HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1985/11/12 Item 15 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item 15
Meeting Date 11/12/85
ITEM TITLE: Emergency Ordinance o(,3)..i Amendi ng Chapter 19.62.050 of the
Chula Vista Municipal Code regarding off-street parking
requirements for multiple-family units
SUBMITTED BY: Director of Planning j (4/5ths Vote: Yes X No )
REVIEWED BY: City Manager
On November 5, 1985, the City Council requested staff to prepare an emergency
ordinance increasing the parking requirements for multiple dwellings from 1 to
1-1/2 per unit for studio and one-bedroom apartments and from 1-1/2 to 2 per
unit for two-bedroom apartments.
RECOMMENDATION: Put the ordinance on its first reading but as a normal
ordinance reading as apposed to an emergency item.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: This is a referral to the Safety
Commission and Planning Commission who are studying the matter.
DISCUSSION:
The interim ordinance would effectuate a change until the study is
completed. The study will more thoroughly analyze the parking requirements
per unit. The provisions of other jurisdictions and the need for guest
parking provisions as well as the continued advisability of allowing on-street
parking to satisfy the minimum parking requirements will be considered.
While the study is underway, the current parking provisions as they apply to
guest parking and compact spaces would remain unchanged. A question arises as
to how the ordinance will affect existing projects and the timing of its
effectuation. Staff suggests that the ordinance apply to any multiple-family
project which has not received Design Review Committee approval as of the date
of adoption of the ordinance.
Staff supports the parking increases as reasonable and consistent with the
parking standards of numerous other jurisdictions (ref. attached chart). The
changes should improve on-site traffic circulation, ingress and egress to
projects, the circumstance of parking and traffic in on-street locations
adjacent to any development, and enhance the general safety and welfare of
those neighborhoods.
As an emergency measure the item would take effect immediately. As a
non-emergency item, the effective date would be within about five weeks. Due
to the findings that must be sustained to substantiate the emergency ordinance
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and any possible legal challenge therewith, two ordinances have been
prepared. Staff would recommend adoption of a non-emergency measure. The
findings that must be made refer to preserving the public peace, health, and
safety as to justification for its urgency.
There are also approximately eight projects representing 87 dwelling units
which could possibly be considered by the Design Review Committee by the end
of this year. Staff has been working with those applicants and has made
tentative commitments as to density, layout and design acceptability. Those
projects would need to be redesigned and probably some loss of units would
result were the parking standards immediately changed.
FISCAL IMPACT: Unknown but could jeopardize several projects underway.
WPC 2305P
November 8, 1985
CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
TABLE, PARKING COMPARISON - REQUIREMENTS PER UNIT BY BEDROOM TYPE
San Diego City
Resident 1 BR - 1 .3 60% compact OK
2 BR - 1 .6 Tandem OK for same unit
3 BR - 1 .6 No specific guest requirement
Guest None req'd No allowed parking in front setback
County of San Diego Guest (1/2 on site)
1 BR - 1 .5 .2 = 1 .6 (No compacts permitted.
2 BR - 1 .5 .2 = 1 .6 (Guest 1-5 (1/2 on sts. )
3 BR - 2 .2 = 2.1 (No front setback parking
City of Chula Vista Guest (1/2 on site) 20 units lesss larger
1 BR - 1 + .2 Thus on site = 1 .25 1 .20
2 BR - 1 .5 + .5 = 1 .75 1 .70
3 BR - 2.0 + .5 = 2.25 1 .20
Summary
1 BR 2 BR 3 BR
San Diego City 1 .3 1 .6 1 .6
San Diego County 1 .6 1 .6 2.1
Chula Vista 1 .25 1 .75 2.25
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