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Home My WebLink About92-01 Residential Parking and Open Space RequirementsORDINANCE NO. 92-1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 13 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING RESIDENTIAL PARKING AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS. 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 finds and declares as follows: WHEREAS, the current residential parking standards have been in place since 1972; and WHEREAS, recent surveys have indicated that automobile ownership and guest parking requirements exceed the parking provided for by the current residential parking standards; and WHEREAS, an increase in the parking requirement could cause a decrease in unit size unless the open space standard is also decreased commensurate with the parking increase; ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends Title 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as follows: SECTION 2: Subsection 1 of Section 13-140 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: 1-1. A minimum of forty (40) per cent of the total parcel area shall be reserved as open space. Required open space may be reduced to thirty-six (36) per cent of the total parcel area if: 1) at least ten (10) per cent of the driveway and required open parking is paved in a decorative nature and 2) the parking is provided in accordance with this ordinance (No.92-1) or a subsequent amendment." SECTION 3: Subsection 8 is hereby added to Section 13-142 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to read as follows: "8. Each unit shall be provided with 200 cubic feet of securable storage exterior to the unit. If this storage is provided within the garage or carport it shall be located under the direction of the Planning Division so as to not obstruct the required clear dimensions of the covered parking space (per the City of Costa Mesa Parking Design Standards) up to a height of 4 feet above the finished surface level of the parking stall." SECTION 4: Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph (a) Subsection 4 of Section 13-252 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: "The required open space shall be land areas that are not occupied by buildings, structures, parking areas, driveways, streets or alleys. Landscaped roof areas or decks may not be calculated as part of the required open space. Said open space shall be devoted to landscaping, preservation of natural features, patios, and recreational areas and facilities. Except that required open space may be reduced ten (10) per cent if: 1) at least ten (10) per cent of the driveway and required open parking is paved in a decorative nature and 2) the parking is provided in accordance with this Ordinance (No. 92-1) or a subsequent amendment. At least fifty (50) per cent of the required open space shall be designed for the common use of the residents of the planned development, except for small -lot, single-family development." SECTION 5• Subsection (a) of Section 13-545 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended as follow: "(a) At the time of the erection of any building and/or structure or at the time any such building or structure is enlarged or increased by adding additional bedrooms there shall be provided the following minimum off-street parking spaces with adequate provisions for safe ingress and egress and said parking spaces shall thereafter be maintained in connection with such building or structure and use of land." SECTION 6• Paragraph (2) of Subsection (a) of Section 13-545 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: "(2) R2, R3, R4, PDR -LD, PDR -MD, PDR -HD, PDR -UC and residential components of developments in the PDC and PDI zones. Required parking shall be per the following table; except that detached dwelling units on individual lots in the PDR -LD, PDR -MD, PDR -HD, and PDR -UC zones served by a public or private street with a roadway width (distance measured between opposite curb faces) of thirty-six (36) feet or more, shall provide parking according to section 13-545 (a)(1)." Paragraph (3) of Subsection (a) of Section 13-545 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby deleted. SECTION 8• Subsection (b) of Section 13-545 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby deleted. SECTION 9: Subsection (e) of Section 13-828 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Paragraph (3) to read as follows: 3 RESIDENTIAL PARKING STANDARDS UNIT SIZE COVERED OPEN PARKING GUEST PARKING (1) (2,3,4) PARKING (3,5) BACHELOR 1 0 .5 1 BEDROOM 1 .5 .5 2 BEDROOMS 1 1 .5 3 OR MORE BEDROOMS 1 1 1 1.5 1 .5 (1) If covered parking for apartments is provided in a parking structure and there is more than one parking apace in any parking structure, then there shall be no solid walls constructed to separate individual parking spaces. (2) Open parking spaces required by this Section shall be distributed throughout the project at convenient locations and shall be screened from view from any public right-of-way. (3) Individual driveways of at least 19 feet in length leading to two - car garages shall each account for no more than one (1) of the required open parking spaces. The garages shall be furnished with automatic garage door openers and roll up doors as appropriate under the direction of the Planning Division. (4) Open parking can be reduced by .25 apace per unit for one bedroom and larger unite if the covered parking is provided within either a carport or a parking structure. For purposes of this section, a parking structure shall be defined as: a structure designed and constructed to provide covered automobile parking where parking spaces are located in a common area with no walls or other physical separations between spaces. (5) Guest parking shall be clearly marked and permanently maintained for individuals visiting within the development. Guest parking may be reduced to .25 apace per unit for each unit above 50 in a large residential development. Paragraph (3) of Subsection (a) of Section 13-545 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby deleted. SECTION 8• Subsection (b) of Section 13-545 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby deleted. SECTION 9: Subsection (e) of Section 13-828 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Paragraph (3) to read as follows: 3 "(3) Required open space may be reduced to thirty-six (36) per cent of the total parcel area if 1) at least ten (10) per cent of the driveway and required open parking is paved in a decorative nature and 2) the parking is provided in accordance with this Ordinance (No. 92- 1) or a subsequent amendment." SECTION 10: Subsection (f) of Section 13-828 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: "(f) The required parking for condominium projects shall be provided per Section 13-545 and the following standards: (1) Automatic garage door openers shall be required for each garage. SECTION 11: Paragraphs (a) through (e) of Subsection (b) of Section 13-829 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code are hereby renumbered as Paragraphs (1) through (5). SECTION 12• Paragraph (3) of Subsection (b) of Section 13-829 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: "(3) Provisions to restrict parking upon other than approved and developed parking spaces and to require that garages be kept open and available for tenant parking shall be written into the covenants, conditions and restrictions for each project." SECTION 13: APPLICABILITY This Ordinance shall not apply to projects which have received Planning Approval (Development Review approval by Planning Division or other discretionary approval by Planning Commission) by January 20, 1992. This Ordinance shall not apply to future pre -occupancy conversion to condominiums of projects which were designed to condominium standards but have received Planning approval as apartments by January 20, 1992. SECTION 14: 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) 4 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 same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19day of , 1992. ATTEST: p -)Paw� A� y erc or zne city mayor o theCity or costa mesa Costa Mesa APPROVED AS TO FORM: u,c, tr,s lc•D City Attorney 5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) as. 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. 92-1 was introduced and considered section by section at a re ular meeting of said City Council held on the day of , 1992, and thereafter passed and adopted as a wle at a egular meeting of said Council held on the �t day o 1992, by the following roll call vote: Q� ' AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Alo-� ✓i " �� NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: %� IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand land affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this day of 1992. city Clerk and ex -off Iclo Crk of the City Council of the ity of Costa Mesa