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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance #3071 ORDINANCE NO. 3071 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN CONCERNING PARKING AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS WHEREAS Ordinance No. 3054 amends Article 960 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code concerning parking and landscaping throughout the City, and The Downtown Specific Plan contains parking and landscaping standards which must conform to Article 960; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Article 4 . 2 of the Downtown Specific Plan is hereby amended to read as follows : DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN 4.2.01 (d) All nonconforming uses or structures shall be required to meet all applicable provisions of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code in each of the following : Exception: Any building alteration, rehabilitation or facade improvement which does not exceed ten (10) percent expansion of the existing floor area; does not increase the height; or result in an increase in permitted density. The Design Review Board shall review and approve any proposed exterior modifications . (1) Any expansion of floor area greater than ten (10) percent; increase in height; or an increase in the permitted density shall require a conditional use permit and shall be required to comply with all applicable provisions of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code. Deviations to development standards (except parking and density) shall be subject to special permits . (2) Any change of use, expansion of use, reconstruction, or change in occupant to a use which would require additional off street parking shall provide the additional required off-street parking according to the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code. No additional parking shall be required for the existing structure. -1- 4 .2.13 Parking. All developments will be required to meet the minimum off-street parking standards of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code. The following shall also apply: (a) Parking for commercial development projects within Districts 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 , 10, and 11 shall provide one-hundred (100) percent of the required parking on-site. Parking for new commercial development projects within Districts 3 and 5 shall be provided on site to the maximum extent feasible. The balance of any required parking shall be provided in a public parking facility within walking distance not to exceed 350 feet . These off-site parking spaces shall be in place prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the new development. (b) Subterranean or semi-subterranean parking above the adjacent grade which include a public open space or landscaped area on top shall be considered site coverage at the following rate for that portion: Inches above the adjacent grade Site coverage 0" - 18" 0% 18"+ - 24" 15% 24"+ - 36" 20% 35"+ - 42" 25% 42" and above 100% (c) Parking within the setbacks shall be prohibited except for setbacks along PCH in Districts 1 and 2 along Lake Street in District 6, individual residential driveways will also be exempt. (d) If any existing oceanside or onstreet parking is removed, it shall be replaced on a one for one basis in an area that would not result in the loss of any sandy beach area and within reasonable walking distance of the existing site. Replacement parking shall be assured prior to the issuance of the coastal development permit. (e) wherever a street, alley or private driveway intersects with a public or private right-of-way, these shall be a triangular area clear of visual obstructions from a height of forty-two (42) inches to seven (7) feet. Such triangular area shall have sides which extend a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from the back of sidewalk along all public streets and ten (10) feet along alleys or private driveways . 4.2. 14 Landscaping. All developments will be required to meet minimum landscape provisions of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code. in addition to City standard landscape plans and specifications, the following shall apply: (a) All setback areas fronting on or visible from an adjacent public street, and all recreation, leisure and -2- 3071 open space areas shall be landscaped and permanently maintained in an attractive manner and shall be consistent with the adopted Design Guidelines . (b) On-site trees shall be provided in all developments as follows : one (1) thirty-six (36) inch box tree for each residential unit or each 1, 500 square feet of commercial or office space net floor area. Alternatively, the following equivalent of thirty-six (36) inch box trees may be provided: Seventy-five (75) percent of the total requirement shall be thirty-six (36) inch box trees and the remaining twenty-five (25) percent of such requirement may be provided at a ratio of one (1) inch for one (1) through the use of twenty-four (24) box trees . Additional trees and shrubs shall also be planted to provide a well-balanced landscape environment . Exception: Structures fronting on Main Street, Fifth Street and Third Street, with a required five (5) foot setback shall be exempt from this requirement . (c) All parking lots shall provide a decorative masonry wall or landscaped berm installed in the setback area, all landscaping shall be installed within the parking lot area, in accordance with the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code. Parking structures must all screen street-level parking areas from the public right-of-way. Such screening must be approved by the Director. The setback area shall be landscaped in accordance with the following guidelines and a landscape plan shall be submitted to and approved by the Director: Planting material shall include at a minimum one (1) fifteen (15) gallon size tree and three (3) five (5) gallon size shrubs for each seventy-five (75) square feet of landscaped area and at least one (1) thirty-six (36) inch box tree for each one hundred and fifty (150) square feet of landscaped area. The setback area shall be planted with suitable groundcover. The landscaped area shall be provided with an irrigation system which conforms to the standards specified for landscaped medians by the Department of Public Works . All landscaping shall be maintained in a neat and attractive manner . -3- 3071 SECTION 2 . 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 15th day of October , 1990. Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: —z�w� (—�,14"1. Alvn",Vv -f�o City Clerk City Attorney ,�� REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED: t �� s ity Adminis a or Director of Community Development -4- 3071 Ord. No. 3071 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, 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 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 therof held on the 1st day of October 1990 and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting therof held on the 15th day of October 19 90 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council . AYES: Councilmembers: MacAllister, Winchell, Green, Mays, Bannister, Erskine NOES: Councilmembers: Silva ABSENT: Councilmembers: None I,-Connie Bro"ay MY CLERK of the City of HoIngton Beach and ex-officio Clerk of ft City council,do hereby cerfify that a synopsis of this ordinance has been published in the Wy Pilat on City Clerk and ex-offici Clerk 19�."-. of the City Council of the City In a=daxe with the Cha er of said City. of Huntington Beach, California Cori nie Brockway ' kyr Clerk. Clerk