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Home My WebLink AboutOrd 07-05 RecVehicleParking ORDINANCE NO.7 - 05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE (ZONING ORDINANCE). CHAPTER 8.76. OFF-STREET PARKING AND WADING REGULATIONS RELATING TO RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING .,.. ...., .." ...,. .. ._.,.~.~..._,., ."-,~,~.,.,. ,., ,., ,.,- .~,.-,-"",._,~."...",."-,~-.-.,,,~~.-,,.-,-.~-,,,,,..-,.-.-.-.-.-.....-.....".... ,. WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has determined that in order to more effectively regulate the parking and/or storage of recreational vehicles on a residential lot that Chapter 8.76, Off-Street Parking and J.oading Regu/alions needs to be amended; and WHEREAS. the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), together with the State b'llidelines and City environmental regulations, require that certain projects be reviewed for environmental impacts and that environmental documents be prepared; and WHEREAS. the project has been found to be Exempt fÌ'om the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), according to Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the amendments to the Dublin Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) may have a significant effect on the environment; and WHEREAS. the Planning Comnlission did hold a properly noticed public hearing on this project on November 23, 2004, and did adopt Resolution 04-69 recommending that the City Council approve amendments to the Dublin Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance); and WHEREAS, a properly noticed public hearing was held by the City Council on February 15, 2005; and WHEREAS, a Staff Report was subnlitted recommending that the City Council approve the amendments to the Dublin Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance); and WHEREAS. pursuant to section 8.120.050.B of the Dublin Municipal Code, the City Council finds that the amendments to the Dublin Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) are consistent with the Dublin General Plan and all applicable Specific Plans; and 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 ordain as follows: Seetion 1. Subdivision E.4 of Section 8.76.060, Recreational Vehicle Parking in Residential Areas, of the Dublin Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) shall be modified to read as follows: Alternate Location. In unusual situations where there is insufficient room in Area Sb (the area between the driveway and the nearest Side Lot Line) to park a RV, the Zoning Adnlinistrator may permit paved parking for that purpose in an alternate location by means of a Conditional Use Permit issued pursuant to Chapter 8.100 provided that the Zoning Administrator makes the following fmdings in addition to those required by Section 8.100.060 for the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit: (I) the parking of the RV in the proposed location will have no adverse impacts to adjacent properties' enjoyment oflight and air; and (2) the parking of the RV in the proposed location will have no adverse impacts to persons in vehicles accessing or exiting the subject and adjacent properties. Section 2. Subdivision E.7 of Section 8.76.060, Recreational Vehicle Parking in Residential Areas, of the Dublin Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) is added to read as follows: Parking in the Area between the Driveway and Nearest Side Lot Line (Area 5b). An RV parked within the paved area between the driveway and the nearest Side Lot Line (Area 5b) may encroach into the Side Yard area (Area 3b) without having to be screened provided that the ITOnt yard setback is 20-feet or less, the overall length of the vehicle does not exceed 25 feet, and a 6 foot fence setback a maximum of 27 feet rrom the rront property line is provided to separate Area 5b rrom Area 3b (See Figure 76-0). The Zoning Administrator may approve a Conditional Use Permit to allow for an RV greater than 25 feet in length on lots with a rront yard setback of20-feet or less or to allow for an RV longer than Area 5b for lots with a rront yard setback of more than 20-feet (See Figure 76-0), provided that the rear yard win be screened ITom view ITom the public right of way and provided that the findings required by Section 8.76.060.EA and 8.100.060 can be made. Figure 76-0 For Lots with a Front Yard Setback of 20-feet or less. I W W '" >- u) RV parked in Area 3b shall be screened by 6 fOOl fence. A 6 fOOl screening fencc separating Area 5b from Area 3b ;s required. The maximnm setback for Ihc fcncc shall be 27 feet from the from property line. ~c 50 --,_.._,.~ R V parked in Area 5b Illity encroach into Area 3b so long as tllC R V does not exceed 25 feet in lenglh. RV may exceed 25 feet in length with approval of a CUP. STREET Section 3. For Lots with a Front Yard Setback more than 20-feet. I -I -- ..,.__.~ l 1 I ~___ J I 2 . r 1 I >- 13) 4 t: "RESIDENCE I ~ I 3h I en I I I I I I 6 I I r- -1 5c 50 5b I J RV pmked in Are¡¡ 3b shall be screened by 6 foot fence. RV parked in Area 5b may encroach ;nlO Arc.1 3b wilh approval of a STREET r Subdivision A.14.a.l of Section 8.76.070, Location of Required Parking Spaces, of the Dublin Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) shall be modified to read as follows: Principal residence. All parking spaces shall be located on the same parcel as the residence they serve, unless provided as a Residential Parking Lot by the Zoning Administrator pursuant to a Conditional Use Permit. The most distant parking space in a Residential Parking Lot shall be not more than ISO feet ITom the residences they serve. Parking spaces required by this Chapter shaH be located within an enclosed garage, except that two, fuH-size, unenclosed parking spaces may be permitted elsewhere on a lot pursuant to a Conditional Use Permit for the purposes of converting a residential garage to living space (Rev. Ord. 4-03). Other than the two required garaged parking spaces, a maximum of two vehicles (which shall include, but not be linlited to, an automobile, car, truck, or Recreational Vehicle) may be parked in the following areas if screened by a 6 foot high fence or wall and if at least one side yard is unobstructed to a width of36 inches: Areas 1, 2, 3a, 3b and 4. Additional parking may occur in area Sa. Parking in area Sb shall be as required by Section 8.76.060£2 and 8.76.060.E.7, No parking shall occur in area Sc except as permitted by Section 8.76.060.E.4. See Figure 76-2. Parking in a driveway shall not compensate for required enclosed garage parking unless two, full-size unenclosed parking spaces are permitted pursuant to a Conditional Use Permit for the purposes of converting a residential garage to living space (Rev. Ord 4-03). No parking shall occur in Area 6. Section 4. Conforminl! Amendments. Chapter 8.76 of the Dublin Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) shaH be re-numbered and/or re-Iettered as necessary to accommodate and/or reflect the foregoing amendments. Section 5. Severabilitv. 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 6. Effective Date and Postinl! of Ordinance. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days ITom and after the date of its final adoption. 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 39633 of the Government Code of Cali fomi a," PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CTTY OF DUBLIN on this I" day of March 2005, by the following votes: AYES: Councilmembers Hildenbrand, McCormick, Oravetz and Zika, and Mayor Lockhart NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None A~ST: ~ Oil v Deputy CIty Clerk 'HCC-MfGS\2005-qh"11Mm\03.<JHJ51oro 07.<J5 RV WADOC (II= 6.4)