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Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2009-03 May 11, 2009 Page 2 to serve the Santa Ana community. The proposed bicycle parking space requirements and design guidelines will help facilitate the use of alternative modes of transportation that are not motorized, thereby helping to improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gases and improve health and fitness for the Santa Ana community. Presently, the Zoning Code does not include any requirements for bicycle parking to be provided within development projects. The proposed amendment to Chapter 41 is intended as an incremental first step to promote bicycle support facilities and sustainability travel options in Santa Ana. In preparing recommendations for this amendment, a number of bicycle parking policies from a variety of local jurisdictions and organizations were referenced for their applicability to Santa Ana. As detailed in Exhibit 1, the proposed amendment identifies a prescribed number of bicycle parking spaces to serve guests and visitors for specific uses; including commercial/retail, public gathering areas, industrial/manufacturing and multiple family residences. As proposed, the amendment to the zoning code will require the inclusion of bicycle parking in the site design for new development and major rehabilitation projects. It is also proposed that the Bristol Specific Plan be amended to eliminate its bicycle parking requirements. Specifically, the standard for five bicycle parking spaces per 50 linear feet of street frontage for development in the Bristol Specific Plan area would be removed; allowing the proposed bicycle parking requirements for the Zoning Code to be applied consistently citywide (Exhibit 2). In addition to the Zoning Code Amendment proposal, Exhibit 3 details the amendment proposed to the Citywide Design Guidelines to provide a framework for the placement, size and location of bicycle parking. It is proposed that a new "Chapter 16 - Bicycle Support Facilities", be added to the Citywide Design Guidelines. These new guidelines would act as a reference for designers and developers to implement the bicycle parking requirements in a functional and aesthetically pleasing manner. With the approval of the Citywide Design Guidelines in 2006 as a working document, the City Council delegated the Executive Director of Planning and Building Agency the authority to make future change to the Guidelines. With input from Planning Commission, the Executive Director is to submit a memo to the City Manager, copied to the City Council with the proposed changes to the Citywide Design Guidelines. The City Council may choose at its next regularly scheduled meeting to set the item for discussion, otherwise the proposed changes will be incorporated into the Citywide Design Guidelines. 75A-3