18.43.150 Parking Requirements.
Permitted uses not addressed under the following parking standards, including existing single-family dwellings as permitted per Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.43.020(C), shall be subject to the off-street parking requirements of Larkspur Municipal Code Sections 18.56.100(A) through (C):
A. Parking Requirements for Construction Resulting in New/Additional Floor Area.
1. Construction of new building(s) or additions to existing buildings shall provide parking on site, or, upon the granting of a use permit, off site through contribution to a parking assessment district or other means acceptable to the City. Parking shall be provided for the new floor area only at the following rates:
Retail/service: 2.6 spaces per one thousand (1,000) gross square feet
Restaurant: 7.0 spaces per one thousand (1,000) gross square feet
Offices: 2.5 spaces per one thousand (1,000) gross square feet
Residential: 1.0 space per dwelling unit
Hotel/inn: 1.0 space per guest bedroom
Senior housing: To the satisfaction of the Planning Commission based on unit mix, staffing, percentage of affordable units and other professional standards.
B. Parking Requirements for Existing Buildings. Unless sufficient parking is on site for all uses in all buildings at the rates established for new construction above in subsection (A)(1) of this section, intensified use of an existing building, as defined in subsections (B)(1), (2) and (3) of this section, requires additional on-site parking. In lieu of on-site parking, off-site parking may be provided through contribution to a parking assessment district or other means acceptable to the City, provided a use permit is first granted. Parking shall be provided for the intensified use area at the following rates:
1. The development of a residential use within an existing building requires one parking space per unit.
2. The use of a building or portion of a building as a hotel/inn requires the provision of one parking space for each guest bedroom.
3. When an existing building or portion thereof is used for a restaurant, or when an existing restaurant is incrementally expanded within the confines of the present building, 4.4 parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) gross square feet must be provided.
4. Conversion of existing residential units to commercial or office space requires the provision of parking at 2.5 parking spaces per one thousand (1,000) square feet of converted commercial or office space.
C. Nonconforming Parking Layout. Nonconforming parking layouts in existence on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter may be retained.
D. Retention of Existing Parking. On-site parking which is required to meet the needs of the site uses shall be retained. Site need is defined as the number of parking spaces that can be calculated using the rates in subsection (A) of this section as applied to all buildings on the site. Such required parking may be reconfigured in conformance with Larkspur Municipal Code Sections 18.56.150(A) through (C). Required parking proposed to be discontinued from a site may be located off site through contributions to a parking assessment district or, provided a use permit is first granted, other means acceptable to the City.
E. Parking Geometrics and Bicycle Racks.
1. Development of parking spaces associated with intensified uses per subsection (B) of this section shall be designed in conformance with Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.56.150(A) through (C), Dimensions of Parking Areas, Dimensions of Aisles and Driveways, and Turning Radii, Turn-Around Requirements.
2. Development of parking spaces associated with five thousand (5,000) gross square feet of new/additional construction per subsection (A) of this section shall be designed in conformance with Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.56.140, Bicycle Parking Requirements, and Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.56.150(A) through (C), Dimensions of Parking Areas, Dimensions of Aisles and Driveways, and Turning Radii, Turn-Around Requirements.
3. Development of parking spaces required for new construction, additions or intensified uses shall not be in tandem with other parking spaces. (Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 992 § 4, 2013; Ord. 939 § 7, 2004; Ord. 841 § 2 (part), 1993)