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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-10-04 Ordinance 4843follows: ORDINANCE NO. 4843 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO RENUMBERING AND AMENDING PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT PC-2592 (690 SAN ANTONIO ROAD) TO PERMIT CERTAIN AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP DESIGN FEATURES The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows: (a) On January 5, 1971 1 the City Council adopted Ordinance 2592 establishing a PC District permitting an auto dealership on the property located at'690 San Antonio Road. On November 19 1 1973 1 a resolution was adopted permitting a change to the development plan. The ordinance was also amended by Ordinance 3551 on May 3 1 1982 to permit expansion of the facility. (b) This ordinance shall renumber and amend Planned Community (PC) district 2592 to permit certain automobile dealership design standards. The design standards are substantially similar to those allowed under the City' s Automobile Dealership overlay district. SECTION 2. A new section 4 is hereby added to Planned Community district ordinance 2592 to read as follows: "Section 4. The following changes to the development plan may be made 1 subject to Architectural Review approval 1 as set forth in Title 18 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code: (a) Automobile display pads may be added in the required setback area adjacent to a public right-of-way, including in landscaped areas. Provided no more than two such pads shall be added 1 no automobile display pad shall be higher than eight feet 1 as measured to the highest point of the automobile on the display pad, and the surface area of each display pad shall be no more than 175 square feet. (b) such Parking area modifications may be made 1 modifications shall comply with the provisions: 1 041021 jea 6030046 provided following \' (1) The number of parking spaces provided must beat least 1 per 400 square feet of sales and office administration area, and 1 per 500 square feet of exterior sales or display area, excluding automobile storagei and (2) Areas for designatedi and customer parking shall be (3) Areas for outdoor sales and display of motor vehicles, other than automobile display pads, shall meet the minimum design standards applicable to off-street parking facilities under Title 18 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code with respect to paving, grading, drainage, safety and protective features, lighting, and screening. Auto storage and display areas are not required to be striped for parking stall and aisle widthi and (4) Exterior storage shall screened by a solid wall or fence of between five (5) and eight (8) feet in height. (c) Automobile showroom space may be increased, provided, the total automobile showroom space on the site may not exceed a floor area ratio of 0.2:1. "Automobile showroom space" is that area for the display of new automobiles, located only on the first floor and excluding all other uses associated with the automobile dealership including sales office and sale of related merchandise. The Director of Planning and Community Environment. is authorized to determine whether floor area is automobile showroom space, as described above. II SECTION 3. Section 18.08.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the "Zoning Map", is hereby amended by changing the zone classification .of property located at 690 San Antonio Road from "Planned Community District PC-2592" to "Planned Community District PC-4843", as shown in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 4. Except as amended above, by Ordinance 335L and by Resolution 4841, Ordinance 2592 remains in full force and effect. 2 041021 jea 6030046 SECTION 5. The City Council finds that the changes effected by s ordinance are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quali ty Act {CEQA}, per section 15061 of CEQA Guidelines, because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibiTitythat the project will have a significant effect on the environment. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. INTRODUCED: September 20, 2004 PASSED: October 4, 2004 AYES: BEECHAM, BURCH, CORDELL, KLEINBERG, MORTON, MOSSAR NOES: FREEMAN~ KISHIMOTO ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: OJAKIAN NOT PARTICIPATING: AT~T: ~ ~~, ·v~ ~ Mayor Senior ~sa~. City Attorney ~~&tu.~ 3 041021 jea 6030046 T h , Palo Alto hphllll,20D4-05-2811i:rO;11 (\\ct-ml!lpr\g!IS\gb\edmlll\P.rsontl~llInnlng.mdb) EXHIBIT "A" Magnussen's Dodge and Toyota 690 San Antoniio Rd. EXHIBIT itA" PC-2592 Size in Acres (estimated): acres (includes 5 par Building Size: 11,258 sqft This map is a product ofthe City of Palo Alto GIS 'Thll' dowm,l1Iis a-graphj£'ltpntnnlaUon IIrVyJ:lr Tlw CUy of Palo All!) as.slJmu nil responslbuny fl)r any 4Itnlrs.