ORD-2025-01 Development Code Effective January 25, 2025

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Supplemental Development Standards

the performance standards in the city’s stormwater technical manual are encouraged and can be utilized to offset the site’s overall impervious cover percentage. F. Pavement Markings. Parking lanes in parking lots must be clearly marked by paint, buttons, or other approved material, except that areas used solely for display of vehicles for sale or rental are not required to have marked parking lanes. G. Dead Ends and Turnaround Space. No parking lot or parking area shall be designed or constructed which ends in a dead end unless turnaround space of at least nine feet in depth is provided. H. Drainage. Parking lots shall be designed to drain to interior and perimeter landscaping islands. I. Off-Street Parking Dimensional Table. The following tables stipulate the required parking space and parking aisle dimensions for off-street parking lots.

2. A restaurant with drive-thru facilities must provide at least 8 queuing spaces for vehicles when 1 drive-thru lane exists and 6 spaces at each drive-thru when more than 1 lane exists. 3. A bank with drive-thru facilities must provide at least 3 queuing spaces per drive-thru lane. 1. Required parking spaces must be located on the same lot they are intended to serve except where specifically allowed under Section 7.1.3.3. 2. All on-site parking must be arranged so that no vehicle is forced to back into a public street (other than an alley) or across a public sidewalk. All maneuvering shall be on-site. 3. When off-street parking facilities are located adjacent to a public alley, the width of the alley may be assumed to be a portion of the maneuvering space requirement. 1. Parking spaces and drive aisles must meet the required dimensional standards. 2. Up to 25% of the required parking spaces provided may be compact spaces. All compact parking spaces must be clearly and visibly striped and labeled for compact car use only. 1. Off-Street parking spaces shall be reserved for the physically disabled in an amount not less than that required by the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. 2. Each parking space reserved for the physically disabled shall conform to the identification requirements of the state department of licensing and regulation promulgated under State law and the design specifications enumerated in the Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility guidelines.

B. Location

C. Layout

D. Accessible Parking Spaces for Persons with Disabilities.

E. Paving of Parking Areas. All required or provided parking, including outdoor display areas for the sale or rental of vehicles, shall meet City standards and specifications for all-weather surfaces. Permeable paving systems meeting

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San Marcos Development Code Amended: January 21, 2025