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ORDINANCE NO. 2828
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY
REPEALING ARTICLE 979 AND ARTICLE 960, AND
ADDING THERETO NEW ARTICLE 960 ENTITLED,
"OFF-STREET PARKING AND LANDSCAPING"
SECTION 1. Article 979 and Article 960 of the Huntngton
Beach Ordinance Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto new Article 960 entitled, "Off-Street
Parking and Landscaping" .
9600 GENERAL PROVISIONS. Off-street parking facilities
shall be provided for new uses and alterations and expansions of
existing uses in order to meet the demand of all activities on the
parcel. The minimum requirements for each particular land use are
included in this article. Parking spaces over and above the
minimum number specified by this article may be required by the
body responsible for reviewing the use itself. Parking
requirements for uses not specified shall also be determined by
such body.
(a) A certificate of occupancy for any new use, structure
or premise shall not be issued until all of the required parking
facilities and landscaping for the use have been completed in
conformance with the requirements of this article.
(b) Any off-street parking or loading facility which is
permitted but not required, shall comply with all provisions of
this article governing location, design, improvement and operation.
(c) Any motor vehicle incapable of movement by its own
power and/or not licensed to operate on California streets shall
be stored either in an enclosed building or entirely screened from
view.
(d) Parking spaces within an integrated complex shall not
be designated for exclusive use of any individual tenant.
(e) Any use of property which is nonconforming only as to
off-street parking facilities may be continued in the same manner,
except at the time of expansion, and/or exterior modification
there shall be screening and landscaping of all existing and new
parking areas as required by this article.
1.
9601 LOCATION. The off-street parking facilities
required by this article shall be on the same lot or parcel of land
as the structure or use they are intended to serve, except in the
following cases:
(a) An adjacent lot may be used which is in the same person' s
possession as the structure or use. Such possession may be by deed
or long-term lease, approved as to form by the City Attorney, and
recorded in the Office of the County Recorder. A copy of the
recorded document stipulating the reservation of the property for
parking purposes shall be filed with the City prior to issuance of a
building permit.
(b) Required parking provided by means of a parking district
or parking authority is not subject to any location requirements.
9602 JOINT AND MIXED USES. In the event that two or more
uses occupy the same building, lot or parcel of land, the total
requirement for off-street parking shall be the sum of each
individual use computed separately, except as provided in this
section:
The Planning Commission may grant a reduction in the total number of
required spaces as part of the entitlement for the use or uses when
it can be shown that the various uses have divergent needs in terms
of daytime versus nighttime hours or weekday versus weekend hours.
Such joint use approvals shall be subject to the following:
(a) The maximum distance between the building or use and the
nearest point of the parking facility shall be two hundred fifty
(250) feet.
(b) The applicant shall demonstrate that there is no conflict
in the operating hours and use demands for the different uses on the
parcel .
(c) Evidence of an agreement for such joint use shall be
provided by proper legal instrument, approved as to form by the City
Attorney. The instrument shall be recorded in the Office of the
County Recorder and shall be filed with the City prior to issuance
of building permits and/or certificates of occupancy.
9603 STALL DIMENSIONS. The minimum off-street parking
stall dimensions in feet shall be as follows. Striping
requirements are depicted in• Diagram A. Directional signs or
pavement markings shall be provided in any facility in which one-way
traffic is established.
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Angle Stall Stall Aisle
of Parking Width Depth Width
00 8 19 (with 8 ' striped 20
(Parallel) maneuvering area)
300 9 19 14
450 9 19 15
600 9 19 20
900
Commercial * 9 19 27
Residential 9 19 25
Industrial 8.5 19 25
* Employee parking in remote or isolated locations for commercial
uses may use the industrial standard subject to Director
approval
Note: A parking space on a site with more than five
parking spaces and which is adjacent to a wall
over 12 inches in height shall be increased in
width by three (3) feet.
9604 COMPACT CAR PARKING. Compact car parking may be used
to satisfy a portion of the required parking for a site. Stall
dimensions shall be eight feet by fifteen feet. Such spaces shall
be distributed throughout the parking area, shall have the same
aisle width as required for full size spaces, and shall be marked
compact on the pavement. The number permitted shall be subject to
the following standards:
(a) Commercial or industrial developments with a minimum of
twenty (20) parking spaces shall be permitted to have forty percent
of the total as compact.
