The intent of the parking and sidewalk requirements are to ensure adequate parking for the occupants, employees, visitors, customers and patrons as well as provide pedestrian access to these areas at the same time protecting the health, safety and welfare of citizens. (Ord. 1073 § 3 (part), 2001).

A. 61. In all use districts, space for the off-street storage and parking and loading and unloading of motor vehicles shall be reserved and improved for use when any building or structure is erected, or when any building or structure is enlarged or expanded in height or ground coverage so as to increase the number of required parking spaces by ten percent over the number required prior to the enlargement or expansion.
2. Surface Requirements. Every required off-street automobile parking and truck loading and unloading space and necessary means of access to such space, such as driveways, shall be made permanently available for such purposes and shall be improved with asphaltic cement or concrete or combination of concrete and vegetation the length of the front yard setback and be well maintained.


B. Minimum Requirements:

C. Size of Parking Space. Each off-street parking space shall have a width of not less than nine feet and a depth of not less than twenty feet. Each space shall be provided with adequate ingress and egress.
D. Location. Off-street parking facilities shall be located on-site to the extent feasible. Any pre-marked on-street parking space immediately adjacent to a use may be counted toward fulfilling that use’s parking requirement. All required off-street parking spaces shall be located so as to not encroach in any required yard setback area, except that parking shall be permitted in the rear yard setback area excluding the side yard setback requirements.
E. Loading. In all commercial districts, every use which will require the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by truck or similar vehicle shall provide a space for the unloading and loading of goods and materials. Such space shall not be less than ten feet in width nor twenty-five feet in length. Such space shall be provided with adequate access to a public right-of-way.
F. Joint Use of parking and Loading Facilities. Joint parking and/or loading facilities serving two or more uses, structures, or parcels of land may be approved to the extent that the owners or operators of the uses, structures, or parcels are under separate ownership, the right to joint use of the parking space must be evidenced by a deed, lease, contract or other appropriate written document to establish the joint use.
G. Sidewalks. Sidewalks must be installed, repaired and maintained in all commercial zones in accordance with Kalama Municipal Code Chapter 11.04. (Ord. 1094 §§ 4, 5, 2002: Ord. 1073 § 3 (part), 2001).

In the case of mixed uses, the total requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately. Off-street parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required facilities for any other use except as hereinafter specified for a joint use. (Ord. 1073 § 3 (part), 2001).

Prior to the issuance of a building permit for any building or use requiring more than one parking space, a plan showing proposed and existing buildings and the layout, dimension, and number of parking spaces shall be submitted to and approved by the city’s building and planning department. (Ord. 1073 § 3 (part), 2001).

On every lot in a commercial or industrial district, and on any lot on which is conducted any public or semipublic use, there shall be provided space for the loading and unloading of goods and materials. Such space shall not be less than ten (10) feet in width nor twenty-five (25) feet in length. Such space shall be provided with adequate access to a public right-of-way. (Ord. 1073 § 3 (part), 2001).