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EVERETT 2044 <br />DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS <br /> <br /> <br />6/17/2025 <br />DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS <br />Page 237 <br />feet, or fifty percent of the lot frontage width, whichever is less. However, a minimum driveway 1 <br />width of ten feet will be allowed in all cases.where a driveway is permitted, a minimum driveway 2 <br />width of ten feet will be allowed; 3 <br />2. Sidewalk Design/Driveways. Where new driveways and/or sidewalks are installed within the public 4 <br />right-of-way, the sidewalk pattern shall carry across the driveway. 5 <br />19.34.120, PARKING AREA DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 6 <br />A. Parking Design Specificatfons. The minimum requirements for parking stall and aisle dimensions, 7 <br />striping, pavement thickness, and subgrade shall be as set forth in the city design standards. 8 <br />B. Surfacing. 9 <br />1. All parking areas shall consist of durable surface materials approved by the planning director 10 <br />and city engineer. Depending upon site and soil conditfons, low impact development (LID) 11 <br />stormwater management facilitfes are encouraged, and may be required by the city’s 12 <br />stormwater management manual. 13 <br />2. Residentfal Exceptfon. For single-family and duplex uses, residentfal uses with six or fewer 14 <br />dwellings on a property, nonrequired vehicle parking that is located outside of the front and 15 <br />street side setbacks areas may use surface materials in accordance with city design standards 16 <br />including grass block pavers and reinforced grass paving systems; provided, however, that 17 <br />parking in the area between a street-facing facade and the street must be on a paved surface as 18 <br />allowed by EMC 19.34.110(C). 19 <br />3. Dimensional exceptfon. Existfng, legally established vehicle parking spaces established prior to 20 <br />June 6, 2024 are not required to be resized or modified to meet current parking requirements, 21 <br />except for compliance with the Americans with Disabilitfes Act, per RCW 36.70A. 22 <br />C. Landscaping and Screening. Landscaping and screening for parking lots shall be in accordance with 23 <br />the standards of Chapter 19.35. Parking of trucks or fleet vehicles is considered off-street parking for the 24 <br />purposes of calculatfng the parking lot interior landscaping required by Chapter 19.35 EMC. 25 <br />D. Tandem and Lift Parking. In residentfal zones (R-S, R-1, R-2, R-2(A), UR3 and UR4), no more than two 26 <br />required parking spaces serving the same dwelling unit may be parked in tandem. See Figure 3 for 27 <br />illustratfon. For all uses of parking systems that lift or stack individual vehicles, each vehicle 28 <br />accommodated by the stacker counts as an individual parking space. Tandem parking, which means 29 <br />parking spaces in a series without independent access, may be used for nonrequired parking. For 30 <br />required residentfal parking, each space must be no less than 20 feet in length and each dwelling unit ’s 31 <br />assigned vehicle parking space must have independent access. Neither tandem nor lift parking may be 32 <br />used for required ADA parking stalls. 33