(b) Residential developments with a minimum of 100 units may
have twenty percent of the open guest parking spaces as compact
provided that an equitable system of assignment and distribution has
been established, and that the layout and design of the compact
spaces is not likely to result in undue traffic congestion.
9605 DESIGN STANDARDS. The design and layout of parking
areas shall complywith the following standards:
(a) Public Works Requirements . Drive locations on arterial
highways shall be located to coordinate with future median openings
and in accordance with Department of Public Works standards . The
paved surface of driveways and drive entrances shall comply with
Department of Public Works specifications. Parking facilities shall
be prepared, graded, and paved to ensure that all surface waters
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will drain into a public street, alley, storm drain, or other
drainage system approved by the Department of Public Works.
Aisleways without adjacent parking shall be a minimum of twenty-four
feet in width.
b Circulation Design. All off-street parking spaces shall
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have access to a public street or alley, and shall have internal
circulation, safe entrances and exits, drives, and aisles in
conformance with City standards. Every required parking space shall
have unobstructed access from an aisle without moving another
vehicle. All parking spaces, except for residential garages and
carports for single-family dwellings and duplexes, shall have
forward travel to and from parking facilities when access is to a
dedicated street. Traffic circulation shall be designed such that
no vehicle need enter a public street in order to progress from one
aisle to any other aisle within the same development.
Commercial centers which have 200 parking spaces or more shall have
at least one main entrance designed as depicted in Diagram B.
(c) Illumination. All parking area lighting shall be energy
efficient and designed so as not to produce glare on adjacent
residential properties. Security lighting shall be provided in
areas accessible to the public during nighttime hours.
(d) Fence Protection. Fences or walls adjacent to parking
areas shall be protected from vehicle damage, subject to approval by
the Director of Development Services.
(e) Drive-thru Facilities. Commercial establishments with
drive-thru windows may be allowed a stacking credit to reduce the
total number of required parking spaces where a clearly marked
drive-up lane is provided separate from the circulation routes and
lanes necessary for ingress and egress to the property, or access to
any off-street parking space. The length of the drive-up lane shall
be counted towards the required off-street parking at the rate of
one space for each twenty-three lineal feet. Such credit shall not
exceed twenty spaces and/or thirty percent of the total number of
required parking spaces.
( f) Residential Parking. Residential parking shall comply
with the following requirements as well as any additional provisions
contained in the regulations of the individual district:
( 1) The minimum turning radius for any garage, carport or
open parking space, entered directly from an alley or
drive shall be twenty-five (25) feet as measured to
the opposite side of the alley or drive.
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(2) All private driveway or driveway easements shall meet
the following minimum driveway width requirements:
Length of Drive Requirement
Less than 100 feet Ten ( 10) feet clear
width
One hundred ( 100) feet Twenty (20) feet
to 150 feet clear width
One hundred fifty ( 150) Cul-de-sac or
feet or more hammerhead turnaround
located at terminus,
forty (40) foot
minimum width.
( 3) Access. When a lot abuts an arterial highway and a
local street, access to on-site parking shall be
from the local street. When a lot abuts an alley,
access shall be from the alley unless a different
access is approved by the Planning Commission. When
a lot abuts two arterial highways, access shall be
subject to the approval of the Director of Public
Works.
9606 NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRED. The minimum number of
required off-street parking spaces shall be as set forth in this
section. For the purpose of this section, the square footage
indicated shall mean gross floor area of the use unless otherwise
indicated. When calculations include any fraction, one full parking
space shall be required for such fractional space.
(a) Business Uses
Use Parking Spaces Required
A. Auto and machinery 1/500 sq. ft. , but no less
service garages than 5
Auto, boat, trailer sales 1/1000 sq.ft. of lot area
and rental agencies; other accessible for public
outdoor commercial uses viewing, but no less than
including retail nurseries 10
B. Boat marina .75 per boat slip
5.
C. Car wash
( 1) Full service 10
(2) Self-service 1.5 per wash stall
Churches, theaters, clubs, 1 per 35 sq. ft. of public
lodges, social halls, assembly area, or 1 per
auditoriums, funeral homes 3 fixed seats (18 inches
and mortuaries shall be l seat) , which-
ever is greater
F. Food and beverage establish-
ment/night clubs with more
than twelve seats
( 1) Separate parcel 1/60 sq. ft.
