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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5556 ORDINANCE NO. 5556 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON AMENDING AUBURN CITY CODE SECTION 18.52.020 ENTITLED "REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING--MINIMUM STANDARDS" AND SECTION 18.52.030 ENTITLED "REDUCTIONS OF THE QUANTITY OF REQUIRED PARKING" CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 18.52 ENTITLED "OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING" CONTAINED IN TITLE 18 ENTITLED "ZONING" TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH AND THAT IMPLEMENT THE AUBURN DOWNTOWN PLAN. WHEREAS, in RCW 35A.11.020 entitled "Powers vested in legislative bodies of noncharter and char[er code cities", the Council of the City of Auburn has been provided the power to regulate its local municipal affairs appropriate to good government of the city; and WHEREAS, Chapter 35A.63 RCW entitled "Planning and Zoning in Code Cities" and RCW 35A.63.100 entitled "Municipal Authority" provides authority to the municipal legislative authority to implement those actions it deems appropriate to provide for a zoning ordinance and amendments thereto; and WHEREAS, the City of Auburn has been preparing an Auburn Downtown Plan since 1997 with substantial citizen involvement; and WHEREAS, the Auburn Downtown Plan identifies the need to promote the revitalization of Downtown Auburn and incorporates policies and implementation strategies to address this need; and WHEREAS, with the Auburn City Council's adoption of the Auburn Downtown Plan, it is appropriate to adopt development regulations to implement the policies and strategies of the Auburn Downtown Plan; and WHEREAS, the City now desires to amend Auburn City Code Section 18.52.020 entitled "Required Off-Street Parking--Minimum Standards" and Section 18.52.030 entitled "Reductions of the Quantity of Required Parking" contained in Chapter 18.52 entitled "Off-Street Parking and Loading" contained in Title 18 entitled "Zoning" to provide regulations consistent with and that implement the Auburn Downtown Plan; and O~inance No. 5556 May 21,2001 Page 1 WHEREAS, the proposed zoning code text amendments were transmitted to the Auburn City Planning Commission in February, 2001; and WHEREAS, pursuant to ACC 18.68.030, after proper notice was published in the City's official newspaper at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing, the Auburn City Planning Commission on March 6, 2001 conducted a public hearing on the proposed zoning code text amendments; and WHEREAS, at said hearing, the Auburn City Planning Commission heard public testimony and took evidence and exhibits into consideration of said proposed amendments; and WHEREAS, thereafter the Auburn City Planning Commission made certain revisions and then recommended approval of the zoning code text amendments to the City Council; and WHEREAS, after proper notice was published in the City's official newspaper at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing, the Auburn City Council, on May 7, 2001, conducted a public hearing on the proposed amendments; and WHEREAS, at said hearing, the Auburn City Council heard public testimony and took evidence and exhibits into consideration of said proposed amendments; and WHEREAS, thereafter the Auburn City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance approving the proposed text amendments; and WHEREAS, the proposed text amendments to the Auburn zoning code were received by the Washington State Office of Community Development on February 1, 2001 for the purposes of the State agency 60-day review process required under RCW 36.70A.106 and that process is complete; and WHEREAS, this ordinance does not have an adverse environmental effect; O~inance No. 5556 May 21,2001 Page 2 NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section '1. Adoption. Auburn City Code Section 18.52.020 entitled "Required Off- Street Parking--Minimum Standards" and Section 18.52.030 entitled "Reductions of the Quantity of Required Parking" contained in Chapter 16.52 entitled "Off-Street Parking and Loading" contained in Title 18 entitled "Zoning" are hereby amended as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated by this reference to provide regulations consistent with and that implement the Auburn Downtown Plan. Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or sentence of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, as it is being expressly declared that this Ordinance and each section, subsection, clause, phrase or sentence hereof would have been prepared, adopted and approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsectio~ clause, phrase or sentence be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 3. Implementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this legislation. Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. O~inance No. 5556 May 21,2001 Page 3 INTRODUCED May 21, 2001 PASSED: May 21, 2001 APPROVED: May 21, 2001 CHARLES A. BOOTH MAYOR ATTEST: Danielle E. Daskam, City Clerk ~~~Ag~ROVED AS IO,FORM: Michael J. Reynolds, City Attorney O~inance No. 5556 May 21,2001 Page 4 Chapter 18.52 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING Sections: 18.52.010 General. 18.52.020 Required off-street parking - Minimum standards. 18.52.030 Reductions of the quantity of required parking. 18.52.040 Drive-in businesses. 18.52.050 Off-sfreet parking area development and maintenance. 18.52.060 Development of required off-street parking spaces for single -family dwellings. 18.52.070 Off-street parking lots - Location. 18.52.080 Repealed. 18.52.090 Parking space dimensional requirements. 18.52.100 Existing off-street parking reduction. 18.52.110 Fractional spaces. 18.52.120 Parking in front or side yards - Prohibited generally. 18.52.125 Stacked parking 18.52.130 Off-street loading space. 18.52.020 Required off-street parking - Minimum Standards. The number of off-street parking spaces shall be determined for each principal use of the land, building, or structure. For ancillary uses to the principal use, required parking shall be calculated the same as for the principal use, or as otherwise provided for in this chapter. Parking requirements in downtown are eligible for a reduction pursuant fo 18.52.030(A). Ordinance 5556 Exhibit A ~n.~i~-in~ nf n~ 1-14 A. Residential. 1. Single-family: one (1) parking space per two-bedroom dwelling, two (2) parking spaces per three (3) or more bedroom dwelling; 2. Two-family (duplex): one and one-half (1-1/2) parking spaces per one bedroom and two bedroom living units, two (2) parking spaces per three (3) or more bedroom living units; 3. MultifamJly: one and one-half (1-1/2) parking spaces per one- bedroom and two-bedroom units, two (2) parking spaces per three (3) or more bedroom units, for developments in excess of fifty (50) dwelling units, one ( 1 ) screened space for each ten ( 1 O) dwelling units shall be provided for recreational vehicles; 4. Mobile homes: one (1) parking space per one-bedroom and two- bedroom units; two (2) parking spaces per three (3) or more bedroom units. Within mobile home parks, parking space shall not be allowed within required setbacks; recreation and laundry areas shall provide off-street parking spaces equal to one per each ten (10) mobile home sites within the development; 5. Boardinghouses and Iodginghouses: one (1) parking space for the proprietor plus one (1) space per sleeping room for boarders and/or lodging use plus one (1) additional space for each four (4) persons employed on the premises; 6. Fraternities, sororities, and dormitories: one (1) parking space for each four beds; 7. Multifamily dwellings, for the elderly, operated under contract with a public agency or subsidized under a state, local or federal program: one (1) parking space for each four (4) dwelling units, a minimum of four (4) spaces shall be provided. A binding legal agreement must be executed guaranteeing that the dwellings will be used exclusively for this use. The agreement shall be approved by the city attorney and recorded at the appropriate King County office, for properties located in King County, or recorded at the appropriate Pierce County office, for properties located in Pierce County. B. Commercial Activities. 1. Auto, boat, or recreational vehicle sales or leasing, new or used: one ( 1 ) space per 5,000 square feet of outdoor sales area, one ( 1 ) space per one thousand (1000) square feet of showroom and services facilities, and one (1) space per each two hundred-fifty (250) square feet of office area, but in no case shall there be less than six (6) spaces provided. The outdoor sales area shall be paved in accordance with ACC 18.52.050(A) and landscaped in accordance with ACC 18.50.060 (H) ( 1 ); 2. Drive-in businesses: one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area; 3. Food retail stores and markets: one (1) parking space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area, a minimum of six (6) parking spaces shall be provided; 4. Mini-marts and self-service gas stations: one (1) parking space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area in addition to pump island spaces; 5. Health and physical fitness clubs: one (1) space per 100 square feet of gross floor area; 6. Laundry, self-service: one (1) parking space per four (4) washing machines, a minimum of five (5) parking spaces shall be provided; 7. Manufactured home sales lots: one (1) space per five thousand (5,000) square feet of outdoor sales area, and one (1) space per two hundred-fifty (250) square feet of office area; 8. Mortuaries or funeral homes: one (1) parking space per four (4) seats in the assembly area, computed as seven (7) square feet of floor area per seat; 9. Motels, motor hotels and hotels: one and one-quarter (1.25) parking spaces per sleeping unit; 10. Motorcycle and other small engine vehicle sales and service: one (1) space for each four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area of the building and one (1) space for each one thousand (1000) square feet of outdoor sales area. The