HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 3497ORDINANCE NO, 3497
ORUINANCB Or' THE COUNCIL OF 'l'HE 'CITY' 01:-' PALO ALTO
ADDING CHAPTER 18. 57 (GENERAL MANUFACTURING COMlHN
I NG DISTRICT) AND AMEND I NG CHAPTEI~ 18. 6 3 {LIMITED
lNiJUSTRIAL SITE CUMBlNING DISTRICT) OF THE PALO
A.LTO MUNI CI PAL CODE TO CHANG}-: USES AND CE!RTAIN SITE:
DEVt:;LOPMl::NT R~GULATIONS IN '!'HE r~A.ST HAYSHOR£ AREA
Th~) Council of the Ctty ot Palo AJ.to does ORDAIN as fol.lows~
Sr>CTION l. ~:i(~ction 18,08.C.120 (Designation and Establishment of
Die,trT(~t-~~T-ot-t.11\~ Palo Alto :\1unicipa1 Code is herc~by amended to r:ead:
Chapter
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GM(B) c.;ener:al Manufactul'.'ing Combird.n9 District ••••• TS:-s?-;:-
(1,3,5) Limited Industrial Site Combining
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SE_C'f~ON ___ ~. Chapter 18.57 (General Manufacturinq Combining Dis-
trict (B}) is hereby added to the Palo Alto ~·'micipal Code to read as
follows;
Chapter 18.57
GENERAL MANUFACTURING COMBINING DISTRJ:CT (B) REGULATIONS
Sections:
18.57.010
18,57.020
18.57.030
18.57.040
13.57.050
18.57.060
18.57.070
Specific purposes.
Applicability of regulations.
Zoning map designation.
Permitted uses.
Conditional uses
Site development regulations
Special requirements.
18.57g010 Specific purpose. The general
rnanuf acturing combining district is intended to
modify the regulations of the gen~1ra 1 manuf actur.i ng
district in areas which have high employment poten
tial but are already suffering from traffic conges
tion. The combining disti:-ict is intended to prohi
bit uses, normally allowed in the general manu
fa.cturing district, which are considered high in
employment and tra~f ic generation potential so that
those uses do not occur.
18.57.020 Applicability of regulations.
The general manufacturing combining district may be
combined with a. veneral manufacturing district, in
accord with Chapter 18.08 and 18.98. Where so com
bined, the regulations established by this chapter:
shall apf1ly in lj.eu of the comparable provisions
established by the \jeneral manufacturing district
revulations.
18.57*030 Zoning map designation. The
general manufacturing combininy district shall
;-lpp ly to properties d<Js iynat.ed on the zoning map by
thu ~:;yrnbol '1 B" within parenthese.sr t:oliowing the
lJt.,.ner:al manufacturinq (GM) d1-rni9nation with which
it is combinec~,
18.57.040 Permitted
shall be permitted in
uees.
the GM(B)
The fol lowing
cUsLrict ~
\a) Accessory facilities ar1d a,cti\riLies
custo111ar..i J.y a:?::;oc i.ated wi. t.h or essential to per
mitted u.c::es 1 ,:;.nd operated incidental to the princi·
pal use;
(b) AdministrativA office services~
(c) Animal care, but excluding 0oa.rding
and kenn.els;
(d) Automatic teller machines when inci
dental to a per:miti~ed or conditional use~
(e) Business and trade schools;
( f) Chu re hes and religious institu··
tions;
(g) Convalescent facilities;
( h) Day care centers, day care homes,
family day care homes, and residential care homes;
( i) Home occupations, when a.ccessory to
permitted residential uses;
(j) Lodgingi
(k} Manufacturing~
( 1 ) Mort 1..1 a r i e s ;
(m) Private clubs~ lodges, or fraternal
organizations;
(n) Private educational facilities;
2.
(p) S8rvice and equipment ya~d;
(10 Singh1-tamily uses .• two-family usesr
and multiple-family n.~siclential usesi
(r) w.3r.ehousin9 and distribution.
