HomeMy WebLinkAbout2228ORDINANCE NO. 0'<1,�C
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
establishing requirements for the number
of off - street parking spaces required by
various land uses, providing requirements
for development of those parking spaces,
establishing procedures for administration
of the Ordinance, providing penalties for
violation, and amending Sections 1
through 12 of Ordinance 1588, Sections 1
through 6 of Ordinance 2028, Section 1 of
Ordinance 2081, Section 1 of Ordinance 2097,
Sections 1 and 2 of Ordinance 2121, and
Section 1 of Ordinance 2184, and adding a
new Chapter to the Port Angeles Municipal
Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
ANGELES as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance 1588 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 1 - Definitions.
(1) The following terms shall have the designated meanings for
the purposes of this Ordinance, unless the context indicates
otherwise:
A. Standard car parking space - 1661 square feet of
parking lot area, 9' x 18'6" minimum in size, having
adequate access to a public street. No part of any
street right -of -way shall be considered part of any
standard car parking space.
B. Compact car parking space - 120 square feet of parking
lot area, 8' x 15' minimum in size, having adequate
access to a public street. No part of any street
right -of -way shall be considered part of any
compact car parking space.
C. Loading space - a space located adjacent to a building,
and large enough in area so that any truck or other
vehicle loading or unloading at such building will not
project into a street right -of -way.
D. Floor area - the leasable or habitable floor area or
space in a dwelling or building, excluding bathrooms,
toilet compartments, closets, halls, maintenance and
cleaning supply rooms, and equipment and machinery
rooms not used directly in the manufacture, production,
storage, or sale of goods or services.
(2) All other terms used in this Ordinance shall have the
meaning given to them by Ordinance 1709, as now enacted, or
hereafter amended, unless the context indicates otherwise.
Section 2. Section 2 of Ordinance 1588 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 2 - Parking Space Requirements - Generally.
For all land uses there shall be established and maintained
permanent off- street parking spaces, either on the zoning lot of
the use, or within 100 feet of the property boundaries of the
zoning lot. The required number of parking spaces shall be
determined as follows:
(1) The number of required spaces shall be determined by
reference to Sections 3 to 8.
(2) If applicable, Sections 11 through 14 shall then be used to
determine whether the number of spaces required by Subsec-
tion 1 of this Section is modified.
Section 3. Section 3 of Ordinance 1588 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 3 - Parking Space Requirements - Commercial.
(1) Banks, business and professional and governmental offices
shall provide 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of
floor area of the building.
(2) Bowling alleys shall provide 6 parking spaces for each
alley.
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(3) Child care services or day care centers, as defined in
Chapter 388 -73 WAC, as now enacted or hereafter amended,
shall provide 2 parking spaces plus 1 unloading space for
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those services or centers serving 12 or fewer children, and
1 parking space per employee plus 2 parking spaces for
unloading, for those services or day care centers serving
more than 12 children.
(4) Churches, mortuaries and funeral homes, shall provide 1
parking space for each 6 seats in the chapel.
(5) Dance halls shall provide 1 parking space for each 50 square
feet of floor area of the building.
(6) Food stores, markets and shopping centers shall provide 1
parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area of the
building, with a minimum of 10 parking spaces.
(7) Hotels and motels shall provide 1 parking space for each
sleeping unit.
(8) Research, bio- chemical, X -ray and dental laboratories shall
provide 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of floor
area.
(9) Medical, optometrical and dental clinics and /or offices
shall provide 6 parking spaces for each doctor.
(10) Other retail establishments, such as furniture, appliance,
hardware stores, household equipment, service shops,
clothing or shoe repair shops, snall provide 1 parking space
for each 200 square feet of floor area of the building, with
a minimum of 6 spaces.
(11) Restaurants, taverns, and any establishment for the sale and
consumption on the premises of food, alcoholic beverages or
refreshments, shall provide 1 parking space for each 100
square feet of floor area of the building, with a minimum of
10 spaces.
(12) Skating rinks and other commercial recreation places shall
provide 1 parking space for each 200 square feet of floor
area of the building.
(13) Telephone exchanges shall provide 1 parking space for each
employee, with a minimum of 6 spaces.
