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Agenda Item: 11(c) |
Prepared By: Daniel J. Smith, AICP, Director |
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Business: Discussion |
Department: Community Affairs/Growth Management |
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DISCUSSION -- Amendment to Sec 30-482 General Applicability regarding Off-Street Parking- Daniel J. Smith, AICP, Director
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Discussion item per direction from the City Council, Amending Section 30-482 - General Applicability, of the Land Development Code (LDC) regarding off-street parking, to only require additional parking to existing buildings for changes in use and/or intensity for eating establishments, drinking establishments, barbershops, salons, and similar personal care establishments where chairs determine parking requirements.
Property owners and agents attended the January 19th City Council meeting and asked that the parking requirements be relaxed for existing commercial buildings. If the Planning Board wishes to move forward with changes, the amended Ordinance will be advertised and brought before the Planning Board at the March meeting for a recommendation of approval to the City Council.
Staff has provided possible amendments below, eliminating the need for additional parking requirements in a change or enlargement of use except for “eating establishments, drinking establishments, barbershops, salons, or similar personal care establishments where chairs determine parking requirements.”
Sec. 30-482. General applicability.
Wherever in any zoning district off-street parking facilities are provided for the parking or display of any and all types of vehicles, boats or heavy construction equipment, whether such vehicles, boats or equipment are self-propelled or not, and all land upon which vehicles traverse the property as a function of the primary use (including "drive-in" facilities) hereinafter referred to as "other vehicular uses," such facilities and land shall conform to the minimum requirements of this article.
(1) Repair of existing building or use. Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided as set forth in this article. Conforming buildings and uses existing as of the effective date of this article may be modernized, altered or repaired without providing additional off-street parking or off-street loading facilities, provided there is no increase in floor area or capacity or change in use which would require additional off-street parking.
(2) Enlargement of existing building or use. Where a conforming building or use existed as of the effective date of this article and such building or use is enlarged in floor area, volume, capacity, or space occupied, off-street parking and off-street loading as specified in this article shall be provided for the additional floor area, volume, capacity, or space so created or used.
(3) Change of existing use Enlargement and/or conversion to eating establishments, drinking establishments, barbershops, salons, or similar personal care establishments where chairs determine parking requirements. Where a use and building existed at the effective date of this article, and the use is changed or enlarged to eating establishments, drinking establishments, barbershops, salons, or similar personal care establishments where chairs determine parking requirements, and where this article requires such later and changed use to have greater required off-street parking, then additional off-street parking shall be provided for the later and changed use as required under this article.
(Ord. No. 01-16, § 2, 10-1-2001)