21.18.300 Location of parking | Lynnwood Municipal Code

21.18.300 Location of parking.

Except as provided in subsection (A) of this section, off-street parking shall be located on the same lot or an adjoining lot or lots to the property being served. Parking stalls located on another property shall be within 300 feet of the property being served and not separated from the property by a street.

A. Exception – Remote Parking Lots. Customer and employee parking may be located on a lot more than 300 feet but less than 1,000 feet from the property and/or separated from the property by a street designated other than a principal arterial in the Lynnwood comprehensive plan when approved by the director. In considering any remote parking application, the director shall consider all factors relevant to the public interest, including but not limited to the following:

1. The distance from the building, business, or site to the proposed parking lot; and

2. That the pedestrian route to and from the parking lot is as direct and short as practical, provides for adequate pedestrian safety, which may include but is not limited to sidewalks, walkways, crosswalks, traffic and pedestrian signals and/or signs, lighting, and surveillance or patrolling if appropriate; and

3. That the parking lot meets all dimensional and landscaping requirements of this title.

1. Property that is more restrictively zoned (per LMC 21.40.900) may be used for ingress and egress from the public right-of-way to property in less restrictive zones upon approval by the director.

2. More restrictively zoned property may also be used for parking upon approval of the director if the director finds:

a. That the land to which such auxiliary use is subordinate is part of a comprehensively planned development subject to city approval; and

b. That the more restrictively zoned land is a reasonable and consistent extension of said plan; and

c. That it would not constitute or tend to induce a piecemeal encroachment of nonresidential uses into residential areas.

C. For purposes of this section, walking distance shall be measured using an approved pedestrian connection (i.e., not straight-line distance). (Ord. 2730 § 1, 2008; Ord. 2441 § 5, 2003; Ord. 2322 § 1, 2000; Ord. 2020 § 9, 1994; Ord. 1359 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1007 § 1, 1978; Ord. 722 § 1, 1973; Ord. 478 § 1, 1969; Ord. 285 § 2, 1966; Ord. 190 Art. VII § 7.1, 1964; Ord. 190 Art. XI § 11.1, 1964)