12.64.403 General Parking Requirements.
A. Location. The required vehicular parking shall be provided on-site or as indicated in BMC 12.64.402 Provision of Parking chart for each district in BMC 12.64.100.
B. Access.
1. Location.
a. Access to parking facilities and loading areas shall be provided from alleys or adjacent parking lots wherever existing or new alleys are available.
b. If alleys are not available, access to parking facilities and loading areas shall be provided from side streets wherever side streets are available.
c. If neither alleys nor side streets are available, access to parking facilities and loading areas may be provided from front streets.
d. Access to parking facilities and/or loading areas shall not be located along SR 527 or along Main Street between SR 527 and Kaysner Way. Developers are required to provide a side street(s) and/or an alley to provide access to parking facilities and/or loading areas.
e. The Director may allow alternate parking access location where adherence to the above regulations is demonstratively not feasible or where an alternate access point allows for other desirable outcomes, like preservation of historic buildings.
2. Curb Cuts and Driveways.
a. When access to parking facilities and loading areas are provided from front or side streets, the maximum number of curb cuts associated with a single development, except for detached single-family homes, shall be one two-lane curb cut or two one-lane curb cuts.
b. The maximum width of driveways/curb cuts is 12 feet for a one-lane and 24 feet for a two-lane driveway.
c. The total width of parking access openings on the ground level of structured parking may not exceed 30 feet.
d. Driveways shall be set back a minimum of five feet from adjoining properties, and a minimum of three feet from adjacent buildings, unless adjoining property owners share a driveway.
C. Parking Lots.
1. Parking lots built to the required building set back line must provide a decorative wall, fence, shrub, or hedge along the set back line to define the edge of the parking lot, in accordance with regulations for walls and fences in sections 12.64.305 and 306.
2. Parking lots shall be setback a minimum of five feet from the back-of-sidewalk. Setback shall have Type IV landscaping, as defined in BMC 12.18.040.
3. Parking lots shall be designed with convenient, safe, and efficient pedestrian connections to buildings entry areas and other pedestrian routes.
4. Parking lots shall be illuminated to increase safety and provide clear views both to and within the site. Lighting and planting plans shall be coordinated to avoid light pole and tree conflicts. Until citywide lighting regulations are updated, parking lot lighting should follow the recommendations of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES).
5. Surface parking lots shall be buffered from adjacent development with landscaping, utilizing shrubs, hedges or trees constituting Type I or II landscaping per BMC 12.18.040.
6. In order to provide shade and add trees to the downtown, trees shall be planted in surface parking lots to subdivide continuous rows of parking stalls at a minimum spacing of one tree every five spaces.
a. Trees shall be located between the sides of angled or perpendicular parking stalls. Trees planted between two abutting head-to-head parking stalls do not satisfy the requirement.
b. Trees shall be planted in curbed landscape islands or in flush tree wells with tree guards.
7. Wheel stops shall be used adjacent to tree wells and planter areas to protect landscaping from car overhangs.
8. Where vegetation-based low impact development best management practices such as bioretention facilities are proposed within parking lot landscaping, inlets shall be provided pursuant to the City of Bothell Design and Construction Standards and Specifications to allow storm water runoff to discharge to planting areas.
9. Lots shall provide clear pedestrian circulation routes to main building entrances and sidewalks. These routes shall be designed to include sidewalks and walkways with a minimum five foot width and be separated from vehicular areas by curbing and trees. Accessible car and van parking with signage and striping for access to the building shall be provided per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
D. Parking Structures. Parking Structures shall be located and designed to minimize their impact on public streets and public spaces. See BMC 12.64.500 Architecture Regulations for additional requirements and guidelines regulating parking structures, parking podiums, and garages.
E. Bicycle Parking.
1. Bicycle parking shall be provided for commercial land-uses at a ratio of one space per 5,000 square feet and for residences at a ratio of .5 space per bedroom. In mixed-used buildings, both requirements will apply to determine a total requirement. There is no reduction for “shared use” allowed. The required bicycle parking shall be provided in secure single-use lockers or limited access, lockable rooms.
2. The required secure bicycle parking shall be provided on-site or within 100 feet of the property.
3. Bicycle parking shall be designed in conjunction with pedestrian facilities and site furnishings. (Ord. 2200 § 2 (Exh. B), 2016).