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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-57-79 PROVIDING FOR COMPACT CAR PARKING SPACES TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OFF STREET PARKINGNGE CITY NEWS: Please publish Wednesday, November 28, 1979 only and send PROOF PUBLICATION to City Clerk, 1',0. Box (.49, Orange, CaUl-om!a 92666,Ml\.IllL"'~_}_,__J.r~....<;l:~L"C,IT)'_".<~Ll:. RK ORDINANCE NO. 57-79 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTIONS 9125. 3(1),9125.3(3)(d), AND 9l25.3(3)(e) OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR COMPACT CAR PARKING SPACES TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OFF-STREET PARKING UNDER CERTAIN SPECIFIED CONDITIONS.WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Orange recommended to the City Council of the City of Orange that revisions be made to the off-street parking requirements of the Orange Municipal Code to allow for parking spaces for compact cars; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange directed Staff to prepare off-street parking Code revisions to implement the proposed revisions as outlined in the March 20, 1979 City Planning Commission transmittal; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to encourage the responsible use of compact car stalls by restricting such stalls to parking facilities associated with large commercial, office and industrial uses (i.e., employees and long- term parking land uses) I and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that long-term parking users are inclined to responsively utilize compact car stalls due to their familiarity of the location of such stalls, the potential for administrative control of such parking facilities,and the low turnover rate associated with long-term uses.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:SECTION I:Section 9125.3(1) of the Orange Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:1. Open parking stalls shall be not less than nine ( 9)feet wide and twenty (20) feet long.Except that parking for compact cars may be not less than eight (8) feet in width and sixteen (16) feet in length if all of the following conditions are met:a) The compact car parking stalls are clearly marked for compact car parking with letters six (6)inches high on the surface of the parking facility. The compact car parking stalls shall be located within reasonable proximity to the facility in order to encourage use of the compact car parking stalls.b)c)Notice shall be posted to direct compact cars to the III- j, f ie',_, it Wi!) I alt f I f' I I Il:~',10': i f f f: t X#i: Il f f~~\ w: f' F j 01' I' P,;' j f: d) Faci1iti~s with ten (10) or more parking spaces may ~rovl.de up to twenty (20) percent of its parkl.ng use by compact cars. Facilities with less than ten (10) parking spaces will be required to provide full size, nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet, parking spaces. e) Utilization of compact car parking stalls to satisfy off-street parking requirements shall be subject to the review and approval of the Director of Planning and Development Services.SECTION II:Sections 9125.3(3)(d) and (e) of the Orange Municipal Code are amended to read as follows:d) Twenty-five (25) feet wide for ninety ( 90) degree parking.e) Two-way aisles shall be a minimum of twenty-four ( 24)feet.SECTION III:This ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15)days after its passage in the Orange City News, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Orange, and shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage.ADOPTED this 20th dayof November, 1979.ft~o~~Mayor of the Cityof Orange ATTEST: w OOi 6S~City C1er of th ci f range Wi ff J I' I,: t ii I\{ I J:, i'; tA'f'il STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ss CITY OF ORANGE I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange,California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on the 13th day of November, 1979, and thereafter at a regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the 20th day of November, 1979, was duly passed and adopted by the followingvote, to wit:g}BARRERA, SMITH, MAYOR HOYT, BEAM NONE PEREZ I'COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: F W AYES:NOES:ABSENT:WITNESS my hand and seal this 21st day 0: Novem~ e~~: 7_ 9~ _--"J~~~City Clerk of the City of Orange k Ji 0",,", it :iii,::i; X!,);':-i~I':~ i'::ii~ J I~ B-Wi,i''"; i,