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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2404 - Amending Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to Delete a Portion ...241 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2404 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 41 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO DELETE A PORTION OF SECTION 41-478 TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 41-1390 REGARDING PARKING OF MANUFACTURING FACILITIES CITYWIDE WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that, as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines, a Categorical Exemption adequately addresses the expected environmental impacts of this Ordinance. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Santa Aha Municipal Code Section 41-478 is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-478. Off-street Parking. Off-street parking shall be provided in the manner prescribed in Article IV of this chapter. SECTION 2: That Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 41-478 is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-1390. Interpretation of standards. In interpreting the parking standards set forth in this article, the following rules shall govern: (a) Wherever required off-street parking is based upon gross floor area, the number of required spaces shall be determined by applying the appropriate mathematical ratio. If the product is not a whole number, the number of required spaces shall be the next lower natural number if the decimal fraction is less than five-tenths (0.5) or the next higher natural number if the decimal fraction is five-tenths (0.5) or more. Wherever required off-street parking is based upon some other factor, the number of required spaces shall be determined by the same arithmetical process. (b) Wherever two (2) or more uses identified in this article exist on the same site or within the same building: (1) The number of parking spaces required for each use shall be determined separately. 242 (2) Except as provided in Sections 41-1390 and 1391, ancillary activities or uses within a single tenant space not exceeding fifteen (15) percent of the gross floor area shall be calculated at the parking ratio of the primary use. ic) Wherever a particular use of property can be classified under more than one (1) section of this article which sets minimum parking space requirements, the section which contains the more specific use description shall apply. If two (2) or more equally specific sections apply, the section imposing the higher standard shall apply. (d) Wherever required parking is based upon the number of seats in an area, eighteen (18) inches of bench space shall be deemed the equivalent of one (1) seat. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Aha hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. 2 243 ~JDOPTED this 20th ATTEST: Guy ~Ylerk of the Coun~i~ COUNCILMEMBERS: Pulido Aye Lutz Aye Bist Aye christy Aye Franklin Aye McGuigan Aye Moreno Not Voting day of SeDtentber , 1999. APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, Attorney Gary A. Sheatz Assistant City Attorney city CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & pO-BLICATION I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance No. /~-~ to be the original ordinance adopted by the City C6uncil of the City of Santa Ana on ~/~/~ ~ ; and that said ordinance was published in a~ordahde'with the Charter of the City of Santa Aha. Date: /~r~ of the--CouFn ~/ OCi/ty of Santa Aha ~ '