Parking Design
San Diego Municipal Code § 131.0716
in effectThe purpose and intent of these regulations is to screen and conceal the off-street
parking spaces from the public right-of-way.
(a)
At grade off-street parking spaces are prohibited within the front and street
yard.
(b)
Up to 30 percent of the total amount of required parking for each use can be at
grade off-street parking spaces, which shall be screened with landscaping,
wrapped buildings, or an architectural screen so they are not visible from the
public right-of-way. If the at grade off-street parking spaces are screened with
a building along all street frontages, up to 100 percent of the required parking
may be at grade off-street parking spaces. Chain-link fencing around at grade
off-street parking spaces is prohibited. Existing or required driveways, curb
cuts, and access lanes provided for vehicular access, fire access, or pedestrian
access to the parking area are exempt from the screening requirement.
(c)
If the longest frontage of an off-street parking space area existing as of
September 12, 2019 is adjacent to a freeway, and there is freeway noise over
70 DBA CNEL, then Section 131.0716(a) - (b) do not apply. The freeway
may be separated from the off-street parking space area frontage by a public
right-of-way, a landscaped area, or both.
(“Parking Design” added 9-12-2019 by O-21118 N.S.; effective 10-12-2019.)
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