CI
HOMER,
City
Manager/City Planner
ORDINANCE 09-12(A)
AN ORDINANCE OF MBIISSIONS
WHEREAS,
offOff-street
parking standards have changed since the adoption of the City’s current
off-street parking requirements in 1988, to reflect, among other things, the
maneuverability of modern vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the The 1989
Comprehensive Plan Chapter 3, 35 action item 2.3.1 states
“Provide a parking review of all site plans for businesses and site plans submitted with an
application for a City building permit”;;”
and
WHEREAS, adequate Adequate parking
is essential to accommodate commerce, but too much parking is detrimental to
the visual aesthetics of the community and to pedestrian access; and
WHEREAS,
the
The Town Center Plan calls for reduced
impervious surfaces, reduced contiguous parking lots, encourages joint or
shared parking and encourages decreasing
parking requirements; and
WHEREAS, the The Town
Center Plan states, “Revise City parking requirements to accommodate on-street
parking, parking pockets, shared parking, and off-site parking.”
NOW, THEREFORE,
Section
1. Homer City Code 21.03.040, Definitions
used in zoning code, is amended by adding the following definitions:
"Aisle"
means an area within a parking lot that is reserved exclusively for ingress,
egress and maneuvering of automobiles.
"Arterial" means a street
whose principal function is the transmission of vehicular through-traffic, that
performs a major role in serving the transportation needs of the community, and
that is identified as a "major arterial" or "community
arterial" in the Homer Roads and Streets Master Plan.
"Driveway" means
the aisle are within a parking lot which abuts designated parking spaces and
which is reserved exclusively for ingress, egress and maneuvering of automobiles
in and out of those spaces.
“Guest room”
means a single unit for the accommodation of guests without kitchen or cooking
facilities in a bed and breakfast, rooming house, hotel or motel.
“Joint
use parking area” means a parking lot that contains required off-street parking
spaces for more than one lot.
“Kitchen” any room or part of a room
intended, or designed to be used for cooking or the preparation of food. The presence of a range or oven, or utility
connections suitable for servicing a range or oven, shall be considered as
establishing a kitchen.
"Parking stall" is synonymous
with "parking space."
“Senior housing” attached or detached
independent living developments, including retirement communities,
age-restricted housing and active adult communities.
Section
2.
“Parking space” is a space in a parking lot that is reserved for the parking of a vehicle.
Section
3. Homer City Code Chapter 21.55, Off-street
parking, is enacted to read as follows:
21.55.010 Purpose.
a. Promote
public safety, convenience, comfort and welfare by establishing minimum standards for safe and efficient
off-street vehicle parking, avoid unnecessary interference with the public use
of streets, reduce traffic hazards and provide for safe traffic circulation,
and
b. Differentiate parking requirements applicable to specific areas within the City.
c.
Allow a reduction in the
total number of parking spaces required when a mix of land uses have varying
peak periods of parking demands.
21.55.020 Design standards. Off-street parking required by this chapter shall conform to the design standards in this section.
a. Parking stall and aisle dimensions. Subject to the remainder of this subsection:
1. All parking stalls shall be at least 9 feet in width, and have an area of at least 171 square feet.
2. All
parking stalls and aisles shall have the minimum dimensions shown in Figure 1.
FIGURE 1
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Parking Angle
(degrees) |
Stall Depth (feet) |
Aisle Width (feet) |
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Car-to-Wall Stalls |
Interlocking Stalls |
One Way |
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0 (parallel) |
24 |
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12 |
|
21 |
|
45 |
19 |
16 |
16 |
19 |
57 |
|
60 |
19 |
18 |
16 |
20 |
58 |
|
90 |
19 |
18 |
24 |
24 |
62 |
3.
4.
b. All parking stalls and aisles shall be free of any obstruction that impedes their full use for their intended purpose. No wall, post, guardrail or other obstruction that would restrict car door opening shall be located within five feet of the centerline of a parking stall.
c. Except as this chapter permits otherwise, the entire parking lot, including parking stalls and aisles, shall be located on private property and not in any public right-of-way.
d. A
parking lot shall have appropriate means of vehicular access to an adjoining street
or alley, and adequate maneuvering area within the parking lot. Except for parking that serves only a
single-family or duplex dwelling and parking in a setback area that is
permitted under that vehicle ingress to, and egress from,
the parking lot is possible by forward motion, and turnaround areas approved by
the city planner shall be provided within a parking lot if necessary to meet
this requirement.
e. Each point of entry to a parking lot
from a street or alley, or exit from a parking lot to a street or alley, shall
meet the visibility clearance standards in HCC 21.73.200.
f. Cut-off
luminaires shall be used in all parking lot lighting that is installed at a
height of 15 feet or more above grade.
g. An area used for commercial or industrial parking, loading or servicing shall be screened from view from any adjoining residential zoning district or lot used for residential purposes by a wall, fence or planting of adequate height to screen the parking, loading or servicing area.
h. A
parking lot for a multi-family dwelling that contains 10 or more spaces shall be
screened from view from any adjoining residential zoning district or lot used
for residential purposes by a wall, fence or planting of adequate of height
to screen the parking lot.
