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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance_495_09/28/1995• ORDINANCE NO. 495 AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 355, AS AMENDED, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE, AT SECTION VIII, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS; BY AMENDING THE TITLE OF SECTION VIH BY ADDING ON-STREET TO THE TITLE; BY AMENDING SI1B-SECTION (A), APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS AT PARAGRAPH (1), BY REWRITING PARAGRAPH (1) TO ADD ON-STREET PARKING LANGUAGE, TO CHANGE THE MINIMUM PARKING SPACE SIZE DIMENSIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR AN ALLOWANCE OF A PERCENTAGE OF COMPACT SIZE PARKING SPACES; BY AMENDING SUB-SECTION (D), MARKING, AT PARAGRAPH (1), BY AMENDING THE REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIRE DOUBLE-PAINTED LINES AT ALL 9' X 18' AND 8' X 16' PARKING SPACES; BY AMENDING SUB-SECTION (H), OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS, BY ADDING ON-STREET TO THE TITLE AND BY FURTHER AMENDING SUB-SECTION (H) AT PARAGRAPH (24) AND (29) TO AMEND THE FORMULAS FROM (100) SQUARE FEET AND (175) SQUARE FEET • TO READ (250) SQUARE FEET, RESPECTIVELY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Ordinance No. 355, as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Tequesta, is hereby amended at Section VIII, by amending the title to read as follows: Section VIII. Off-street and on-street parking and loading regulations. Section 2. Ordinance No. 355, as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Tequesta, is hereby amended at Section VIII, sub-section (A), at paragraph (1) by rewriting paragraph (1) to read as follows: (A) Application of Regulations. (1) For the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance, the term "Off-street parking space" shall consist of a parking space having minimum dimensions of nine (9) feet in width by eighteen (18) feet in length for the parking of each motor vehicle, exclusive of access drives or aisles thereto. The term "On-street parking space" shall consist of a curbside parking space having minimum dimensions as may be required by the Florida Department of Transportation (FOOT) and/or the Village of Tequesta Consulting Engineers as may be appropriate for the type and roadway classification of the subject roadway. Minimum width of an access drive shall be ten (10) feet for R-1 and R-lA Districts. For all other districts, the minimum width of each aisle designed and intended for the maneuvering of a motor vehicle into a parking space shall be determined by the angle of parking as shown in the parking lot dimension table of this section. The parking plan shall be so arranged that each motor vehicle may be placed and removed from the parking space assigned thereto and taken to and from the property without necessity of moving any other motor vehicle to complete the maneuver. Each lot, parcel, or property, subject. to a development or redevelopment proposal, shall be allowed to design its off-street parking space areas utilizing a maximum of twenty-five (25) percent of the minimum required parking spaces to be "identified" as "compact spaces" with minimum dimensions of eight (8) feet in width by sixteen (16) feet in length, subject to the review and approval of the Village Consulting Engineers, the Village development review staff and the Village Council. Section 3. Ordinance No. 355, as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Tequesta, is hereby amended at Section VIII, sub-section (A), • Application of Regulations, by adding a new paragraph (8) to read as follows: (8) On-street parking may, upon review and approval by the Village Council, be allowed within all zoning districts within the Village and the minimum number of required parking spaces to be provided may include a combination of on-street and off-street spaces. When using on-street parking to meet a portion of the required parking for a proposed project, only those spaces that lie within the street frontage areas of the property proposed for development or re-development may be included in the total calculations for meeting the minimum required parking requirements. On-street parking can only be provided on those streets that utilize curb and gutter drainage systems in lieu of swale systems and where the total right-of--way width is sufficient to provide for approved paved roadway traffic lanes, on-street parking and curb and gutter drainage systems. Section 4. Ordinance No. 355, as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Tequesta, is hereby amended at Section VIII, sub-section (D), Marking, at paragraph (1), by amending the requirements to require double parallel painted lines as follows: (D) Marking. (1) Off-street parking spaces shall be marked by double parallel painted lines, curbs or other acceptable means to indicate individual spaces. On-street parking spaces shall be marked by single painted lines, or other acceptable means, or as may be required by FDOT to indicate individual spaces. Compact parking spaces shall be so identified by painting "Compact Vehicle Only" on the surface of each space so designated. Handicap accessibility parking spaces shall be identified and marked per current Federal, State and County requirements. Signs, markers and/or directional arrows shall be used as necessary to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the parking lot or area. Each off-street parking space shall be provided with a permanently affixed car stop or continuous raised curb made of concrete or other acceptable material approved by the Building Official. Section 5. Ordinance No. 3.55, as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Tequesta, is hereby amended at Section VHI, sub-section (H), Off-street and on-street parking space requirements, by amending the first 2 paragraphs at sub-section (H) to read as follows: (H) Off-street and on-street parking space requirements. (Certain of these requirements may be in conflict with the special • parking requirements set forth in the property development standards for use within the MU, Mixed-Use District. Where a conflict exists, the property development standards of the MU District shall apply.) There shall be provided at the time of the erection of any main building or structure, or at the time that any main building or structure is enlarged by more than twenty-five (25) percent of the square footage of the existing building or structure, or increased in capacity by adding dwelling units, guest rooms, floor area or seats, minimum off-street motor vehicle parking space with adequate provisions for ingress and egress by a motor vehicle, in accordance with the following: Section 6. Ordinance No. 355, as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Tequesta, is hereby amended at Section VIII, sub-section (H), off-street and on-street parking space requirements, by amending paragraphs (24) and (29) to read as follows: (24) Retail Sales and Service: One (1) space per two hundred-fifty (250) square feet of gross floor area which is devoted to Sales, Display and Customer Service. (29) Shopping Centers: One (1) space per two hundred-fifty (250} square feet of gross leasable area (GLA). Section 7. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable. Section 8. Repeal of Ordinances in Conflict. All other ordinances of the Village of Tequesta, Florida, or parts thereof which conflict with this or any part of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 9. Codification. This Ordinance shall be codified and made a part of the Official Code of Ordinance of the Village of Tequesta. Section 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, as provided by law. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was offered by Councilmember Schauer ,who moved its adoption. The Ordinance was seconded by Councilmember Burckart ,and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows: • FOR ADOPTION William E. Burckart Joseph N. Capretta Carl C. Hansen on ac ai Elizabeth A. The Mayor 2 8th day of ATTEST: illage Clerk AGAINST ADOPTION Schauer thereupon declared the Ordinance duly passed and adopted this entember .1995. MAYOR OF TEQUESTA Ron T. Mackail •