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(14) Theaters shall provide 1 parking space for each 3 theater
seats.
(15) Trucking and transportation terminals shall provide a
minimum of 10 parking spaces.
(16) Wholesale stores, warehouses, storage buildings, and motor
vehicles or machinery sales stores shall provide 1 parking
space for each 2 employees, with a minimum of 10 spaces.
Section 4. Section 4 of Ordinance 1588 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 4 - Parking Space Requirements - Industrial.
Manufacturing uses, including creameries, soft drink bottling
establishments, bakeries, canneries, printing and engraving shops
shall provide 1 parking space for each 3 employees, with a
minimum of 10 spaces.
Section 5. Section 5 of Ordinance 1588, Section 1 of
Ordinance 2028, Section 1 of Ordinance 2121, and Section 1 of
Ordinance 2184, are each amended to read as follows:
Section 5 - Parking Space Requirements - Public and
Institutional Uses.
(1) Clubs, fraternal societies, places of assembly, and
exhibition halls, without fixed seats shall provide 1
parking space for each 50 square feet of floor area of the
building.
(2) Hospitals shall provide 1 parking space for each bed.
(3) Libraries shall provide 1 parking space for each 200 square
feet of floor area, with a minimum of 10 spaces.
(4) Museums shall provide 1 parking space for each 300 square
feet of floor area.
(5) Outdoor sports area or parks without fixed seats shall
provide parking spaces as determined by Planning Commission
review.
(6) Parks and playgrounds shall provide parking spaces as
determined by Planning Commission review.
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(7) Preschools and kindergartens shall provide a minimum of 10
parking spaces.
(8) Public and private golf clubs shall provide a minimum of 40
parking spaces.
(9) Public swimming pools shall provide 10 parking spaces for
each 1,000 square feet of pool surface area.
(10) Riding academies shall provide 1 parking space for each 100
square feet of floor stable area.
(11) Elementary schools shall provide 1 parking spaces for each
classroom.
(12) Junior high schools shall provide 3 parking spaces for each
classroom.
(13) Senior high schools shall provide 6 parking spaces for each
classroom.
(14) Junior colleges shall provide 8 parking spaces for each
classroom.
(15) Stadiums, sports areas, auditoriums, and other places of
assembly, shall provide 1 parking space for each 3 seats.
Section 6. Section 6 of Ordinance 1588, Section 2 of
Ordinance 2028, and Section 1 of Ordinance 2081 are each amended
to read as follows:
Section 6 - Parking Space Requirements - Residential
Uses.
(1) Dormitories and apartment dormitories, shall provide 2
parking spaces for each sleeping unit.
(2) Rooming and lodging houses shall provide 1 parking space for
each sleeping unit.
(3) Sanitariums, convalescent homes, nursing homes, rest
homes, and homes for the elderly, shall provide 1 parking
space for each 3 beds.
(4) Single family, two and three family dwellings, and apartment
buildings, shall provide 2 parking spaces per dwelling unit.
(5) Trailer parks shall provide 2 parking spaces for each
trailer
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space.
Section 7. Section 7 of Ordinance 1588 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 7 - Parking Space Requirements - Unspecified
Uses. If a use is not otherwise specifically mentioned in Sec-
tions 3 through 6 of this Ordinance, the requirements for off -
street parking facilities shall be the same as the requirements
for off - street parking of the use which, as determined by the
Planning Director, has the most similar parking need and land use
characteristics.
Section 8. Section 8 of Ordinance 1588 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 8 - Parking Space Requirements - Compact
Allowance. When more than 10 off - street parking spaces are
required for a particular use, up to 50% of the required spaces
may be compact car parking spaces.
Section 9. Section 9 of Ordinance 1588 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 9 - Mixed Uses. In the case of a mixture of
uses on one zoning lot or in one building, the total requirements
for off - street parking facilities shall be the sum of the re-
quirements for the various uses computed separately. Off- street
parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as provid-
ing required parking facilities for any other use, except as may
be provided in Section 10 of this Ordinance.
Section 10. Section 10 of Ordinance 1588 and Section 2
of Ordinance 2121 are each amended to read as follows:
Section 10 - Cooperative Provisions. Parking
facilities may be cooperatively used by different land uses, when
the times of the use of such parking spaces by each use are
non - simultaneous.
