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Home My Public Portal AboutOrdinance 12-9621 1 1 ORDINANCE NO. 12 -962 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO TITLE 9, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE J: SECTION 9291: PARKING SPACES REQUIRED; AND TITLE 9, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE J: SECTION 9296.A: GENERAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKING AREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council determines and finds as follows: A. Based on testimony received from residents and business owners over the course of several years, and the commission of parking studies, the Council determines there to be a shortage of off street parking within the City sufficient to meeting the reasonable needs of residents, visitors to the City, and employees and customers of businesses within the City. The Council finds the off street parking shortage to be detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the residents and business of the City. B. In an attempt to alleviate the off street parking shortage, the City has acquired and developed several public parking lots in the downtown area, has allowed for resident parking by permit on several streets, has allowed loading zones for businesses, and has encouraged modes of travel other than by automobile. Despite these efforts, a shortage of available off street parking remains within the City. C. It is therefore necessary for the City to reduce the size of the non - residential off street parking spaces in order to allow the opportunity for existing properties and future developments to provide additional parking. Additionally, by allowing parking lots to have compact parking stalls would also provide an opportunity for businesses and developers to provide additional parking spaces. The City recently redesigned a public parking lot at the south east corner of Las Tunas Drive using the Los Angeles County parking space dimensions and was able to gain 11 additional parking spaces. Establishing parking standards for bicycle and motorcycle requirements would also help reduce the demand for parking and address the City's parking shortage. Additionally, the requirement to provide off street parking spaces for outdoor dining areas for restaurants and other food establishments conflicts with the City's vision of creating pedestrian oriented environments in the City's commercial areas. Section 9291 of Title 9, Chapter 1, Article J of the Municipal Code is modified to accomplish the purpose of providing additional parking spaces throughout the City. Also, Section 9296 of Title 9, Chapter 1, Article J of the Municipal Code is modified to allow more opportunities for pedestrian oriented environments. SECTION 2. Section 9291 and 9296 of Title 9 of the Municipal Code. Title 9, Chapter 1, Article J: Section 9291 and 9296 of the municipal code and are hearby amended to read as follows: A. TITLE 9 — Zoning Regulations CHAPTER 1— Zoning Code ARTICLE J — Off Street Parking Requirements 9291: PARKING SPACES REQUIRED: Use Number of Parking Spaces Required B. TITLE 9 — Zoning Regulations CHAPTER 1— Zoning Code ARTICLE J — Off Street Parking Requirements 9296: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKING AREAS: fourteen feet (14') wide. Guest parking spaces -in-- residential projccts shall be improved with grass spaces shall be provided with adequate ingress and egress. A. Size • 1. Residential parking spaces: a. Residential garage parking spaces shall be a minimum interior dimensions of ten feet (10') in width and twenty feet (20') in length. Required guest parking spaces for multi - family developments shall be a minimum of 14 feet (14') in width by eighteen feet (18') in length when abutted by walls or structures on both sides. Guest parking spaces that abut one wall or structure shall provide at least twelve feet (12') in width by eighteen feet (18') in length. Guest parking spaces shall be improved with qrasscrete or turf block material so as to be permeable. c. Residential garage parking for Second Unit Housing may be provided in tandem parking spaces with minimum interior dimensions of ten feet (10') in width by forty (40') feet in length. Each off street parallel parking space shall be at least twelve feet (12') in width and at least twenty feet (20') in length. 