Ordinance 815
ORDINANCE NO. 815
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING "s"
ZONE AND RELATED PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING
OF THE CITY OF GILROY.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Gilroy
has heretofore proposed that the "s" Zone requirements and
related provisions of the Zoning Ordiance of said City be
amended in certain particulars as hereinafter ordained and
has held a public hearing upon said proposal after due and
legal notice thereof was given as required by law and said
Zoning Ordinance, and said Commission has duly reported to
said Council upon said proposal in which report the Commission
recommends that the Council adopt the proposed amendments; and
WHEREAS, The Council did, at its regular meeting held
October 23, 1967, fix November 6, 1967 at 8:00 o'clock p.mc,
in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, at No. 10 South
Rosanna Street, Gilroy, California, as the time and place for
the public hearing on said report and recommendation and
notice of said hearing was given as required by law and the
Zoning Ordinance of the said City of Gilroy, and said hearing
has now been held and the advisability of adopting the
proposed amendments considered and the Council has determined
and finds that the public convenience, necessity, general
welfare and good zoning practice requires that said proposed
amendments be adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Sec. 31.4 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Gilroy is hereby amended to read as follows:
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SEC. 31.4 HEIGHT AND COVERAGE LIMITATIONS P.O. DISTRICT.
No building shall exceed two stories or thirty (30) feet
in height. The aggregate ground coverage of the main
building shall not exceed forty (40) per cent of the lot
area.
SECTION II: Sub-sec. (f) of Sec. 32.8 of the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Gilroy is hereby repealed.
SECTION III: Sub-sec. (f) is hereby added to Sec. 32.8 in the
place of Sub-sec. (f) thereof above repealed, Sub-sec. (c)
added to Sec. 33.8 of and Sec. 42.8 added to, the said Zoning
Ordinance, to read as follows in each instance:
Sec. 32.8 (f), Sec.33.8 and Sec. 42.8 (as the case may be)
In cases where specific space requirements for off-street
parking are not spelled out and required in the "s" Zone
regulations or elsewhere in this chapter, off-street
parking for vehicles shall be provided in an amount which
in the opinion of the Planning Commission is sufficient
to insure adequate off-street parking on the lot of the
principal land use activities or within reasonable
distance therefrom, for employees, patrons, and clients.
Off-street loading shall be suitably located and space
provided in amount sufficient to ensure complete off-
street loading on the lot of the land uses or activities
being served. The requirements for parking may be
reduced or waived where adequate parking is found to be
available within a common parking facility, or assessment
district, the function of which is to provide off-street
parking; or said requirements may be satisfied if funds
are received by the City as in-lieu payments for off-
street parking, provided that policies and procedures for
same are first adopted by the City Council to accept
in-lieu payments and to deposit such payments into a duly
formed parking assessment district trust fund for the
future development of off-street parking facilities.
There shall be no parking or loading of any vehicles in
any required front yard, nor in any required side yard
on a corner lot.
SECTION IV: Sub-sec. (a) of Sec. 53.2 of said Zoning Ordinance
is repealed and a new subsection in the place thereof is
hereby adopted to read as follows:
(a) parkin~ Space Retuirements. At the time any activity
is establis ed or bui ding or structure is erected, or
is enlarged, or increased in capacity, or whenever there
is a substitution of activities or a change in the nature
of an existing activity, off-street parking for vehicles
in such numbers as are hereinafter prescribed shall be
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provided. In cases where the prescribed requirements
for the location of required parking facilities are
shown by the applicant to be impractical due to special
circumstances, the Planning Commission may, by Use
Permit, authorize alternative provisions for parking in
accordance with Section 53.2 (d) of this chapter; or the
Planning Commission may, by Variance, authorize a
reduction in the required number of spaces, provided
exceptional circumstances are shown by the applicant to
apply to the property involved or to the proposed use or
activity.
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each
land use or activity in accordance with the following
schedule:
USE
1. Residential
(a) Single family dwelling
(b) Dup lex
(c) Other multiple dwelling
(d) Hotel & Motel
(e) Boarding, rooming,
fraternity and sorority
house, and private club
with overnight accommo-
dations
2. Medical and Institutional
(a) Hospitals
(b) Sanitariums, convalescent
homes, rest homes, nursing
homes or institution for
the aged or for children,
or other similar welfare
purposes
REQUIREMENT
2 spaces
4 spaces
1 1/2 spaces per dwelling
unit, one of which shall
be a covered carport or
garage
1 space for each room or
guest unit plus one space
for each shift employee,
plus one space for each
manager or resident owner
1 space for each unit for
first 20 units; 1 space
for every 4 units over 20
units
1 space for each bed
1 space per staff or visit-
ing doctor; plus one space
for each two employees;
plus 1 space for each 4 beds
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(c) Medical and dental offices
and clinics, chiropractors,
optometrists, healing arts
practioners
(d) Mortuary, funeral parlor
(e) Private club without
overnight accommodations
3. Schools
(a) Public, parochial and
private elementary schools,
kindergartens, nursery
schools, and day care
centers
(b) Public, parochial and
private high schools
(c) Colleges, art, craft, music
and dancing schools and for
business, professional and
trade schools
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f.
1 space for each 300
square feet of gross floor
area not including floor
area devoted to storage,
plus one space per doctor,
plus one space per shift
employee, plus one space
for each treatment room
1 space for each 4 seats,
or 1 space for each 50
square feet of chapel and
reception area, whichever
is greater
1 space for each regular
shift employee; plus one
space for each 4 members
based on the maximum
number of club members for
which a facility is planned
1 space for each 2 employees
including teachers and
administrators; plus
sufficient space for safe
and convenient loading and
unloading of students;
plus adequate space for
auditorium or assembly areas
1 space for each 2 employees,
including teacher and
administrators; plus
sufficient space for safe
and convenient loading and
unloading of students;
plus 1 space for each ten
students of planned capacity
or 1 space for each 17 class-
room seats, whichever is
greater; plus adequate space
for auditorium or assembly
areas
1 space for each 2 employees,
including teachers and
administrators; plus 1 space
for each 4 students; plus
adequate space for visitor
parking
4. Places of Assembly with
Seats or Benches
(a) Theaters, arena stadiums,
halls, auditoriums and
similar places of public
assembly; and churches
5. Place of Assembly without
fixed Seats or Benches
1 space for each 5 seats,
or 1 space for each 7 feet
of benches; or where there
are no fixed seats, 1 space
for each 50 square feet of
floor area designated for
public assembly, not includ-
ing lobbies, corridors,
stairs, restrooms and
similar facilities, whichever
is greater; provided that
churches constructed after
adoption of Zoning Ordinance
shall be subject to this
regulation; all existing
church structures are exempt
from this regulation but any
expansion thereof is subject
to regulation and shall
nullify exemption for
original structure
(a) Convention centers, 1 space for each shift
exhibition hall, amusement employee; plus visitor
park, skating rink, public parking to be determined by
swimming pool, private use, location & size of
gymnasium, health center, building or facility
community centers, recreation
buildings, libraries, art
galleries
(b) Dance hall
(c) Bowling alley
6. Eatiny and Drinking
Estab ishments
(a) Restaurants, night clubs,
bars, lunchrooms, beer
parlors, cocktail lounges
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1 space for each 10 seats,
or 1 space for each 100
square feet of dance floor
area, whichever is greater
7 spaces for each alley;
plus one space for each
shift employee
1 space for each 3 seats,
plus 1 space for each shift
employee; or 1 space for
each 50 square feet of
floor area; whichever is
greater
(b) Auto or exterior counter
service, drive-in
establishment and roadside
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7. Retail and Commercial
Establishments
(a) Retail stores and service
establishments (non bulky
items), and personal
services
(b) Commercial service
establishments, repair
shops, wholesale establish-
ments and retail stores
which handle only bulky
merchandise, such as
furniture, household
appliances and motor
vehicles
(c) Auto sales and machinery
sales agency
8. Offices) Public Buildings
and Utilities
(a) Banks, business,
professional, administra-
tive and governmental
offices (except medical
and dental), including
lending institutions,
finance companies, and
wholesaling establishments
without stock; and public
utility installations,
public buildings and
grounds
(b) Transportation depots
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1 space for each 4 seats
(enclosed); plus one space
for each shift employee
plus 8 spaces for each
serving window offering
curb or pick-up service
1 space for each 200
square feet of gross
floor area except for
floor area used exclusively
for storage or truck
loading
1 space for each 400 square
feet of gross floor area,
except for floor area used
exclusively for storage or
truck loading; plus such
additional spaces as may,
because of special
circumstances, be prescribed
by the Planning Commission
