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Parking requirements for residential use, excluding residential use approved by use permit as pursuant to Section 17.18.030 or 17.20.030, shall be as follows:

A. Single-family dwellings: two spaces which shall be in a garage, except single-family dwellings in the R-4 district may as an alternative have one space or two tandem spaces, one of which shall be in a garage as determined by the planning commission and subject to obtaining a use permit;

B. Duplex dwellings: two spaces per dwelling unit, one of which shall be covered;

C. Secondary dwelling units and guest houses in conformance with Section 17.42.040: no additional parking required;

D. Multiple Dwellings.

1. One-bedroom units and efficiencies: one space for each dwelling unit which shall be covered plus one additional space for each five dwelling units or fraction thereof,

2. Two-bedroom units: one and one-half spaces for each dwelling unit, one of which shall be covered plus one additional space for each five dwelling units or fraction thereof,

3. Three or more bedroom units: two spaces for each dwelling unit, one of which shall be covered plus one additional space for each five dwelling units or fraction thereof,

4. General Note. All required on-site parking spaces shall be uniformly distributed throughout the development to the satisfaction of the site and architectural design review board,

5. General Note. Twenty percent of all required parking spaces, but in no case less than one space, shall be kept unreserved and available for visitor parking. Visitor parking spaces shall be identified by a sign or other means and shall be uniformly distributed throughout the development to the satisfaction of the site and architectural design review board;

E. Dwellings Approved under Chapter 17.66.

1. One-bedroom units and efficiencies: one space for each dwelling unit which shall be enclosed plus two additional spaces for each five dwelling units or fraction thereof,

2. Two or more bedroom units: two spaces for each dwelling unit which shall be enclosed plus two additional spaces for each five dwelling units or fraction thereof,

3. General Note. All required on-site parking spaces shall be uniformly distributed throughout the development to the satisfaction of the site and architectural design review board,

4. General Note. Twenty percent of all required parking spaces, but in no case less than one space, shall be kept unreserved and available for visitor parking. Visitor parking spaces shall be identified by a sign or other means and shall be uniformly distributed throughout the development to the satisfaction of the site and architectural design review board;

F. Rooming and boarding houses: one covered parking space for each bedroom;

G. Hotel, resort hotel, motel and auto court accommodations: one space for each unit; one space for the manager and one and one-half spaces for any unit in a hotel, resort hotel, motel or auto court containing a kitchen or kitchenette. Separate parking requirements remain applicable to other uses which may be associated with such complexes, such as restaurants, conference centers or public coastal access;

H. Mobile home parks: two parking spaces for each mobile home site plus two additional spaces for each five mobile home sites or fraction thereof, except that where a mobile home park has been and continues to be certified by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as a mobile home park providing housing for adults fifty-five years old or older, two parking spaces for each mobile home site which may be tandem spaces plus one additional parking space for each six mobile home site or fraction thereof are required. Further, in mobile home parks with more than fifty mobile home sites, an area or areas shall be provided for the storage of boat trailers and recreational vehicles with a total area of not less than twenty square feet per mobile home site;

I. Recreational vehicle park: one parking space for each six recreational vehicle sites;

J. Transitional housing for homeless persons: parking shall be provided at the rates as required elsewhere in this section except that the planning commission or city council on appeal may grant a use permit or amendment to an existing use permit, for a lesser number of parking spaces associated with transitional housing for homeless persons under the federal McKinney Act on the basis of adequate evidence of a lesser parking demand and the application of any appropriate conditions determined necessary to meet the general purposes of the zoning ordinance as listed in Section 17.02.030. Among the conditions applied in each case shall be a requirement that the applicant establish and maintain a program of monitoring parking usage, including submitting periodic reports of such monitoring to the city, and that the planning commission or city council on appeal may, after a noticed public hearing, require modifications to the parking provided on the site if the city finds that such modifications are warranted. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2005-02 § 1 (Exh. A), 2005; Ord. 2003-09 § 1, 2003; Ord. 99-04 § 1, 1999; Ord. 96-24 § 1, 1996; Ord. 96-7 § 1, 1996; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)