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Home My WebLink About2018-06-25 Ordinance 5445DocuSign Envelope ID: 6767C404-0D85-49DC-98CE-BBC7 A597E7 AD Ordinance No. 5445 Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Title 18 (Zoning), Chapter 18.28 (Special Purpose (PF, OS and AC) Districts), Sections 18.28.050, 18.28.060 and 18.28.090 to Revise the Public Facilities (PF) Zone Parking and Development Standards to Allow Council Approval of Exceptions to PF Development Standards, Including Setback Lines Imposed By a Special Setback Map, and Required Parking Location for City Parking Facilities in the Downtown and California Avenue Business District and for Essential Services Buildings, and Make Other Clerical or Technical Corrections The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Section 18.28.050 (Site Development Standards), subsection (a) and Table 2, of Chapter 18.28 (Special Purpose (PF, OS and AC) Districts) ofTitle 18 (Zoning) is amended to read as follows: 18.28.050 Site Development Standards (a) Development Standards Table 2 Special Purpose District Site Development Standards PF os(S) AC Subject to Regulations in Chapter or Section: Minimum Site Specifications Site Area (acres) 10 5 Site Width (ft) 250 Site Depth (ft) 250 Setback lines imposed by a special setback Minimum Setbacks (ft) map pursuant to Chapter 20.08 of this code Section 18.28.0GO(e} shall apply Front Setback -(2) 30 30 Section 18.28.0GO(e} Rear Setback -(2) 30 30 Section 18.28.0GO(e} Interior Side Setback (2) 30 15 Section 18.28.0GO(e}, -Cha12ter 20.08 Street Side Setback -(2) 30 24 Section 18.28.0GO(e} Maximum Floor Area Ratio 1:1!3) See Table 3 Section 18.28.050(b)L 18.28.0GO(e} Site Coverage and Impervious Coverage Maximum Site Coverage 30%(3) 10% Section 18.28.0GO(e} Page 1 DocuSign Envelope ID: 6767C404-0D85-49DC-98CE-BBC7A597E7AD Additional Site Area permitted covered by impervious ground 10%(1) surfaces Maximum Impervious Coverage See Table Section 18.28.050(b) 314) 18.28.070(m) Height Restrictions Maximum Height (ft) 50 25 35 Section 18.28.0GO!el Maximum Height within 150 feet of 35 Section 18.28.0GO(a) a residential district (ft) Maximum Number of Stories 2 Daylight Plane for site lines abutting a residential district Initial height (ft) 10 Slope 1:2 Residential Density 1 unit/acre (1) For cemetery uses, all markers of graves shall be flush with grade level, and shall be considered impervious area under this requirement. (2) The minimum front, side, and rear yards in the PF public facilities district shall be equal to the respective front, side, and rear yards required in the most restrictive abutting district; provided, that no yard adjoining a street shall be less than 20 feet and that no interior yard shall be less than 10 feet. See Section 18.28.0GO!el for exceptions to these development standards. (3) Provided that, for parking facilities the maximum floor area ratio and site coverage shall be equal to the floor area ratio and site coverage established by the most restrictive adjacent district. See Section 18.28.0GO!el for exceptions to these development standards. (4) Including buildings and all impervious ground surfaces, calculated pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.28.070(m). (5) See seetieR Section 18.28.070(r) for specific exceptions to these development standards. SECTION 2. Section 18.28.060 (Additional PF District Design Requirements) of Chapter 18.28 (Special Purpose (PF, OS and AC) Districts) of Title 18 (Zoning) is amended to add a new subsection (e) to read as follows: 18.28.060 Additional PF District Design Requirements The following additional regulations shall apply in the PF district: (e} Development Standards Exceptions The City Council may in its discretion modify the development standards in Table 2 of Section 18.28.050 and setback lines established by a special setback map under Chapter 20.08 of Title 20. to achieve community objectives for the following facilities: Page 2 . DocuSign Envelope ID: 6767C404-0D85-49DC-98CE-BBC7A597E7AD (i) Parking facilities, including appurtenant structures, within the Downtown and the California Avenue business district, where the parking facility is the principal use and is owned or leased, and operated or used, by the City of Palo Alto. "California Avenue business