outdoor sales area shall be paved in accordance with ACC 18.52.050(A) and landscaped in accordance with ACC 18.50.060(H)(1 ); 11. Motor vehicle repair and services: one (1) parking space per four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area, a minimum of three (3) spaces shall be provided; 12. Offices, including professional and business, banks and related activities: one space per three hundred (300) square feet of gross floor area. Parking reductions for the downtown (section 18..52.020 (A)(1)) shall not be deducted from this parking requirement. Up to four hundred (400) square feet of unfinished basement floor area used exclusively for storage, may be excluded from the parking requirement. Unfinished basement floor area is defined as any floor level, below the first story of a building, which floor level is not provided sufficient light, ventilation, exit facilities, or sanitary facilities, as required for any legal occupancy classification. (See subsection (D) of this section for doctor's offices, and clinics, etc.); 3. Personal service shops: one (1) parking space per four hundred (400) square feel of gross floor area, a minimum of two (2) shall be provided~ 4 14. Restaurants, nigt~tclubs, taverns ancl lounges: one (1) space per one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area: 15. Stropping centers: one (1) parking space per two hunclrect and fifty (250) square feet of gross leasable floor area; 16. Victeo arcades: within a range of one (1) space per three (3) video machines and one (1) space per one (1) machine as may be determJnect appropriate by the Planning Director, consic~ering availability of existing parking, the nature of related business, and expected clientele of the arcade; 17. Other retail establishments, including but not limited to appliances, bakeries, dry-cleaning, furniture stores, hardware stores, household equipment service shops, clothing or shoe repair shops: one (I) parking space per five hundred (500) square feet of gross floor area: 18. Private lodges, witt~ no overnight boarding facilities: one (1) parking space per one hundred (100) square teet of gross floor area. C. Industrial and Manufacturing Activities. 1. Manufacturing, research and testing laboratories, creameries, bottling establishments, bakeries, canneries, printing, and engraving shops: one (1) parking space per one thousand (1000) square teet of gross floor area: 2. Warehouse and storage: Building Size Parking Requirements Up to 20,000 sq. ft. 1 per 2,000 sq. ft. (3 minimum) 20,001 - 100,000 sq. ft. 1 per 2,500 sq. ft. (10 minimum) 100,000 sq. ft. and up 1 per 3,000 sq. Ft. (40 minimum) 3. Uncovered outdoor storage areas, which are incidental and subordinate to a principal use that otherwise meets the parking requirements, need not provide additional parking; 4. Office space shall provide parking as required for offices. D. Medical Facilities. 1. Convalescent, nursing and health institutions: one (1) parking space for each two (2) employees, plus one (1) space for each three (3) beds; 2. Hospitals: two (2) parking spaces for each bed, plus parkin.q for non- hospital space computed as determined elsewhere in this section; 3. Medical, dental, and other doctors offices: one (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area. E. Public Assembly and Recreation. 1. Assembly halls, auditoriums, stadiums, sports arenas, and community clubs: one (1) parking space per three (3) fixed seats, where fixed seats consist of pews or benches, the seating capacity shall be computed upon not less than eighteen (18) linear inches of pew or bench length per seat. Where movable chairs are provided, each seven (7) square feet of the floor area to be occupied by such chairs shall be considered as a seat; 2. Bowling alleys: five (51 spaces per bowling lane, additional parking for food and beverage on same premises shall be required as per Section 18.52.020 (B) 113) and for spectator or assembly seating as per Section 18.52.020 (E) (1); 3. Churches: one (1) parking space per five 15) seats, in computing seating capacity and requirements for assembly area without seats, use requirements as set forth for assembly halls per Section 18.52.020 (E) 4. Dance halls: one (1) parking space per one hundred (100) square feet of gross floor area; 5. Libraries and museums: one (1) parking space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area; 6. Miniature and/or indoor golf: one (1) parking space per hole; 7. Parks: as determined by the planning director and/or hearing examiner on an individual basis. 8. Skating rinks: one (1) parking space per four hundred (400) square feet of gross floor area. F. Educational Activities. 