19.85.008 Parking requirements.
A. General Requirements. The provisions of Chapter 19.62 CVMC shall be applicable to off-street parking and loading areas in the Bayfront area. These provisions generally control construction and development and design standards of off-street parking areas. The number of spaces required for designated uses shall be that designated below. In the event that there is no precise correspondence in the use classifications with the common names used in this section, the Director of Development Services shall have the authority to designate the requirements, and the common names for proposed uses shall generally be deemed to control.
B. Vehicle Parking Standards.
1. Business and professional offices: one space per 300 square feet of floor area; minimum of four spaces;
2. Dance, assembly, or exhibition halls without fixed seats: one space per 50 square feet of floor area used for dancing or assembly;
3. Dwellings, multiple: one space per studio, 1.5 spaces per one-bedroom unit; two spaces per two-bedroom or larger unit;
4. Hotels, motels: one space for each living or sleeping unit, plus one space for every 25 rooms or portion thereof;
5. Manufacturing plants, research and testing laboratories: one space per 1.5 persons employed at any one time in the normal operation of the plant or one space per 800 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater;
6. Medical and dental offices and clinics: one space per 200 square feet of floor area; minimum of five spaces;
7. Public park/open space: one parking space for every 10,000 square feet of park or accessible open space;
8. Restaurants, bars, and night clubs: one space per 2.5 permanent seats, excluding any dance floor or assembly area without fixed seats, which shall be calculated separately at one space per 50 square feet of floor area;
9. Restaurants – drive-in, snack stands, or fast-food: 15 spaces minimum, or one space per 2.5 permanent seats, whichever is greater;
10. Retail stores: one space per 200 square feet of floor area;
11. Sports arenas, auditoriums, and theaters: one space per 3.5 seats of maximum seating capacity;
12. Wholesale establishments, warehouses, and service and maintenance centers: one space per 1.5 persons employed at any one time in the normal operation of the plant or one space per 1,000 square feet of floor area, whichever is greater; and
13. Uses not listed: as required by Chula Vista Zoning Code.
C. Bicycle Parking Standards. Bicycle parking facilities shall also be provided for developed uses according to the following schedule. Only those uses listed below are required to provide bicycle parking. Bicycle parking facilities shall be fixed storage racks or devices designed to secure the frame and wheel of the bicycle.
1. Business and professional offices (over 20,000 square feet of gross floor area): five spaces;
2. Shopping centers (over 50,000 square feet of gross floor area): one space per 33 automobile spaces required;
3. Fast-food restaurant, coffee shop, or delicatessen: five spaces;
4. Other eating and drinking establishments: two spaces;
5. Commercial recreation: one space per 33 automobile spaces required; and
6. Residential in harbor: bicycle racks shall be provided for five percent of visitor motorized vehicle parking capacity, with a minimum of one two-bike capacity rack.
D. Shared Parking. Where uses have predictable time cycle parking demands and where supported by appropriate traffic/parking studies, shared parking may be utilized as a means to reduce total parking lot area. The criteria and standards provided in shared parking published by the Urban Land Institute should be utilized to assess parking needs and formulate shared parking agreements. Any use that intends to meet its parking requirements using shared parking shall be subject to the approval of a conditional use permit as provided for in Chapter 19.14 CVMC and shall be further guaranteed through the execution of a deed restriction and a long-term binding agreement. The approval of the conditional use permit may, among other requirements, require a use, business, or activity to only operate within restricted hours.
E. Concealed Parking. Within Parcel Areas 2-f and 2-h of the LCP Planning Area, 75 percent of the required parking shall be provided in subterranean or concealed parking structures. “Concealed parking” is when the parked vehicles cannot be seen by the public using public streets, bike lanes and paths, pedestrian walkways, public parks, and public access open spaces.
F. Landscaped Parking in SDG&E ROW. Any landscaped parking in the SDG&E ROW north of “F” Street/Lagoon Drive (hereinafter referred to as “F” Street) shall be available on weekends and evenings for use by coastal visitors. The parking needed for visitors to the Chula Vista Nature Center or for any park or public open space areas shall be provided in areas assigned and exclusively reserved for such visitors. This restriction must be enforced during the operating hours of the Chula Vista Nature Center and public parks. Parking for park and public open space use shall be provided at the rate of one space per each 10,000 square feet of park or open space area, excluding the National Wildlife Refuge. (Ord. 3352 § 2, 2015; Ord. 3238 § 2 (Exh. B, C), 2012; Ord. 2790, 1999; Ord. 2546, 1993; Ord. 2532, 1992; Ord. 2168 § 1, 1986; Res. 11903, 1985).