§ 17.608.020 — General provisions

17.608.020 General provisions.

A. Off-street parking requirement. Off-street vehicle and bicycle parking shall be provided and maintained for all existing and new development at the ratios specified in and in accordance with the standards and requirements of this chapter. B. Parking to be provided on-site. Required off-street parking shall be provided and maintained on the same parcel or integrated development site as the land use it is intended to serve, except as provided in section 17.608.060. An integrated development site is a site consisting of two or more contiguous parcels sharing parking facilities with reciprocal access and parking easements or similar shared-parking agreements. C. Calculation of the off-street parking requirement. The maximum number of off-street vehicle and minimum number of bicycle parking spaces shall be rounded in accordance with section 17.104.050.C. D. Expansion or change in use of existing buildings and structures that do not meet current parking requirements. The following rules apply to buildings and uses that met all applicable parking requirements when initially constructed or established, but that do not meet current parking requirements due to changes to the building or use. 1. Increases in building size. a. When there is an increase in gross building square footage or, in the case of a residential project, an increase in the number of residential units, additional bicycle parking shall be provided in accordance with chapter 17.608 unless— i. the increase in building square footage is less than 15% or, in the case of a residential project, the increase in the number of residential units is less than 15%; and ii. it is physically infeasible to accommodate the additional bicycle spaces. b. When additional bicycle parking is required by this subsection D.1, it is required only for the additional gross building square footage or residential units. 2. Change in use. a. When a conditional use permit is required for a new use, parking shall be provided in accordance with chapter 17.608. b. When a conditional use permit is not required, no additional bicycle parking is required. E. Restaurant outdoor seating. Square footage allocated to restaurant outdoor seating is not included in calculating the minimum off-street vehicle parking requirement for restaurants. F. Affordable housing and senior housing. 1. The bicycle parking requirement is reduced by 50% for each senior housing unit. 2. For purposes of this section, an "affordable housing unit" is a housing unit restricted to occupancy by a lower or very low income household as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 50079.5. A "senior housing unit" is a housing unit restricted to occupancy based on age requirements for older persons under California Civil Code section 51.3. G. Accessibility and electric vehicle charging. 1. If a building permit requires an existing off-street parking facility to comply with any building standards or other requirements in the Sacramento City Building Code related to accessibility, or if accessible parking spaces are otherwise created, the number of parking spaces required by this title may be reduced, redesigned, and restriped as necessary without issuance of a permit under this title. 2. If a building permit requires an existing off-street parking facility to comply with any building standards or other requirements in the Sacramento City Building Code related to electric vehicle charging spaces or if electric vehicle charging spaces are otherwise created, the number of parking spaces required by this title may be reduced, redesigned and restriped, as necessary without issuance of a permit under this title. H. Exemptions for small lots. Off-street parking is not required for nonresidential uses on lots of 6,400 square feet or less. I. Exemptions for nonresidential uses in residential mixed use development. Off-street parking is not required for non-residential uses in mixed use buildings in which at least 50% of the building's square footage is devoted to residential uses. J. Exemptions for adaptive reuse. Bicycle parking is not required for those portions of historic resources that are converted from nonresidential uses to residential uses. K. Exemptions for accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units. When parking is removed in conjunction with the construction of an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit, no replacement parking is required for the accessory dwelling unit or other dwelling units on the same lot. (Ord. 2025-0007 § 32; Ord. 2024-0017 § 57; Ord. 2021-0023 § 40; Ord. 2021-0015 § 4; Ord. 2018-0055 § 16; Ord. 2017-0061 § 75; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)