1. Elementary and junior high schools: one and one-half (1-1/2) parking spaces for each classroom or teaching station; 2. High schools: one (1) parking space for each employee, plus one I1) parking space for each eight (8) students; 3. School auditoriums, stadiums and sports arenas: see requirements as set forth in Section 18.52.020 (E) (1); 4. Colleges and universities: upon review by Planning Director and Hearing Examiner; 5. Nursery schools and daycare centers: one (1) parking space for each employee plus loading and unloading areas; 6. Business and/or beauty schools: one (1) parking space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area. G. Other Uses. For uses not specifically identified in this chapter, parking shall be provided as specified for the use which, in the opinion of the Planning Director, is most similar to the use under consideration. 18.52.030 Reductions of the quantity of required parking Reductions of the quantity of required parking may be allowed based upon the following provisions and the project location as shown in the following table: C2 Zone Downtown Citywide Waiver of Parking Requirement for Change of use or if addit on is smaller than 25% of floor area (18.52.010(A)(1) YES NO NO and (2)) Waiver of Parking Requ rement for Change of Use or additions if 5 or less spaces (18.52.010(B)(3) N/A YES YES and (4)) 25% Reduction of Required Parking (18.52.030(A)(1)(a)), with an additional YES YES NO 15% Reduction Ifor a total of 40%) if located within a specified area (18.52.030fA) fl )lb)) MultifamJly residential use - One Space YES YES NO per Dwellin.q Unit (18.52.030(A (2)) ~groo.,mont) YES YES NO Joint Use of Parking NO NO YES (18.52.030(B)) Mixed Occupancies and shared uses NO NO YE5 18.52.030(C)) e R duced Parking Demand Study 18.52.030(D)) YES YES YES Valet Parking YES YES YES 18.5').030(E)) A. Downtown 1. The City's qoal is to have a "pedestrian oriented" downtown. Dun, to the hi.qh level of accessibility, multiple-purpose trips are likely be common. Therefore, parkin.q rat os required elsewhere in the City, can be reduced within the downtown. For areas located in proximity to the transit station, parkinq requ rements can be further reduced due to the availability of transit service. Therefore: a_= The parking requirements of section 18.52.020 are reduced by twenty-five percent (25%) for all uses within the Downtown as defined by Comprehensive Plan Map 3.3, except for medical facilities (Section 18.52.020 (D)) and ~ residential uses and b~. The parkinfl requirement reduction of section 18.52.030(A)(1)(a.), may be further reduced by an additional fifteen (15) percent (for a maximum reduction of forty percent 140%)) for all uses, except for medical facilities (Section 18.52.020(D)) and residential uses, that are zoned C2 and C3 and that are located within the followinq boundaries: west of A Street SE/Auburn Ave.; north of Hiqhway 18; east of D Street NW/SW (extended south to Hiqhway 18); and south of 2nd Street NW/NE. 2. The off-street parkin~l requirements identified in Section 18.52.020 A.3. for multifamily residential uses shall be one (1) off-street parkinq space per dwellin.q unit for that area within the Downtown as defined by Comprehensive Plan Map 3.3; The P!~nn!ng ..... tor 9 ..................... ~ ..... ~ ....... ~ ............... ~* the ~,bi~ ~ .... ~ ,,,;*h;~ the Centre] ~+~re ~0 ~0 ~i~,~ i~l,,~. Il .... ~ ......... ; ~, j .... t U~U 3. Downtown uses which qualify for the reduction in ACC ] 8.52.030 (A)(1} {a) or {b) of this section shall not receive additionol reductions through the provisions of ACC 18.52.030(B) and (C). 4. Participation in LID's and similar forms of property-based financinq, which are established for the express purpose of developinfl public parkinq lots or flarafles, is encourafled LID's created after the effective date of Ordinance No. 5556 may be used by benefitinfl properties fo meet the parkinfl requirements. Such properties shall receive credit for parkinq dolls constructed in such f~dlities to meet those requirements, in direct proportion to that parcel's participation in lhe LID. B. Joint use of parking facilities 1. A reduction in the total number of required parking spaces may be allowed when two or more uses with different peak parking demands will share a parring facility. 2. Calculation of Shared Parking Requirements. When joint use of parking facilities is proposed, the number of required parking spaces shall be determined by the following procedure: a. Multiply the minimum parking requirement for each individual use as provided in 18.52.020 by the appropriate percentage 10 listed in the table below for each of the five designated time periods; b. Sum each of the five vertical columns for the table; c. The minimum parking requirement is given by the highest sum resulting from Step (2)(b). CALCULATION OF SHARED PARKING REQUIREMENTS ~- WEEKDAYS '-'+ WEEK END Night Day Evening Day Evening USES Midnight 9 a.m. 6 p.m. 9 a.m. 6 p.m. 6 a.m. 4 p.m. Midnight 6 p.m. 4 a.m. Residential 100% 60% 90% 80% 90% Office/Industrial 5% 100% 10% 10% 5% Comm./Retail (Non-office) 5% 70% 90% 100% 70% Hotel/Motel 80% 80% 100% 80% 100% Restaurant (non-fast food) 10% 50% 100% 50% 100% Ent./Recr. (theaters, 10% 40% 100% 80% 100% bowling alleys, etc.) Churches 5% 10% 30% 100% 80% All others 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 3. The provisions ~n this section (18.52.030 (B)) shall not result in a reduction of more than twenty-five (25%) percent from the requirements which would apply in the absence of this section. These provisions shall not be applied in addition to fhe parking reduction for downtown (section 18.52.030 (A)(1)). 