The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About2021-01-11 Ordinance 5513 0160030_20201112_ay_16 1 Ordinance No. 5513 Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 18.52.070 (Parking Regulations for CD Assessment District) of Chapter 18.52 (Parking and Loading Requirements) of Title 18 (Zoning) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) to Temporarily Extend Ineligibility of Certain Uses to Participate in the University Avenue In-Lieu Parking Program The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows: SECTION 1. Findings and declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows: A. The City of Palo Alto (City) is a job center with among the highest housing prices and greatest jobs to housing imbalances in the Bay Area, resulting in a housing shortage that threatens the city’s prosperity, diversity, stability, environment, quality of life, and community character. B. A variety of policies result in incentives for office development over housing, including the availability of the University Avenue In-Lieu Parking Program. C. On April 1, 2019, the Palo Alto City Council adopted Ordinance 5460, which included a temporary ban on participation in the University Avenue In-Lieu Parking Program for certain uses, pending further study and recommendation from the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC). D. Additional time is required for the City staff and the PTC to develop a recommendation regarding permanent changes to the University Avenue Parking In -Lieu Program. E. On March 4, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency due to the threat of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). F. On March 16, 2020, the public health officers for the six Bay Area counties, including Santa Clara County, took the unprecedented and dramatic step of issuing “shelter -in- place” orders directing county residents to shelter at home for three weeks beginning March 17 (the Shelter-in-Place Order). The Order limited activity, travel, and business functions to only the most essential needs. G. On May 11, 2020 the City Council introduced, and on October 5, 2020 adopted, Ordinance 5506 to extend the temporary ban until February 1, 2021. H. The prolonged nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has precluded the collection of data and further study of parking strategies in the University Avenue downtown area. DocuSign Envelope ID: 84CD6D98-99DA-4412-A9C3-7EE9243E718E 0160030_20201112_ay_16 2 I. Pursuant to Palo Alto Municipal Code section 18.80.090, the public health, safety, and welfare require that the temporary ban on participation in the University Avenue In-Lieu Parking Program be further extended to maintain the status quo. SECTION 2. Subdivision (d) of Section 18.52.070 (Parking and Loading) of Chapter 18.52 (Parking and Loading Requirements) of Title 18 (Zoning) is hereby amended to read as follows: 18.18.090 Parking and Loading [. . .] (d) In-lieu Parking Provisions In connection with any expansion of the supply of public parking spaces within the CD commercial downtown district, the city shall allocate a number of spaces for use as "in - lieu parking" spaces to allow development to occur on sites which would otherwise be precluded from development due to parking constraints imposed by this chapter. Off - site parking on such sites may be provided by payment of an in-lieu monetary contribution to the city to defray the cost of providing such parking. Contributions for each required parking space shall equal the incremental cost of providing a net new parking space in an assessment district project plus cost for the administration of the program, all as determined pursuant to Chapter 16.57 of Title 16 of this code, by the director, whose decision shall be final. Only sites satisfying one or more of the following criteria, as determined by the director, shall be eligible to participate in the in -lieu parking program: (1) Construction of on-site parking would necessitate destruction or substantial demolition of a designated historic structure; (2) The site area is less than ten thousand square feet and it would not be physically feasible to provide the required on-site parking; (3) The site is greater than 10,000 square feet, but of such an unusual configuration that it would not be physically feasible to provide the required on -site parking; (4) The site is located in an area where city policy precludes curb cuts or otherwise prevents use of the site for on-site parking; or (5) The site has other physical constraints, such as a high groundwater table, which preclude provision of on-site parking without extraordinary expense. DocuSign Envelope ID: 84CD6D98-99DA-4412-A9C3-7EE9243E718E 0160030_20201112_ay_16 3 Office uses above the ground floor shall not be eligible to participate in the in -lieu parking program from the effective date of Ordinance No. 5460 through February 1, 2021 through August 1, 2022. [. . .] SECTION 3. 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 4. The Council finds that the potential environmental impacts related to the Housing Workplan Ordinance, including the amendments enacted herein were analyzed in the Final EIR for the Comprehensive Plan Update, which was certified and adopted by the Council by Resolution No. 9720 on November 13, 2017. Th is Ordinance is consistent with and implements the program evaluated in the EIR. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// DocuSign Envelope ID: 84CD6D98-99DA-4412-A9C3-7EE9243E718E 0160030_20201112_ay_16 4 SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first date after the date of its adoption. INTRODUCED: December 7, 2020 PASSED: January 11, 2021 AYES: BURT, CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, KOU, STONE NOES: TANAKA ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: NOT PARTICIPATING: ATTEST: ____________________________ ____________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: ____________________________ ____________________________ Assistant City Attorney City Manager ____________________________ Director of Planning & Development Services DocuSign Envelope ID: 84CD6D98-99DA-4412-A9C3-7EE9243E718E Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 84CD6D9899DA4412A9C37EE9243E718E Status: Completed Subject: Please DocuSign: ORD 5513 Ordinance Amending Chapter 18 to Extending Univ Ave In Lieu Ban Secti... Source Envelope: Document Pages: 4 Signatures: 5 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 2 Initials: 0 Danielle Kang AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Danielle.Kang@cityofpaloalto.org IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Record Tracking Status: Original 1/15/2021 8:11:45 AM Holder: Danielle Kang Danielle.Kang@cityofpaloalto.org Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Albert Yang Albert.Yang@CityofPaloAlto.org Assistant City Attorney City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 97.113.154.159 Sent: 1/15/2021 8:13:56 AM Viewed: 1/15/2021 9:26:53 AM Signed: 1/15/2021 9:27:02 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Jonathan Lait Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org Interim Director Planning and Community Environment City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 1/15/2021 9:27:03 AM Resent: 1/25/2021 7:34:23 AM Viewed: 1/26/2021 11:57:57 PM Signed: 1/26/2021 11:58:10 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org Ed Shikada, City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 98.42.3.200 Sent: 1/26/2021 11:58:12 PM Viewed: 1/30/2021 8:54:19 AM Signed: 1/30/2021 8:54:29 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Tom DuBois tomforcouncil@gmail.com Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 24.5.55.204 Sent: 1/30/2021 8:54:30 AM Resent: 2/1/2021 11:00:34 AM Viewed: 2/1/2021 4:22:55 PM Signed: 2/1/2021 4:23:20 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Beth Minor beth.minor@cityofpaloalto.org City Clerk City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 2/1/2021 4:23:22 PM Viewed: 2/1/2021 4:24:35 PM Signed: 2/1/2021 4:25:00 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 1/15/2021 8:13:56 AM Certified Delivered Security Checked 2/1/2021 4:24:35 PM Signing Complete Security Checked 2/1/2021 4:25:00 PM Completed Security Checked 2/1/2021 4:25:00 PM Payment Events Status Timestamps