HomeMy WebLinkAbout2635 Parking RequirementsOrdinance No. 2635
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AMENDING SECTION
17.72.080, MINIMUM PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS, CHAPTER 17.72 OFF-
STREET PARKING AND LOADING, OF THE PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL
CODE, TO REDUCE THE MANDATORY PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR
CERTAIN RETAIL LAND USES
SECTION I. FINDINGS AND RECITALS
1. The Port Townsend zoning code, Chapter 17.72 PTMC, establishes minimum
parking requirements for all land uses within the City of Port Townsend; and
2. As currently enacted, PTMC 17.72.080 establishes the minimum number of parking
spaces required for "Retail not otherwise listed" land uses as one space per 300 square feet gross
floor area, and one space per each 100 square feet in excess of 5,000 square feet; and
3. The parking code requirement for commercial space exceeding 5,000 square feet
greatly exceeds requirements for comparable land uses in other jurisdictions and has the impact
of unnecessarily increasing impermeable surfaces, exacerbating stormwater management problems,
and discouraging the development of commercial establishments; and
4. The Council finds that the currently-enacted parking requirement for "Retail, not
otherwise listed" is inconsistent with the following goals and policies of the Port Townsend
Comprehensive Plan:
Economic Development
Goal 5:
To enhance and attract small and medium sized retail
businesses which serve the community's needs for
goods and services.
Economic Development
Goal 5.1:
Promote development of retail uses which serve local
needs and diversify the selection of conveniently
located goods and services.
Economic Development
Goal 5.3:
Promote the redevelopment efforts of Gateway
Corridor land owners by helping to assemble parcels
and design buildings which meet the retail needs of
the community.
Economic Development
Goal 5. 4:
Work with the Economic Development Council
(EDC) and local retail business owners to strengthen
and expand Port Townsend's retail base, capitalizing
on opportunities to decrease retail sales leakage to
neighboring communities.
Transportation Goal 7:
To encourage City, Transit, and private interests to
establish coordinated parking strategies to achieve
overall transportation goals and to ensure that
parking standards do not act as a deterrent to new
development or redevelopment.
5. The City has conducted review of this ordinance under the State Environmental
Policy Act, Chapter 43.21C RCW; and
6. On February 26, 1998, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to consider
testimony regarding this ordinance. The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council
approve the proposed amendment to PTMC 17.72.080; and
7. On April 6, 1998, the City Council held a public hearing to hear testimony
regarding this proposed amendment to the Port Townsend Municipal Code. Based upon the record
developed before the Planning Commission, based upon the Planning Commission's
recommendation, and based upon public testimony, the City Council hereby finds that this
amendment advances the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan and will encourage the
efficient use of land without the environmental impacts associated with unnecessary parking
requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend does ordain as
follows:
SECTION II. Section 17.72.080, Table of Minimum Parking Space Requirements,
Chapter 17.72 Off-Street Parking and Loading, of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
17.72.080 Table of mlnimnm parking space requirements.
Unless otherwise provided in this rifle, the required number of off-street parking spaces shall be
in conformance with Table 17.72.080. For purposes of this chapter, gross floor area shall not
include elevator shafts, stairwells or mechanical equipment rooms. Where alternative requirements
result in conflicting computations, the greater shall apply.
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Table 17.72.080
Minimum Parking Space Requirements
Use Required Parking Spaces
Banks and other financial offices with 1 per each 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area
customer services on premises
Bed and breakfast inns, tourist homes 2 plus 1 per sleeping room
Boat building/repair 1 per 1,500 sq. ft. gross floor area of the
building
Child day care centers as defined in Ch. 1 loading space if serving 12 or fewer
388-73 WAC or as hereafter amended children, otherwise 1 parking space per
employee plus 2 loading spaces
Churches, mortuaries, auditoriums and 1 per 4 seats or 60 lineal inches of pew or 40
similar places of assembly used for square feet of gross floor area
assembly purposes
Convalescent homes for aged 1 per each 5 beds
Dance halls, skating rinks, similar 1 per 200 sq. ft. of floor area used for
recreation uses recreation
1 per 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Dry cleaners, appliance and shoe repair
shops, bakeries without customer seating,
similar front counter uses
Ferry landing
Furniture, major appliance, floor covering,
hardware stores
if less than 1,500 sq. ft. floor area
if more than 1,500 sq. ft. floor area
Determined by the decisionmaker when
considering conditional use permit application
1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor area
5 spaces + I per each 600 sq. ft. in excess of
1,500 sq. ft.
