HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 652ORDINANCE NO. 652
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING SECTIONS
17.55.005 THROUGH 17.55.200 OF THE BEAUNONT
MUNICIPAL CODE AND REPEALING 17.80.105(d)(5)
AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 17.55 TO THE MUNICIPAL
CODE ENTITLED OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOAFING
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Chapter 17.55, Sections 17.55.005 through
17.55.200, inclusive, and Sub -section 17.80.105(d)'5) of the
Municipal Code of the City of Beaumont are repealer..
SECTION 2: Chapter 17.55 is added to read as follows:
Chapter 17.55
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
Sections:
17.55.005
17.55.010
17.55.015
17.55.020
17.55.100
17.55. 105
17.55.110
17.55.200
17.55.205
17.55.210
Off -Street Parking and Loading - Intent.
General Provisions.
Minimum Standards for Off -Street Parking
Facilities.
Development Standards.
Plans and Specification to Prequis:.te Building
Permit.
Approval of Off -Street Parking Plan.
Occupation and Final Inspection of Building.
Loading Space General Requirements.
Schedule of Off -Street Loading Requirements.
Loading Area Development Standards.
17.55.005 Off-street parking and loading - intent. In
order to prevent or alleviate congestion, parking and loading
areas shall be provided in accordance with this section when a
building or structure is constructed or a new use is established.
Additional off-street parking shall be provided in accordance
with this section if an existing building is altered, or dwelling
units, apartments or guest rooms are added, or a use is
intensified by the addition of floor space or seating capacity,
or there is a change of use, at the time of such alteration,
addition, intensification or change of use. The nimber of
parking spaces and loading berths shall be in prop)rtion to the
need for such facilities created by the particular type of use.
Off-street parking and loading areas shall be laid out in a
manner that will protect the public safety and ensire their
usefulness.
17.55.010 General provisions.
A. Off-street parking and loading spaces wit adequate
ingress and egress thereof shall be provided for aiy new
structure and for any new use established; for any addition to or
enlargement of an existing structure or use; or for any change in
the occupancy of any structure or the manner in which any use is
conducted that would result in additional parking Dr loading
spaces to be required.
B. For any addition or any enlargement of an existing
structure or use, or for any change of occupancy or manner of
operation that would increase the number of parking or loading
spaces required, the additional parking or loading shall be
required only for such addition, enlargement, or change and not
for the entire structure or use except that no additional parking
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or loading shall be required where the total number of spaces
prescribed for the addition, enlargment, or change is less than
ten percent (10%) of the number of spaces prescribed for the use
as conducted prior to such addition, enlargement or change.
C. In any case where a parcel of land is use for more than
one purpose, there shall be provided parking and lcading spaces
under the terms of this Ordinance on the basis of the percentages
of the property used for such multiple purposes.
D. Where the application of the schedule results in a
fractional number of spaces, a fraction of one-half (1/2) or
greater shall be resolved to the next higher whole number.
E. All parking and loading areas required by this Ordinance
shall be maintained only for the duration of the u:e requiring
such facilities and they shall be used only for the temporary
parking of passenger vehicles not exceeding one torin capacity,
and for pedestrian ways, landscaping, parking structures,
permitted signs, and lights, and shall not be used for sale,
display, or repair of motor vehicles. Each parkinc area shall be
maintained in a clean and orderly manner, in good repair and with
spaces clearly marked. Temporary use of such spaccs and areas
for uses not specifically permitted may be permittE.d after public
hearing in each case under a conditional use permit..
F. For the purposes of this Chapter, gross floor area shall
not include enclosed or covered areas used for off-street parking
or loading.
G. Where a maximum distance is specified, such distance
shall be the walking distance measured from the nez.rest point of
the parking facility to the nearest point of the building or area
that such facility is required to serve.
H. No street set backs shall be used for required parking
spaces or loading spaces.
17.55.015 Minimum standards. Off-street parLing spaces or
areas required by this Chapter shall be provided in accordance
with the following minimum standards:
A. For one -family dwellings, two parking spaces within a
private garage on the same lot.
