HomeMy WebLinkAbout07590ORDINANCE NO. 7590
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE XVII OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE HISTORIC ARKANSAS RIVERWALK OF
PUEBLO ZONE DISTRICT - ONE (HARP -1)
BE IT ORDANIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
(brackets indicate matter being deleted, underscoring indicating matter being added)
SECTION 1 _
Section 17 -4- 51(12.2) e.10 of the Pueblo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
10. Parking. Due to the desire for downtown development, dual -use opportunities and
mass transit, the following off - street parking spaces will be required of each use for
properties not owned or controlled by the City.
a) Residential units: one (1) parking space per unit.
b) Retail: one (1) parking space per five hundred (500) gross square feet.
c) Office: one (1) parking space per five hundred (500) gross square feet.
d) Restaurants: one (1) parking space for each five (5) persons of rated
occupancy load as established by the edition of the Uniform International or Building
Code adopted by City Council.
e) Parking requirements for other uses are listed in Section 17 -4 -43.
f) Variances: If these parking requirements do not appear reasonable to a
specific use or combination of uses, or because of available parking in a public parking
facility, the City Council [the Traffic Engineer, the Director of Transportation or the
applicant may apply to the Planning and Zoning Commission for] may grant by
Resolution 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 parking facilities;
2) The availability of adequate 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 the
development of 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 Subparagraphs g)1) and 2) below.]
[g) Parking investment fees
1) 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 lots.
Nonexclusive 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
paying the City 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 paying to the 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.
2) Lots 1, 6 and 7, Historic Arkansas Riverwalk 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 may pay to the City a parking
investment fee of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) for each required parking
space.
3) Parking investment fees: All parking investment fees shall be deposited in an
interest - bearing account which shall clearly identify that such account is to be used
to provide parking areas, facilities or structures within one thousand three hundred
twenty (1,320) feet of the lot, less right -of -way, for nonexclusive 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 passage and approval.
INTRODUCED: April 23, 2007
BY: Randy Thurston
Councilperson
APPROVED: a
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ATTESTED BY:
CITY CLERK
PASSED AND APPROVED: Mav 14. 2007
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Background Paper for Proposed
ORDINANCE
AGENDA ITEM #
DATE: APRIL 23, 2007
DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/JIM MUNCH
LAND USE ADMINISTRATOROERRY M. PACHECO
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE XVII OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE HISTORIC ARKANSAS
RIVERWALK OF PUEBLO ZONE DISTRICT - ONE (HARP -1)
ISSUE
Should the City Council amend Chapter 4 of Title XVII to update the parking requirements
relative to the three (3) properties zoned HARP -1, Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo
Zone District - One?
The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their April 11, 2007 Regular Meeting, voted 6 -0
to recommend approval.
BACKGROUND
The nature of the proposed text amendment is to update the parking requirements relative
to the three (3) properties zoned Historic Riverwalk of Pueblo Zone District — One (HARP -
1). In partnership with the Urban Renewal Authority of Pueblo and the Main Street Garage
Corporation a parking structure containing approximately 750 parking spaces will be
constructed adjacent to the HARP Project. As proposed the text amendment will allow
parking demand to be satisfied either on site, via private parking lease or in a City
controlled parking structure.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None