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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1178 ORDINANCE NO. 1178 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 9255.2.8 OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING REQUIRED PARKING SPACES IN ZONE R-3. pTHE .CITY. COUNCIL,.OF.. THE nCITY -OF..,ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA DOES ORDAIN AS FO~LOWS: SECTION 1. That Section 9255.2.8 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 9255.2.8. PARKING REQUIREMENTS. At least two (2) parking spaces, one of which shall;be in a roofed ~arport or garage, shall be provided on the same site for e,ach dwelling unit. Each such parking' ,space shall be located back of the required front yard and shall be"paved with asphaltic or cement concrete~ Each such parking space'sh~ll contain a gross area not less than ten (10) feet wide - , and 'twenty (20) feet long, and shall have adequate individual access including a turning radius of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. - No portion of a required driveway may be used to fulfill any such parking space requirements. SECTION 2. This ordinance is hereby declared to be neces- ,sary as an emergency measure" for preserving the public peace, health and safety and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. A statement of the reasons for its urgency is as follows: Staff studies conducted over a period of time indicate clearly that the City's off- street parking requirements are considerably inadequate and that the situation is steadily worsening. That the failure to anticipate, recognize and deal with the ever growing problem of the increasing number of vehicles in the City has necessitated the ,removal of; the much~needed ban on all night parking and will make its re-enactment more difficult, and has added immeasurably to the hazard of pedestrians. -1- 1178 who are required in most instances to walk in the street in multi- family zones and to the hazard of vehicular traffic by reason of the excessive street parking of vehicles due to inadequacy of off-street parking in multiple family areas. That in anticipation of the en- actment of legislation increasing the amount of off-street parking in the multiple family zone, plans for hundreds of multiple family dwelling units have been hastily drawn or copied from plans designed for other building sites without any attempt to adapt the same to the building site now proposed therefor, for the obvious and sole purpose of obtaining building permits for multiple family housing without providing the amount of off-street parking deemed to be neces- sary. That the issuance of an unseasonal number of permits for and the construction of an unusual number of multiple family dwelling units will create an equal number of buildings soon to become non- conforming, and will greatly and irrevocably increase the traffic hazard to both pedestrians and vehicles from the increased conges- tion necessarily resulting from such construction without the pro- vision of sufficient off-street parking, all to the impairment or jeopardy of the public peace, health and safety. It is therefore necessary that this ordinance take effect immediately upon its adoption. If for any reason it be judicially determined that this ordinance not take effect upon its adoption, it shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption occurring not less than five (5) days after its introduction. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause it to be published once in the official newspaper. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was intro- duced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 19th day of June, 1962, by the -2- 1178 affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Balser, Phillips, Reibold, Turner and Butterworth NOES: None ABSENT: None /?p?- '4 ~~1 the~ity of SIGNED AND APPROVED this 19th day of June, 1962. ~~~~ /}t.f~ ~~.. / ,~ ----- ~ - ...., - .. , I~HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was readopted - ',,- ~ at~;8: regu'lar me.e-~ing of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held -. -..... .. -""'\\",.... on the3rd:day of July, 1962, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: NOES: Councilmen Balser, Phillips, Reibold and Butterworth Councilman Turner ABSENT: None &,,&~,j~ ~ City ler 01' e City 01' Arcadia ~~~~ City Clerk (SEAL) SIGNED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of July, 1962, a-J ~(B~- Mayor of e City 0 Area ia -3- 1178