HomeMy WebLinkAbout06849ORDINANCE NO. 6849
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 51 OF CHAPTER
4 OF TITLE XVII OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO ZONING AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE HISTORIC ARKANSAS RIVERWALK OF PUEBLO
ZONE DISTRICT - ONE (HARP -1) AND IMPOSING
PARKING INVESTMENT FEES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (brackets indicate
matter deleted, underscoring indicates matter added)
SECTION 1
Subparagraph 10 of paragraph e of subsection (12.2) of Section 51 of
Chapter 4, Title XVII of the Pueblo Municipal Code be amended to read as follows:
10. Parking. The following [off -site] parking spaces will be required of each
use:
a) Residential units: two (2) parking spaces per unit.
b) Retail: one (1) parking space per three hundred (300) gross
square feet.
c) Parking Requirements for other uses are listed in Section 17 -4 -43.
d) Variances: If these [off- street] parking requirements do not
appear reasonable to a specific use or combination of uses, the Traffic
Engineer, Director of Transportation or the applicant may apply to the
Planning and Zoning Commission for a variance. The Planning and Zoning
Commission shall hold a public hearing and then make its recommendation
to the City Council which shall make the final decision. The variance may
reduce some or all of the required number of parking spaces. In determining
a variance to the required number of spaces, the Planning and Zoning
Commission and the City Council, in addition to other relevant factors, shall
consider the following:
1) The general planning of the City with respect to land use,
density, parking, traffic and [off- street] parking facilities;
2) The availability of adequate [off- street] parking, both in
number of spaces and distance from the intended use;
3) The public welfare and interest in the City and
surrounding area.
The City Council shall determine the number of parking spaces
required for each Lot and the City Council may, in its discretion, as a
condition to the granting of any variance impose a parking investment
fee for each Lot not to exceed the amounts set forth in e) 1) and 2)
below.
[The City Council may also grant a variance if the applicant contracts
with the City or the HARP Authority to provide adequate off - street
parking within one thousand (1,000) feet of the applicant's property.]
J Parking Investment Fees:
11 Lots 2, 3 and 4, Historic Arkansas Riverwalk Project Filing
No. 1: all exclusive use parking spaces shall be provided by the owner of the
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Lots. Non - exclusive use of two hundred seventy -six (276) off - street parking
spaces developed by the City are allocated as follows: Lot 2 - one hundred
thirty -seven (137) spaces; Lot 3 - sixty -six (66) spaces; and Lot 4 - seventy -two
(72) spaces. The owner of each Lot may receive credit against parking
requirements for such Lot by paving the City a parking investment fee a
parking investment fee of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for
each parking space allocated to the Lot. Such payment does not give
exclusive use of the parking space nor does it preclude the City from
charging a fee for parking in the parking space. If the owner of a Lot
requires more parking spaces than the paid for allocated parking spaces to
meet parking requirements, the owner may provide the parking spaces on-
site or within three hundred (300) feet of the Lot, less right -of -way, or by
paving to City a parking investment fee of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00)
for each additional parking space. Unpaid for allocated parking spaces
may be reallocated to other Lots.
21 Lots 1, 6 and 7, Historical Arkansas Riverwalk Project Filing
No. 1: To meet parking requirements, the owner of each Lot may provide
the required parking on -site or within three hundred (300) feet, less right -of-
way, or by paying to City a parking investment fee of eight thousand dollars
($8,000.00) for each required parking space.
3) Parking investments fees: All parking investment fees shall
be deposited in an interest - bearing account which shall clearly identify that
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such account is to be used to provide parking areas facilities or structures
within 1,320 feet of the Lot, less right of way, for non - exclusive use by the
owner, occupants or users of the Lot for which the parking investment fee has
been paid. The payment of a parking investment fee shall not preclude the
City from charging a fee to park in the parking spaces so provided.
SECTION 2
This Ordinance shall become effective upon final approval and passage.
INTRODUCED: JUNE 10, 2002
BY: Al Gurule
COUN LPERSON
APPROVED:
PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY CLERK
PASSED AND APPROVED: June 24, 2002
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