A. The off-street parking required for the uses specified herein shall be for use only by the automobiles of the residents, employees and customers of the activity served by the off-street parking. Required off-street parking spaces shall be unencumbered and available at all times, except in cases of joint use specifically allowed by this chapter.

B. Off-street parking requirements shall be met on the same lot as the building served by the off-street parking or on a lot that is within 500 feet of the building or facility served by the off-street parking and is specially reserved for the service of such building. Notwithstanding the above, off-street parking facilities for independent and separate buildings and uses may be provided collectively on a common lot if these facilities are not less than the total requirements of the independent and separate uses, and if all other requirements are met.

C. All off-street parking spaces shall be at least eight feet in width and at least 18 feet in length, both exclusive of access drives, yards, and ramps. Such spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least seven feet. Lines demarcating parking spaces may be drawn at various angles in relation to curbs or aisles; provided, that the parking space so created contains within it the rectangular area required by this chapter. Parking area aisle widths shall conform to the following table, which varies the width requirement according to the angle of parking:

Driveways shall not be less than 12 feet in width for one way traffic and 20 feet in width for two-way traffic.

D. Off-street parking spaces may be located in any required yard unless otherwise indicated in GHMC Title 17.

E. All off-street parking spaces and access areas shall be surfaced with portland cement concrete, asphaltic concrete paving, or permeable paving to the standards established by the city including but not limited to the city’s stormwater management and site development manual (Chapter 14.20 GHMC).

F. All open parking area with four or more parking spaces shall be effectively screened by a wall, a fence or landscaping from any institutional or public building and from any property in a residential district, pursuant to the requirements in GHMC 17.78.080. (Ord. 1347 § 41, 2016; Ord. 1307 § 53, 2014; Ord. 1231 § 1, 2012; Ord. 1171 § 1, 2009; Ord. 710 § 71, 1996; Ord. 573 § 2, 1990).