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ORDINANCE 10635674 ORDINANCE NO. 1063 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY �. OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 20 (THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO LOT COVERAGE AND TO CHAPTER 20.54 (ON -SITE PARKING AND LOADING). WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of E1 Segundo has conducted public hearings and has considered changes to the El Segundo Municipal Code in provisions related to On -Site Parking and Loading; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of E1 Segundo has recommended the within ordinance to the City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 20.08, "Definitions" of Title 20 (Zoning) of the El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby amended to add the following Sections: "20.08.221 HABITABLE VEHICLE. "Habitable vehicle" means any mobile home, camper, house trailer, travel trailer, recreational vehicle or any other vehicle utilized for human habitation, on a temporary or permanent basis. Habitable vehicle does not include those vehicles located in an authorized mobile home park. 20.08.373 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. "Recreational vehicle" means any licensed vehicle, motorized or non- motorized, used for leisure and for recreation, including, but not limited to, campers, motor homes, dune buggies, boats and trailers used to transport said vehicles." SECTION 2. Chapter 20.24, "Residential -3 (R -3) Zone," Section 2.24.090, of Title 20 (Zoning) of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "20.24.090 PERMISSIBLE LOT COVERAGE. The following lot coverage shall be permitted in the R -3 zone: Single - family dwellings, duplexes and apartments ti including all accessory buildings and structures - sixty percent; 5675 - 2 - Condominiums or conversions of multiple dwellings to condominiums - forty percent; Townhouses - fifty percent." SECTION 3. Chapter 20.54, "Off- Street Parking and Loading," of Title 20 (Zoning) of the El Segundo Municipal Code heretofore adopted, is hereby deleted in its entirety and a new Chapter 20.54, "On -Site Parking and Loading" is hereby added to Title 20 (Zoning) of the El Segundo Municipal Code, to read as follows: "CHAPTER 20.54 ON -SITE PARKING AND LOADING Sections 20.54.001 INTENT 20.54.005 APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER IN THE C -RS ZONE 20.54.010 REQUIRED 20.54.011 MAINTENANCE AND AVAILABILITY OF PARKING SPACES 20.54.012 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED PARKING 20.54.013 PERMIT APPROVAL 20.54.020 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED A. RESIDENTIAL USES B. OTHER OVERNIGHT SLEEPING USES C. NON - RESIDENTIAL USES 20.54.025 RESULTING FRACTIONS 20.54.040 REQUIREMENTS FOR UNSPECIFIED USE 20.54.050 MIXED OCCUPANCIES 20.54.060 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS A. STALL SIZES & AISLE WIDTHS B. HANDICAPPED REQUIREMENTS C. PARKING FACILITIES LOCATION D. UNDERGROUND (SUBTERRANEAN) PARKING FACILITIES E. PARKING AND OCCUPANCY OF LICENSED RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND HABITABLE VEHICLES F. ENTRANCES AND EXITS G. PLAN SUBMITTAL 20.54.065 JOINT USE PARKING FACILITIES 20.54.070 PARKING COVENANTS 20.54.080 REQUIRED LOADING AREAS 20.54.090 IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKING, LOADING AND VEHICLE STORAGE AND SALES AREAS Chapter 20.54 ON -SITE PARKING AND LOADING 20.54.001 INTENT. The intent of this section is to provide for adequate on -site parking and loading standards, to assure that parking spaces shall be suitably maintained and available for the use of the occupants of the site and to mitigate associated on- street parking and traffic circulation problems throughout the City. 5676 - 3 - 20.54.005 APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER IN THE C -RS ZONE. In the C -RS Zone, Section 20.54.020 spaces required, shall be fully applicable to all buildings constructed or enlarged after January 1, 1971. All buildings constructed prior to January 1, 1971, which do not meet the requirements of Chapter 20.54, may comply with these provisions in the following manner: Existing uses in an existing building may change to any other use enumerated in the permitted principal uses of the C -RS Zone without providing additional on -site parking spaces, provided, however, that all existing on -site parking spaces and the pro- visions of Section 20.54.080 required loading space, provided in connection with the building or structure, shall be continued and available for use with the subject building or structure. (Ord. 760 §1, 1971) 20.54.010 REQUIRED. No use or building shall hereafter be established, erected, enlarged or expanded unless there be pro- vided and thereafter maintained on -site parking and loading facilities to accommodate all licensed vehicles used by the occupants, customers, clientele and employees of such use or building as provided in this chapter. 20.54.011 MAINTENANCE AND AVAILABILITY OF PARKING SPACES. No person, company or organization shall fail to maintain the facilities required to be provided by this chapter, or by any applicable provision of prior laws, variance, use permit, or precise plan heretofore or hereafter granted by the Planning Commission or City Council. For the purposes of this section, "maintain" shall mean and include to keep open, accessible, and available to the occupants, their clients or visitors of the building or use during the hours such building or use is normally occupied. No required parking shall be utilized in any manner so as to make it unavailable for the occupants, their clients or visitors, of a building or use during the hours such building or use is normally occupied. This meaning shall not be construed to prohibit security devices. 