Sammamish Unified Development Code

Town Center | Development Standards—Parking and Circulation

a. Off-street parking areas shall contain at least one bicycle parking space for every 12 spaces required for motor vehicles except as follows: i. The director may reduce bike rack parking facilities for patrons when it is demonstrated that bicycle activity will not occur at that location. ii. The director may require additional spaces when it is determined that the use or its location will generate a high volume of bicycle activity. Such a determination shall include but not be limited to the following uses:

shall be provided. The director shall allocate the required number of parking spaces between bike rack parking and enclosed locker-type parking facilities. e. One indoor bicycle storage space shall be provided for every two dwelling units in townhouse and apartment residential uses, unless individual garages are provided for every unit. The director may reduce the number of bike rack parking spaces if indoor storage facilities are available to all residents. 6. On-street parking immediately adjacent to the property may be counted towards the parking requirement.

D. Shared parking requirements

a) Park/playfield;

The amount of off-street parking required by SDC 21.07.080C. may be reduced by an amount determined by the director when shared parking facilities for two or more uses are proposed, provided:

b) Library/museum/arboretum;

c) Elementary/secondary school;

d) Sports club; or

1. The total parking area exceeds 5,000 square feet;

e) Retail business (when located along a developed bicycle trail or designated bicycle route).

2. The parking facilities are designed and developed as a single on-site common parking facility, or as a system of on-site and off-site facilities, if all facilities are connected with improved pedestrian facilities and no building or use involved is more than 800 feet from the most remote shared facility; 3. The amount of the reduction shall not exceed 20 percent for each use, unless:

b. Bicycle facilities for patrons shall be located within 100 feet of the building entrance and shall be designed to allow either a bicycle frame or wheels to be locked to a structure attached to the pavement. c. All bicycle parking and storage shall be located in safe, visible areas that do not impede pedestrian or vehicle traffic flow, and shall be well lit for nighttime use. d. When more than 10 people are employed on site, enclosed locker-type parking facilities for employees

a. The normal hours of operation for each use are separated by at least one hour; or

528 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code

Effective | January 1, 2022

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