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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 81- 1073 Amends § 18.84.040 -108 .- ORDIN ANCE NO. 1073 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONT AN A, AMENDING SECTION l8. 84. 040 PROVIDING GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING FOR THE OFF-STREET PA VING REQUIRE- I MENTS IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONT ANA. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN: SECTION 1 That Section 18.84.040 of the Bozeman Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 18.84.040 DESIGN l. Location--Off-street parking area (s) as required by this ordinance shall be located as specified herein. a. Single-family dwellings: on the same lot with the dwelling they are required to serve. b. Multi-family dwellings: on the same lot with the dwelling they are required to serve. c. Hospitals, sanitariums, apartments, rooming and boarding houses, fraternity and sorority houses: within 100 feet of the use to be served and located in the same district as the principal use. d. Commercial and industrial uses: wi thin 400 feet of the use they are required to serve and located in the same district as the principal use. Where a distance is specified, such distance shall be measured by a straight line from the nearest point of the building such parking area is required to serve. I Off-street parking areas must be accessible by a public street or alley and shall be owned or leased by the owner or leasee of the building or use being served by such parking. Such parking ht shall be maintained as a parking ht so long as the building and/or use served is in operation or until another suitable parking area is established for such building or use. Required parking spaces shall be located so as to preclude backing maneuvers onto any public right-of-way from any use, with the exception of single and multi-family dwellings, as defined in this ordinance. Required parking spaces shall not be located in any required front or side yard. 2. Screening a. Any off-street parking ht built to serve any commercial or industrial use with more than five (5) vehicles which adjoins or faces properties situated in any residential district shall be screened by a wall on solid fence not less than six (6) feet nor more than eight (8) feet in height. b. If the lot area used for parking is placed between the required landscaped yard abutting a public or private street and the structure (s), then a view-obscuring screening of the parking area shall be established in the rear portion of the landscaped yard area. (See Figures 1 and 2.) The required screening shall contain at least one or more of the folhwing design elements: low-profile vegetative ground cover not to exceed two (2) feet in height at maturity and/or earth berms. (See Figure 2.) No single design element shall comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the required screening. The required screening shall be at least two (2) feet but not more than three (3) feet in height. The screening design shall include at least one (1) tree per fifteen (15) lineal feet of public or private street frontage, not necessarily planted on fifteen foot centers. So as to minimize potential vandalism, the required view-obscuring screen shall I not have a continuous frontage, but shall contain intermittent breaks of at least six (6) feet, but not more than ten (10) feet in length. (See Figure 1.) The individual segments of the screening shall not be less than fifty (50) feet nor more than eighty (80) feet in length. (See Figure 1.) However, where a specific lot frontage does not permit full compliance with this requirement, these dimensions may be reduced or modified so that the intent of this requirement can be satisfied. c. l. Not withstanding other provisions of this ordinance in any district, fences, walls, hedges or other plantings may be permitted in any required yard, provided that nothing shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner so as to materially impede vision beyond a height of two ORDINANCE NO. 1073 '109 and one-half (2.5) feet above centerline grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by street lines of such corner lots and a line joining points along said street lines forty (40) feet from property lines at their intersection. thus formin g a sight triangle at the intersection. (See Figure 3.) 2. Notwithstanding other provisions of this ordinance in any district. fences. walls. hedges or other plantings may be permitted in any required yard. I provided that nothing shall be erected. placed. planted. or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision beyond' a height of two and one-half (2.5) feet above centerline grades of streets in the area of curb cuts bounded by street lines of driveway accesses and a line joining points along said street lines fifteen (15) feet from curb cuts intersection with the street. thus forming a sight triangle at the intersection of the street and the driveway. (See Figure 4.) d. Service. storage and refuse areas or structures shall be screened from view of any residential district or public street with a continuous planting. hedge. solid fence or masonry wall. Average height of the screening material shall be one (1) foot more than the height of the enclosed structure. but shall not be required to exceed eight (8) feet in height. 3. Landscaping--For the purpose of this section. landscaping shall mean any combination of living plants such as trees. shrubs. vines. ground covers. flowers or lawns; and may include natural features such as decorative rock. stone and bark. and structural features. including hut not limited to fountains. reflecting pools. art works. screen walls. fences and benches. Parking areas shall be subject to the following landscape criteria: a. A minimum of 75 percent of the required landscaped parking areas shall have a live vegetative ground cover of grass or other plant materials and a water/irrigation system to sustain said plantings in a continuous. healthy growth. The remaining 25 percent maximum may be covered with rock. stone. bark. etc.. and other impermeable features including sidewalks and driveways. b. Any use having more than fifteen (15) parking spaces shall have. in addition to required yard areas.' six percent (6%) of the gross interior parking area landscaped. Trees shall be the major design element in all parking lots and shall include. I specifically. one tree per five (5) parking spaces. Tree sizes shall be a minimum of one and one-half (1. 