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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 2722ORDINANCE NO. 2722 NEW SERIES AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING CHAPTER 17.58 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 17.58.010 AND 17.58.020 2., 3., 4., 5. AND 12. AND ADDING SECTION 17.58.020 23.(1) RELATIVE TO OFF-STREET PARKING. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: SECTION 1. Section 17.58.010 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bakersfield is hereby amended to read as follows: 17.58.010 Off-Street Parking Facilities Required. A. For each new dwelling, new multiple dwelling, new business or new industrial establishment or other new or moved structure, or for any change in use of any existing structures, there shall be provided and maintained off-street parking facilities to accommodate the motor vehicles required by the use of the property or structure as set forth in this Chapter. B. The minimum individual parking space or stall size shall be eight and one-half by twenty feet (8-1/2' x 20'). However, in every parking area and garage containing ten (10) or more parking spaces or stalls, excluding R-1 and RS Zones, not more than thirty percent (30%) of the required spaces or stalls provided for a use other than dwelling units may be designed either as compact stalls to accommodate compact cars, or for tandem parking, or in any combination thereof. Exceptions may be granted by the Planning Commission to allow a greater percentage of compact or tandem parking on the basis of a site plan prepared pursuant to Section 17.53.060. Every space or stall designed to accommodate compact cars shall be clearly marked as a compact stall. The minimum bay width for compact stalls shall be seven feet, six inches by fifteen feet (7' 6" x 15'), provided the net aisle width is not reduced. In all cases, such aisle-width or space for ingress and egress shall be in accordance with the standards established by the City Traffic Engineer. Tandem parking spaces shall be limited to use by residents or employees of the facility and shall be so assigned. C. Coffee rooms, restrooms, hallways and mechanical rooms for heating and cooling for private offices, businesses and manufacturing uses shall not be figured in computing the required parking spaces or stalls. Where such uses cannot be determined, as in the case of a building shell, a fifteen percent (15%) gross square footage deduction shall be allowed for non-medical professional offices and twenty percent (20%) for medical offices. D. When, after computing the number of parking spaces for a structure, there appears a fractional requirement of one-half (1/2) or more of a parking space, one (1) additional parking space shall be required. If, after such computation, the fractional requirement for a given number of units is less than one-half (1/2) of a parking space, no additional space shall be required for that fractional parking space. E. All parking for residential uses shall be on the same lot or parcel. Parking for all other uses shall be within five hundred (500) feet walking distance of the subject property. F. Not more than twenty percent (20%) of the required spaces provided for multiple-family or condominium use, as specified in items 2. through 5. of Section 17.58.020, may be designed either as compact stalls to accommodate compact cars or for tandem parking, or in any combination thereof. Every space designed to accommodate compact cars shall be clearly marked as a compact stall. Parking space requirements shall be in accordance with standards established by the City Traffic Engineer. G. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17.58.050, the area of a required front yard in an R-2, R-3 or R-4 Zone may be encroached to the extent of eight and one-half feet (8-1/2') for off-street parking required by this Chapter, subject to the following limitations and conditions: not be line; 2. contained in 3. 1. The encroachment into the required allowed in the area between buildings and setback will front property no The prohibition against backing onto streets Section 17.58.030 shall apply; On corner lots or lots at intersecting streets, in a sixty (60) foot corner cut- intersecting street curb lines contained in such encroachment is permitted off area as measured along the extended; 4. The landscaping or wall requirements Section 17.34.020B shall apply. Any such landscaping or wall in the encroached area, as well as in the sixty (60) foot corner cut-off area, must be approved by the Traffic Engineer. H. Required guest parking for multiple-family dwellings, as specified in items 2. through 5. of Section 17.58.020, must be provided by off-street parking and shall not be provided in the parking lanes within public streets adjacent to the affected property. I. Handicapped parking spaces shall be provided in all parking lots in accordance with applicable state regulations. SECTION 2. Subsections 2., 3., 4., 5. and 12. of Section 17.58.020 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: e Multiple-family dwellings and condominiums 1-6 units, two (2) or less bedrooms (where units are on lots subdivided prior to April 10, 1974) Multiple-family dwellings, condominiums, efficiency units - one bedroom Multiple-family dwellings and condominiums, two bedrooms 1-1/3 spaces per unit plus 1/3 space per unit for guests 1-1/2 spaces per unit plus 1/3 space per unit for guests 2 spaces per unit plus 1/3 space per unit for guests 12. Multiple-family dwellings and condominiums, three or more bedrooms Lodges, halls; banquet rooms includinq those associated with a restaurant; churches; funeral homes; mortuaries; sports arenas; theaters; auditoriums, including high school and college auditoriums and similar places of assembly. Figure main meeting hall or rooms only. 2 spaces per unit, plus 1/2 spaces per unit for guests 1 parking space for each 5 seats provided in accord with applicable Fire Code occupancy standards. Section Municipal Code is read as follows: SECTION 3. 17.58.020 of Chapter 17.58 of the Bakersfield hereby amended by adding subsection 23.(1) to 23.(1) Medical laboratories 1 space per 200 sq. ft. such as diagnostic, dental and x-ray laboratories and facilities similar in nature thereto. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the City Charter provisions and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage. .......... o0o .......... I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing and adopted by the Council of the meeting thereof held on the 31s% the following vote: City of Bakersfield day of March Ordinance was passed at a regular , 1982, by Council of the Citg of Bakersfield the , 1982 APPROVED as to form: CItY ATTORNEY of the~lty of Bakersfield AJS:mm 5. Aff a of ost ng ( rh uau es STATE OF CALIFORNIA, f County of Kern ss. PHILIP KELMAR, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that o~ ......................... .~..p**..r_...i..~...~.._~ ........................................................................ ,19..8....2...... he posted on the BulleQn Board at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City at a meeting thereof duly held on ..............._I~..a...~Lc....h.......~..1...~. .................................................., 19._~..2..., which ordinance was numbere~ ............~_7.~.~ .....................New Series, and entitled: An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Bakersfield amending Chapter 17.58 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code by amending Sections 17.58.010 and 17.58.020 2. 3., 4., 5. and 12. and adding Section 17.58 020 23.(1) relative to Off-Street Parking. ~' C'~y Cl~e~~krk Subscribed and sworn to before me this