HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-01-25 - AGENDA REPORTS - AMEND UDC (2)AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
PUBLIC HEARING
DATE: January 25, 2000
SUBJECT: AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Building Services
The City Council receive staff presentation, receive public testimony, close the public
hearing, discuss and approve a Resolution to adopt the negative declaration, introduce an
Ordinance, and pass to second reading on February 8, 2000.
On November 23, 1999 the City Council opened the public hearing for the proposed
amendments. An amendment to the Sand Canyon and Placerita Canyon Special Standards
Districts regarding fence height in the front yard was approved that night, and the
remaining amendments to various sections of the UDC were continued to January 11, 2000.
These amendments were continued in order to give staff enough time to meet with
members of the public, including representatives from Newhall Land and Farm, Building
Industry Association, and commercial brokers and discuss the proposed changes, more
specifically, the increasing parking space sizes and limiting residential access on streets
with an estimated 2000 trips per day. The hearing was continued from January 11, 2000 to
tonight so that all the comments received regarding the proposed amendments could be
discussed, as well as incorporated into the amendments before you tonight. These proposed
amendments to the UDC will codify current city policies, director's interpretations and
definitions of frequently used terms not currently in the Code.
ANALYSIS
Planning staff also coordinated with other departments and divisions, including Traffic and
Engineering Services, Geographic Information Systems, and Building and Safety to collect
the changes before you tonight. The Ordinance contains approximately 200 changes to the
UDC amending 24 sections of the code with these changes. The amendments to the code
also include new regulations based on comments that planning staff has received from the
public, Planning Commission, and City Council.
The proposed amendments include changing the Permitted Use Chart to allow auto repair
in the CC (Community Commercial) zone with a Minor Use Permit. Currently, auto repair
is a permitted use in the CC zone and staff does not have the ability to deny an application
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based upon its compatibility with surrounding properties. This proposed change is a result
of the Planning Commission's concern regarding an auto repair use that was approved
earlier this year that was located near residential uses.
One of the terms proposed to be added to the "Definitions" section of the UDC is 'Assisted
Living Facility'. Staff has received a number of inquiries regarding the construction and
operation of assisted living facilities throughout the city, but the UDC currently does not
have a definition for this type of use.
The parking section of the UDC is one of the sections that would be amended with the
proposed changes before you tonight. This amendment is a result of concerns raised by the
Planning Commission. City staff contacted other cities throughout California regarding
commercial parking standards. The cities contacted are Palmdale, Lancaster, San Dimas,
Pasadena, Rancho Cucamonga, Indio, Palm Desert, San Bernadino, Modesto, Vallejo,
Bakersfield, Fresno, Citrus Heights, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Folsom, San Joaquin
County, Davis, Thousand Oaks, and Sacramento. The details of the required parking space
sizes for non-residential parking lots are attached.
The current commercial parking space size requirements for the City of Santa Clarita are 9'
x 18' for standard spaces and 8' x 15' for compact spaces (not to exceed more than 20% of
the required parking). Staff had initially proposed to increase the standard spaces to 10' x
20' and increase compact spaces to 9'x 18'. After discussions with Newhall Land and Farm,
Building Industry Association, and Coldwell Banker, staff has revised the proposed
amendments and recommends that the Council retain the standard 9' x 18' parking space
dimensions for standard spaces and eliminate the current allowance for compact spaces for
all uses except office. Those properties, with office uses, would be permitted to have 20% of
a required parking area to be compact, with a minimum measurement of 8'x 16' in size only
with the Director of Planning and Building Services approval.
Staff has also added a requirement to the parking requirements in the Unified
Development Code to maintain the striping and marking of parking lots in a clear and
legible manner.
An initial study and negative declaration were prepared and circulated for public review
September 17,1999 though October 19, 1999.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Council may choose not to adopt Resolution and Ordinance and not pass to second
reading on February 8, 2000.
2. Other direction as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
None by this action.
ATTACHMENTS
Summary of Changes
Resolution
Ordinance
Proposed amendments to the UDC (Exhibit A)
Summary of Various California Cities Parking Requirements
COUNCIL READING FILE
Planning Commission Resolution P99-024
Staff Report to Planning Commission hearing October 19, 1999
Initial Study and Negative Declaration for Amendments to the UDC
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES
The following is a summary of significant changes to the Unified Development Code (UDC),
known as Sections 16 and 17 of the City's Municipal Code. The proposed amendments in their
entirety are attached to Ordinance (a) (attached).