5) inch caliber for deciduous trees or a minimum of four (4) feet in height for coniferous trees. c. In order to encourage the required landscaped area to be properly dispersed. no required internal landscaped area shall be larger than 200 square feet in parking areas under 40.000 square feet in size and no required landscape area shall be larger than 400 square feet in parking areas over 40.000 square feet in size. d. All landscape/ screening plans shall be prepared by and certified to by a licensed architect. landscape architect. or nurseryman for uses requiring more than fifteen (15) parking spaces. e. All landscape/ screening plans required for parking areas featuring more than ten parking spaces or where. regardless of the number of parking spaces proposed. the lot area to be used for parking is placed between the required landscaped yard abutting a public or private street and the structure(s). shall be approved by the Planning Department prior to the issuance of a building permit. 4. Construction a. Surfacing--Every off-street parking. loading and driveway area shall be paved with asphaltic or portland cement concrete. except for single-family development on individual lots. Surfacing shall be designed by accepted engineering methods. subject to the approval of the City Engineer. b. Drainage--All off-street parking and loading areas shall be graded and drained so as to adequately dispose of all surface water generated by that impervious I surface. Drainage plans for uses requiring more than ten (10) parking spaces shall be submitted and approved by the City Engineer prior to the issuance of a building permit. c. Walkways--Walkways a minimum of 3 feet in width shall be provided between any building and adjacent parking lot. Where sidewalk curbs serve as wheel stops. an additional two feet of sidewalk width is required. d. Lighting--Lighting used to illuminate a parking area shall be arranged in such a manner that it will not be a hazard to passing motorists or constitute a nuisance of any kind. Where said parking area is within 150 feet of any property zoned residential by this ordinance and where the parking area is directly visible by the residents within 150 feet. illuminating devices shall be shaded in a manner that would direct light away from the residential property. ORDINANCE NO. 1073 110 ~ e. Wheel Stops--Wheel stops shall be installed at least 30 inches from all adjacent sidewalks, fences, landscaped areas and walls. Such stops shall be either a concrete piece at least 60" long and 5" high and affixed securely to the parking surface, or a continuous concrete curb. This requirement may be modified provided other design features will be equally effective in prohibiting a vehicle from obstructing a sidewalk or making contact with a wall, fence or landscaped area, and which will promote, safe pedestrian ac,:c;:ess. . All~nq.scaPEid ar~as ,shall be ,prote(:ted from I v e hicti tar traffic with the installp.tion, a9.j~cent to and around,. the ,perimeter of such . : ~ ,~ ,! l.,.' '", ' ' .. , . landscaped areas, of wheel stops as;.;pr,eviously descr~bed a,l)ove. {See Figures 7 and' 8:) f. Traffic Control Devices--Parking spaces shall be designated by pavement markings. All traffic control devices such as pavement markings, signs, rails, curbs, and other similar development proposals shall be installed and completed as shown on the approved parking plan. g. Maintenance--Standards and conditions of Section l8. 84. 040 shall be maintained, all surfacing and lighting shall be kept in good repair, landscaping shall be kept free of weeds and properly watered, and in a continuous healthy growth, and walls and screening kept in good repair, free of broken or missing parts or graffiti. h. Accesses--The accesses to parking bts will be governed by the curb cut policy of the City Engineering Department. i. Improvement Schedule--All parking area improvements to include surfacing, drainage, walkways, lighting, landscaping, screening, traffic control, etc., shall be installed before occupancy of the building or use to be served by such parking. Where parking area improvements will not be completed before occupancy of the building, a performance bond or an irrevocable letter of credit will be accepted for the completion of the required improvements. The performance bond or letter of credit shall be equal to 1 1/2 times the cost of the parking area improvements. A cost estimate for improvements not installed at the time of occupancy shall be presented to the Building Official for approval. Performance bonds or letters of credi twill not be released until all requiredl impr:?v,~tp~nts spown on ~he:~pproved plan are installed and accepted. Foreclosure proceedings shall be brought against the performance bond or irrevocable~ettero~ creqit if the J;equire4 jrpprovements h'ave ndt beeh cdinplett~d within twelve (12) ,mont.hs pf the pqst~ng ,of tlae bond or le:tter of credit.. " (. j . Snow Removal Areas--Snow storage areas shall be provided sufficient to store I snow accumulation on site. Said areas shall not cause unsafe ingress/egress to the parking areas, shall not cause snow to be deposited on public right-of-ways, and shall not be placed in such a manner as to damage landscaping. 