21.55.030 Parking in setback
areas. Off-street parking required by
this chapter may be located in a setback area, subject to the following
requirements:
a.
b.
21.55.040 Construction standards. All off-street parking required under this chapter shall be constructed in accordance with the standards in this section.
a.
b.
c. A parking lot shall contain directional, traffic control and other signage where the city planner determines it to be necessary to inform members of the public using the parking lot.
21.55.050 Location of parking areas. All off-street parking required under this chapter shall be located in accordance with this section.
a. Off-street parking for a single-family, duplex or multi-family dwelling shall be located on the same lot as the dwelling.
b. Off-street parking required for a use other than a single-family, duplex or multi-family dwelling shall be located within 700 feet of that use, measured from the lot where the use is located to the lot where the parking is located, along the shortest distance on public or private rights-of-way that are improved and will be maintained to provide lawful pedestrian access between the lots. Off-street parking that is not located on the same lot as the use for which it is required shall meet the standards for off-site parking in HCC 21.55.060.
21.55.060 Off-site parking. a. Off-site parking may be used to satisfy the off-street parking requirements in this chapter only where permitted under HCC 21.55.050, and only to the extent that space for required off-street parking is not available on the same lot as the use for which the off-street parking is required.
b. Off-site
parking must be located in a zoning district where it is a permitted use.
c. A
sign not exceeding nine square feet in area advising customers of the location
of the off-site parking shall be posted prominently on each building that uses off-site
parking to meet off-street parking requirements for customers. In addition, a sign of similar size, set back
a minimum of ten feet from the right-of-way, shall be posted at the lot containing
the off-site parking, identifying it as parking for customers of the particular
business.
d. Unless
the off-site parking lot and the lot containing the use served by the off-site
parking are owned in fee simple by the same person, the off-street parking lot
shall meet the one of the following requirements:
1. A
writing executed by the owners of the off-site parking lot for the benefit of
the owners of the lot containing the use served by the off-site parking shall
be recorded in the Homer Recording District containing substantially the
following statement:
In
accordance with the requirements of Homer City Code Chapter 21.55, the
____
parking spaces on the property identified and described in this instrument as
the Parking Parcel have been designated as off-street parking for the benefit
of the property identified and described in this instrument as the Benefited
Property.
2.
21.55.070 Joint use of
off-street parking.
a.
b. Unless the off-street parking lot and all lots containing the uses served by the off-site parking are owned in fee simple by the same person, the off-street parking lot shall comply with the requirements of HCC 21.55.060(d)(1).
c. If
the off-street parking is off-site parking with respect to a use that it
serves, the off-street parking shall comply with the requirements of HCC 21.55.050
and 21.55.060 with respect to each such use.
21.55.080 Use of required off-street parking spaces. All required off-street parking spaces shall be used only for parking of operable vehicles of the residents, customers or employees of the related use. Required off-street parking spaces shall not be used for storage of boats, abandoned or inoperable vehicles, dumpsters or other objects.
21.55.090 Required number of
off-street parking spaces. a.
|
Use |
Parking Spaces Required |
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1. Dwellings. |
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2. Bed and
Breakfast. |
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3. Rooming
house. |
One per two guest rooms for the
first five guest rooms, plus one per each guest room in excess of five. |
|
4. Dormitory. |
One per two beds. |
|
5. Hotel, motel. |
One per guest room. |
|
6. |
One per three indoor seats. If there is no fixed seating, one per 100
square feet. One per 10 seats of seasonal
outdoor seating. |
|
7. Drive thru espresso stands,
mobile food vendors and other establishments that sell food and beverages
prepared to order for consumption off the premises. |
One employee parking space and
three spaces not within a sidewalk or the traveled portion of a right-of-way for
queuing motorists. |
|
8. Retail stores, furniture and
appliance stores, hardware stores, food stores, markets, shopping centers,
household equipment, service shops, clothing, shoe repair or personal service
shops. |
|
|
9. |
One per three hundred square
feet of gross floor area. |
|
10. Warehouses and storage
buildings. |
One per three thousand square
feet of gross floor area. |
|
11. Churches, mortuaries, funeral
homes. |
One per five seats. |
|
12. Manufacturers and processors. |
One per thousand square feet of
gross floor area. |
|
13. Rest homes, convalescent homes,
nursing homes, assisted living or similar uses. |
One per three beds plus 2 per
dwelling unit of an onsite caregiver. |
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14. Bowling alley. |
Four per bowling lane. |
|
15. |
One per stall, plus one per
employee. All vehicles in the custody
of the operator of the business for service, repair, storage, sale or other
purposes shall be stored on the premises or in a separate vehicle parking lot
and shall not be parked on a public right-of-way. |
|
|
Senior High: One per employee plus one per ten students based on maximum classroom capacity. Elementary School and Junior
High: One per employee plus ten for visitor parking. |
|
17. Day-care facility. |
One per three hundred square
feet of gross floor area, but not less than two. |
|
18. Auditoriums (including school
auditoriums), theaters, exhibition halls, stadiums, sports arenas and other
places of public assembly. |
One per four seats and one per hundred
square feet of floor area used for assembly and not containing fixed seats. |
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19. Parks. |
As determined by the commission
based on anticipated usage. |
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20. Mixed uses. |
See subsection (c) of this section. |
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21. Skating rinks. |
One per two hundred fifty feet
of gross floor area. |
|
22. |
One per vehicle in the taxi
fleet plus one per two employees. |
|
23. Impound yards: |
One per employee plus two for
customer parking. |
b.