20.54.012 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED PARKING. In the event on -site parking and loading area facilities required to be provided under this Code, or any prior provision thereof, in connection with any building or use are at any time not main- tained for licensed vehicle parking and truck loading area purposes to the extent required, the Director of Building Safety shall revoke and cancel the certificate of occupancy theretofore issued for such structure after holding a hearing upon at least sixty (60) days written notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing having been mailed to the owner and other person occupying the same as shown on the records of the Business License Division or the County Tax Assessor; provided, however, if it appears that the failure to maintain such required parking was reasonably beyond the control of the person required to maintain the same, no certificate of occupancy shall be revoked until such person shall have had at least ninety (90) days to reestablish the minimum required parking. In the event any cer- tificate of occupancy is revoked, the premises covered thereby shall not be occupied or used for any purpose until a new certificate of occupancy has been issued, the owner or tenant affected by the decision of the Director of Building Safety may appeal the decision to the City Council by filing a written appeal with the City Clerk within ten (10) days after the Director's decision is made. 20.54.013 PERMIT APPROVAL. No building permit, authorized in accordance with a procedure requiring approval of the Planning Commission or City Council, shall be issued until the applicant has presented satisfactory evidence to the Director of Planning that parking and loading facilities required by the provisions of this chapter will be provided and maintained. Such evidence shall include, but not be limited to, detailed plan specifica- tions of the proposed on -site parking and loading facilities and where applicable, the appropriate parking covenant pursuant to Section 20.54.070 of this code. 20.54.020 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED. The number of on -site parking spaces required for the establishment of a building or use shall be provided and thereafter maintained at the following ratios provided, however, that for any building or use enlarged or increased in capacity, additional parking facilities shall be required only for such enlargement or increase. Additional parking facilities need not be provided in R Zones unless such enlargement or increase results in the addition of a dwelling unit. USE A. RESIDENTIAL USES (1) Single Family, and Two Family Dwellings: (2) Condominiums, Residential Co -ops and Multiple Family Dwellings - new construction or conversions: (3) Lodging Houses, Boarding Houses, Rooming Houses, and Guest Houses: B. OTHER OVERNIGHT SLEEPING USES REQUIRED PARKING 2 spaces for each dwell- ing unit. 2 spaces for each unit plus 1 visitor space for first 6 dwelling units and 1 visitor space for each additional 3 units. 1 space for each sleeping room. (1) Hospitals: 1 -1/2 spaces for each bed. (2) Hotels: 1 space for each of the first 100 rooms; 3/4 space for each of the next 100 rooms; and 1/2 space for each room above 200 rooms. (3) Motels, Auto Courts, 1 space for each sleeping Motor Lodges, and unit. Tourist Courts: (4) Nursing Homes, Sanitariums, 1 space for each 2 beds. Rest Homes, Asylums, Conva- lescent Homes: C. NON - RESIDENTIAL USES (1) Automobile repair garages body shops, service and super service stations: (2) Churches (3) Commercial, Offices or Retail: (4) Manufacturing: 2 spaces for each service stall plus 2 spaces for office. 1 space per 4 seats 1 space for each 300 square feet of floor area. 1 space for each 500 square feet of floor area. jh!I 5 R'7 R (5) Medical /Dental Offices 1 space for each 200 and Clinics: square feet of floor area. (6) Places of Public Assembly including, but not limited to Theatres, Auditoriums, Banquet Facilities, Meeting Rooms, Churches, Clubs, Lodges and Mortuaries: (a) with fixed seats 1 space per 3 seats. (b) without fixed seats (7) Restaurants, Bars and Cocktail Lounges: (8) Schools, private: (a) nursery, elementary through junior high level, (b) high school level (c) adult level, college business and trade, (9) Warehouses and storage buildings: 1 space per 30 square feet of floor area used for assembly purposes. 1 space for each 75 square feet of floor area to 4,000 square feet and 1 additional space for each 100 square feet of floor area over 4,000 square feet. 1 space for each 3 class- rooms, plus 1 space for each two employees and faculty members. 1 space for each 5 stu- dents, plus 1 space for each two employees and faculty members. 1 space for each 3 stu- dents, plus 1 space for each two employees and faculty members. 1 space for each 800 square feet of floor area. 20.54.025 RESULTING FRACTIONS. When calculating the number of parking spaces required by this chapter, any resulting fraction less than one -half shall be disregarded, and any such fraction one -half or greater shall be construed as requiring one addi- tional parking space. 20.54.040 REQUIREMENTS FOR UNSPECIFIED USE. Where the parking requirements for a use are not specifically defined herein, the parking requirements for the use shall be determined by the Planning Commission. 