11 4. This provision shall only apply to residential uses within the commercial zoning districts. 5. The off-street parking facilities to be used jointly shall be located within a walking distance of five-hundred (500) feet of the use which they are to serve. 6. Reductions for the joint use of existing parking facilities may be allowed where lhere has been a change in use of the existing building that reduced the parking requirements. Documentation of the change in use, the reduced parking requirement, the number of excess spaces and the analysis of sections (1) and (2) above must be submitted to the planning director for approval. 7. The concerned parties shall execute a binding legal agreement for as long as the joint use of parking is proposed. The agreement shall be nonrevocable, and written such that if the joint use parking becomes unavailable, then substitute parking meeting all of the requirements of this chapter must be provided or the use must be discontinued. The agreement shall be approved by the city attorney and recorded at the appropriate King County office, for properties located in King County, or recorded at the appropriate Pierce County office for properties located in Pierce County. C. Mixed Occupancies and Shared Uses. 1. In the case of two (21 or more principal uses in the same building, the total requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be seventy-five (75%) percent of the sum of the requirements for the principal uses computed separately. Parking reductions for the downtown (section 18.52.030 (A))shall not be added to this provision for a reduction in parking requirements. 2. In order for a use to be considered a separate principal use under the terms of this section, the uses must be physically and 12 managerially separated in a manner which clearly sets the principal uses apart as separate businesses or operations. Various activities associated with single businesses shall not be considered separate uses. 3. Required off-street parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use, unless joint use parking is approved pursuant to ACC 18.52.030 lB). D. Reduced Parking Demand Study 1. An applicant may be allowed to provide less than the required parking spaces by submitting a parking study that describes how parking demand can be met with a reduced parking requirement. Reasons for reducing the parking requirement under this section may include, but is not limited to: 1 ) unique characteristics of the use, 2). location adjacent to transit facilities or 3). adoption of an approved transpodation demand management plan. 2. The applicant shall provide a proof of future parking plan which shows the location for all minimum required parking spaces in conformance with all applicable requirements. These areas shall be set aside and landscaped or treated in such a manner so that they may not be used for parking. The City may require installation of some or all of the additional spaces whenever a need arises. If the owner fails to comply, the City may undertake the installation. A bond shall be secured for a 5 year period to cover the costs of converting those spaces to parking. The value of the bond shall be determined by the Planning Director based upon the cost of installing the initial parking area. 3. The parking study and the proof of future parking plan must be approved by the Planning Director. A binding legal agreement guaranteeing the provisions of this section shall be approved by the city attorney and executed and recorded at the appropriate King County office, for properties in King County, or recorded at the appropriate Pierce County office for properties located in Pierce County. E. Valet Service 1. For public assembly and recreational uses, restaurants, funeral homes and other uses requiring more than five hundred (500) parking spaces, an applicant may be allowed to provide less than the number of required spaces if valet parking is to be used. A reduction in the amount of required parking per section 18.52.020 of as high as twenty-five percent (25%) may be permitted, depending on the size and type of the use if approved by the planning director. 2. The applicant may be required to provide a proof of future parking plan which shows the location for all minimum required parking spaces in conformance with applicable setback requirements. The City may require installation of some or all of the additional spaces whenever a need arises. The parking study and the proof of future parking plan must be approved by the Planning Director. A binding legal agreement guaranteeing the provisions of this section shall be approved by the city attorney and executed and recorded at the appropriate offices King County, for properties located in King County, or recorded at the appropriate offices of Pierce County for properties located in Pierce County.