(2) Within integrated 1/100 sq. ft.
complex
( 3) Ancilliary dance floors 1/50 sq. ft. of area
devoted to dancing
(4) Drive-thru facilities Stacking credit may be
applied towards above
requirement pursuant to
S. 9605( e) .
Furnitures and appliance 1/500 sq. ft. , excluding
stores areas used exclusively for
storage or loading
H. Hair/nail salon
( 1) Separate Parcel 2 .5 per chair or station
(2) Within integrated complex 1/200 sq.ft.
Hotels and motels 1 per guest sleeping room;
1 employee space per 10
guest rooms; 2 spaces for
any manager ' s unit
I . Industrial Uses
( 1) Manufacturing, research 1/500 sq. ft.
assembly, packaging;
speculative buildings
(2 ) Wholesaling, ware- 1/1000 sq.ft .
housing and distributing
space
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(3) Storage, wrecking/salvage 1/5000 sq. ft, but no
and lumber yards less than 5
(4) Offices ancilliary to 1/300 sq. ft.
industrial uses if sq. ft.
exceeds 10% of gross
floor area
(5) Mini-storage facilities
- single story 1/5000 sq.ft.
- multi-story 1/2000 sq. ft.
Plus 2 spaces for any
caretaker ' s unit
M. Medical/dental office 1/175 sq.ft.
0. Office uses, general
( 1) Less than 250, 000 sq. ft. 1/300 sq.ft.
(2) Greater than 250,000 1/350 sq.ft.
sq.ft.
R. Rest or nursing homes 1 per 3 beds
Retail uses not otherwise 1/200 sq. ft.
specified, including
department stores, arcades,
gymnasiums and health spas,
financial institutions, food
and beverage establishments
with 12 seats or less
S. Schools
( 1) Pre-schools, nursery, 1 per staff member, plus 1
day care per 6 children
( 2) Elementary, junior high 1.5 per classroom
( 3 ) High school/college 7 per classroom
(4) Trade schools, music 1/35 sq. ft. of instruction
conservatories area
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Service Stations
( 1) Full serve/repair garage 1/500 sq. ft. , but no less
than 5
(2) Self serve 2 per use
(3) Service stations with 8 per use
convenience markets
Skating Rinks 1/400 sq. ft.
T. Tennis/racquetball courts; 3 per court or alley lane
bowling alleys
(b) Residential Uses
Use Parking Spaces Required
( 1) Single-family dwellings Two (2) fully-enclosed spaces
(2) All other dwelling units One (1) space for bachelor/one
except as listed below: bedroom units.
One and a half ( 1.5) spaces
for two bedroom units.
Two (2) spaces for three or
more bedrooms .
One-half ( .5) guest space per
unit. One space per unit must
be enclosed.
(3) Single-unit dwellings in Two (2) spaces for dwelling
the Oldtown and Townlot units with up to three bed-
districts rooms, and one space for each
additional bedroom.
Two (2) spaces per unit must
be enclosed in a garage, and
remainder may be open,
unenclosed, and designed in
tandem with the garage space.
(4) Low-density planned Three (3) spaces for bachelor/
residential developments one bedroom units.
Three and a quarter (3 .25)
spaces for two or more
bedrooms.
Two (2) spaces per unit must
be enclosed in a garage.
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( 5) Medium-high density One and a half ( 1.5) spaces
planned residential for bachelor/one bedroom.
developments to Two (2) spaces for two or
more bedrooms.
One-half ( .5) guest space per
unit.
One ( 1) space per unit must
be covered.
(6) Senior residential One ( 1) space for bachelor/
developments one bedroom units.
One and one-half ( 1.5) spaces
for two bedroom units.
9607 LOADING FACILITIES. Any loading facilities shall be
designed and located so that vehicles need not extend onto public
sidewalks or streets during loading activities. Where the side or
rear yard of a parcel is used for loading activities and abuts
property zoned or general planned for residential uses, a landscaped
buffer along the property line shall be provided a minimum of six
feet in width which contains one 15 gallon tree per twenty-five
linear feet. Landscaping plan shall be subject to review and
approval by the Director.
9608 SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING. The provisions of this
section shall apply to all projects unless exempt by approval of the
Director. All landscaping plans and irrigation plans shall be
subject to the approval of the Departments of Development Services
and Public Works. Planting shall be harmonious with the
architectural design and site location. All landscaping shall be
maintained in a neat, clean, and healthy condition. Maintenance
shall include proper pruning, mowing, disease and rodent control,
weeding, litter removal, fertilizing, watering, and plant
replacement as necessary.
