HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 24-14 Off-Street Parking and Loading ORDINANCE NO. 24 — 14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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AMENDING CHAPTER 8.76 (OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING) RELATED TO THE
VILLAGE PARKWAY PILOT PARKING PROGRAM
PLPA-2012-00033
WHEREAS, City Staff have been working to implement the goals and policies of the
Downtown Dublin Specific Plan and the subsequent recommendations of the Urban Land
Institute (ULI) Technical Assistance Panel report; and
WHEREAS, one of the ULI report recommendations relates to allowing greater intensity
of uses in Downtown Dublin; however the Village Parkway District is limited to achieve greater
vibrancy and intensity with the City's current parking standards combined with the existing
building and development patterns in place; and
WHEREAS, in 2012, the City Council approved Ordinance 19-12, implementing a pilot
parking program to eliminate the parking requirements in the Village Parkway District of the
DDSP for a temporary period of two (2) years. The Ordinance expires on January 4, 2015
unless extended; and
WHEREAS, after conducting outreach with the property owners and tenants in the
Village Parkway District, Staff proposes to extend the pilot parking program for an additional five
(5) years; and
WHEREAS, Staff further proposes to establish a parking standard for new commercial
development within the Village Parkway District and to clarify the administration of Chapter 8.76
of the Zoning Ordinance as it applies to this district; and
WHEREAS, a Community Meeting was held on October 3, 2014 soliciting feedback from
property owners and businesses in the Village Parkway District; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hold a properly noticed public hearing on the
Zoning Ordinance Amendments on October 28, 2014 and adopted Resolution 14-52
recommending that the City Council adopt an Ordinance approving a Zoning Ordinance
Amendment to Chapter 8.76 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) related to the Village Parkway
Pilot Parking Program; and
WHEREAS, a staff report dated November 18, 2014 was prepared to analyze the project
for the City Council and a properly noticed public hearing was held by the City Council on
November 18, 2014; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 8.120.050.B of the Dublin Municipal Code, the City
Council finds that the Zoning Ordinance Amendments are consistent with the Dublin General
Plan and the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council did hear and use its independent judgment and consider all
said reports, recommendations and testimony hereinabove set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1.
Compliance with California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"): The City Council declares
this Ordinance is exempt from CEQA per CEQA Guidelines Section 15601(b)(3). Section
15601(b)(3) states that CEQA applies only to those projects that have the potential to cause a
significant effect on the environment. The adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from CEQA
because the Ordinance does not, in itself, allow the construction of any building or structure, but
it sets forth the parking regulations that shall be followed if and when a building or structure is
occupied by a user. This Ordinance of itself, therefore, has no potential for resulting in
significant physical change in the environment, directly or ultimately.
SECTION 2.
The first paragraph of Section 8.76.080.D (Parking Requirements by Use Type — Commercial)
of the Dublin Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"D. Commercial Use Types. Commercial Use Types shall provide off-street parking
spaces as noted in the table below, with the exception of uses proposing to occupy existing
buildings in the Village Parkway District of the Downtown Dublin Specific Plan. Uses
occupying existing buildings in the Village Parkway District are not required to provide a
prescribed number of parking spaces for any commercial use that is permitted or
conditionally permitted in the Downtown Dublin Zoning District. New buildings that are
proposed to be constructed in the Village Parkway District are required to provide parking
spaces at the rate of 1 space per 300 square feet of gross building area, regardless of the
future commercial use of the building. All on-site parking spaces within the Village Parkway
District shall be considered "required parking" for the purposes of administering Chapter
8.76 unless otherwise determined by the Community Development Director."
All other text in Section 8.76.080.D, and all other text in the remainder of Chapter 8.76, remains
unchanged.
SECTION 3.
Five years following the effective date of this Ordinance, the first paragraph of Section
8.76.080.D (Parking Requirements by Use Type - Commercial) of the Dublin Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"D. Commercial Use Types. Commercial Use Types shall provide off-street parking
spaces as follows:"
All other text in Section 8.76.080.D, and all other text in the remainder of Chapter 8.76, remains
unchanged.
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SECTION 4.
Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any provision, clause,
sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any
person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not
affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts
thereof of the ordinance or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
SECTION 5.
Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days following its
adoption.
SECTION 6.
Posting. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least
three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of December 2014, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Biddle, Gupta, Hart, Haubert, and Mayor Sbranti
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Alej
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk/Records Manager
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