Title 16. Subdivisions
• residential access shall not be permitted on any residential street with a project traffic
volume of 2,000 trips a day or more
• any highway or street shall intersect as nearly a right angle as practicable
• bus stops shall be installed that include turnouts, shelters/benches, trash receptacles and
signage to the satisfaction of the Director of Transportation and Engineering Services
• a developer shall pay street maintenance fees to cover the cost of one time slurry seal of all
pavements constructed as public streets within a development
Title 17 Zonin
• notification for Minor Use Permits for alcohol service shall be a 250 -foot radius around the
subject property
• require Minor Use Permits for auto repair uses in the Community Commercial zones
• Food stores, supermarkets, pharmacies and sporting goods stores shall be permitted in the
CO zone with a Minor Use Permit
• alcohol, retail and firearm sales, food preparation, on-site massage therapists,
hairdressers, and vehicle storage, sales and repair shall not be permitted to operate as
home occupations
• the terms "Assisted Living Facility, "Homeless Shelter, "Extended Stay Motel shall be
added to the Definitions and Permitted Use Chart sections
• relocate definitions related to oak trees to the Oak Tree Ordinance
• modify cross-section diagram to illustrate a landscape parkway, 5 feet in width, located
between the curb and sidewalk
• all legal residential parcels shall be permitted to have one driveway point
• ground mounted equipment, trash recepticles, and recylcing bins shall be screened from
public view
• all new and existing utilities shall be installed underground, including along project street
frontage
• small animals shall be defined as an animal weighing less than 300 pounds
• at a minimum, 15 -gallon trees are required for parking lot landscaping
• tree species that will achieve a 50% parking lot coverage canopy within five years
• office uses shall be permitted to retain 20% of required parking for compact (8' x 16) with
approval of the Director of Planning and Building Services
• compact parking spaces shall be eliminated
• a stormwater prevention plan and a grading plan shall be prepared and a copy available
for review on-site
• grading work cannot start until the City has been notified of the pregrading meeting at
least 48 hours in advance
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Parking Standards for Various Cities Throughout California
(as of November 15, 1999)
Bakersfield:
Standard — 9 x 18
No compact
1 tree per 6 spaces 60% evergreen
streetscaping 10' -arterial 8'—local/collector
Calabasas:
Standard — 9 x 18
Compact — none
Citrus Heights:
Standard — 9 x 19
Compact — 7 i/2 x 17
25% compact allowed
5 - 24 spaces requires 30% shaded
25 — 49 spaces requires 40% shaded
50+ 50% shaded
Davis:
Standard — 9 x 19
Compact — 7 i/2 x 16
50% shading within 15 years (City has Master Tree List)
Fresno:
Standard — 9 x 19
Compact — 8 1/2 x 16 1/2
25% compact allowed
50% shading
Folsom:
Standard — 9 x 19
Compact — 9 x 14
30% compact allowed
50% shading within 10 - 15 years
Indio
Standard — 9 x 19
Compact — none
End spaces must be 11 feet wide when backout is restricted
124" box tree per 4 spaces
15% of the parking lot —1/3 within the interior, 2/3 perimeter landscaping
Lancaster:
Standard — 9 x 20
Compact — 8 x 16
1 tree per 4 spaces
10% of trees must be 24" box, the remainder can be 15 gallon
less than 20% of landscaping can be turf
Modesto:
Standard — 9 x 18
Compact — 7 V2 x 15
30% compact allowed.
1 tree required for every ten spaces
10-15 wide perimeter landscaping depends on zone
Palmdale:
Standard — 9 x 18
Compact — 8 x 15
25% can be compact, however, no compact is allowed unless a minimum of 20 spaces
is required
1 shade tree per 4 spaces
10 foot wide landscape planter
more than 15 spaces in a row requires a 6 foot wide landscape planter within the
row
Palm Desert:
Standard — 9 x 20
Compact — 8 x 16
Compact is only permitted above and beyond the required number of parking spaces
Pasadena:
Standard — 9 x 18
Compact — 8 I/2 x 16
40-45% compact allowed, depends on use, required to disperse throughout the lot
up to 40 feet of frontage = 2 foot wide planter
41-100 feet = 5 foot wide planter
100+ = 10 foot wide planter
1 tree per 6 spaces
15% of paved area required to be landscaped (cannot include perimeter landscaping)
Rancho Cucumonga:
Standard — 9 x 18
Compact —
1, 15 gallon tree per 3 spaces
10% landscaping, 5 perimeter landscape planter along side and rear property line
Sacramento:
Standard — 8 x 18
Compact — 71/2 x 16
50% shading within 15 years
San Bernadino:
Standard — 9 x 19
Compact — none
1 shade tree per 4 spaces
15% overall parking area
San Dimas:
Standard — 9 x 18
Compact — 8 x 16
20% compact allowed
10% off street parking landscaped
any row having more than 12 spaces must have landscape finger
San Joaquin County:
Standard — 9 x 20
Compact — 7 Ih x 16
20+ spaces allows 25% compact
1 tree per 5 spaces
10' wide planter between street and parking
Thousand Oaks
Standard — 9 x 20
Compact — 9 x 16
Vallejo:
Standard — 9 x 18
Compact — 8 x 16
1 shade tree per 50' of street frontage
2-4 feet of street frontage landscaping
Westlake Village:
Standard — 9 x 20
Compact — none
Woodland:
Standard — 9 x 19
Compact — 8 x 16
20 - 40 % depends of traffic engineer
40% shade requirement for parking lot
8 planter for right-of-way
6% landscaping of parking area
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 25, 2000, the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita introduced Ordinance 00-3 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE, ADOPTING
VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
A certified copy of the complete text of the ordinance is posted and may be read in the City
Clerk's Office, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 301, Santa Clarita, and/or a copy may be
obtained from that office.
Dated this 27th day of January, 2000
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
Sharon L. Dawson, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the duly
appointed and qualified City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita and that by Thursday, January
27, 2000, she caused a certified copy of the subject ordinance to be posted and made available
for public review in the City Clerk's office and a copy of the ordinance summary to be published
as required by law.
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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita