HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 2005-2261 Adds § 18.04.082; amends §§ 18.58.050, 18.58.240, 18.108.051 and 18.108.060; renumbers § 18.04.082 to be 18.04.083, zoning (18.04, 18.58, 18.108)ORDINANCE NO. 2005 — 2261
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AMENDING TITLE 18 (ZONING) OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES
APPLICANT: CITY INITIATED
CASE FILE NO. A-2004-4.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Government Code of
the State of California, proceedings were duly initiated for the amendment of the National
City Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to legal notice, hearings were held by the Planning
Commission and the City Council of National City, and all persons interested were given the
opportunity to appear and be heard before said Planning Commission and City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has regularly and duly certified to the
City Council its report and has recommended such amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does ordain as follows:
Section 1. All protests, if any, against said amendment to the Municipal Code,
and each of them be and hereby are denied and overruled.
Section 2. That Section 18.58 050 of Title 18 of the Municipal Code be amended
to read as follows:
18.58.050 Increase in intensity of use. A. For the purpose of this section, an
increase in the intensity of use of any structure or premises shall mean the addition of
dwelling units, employees, gross floor area, seating capacity, or any other unit or
measurement specified in this title as a basis for determining required parking and loading
facilities.
B. When the intensity of use of any structure or premises, excluding single-
family detached dwellings, is increased by less than fifty percent, parking and loading
facilities shall be provided for the increase but not for any existing deficiency in such
facilities.
C. When the intensity of use is increased by more than fifty percent, excluding
single-family detached dwellings, parking and loading facilities shall be provided for the
entire structure or premises.
D. When consecutive increases in intensity of use amount to a total increase of
more than fifty percent, parking and loading facilities shall be provided for the entire
structure or premises. Consecutive increases shall be figured from the effective date of the
National City Land Use Code or from the time of the initial construction or establishment,
whichever is more recent.
E. With the annual renewal of business licenses for all uses mentioned in
Sections 18.58.290 and 18.58.300, the city treasurer, when requested by the planning
director, shall require the business proprietor to submit a statement showing the total
number of employees on the shift of maximum employment anticipated during the next
succeeding twelve-month period.
F. When a single-family detached dwelling is increased or expanded to more
than 2,500 square feet of floor area and/or more than four bedrooms, off-street parking
facilities shall be provided for the increase but not for any existing deficiency in such
facilities. Parking facilities required as a result of this section may be provided in a garage,
carport, or surface space.
Section 3. That Section 18.58.240 of Title 18 of the Municipal Code be amended
to read as follows:
18.58.240 Schedule of parking requirements — Residential uses. The following is
the schedule of off-street parking requirements for residential uses:
Housing Units in
the Following Zones Off-street Parking Required
RS-1 and RS-E zones 2 spaces in a garage or carport per dwelling unit with
2,500 square feet or less in floor area and 4 or fewer
bedrooms.
3 spaces, including 2 spaces in a garage or carport, per
dwelling unit with more than 2,500 square feet in floor
area, or 2 spaces in a garage or carport plus 1 space
per bedroom proposed over 4, whichever is greater.
RS-2 and RS-3 zones 2 spaces, including 1 space in a garage or carport, per
dwelling unit with 2,500 square feet or less in floor area
and 4 or fewer bedrooms.
3 spaces, including 2 spaces in a garage or carport, per
dwelling unit with more than 2,500 square feet in floor
area, or 2 spaces in a garage or carport plus 1 space
per bedroom proposed over 4, whichever is greater.
RT Zone 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit
Exception: A detached home in this zone shall
have the same parking requirement as the RS-3 zone.
RM-1, RM-2 1.3 spaces per 1-bedroom unit and studio unit, plus 1.5
spaces per unit containing 2 or more bedrooms, and
conveniently located guest parking of 0.5 spaces per
unit for 20 units or less, plus 0.25 spaces for each unit
over 20. Half of the required guest parking spaces may
include parallel curb parking spaces on dedicated public
streets contiguous to the site.
