§ 22.50.030. Residential off-street parking.

A.

Required residential off-street parking spaces shall consist of an uncovered parking area, garage, carport, or combination thereof; and shall be located on the premises they are intended to serve. Pervious materials may be used, per Chapter 15.05.

B.

Required parking spaces and driveways shall have a hard surface as approved by the approving authority, such as concrete, asphalt or turfstone, except that driveways served by gravel roadways, and auxiliary parking spaces in excess of required parking, may be surfaced with gravel, hardscape or may be of approved impervious or pervious materials. Driveways served by gravel roadways and auxiliary parking spaces in excess of required parking may be surfaced with pervious materials approved in the current Thurston County Drainage Design and Erosion Control Manual (DDECM). Gravel parking areas and driveways shall be designed to not track material into the public right-of-way to the satisfaction of reviewing authority and shall have a hardscape surface apron a minimum of five feet wide adjacent to hard-surfaced public roads.

C.

Off-street parking spaces for single-family units and duplexes shall not be allowed within required yard areas, except within an approved driveway which is at least five feet from the adjoining property line or shared with the neighboring lots.

D.

Existing lots of record one acre or larger in size, located in a residential zone, and legally established prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives shall have the option of using gravel as a surface material for off-street parking spaces and driveways, however, pervious materials as allowed in the Drainage Design and Erosion Control Manual (DDECM) are preferred.

(Ord. 11669 § 4 (part), 1998; Ord. No. 15390, § 1(Att. A, § AJ), 11-29-2016)