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HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-28 Amending Parking StandardsORDINANCE NO. 74-28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 13-616 COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD THE LIMITED INDUSTRIAL (ML), GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (MG), INDUSTRIAL PARK (MP), AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (MH) ZONES TO THE ESTABLISHED PARK- ING STANDARDS SECTIONS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds and declares that the newly created industrial zoning classifications re- quire parking standards.an,d parking area development standards to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the community. The City Council further finds and declares that the parking requirements estab- lished for the M1 and M2 zones adequately provide for the parking needs of the industrial community. Accordingly, Section 13-616 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is - hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 2. "Section 13-616- Ml, M2, ML, MG, MP, and MH Districts 1. Parking Space Requirements: Off-street parking spaces are re- quired in Ml, M2, ML, MG, MP, and MH zones according to the following formulas: A. Three (3) parking spaces shall be provided per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross building area for the first Twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of building. B. Two (2) parking spaces shall be provided per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross building area between twenty- five thousand and one (25,001) square feet and fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of building. C. One and one-half (1-1/2) parking spaces shall be provided per one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross building area over fifty thousand and one (50,001) square feet of building. 2. Parking Area Development Standard: A. Landscaping is required in Ml, M2, ML, MG, MP, and MH zones as follows: r� 1. All off-street parking facilities abutting a public right-of-way shall be bounded by a landscape strip for a minimum of ten (10) feet of ground area in width (except for walks and driveways which cross or encroach upon the required landscape area). 2. In any required off-street parking facility of more than ten (10) spaces, a minimum of fifteen (15) square feet of landscape area shall be provided per required parking space in excess of the first ten (10) parking spaces. 3. One tree (fifteen -gallon minimum -size) shall be in- stalled per two hundred (200).square feet of landscaped area. 4. All required landscaping shall be separated from paved areas by a six (6).inch high cement concrete continuous curb and shall be provided with automatic sprinkler facilities, which shall be maintained in an operative condition, all subject to the approval of the Planning Director. 5. A landscape plan (including planting material specifi- cation) shall be submitted to the Planning Department for approval, prior to any planting in said parking facilities. 6. Every site on which landscaping is required, according to this Ordinance,. shall be landscaped according to plans approved as specified herein and maintained thereafter in a sightly and well -kept condition, irri- gated periodically, trimmed, cultivated, vegetation replaced as needed, and cuttings and leaf droppings removed as often as necessary to insure a neat'and orderly appearance. 7. Every parking space shall be clearly marked and such markings shall be maintained in a visible and legible - 2 - manner. Concrete wheel stops may be required by the Planning Department. Any broken or'damaged wheel stop shall be replaced. 8. Parking spaces'and back-up aisles shall conform to standards in Exhibit "A" which areincluded herein by this reference and made a part thereof, unless an alternative plan is approved by the Engineering and Planning Departments. 3.. Reduction of Required Parking Prohibited: A. None of the.parking required by this Ordinance shall be sold, rented, leased, or otherwise removed from the common parking area serving the M1, M2, ML, MG, MP,_or MH improve- ment for which said parking was required. 4. Loading Areas: A. The loading area as provided for herein shall not encroach into the required building setback standard established for M1,.M2,.ML, MG, MP, and.MH zones. B. All loading areas or loading docks shall be screened from public view in'a manner approved by the Planning Department. SECTION 3. The parking requirements herein set forth for M1 and M2 zones shall only be in effect for so long as.,said.zones exist as land use designations and without further Council or Planning. Commission action, shall,cease to be requirements at.the time said zones are _phased out." SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take .effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its passage, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 1974. ATTEST: 6�/ City Clerk of the City of Cost esa - 3 - ayor of the City of Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I," EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. -74-2$ was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of April, 1974, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said'City.Council held on the 6th day of May, 1974, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Wilson, Hammett, Pinkley, Raciti, Hertzog' NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 7th day of. May, 1974. City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of Oe City Council of the City of Costa 61-sa - 4 - T 12'-r • HERRINGBONE 45° STANDARD INDUSTRIAL 2A SPECIFICATIONS CITY OF COSTA PARKING MESA