1 1 1 1 parking space for each 150 square feet of gross floor Fast food establishments with area, but there shall be no less than 5 parking spaces queued drive through service ! - • provided. - - - - • • . into the gross floor area Restaurants, bars, coffee shops, donut shops, and coffee and /or tea establishments, 1 parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area, but there shall be no Tess than 10 parking spaces ! which provide customer seating provided. - -'- e - . • B. TITLE 9 — Zoning Regulations CHAPTER 1— Zoning Code ARTICLE J — Off Street Parking Requirements 9296: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKING AREAS: fourteen feet (14') wide. Guest parking spaces -in-- residential projccts shall be improved with grass spaces shall be provided with adequate ingress and egress. A. Size • 1. Residential parking spaces: a. Residential garage parking spaces shall be a minimum interior dimensions of ten feet (10') in width and twenty feet (20') in length. Required guest parking spaces for multi - family developments shall be a minimum of 14 feet (14') in width by eighteen feet (18') in length when abutted by walls or structures on both sides. Guest parking spaces that abut one wall or structure shall provide at least twelve feet (12') in width by eighteen feet (18') in length. Guest parking spaces shall be improved with qrasscrete or turf block material so as to be permeable. c. Residential garage parking for Second Unit Housing may be provided in tandem parking spaces with minimum interior dimensions of ten feet (10') in width by forty (40') feet in length. Each off street parallel parking space shall be at least twelve feet (12') in width and at least twenty feet (20') in length. 1 1 1 1 1 2. Non - residential parking spaces: a. Standard parking spaces shall be a minimum of eight feet six inches (8' -6 ") in width by eighteen feet (18') in length. b. Compact spaces shall be a minimum of eight feet (8') in width by fifteen feet (15') in length. Not more than 25 percent of the required number of parking spaces, and any parking spaces in excess of the required number may be compact spaces. Compact spaces shall be distributed evenly throughout the parking area. c. When abutted by one wall or structure, parking spaces shall provide a one foot six inch (1' -6 ") buffer on each side and a two feet six inch (2' -6 ") buffer when abutted by walls on both sides. d. Each off street parallel parking space shall be at least eight feet six inches (8' -6 ") in width and at least twenty feet (20') in length. 3. Bicycle parking standards: a. Each bicycle parking space shall be at least two feet in width, six feet in length and a five foot aisle or buffer for maneuvering. b. New non - residential developments shall provide short-term bicycle parking of at least 5% of the required off- street parking, with a minimum of one two -bike capacity rack. c. New non - residential developments with 10 or more units shall also provide long -term bicycle parking of at least 5% of the required off - street parking. Long term bicycle parking shall be covered, lockable enclosures with permanently anchored racks or lockable rooms with permanently anchored racks. d. One required vehicle parking space can be utilized or substituted to provide up to eight bicycle spaces or two motorcycle spaces, not to exceed 10% of the required off street parking. 4. Motorcycle parking standards: a. Each motorcycle parking space shall be at least four feet in width and eight feet in length. b. One required vehicle parking space can be utilized or substituted to provide up to eight bicycle spaces or two motorcycle spaces, not to exceed 10% of the required off street parking. N. Design of Parking Areas: Off street parking facilities utilizing angled parking spaces shall comply with the dimensions specified in the following chart and diagram. Dimensions for angles not listed shall be determined by interpolation. (NOTE: existing charts and graphics to be replaced with new charts and graphics) n leof ark n degrees ; ..andard,Parking: aces fil 30 18' 17' 16' 12' 44' 45 18' 12' 19' 14' 52' 60 18' 9' -10" 20' 20' 60' 90 18' 8' -6" 18' 26' 62' Parallel 20' 20' 8' -6" 10' 27' ac aces (maximum 25/ "of requ►redparking spaces) 30 15' 16' 14' 12' 40' 45 15' 11' -4" 15' -6" 13' 44' 60 15' 9' -3" 16' -6" 16' 49' 90 15' 8' 15' 23' 53' *90 degree stalls use two -way aisle, one -way aisle prohibited coN- Qa Stall Depth Aisle Width Stall Depth Overall Width co c et g U Angle of Parking 1 1 1 1 1 SECTION 3. Severability. The City Council hereby declares that, should any provision, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance or any part thereof, be rendered or declared invalid or unconstitutional by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive legislation, such decision or action shall not affect the validity of the remaining section or portions of the Ordinance or part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have independently adopted the remaining provisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words of this Ordinance irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words may be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and to its approval by the Mayor and shall cause the same to be published according to law. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of October, 2012. ATTEST: City Clerk' I APPROVED AS TO F City Attorney I, Peggy Kuo, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 12 -962 was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City held on the 18th day of September, 2012, and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council at the regular meeting held on 2"d day of October, 2012 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Councilmember -Blum, Chavez, Vizcarra Councilmember -None Councilmember -Yu Councilmember -None