20.54.050 MIXED OCCUPANCIES. In the case of mixed uses in a building or on a site, the total requirements for on -site parking facilities shall be the sum of the requirements for the various uses computed separately with the fraction for each cumulative to get the total. On -site parking facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required parking facilities for any other use. 20.54.060 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. The following general require- ments shall apply: 5679 - 6 - A. STALL SIZES AND AISLE WIDTHS. (1) Each non - residential required parking stall shall be a minimum of 8 -1/2 feet wide by 18 feet deep. Any stall adjacent to a wall or other obstruction shall be one addi- tional foot in width. For residential uses in R and P Zones, required spaces shall be provided as follows. Single family dwellings, each space shall be not less than 10 feet wide and 20 feet deep. Two family dwellings and multi - family dwellings, each space shall be not less than 9 feet wide and 20 feet deep. Any stall adjacent to a wall or other obstruction shall be one additional foot in width. (2) Aisle width turning radius requirements for angled parking spaces shall not be less than the following: Angles of Parking Aisle Width Clear Parallel to 30° 12 feet 35° 13 feet 40° 14 feet 45° 15 feet 50° 16 feet 55° 17 feet 60° 18 feet 65° 19 feet 700 20 feet 75^ 21 feet 80° 22 feet 85° 23 feet 90° 25 feet (3) The provision of stalls for required parking in sizes below these minimums or in a tandem configuration is prohibited in all zones unless authorized in accordance with a procedure requiring approval of the Planning Commission or City Council, except compact car parking shall be allowed up to and including twenty percent (20 %) of required parking space for office and manufacturing uses. B. HANDICAPPED REQUIREMENTS. Handicapped parking shall be pro- vided in accordance with Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code. C. PARKING FACILITIES LOCATION. All on -site parking facilities shall be located as follows: (1) All resident parking spaces required for one - family dwell- ings and two - family dwellings shall be located in a fully enclosed building. (2) All resident parking spaces required for multiple family dwellings, condominiums, residential cooperatives, board- ing houses, lodging houses, and rooming houses shall be located in covered structures enclosed on at least three sides, regardless of the zone in which such use or such spaces are located. Exception: Required or otherwise provided visitor spaces need not be enclosed or covered. (3) No required parking space for any residential use shall be located, in whole or in part, in any required front yard or front two thirds of any required side yard, except where provided for in Section 20.54.060 E of this code. (4) All parking spaces shall be located on the same lot or building site as the use for which such spaces are required; provided, however, that such parking spaces for non - residential uses may be located on a different lot or lots, all of which are less than three hundred feet 5680 - 7 - distance from the use for which it is required, and such lot or lots are under common ownership with the lot or building site for which such spaces are required. Such distance shall be measured along a straight line drawn between the nearest point on the premises devoted to the use served by such parking facilities and the nearest point on the premises providing such parking facilities. A covenant as described in Section 20.54.070 of this chapter shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder, which covenant may include such reasonable conditions as the Planning Commission may impose. D. UNDERGROUND (SUBTERRANEAN) PARKING FACILITIES. (1) The following maximum lot coverage shall apply to communal underground parking facilities for any residential use in any R -Zone: Underground parking facilities in the R -Zones need not provide any yard setbacks as long as the parking facil- ities are completely subsurface and covered. Seventy -five percent (75 %) of the subsurface area of the lot may be utilized provided that the garage walls are constructed no more than two feet above grade at any point and that the above grade extrusions do not intrude into a required setback; Sixty percent (60 %) of the subsurface area of the lot may be utilized provided that the average height of the garage walls above grade is no more than four feet, and that no wall is more than five feet above grade at any point; and further provided that the area surrounding the outside walls is landscaped and that the above grade extrusions do not intrude into a required setback; Forty percent (40 %) of the subsurface area of the lot may be utilized for any underground parking facility which does not meet the above conditions; and further provided that the area surrounding the outside walls is landscaped and that the above grade extrusions do not intrude into a required setback. (2) Underground parking facilities in the C, C -M or M Zone need not provide any yard setbacks as long as the parking facilities are completely subsurface and covered. E. 1. PARKING OF LICENSED RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND HABITABLE. VEHICLES. Parking of any habitable vehicle outside of an authorized mobile home park or licensed recreational vehicle parking facility is prohibited except that such vehicles may be parked on any public street subject to any applicable parking restrictions or on any developed residential