Section 11. Section 11 of Ordinance 1588 and Section 3
of Ordinance 2028 are each amended to read as follows:
Section 11 - Parking Space Requirement Modification -
New Uses in New Building. For any new use in a new building, the
required number of parking spaces shall be determined by the
requirements of Sections 3 through 8.
Section 12. Section 12 of Ordinance 1588, Section 4 of
Ordinance 2028, and Section 1 of Ordinance 2097 are each amended
to read as follows:
Section 12 -- Parking Space Requirement Modification -
New Uses in Existing Structures. For a change in the use of an
existing building or structure, which change does not enlarge the
floor area, the off- street parking space requirements of Sections
3 through 8 of this Ordinance shall apply to the new use;
provided, however, that a change in the use of a building or
structure constructed prior to June 2, 1966, which building or
structure cannot meet the off - street parking requirements of this
Ordinance, shall be allowed, if the number of off - street parking
spaces required for the new use, as determined by Sections 3
through 8, does not exceed the greater of: (1) the number of
off - street parking spaces available for the use of the property
on June 2, 1966, or (2) the requirement of Sections 3 through 8
for the existing use of the building.
Section 13. Section 13 of Ordinance 1588 and Section 5
of Ordinance 2028 are each amended to read as follows:
Section 13 - Parking Space Requirement Modification -
Expansion of Existing Uses in Existing Structures. For an
expansion in the use of an existing building or structure which
enlarges the floor area, additional parking spaces need not be
established, if the following requirements are met:
(1) The use and structure or building, prior to its enlargement
or increase in floor area, is in conformance with the
parking space requirements of this Ordinance;
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(2) No previous modifications of parking space requirements
authorized by. this Section of this Ordinance have been
utilized;
(3) The number of parking spaces required by the floor area of
the addition, together with those required by the floor area
of the existing building, will not exceed 115% of the spaces
required for the expansion of the use or building. If the
number of spaces required exceeds 115 %, the required spaces
in excess of 115% shall be established and maintained.
Section 14. Section 14 of. Ordinance 1588 and Section 6
of Ordinance 2020 are each amended to read as follows:
Section 14 - Parking Space Modification Requirements -
Existing Uses in Existing Structures. Existing uses occupying
existing structures or buildings as of the effective date of this
Ordinance may continue until there is a change in use.
Section 15. A new section is hereby added to Ordinance
1588 as follows:
Section 15 - Improvement of Parking Spaces.
(1) Any parking spaces provided to comply with the terms of this
Ordinance, other than for single- family detached residences,
shall be improved in accordance with the following require-
ments:
A. They shall be contoured and drained so as to collect
the drainage on the site, and discharge the drainage by
an approved method to an approved drainage collection
system.
B. They shall be graded and paved with a hard surface
pavement of Portland cement concrete, asphaltic
concrete with a structurally adequate base, or other
hard - surface pavement acceptable to the Director of
Public Works. Wheel stops shall be installed where
necessary, to prevent encroachment upon public
rights -of -way.
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(2) The City may grant permission for temporary occupancy of a
building or structure, even though the parking spaces
required by Subsection (1) of this Section have not been
fully completed; provided, that an improvement bond
acceptable as to form and amount by the City Engineer and
the City Attorney is posted in the amount of the estimated
value of the construction of the parking facilities. Before
granting such temporary occupancy, the Director of Public
Works must determine that construction of the parking
facilities prior to occupancy of the building would not
represent sound construction practice, due to weather
conditions, availability of materials, and /or difficult site
conditions, and the acceptance of such bond is therefore
appropriate. Improvement bonds may be accepted for a period
not to exceed twelve (12) months. During the period before
final completion of the improvements, the parking facilities
provided shall at least be graded and graveled and be
maintained in a good condition.
(3) Uses requiring six or fewer spaces may occupy a building or
zoning lot for up to twelve (12) months before compliance
with Subsection (1)(B) of this Section, provided the parking
facilities shall at least be graded and graveled and be
maintained in a good condition. At the end of the 12 -month
period, the parking facilities must be in compliance with
Subsection (1)(B) of this Section, or a bond must have been
provided and accepted, in accordance with Subsection (2) of
this Section.