(a) General Provisions. A minimum of eight percent of the
total net site area shall be landscaped. For traffic visibility
purposes, the maximum height of shrubbery shall be thirty-two inches
within any parking area.
(b) Interior Landscaping. One minimum thirty inch box tree
for every ten parking spaces shall be located throughout the parking
area. Trees located in front and exterior side yards shall not
count toward this requirement. Trees planted within planters less
than ten feet in width shall be provided with a twenty-four inch
deep plastic root barrier.
(c) Front and Exterior Side Yards. A ten foot wide
landscaped berm inside dimension shall be provided along any
streetside property line except at driveway openings. Berming shall
be a minimum of twenty inches in height (Diagram C) . Any planter or
screen walls shall be placed behind the landscape area and shall set
back five feet from the edge of any alley or driveway.
9.
One minimum thirty inch box tree shall be provided for every
forty-five linear feet (or fraction thereof) of streetside property
line; placement may be clustered. Seventy-five percent of all
shrubs, except those used for ground cover, shall be of minimum five
gallon size. Ground cover areas shall be planted with well rooted
cuttings or container stock. Turf areas shall be planted with
field-grown established sod.
(d) Irrigation. All landscape areas shall be provided with
an automatic irrigation system designed to provide complete and
adequate coverage to sustain and promote healthy plant life. The
irrigation system shall not cause water to spray or flow across a
public sidewalk.
( e) Curbing. All landscaping shall be protected from
vehicular and pedestrian damage by a six (6) inch high, four (4)
inch wide curb of portland cement. Additional protection shall be
provided by one of the following methods:
( 1) An additional 2 .5 feet of landscaping consisting of
low shrubs or groundcover may be provided between a
parking stall and the required landscape area. The
additional landscaping shall not count towards the
required percentage of landscaping. This method
will allow vehicles to extend over the additional
landscape area in conjunction with permitting a
reduction in the required length of the parking
space from 19 feet to 16.5 feet.
(2) Other alternatives acceptable to the Director
( f) Landscaping Requirement Exception. Existing developments
approved prior to the effective date of these regulations, June 7,
1983, shall be required at the time of expansion and/or exterior
modification, to provide six percent of the total net site area in
landscaping, with a minimum, six foot wide landscape planter ( inside
dimension) located along any streetside property line. If the
project is located adjacent to a landscape and scenic corridor as
depicted in the General Plan, the requirement shall be for a ten
foot wide planter with six percent of the site landscaped. If the
use includes outdoor sales or display, and requires an additional
three foot wide landscape planter pursuant to this code, no
exception shall be granted in the required 8 percent or 10 foot wide
(plus 3 feet) landscape planter.
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DIAGRAM B
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for Parking Lots with Over
DIAGRAM A striping Requirements 200 Spaces 211A+C�i
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LINeFrry i i FACE 20*MIN.HT.
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SIDEWALK GRADE `
BUMPER
PARKING LOT GRADE
PREFERRED DIAGRAM C
Required Landscape
Planter and Berming
PROPERTY LANDSCAPED AREA 10'_-v/ INSIQE WAII
LINE' FACE
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ALTERNATIVE
SECTION 3 . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decisions shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portions thereof, and amendments
thereto, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions, or
amendments be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution
for violation of ordinances which violations were committed prior
to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of
the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any
license or penalty of the penal provisions applicable to any
violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash
deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited
pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations
thereunder appert=fining shall continue in full force and effect.
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SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington beach at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 21st day of April 1986.
Mayor '
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk tZ City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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ty Administrator ec or tf velopment
Services
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Ord. No. 2828
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City g of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members 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 7th day of April
19 86 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 21st day of April 19 86 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Kelly, MacAllister, Finley, Mandic, Green, Thomas
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Bailey
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City Clerk an�ex-of er
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
f, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
HuntlrWon Beach and ex•offeio Cfeck of the City
Council, do hereby Certify that a synopsis of this
ordinance has been pubj'ishad in the Huntington
aeach In..'er-teem on
in accoidur v, th t:ie l+t Gha ter ct z:d 4ity,
ALICIA M. WEN TWO RTH
• City Clerk
r
Deputy City Clerk