district" means that area bounded by the following streets in the city of Palo Alto: Grant Avenue to the south, El Camino Real to the west, College Avenue to the north. and Park Boulevard to the east. (ii) Essential Services Buildings as defined in Health and Safety Code section 16007, as amended. including appurtenant or ancillary structures. The exceptions shall be included in the review of the project through the applicable development review process. SECTION 3. Section 18.28.090(a) (Parking and Loading) of Chapter 18.28 (Special Purpose (PF, OS and AC) Districts) of Title 18 (Zoning) is amended to read as follows: 18.28.090 Parking and Loading Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be required for all permitted and conditional uses in accord with Chapter 18.40. All parking and loading facilities on any site, whether required as minimums or optionally provided in addition to minimum requirements, shall comply with the regulations and the design standards established by Chapter 18.42. In addition, parking facilities shall be subject to the following regulations: (a) PF District In the PF district, no required parking space shall be located in the first 10 feet adjoining the street property line of any required yard. The City Council may waive this requirement for eligible parking facilities and Essential Services Buildings through the process provided in Section 18.28.0GO(e). SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 5. The environmental impacts of this ordinance have been examined and disclosed pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, together with related state implementation guidelines and regulations (collectively, "CEQA"), under that certain Final Environmental Impact Report for the City of Palo Alto Public Safety Building and California Avenue Garage project ("Final EIR") considered and certified by the City Council on June 11, 2018, for which findings were adopted by Council by Resolution No. 9772, all prior to Council approval of this ordinance. Page3 DocuSign Envelope ID: 6767C404-0D85-49DC-98CE-BBC7 A597E7 AD SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first date after the date of its adoption. INTRODUCED: June 11, 2018 PASSED: June 25, 2018 AYES: DUBOIS, FILSETH, FINE, HOLMAN, KNISS, KOU, TANAKA, WOLBACH NOES: ABSENT: SCHARFF NOT PARTICIPATING: ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: rsDocuSlgned by: <>:~:.~ Assistant City Attorney DocuSlgnod by: City Manager G DocuSlgnod by: ~94F6 .. Director of Planning & Community Environment Page4 Certificate Of Completion ---Envelope Id: 6767C4040D8549DC98CEBBC7 A597E7 AD Subject: Please DocuSign: ORD 5445 Ordinance Amending PF Zoning District.pdf Source Envelope: Document Pages: 4 Certificate Pages: 2 AutoNav: Enabled Envelopeld Stamping: Enabled Signatures: 3 Initials: O Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Record Tracking Status: Original 6/26/2018 4:02:48 PM Signer Events Sandra Lee Sandra.Lee@CityofPaloAlto.org Assistant City Attorney Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Jonathan Lail Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org Interim Director Planning and Community Environment City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada for James Keene ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org Assistant City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Liz Kniss Liz. Kniss@CityofPaloAlto.org Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Beth Minor Beth.Minor@CityofPaloAlto.org Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Holder: Kim Lunt kimberly.lunt@cityofpaloalto.org Signature lc DocuSIQned by ~::.::~.~ Using IP Address: 12.220.157.20 CDocuSlgned by: ~94FI Using IP Address: 12.220.157.20 GDocu!ligned by: E.I ~'1< • .lo ~. q:;_,, ;.,,,~ F20CA1!1lCCC!!04F9 Using IP Address: 12.220.157 .20 Docu~ jl SICU•ID Status: Sent Envelope Originator: Kim Lunt 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 kimberly.lunt@cityofpaloalto.org IP Address: 12.220.157.20 Location: DocuSign Tlmestamp Sent: 6/26/2018 4:06:36 PM Viewed: 6/26/2018 4:07:05 PM Signed: 6/26/2018 4:07:47 PM Sent: 6/26/2018 4:07:48 PM Viewed: 6/27/2018 9:53:19 AM Signed: 6/27/2018 9:53:42 AM Sent: 6/27/2018 9:53:43 AM Viewed: 6/27/2018 12:55:49 PM Signed: 6/27/2018 12:56:29 PM Sent: 6/27/2018 12:56:30 PM