B. For multiple family dwellings, one covered parking space
for each studio apartment dwelling unit, for one o]: two bedrooms,
two parking spaces, one of which shall be covered, and two and
one-half parking spaces for each dwelling unit containing three
or more bedrooms, one of which must be covered. Such parking
shall be provided on the same lot or parcel for each dwelling
unit. Any resulting fractional space shall be resolved to the
next higher whole number. All covered spaces shalt_ be carports
or garages with a minimum clearance of nine feet in width and
twenty feet in depth per parking space and with a Maximum
clearance of ten feet in height.
C. For mobile home parks, two parking spaces for each
mobile home pad; at least one on the mobile home pad and covered
and the second within one hundred -fifty feet of tho mobile home
pad. Additional parking in a separate designated :storage area
shall be provided at the ratio of one parking space for every
five mobile home pads.
D. The parking requirements for Recreational Vehicle and
Travel Trailer Parks shall be the same per pad as .:hose for
Mobile Home Parks except the parking spaces need not be covered.
E. For motels, hotels, boarding houses, lodging houses,
fraternity or sorority houses, guest ranches, student
dormitories, student housing facilities, homes for the aged,
charitable or welfare institutions used for dwelli:ig purposes,
one parking space on the same lot for each individual sleeping or
living unit. In cases where larger units may be subdivided into
smaller units for individual use, there shall be a parking space
for each of the smaller units.
F. For hospitals, one parking space on the same lot for
each bed. For sanitariums, convalescent or rest homes and homes
for mental patients, one parking space on the same lot for each
three beds.
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G. For auditoriums, theaters, churches, stadiums, school
multi-purpose rooms, clubs, funeral chapels and otter places of
public assembly, one parking space for every three permanent
seats in the principal assembly area or room. Where no permanent
seats are provided, one parking space for every twenty square
feet of floor area in the principal assembly room. Such spaces
shall be located on the same lot.
H. For day care centers and nursery schools, one parking
space for every one hundred square feet gross floox space. Such
spaces shall be located on the same lot.
I. For elementary and junior high schools, two parking
spaces on the premises for every classroom plus any applicable
requirements in subparagraph (G) above.
J. For high schools, junior colleges and trace schools, ten
parking spaces on the premises for every classroom plus any
applicable requirements in subparagraph (G) above.
K. For every neighborhood or community shopping center (CN
Zone), at least three square feet of parking for every one square
foot of gross floor space. The parking area shall constitute an
integral part of the shopping center.
L. For offices, businesses and commercial buildings except
as otherwise provided, one parking space for each two hundred
square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area. Such
spaces shall be located on the same lot.
M. For banks, one parking space on the same :.ot or within
three hundred feet for each two hundred square feet: or major
fraction thereof of gross floor area. For an autoiiated teller
facility situated as part of its associated financ:.al
institution, there is no additional parking requirement beyond
that of the financial institution building itself. For an
automated teller facility situated independent of :.ts associated
financial institution, two parking spaces for the i:irst automated
teller station and one parking space for each additional station.
Parking must be on the same lot.
N. For furniture stores, household appliance stores,
drapery shops, plumbing stores, floor covering stores, motor
vehicle and machinery sales buildings, lumberyards, one parking
space for every seven hundred fifty square feet of gross floor
area. Such spaces shall be located on the same lois.
0. For restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, drive-in or
fast-food restaurants, take-out food establishments, bars,
nightclubs, taverns and similar uses, one parking space on the
same lot for each one hundred square feet or major fraction
thereof of gross floor area shall be provided; in addition to the
above requirement, drive-in or fast-food restaurants with
drive-through servicing facilities shall have on-s:.te space for a
minimum of ten automobiles in a stacking lane of al: least twelve
feet in width, two hundred feet in length, and independent of any
on-site parking, parking maneuvering areas, public streets,
alleys, or traffic ways serving other on and/or of:: -site uses.
P. For bowling alleys, five parking spaces on the same lot
for every one lane.
Q. For industrial and manufacturing establishments, one
parking space on the same lot for every three hund:ed fifty
square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area.
R. For warehouse and storage buildings, one parking space
on the same lot for every one thousand square feet or major
fraction thereof of gross floor area.
