20.945.030 General Provisions.
A. Location of accessory vehicle parking in relation to the primary use. The location of off-street parking will be as follows:
1. Whenever possible, the required accessory parking shall be located on the same site as the primary use to which it is accessory.
2. When it is not feasible to locate all or part of the minimum accessory parking on the same site, the following shall apply:
a. Off-street accessory parking spaces for detached and attached single-family and duplex dwellings shall be located on the same lot with the dwelling(s), unless otherwise approved as part of a planned development, per Chapter 20.260 VMC.
b. Off-street accessory parking for multi-family dwellings shall be located no more than 300' from the building that they serve.
c. Off-street accessory parking lots for all other uses shall be located no further than 300' from the building or use that they are required to serve, measured in a straight line from the building with the following exceptions:
1. Commercial, institutional and industrial uses which require more than 40 parking spaces may provide for the spaces in excess of the required first 20 spaces up to a distance of 500' from the primary site, except that marine-related industrial uses such as Ports may locate all parking not associated with an office up to 1,000' from the use it is intended to serve;
2. Parks and recreational trails, where no maximum distance requirements are established.
3. Primary uses jointly using one or more parking facilities, as provided for in Subsection (B) below shall be required to comply with the requirements in Subsection (2)(a-c) above.
B. Joint parking. By means of a Type I procedure, as governed by Section 20.210.040 VMC, owners of two or more uses with legally established parking, may agree to utilize jointly the same parking and loading spaces on one or more lots when the peak hours of operation of the uses do not overlap, subject to the following:
1. The joint parking facility(ies) shall contain the same number of vehicle parking spaces required by the use which requires the greatest amount of parking per Section 20.945.070 VMC;
2. Satisfactory legal evidence shall be presented to the Planning Official in the form of deeds, leases or contracts to establish the joint use and be recorded with the Clark County Auditor’s Office against all properties involved;
3. If a joint use arrangement is subsequently terminated, or if the uses change, the requirements of this title shall apply to each use separately.
C. Parking in mixed-use projects.
1. Mixed-use projects shall include either uses that are contained in a building (vertical mixed-use) or in a group of single-purpose buildings that share a single parking facility (horizontal mixed-use).
2. The required minimum vehicle parking shall be determined using the following formula.
a. Primary use, i.e., that with the largest parking demand within the development, at 100% of the minimum vehicle parking required for that use in Section 20.945.070 VMC;
b. Secondary use, i.e., that with the second largest parking demand within the development, at 90% of the vehicle parking required for that use in Section 20.945.070 VMC;
c. Subsequent use or uses, at 80% of the vehicle parking required for that use(s) in Section 20.945.070 VMC.
D. Disabled-accessible parking and access. All parking areas and accessible routes of travel for the disabled shall comply with the standards of the State of Washington and the City of Vancouver applicable building code. (Ord. M-3643, 2004)