lot as long as the vehicle, if parked in a front yard, must be parked on a non- porous surface pad adequate to accommodate the parked vehicle. E. 2. OCCUPANCY OF HABITABLE VEHICLES. No habitable vehicle may be occupied for residential purposes for longer than 72 hours (outside of an authorized mobile home park.) No habitable vehicle may be occupied for commercial purposes except as provided by Section 16.04.260 of this code. 5681 =1M F. ENTRANCES AND EXITS. The location and design of all entrances and exits shall be subject to the approval of the City Engi- neer, provided no entrance or exit other than on or from an alley shall be closer than five feet to any lot located in an R or P zone, and further provided that no single opening to a parking area shall exceed a width of twenty -six feet. G. PLAN SUBMITTAL. The plan of the proposed parking area and, if applicable, the loading and waiting space plan shall be submitted to the Building Department at the time of the appli- cation for the building permit for the building for which the parking, loading and waiting area is required. The plans shall clearly indicate the proposed development, including location, size, shape, design, curb cuts, lighting, land- scaping and parking spaces in full compliance with code requirement. 20.54.065 JOINT USE PARKING FACILITIES. The Planning Commission may authorize, through a discretionary permit procedure, the joint use of parking facilities under the following conditions: A. Up to fifty (50 %) percent of the parking facilities of a use considered to be primarily a daytime use may be used to satisfy the parking facilities required by this chapter for a use considered to be primarily a nighttime use. B. A covenant as described in Section 20.54.070 of this chap- ter shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder, which covenant may include such reasonable conditions as the Planning Commission may impose. 20.54.070 PARKING COVENANTS. When parking is to be provided off the regularly subdivided lot on which the structure, or some portion thereof, is located, the owner or lessee of record of the development site shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the Director of Planning that he owns or has available sufficient property to provide the minimum on -site parking required by the provisions of Section 20.54.020 of this chapter. Whether parking is to be provided in property owned by the applicant or is in another ownership, there shall have been recorded in the office of the County Recorder, prior to the issuance of any building permit, a covenant executed by the owners of such property for the benefit of the City, in a form approved by the City Attorney, to the effect that the owners will continue to maintain such parking space so long as such structure or improvement exists. Such covenant shall also recite that the title to and right to use the lots upon which the parking space is to be provided will be subservient to the title to the premises upon which the structure is to be erected and shall warrant that such lots are not and will not be made subject to any other covenant or con- tract for such use without the prior written consent of the City. In the event the owners of such structure should thereafter provide parking space equal in area within the same distance and under the same conditions as to ownership upon another lot than the premises made subservient in a prior such covenant, the City will, upon a written application therefor, accompanied by the filing of a similar covenant, release such original subservient premises from such prior covenant, and the owners shall furnish at their own expense such title reports or other evidence as the City may require to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. 20.54.080 REQUIRED LOADING AREAS. Every building hereafter established, erected, enlarged or expanded for commercial, manu- facturing or institutional purposes in any C, C -M or M Zone shall be provided with loading space as follows provided, however, that for any building or use enlarged or increased in capacity, addi- tional loading spaces shall be required only for such enlargement or increase: 5682 ss 1. Buildings containing less than 1,000 square feet of floor area need not provide for such loading space. 2. All required loading space shall be in addition to the required on -site parking spaces set forth in Section 20.54.020 and shall be developed and maintained in accordance with Section 20.54.090. (a) The minimum size of the first required loading space shall be 13 feet by 50 feet with a minimum overall vertical height clearance of 15 feet. The second required space shall be 12 feet by 40 feet with a minimum overall ver- tical height clearance of 14 feet. The third required space shall be 10 feet by 24 feet with a minimum overall vertical height clearance of 8 feet. This sequence shall be repeated from its beginning if more than three loading spaces are required. Each loading space shall have adequate ingress and egress and shall be striped and marked as a loading space. (b) Loading spaces may be provided for completely or par- tially within a building when such building is designed to include adequate ingress and egress to the loading spaces. (c) Required loading spaces for commercial, industrial, and warehouse uses shall be provided as set forth in the following schedule: Building Floor Area Loading Spaces Required 1,000 - 25,000 sq. ft. One 25,001 - 100,000 sq. ft. Two 100,001 - 250,000 sq. ft. Three Each additional 100,000 sq. ft. One or fraction thereof. (d) Required loading spaces for hotel or institutional uses shall be provided as set forth in the following schedule: Building Floor Area Loading Spaces Required 1,000 - 15,000 sq. ft. One 15,001 - 75,000 sq. ft. Two Each additional 100,000 sq. ft. One or fraction thereof. 