HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-19 Concerning Small Car Parking and Commercial Parking RequirementsORDINANCE NO. 85-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, INCREASING THE AMOUNT
OF SMALL CAR PARKING ALLOWED FOR NON -RETAIL
DEVELOPMENTS, RENUMBERING SECTIONS DEALING WITH
COMMERCIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND CLARIFYING
WORDING OF SECTIONS DEALING WITH APPLICABLITY
OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
The City Council finds and declares as follows:
1. The percentage of small cars in the vehicle population has
increased over the years and small cars now out -number large cars in Costa
Mesa.
2. Parking facilities serving frequent, long-term parkers can func-
tion effectively with a greater percentage of small -car parking spaces than
can facilities serving infrequent, short-term parkers.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends
Title 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as hereinafter set forth:
SECTION 2.
1. R -,locate and renumber the following sections as indicated:
Old Number Title New Number
13-561 Shopping Center Parking
13-553 Parking Hrquirements for Uses Not Specified
13-560 mall Car Parking
13-558 Handicapped Parking
13-557 Location
13-555 Parking Spaces Permanently Available for
Automobile Parking
13-556 Declaration of Land Use Restriction
13-553
13-555
13-556
13-557
13-558
13-560
13-561
2. Amend the first paragraph of Section 13-546 to read:
°DEVELOPMENT STANDNRDS.
All parking shall be provided in accordance with the following
development standards: ..."
3. Amend Section 13-547 to read:
" SMALL CAR PARKING.
For projects with more than fifteen (15) unassigned parking spaces,
forty (40) per cent of all unassigned spaces may be small car spaces.
Said small car spaces shall amply with City of Costa Mesa standards
and shall be clearly marked "SMALL CAR ONLY" under the direction of
the Director of Development Services. Unassigned parking spaces shall
include all guest spaces in condcaninium developments and all parking
spaces in excess of one covered space per dvtielling unit in apartment
developments. Additional parking may be designated as 'unassigned'
when and as authorized by the Planning Commission by Conditional Use
Pennit. All parking in excess of City requirements may be small car
spaces."
4. Amend Section 13-560 (old number)/13-556 (new number) to read:
"SMALL CAR PARKING.
For projects with more than fifteen (15) spaces, twenty-five (25)
percent of required parking may be small car spaces. All spaces in
excess of City requirements may be small car spaces. Said small car
spaces shall comply with City of Costa Mesa standards and shall be
clearly marked 'SMALL CAR ONLY' under the direction of the Director of
Development Services. The distribution, location, and marking of
small car spaces shall be subject to the approval of the Director of
Development Services.
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Where parking is clearly designed to serve long-term, repeat
parkers (e.g. employees), the Zoning Administrator may approve small
car parking to a maximum of forty (40) percent as a minor Conditional
Use Permit as. provided for elsewhere in this title."
5. Amend Section 13-569 to read:
"SMALL CAR PARKING.
For projects with more than fifteen (15) spaces, forty (40) per-
cent of required parking may be small car spaces. All spaces in
excess of City requirements may be small car spaces. Said small car
spaces shall comply with City of Costa Mesa standards and shall be
clearly marked 'SMALL CAR ONLY' under the direction of the Director of
Development Services."
6. Amend Section 13-544 to read:
"APPLICABILITY
The provisions of this article shall apply to residential projects
in the R1 -W, R1, R2, R3 and R4 zones and to the residential portions
of developments in the Planned Development zones. Parking for non-
residential uses in these zones shall be provided as required else-
where in this title for such uses."
7. Amend Section 13-551 to read:
"APPLICABILITY
The provisions of this article shall apply to the AP, CL, Cl, C2,
C1S, and TC zones, to commercial portions of developments in the
Planned Development zones, to uses listed in Section 13-552 regardless
of the zone in which they are located, and to mixed-use developments
in all zones."
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8. Amend Section 13-559(g) to read:
"Parking spaces and back-up aisles. Parking spaces and back-up
aisles shall conform to 'City of Costa Mesa Parking Standards' which
are included herein as Exhibit A and which may be amended from time to
time by resolution of the City Council following receipt of the report
and recaromendation of the Planning commission and upon a duly noticed
public hearing, unless an alternative plan is approved by the Director
of Development Services."
9. Amend the first paragraph of Section 13-564 to.read:
"APPLICABILITY
The provisions of this article shall apply to the MG and MP zones
and to industrial portions of developments in the Planned Development
zones."
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days
from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen
(15) days from 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 or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to
be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text
of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5)
days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen
(15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the
aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a
certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names of the members of
the City Council voting for and against the sam.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of July, 1985.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa sa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
WASPOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
CITY ATTORNEY
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 fore-
going Ordinance No. 85-19 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meting of said City Council held on the 17th day of June,
1985, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the lst day of July, 1985, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Hertzog, Hornbuckle, Schafer, Hall, Wheeler
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa -Mesa this 2nd day of July, 1985.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of to
City Council of the City of Costa Vla
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