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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-64-79 DELEGATING OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT CERTAIN PARKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNINGCITY NEWS: Please publish WEDNESDAY, December 26, only and send PROOF OF OF PUBLICATION to City Clerk, P.O. Box 449. Orange, California 92666. Il~~:ti,._~I.'l'X_c:l~}:_13~ ORDINANCE NO. 64- 79 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNGIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTIONS 9125.6 AND 9125. 7 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE DELEGATION OF AUTijORITY TO GRANT CERTAIN PARKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.Amendment 6-79 CITY OF ORANGE WHEREAS, the City Council concurs with the Staff that requiring the Planning Commisison to approve joint parking and common facilities parking requests creates unnecessary delay in the development process; and WHEREAS, on March 5, 1979, the Planning Commission instructed Staff to initiate an amendment that "delegates to Staff the authority to approve certain applications, Le., day/ night parking and up to fifteen percent reduction in parking requirements for multi-use projects," and the City Council concurs in this recommenda tion; and WHEREAS, the City Council concurs with the Staff that the intent of Sections 9125.6 and 9125.7 can be upheld by vesting such discretionary authority with Staff.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:SECTION I:Sections 9125.6 and 9125.7 of the Orange Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows:Section 9125.6 Parking Requirements for Joint Use The Director of Planning & Development Services, or his designee may, upon application by the owner or lessee of any property, authorize the joint use of parking facilities by the following uses or activities under the conditions spec i fied herein:1. Up to fifty percent of the required parking facilities for a use considered to be primarily a daytime use may be provided by the parking facilities or a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use/ up to fifty percent of the required parking facilities for a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use may be provided by the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a daytime use, provided such reciprocal parking arrangements shall be subject to conditions set forth in 2.Up to twenty-five percent of the parking facilities required by this Chapter for an auditorium incidental to a,pub1ic.o: ~arochia1 school may be supplied by parkl.n~ facl.htl.es ~f a use considered to be primarily a daytl.me use, provl.ded such reciprocal parking area shall be subject to conditions set forth in Paragraph 4 below.3.The following uses are typical daytime uses: banks business offices, retail stores, personal service 'shops, clothing or shoe repair or service shops,manufacturing or wholesale buildings and similar uses.The following uses are typical of nighttime and/ or Sunday uses: Auditoriums incidental to a public or parochial school, churChes, dance halls, theaters, and bars.4.Conditions required for joint use:a) The building or use for which application is being made of authority to utilize the existing off-street parking facilities provided by another building or use, shall be located within one hundred fifty feet of such facility.b) The applicant shall show that there is no substantial confl ict in the pr incipa1 operating hours of the building or uses for which the joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed.c) Parties concerned in the joint use of off-street parking facilities shall evidence agreement for such joint use by a proper legal instrument approved by the City Attorney as to form and content. Such instrument, when approved as conforming to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder and copies thereof filed with the Building Division and the Planning Division.Section 9125.7 Parking Requirements for Common Facilities Common parking facilities may be provided in lieu of the individual requirements contained herein provided:1. The total of such off-street parking spaces, when used together shall not be less than the sum of the various uses computed separately, unless any such common facility is to occupy a site of five thousand ( 5,000) square feet or more, than the parking requirements as specified herein for each of two or more participating buildings or uses may be reduced by the Director of Planning &Development Services, or his designee, not more than fifteen percent.2. The plan of proposed parking area clearly indicating the proposed development, including location, size,shape, design, relationship to business sites to be served, curb cuts, lighting, landscaping, and other features and appurtenances of the proposed parking lot shall be approved by the Director of Planning & Development Services or SECTION II: 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 18th day of December 1979. J --. - ,..-, _ '''l :5; Mayor of the Cityof Orange ATTEST:7)~r~ ,~City Clerk of the Ci fy of Orange STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ss CITY OF ORA..'lGE I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California,DJ HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on the 11th day of December 1979, and thereafter at a regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the 18th day of December, 1979, was duly passed and adopted by the fOllowing vote, to wit:AYES:NOES:ABSENT:COUNCILMEN:COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: BARRERA, SMITH, MAYOR HOYT, PEREZ, BEA'i NONE NONE WITNESS my hand and seal this 19th day of December, 1979.J}~~Harilyn J. Jensen City Clerk of the City of Orange 3-