1. Ingress and Egress. The location of all points of ingress and egress to parking areas shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer.

2. Backing Out Prohibited. In all commercial and industrial developments and in all residential buildings containing five (5) or more dwelling units, parking areas shall be so arranged as to make it unnecessary for a vehicle to back out into any street or public right-of-way.

3. Parking in Alleys. No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than eight (8) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.

4. Parking Spaces – Access and Dimensions. Adequate provision shall be made for individual ingress and egress by vehicles to all parking stalls at all times by means of unobstructed maneuvering aisles.

5. Surfacing. All parking areas shall be surfaced with permeable paving surfaces in conformance with the current City of Lakewood Storm Water Design Manual, asphalt, concrete or similar pavement so as to provide a surface that is durable and dust free and shall be so graded and drained as to properly dispose of all surface water.

6. Storm water management is required and shall comply with the current City of Lakewood Storm Water Design Manual and shall be subject to the City’s review and approval.

7. Parking shall be designed and constructed for a minimum of thirty (30) percent and a maximum of fifty (50) percent of the required number of spaces for compact size cars. An applicant must clearly identify all spaces designed and constructed for compact car use. The Director may approve the design and designation of more than fifty (50) percent of the spaces for use by compact cars if the applicant demonstrates that no adverse impact will result.

8. Parking area for land uses located outside the City shall be prohibited.

9. Community Design Requirements. Parking areas shall meet the applicable community design requirements of Chapter 18A.70 LMC, Article I.

10. Landscaping Requirements. Parking areas shall meet the applicable landscaping requirements of Chapter 18A.70 LMC, Article II.

11. Marking. The property owner shall identify required parking stalls, directional arrows and crosswalks within parking areas using paint or other methods approved by the approving authority. Crosswalk marking shall be provided consistent with the requirements of the Public Works Engineering Department. Paint is not permitted as a sole means of marking crosswalks. Display areas which are not required parking areas, such as a car dealership or rental display area, are not required to be marked as individual stalls.

12. An owner/developer may install parking spaces in phases if a phased schedule has been approved. This schedule must specifically indicate when the parking will be provided. The Director may permit the use of temporary parking areas with appropriate screening as part of a phasing schedule. In addition, the Director may require a performance assurance device to insure conformance with the requirements.

13. When adequate vehicular access to an approved lot or development is available from a side street, no such access shall be permitted from the front street. Where lots have double frontage, if vehicular access from a side street or a street of lower functional classification is not available, such access shall be from the street anticipated to carry the least amount of traffic or the street that would have the least conflict with pedestrian traffic.

14. Parking Area and Circulation Design.

15. Parking Places for the Physically Disabled. All parking lots regulated by this chapter shall be modified as necessary to provide parking places for the physically disabled as specified in the building code, including installation of curb ramps, signage and other required improvements.

16. Parking ratios for mixed use development projects shall be determined by calculating the percentage of GFA by use multiplied by the appropriate parking ratio for each use plus a five (5) percent parking reduction for two (2) uses, ten (10) percent parking reduction for three (3) uses and fifteen (15) percent parking reduction for four (4) or more uses.

17. All major employers or major worksites, as defined by RCW 70A.15.4010, shall designate at least five (5) percent of auto spaces as carpool spaces. These spaces must be located as close to the main employee entrance as possible and shall be called out on the site plan.

1. Quantity. All sites required to provide nonmotorized facilities shall provide bicycle parking spaces equal to five (5) percent of required automobile parking spaces for the first three hundred (300) required auto stalls and one (1) percent of auto stalls in excess of three hundred (300). Only customer and employee parking spaces shall be used to determine this requirement. In no case shall the amount be less than two (2) bicycle spaces.

2. Location. Bicycle parking shall be placed in a publicly visible location within fifty (50) feet of a primary building entrance. Bicycle parking shall not block pedestrian use of a walkway. Shopping centers or other multi-building developments may group bicycle parking in a unified location, provided the location is consistent with the other location requirements.

3. Exceptions.