HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1980/02/05 Item 05, a, bCOUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item 5; 5a, 5b
Meeting Date 2/5/80
Public hearing - Consideration of amendment to zoning ordinance relating to:
ITEM TITLE: alternatives to on-site parking.
Ordinance i~ y~ - Amending Chapter
Resolution 9y.~3'~ Adopting in lieu
Town Centre Project Area No. I.
SUBMITTED BY: Director of Planning ~~,'.
(4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
The City Council, in June 1978, instructed staff to evaluate the several methods available
for the financing of public parking in Subarea 1 of the Town Centre No. I Project Area,
and to recommend a parking plan for official adoption. This plan, entitled Draft Town
Centre Public Parking Development Plan, was completed by the Planning and Community Develop-
ment Departments on May 21, 1979, and, with minor changes, was subsequently approved by the
Town Centre Business and Professional Association, the Town Centre Project Area Committee,
the Parking Place Commission, and the Chula Vista Redevelopment Agency.
RECOMP~IENDATION: Concur with the recommendations of the City Planning Commission.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
1. Certify the Negative Declaration on IS-80-32.
2. Adopt the proposed amendment to Chapter 19.62 of the Municipal Code in accordance
with Resolution PCA-80-5.
3, Adopt the proposed in lieu parking fee policy for Subarea 1 of the Chula Vista
Town Centre Project Area No. I in accordance with Exhibit A of Resolution
PCA-80-5.
DISCUSSION:
1. The City Council, for several years, has expressed concern over the lack of off-street
parking in the urban core of Chula Vista. The continuing success of Town Centre No. I
redevelopment effort and the resultant increase in the demand for off-street parking have
augmented the Council's concern.
2. The parking problem in the urban core of Chula Vista (Subarea 1 of Town Centre No. 1)
is predicated upon the core's historical pattern of development. The subject area developed
prior to the city's adoption of effective city planning policies and zoning regulations
and, therefore, provided inadequate space for the on-site parking of automobiles.
3. The City Council, in 1963, created the Downtown Parking District in an effort to
promoiae the development of public parking in the core. Section 19.62.040, which exempts
the lands within the District from the off-street parking requirement of the Municipal
Code, recognizes that, from a practical standpoint, the solution to the core's chronic
parking problem lies in the development of ample public parking.
4. The Town Centre Public Parking Development Plan includes a statement of "In Lieu
Parking Fee Policy for Subarea 1 of the Chula Vista Town Centre Project Area No. I,"
which is submitted as Exhibit A of Resolution PCA-80-5. The proposed amendment to
Section 19.62.040, which would legislatively implement the said statement of policy, is
n_embodied in Resolution PCA-80-5. The proposed amendment specifically applies to that
Jpart of the Downtown Parking District which is situated within Subarea 1 of the Town
~ Centre No. I Project Area, except for those lands located within the Townsite Focus Area.
For the purposes of this report, the territory which would be governed by the proposed
amendment is called the "Town Centre-Downtown Parking District." Please refer to the
attached locator map for the depiction of the "Town Centre-Downtown Parking District."
Form A-113 (Rev. 11/79) Continued
19.62 of the Municipal Code.
parking fee for Subarea 1 of the Chala~Vista
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5. Under the proposed amendment a developer of a new commercial building, or a
commercial addition to an existing building, within the territory of the Town Centre-
Downtown Parking District would be required to pay an in lieu parking fee to the City
of Chula Vista. The revenue produced by the in lieu fees would be used to provide
public 'parking for the urban core of this municipality.
6. Since the in lieu parking fee is predicated upon 25% of the cost of the land which
would be required to accommmodate the off-street parking which a developer would be
required to provide if his real property were not situated within the Town Centre-
DowntovVn Parking District, the proposed amendment would not place a heavy burden on
developers within Subarea 1. If the said developers built commercial buildings out-
side o~ Subarea 1, their costs of providing the required off-street parking would be
more tlhan four times as great as the in lieu parking fee charged for corresponding
development within the said subarea.
7. The proposed amendment would not be applicable to the seventeen acres of land
constituent to the Townsite Focus Area. The developers of the Townsite will provide
ample, private off-street parking, and are therefore exempted from the payment of the
in lieu parking fee.
8. Thle proposed amendment does not affect residential construction in Subarea 1,
since residential uses must meet the off-street parking requirements of the Municipal
Code elven though the lands in question are located within the Town Centre-Downtown
Parking District. It should also be noted that the proposed amendment would not be
retroactive, and would not be operational with respect to authorized projects, in the
absence of proposals to expand such.
CONCL SION:
The proposed amendment would substantially help the City of Chula Vista provide adequate
public parking in Subarea 1 of the Town Centre No. I Redevelopment Project Area, and
thereby promote the revitalization of the area. While the amendment would require
conune~cial developers to pay in lieu parking fees, the said fees would be fair and
equitable under the circumstances.
By fostering public off-street parking as a substitute for private off-street parking,
the proposed amendment would protect the compact urban form of Chula Vista's core area
and encourage the said area's physical, social and economic resurgence in accordance
with the goal and objectives of the Town Centre No. I Redevelopment Plan and the criteria
and guidelines of the Town Centre No. I Design Manual.
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