Section 16. A new section is hereby added to Ordinance
1588 as follows:
Section 16 - Parking Space Requirements - Variances.
(1) A variance from the parking space requirements of this
Ordinance, either as specifically provided by Sections 3
through 6 and 8, or as determined by the Planning Director
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for an unspecified use under Section 7, may be granted on
written request to, and after a public hearing by, the Port
Angeles Planning Commission. The Planning Commission may
impose such conditions upon the variance as it deems neces-
sary to comply with the purpose of this Ordinance.
(2) Such public hearing shall be conducted in accordance with
the procedures for a public hearing on the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Port Angeles.
(3) The determination of the Planning Commission shall be
subject to review by the City Council, upon the record
before the Planning Commission. The City Council may
affirm, affirm with further conditions, or reverse the
decision of the Planning Commission. The Council's decision
shall be in writing.
Section 17. A new section is hereby added to Ordinance
1588, as follows:
Section 17 - Building Permits. Before the granting of
a building permit for any new building or structure, or for any
enlargement or change of use in any existing building or struc-
ture, where the proposed use is subject to the requirements of
this Ordinance, the applicant for said building permit shall
comply with the requirements of this Ordinance. Compliance shall
consist of either of the following:
(1) Proof of the existence of, or the acceptance by the City of
a bond for the off - street parking spaces required by this
Ordinance; or
(2) Proof that the applicant is a participant in a parking
association which provides the total number of off - street
parking spaces which would otherwise be required from each
of the individual participating uses.
Section 18. A new section is hereby added to Ordinance
1588, as follows:
Section 18 - Use of Parking Spaces. Subsequent to the
issuance of a building permit, the number and location of parking
spaces used to satisfy the requirements of this Ordinance shall
not be changed, nor shall the use of the building or structure
for which the permit is issued be changed, without the issuance
of a revised building permit, including compliance with the
requirements of this Ordinance. Parking spaces used by a land
use to satisfy the requirements of this Ordinance shall only be
used for the parking of vehicles of customers and other users of
the building and land use authorized by the building permit, and
any permanent change in the use from that purpose shall require a
revised building permit.
Section 19. A new section is hereby added to Ordinance
1588, as follows:
Section 19 - Revocation of Permit
(1) A building permit issued pursuant to the terms of this
Ordinance shall be revocable by the City Manager, or his
designee, for violation of any of the provisions of this
Ordinance. Notice of the revocation of such permit shall be
given in writing, by ordinary mail, directed to the address
of the permit holder, as shown on the permit application.
(2) Upon revocation, the permit holder shall have a right of
appeal to the City Council. The holder shall, within ten
(10) days of the notice of revocation, give notice to the
City Clerk, in writing, the permit holder's intention to
appeal the revocation to the City Council. The Clerk shall
place the permit holder's appeal on the agenda of the next
regularly scheduled City Council meeting, and forthwith
inform the permit holder, in writing, the date, time, and
location of the meeting.
(3) The City Council shall hold a public meeting, at which the
permit holder may present testimony as to his compliance
with the terms of this Ordinance.
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(4) The City Council shall make written findings of fact, as to
the basis of any decision which it makes. The City Council
may sustain the revocation of the permit, reinstate the
permit with - conditions, reinstate the permit after a time
certain, or immediately reinstate the permit.
Section 20. A new section is hereby added to Ordinance
1588, as follows:
Section 20 - Penalty Clause. Any person in charge of
premises which violate any of the terms of this Ordinance shall
be prosecuted for the commission of a misdemeanor, for each day
he is in violation thereof.
Section 21. Sections 1 through 19 of this Ordinance
shall constitute a new Chapter in Title 14 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code.
Section 22. Severability. If any of the provisions of
this Ordinance, or its application to any particular person or
circumstances are held invalid, such invalidation shall not apply
to the application of the Ordinance to other individuals, or to
the remainder of the sections of this Ordinance.
Section 23. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the /19 day of
ATTEST:
1982.
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Marian C. Parrish, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
aig tiller, City A torney PUBLISHED: �,ez1-024 /,P
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