20.28.060 Access and parking.
A. New Streets. Sites in excess of one acre shall be designed to provide block and street patterns consistent with the adjacent properties and/or surrounding contextual environment. New streets shall establish a pedestrian-friendly interconnected street network, with no block face exceeding 400 feet in length.
B. Pedestrian Access. Pedestrian access from the public right-of-way shall be incorporated into all development within the mixed-use zones. The design of new projects shall promote walkability and connectivity to include design and orientation standards such as:
1. A system of pedestrian walkways shall connect all buildings on a site to each other, to on-site automobile and bicycle parking areas, and to any on-site open space areas and pedestrian amenities.
2. Lighting shall be incorporated along sidewalks or other pedestrian walkways to enhance the pedestrian environment and provide for public safety. Lighting shall be low mounted and downward casting in a manner that reduces light trespass onto adjacent properties.
3. Connections between on-site walkways and the public sidewalk shall be provided. An on-site walkway shall connect the primary building entry or entries to a public sidewalk on each street frontage. Such walkway shall be the shortest practical distance between the primary entry and sidewalk, generally no more than 125 percent of the straight-line distance.
C. Vehicle Parking.
1. Surface parking shall be located on the interior side or rear of the site to the greatest extent practicable. Surface parking between the sidewalk and buildings shall be prohibited.
2. Any parking structure with at least one floor of parking at grade or above, and which contains primary property frontage along a primary street, shall incorporate wrapped retail businesses with shopping windows viewable from the sidewalk along the ground floor, or two or more of the following features:
a. Display or shopping windows;
b. Landscape material (e.g., foundation plantings, vertical trellis with vines, planter boxes with cascading landscape material) that results in the parking structure being adequately screened from adjoining parcels;
c. Architectural detailing and articulation that provides texture on the façade or structure openings and effectively integrates the parking structure into the basic building design; and/or
d. Artwork such as sculptures, murals, and mosaics.
D. Bicycle Parking. Bicycle parking shall be provided for new development consistent with this section.
1. Residential Bicycle Parking. Secure bicycle parking facilities shall be provided for residential units consistent with CalGreen Building Code Standards. Acceptable parking facilities shall be located convenient to the street and must include:
a. Covered, lockable enclosures with permanently anchored racks for bicycles;
b. Lockable bicycle rooms with permanently anchored racks;
c. Lockable, permanently anchored bicycle lockers.
2. Commercial Bicycle Parking (Tenant). For buildings with over 10 tenant-occupants, secure bicycle parking shall be provided consistent with CalGreen Building Code Standards, with a minimum of one space. Acceptable parking facilities shall be located convenient to the street and must include one or more of the following:
a. Covered, lockable enclosures with permanently anchored racks for bicycles; and/or
b. Lockable bicycle rooms with permanently anchored racks; and/or
c. Lockable, permanently anchored bicycle racks.
3. Commercial Bicycle Parking (Visitor). If the project is anticipated to generate visitor traffic, permanently anchored bicycle racks shall be provided within 100 feet of the primary entrance. Such parking shall be readily visible to passers-by. Bicycle parking shall be provided consistent with CalGreen Building Code Standards, with a minimum of one two-bike capacity rack.
E. Driveway Abutting a Building Wall Facing Side or Rear Yard. Wherever a permitted driveway abuts a wall of a building facing a side or rear yard area, that portion of the wall shall be located at least 20 feet from the lot line.
F. Entrances. When nonresidential and residential uses are located in the same building, separate pedestrian entrances shall be provided for each use. The entrances for nonresidential uses shall be designed to be visually distinct from the entrances for residential uses. (Ord. 690 § 4 (Exh. A), 2018).