Health and physical fitness clubs and 1 per 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area
facilities
Hospitals 1 per each 2 beds excluding bassinets
Libraries and museums 1 per 300 sq. ft. of gross floor area
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Manufacturing uses, research testing and
processing, assembling, all industries
except boat building/repair
1 per each 2 employees on maximum shift
and not less than 1 per 800 sq. ft. of gross
floor area
Medical, dental or veterinary offices 1 per each 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Moorage facility other than those reserved 1 per each 2 slips, excluding slips used only
for exclusive use of an adjacent residence for transient moorage
Motels, hotels, motor hotels 1 per sleeping unit
Motor vehicle, machinery, plumbing, 1 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area or 1
heating, ventilating, building supply, stores per each 3 employees
and services
1 per 400 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Motor vehicle, motorcycle and small engine
repair
Offices, business and professional (other
than banks, medical, dental or veterinary
offices) with on-site customer service
Offices not providing on-site customer
services
Recreation, commercial center
Residential, single-family; mobile home
parks
Residential, duplex or multifamily
Residential, government assisted housing or
residents subject to footnote 2 below
Restaurant or tavern with sales and
consumption on premises
Restaurant, fast food
1 per 300 sq. ft. of gross floor area
1 per 4 employees or 1 per 400 sq. ft. of
gross floor area
4 per each bowling alley, tennis or
racquetball court, pool or billiard table; or 1
per each miniature golf hole or each 3 video
games
2 per dwelling unit or mobile home space
1.5 per dwelling unit, plus recreational
vehicle spaces for large developments
pursuant to footnote 1 below
1 per each 3 bedrooms
1 per 100 SCl. ft. of gross floor area
1 per 50 sq. ft. of gross floor area
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Retail, not otherwise listed
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Rooming houses, similar uses
Schools, preschool
Schools, elementary and junior high
Schools, senior high
Schools, adult education
Stadiums, sports arenas and similar open
assemblies
Storage areas which are incidental and
subordinate to a principal use which
otherwise conforms to this chapter
Theaters
Warehouse, storage and wholesale business
I:~Lfg_~_thaI1 1 per 300 sq. ft. gross floor
area, but not greater than a maximum of one
per 200 square ft. of gross floor area
1 per sleeping unit
1 loading space if serving 12 or fewer
children, otherwise 1 parking space per
employee plus 2 loading spaces
1 per classroom, plus two loading spaces
6 per classroom
1 per each 4 fixed seats or 1 per 50 sq. ft. of
gross floor area used for classrooms,
exercise, dance or rehearsal
1 per 8 fixed seats and 1 per 100 sq. ft. of
assembly space without fixed seats
No requirement
1 per 4 seats
1 per each 2 employees on maximum
working shift
Footnotes to Table 17.72.080:
1. For multi-dwelling developments of more than 50 dwelling units, one visually screened
space for each 10 dwelling units shall be provided for recreational vehicles.
2. Sufficient land area must be reserved to provide parking as a multifamily residential use
in the event the development is later converted, scheduled public transit service must be
available within 200 feet of the main entrance to each building, and sidewalks must be
installed to and along each street frontage. If scheduled public transit service is not
available within 200 feet, the parking requirement shall be one space per bedroom.
(Ord. 2635 § 2, 1998; Ord. 2571 § 2, 1997).
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SECTION I!I. Sevembility. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the application of the
provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its publication
in the manner provided by law.
Read for the first, second, and third times and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 6th day of April, 1998.
Julie ayor
Attest:
Pm Kolacy,
04/07/98 [PTME] Ord\{1772080.do¢}
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to Form:
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