S. For outdoor sales, display or storage of motor vehicles,
mobile homes and similar items, five parking spaces plus one
additional parking space in a separate designated ;area on the
same lot for each one thousand square feet or major fraction
thereof of gross lot area.
T. For automobile service stations or center:, six parking
spaces on the same lot, plus four parking spaces f)r each service
bay on the same lot.
U. For contractor's storage yards in any zone, one parking
space on the same property for each four thousand Square feet of
net lot area or one parking space for each two hun3red fifty
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square feet of office space or one parking space for each five
hundred square feet of enclosed storage, whichever is greater.
V. For all outdoor sales, display or storage of times not
otherwise mentioned, one parking space per seller's stall plus
one parking space in a separate designated area on the same lot
for each five hundred square feet or major fraction thereof of
gross lot area.
W. For uses not specifically mentioned, the requirements
for off-street parking spaces shall be the same as for
similar -mentioned uses and the Planning Director shall determine
in writing the parking requirements for the proposed project. In
the event the determination of the Planning Directcr shall be
deemed unsatisfactory or unreasonable, the applicant may present
the matter to the Planning Commission in writing fcr posting on
the agenda of a regularly scheduled Commission meeting, for
determination.
17.55.020 Development standards for off-street parking
facilities. The following standards shall apply tc the
development of all parking facilities whether the Epace is
required or optional.
A. Dimensions and space indications.
1. Except as provided in subparagraph (2) below, each
required off-street parking space shall consist of a minimum
rectangular area nine feet wide by twenty feet lon<<, together
with drives, aisles, turning and maneuvering areas meeting the
established standards and specification of the Plar.ning
Department and having access at all times to a public street or
alley. No required parking spaces shall be tandem.
2. In parking lots or structures which serve
non-residential uses, thirty percent of the required spaces may
have a minimum rectangular area of eight feet wide by fifteen
feet long to accommodate small cars. Small car spaces shall not
be permitted to meet the off-street parking requirements for
residential uses. Small car spaces shall be fully enclosed by
striping and clearly marked "SMALL CARS ONLY".
3. All off-street parking spaces except for one and two
family residences shall be indicated by white painted stripes not
less than four inches wide or by other means acceptable to the
Planning Department. If ten or more parking spacers are provided,
and one-way aisles are used, directional signs or arrows painted
on the surface shall be used to properly direct traffic.
B. Surfacing. All parking areas and drivewa'rs used for
access thereto shall be surfaced as follows:
1. One and two-family residences. Where the residences
are located on parcels less than five acres in area, all parking
areas and driveways shall be paved with concrete, asphaltic
concrete, brick, or equal surfacing. If the parce:_ is five acres
in area, or larger, all parking areas and driveways may be
improved with at least three inches of decomposed qranite, or
equivalent.
2. All other uses. In commercial, mobile home park,
multi -family residential, or industrial use, all parking areas
and driveways shall be paved with:
a. Concrete surfacing with a minimum thickness of
three and one-half inches and shall include expansion joints, or
b. Asphaltic concrete surfacing compacted to a
minimum thickness of two and one-half inches.
C. Grading. All parking areas and driveways shall be
graded to prevent ponding and to minimize drainage run-off from
entering adjoining property without the permission of the owner
of the adjoining property.
D. Lighting. Parking area lighting may be required by the
Planning Department. If required, such lighting facilities shall
be located, with hoods provided and adjusted so as to preclude
the direct glare of the lights from shining directly onto
adjoining property or streets.
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E. Walls. All one and two-family parking areas, other than
those required for residential uses, which adjoin property zone
for residential use shall have a six-foot high solid masonry wall
installed in such manner as to preclude a view of the parking
area from such adjoining property, except that any walls within
ten feet of any street or alley shall be thirty inches high.
F. Landscaping. All parking areas shall be ]andscaped as
follows:
1. Required front and street side yards :hall be
landscaped and continually maintained and shall not be used for
off-street parking of vehicles or loading spaces. Turning and
maneuvering areas and entrance and exit drives to cuff -street
parking and loading areas shall be permitted. Any planting
within ten feet of any entry or exit driveway shal]. not be
permitted to grow higher than thirty inches.
