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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2093 Downtown Parking DistrictORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ AN ORDINANC~ relatin~ to parking requirements, definin~ a Downtown Parking District, amending Section 17.28.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code to extend the area in which the off-street parking required for a par- ticular use must be located, reducin~ certain parking requirements in the Downtown Parking District, encour- aging retention or creation of on-street parking spaces, and permitting payment of a fee in-lieu-of parking spaces in satisfaction of certain parking requirements. past studies of parking in downtown Port Townsend have questioned whether the s~ecific parking requirements of the Port Townsend Municipal Code are appropriate and practicable for current conditions, and; WHEREAS, specific recomendations were made in the "Downtown Parking Ordinance Review" conducted in 1986 by Doug Baker of the Association of Washington Cities and in a recent City staff discussion paper entitled "Parking in Downtown Port Townsend", and; ~EREAS, over the past several months numerous community meetings have been held at which many citizens have provided information and suggestions regarding parking in downtown Port Townsend, and; NHEREAS, the Port Townsend Planning Comission has conducted public forums and hearings and submitted on October 29, 1987, Page 1 of 9 recommendations for certain changes to the Port Townsend Municipal Code relating to parking, and; ~HEREAS, the City Council finds that downtown ~ort Townsend presents unique parking concerns, includi~ but not limited to the following: (1) Available parking is not evenly distributed throughout the downtown area, nor is parking supply generally located in close proximity to peak demand locations, (2) Present and anticipated parking shortages indicate an increasing need for additional on- and off-street parking spaces, (3) Because many redevelopment opportunities are within existing historic buildings, and because available downtown land area is so constrained by the bluff and the waterfront, desirable future development may be thwarted by parking requirements which no longer serve the orderly redevelopment of downtown Port Townsend, and (4) Certain parking improvements may be more efficiently made through the flexibility afforded by a fee-in-lieu of parking spaces alternative, and; Page 2 of 9 WHEREAS, the City Council finds that there will be no significant adverse environmental impact as a result of these amendments, now therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TONNSEND DOgS ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ~ A new Section 17.08.148 is hereby added to the Port Townsend Municipal Code to read as follows: 17.08.148 Downtown Parkin~District. "Downtown Parking District" means that area included in the C-II, C-III and P- I zoning districts from Admiralty Inlet to Van Buren Street between Port Townsend Bay and Jefferson Street, excluding the P-I zoned block bordered by Van Buren, Jefferson, Harrison and Washington Streets. ~ Section 17.28.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: 17.28.020 Location. Off-street parking facilities shall be located as hereinafter specified; where a distance is specified, such distance shall be the walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking facility to Page 3 of 9 the nearest point of the building that such facility is required to serve: (1) For one and two family dwellings: on the same lo~ with the building they are required to serve; (2) For multiple dwellings: not more than one hundred feet; and boardinghouses, fraternity and sorority houses: not more than three hundred feet; (4) For uses within the Downtown Parkin~ District: within or ~mmediatel? ad~acent to the Downtown Parking District. (5~ For uses other than those specified above: not more than five hundred feet. For hospitals, sanitariums, homes for the aged, rooming ~ A new Section 17.28.100 is hereby added to the Port Townsend Municipal Code to read as follows: 17.28.100 Downtown Uses--Reduced Reauirements. The parking requirements prescribed in this Chapter may be reduced by one of the following provisions as may be applicable: (1) For uses within the Downtown Parking District the parking requirements prescribed in Section 17.28.080 are reduced to seventy-five percent of the requirements which would otherwise apply. Page 4 of 9 (2) For uses within the Downtown Parking District which are to be established in a proposed building or building expansion the design of which has been found by the Port Townsend Historic Preservation Commission to contribute to the Port Townsend Historic District, the parking requirements prescribed in Section 17.28.080 are reduced to forty- five ~ercent of the requirements which would otherwise apply. ~ A new Section 17.28.110 is hereby added to the Port Townsend Municipal Code to read as follows: 17.28.110 On-Street Parking_ Spaces. If the proposed parking area plan submitted pursuant to Section 17.28.090 would require elimination of one or more existing on-street parking spaces, the parking requirements prescribed in Section 17.28.080 are increased by two off-street spaces for each on-street space to be eliminated, provided than such requirements are reduced by two off-street parking spaces for each on-street parking space created or restored by said plan. Page 5 of 9 ~ A new Section 17.28.120 is hereby added to the Port Townsend Nunicipal Code to read as follows: 17.28.120 Naiver of Reauirements. Within the Downtown Parking District, the Board of Adjustment may waive all or part of the parking requirements prescribed in Section 17.28.080 upon request by the applicant to pay a fee into the Parking Improvement Fund pursuant to Section 17.28.130 in-lieu-of furnishing the required parking spaces. In making its determination on the request, the Board shall consider: (1) The extent to which the parking requirements ehich apply to the proposed development impose a particular hardship u~on the applicant; (2) Nhether granting the request ~ould be unreasonably burdensome to other property o~ners in the Downtown Parking District; and (3) Whether the granting of the request would lead to a better overall result than ~ould strict adherence to the parking requirements of this Chapter for the purposes of encournging appropriate land uses, improving podestrian circulation and achieving better parking design. Page 6 of 9 The fee-in-lieu of parking spaces shall be $4,270 per space required or such other amount as the City Council shall hereafter set by ordinance. Any such agreement shall be made in compliance with applicable state laws. ~ A new Section 17.28.130 is hereby added to the Port Townsend Bunicipal Code to read as follows:' 17.28.130 In-lieu Park~n~ Fees-.Fund Created--Parking_ Improvement Plan. There is hereby created in the city treasur~ a special fund designated the "Parking Improvement Fund" into which in-lieu parking fees shall be deposited to be expendedonly for public improvements listed in a Parking Improvement Plan adopted by the City Council. The City Council may from time to time direct that other monies be transferred into the fund to be used for the purposes of the fund. The fund shall be used exclusively for planning, acquisition, design, development, construction, financing, maintenance and Operation of off-street parking facilities within or i~aediately adjacent to the Downtown Parking District, all consistent with the specific project Page 7 of 9 priorities set forth in the Parking Improvement Plan as hereafter adopted or aeended by the City Council. ~ Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions of this ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of this ordinance, but this ordinance shall be construed and enforced as if such invalid provision had not been contained therein; provided, that any provision which shall for any reason be held by reason of its extent to be invalid shall be deemed to be in effect to the extent permitted by law. ~ Kffective Date. This ordinance shall become effective five days after its passage and publication. Read for the~L%4~ second and third times and passed by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this /~-r'- day of 5~~ 1987. SIGNgD IN OPgN SESSION Brent Shirley, Mayor Page 8 of 9 Dav~dA. Grove, Cit~Clerk / Harper, City Attorney 10-30-87 Ps~ 9 of 9