ORD 505ORDINANCE NO. 505
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 9
(ZONING) OF THE LA QUINTA MUNICIPAL CODE,
SPECIFICALLY: SECTION 9.50.090.A, RELATING TO RC
DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS; SECTION
9.60.060.B.1, RELATING TO GARAGE AND CARPORT
SETBACKS; SECTIONS 9.150.040.B.1, 9.150.060 (TABLE
9-11), 9.150.080.A.3, AND 9.150.080.B.11, RELATING
TO WHEN TANDEM PARKING IS PERMITTED AND THE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO SUCH
PARKING
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WHEREAS, the City recognizes the importance of accommodating changes in
residential building and design practices; and
WHEREAS, the City has, from time to time, made amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance to address changes in circumstances; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California, did
on the 23`' day of October, 2012, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing for review of
a Zoning Ordinance Amendment to accommodate tandem parking design by
revisions to Sections 9.50.090, 9.60.060.B.1, 9.150.040.B.1, 9.150.060 (Table
9-11), 9.150.080.A.3, and 9.150.080,13.11; and, after hearing and considering all
testimony and arguments, did adopt Planning Commission Resolution 2012-028,
recommending to the City Council approval of the proposed Zoning Ordinance
Amendment; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the 201h
day of November, 2012, and considered the evidence, written and oral, presented
at the hearing.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Title 9, the Zoning Ordinance of the La Quinta Municipal Code, is
amended as identified on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by
this reference.
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SECTION 2. CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. The City Council hereby
finds that this Ordinance is consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of La
Quinta General Plan, particularly Goal 2 of the Residential Goals, Policies and
Programs, in that allowing tandem parking will facilitate a broader range of housing
types, through greater flexibility in siting units on residential lots and design options
for individual homes. The Zoning Ordinance Amendment is also consistent with
the General Plan because it does not create any new or changed conditions to the
environment, and is intended to allow for the continued high quality of
development in the City. In addition, the Zoning Ordinance Amendment will not
create conditions materially detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare,
and will have no impacts on the public health, safety and welfare, as the
amendments do not incorporate any changes that affect the regulation and/or
provision of public services, utility systems, or other foreseeable health, safety and
welfare considerations.
SECTION 3. ENVIRONMENTAL. The Planning Director has determined said Zoning
Ordinance Amendment has complied with the requirements of "The Rules to
Implement the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970" (CEQA) as amended
(Resolution 83-63) in that the La Quinta Planning Department has reviewed the
Amendment under the provisions of CEQA, and has determined that the
Amendment is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(13)(3), Review for Exemptions of
the CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be severable,
and if any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, or part of this
Ordinance shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall
be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy. in which such judgment
shall have been rendered.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take full force and effect and
be in force 30 days after its adoption.
SECTION 6. POSTING. The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after passage of this
Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three public places designated by
resolution of the City Council, shall certify to the adoption and posting of this
Ordinance; and shall cause this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof
of posting to be entered into the Book of Ordinances of the City of La Quinta.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of La
Quinta at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day of December, 2012, by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Evans, Franklin, Henderson, Osborne, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
DON AD LPH, MWor
City of La Quinta California
ATTEST:
Susan Maysels, City Jerk
City of La Quinta, California
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS JO FORM:
K KATHERINE JEWON, City
City of La Quinta, ra fornia
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA 1
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE 1
CITY OF LA QUINTA 1
I, SUSAN MAYSELS, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby
certify the foregoing to be a full, true, and correct copy of Ordinance No. 505 that
was introduced at a regular meeting on the 20' day of November, 2012, and was
adopted at a regular meeting held on the 4' day of December 2012, not being less
than 5 days after the date of introduction thereof.
I further certify that the foregoing Ordinance was posted in three places within the
City of La Quinta as specified in City Council Resolution 2006-115.
SUSAN MAYSELS, C y Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, SUSAN MAYSELS, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted on December 6, 2012, pursuant to
City Council Resolution. ," " _ -,
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SUSAN MAYSELS, ity Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
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EXHIBIT A
ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 2012-109
FINAL RECOMMENDED TANDEM PARKING AMENDMENTS
AMEND 9.50.090.A, RC district development standards; Requirements, to add
9.50.090.A.19, as follows:
A. Requirements:
19. Parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 9.150 Table 9-11
(Parking for Residential Land Uses).
AMEND 9.60.060.B.1, Garages and carports; Setbacks, as follows:
1. In the RVL district, the minimum garage or carport setback shall be thirty feet.
In all other residential districts, the minimum setback for front -entry type
garages or carports shall be twenty-five feet if a standard "pivot" type garage
door is used, twenty feet if a "roll -up" type garage door is used, and twenty
feet for a carport. For side -entry type garages, the minimum garage setback
shall be twenty feet in the RVL district and fifteen feet in all other residential
districts. A side -entry garage designed as tandem parking, when permitted
under this code, shall not be located along any street frontage.
AMEND 9.150.040.13.1, Parking location and accessibility; Accessibility, as
follows:
1 All required off-street parking spaces shall be designed, located, constructed
and maintained so as to be fully and mAdependently usable and accessible at all
times.
AMEND 9.150.060 Spaces required by use, as follows:
Table 9-11 Parking for Residential Land Uses
Land Use
Minimum Off -Street Parking
Re uirement
Additional Requirements
Single family detached,
2 spaces per unit in a
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single-family attached and
duplexes
garage, plus 0.5 guest
spaces per unit if no on-
street parking is available.
In a garage, tandem parking
habitable that
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be used fer
sleeping
than
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kitchen, bathF88FR,
hallway, dining
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may be used to meet the
above -stated minimum
shall
required parking in the RC
9 60 0t30, For all single
family residential zones
district only.
except RC, parking in
excess of the minimum
required mav be tandem
AMEND 9.150.080.A.3, Parking facility design standards; Parking Layout and
Circulation, as follows:
A. Parking Layout and Circulation.
3. Tandem parking shall be permitted eRly in mobile home parks/subdivisions,
as driveway guest parking and parking that exceeds the minimum required
for single-family detached, single-family attached and duplex residential
uses, and where valet parking is provided. In the RC residential district,
tandem Darkinq may also be emDloved to meet minimum required Darkina
when located within a garage meeting the standards in Section
9.150.080.B.11.
AMEND 9.150.080.8.11, Parking facility design standards; Parking Facility Design
and Dimensions, as follows:
B. Parking Facility Design and Dimensions.
11. Residential Garages. Minimum interior dimensions in residential garages
(wall-to-wall) shall be based on providing ten feet in width peveaF-by and
twenty feet in depth, per required vehicle parking space. (POF example
This applies to design of all required garage parking spaces, whether in a
tandem parking or side -by -side configuration.
AMEND 9.280.030 Definition of terms, to add the following definitions:
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Parking, tandem. "Tandem parking" means any off-street parking space(s) or
arrangement of such spaces, configured in such a manner such that one or more
spaces is not directly accessible to a street or other approved access without
traversing any portion of another space.
Tandem parking — see "Parking, tandem".