23.42.070

Parking for rented or leased multifamily dwelling units and commercial uses

Seattle Municipal Code · Seattle Mun. Code § 23.42.070

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A. Parking for multifamily dwelling units 1. Off-street parking accessory to rented or leased multifamily dwelling units shall not be included in any dwelling unit rental agreement and shall be subject to a rental agreement addendum or in a separate rental agreement. 2. Moderate-income units are exempt from the requirement of subsection 23.42.070.A.1. 3. Multifamily dwelling units with individual garages that are functionally a part of the dwelling unit, including but not limited to townhouses and rowhouses, shall be exempt from the requirement of subsection 23.42.070.A.1. B. Parking for commercial uses 1. Unless commercial uses are listed as exempt in subsection 23.42.070.B.2, off-street parking accessory to rented or leased commercial use spaces in structures that contain 4,000 square feet or more of gross floor area shall not be included in any new rental or lease agreement and shall be subject to a separate rental or lease agreement. The measurement of gross floor area in a structure shall be as described in Section 23.86.007 and shall include gross floor area for non-exempt and exempt uses if uses are known, minus gross floor area in parking uses, for determining if the structure exceeds the minimum floor area for this requirement. 2. Exempt uses include: a. Lodging uses; b. Sales and services, automotive; c. Sales and services, heavy; and d. Sales and services, marine. (Ord. 126855 , § 7, 2023; Ord. 125558 , § 4, 2018.)