18.57~050 Conditional uses. The follow-
i.;•J U!,;c:; m~:y bt:> <.~<.mditionally 3.l.lowed irt the GM(B)
di.<-;t.ri<;t, 'rnDject to the i:3suancu of. a conditional
use l!ur;::it tn acconi ·...,•}th Ch:J.pter 18.90:
;'\ . ' ' L'1). lf).C;\ .!, c.::i :re, including boardii1g and
(b) :\utornotive SlJr.vices;
(cl Co~n0rcidl recreation;
(l~) t~ating and <.irinkin·; services, Hxcept.
drive-in and take-o\.lt services;
(e) Temporary parking facilities, pro
vided that such facilities shall remain no more
than five years.
The
{GM
ing:
(f) Transportation terminals;
(g) Utility facilities.
l.S,.57~060 Site
site development
District) shall
development regulations.
re9ulations of Chapter 18.55
apply except for the follow-
(a) Front yard. For any property desig
nated GM(B) and fronting on gast Bayshore Road, a
minimum setback of 6,1 meters (20 feet) along that
frontage is established.
18.57.070 Sp~~ial requirements:
(a) Retail sales service uses existing
on the effective date of this Chapter, ~nd which,
prior to th.at date were lawful conforming permitted
or conditional uses operatinu subject to a condi
tional use permit, shall be deemed to be conforml.ng
us~s. Such uses sha 11 be permitted to remrnie 1,
irnpz:ove or replace site improvements on the same
site, without complying with site development regu-
1 at ions for continua 1 use and occupancy by the same
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us8; pi:ovided that -'.\ny such remodeling,, improvement
or. replacement sh.:,Jl not result in increased floor °' rea, number of rooms, he i 9ht, length, or any other
increase i. n the sol Zf! of the imp t·ovemen t.
SECTION 3. Section 18.63.o:.rn (LM Site Combinin9 Distr.iCl". l, 3, S)
is her":'"eby-alnen.ded to r:eact as fol l<>ws:
18.63.'.130 Combining district classifica-
tions. The limited ~ndustrial :::;ite combinin9
d'L:>trict shall con-.:;i:>t. of !J:~re .. '2 cla::;:_iifications,
establ ishi11,J di f f:ertnJ ~-:.i.Le ,Jc~veJ.opmunt. requl.:1·-
t i o n ::.; 1 a n y D f .,,,. ll :, ·~~ h ;11 a y b r; c: om b i n e d w i t h t he
general L>\ (iistrict:, !:>tch c1ns:::,ification of the
limited industrial sic.o cornbinin~; dtstri.ct shall be
identified on the zGnin·J map, when combined with
t l 1 e V·l d ~ s t r: i c t , by a n 1.1 rn be c w :l t h i n \:)a re n these s
c:)rrespon1..iin<J to the apr>l icablf; site development
re"-iu1ation~;, s;;i?cjfied in the table in Section
18.63,ll4Ll.
SECTION 4. Section 18.63.040 (LM Site Combining District) is
column under Site Development hi~n·by ___ amended to i nclu~ie an additional
Regulations to read <lS tallows:
Site De\relop:ment Regul&tions
Zoning map designation
Minimum site area
Minimum site width
Minimum site depth
Minimum front yard
Minimum rear yard
Minimum interior side yard
Minimum street side yard
Maximum floor area ratio
Maximum site coverage
Maximum height (generally)
Maximum heiyht within
Specified distance fr0m a
residential district
4.
LM (3) Com.bining District
LM ( 3)
4f074 sq. meters
(l acre)
30.5 meters
(100 feet}
45.7 meters
(150 feet)
6.1 meters
(20 feet)
6.1 mete:cs
{20 feet)
6.1 meters
(20 feet)
6.1 meters
(20 feet)
0.3 to 1
:30-p-ercent
10.7 meters
( 35 fEH~t)
7.6 meters
(25 feet)
within 12.2 meters
(40 feet) of
t~esidential
use1 provided that any such remodclin~, impnJvamcnt
or replacement sha 11 not r~su l t in increased floor
area, number of rooms, hei~Jht, lenqthr (~r .:my other
increase in the s i z8 of tt1e 1 mprovernen t.
