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ORDINANCE NO. 1967
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY REPEALING SECTIONS 9792. 1. 1. 1, 9792. 1.2,
AND 9792 . 2.1, AND AMENDING DIAGRAMS NUMBERED
9791(d) AND 9791(f) AND SECTIONS 9792 .1, 9792 . 1.1,
9792 . 2. 4, 9793. 1 AND 9793. 2; AND ADDING THERETO
NEW DIAGRAMS NUMBERED 9791(h) AND 9791(i) AND
SECTIONS 9794 AND 9794 . 1 PERTAINING TO THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1. Sections 9792. 1. 1.1, 9792. 1. 2 and 9792 . 2. 1
of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is here-
by amended by amending diagrams numbered 9791(d) and 9791(f) ,
and Sections 9792 .1, 9792.1.1, 9792. 2. 4, 9793. 1 and 9792. 3 to
read as follows :
9792.1. SCREENING. The purpose of this section is to
provide minimum standards for screening parking lots from the
street scene in order to improve or maintain the aesthetic .
qualities of the City.
9792 . 1. 1. FRONT AND EXTERIOR SIDE YARDS. Subject to
approval of a landscape plan by the Planning Department and
Department of Public Works , a six (6) foot wide (inside dimen-
sion) landscaped area shall be provided between the parking area
and the front and exterior side lot lines.
(a) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining the
visual aesthetics of the parking area, one or a combination
of the following shall be provided within such six (6) foot
wide landscaped area:
(1) A thirty-two (32) inch high by six (6) inch wide
decorative masonry wall, measured from the finished grade of
the sidewalk or parking area, whichever is higher, and located
parallel to the front and exterior side lot lines. Said wall
shall not be located closer than three (3) feet to the parking
area or the front and exterior side property lines measured
from the centerline of the wall; provided further, where the
wall is staggered, such wall may be located no closer than two
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(2 ) feet to the parking area or the front and exterior side
property lines. Variations to the wall material may be approved
by the Board of Zoning Adjustments as an administrative act
when requested by the applicant in writing. This subsection is
intended to allow architectural variation to the wall material
through the design and imaginative use of building materials .
(2) Landscape Berming: Typical landscape berming is
depicted in Section 9791 (h) .
(3 ) Intensified Landscaping: Landscaping shall
consist of landscape mounding, including trees, ground cover,
shrubbery, which attain a visual buffer between the parking area
and the public right-of-way adjacent to the front and exterior
side lot lines. A typical intensified landscape plan is depicted
in Section 9791 (i) . Plant material used in an intensified
landscaping plan shall reach screen maturity within eighteen
(18) to twenty-four (24) months .
(b ) Sight Clearance Setback: Walls shall be set back
five (5) feet from the edge of a driveway or alley.
(c) Pedestrian Walkways : Pedestrian walkways, not to
exceed five (5) feet in width, may be permitted at intervals
Of fifty (50 ) feet in the front and exterior side yards .
9792. 2 .. 4 PHYSICAL PROTECTION FOR LANDSCAPING. All land-
scaping and screening shall be protected from vehicle and
pedestrian damage by a six (6) inch high by four (4) inch wide
concrete curb . Additional vehicular protection shall be pro-
vided by wheel bumpers, or any other design or method that will
provide protection which is acceptable to the Department of
Building and Community Development .
9793. 1. COMMERCIAL USES.
Use Minimum Requirement
A. Retail, general retail uses One (1) space for each two
except as otherwise provided hundred (200 ) square feet of
herein. gross floor area.
(1) Eating establish- Where there are no fixed seats,
ments : there shall be provided a minimum o
(a) Restaurants, not less than one (1) parking
cafes, bars, taverns and space for each thirty-five (35 )
cocktail lounges. square feet of dining and/or
drinking floor area. Where there
are fixed seats , there shall be
provided a minimum of not less
than one (1) space for each five
(5) fixed seats or stools .
2.
(b ) Drive-ins Fifteen (15 ) spaces plus one (1)
additional space for every fifty
(50) square feet of gross floor
area over a total of four hundred
(400) square feet of gross floor
area.
(c) Drive-thru One (1) space for each seventy-
five (75 ) square feet of gross
floor area.
(2) Blueprinters, ca- One (1) space for each four hundred
terers, and music conserva- (400 ) square feet of gross floor
tories. area.
(3) Furniture and One (1) space for each one
appliance thousand (1000 ) square feet of
gross floor area.
B. Services, general service One (1) space for each two
uses, except as otherwise hundred (200) square feet of
provided herein. gross floor area.
(1) Barber shops Two (2) spaces for each barber
chair.
(2 ) Beauty shops Three (3) spaces for each
beautician station.
(3) Mortuaries and One (1) space for each thirty-
funeral homes five (35) square feet of gross
floor area in rooms used for
service.
C. Offices , general office One (1) space for each three
uses, except as otherwise hundred (300 ) square feet of
provided herein. gross floor area.
(1) Medical, dental Those facilities having less than
offices and clinics five thousand (5000 ) square feet
of gross floor area shall be pro-
vided a minimum of not less than
one (1) parking space for each
120 square feet of gross floor
area.
