§ 16.40.090.4.1. Minimum number of bicycle spaces required.

A.

Bicycle spaces shall be provided as required in the following table.

Table of Bicycle Parking Spaces

Bicycle Parking Spaces Required
Use category	Short-term spaces	Long-term spaces
Residential, multifamily	2, or 1 per 20 units	1 per each unit
Residential, dormitory	1 per 20 bedrooms	1 per 2 bedrooms
Retail sales	2, or 1 per 5,000 sq. ft.	2, or 1 per 12,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Restaurant	2, or 1 per 5,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Office	2, or 1 per 40,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Manufacturing	None	2, or 1 per 15,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Warehousing	None	2, or 1 per 40,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Schools, grades 2—5	2, or 1 per 40 enrolled students	3 per classroom
Schools, grades 6—12	2, or 1 per 40 enrolled students	5 per classroom
Colleges	2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2, or 1 per 20,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Meeting hall and other community assembly facility	2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Child care centers	2, or 1 per 20 children	2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Commercial recreation, indoor, Studio	2, or 1 per 5,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2, or 1 per 12,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Commercial recreation, outdoor	None	10, or 1 per 20 motor vehicle parking spaces
Hospital	2, or 1 per 20,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2, or 1 per 50,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
House of worship, motion picture theater/cinema, Performing arts venue)	10, or 1 per 50 seats	8, or 1 per 200 seats
Motor vehicle service and repair, car wash and detailing, service, personal	2, or 1 per 20,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	2, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Mass transit center	10, or 1 per 5,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area	4, or 1 per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Note: Wherever this table indicates two numerical standards, the larger number applies.

 

B.

Exemptions.

1.

No long-term bicycle parking is required for a building with less than 2,500 square feet of gross floor area.

2.

Payment in lieu of bicycle parking:

a.

Payment of $83.00 is required for each required short- or long-term bicycle parking space that is not provided on site, including any site for which a variance is granted, in addition to any other conditions.

b.

New construction shall provide all required bicycle parking and may not make a payment in lieu of providing such required parking without a variance.

c.

If a site which has a change of use, or an addition or expansion is unable to provide all the required bicycle parking, it may use this option if the available buildable area after approval of the building permit or change of use is too small to provide all the required parking. The site must still provide as much on site bicycle parking as can physically fit on the remaining buildable area or in unused portions of the building (for long term parking). The POD may allow up to 10 percent of the required motor vehicle parking spaces to be converted to bicycle parking. The POD may allow up to five percent of other impermeable areas on site to be converted to bicycle parking if it does not impede pedestrian movement.

d.

Fund use and administration. Payments in lieu shall only be used to install bicycle parking and associated improvements in the right-of-way within a reasonable distance of the property making the payment in order to ensure that the bicycle transportation impacts which may be created by the business are mitigated.

(Code 1992, § 16.40.090.4.1; Ord. No. 203-H, § 18, 11-23-2015)