SECTION 3. Section llL63.030 (LM Site Cornbininy District 1, 3, 5)
is he~eby amended to read as follows:
18.63.030 Combining district classifica-
tions. The limit(~d inJ1.i~3tridl sit(· cornbininy
distr-i.ct sh,J.U. consi::>t of three classi.fi.cAtions,
est.a bl i :s · n(J d 1 t f e L' i nz;.1 !'. 1 t :~·-···~y;~;:t: .1 c1.;;:1<-'i' :: n.:•_JU la. -
tion~>, <:.i.iy of which n::_:i.y :·x:: combi.nc('! h1 1tl; the
g irn e r a. 1 L M d i s t r i c t , Ea ch c L1 ;:; ::-; J. E i c '' t i on o f the
limited industrial site combinin.J dh;tri('t shall be
identified on the zonin'] map 1 ·,.,;hen com 1.)ined with
the LM district, by a numb~~r wj.thin parenthesos
corresponding t.o thr.:. apr) l i ca bJ. e s J. U• rJev2 lopmen t
re<juJati0tH3 specified in the tablG in Section
18.Ed.040,
SECTION 4. Section 18.63.040 (LM Site Combining District) is
hereby--arneii(fe(i to inclucie an additional column under S:i.te Development.
Regulations to read as follows:
Site Development Regulations
Zoning map designation
Minimum site area
Minimum site width
Minimum site depth
Minimum front yard
Minimum rear yard
MiPimum interior side yard
Minimum street side yard
Maximum floor area ratio
Maximum s.L te coverage
Maximum height (generally)
Maximum height within
Specified distance from a
residential district
4.
LM {3) Combining District
LM { 3)
4,Lr74 sq. meters
(1 acre)
30.5 meters
{100 feet)
45.7 meters
(150 feet)
6.1 meters
(20 feet)
6 .1 m~1t.ers
(20 f.eet}
6.l meters
(20 feet)
6. l met.~n-·s
( 20 fe1?t)
0.3 to l
To percent
10.7 rr8ters
(35 feet)
7. 6 me tel"::>
(25 feet}
within 12.2 meters
(40 feet) of
residential
SECTION 5. Section 18.63.050
quirements in the LM(3) district)
Municipal Code to read:
(.Exception
is hereby
•
to floor arna
added to the
18.63A050 Excepti.on to floor area rat!.o
requirements in the LM(:3} district). (a) Iri
order to allow greater flexibility in allowable
indu.st.r.ial and nianu.factui::in9 uses, the chi~:·f build
ing official may ~Jr.ant an exception to the floor
area ratio .requirement in the L'"l( 3) distcict tui:
placement of chemical con ta i n;nent L.:i.c 1 l i. ties, The
exception proce'-iure p~_·ovid.c~cl in this sc.:Li.nn is tll~::
exclusive procedun-;: for: pi:vcui:i.n-;J ;_u e:.:C('pt.ion t.o
the floor area r.e4uh-,2nwnt in the r.;.q:)) district.
and is applicable to chr:?mical conl.:>inment facili
ties only. An exception to stt:G dcvelOJ)ment n.'!JU
lations other: than fJ..oot· area t·dt:io for pLi1.-y)ses
{)ttier tl1an chernic£-tl contairtrr.en·i.·~ .taci.lt1es,. is sci1)~
ject to the procedure~:; for a variance~ pursua::t to
Chapter 18.SO.
(b) Application.
tion shall be made by:
App 1 ica t ion for an excep·-
{ 1) Payment of a fee as set for.th in th~:
municipal tee schedule,
{2) Surimission of a site plan showithJ
tho subject and abutting properties and the bukld-·
ings thereon and drawings showin~ the location,
design and materials of the proposed chemical
containment facility,
(3) Pr.ovision by the applicant of the
names zinr:I addresses of the record owners of thl~
abutting properties and of properties lying within
300 feet of the location of the proposed chemical
containment facility.
(c) Decision. The building official shall
grant an exception if he detarmines that:
(1) 'l'he additional floor area ¥1i.1l be
~$ed to store hazardous chemical material which
.cequ:i res a permit from the fire deb)artment under
the provisions of Title 17 of the California Admin
istrative Code;
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ratio re
Pa to Alto
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(2) The hazardous chemical material is a
necessary component of a low intensity rr. .. nut ac tu r
ing or research use on the site;
( 3) The total area to be used for the
storage of ha zar.dous chemical rnate r ia 1 (existing
and proposed) does not exceed 2, 500 square: feet;
and
(4) The additional floor area does not
cause the floor area ratio to exceed U.4 to 1.
(d.) Notice and objection. Whian th0 buildi.nJ
official has made a determination to yrant an
exception, he shall mail notice of that dete~mina
tion to the n~cor:d owners and occupt'rnts of the
abutting properties and properties lying within 300
feet of the location of the proposed chemical con
tainment facility. The notice shall state the
nature of the application and the intention of the
building official to grant the f:xception U no
ob .i ec t ion is made, and sha 11 prov Lele twenty days to
object in writing.
( e) Referral to pl-:rnning commission and city
council. (1) If a written objection is filed with
the building official by any interested party,
within twenty days of the mailing of the notice of
the intended dec.lsion, the bl1ilding official sh.::lll
set the exc-ep1':.ion application for a me•ating of the
planning conunission.. At least tw<::lve days prior to
the date of ~-;:.!ch meetirig~ the building official
shall send notice of the meeting in accordance with
Section 18.63.050(d).
(2) Action by the commission. Upon the
date set for the meeting, the planning commission
shall conduct a hearing on th• application. At the
conclus .ion of the hearing 7 the comrniss ion shall
make findings and recommend to the city council
that the decision of the building official be
affirmedr changed, or modif.ic~d.
( 3) Action by the city counc i 1. The
city council shall consid.\~r the exception applica
tion with in 30 days of the receipt of the r.ecommen
dat ion of the planning commission and may by motion
reverse or affirm wholly or i.n part such recommen
dation. Notice of the council's decision shall be
rrailed to the original applicant, to the person
objecting to the except.ion granted by the building
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official, anct to any other person who has tiled a
written request therefor with the city clerk.
SECTION 6. The Council finds that the amendments herein are con
siste.nt."""'with the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Palo .l'\lto.
SECTION 7~ The council finds that none of the provisions of this
ordinance wi 11 have a signif.icant. environmental impact.
SECTION_~~ Seve.r.ability. If any provision or clause of this
chapter or t:he application thereof to any person or circumsta.nce is
held to be unconstitutional or to be otherwise i:-ivalid by any court of
competent jur:isdiction, such invalidity shall not. afre...-:t other provi
sions of these cl1apt0rs and c1a.uses of these chapters are declared to
be severable •
. ~_ECT~ON_-2... This orc1 inance sh al 1 become effect i 'le upon the com-
menc(~ment of the thirty-f i:cst day aftGr the day of its passary:i ( pro
vided however, that any proposed developmAnt project whose application
was accepted by the City prior to the moratorium imposed on September
12, 198 3, sha l.l be exempt from the prov is ions of thi e. ordinance and
shall have the right to complete the project in accordance with
regulations in effect on September 12, 1983.
IN'fRODIJCED: December 5 ~ 19B3
PASSED: December 19, 1983
AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Eyerly, Fletcher, Levy, Renzel~ Witherspoon
NOES: None
AB STENT IONS: K 1 e in
ABSEN'r: Fazzino
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APib'k /-W-~---MaYo?G ~
~ ~~,,..,..-·M""':'""'-L~"""
Assistant City Attorney
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