6.26.110 Minimum Parking Requirements.
After the effective date of this Section, parking for a rental dwelling shall conform to the following parking requirements:
(1) Parking and driveway areas for a rental dwelling shall be built as specified in Section 14.37.090, Provo City Code, and maintained in good condition.
(a) Paving shall be maintained so as to eliminate dust or mud, and shall be sealed, resurfaced, graded and drained to dispose of or infiltrate all surface water. Surface water drainage shall not cross a public sidewalk.
(b) The width of any nonconforming driveway existing prior to August 17, 2004, may continue subject to the standards in effect when the driveway was created. In no case, however, shall the paved width of a driveway be less than eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet.
(c) The requirements of this Subsection (1) shall not apply to a detached one-family rental dwelling. Provided, however, that any legally existing on-site parking for such a dwelling shall be maintained in good condition.
(2) The size of each parking space shall be:
(a) Eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet by eighteen (18) feet; or
(b) If smaller than eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet by eighteen (18) feet, the size required when the parking space was created. Provided, however, that a parking space subject to this Subsection shall always be at least seven and one-half (7 1/2) feet by fifteen (15) feet.
(3) Pavement thickness for a parking space shall be as follows:
(a) Asphalt: minimum of two (2) inches of asphalt and six (6) inches of road base.
(b) Concrete: minimum of four (4) inches.
(4) Each rental dwelling shall have on-site parking spaces which equal the greater of:
(a) The number of parking spaces required by applicable codes when the rental dwelling was created; or
(b) The number of legal parking spaces existing on August 17, 2004; or
(c) The number of parking spaces required to provide a parking space for every motor vehicle used by occupants of the rental dwelling. Vehicles owned or operated from such premises shall not exceed the number of legal off-street parking spaces required to provide a parking space for every motor vehicle used by occupants of a rental dwelling.
(5) Parking areas containing five (5) or more spaces shall be striped to clearly demarcate required parking spaces. Striping shall be at least three (3) inches wide and shall consist of white or yellow paint designed for this purpose.
(6) No off-street parking shall be permitted in a required front yard or street side yard except as follows:
(a) Tandem parking spaces for a one-family dwelling or a two-family dwelling may be located on a driveway in a required front or side yard provided such driveway leads to the minimum number of required covered off-street parking spaces which are located behind any required front or side yard setback.
(b) Nonconforming parking that has been established for front yard, side yard, or tandem parking not leading to covered parking, if permitted by applicable codes in effect when the rental dwelling was created, shall be permitted. A public sidewalk shall not be used for any portion of a parking space.
(7) An existing carport or garage may continue to serve as required off-street parking subject to the standards in effect when the carport or garage was created; provided, that the interior dimensions of a garage or carport shall in no case be less than nine (9) feet wide and fifteen (15) feet deep.
(8) Off-street parking for a rental dwelling shall be located on the same lot as the dwelling which it is required to serve. Required parking for multiple residential developments shall not be rented, leased or otherwise utilized by another dwelling unit or development with the intent of increasing the occupancy of a dwelling unit.
(9) In the case of mixed uses in a building or on a lot (commercial and residential uses), the total requirement for off-street parking spaces shall be the sum of the parking required for each use present in the building or on the lot.
(10) No parking lot as required by this Section shall be constructed or maintained or allowed within one hundred (100) feet of the closest bank of the Provo River at any location where the adjacent property to the river is part of the floodplain.
(11) Plans for proposed changes or additions to parking existing as of the effective date of this Section shall be submitted to the Development Services Department and approved prior to paving. Such plans shall be drawn to a recognized scale indicating the proposed parking including location, size, shape, design, curb cuts and shall show all structures located on the property.