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RM-3
RMH
Additional Standards
Boardinghouse and
Lodging Houses
Condominiums
Dormitories and
Fraternities or
Sorority Houses
Exceptions: A duplex built in this zone shall have
the same parking requirements as the RT zone. A
detached home in this zone shall have the same parking
requirement as the RS-3 zone.
Planned development permit
Two spaces per unit
Off -Street Parking Required
1 space per guest room
2 spaces per dwelling unit and conveniently located
guest parking in the numbers as specified above for RM
zones. Garages or carports shall be provided for
detached condominium homes as required in the
applicable zone. (Not applicable to condominium
conversions. Refer to Chapter 18.74.)
As required by conditional use permit
Section 4. That Section 18.108.051 of Title 18 of the Municipal Code be
amended to read as follows:
18.108.051 Single-family detached dwellings. A. Single-family dwellings which
became nonconforming uses at the time of adoption of the National City Land Use Code or
of amendments to the Code may be continued, reconstructed, structurally altered, extended
or enlarged in conformance with the following:
B. The reconstruction or remodeling shall conform to the standards of the
existing structure, i.e. the same location of the lot, the same size of the existing or
previously existing structure, and the same height as the existing structure; however,
different materials and architectural details may be used; otherwise, the reconstruction or
remodeling shall conform to the standards of the zone in which the use is located.
C. Enlargement or extension of a single-family detached dwelling shall conform
to the standards of the zone which applies to the property. If a proposed enlargement or
extension, except in the Coastal Zone, results in more than 2,500 square feet of floor area
and/or more than 4 bedrooms, parking facilities shall be provided for the increase but not for
any existing deficiency in such facilities. Parking facilities required as a result of this
Section may be provided in a garage, carport, or surface space.
D. No increase in parking over that previously provided shall be required for
reconstruction of a nonconforming single-family residential use destroyed or partially
destroyed by natural disaster, but may be permitted, in conformance to development
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standards of the zone which applies to the property, except that the number of parking
spaces specified by Section 18.14.390 for the RS-2 zone shall be provided for
reconstruction of a nonconforming single-family residential use in a different location from
the previously constructed building, on lots of five thousand square feet in size or greater.
Section 5. That Section 18.108.060 of Title 18 of the Municipal Code be
amended to read as follows:
18.108.060 Use made nonconforming by off-street parking requirements.
A. Any use, excluding a single-family detached dwelling, which is nonconforming
only because of changes made in the off-street parking requirements by the adoption of the
National City Land Use Code, or any amendment thereto, may be expanded, increased or
modified, or converted to a conforming use, as provided herein; and no addition to or
change in the off-street parking facilities shall be required except as provided herein.
Section 6. That existing Section 18.04.082 be renumbered as follows:
18.04.083 Beginning of Construction.
Section 7. That Section 18.04 be amended by adding a new Section 18.04.082 to
read as follows:
18.04.082 Bedroom. A private room intended for or capable of being used for
sleeping, separated from other rooms by a door, having a window and closet/storage nook,
and accessible to a bathroom without crossing another bedroom.
Section 8. That the proposed amendment to Title 18 is exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), on the basis that there is no possibility that the proposal
will have a significant environmental effect. The amendment is limited to changes in
parking requirements for new and existing single-family homes, which would also be exempt
from environmental review.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of March, 2005.
ATTEST:
A
Mic -el Dalla, ` ity Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
GEORGE H. EISER, III
City Attorney
Amending Title 18
Off -Street Parking Requirements
for Single -Family Homes
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on April 5,
2005, by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Inzunza, Morrison, Natividad, Parra, Zarate.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
NICK INZUNZA
Mayor of the City of National City, California
Jerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was not finally adopted until seven
calendar days had elapsed between the day of its introduction and the day of its final
passage, to wit, on March 15, 2005, and on April 5, 2005.
I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or
that the reading of said ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a
majority of the members elected to the Council and that there was available for the
consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its
passage a written or printed copy of said ordinance.
FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE NO. 2005-2261 of the City Council of the City of National City, passed
and adopted by the Council of said City on April 5, 2005.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy