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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-10-04 Ordinance 4846follows: ORDINANCE NO. 4846 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO RENUMBERING AND AMENDING PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT PC-2554 (1730 EMBARCADERO 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 April 30, 1970, the City Council adopted Ordinance 2554 establishing a PC District permitting an auto dealership on the property located at 1730 Embarcadero Road. (b) This ordinance is intended to renumber and amend Planned Community (PC) district 2554 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 5 is hereby added to Planned Community district ordinance 2554 to read as follows: "Section 5. The following changes to the development plan may be made, subject to Architectural Review approval, 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, no automobile display pad shall be higher than eight feet, 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, modifications shall comply with the provided following provisions: 041021 jea 6030044 (1) the number of parking spaces provided must be at least 1 per 400 square feet of sales and 1 office administration area, and 1 per 500 square feet of exterior sales or display area, excluding automobile storage; and (2) Areas for designated; 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 stan~ards 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 width; 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 increasedt provided the total automobile showroom space on the site may not exceed a flopr 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 spacet as described above." SECTION 3. Section 18.08.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the "Zoning Map", is he.reby amended by changing the zone classification of property located at 1730 Embarcadero Road from "Planned Community District PC-2554" to "Planned Community District PC-4846tt I as shown in Exhibit "Ali, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 4. Except as amended above, remains in full force and effect. Ordinance 2554 SECTION 5. The City Council finds that the changes effected by this ordinance are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), per section 15061 of CEQA Guidelines, because it can be seen with certainty that 2 041021 jea 6030044 , ,~ , there is no possibility that 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 1 2004 PASSED: October 41 2004 AYES: BEECHAM 1 BURCH 1 CORDELL 1 KLEINBERG 1 MORTON 1 MOSSAR NOES: FREEMAN 1 KISHIMOTO ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: OJAKIAN NOT PARTICIPATING: A~ ~~,~ City Clerk --~ ~enior Asst. City Attorney *,~ULl t4,7t~ . 04 I 02 I jea 6030044 v~ Mayor 3 \ \ The Ci,y of Palo Alto -hphifi.~20D4-Ds.o2 09;.46:15. . "", dBaler , EXHIBIT "A" Zoning: PC-2554 Size in Acres (estimated): 2.3 acres Building Size: 17,470 sqft This map is a product of the City of Palo Alto GIS Carlson Motor Cars (Audi), 1730 Embarcadero Road EXHIBIT "A" This dowment is a Ql"lIIphic I'1Ipre58ntalion only of besl availablE! .501.JI'CII!15 • The City of Palo AnD assumes no nu;ponsibiny rorany errors.