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Home My WebLink About7798 RESOLUTION NO 7798 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS APPROVING AMENDMENT NO 21 TO SPECIFIC PLAN NO 45 (DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN) TO AMEND SECTION III(C) 2 2 TO MODIFY THE EXMEPTION FOR ON-SITE PARKING FOR RESTAURANTS IN HISTORIC STRUCTURES TO INCLUDE ALL USES ALLOWED IN THE TOWN CENTER — HISTORIC (TC-H) DISTRICT AND TO EXPAND THE EXEMPTION AREA WEST TO THIRD STREET AND NORTH TO STUART AVENUE WHEREAS, the Downtown Specific Plan(Specific Plan No 45) curiently provides for an exemption for on-site parking for restaurants in historic structures located between Fi$h Street and Oiange Street, south of the railroad tracks and north of the northern property lies of the parcels fronting Redlands Boulevaid to the south, and WHEREAS, uses within this on-site parking exemption area currently include connineicial businesses other than restaurants such as retail shops and personal services, and WHEREAS, broadening the uses pernnittcd within the on-site parking exemption area for historic structuies will bring nonconforming uses into conformance with Specific Plan No 45, and WHEREAS, the on-site paiking exemption area for historic structures currently excludes the western portion of the historic Santa Fe Depot Disti ict containing two key historic properties, the Santa Fe Depot and the Mutual Orange Distributors (MOD) Packinghouse, and WHEREAS, expanding the on-site parking exemption aiea fox historic structures west to Third Sticet and north to Stuart Avenue will include two key historic resources it the Santa Fe Depot District, the Santa Fe Depot itself and the Mutual Oiange Distributois (MOD) Packinghouse, and, in doing so, will encourage the adaptive reuse of these buildings, and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands is plaiming development of a public parking lot along Stuart Avenue to serve the historic area including the Santa Fe Depot, the Mutual Orange Distributors (MOD) Packinghouse, tiansit riders accessing the Redlands Passenger Rail ("the Arrow") at the Downtown Station, as well as other uses in the area, and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands has prepared a Downtown Paiking Study with actions leading to an increase in the number of paikizg spaces Downtown and has begun iinplernentatiorn of these actions, and WHEREAS, on November 2, 2017, the Planning Division caused a public notice legal advertisement concerning the proposed amendment to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, in accordance with Redlands Municipal Code Section 18 204 040, and 1 \cclerk\Resolutions\Res 7700-7799\Reso 7798- PARKING EXEMPTION docx WHEREAS, on November 14, 2017, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and considered the staff report, oral report, the testimony and the written evidence submitted by the City staff, as well as testimony and any written evidence submitted by members of the public in support of, or opposition to, Amendment No 21 to Specific Plan No 45 , and recoininended approval of Amendment No 21, and WHEREAS, on December 7, 2017, the Planning Division caused a public notice legal advertisement concerning the proposed amendment to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, in accordance with Redlands Municipal Code Section 18 204 040, and WHEREAS, on December 19, 2017,the City Council held a public hearing and considered the staff report, oral report,the testimony and the written evidence submitted by the City staff, as well as testimony and any written evidence submitted by members of the public in support of, or opposition to, Amendment No 21 to Specific Plan No 45 , and NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Redlands as follows SECTION 1 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT The proposed ordinance and zoning code amendments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, in accordance with Section 15331, Historic Resource Restoration and Rehabilitation of the CEQA Guidelines SECTION 2 GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY The proposed Specific Plan Amendment, as shown m "Exhibit A" attached hereto, is consistent with the Redlands General Plan SECTION 3 APPROVAL The City Council of the City of Redlands adopts this Amendment No 21 to Section III(C) 3 3 of the Downtown Specific Plan (Specific Plan No 45) as shown in "Exhibit A" attached hereto APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 19TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2017 3 Paul W Foster, Mayor ATTEST aline Donaldson, City Clerk I \cclerk\Resolutions\Res 7700-7799\Reso 7798 - PARKING EXEMPTION.docx I, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 19t" day of December, 2017,by the following vote AYES Councilmembers Harrison, Barich, Tejeda, Momberger, Mayor Foster NOES- NONE ABSTAIN NONE ABSENT NONE JDonaldson, City Clerk I \cclerk\Resolutions\Res 7700-7799\Reso 7798 - PARKING EXEMPTION docx Exhibit A Specific Plan 45 (Amendment No. 21) C Pi operty Development Standards 1 Town Center (TC) District 1 1 Minimum Lot Area None required 1 2 Maximum Floor Area 2 0 tines lot area Enclosed parking structures shall not be counted toward the calculation of Floor Area Ratio 1 3 Maximum Building Height and Number of Stories Three stories, not to exceed a maximum building height of fifty-five (55) feet Building Height Building height shall mean the vertical distance measured fiom the adjoining curb level