12-294 - City of Sunnyvale - State of California

Ordinances\2012\Parking_Exhibit A 1
CHAPTER 19.46 PARKING
19.46.010 Findings and Purpose
19.46.020 Definitions
19.46.030 Applicability
19.46.040 General Residential Parking Requirements
19.46.050 Parking for Single-Family and Two-Family Dwellings
19.46.060 Parking for Multiple-Family Dwellings
19.46.070 Parking for Single-Room Occupancy Facilities
19.46.080 Parking for Special Housing Developments
19.46.090 Parking for Mobile Home Parks
19.46.100 General Non-residential Parking Requirements
19.46.110 Parking Requirements for Specific Non-Residential Uses
19.46.120 Parking Lot Design
19.46.130 Adjustments to Parking Requirements
19.46.140 Storage and Parking of Fleet Vehicles
19.46.150 Bicycle Parking
19.46.160 Parking Management Plans and Tools
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Exhibit A
19.46.010 Findings and Purpose
(a) Findings. The city council finds that:
(1) Sufficient parking for daily or weekly peaks is important towards furthering
economic goals;
(2) Flexible parking ratios enhance opportunities for re-use of buildings and stimulate
economic vitality;
(3) The needs of motor vehicular traffic shall be balanced with the need for adequate
bicycle and pedestrian facilities to facilitate a variety of transportation modes;
(4) Creating rarely used parking spaces can result in negative environmental impacts
through excessive impervious surface; discourages other productive uses of land; and conflict with
pedestrian and bicycle travel;
(5) Shared parking or other parking management tools are an effective method of
ensuring sufficient parking;
(6) Parking spillover into residential neighborhoods should be avoided; and
(7) Street parking is not intended to meet the parking needs for private uses.
(b) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure sufficient and well-designed vehicular
and bicycle facilities that satisfy the need for sufficient parking on a property. Parking rates are also
designed to achieve maximum efficiency of parking areas and reduce the occurrence of both large
numbers of empty spaces or overcrowding in parking lots at daily or weekly peak times.
19.46.020 Definitions
(1) “Garage, fully-enclosed” means a building designed for the parking of vehicles which is
fully enclosed on all sides.
(2) “Parking lot” means an area devoted to the parking of vehicles, including parking spaces,
aisles, driveways, and interior and perimeter landscaped areas.
(3) “Parking space” means an area designated specifically for the parking of a single vehicle
that meets the standards of this chapter. In this chapter, the term “space” is the same as “parking
space”.