c. If more than one use is present on a
lot, the number of required off-street parking spaces shall be equal to 75% of
the sum of the number of required off-street parking spaces for each use
computed separately, unless the commission approves a lesser number.
d. When the number of required parking spaces for a use is based upon seating capacity, each chair and each twenty-four inches of pew, bench or similar seating space shall be counted as one seat. When the number of required parking spaces for a use is based on the number of employees, the number shall be determined using the shift during which the greatest number of employees is present during peak season.
21.55.100
Homer Spit parking requirements.
a.
b. HCC 21.55.050 and 21.55.090 do not apply on the Homer Spit.
c.
d. Parking for year-round permanent employees, up to a maximum of five
spaces, shall be provided on the same lot for each non-residential use. Off-site parking shall be used to provide any
additional parking spaces that are required for year-round permanent
employees.
e. Required off-street parking may be located off-site in a City-owned multiple use parking area if the city planner determines the parking area will adequately serve the use, considering the following factors in relation to the use to be served:
1. Proximity of the off-site parking facility;
2. Ease of pedestrian access to the off-site parking facility;
3.
4. Whether the off-site parking will be used by employees, retail customers, all day charter customers, or other groups; and
5. Whether the off-site parking facility contains sufficient available parking spaces to accommodate the parking that the use typically requires.
21.55.120 Loading areas—Required a. Each lot containing a building or use that receives or makes deliveries shall contain off-street facilities for the loading and unloading of delivery vehicles that meet the requirements of this section.
b. Each loading area shall be situated and
of sufficient size to permit loading and unloading without interference with or
projection into any public right-of-way or parking area, except as provided in
subsection (c) of this section. Each loading
area shall be provided with convenient access to a public right-of-way.
c. No loading or unloading may be conducted in a required off-street parking area for more than four hours in any period of 24 hours.
Section 4. Homer City Code 21.70.020, Application, is
amended to read as follows:
21.70.020 Application. a.
Only the owner or lessee of the lot or a person authorized in writing by
the owner or lessee may apply for a zoning permit.
b. All applications for zoning permits
shall be on forms furnished by the City.
1.
2.
3. A narrative description of the intended use of the lot, building, or structure.
4.
5. If construction or a new or changed use
under a zoning permit will change the quantity or location of required
off-street parking, a survey, plat, or plan, drawn to a scale of not less than
1" = 20,' showing the actual dimensions of the lot, the exact location of
the buildings and structures erected or to be erected thereon, adjacent street
rights-of-way, utility easements and facilities, building setbacks, drainage, parking
lot ingress and egress points, driveways, parking lot aisles, and the number
and location of off-street parking spaces and loading spaces. Where off-site parking will be provided to
meet a requirement for off-street parking, a similar survey, plat or plan also
shall be provided for the off-site parking, accompanied by the document
required by HCC 21.55.060(e). A site
plan prepared according to HCC Chapter 21.73 may be substituted for the survey,
plat, or plan required by this subsection.
6. For new buildings or structures, or for
changes to the exterior dimensions of existing buildings or structures, the survey,
plat, or plan required by paragraph (5) of this subsection also plan and
elevation drawings of the buildings and structures erected or to be erected
thereon. A site plan prepared according
to HCC Chapter 21.73 may be substituted for the survey, plat, or plan required by
this subsection.
7. Copies of any building permits or other
permits required by applicable federal, state or local law or regulations.
8. Copies of approved plans or other submittals
that may be required by code, such as but not limited to,
9. Such additional information as the City
Planner shall require to enable
the City Planner to determine whether the application satisfies the
requirements for issuance of a permit.
10.
Section 5. Homer City Code Chapter 7.12, Off-Street
Parking, is repealed.
Section 6.
ENAC
CI
_____________________________
JAMES
C. HORNADAY, MAYOR
A
______________________________
JO JOHNSON, CMC, CI
YES:
NO:
ABS
ABSEN
First
Public Hearing:
Second
Effective Date:
Reviewed and approved as to form:
________________________ ____________________________
Walt E.
Wrede, City Manager