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ORDINANCE NO. 1191
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE AMENDING CHAPTER
17.66 (PARKING REQUIREMENTS) OF THE LAKE
ELSINORE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
COMPACT PARKING, DRIVE AISLE WIDTH, AND
PARKING RATIO FOR MEDICAL USES.
WHEREAS, an application has been initiated by the City of Lake
Elsinore amending portions of Lake Elsinore Municipal Code (LEMC)
Chapter 17.66 (Parking Requirements), related to 1) eliminating compact
parking provisions for commercial and industrial uses and instead requiring
all parking spaces to be standard full-size spaces, 2) modifying the required
width of 90-degree parking drive aisles, and 3) establishing a minimum off-
street parking requirement for medical uses; and
WHEREAS, a Negative Declaration has been prepared for the
project pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15070, describing the reasons that the
proposed text amendments will not have a significant effect on the
environment and do not require the preparation of an environmental impact
report; and
WHEREAS, Section 17.84.050 of the LEMC stipulates that the City
Council shall make a final determination on a Zoning Ordinance text
amendment; and
WHEREAS, public notice of the application has been given, and the
City Council has considered evidence presented by the Community
Development Department and other interested parties at a public hearing
held with respect to this item on August 22, 2006.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The City Council has considered the proposed Zoning
Ordinance Text Amendment. The City Council finds and determines that an
Initial Study was completed to analyze the potential environmental impacts
of the proposed project. The Initial Study concluded that the proposed Text
Amendment would have no significant environmental impacts.
SECTION 2. That in accordance with State Planning and Zoning law
and the LEMC, the City Council makes the following findings for approval
of Text Amendment No. 2006-01:
1. The proposed Text Amendment to the City's Parking
Ordinance will:
a. Not be detrimental to the to the health, safety, comfort, or
the general welfare of the persons working or residing within the City
in that revisions are proposed to compact stalls, drive aisle widths,
and parking ratio regulations that will create parking areas with less
congestion and better vehicle circulation that will contribute to the
safety and comfort of drivers traversing these parking areas.
b. Not be injurious to property or improvements within the City
because the proposed amendments to the parking ordinance will
create wider parking spaces and aisle widths that will make parking
areas safer and less likely to create situations where property or
existing improvements could be damaged. Furthermore, the proposed
amendments apply to new developments.
2. The proposed text amendment is consistent with the General
Plan as the proposed changes to the Parking Ordinance will help provide
sufficient onsite parking to accommodate all vehicles associated with the
uses found on each site. Furthermore, the proposed revisions will not inhibit
the implementation of appropriate parking layout and design standards set
forth in the Community Design Element of the General Plan.
SECTION 3. That Chapter 17.66 (Parking Requirements) is hereby
amended as follows:
Medical Use Parkinf! Requirement (Add New Subsection to 17.66.030)
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17.66.030 Number of parkin!! spaces required
16. Medical uses (including offices for doctors, dentists, and
chiropractors) one (1) space for each 175 square feet of gross floor area.
Section to 17.66.040 is amended and restated as follows:
17.66.040 Size of parkin!! spaces and required aisle width
A. Parking spaces shall have the following minimum clear
dimensions and aisle width as indicated below:
District
Residential-covered
Residential-uncovered
Industrial-Commercial
Recreational Vehicle
Parallel Spaces
Space (in feet)
Width(1) Length(2)
10 20
9 18
9 18
10 30
8 23
Aisle Width (in feet)
30 45 60 90
28
12 15 18 26
12 15 18 26
15 18 21 28
(l) Open or uncovered spaces with sides abutting a wall, building,
fence, or other obstruction shall be two-feet (2') wider than the standard
required width.
(2) Parking space length may include a two (2) foot allowance for
vehicle overhang of a landscaped area.
(3) The required dimensions of a garage or carport shall be
measured from the interior of the garage or carport.
(4) For multi-car garages or carports, the mInImUm width for
parking stalls shall be nine and one-half (9-l/2') feet.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any provision, clause, sentence
or paragraph of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other
provisions of this Ordinance and are hereby declared to be severable.
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SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect
on October 13, 2006 or such later date that is thirty (30) days after the date
of its final passage. The City Clerk shall certify as to adoption of this
Ordinance and cause this Ordinance to be published and posted in the
manner required by law.
INTRODUCED AND APPROVED UPON FIRST READING this
22nd of August 2006, by the following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCKLEY, HICKMAN, KELLEY,
SCHIFFNER, MAGEE
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
NOES:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED UPON SECOND
READING September 12 ,2006, upon the following roll call vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCKLEY, HICKMAN, KELLEY,
SCHIFFNER, MAGEE
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
NOES:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
Robert E. Magee ayor
City of Lake ElSInore
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'Frederick icity Clerk
City of Lake Elsinore
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