Facilities having five thousand (5000 ) square feet to ten
thousand (10,000 ) square feet of gross floor area, shall be
provided with a minimum of not less than one (1) space for each
125 square feet of gross floor area. Facilities having more
than ten thousand (10,000 ) square feet of gross floor area shall
be provided with a minimum of not less than one (1) parking
space for each 130 square feet of gross floor area.
D. Automotive commercial
(1) Service stations One (1) space for each three
hundred (300 ) square feet of
gross floor area.
3.
(2) Automotive repair One (1) space for each five
garages hundred (500 ) square feet of
gross floor area.
(3) Car washes (self Five (5) spaces for each two (2)
service ) stalls .
(4) Auto, boat and trailer One (1) space for each two
sales , new and used hundred (200) square feet of
gross floor area.
E. Amusement and accommodations
(1) Bowling alleys Three (3) spaces for each alley
(2) Driving ranges One (1) space for each two (2)
tees .
(3) Miniature golf One (1) space for each hole.
(4 ) Dance halls One (1) space for each thirty-
five (35) square feet of floor
area used for dancing or
entertainment purposes .
(5 ) Billiard halls Two (2) spaces for each
billiard table.
(6 ) Hotels One (1) space for each sleeping
unit plus one (1) space for each
employee (with a minimum of three
(3) employee spaces ) ; if a
sleeping unit contains three (3)
or more beds, parking shall be
supplied on a basis of one (1)
space for each one hundred (100 )
square feet of gross floor area.
(7) Motels with kitchen One (1) space for each unit having
facilities one (1) sleeping room, two (2 )
spaces for units having more than
one (1) sleeping room.
( 8) Motels without One (1) space for each sleeping
kitchen facilities unit plus two (2) spaces for the
resident owner or manager.
F. Recreational use parking
(1) Horse shows All parking for horse shows shall
be subject to administrative
review before the Board of
Zoning Adjustments .
4.
(2) Horse stables or One (1) space for each three (3)
establishments corrals plus one (1) horse trailer
space for each ten (10 ) corrals .
9793.2. INDUSTRIAL USES.
A. Wholesaling, warehousing, One (1) space for each one
and distributing when such thousand (1000 ) square feet of
uses are not operated in gross floor area.
conjunction with on-site
research, testing, manufacturing,
assembly, fabrication, pack-
aging or similar industrial
uses .
B. Research, testing, manu- One �1) space for each five
facturing, assembly, fabri- hundred (500 ) square feet of
cation, and packaging gross floor area.
facilities .
C. Storage yards, wrecking One (1) space for each five
yards, salvage yards , thousand (5000 ) square feet
lumber yards, and of gross lot area.
similar uses .
D. Office, general office One (1) space for each
uses . three hundred (300 ) square
feet of gross floor area.
SECTION 3. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto diagrams numbered 9791(h) and 9791(i)
and Sections 9794 and 9794. 1 to read as follows :
9794 . JOINT USE OF PARKING AREAS. The Board of Zoning
Adjustments or Planning Commission may grant through the appli-
cation process a reduction in the total number of required off-
street parking spaces , when it can be shown that the parking
facilities have divergent needs on the basis of nonuse by one
user during a period of use by another. This basis of use versus
nonuse must be in relation to nighttime versus daytime hours,
or weekdays in relation to weekend needs .
9794.1. REDUCTION OF REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING. The
Board of Zoning Adjustments and Planning Commission in granting
a reduction in the required off-street parking based on joint
use shall consider the following criteria:
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(a) The location and walking distance from the parking
facility to said building or use. Under no circumstances shall
the walking distance from the nearest point of the parking
facility to the building or use exceed two hundred fifty (250)
feet .
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(b) The applicant shall show to the satisfaction of the
Board or Commission that there is no conflict in the principal
operating hours of the buildings or uses for which the joint
parking facilities are proposed.
(c) The parties concerned in the joint use of off-street
parking facilities shall evidence an agreement for such joint
use by a proper, legal instrument approved by the City Attorney
as to- form and content . Such instrument when approved shall
be recorded in the office of the County Recorder and copies
thereof filed with the Department of Building and Community
Development and the Planning Department of the City of Huntington
Beach.
SECTION 4 . The provisions of this ordinance insofar as they
are substantially the same as existing provisions of the Huntington
Beach Ordinance Code relating to the same subject matter shall be
construed as restatements and continuations and not as new enact-
ments .
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington
Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular adjour.ned meeting thereof held on
the 10th .day of March, 1975 .
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorn
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
City Administrator
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Ord. No. 1967
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )'
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of member$ of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 18th day of February
19 75 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular adjourned
meeting thereof held on the 10th day of March 1975 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Shipley, Bartlett, Matney,, Coen
NOES: Councilmen:
None
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ABSENT: Councilmen:
Gibbs, Wiedgr, Duke
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the"City
of Huntington Beach, California
1, Allela M. Vlantworth CITY CLERK of the City of
HuntinVon "r, h and ux-o'ficio Clerk of the City
Council d; h�—eby certify ths:t the ordinance has
been pay i tsa�i in the nt+� �i/rbon ueac 'o- n
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in accordan:-e w. th t'he City Charter of said City.
AL.ICIA M. Witll i WORTH
City Clerk
De p City Clerk