17.58.070 Required parking on the same lot as the structure or use served—Exceptions.
A. The nonresidential parking requirements of Sections 17.58.010 through 17.58.110 may be satisfied by owning adjacent parking facilities or leasing the required parking spaces from properties adjacent to the subject property. If parking is proposed on an adjacent parcel, said parking must be considered readily accessible to the subject property as determined by the planning director. If off-street parking is proposed on an adjacent parcel, said parking shall conform to the requirements in Section 17.58.070(C). of this code.
B. Off-site parking for uses within the “central district” and properties zoned C-B and C-C shall be subject to the following exceptions and requirements:
1. Required off-street parking spaces for one-family or two-family dwellings in residential zones shall be located on the same lot as the dwellings served.
2. Required off-street parking spaces for all other dwellings shall be located on the same lot as the dwelling served, as an accessory use, or within a walking distance of five hundred feet, as either a permitted or a conditional use, depending upon the use provisions applicable to the zone in which such parking is located, and such parking shall be easily recognized for that project, such as but not limited to, signs, dedicated and improved pedestrian ways, and other identification as approved by the planning director. Required off-street parking spaces for projects designed for senior citizens or the handicapped shall be on site.
3. Required off-street parking spaces for all uses other than dwellings shall be located on the same lot as the use served, as an accessory use, or within a walking distance of one thousand feet, as either a permitted or a conditional use, depending upon the use provisions applicable to the zone in which such parking is located, and such parking shall be easily recognized for that project, such as but not limited to, signs, dedicated and improved pedestrian ways, and other identification as approved by the planning director.
4. Walking distance for purposes of subsections (B)(2) and (B)(3) above shall mean the distance from the front or main customer door of the building to the nearest point of the off-street parking facility assigned to such structure or use or part thereof, along the shortest and most convenient improved pedestrian walkway open to the user or users of such off-street parking space.
5. Whenever the planning director determines that sufficient spaces are available in a public parking facility within one thousand feet of a new business, he or she may accept a contract pursuant to Section 17.58.070(C) for such spaces in satisfaction of the off-street parking requirements of this chapter.
C. In order to be credited toward the parking requirements of any development, use, or structure, any off-street parking space located on a lot other than the lot on which the structure or use to be served is located must meet the following criterion:
1. Assurances as to the availability of remote parking spaces must be provided. Such availability shall be assured either by ownership of both the lot containing the structure or use to be served and the lot containing the off-street parking space by at least one common owner, or by a lease or other instrument providing for the availability of the parking space for not less than the actual lifetime of the structure or until a change of use or modification to an existing use occurs. An attested copy of any such instrument shall be filed with the planning department prior to approval of any building permit application affected by this arrangement for provision of required off-street parking. In addition, in either case, a document in a form approved by the city attorney shall be executed by the parties concerned, and recorded in the office of the Kern county recorder, serving as a notice of the restrictions under this code applying both to the lot requiring and the lot containing the off-street parking space, by virtue of this arrangement for provision of required off-street parking. (Ord. 4521 § 10, 2008)