2. In addition, where more than four automobile spaces
are required on a lot or a parcel of land, not les:; than three
percent (3%) of the interior parking lot area shat=. be
landscaped, not including parking lots located in enclosed
structures. Planting along the exterior perimeter of a parking
lot will not be considered as a part of the three percent (3%)
interior landscaping. At least one fifteen -gallon size tree for
every ten spaces or major fraction thereof shall be included in
the development of the landscaping program. All open areas
between any curbs, walls, and the property line shall be
permanently landscaped by the developer with suitable materials
and maintained by the property owner.
3. All landscape planter beds in parking areas shall be
not less than three feet in width and bordered by a concrete curb
not less than six inches or more than eight inches in height
adjacent to the parking surface.
4. Landscaped areas shall be distributed throughout the
entire parking area as evenly as is appropriate in the design of
the parking facility.
5. An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in
all landscaped areas to insure the proper maintenance of plant
materials. Hose bibs shall be placed at intervals of not less
than two hundred feet.
6. Where mature trees already exist, the parking lot
shall be designed to make the best use of this exi;;ting growth
and shade.
7. All parking areas abutting property lines except
those with a six-foot masonry wall shall have at Toast a three
foot landscaped planter area.
8. Landscaping shall include shrubs, trees, vines,
ground covers, hedges, flowers, bark, chips, decorating cinders,
gravel and similar material which will improve the appearance of
parking areas. At least eighty-five percent (85%) of the
landscaped area must be covered with growing plant materials.
The growing plant materials must achieve at least =fifty percent
(50%) coverage of the landscaped area within one y:ar of
planting.
G. Circulation and parking space layout.
1. The location and dimensions of aisle areas adjacent
to parking spaces shall be arranged in accordance with the
minimum parking standards outlined below.
2. For all uses other than one -family and two-family
dwellings, the parking layout shall be arranged so as to permit
vehicles to move out of the parking area without !Picking onto a
street or alley. For one -family and two-family dwellings
driveways shall be not less than ten unobstructed Eeet wide. For
all other uses driveways shall be not less than tw?nty-four
unobstructed feet wide.
3. Barriers meeting approval of the City Engineer shall
be provided to channelize traffic into travel lane3 and prevent
unrestricted movement through and across parking stalls.
4. No parking space shall be located within three feet
of any property line, except where a six-foot high masonry wall
is erected on the property line.
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5. Wheel stops shall be provided so that no portion of
any parked vehicle shall touch any wall, fence or tuilding, nor
shall project beyond any lot lines, or encroach on any sidewalk,
bounding such facilities.
6. Driveway locations on arterial highwals shall be
located to coordinate with future median openings in accordance
with the design standards established by the Division of Highway
design manual.
7. All parking spaces shall have access to a public
street directly or through a dedicated alley. Any alley used for
access to parking spaces shall be paved from street to street.
8. Parking spaces backing directly in to an alley shall
be set back a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from the property lot
line without any fence or other obstruction in thatsetback
between the parking space and the alley.
H. Enclosed buildings. Parking spaces located within a
completely enclosed building shall be provided with safe
entrances and exits, turning and maneuvering areas and driveways
meeting the standards and specifications of the Consmunity
Development Department. Driveways and turning and maneuvering
areas shall be paved with not less than two and one-half inches
of asphaltic concrete or an equivalent surfacing meeting the
specifications of the City Engineer and shall be mLintained in
good repair.
I. Surplus parking facilities to comply. Where off-street
parking facilites are provided but not required by this Title,
such facilities shall comply with the development :standards
specified in this Title except that the parking spaces for all
uses may have a minimum rectangular area of eight feet wide by
fifteen feet long when fully enclosed by striping and clearly
marked "SMALL CARS ONLY".
J. Handicapped Parking. All parking facilit:.es containing
five (5) or more spaces shall provide parking stal:_s or space (s)
for the exclusive use of vehicles which display a distinguishing
plate or placard pursuant to Section 22511.5 or 22511.9 of the
California Vehicle Code of a number, dimension and signage as
required by the laws and regulations of the State of California
and as set forth in the City of Beaumont Handicapped Parking
Regulation adopted and amended as necessary by resolution of the
City Council upon recommendation of the Planning Commission.