1 space for each 300 square
feet of enclosed display
and sales area, plus 1 for
each employee
1 space for each 300 square
feet of gross floor area
not devoted to storage
1 space for each shift
employee; plus adequate
space for affiliated uses,
service vehicles and
visitor parking, to be
determined
9. Warehousing. Stora~
Wholesaling and IndUStrial
(a) Warehouses and other
storage buildings
(b) Manufacturing plants and
light industrial uses,
laboratories
4 spaces plus one space
for each shift employee
1 space for each 600
square feet of gross floor
area, plus one space for
each four shift employees
A minimum of 4 spaces
plus one space for each
three shift employees
(c) Retail and wholesale sales
establishments, commercial
service enterprises,
storage facilities and
light industrial uses when
conducted primarily outside
of buildings; storage
facilities combined with
incidental retail stores,
commercial service enter-
prises, repair shops,
wholesale establishments
and light industrial uses
SECTION V: Sub-sec. (b) of Sec. 53.2 of said Zoning Ordinance
is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) Desi~n Standards. All parking lots shall be surfaced
with Port and cement concrete, asphaltic concrete, oroil
macadam surfacing placed upon a suitable base and built
to a thickness which meets the approval of the City
Engineer. Lots shall be adequately equipped with bumper
guards, driveways, walkways, lighting, fencing, land-
scaping, directional signs and space marking which will
meet the standards established by the Planning Commission.
The minimum size for parking spaces to be used in
connection with any residential occupancy shall be ten (10)
feet wide and twenty (20) feet long when measured at right
angles to the axis of the vehicle occupying the same.
All other parking spaces may be reduced to a minimum of
9.0 feet measured in the same manner. Every parking
space used for a residential occupancy shall have to its
rear, and immediately contiguous thereto, a space twenty-
five (25) feet long and ten (10) feet wide which is kept
free and clear of obstructions of every kind at all times.
Driveways to service parking spaces may occupy a portion
or all of this clear space. The Commission shall have
authority to waive any of the above requirements if in
its opinion such item is inappropriate or unnecessary.
SECTION VI: Sub-sec. (d) of Sec. 53.2 of said Zoning Ordinance
is repealed and a new subsection in the place thereof is hereby
adopted to read as follows:
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(d) Location of Required Parking Facilities. Off-street
parking and loading facilities shall be on the same lot
or parcel of land as the structure they serve. However,
off-street parking requirements shall be considered
satisfied if
a. The property being occupied is part of a
parking district which has been duly
formed under the provisions of the Gilroy
Municipal Code; and said district is
found to adequately provide off-street
parking spaces for the new or additional
uses contemplated, and the required
parking is to be permanently provided
within 200 feet of the site; or
b. When provisions have been made for the
joint use of off-street parking by the
occupants of two or more facilities, the
total of such spaces when used together
is not less than the sum of the require-
ments for the various individual uses
when computed separately; and provided
said joint space is to be permanently
provided within 200 feet of all partic-
ipating property uses and is cooperatively
established and operated.
In the case of cooperative parking
facilities designed to serve the require-
ments of independent property uses, a
reduction of not more than ten percent
(10%) of the total number of spaces
required for each may be allowed if
operational characteristics of the uses
so warrant, subject to securing a Use
Permit from the Planning Commission, and
provided such reduction is found to be
consistent with all other purposes of
the parking provision of this chapter;
or
c. A lot or parcel is located within an
off-street parking assessment district
and funds are received by the City as
in-lieu payments for off-street parking,
provided that policies and procedures
for such in-lieu payments are first
adopted by the City Council to accept
in-lieu payments and to deposit such
payments into a duly formed parking
assessment district trust for the future
development of off-street parking
facilities; or
d. When other alternative provisions for
off-street parking and loading are pro-
posed, provided approval therefore has
been secured from the Planning Commis-
sion through the Use Permit procedure
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SECTION VII: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION VIII: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force thirty (30) days from and after its adoption and
approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February, 1968, by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: A llemand,Duffin,Kennedy,
Quartiroli,Silva,Wentworth, and Goodrich.
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
APPROVED
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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.. City Clerk
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Ordinance No. 815 is an original
ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 19th day of February
, 19 ~J at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 20th day of February
, 19~.
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