Site Design Standards (SDS)

SDS 6.15 Parking Location & Layout: Residential

SDS 6.15.1 Intent.

The visual impact of parking lots, parking structures, and garages from streets shall be minimized.

Standard:

SDS 6.15.2 Location.

• Off-street parking is prohibited between a building front of a primary building and a street or common open space.
• When possible, parking areas and parking structures shall be internalized in building groupings or oriented away from streets.

SDS 6.15.3 Parking Setbacks.

• See UDO 18.430.

SDS 6.15.4 Parking Blocks.

There shall be no more than 10 parking spaces without an intervening landscape island at least 9 feet wide. This block of 10 or less parking spaces shall be defined as a parking block for residential districts.

SDS 6.15.5 Detached Garages and Carports

• Detached garages and carports shall only be permitted in the interior of the property and not adjacent to the street; when it is necessary to site a detached garage and carport in a location that is visible from perimeter public streets, they shall be sited perpendicular to the perimeter public street.
• Storage areas are only permitted in detached garages and carports that are fully enclosed.

SDS 6.15.6 Attached Garages

• When possible, the driveway leading to each individual unit’s garage shall not exceed a grade of 7%.
• Garage Setback. To allow sufficient area for vehicles to be parked without interfering with internal circulation, the length of the driveway between the garage door and the sidewalk shall be at least 18 feet or shall be no greater than 5 feet. If there is no sidewalk, the length of the driveway between the garage door and the back-of-curb or roadway shall be at least 18 feet or shall be no greater than 5 feet.

SDS 6.15.7 Below-Grade Parking Access

• Access to below-grade parking shall not be located on a building front.
• Where access on a public front is necessary, the access drive shall not be wider than 24 feet.

Effective on: 1/1/1901