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Terms Used In 21 Guam Code Ann. § 61531

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Off-street automobile parking space shall be provided as follows:

(a) For dwellings, at least one (1) automobile parking space for each dwelling unit;

(b) For hotels, at least one (1) automobile parking space for each four (4) guest rooms;

(c) For places of assembly, such as churches,auditoriums or theaters with seating facilities, one (1) parking space for each four (4) seats;

(d) For places of assembly, such as restaurants or night clubs without fixed seating facilities, one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of customer area in such use;

(e) For retail sales of building materials, and goods requiring extensive display areas, industrial buildings and warehouses, one (1) parking space for each eight hundred (800) square feet of area in such use, exclusive of loading requirements;

(f) For retail and wholesale sales and services, exclusive of warehouse activity, at least one (1) space for each one hundred (100) square feet or portion thereof of usable commercial floor area;

(g) For professional and business offices, and public administration offices, one (1) parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet or portion thereof of floor area;

(h) For offices and clinics of healing arts, at least five
(5) spaces for each practitioner;

(i) For hospitals and nursing homes, at least one (1)
space for each two (2) beds;

(j) Three (3) spaces for every four (4) employees;

(k) To the extent practicable, each of the Subsections (a) through (j) shall provide at least one (1) marked parking space for use by bicycles equipped with a motor and motorcycles;

(l) Total parking requirements will be a total of all applicable elements in Subsections (a) through (k);

(m) Appropriate parking space for open space activities, such as: swimming beaches, picnic areas, campgrounds, boating areas, shall be determined by the Guam Land Use Commission;

(n) A minimum of one (1) bicycle parking space shall
be provided for each twenty (20) off-street automobile parking space. At a minimum, all bicycle parking spaces shall be provided in the form of bicycle racks with locking capability. Bicycle parking facilities shall be designed and installed to include:

(1) spaces that are a minimum of two (2) feet by six (6) feet per bicycle;

(2) the minimum number possible of potential conflict points between bicycle and motor vehicles;

(3) provision for the locking of bicycles to the rack or bicycle locker;

(4) adequate spacing for access to the bicycle and locking device when the spaces are occupied; and

(5) where possible, bicycle parking shall be located within view of building entrances/windows and/or security.

SOURCE: GC § 17350 as amended by P.L. 11-160, P.L. 12-142; P.L. 12-
163. Subsection (g) amended by P.L. 12-177. Amended by P.L. 30-186:2 (Aug. 28, 2010).

COMMENT: Although subsection (f) was amended by P.L. 12-163, the amendment was erroneously omitted from the 1974 Government Code Supplement, and prior publications of this section. Subsection (a) also was amended by P.L. 12-163 but the amendment was not reported in either the Government Code Supplement or earlier editions of this Code.

61531.1 Option for Compact Automobiles.

The off-street automobile parking space required under §§ 61531 and 61532 of this Chapter shall be laid out at the ratio of seventy-five percent (75%) for compact automobiles to twenty- five percent (25%) for standard-sized automobiles or at any greater percentage of compact automobiles.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 21-049:3. Amended by P.L. 22-123:3.