Los Angeles Municipal Code

SEC. 12.21. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

facility is licensed, whichever provides the greater number of automobile parking spaces. (3) Clinics, as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1202, medical office buildings and other medical service facilities shall provide one automobile parking space per 200 square feet of total floor area. (4) Any institution providing a mixture of medical services, such as a combined hospital/clinic facility, shall meet the requirements for automobile parking spaces as if each portion of the facility were an independent entity. (5) (Added by Ord. No. 178,063, Eff. 12/30/06.) Any Eldercare Facility shall meet the following requirements for automobile parking spaces for each housing type within the facility. Housing Type Required Parking For Each Housing Type (whether or not included within an Eldercare Facility) Senior Independent Housing 1 automobile parking space for each dwelling unit Assisted Living Care Housing 1 automobile parking space for each dwelling unit or 1 automobile parking space for each guest room Skilled Nursing Care Housing 0.2 automobile parking space for each guest bed Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care Housing 0.2 automobile parking space for each guest bed (e) For Auditoriums. There shall be at least one automobile parking space for each five seats contained within any theatre, church, high school, college or university auditorium, or general auditorium, stadium or other similar place of assembly. Where there are no fixed seats in the auditorium or place of assembly, there shall be one parking space for each 35 square feet of floor area (exclusive of stage) contained therein. (f) For Elementary Schools. There shall be one automobile parking space on the same lot with each classroom contained in any elementary school. (g) Location of Parking Area. The automobile parking spaces required by Paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) hereof, shall be provided either on the same lot as the use for which they are intended to serve or on another lot not more than 750 feet distant therefrom; said distance to be measured horizontally along the streets between the two lots, except that where the parking area is located adjacent to an alley, public walk or private easement which is easily usable for pedestrian travel between the parking area and the use it is to serve, the 750-foot distance may be measured along said alley, walk or easement. (Amended by Ord. No.