17.55.100 Plans and specifications prerequisite to building
permit. No building permit or license shall be issued for any
building or structure or use requiring parking spaces until plans
and specifications clearly indicating the proposed development,
including location, size, shape, design, curb cuts, lighting,
landscaping and other features and appurtenances o:: the proposed
parking area are approved by the Community Development Director
or, if so required elsewhere in this Ordinance, by the Planning
Commission.
17.55.105 Approval of off-street parking play'. A plot
plan, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17.70 )f this Title
shall be filed for approval of all off-street parking facilities,
except for one and two-family residences, unless t:.le off-street
parking facilities are approved as a part of a com?rehensive
conditional use permit or plot plan approval. Modifications to
the Circulation, Landscaping and Parking Layout requirements,
where conditions as described in Section 17.70.105(a) make it
impractical to require strict compliance with thes=_ requirements,
may be permitted through approval of a Variance.
17.55.110 Occupation and final inspection of building. No
building shall be occupied and no final inspection shall be given
by the building division of the Community Development Department
until off-street parking spaces are provided in ac2ordance with
the provisions of this Chapter.
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17.55.200 Loading space general requirements.
A. When the lot upon which the loading spaces are located
abuts upon an alley such loading spaces shall have access from
said alley. The length of the loading space may be measured
perpendicular to or parallel with the alley.
B. Loading spaces shall be so located and designed that
trucks need not back into a street.
C. No part of an alley or street shall be usEd for loading
excepting areas designated by the City for loading.
D. No loading space which is provided for the purpose of
complying with the provisions of this Ordinance shill hereafter
be eliminated, reduced, or converted in any manner below the
requirements established in this Ordinance, unless equivalent
facilities are provided elsewhere, conforming to tI.is Ordinance
or the Planning Commission shall determine that the. need for the
loading space no longer exists.
17.55.205 Schedule of off-street loading requirements.
A. All commercial and industrial establishmer.ts including,
but not limited to, retail stores, eating and drinking
establishments, lumberyards, warehouses, wholesale outlets and
manufacturing plants and other industrial uses:
Total square feet of Loading space required
gross floor area
5,000 to 20,000 1
20,001 to 50,000 2
50,001 to 100,000 3
For each 60,000 over 100,001 1 addit:.onal
B. Hospital, hotel, motel, nursing home, san_tarium, office
building, and similar institutions:
10,000 to 50,000 1
50,001 to 100,000 2
100,001 and over 3
17.55.210 Loading area development standards,
A. Each off-street loading space shall consi:;t of a
rectangular area not less than twelve feet wide by forty feet
long, and shall have an overhead clearance of not .Less than
fourteen feet. Each space shall have adequate turning and
maneuvering areas and shall have access at all tim,?s to a public
street or paved alley.
B. All off-street loading areas shall be constructed and
improved in accordance with loading area details on file with the
Community Development Department. Such details shell include,
but shall not be limited to: paving, drainage, circulation and
accessibility, bumpers, loading docks, markings ar13 other
vehicular control, lighting, walls, and screening adjoining
residential zones, landscaping and planting, and miintenance
shall be the same as set forth for parking areas i:z this Chapter.
C. Where off-street loading facilities are provided but not
required by this Ordinance, such facilities shall comply with the
development standards prescribed for required facilities.
D. Approval for loading areas shall be in the same manner
as required for parking plans as set forth in Section 17.55.105.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall take effect as provided by
law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this lh day of July , 1983,
upon the following roll call vote.
AYES: Council Member Bauer, Connors, Shaw, Waller and
Mayor Partain.
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
MAYO'' OF TH CITY C,F BEAUMONT
CERTIFICATION
I, Robert J. Bounds, City Clerk of the C:.ty of
Beaumont, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ord:.nance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Counci:. of said City
held on June 27 , 1988, and was duly adopted upon second
reading on July 11 , 1988, upon the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Council Member Bauer, Connors, Shaw, Waller and
Mayor Partain.
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
CITY CLERK, CITY 0 BEAUMONT
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