5. Parking Plan Submission and Approval a. Uses involving ten (10) parking spaces or less: One copy of the site plan for the proposed off-street parking area shall be submitted to the Building Department in conjunction with the application for a building permit for the building which the parking will serve; provided said use is a permitted use not requiring a conditional use permit. b. Uses involving more than ten (10) parking spaces: Three copies of the site plan of the proposed off-street parking facility shall be submitted to the Building Department either at the time of application for a conditional use permit or in conjunction with an application for a building permit. The Building Department shall forward one (1) copy to the Planning Department, and shall retain one (l) copy for their files. c. Plan Requirements: The plan shall clearly i,ndicate the parking area including, . but not limited to,: number of spaces, ~rafffc contrql stqlctur,es" <rurb ,cuts, aisles, lighting, landscaping, fencing~ and\ storm'water control. Additional.information may be required by either the Engineering, Planning or Building Departments. d. Submittal Requirements: The site plan shall be drawn at a minimum scale of one inch equals twenty feet (1" = 20"), fully dimensioned, and where applicable shall include the following information: 1. Title Block--Scale, North arrow, date, names of owner, applicant, and person preparing plan, along with phone numbers and addresses of each. I 2. Parcel Dimensions--All existing bt lines as recorded in the County Clerk and Recorder's Office. 3. Grades--Existing and proposed. 4. Streets--Existing and proposed, accurate plan lines (street dedications) and improvements (sidewalks, curbs, gutters, driveways, and street landscaping). 5. Drainage Facilities--Show location of existing and/or proposed facilities which are to be used for drainage control. ORDINANCE NO. 1073 .. Il} 6. Traffic Circulation--Completely dimensioned parking layout (angle of parking, dimensions of internal driveways and approaches from streets, aisles, number of parking stalls and loading spaces, pedestrian ways, vehicle ingress and egress to buildings) and lighting facilities. 7. Utilities--Show location and dimensions of all existing and proposed utility easements. I 8. Structures-- Location, dimension (size and height) and use of existing and proposed buildings, fences and walls. Show open stairways and other objections from exterior building walls. 9. Elevations--Front and side of buildings, fences and walls with height dimensions. 10. Yards--Distances between exterior walls of structures and property lines. Clearly delinea te storage, refuse and service areas. 11. Landscaping--Landscaping plans shall be drawn at a scale of one inch equals twenty (20) feet and must show: a. Percent of site to be landscaped. b. Plant legend showing total number of plants and trees, by common names, and estimated sizes at any time of installation and at maturity. c. Location of individual plants and trees, showing approximate distance from road ways and buildings. d. Description and location of additional ground cover. e. Description and location of any proposed ornamental landscaping elements (colored and crushed rock, gravel, large boulders, wagon wheels, fences, etc.) f. Description, hcation, and dimensions of landscaping protective devices. 12. Irrigation/Watering System--Location, description and type of the irrigation/ I watering system to be provided, if applicable. 6. Off-Street Loading Space Standards a. Off-Street loading berths shall be provided on the same lot as the use it serves and shall not occupy the front yard. b. No loading berths shall be located closer than 50 feet to a residentially zoned property, except when the berth area is enclosed, or screened by a 6-foot minimum high wall or solid fence, and will meet the setbacks of the adjacent residentially zoned property. (See Figure 9.) c. Each loading berth shall be designed with access to a public street or alley and so designed as not to interfere with normal traffic movement. d. Each berth shall be at least 12 feet by 35 feet in size with a height clearance of 18 feet. e. Loading berths shall not be considered as off-street parking spaces. f. All or part of the required loading berths may be within buildings. 7. Size of Off-Street Parking Space and Aisles The minimum width of two-way aisles shall be 26 feet. Off-street parking spaces parallel with a wall, fence, or curb shall be a minimum of 22 feet in length. Angle parking with one common ingress/egress shall be prohibited. The minimum widths of parking spaces, widths or one-way aisles to service the same, I and the minimum distances between the aisles and the opposite ends of the parking spaces which are needed for the angle at which the parking spaces are set against the wall, curb, or fence, shall be as set forth in the following schedule. The figures under columns A, B, C, and D in the following schedule may be interpolated. 8. Small Car Parking Spaces In all parking facilities containing twenty-five (25) or more parking spaces, a maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the rpnuirer'l parkiJ"\p" A!'lacPA may l"-e rprlt'cpn iT' size for the use of small cars, provided these spaces shall be clearly identified with a sign permanently affixed immediately in front of each space containing the notation, "Compacts Only. " Spaces designed for small cars may be reduced in size to a minimum of seven ORDINANCE NO. 1073 -~------ 1'12 and one-half (7 1/2) feet in width and fifteen (15) feet in length. Where feasible, all small car spaces shall be located in one or more contiguous areas and/or adjacent to ingress-egress points within parking facilities. Location of compact car parking spaces shall not create traffic congestion or impede traffic flows. SECTION 2 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days after I its adoption. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, this 30th day of December 1981. Mayor ATTEST: Cler k of the Commission State of Montana ) County of Gallatin ) Ci ty of Bozeman ) I, Robin L. Sullivan, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1073, was published by title and number in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle., a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said I City of Bozeman in the issue dated the 8th day of January, 1982. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of my office this 9th day of March 19 82. Clerk of the City Commission I ORDINANCE NO. 1073