3. For sites containing building floor area over 1,000,000 square feet total, specifically marked on -site waiting spaces are required adjacent or near to the required loading spaces in order to accommodate trucks waiting for loading dock space. Such waiting spaces shall be 13 feet by 60 feet and be pro- vided for at the ratio of one waiting space per five required loading spaces. 4. On C, C -M or M zoned small lots or parcels that are less than 6,000 square feet in area, an on -site loading space area shall be provided that is not less than 12 feet wide and is com- prised of an area equal to not less than eight percent (88) of the lot or parcel area and in no case shall such loading area be less than 360 square feet. 5. Loading and waiting space plans shall be provided as set forth in Section 20.54.060(G). 56 R3 - 10 - 20.54.090 IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKING, LOADING AND VEHICLE STORAGE AND SALES AREAS. Every lot, site or portion thereof used for public or private parking, loading or vehicle sales and storage areas shall be developed and maintained in the following manner: (1) All permanent on -site parking, loading vehicle storage and vehicle sales areas shall be paved with approved concrete or asphaltic concrete. On -site parking areas to be used for no longer than one year as such shall be surfaced and maintained with an impervious material acceptable to the Building Department so as to eliminate dust and mud. All on -site parking areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of all surface water. Drainage shall be taken to the curb or gutter and away from adjoining properties. In no case shall the drainage be allowed across the surface of a public sidewalk or cross the property line of the property from which it is corrected or derived. (2) Barriers, landscaping, screening and lighting: (a) All parking, loading, vehicle sales and vehicle storage areas shall provide suitable (wheel stops) barriers located not less than four feet from the property line and not less than six inches in height. Such barrier shall be securely installed and maintained and be of material approved by the Director of Building Safety. No such barriers shall be required or installed across any driveway, entrance or exit. (b) Every parking, loading, vehicle sales or vehicle stor- age area shall landscape five percent (5%) of the total Vehicular Use Area (VUA). All landscaping shall be fully sprinkled and maintained. Landscaping shall be approved by the Director of Parks and Recreation. No such requirements shall apply to VUA(s) that are covered and enclosed. (c) Every parking, loading, vehicle sales or vehicle stor- age area which abuts property located in one of the R zones or the P zone when developed for residential purposes and whether or not an alley or street intervenes, shall be screened from the property by a wall six feet in height or with approved landscaping measured from the grade of the finished surface of the lot closest to the abutting R or P zoned property, provided that along the required front yard the wall or landscaping shall not exceed forty -two inches in height. No such screening need be provided where the elevation of that portion of the parking area or vehicle sales area immediately adjacent to an R or P zoned property is six feet or more below the elevation of the R or P zoned property along the common property line. (d) Any lights provided to illuminate any parking area or vehicle sales areas as permitted by this Title shall be arranged so as to direct the light away from any Premises upon which a residential dwelling unit is located." SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective at mid- night on the thirtieth day from and after the final passage and adoption hereof. ,r e ) - 11 - SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within said City of E1 Segundo and which is hereby desigated for that purpose. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this -21st- day of AUGUST , 1984. /ATTEST: City Clerk (SEAL) �� V�_1�• ��n nIMMA\ ay E bf 'the City of El" egundo, Calif orn' 3t;R 56g5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I, .... VA7,$RI9, A, .$URROWES ............ . City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 106,3 , , is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No.1063 , , , , , , , , , of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 20 (THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO LOT COVERAGE AND TO CHAPTER 20.54 (ON -SITE PARKING AND LOADING). which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the . ?1st.. , day of ... August , . . . 19.A4 ....... , and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers. Jacobson, Schuldt, Siadek, ...................... .....5.Y;Wiaos and.Claxar. Armstroflg ............. NOES: Councilmembers.. Nona .... ............................... ABSENT: ................ N Opp................................... I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance No. ........ was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated within said City and that the same was so published therein on the following date, to with ..................... City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California (SEAL) By......... ............................... Deputy