§ 18.38.010 — Purpose and Applicability

A. Purpose. This Chapter establishes standards for the development (including amount and location) of motor vehicle parking, bicycle parking, and off-street loading areas. The purpose of the standards is to provide for safe vehicular parking, vehicular circulation, and loading supportive of a variety of uses in an increasingly pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly and transit-oriented community. B. Applicability. The regulations contained in this Chapter shall apply to the construction, change, or expansion of a use or structure and shall require that adequate parking spaces, loading areas, and bicycle parking areas are permanently provided and maintained for the benefit of residents, employees, customers, and visitors, within or outside of structures or in a combination of both, in accordance with the requirements listed in this Chapter. 1. New Uses and Structures. For all structures erected and all uses of land established after the effective date of this Zoning Code, parking for vehicles and bicycles, and loading facilities shall be provided as required by this Chapter. 2. Modifications to Existing Structures. Whenever an existing structure or use is modified that results in an increase of more than 50 percent in the number of parking spaces required, additional parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter. 3. Existing Parking and Loading Facilities. Off-street parking and loading facilities which are located on the same parcel as the structure or use served and which were in existence on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter, or were provided voluntarily after such effective date, shall not be reduced below or if already less than, shall not further be reduced below the requirements of this Chapter for a similar new structure or use.