilities which do not conform to the requirements of this Title, but were
   lawfully existing when the parking or loading facilities were established or substantially
   modified, may be allowed to continue as legal nonconforming uses, subject to the
   limitations of the provisions of Chapter 17.08, "Nonconformities". Notwithstanding the
   previous sentence, if an existing parking lot is resurfaced or reconstructed, and the
   parking lot does not meet the current yard requirement, the required yard may be
   reduced by fifty percent (50%). If the existing parking lot is set back at a distance
   greater than fifty percent (50%) of the required yard of the Zoning District, the existing
   parking lot setback shall not be reduced further than the distance the existing parking lot
   is set back from the property line.
2. Damage or Destruction
   When a building is reconstructed or repaired after being damaged or destroyed, off-street parking and loading facilities shall be restored or maintained in an amount equivalent to that which existedat the time of such damage or destruction. However, it shall not be necessary to restore or maintain parking and loading facilities in excess of the applicable requirements of this Chapter.
3. Change in Use and Intensity of Use
   When the intensity of use1 of a building, structure or lot is increased, or the use of a building, structure or lot is changed so as to increase the required number of parking or loading spaces, additional parking or loading spaces, as the case may be, shall be provided. The number of additional spaces provided shall be the incremental difference between the required number of parking or loading spaces for the new use(s) and the required number of parking or loading spaces for the previous use(s). In no event, however, shall spaces be required in excess of the number required for the new use. (This condition would occur when the number of existing parking or loading spaces exceeded the number of parking or loading spaces that were required for the previous use.)
   When the intensity of use of any building, structure or parcel of land is decreased, the number of parking and loading spaces may be reduced, to the extent that the requirements of this Chapter are met for the entire building, structure or parcel of land, as modified.
4. Provision of Additional Spaces
   Nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to prevent the voluntary establishment of off-street parking or loading facilities, provided that all regulations governing the location, design and control of such facilities shall be in accordance with this Chapter.