to the highest point of the structure, provided, however, that where buildings are set back from the sti ect line,the height shall be measured from the average elevation of the finished gr ade at the front of the building Building Height Exceptions Appurtenances such as chimneys, open lattice structures, ventilators, flagpoles, steeples, pylons and towers with a maximum cross-sectional plan area of 100 square feet and meeting building code requirements may be permitted subject to the approval of the Planning Commission 14 Setbacks a Minimum front setback None b Minimum side street setback None C Minimum interior side setback No requnement, except when the property abuts an existing residential use When abutting an existing residential use, the required side setback is five (5) feet This requirement shall not apply when the project abuts an existing mixed use building that contains a residential use d Minimum rear setback No r equrr ement When abutting an existing residential use the required rear setback is fifteen(15) feet e Setback from alleys No requirement I \clerk\Resolutions\rtes 7700-7799\Resp 7798 - PARKING EXEMPTION docx 1 5 Building Lines A mmmlum of 50% of the fi-ont ground-level facade of the building must be located within ten (10) feet of the property line In the case of a multi-building complex, at least 50% of the fi-ont building setback line must be occupied by a building facade The intention of this requirement is to locate building fronts near the street, adjacent to sidewalks, to unpi ove the pedestrian character of the Specific Plan ai ea 16 Landscaping A minimum 8% of the total lot area must be fully-landscaped Internal landscaped areas of parking lots may be counted toward this total Patios, courtyards, colonnades, arcades and other outdoor pedestrian spaces may be counted for up to one-thud of the landscaped area requaiement if they are decoratively-paved with a material approved by the Planning Commission All other required landscaping must be fully planted with a combination of trees and shrubs The tiee species must be drought tolerant 17 Off-Street Paiking Off-street parking shall be provided as iequned by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Redlands Joint use parking facilities, as provided foi by the City of Redlands Zoning Ordinance, are encouraged as a means to seduce excess surface parking in the Specific Plan area An in-lieu fee for new construction of existing development may be paid to the City, Redevelopment Agency of City-sponsored Parking District ifpaiku-ig is within 300 feet of the property and in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance The amount and schedule for payment shall be determined by the City 1 8 Location of Off-Stieet Parking a Off-street parkung shall not be located in required fi ont or side street setback areas b Off-street parking areas shall be located to the sear of sides of buildings, not between the front elevation of the building and a public street This requirement is intended to achieve a pedestrian-oriented development pattern throughout the Town Centei District, and to prevent autoinobile- oriented development that places paikmg lots between buildings and streets C All off-street parking areas visible fi-om public streets shall be scieened fi-omn view with a minimum 30-inch high solid wall of a mininnurn 5-foot wide continuous landscaped edge with shrubs that reach a muimnnum height of 30 inches after two years growth Solid walls used foi screening must be accompanied by a imminum 3-foot wide landscaped edge facing the street I \cclerk\Resolutions\Res 7700-7799\Reso 7798 - PARKING EXEMPTION docx d The 6-foot high solid masonry wall required by the City of Redlands Zoning Oidinance for locations where cotnnneicial uses abut residential districts shall not be required in the Town Centex (TC) District 19 Variances Variances shall be allowed subject to the regulations of the Redlands Zoning Ordinance 2. Town Center-Historic (TC-H) District 21 All pzoperty development standards of the Town Centel (TC) District shall apply to the Town Center-Historic (TC-H) Distiict, with the exception of the following piovisions a Maxnnum Building Height and Nuznbei of Stories Three stories, not to exceed a maximum building height of fifty-five (55) feet b Front and Side Street Setback No requirement C Building Lines A minimum of 50% of the front ground-level facade of the building must be located within ten (10) feet of the front pzoperty line d Landscaping Landscaped area is not required on lots 5,000 square feet or less 2 2 Paikmg Exemption fol Historic Buildings Uses located m historic buildings that are either designated, contributing, oz eligible structures over 50 years of age and ale located in the on-site parking exemption ai ea fol historic structure shall not be required to comply with the Town Center parking standards of the paiking requirements of Section 18 164 240 of the Redlands Municipal Code The on-site parking exemption area is defined as such beginning at the intersection fo Orange Sti eet and the 1 ailroad ti acks, running cast along the railroad tracks to Fifth Stieet, then running south along Fifth Street to the northern property lines of the parcels frontnlg Redlands Boulevard, then running west to Orange Stieet, then runnmg north along Orange Street to Shopper's Lane, then ruiunng west along Shoppeis lane until reaching the historic Mutual Oiange Distributors (MOD) Packinghouse, including the packinghouse pzoperty, then running north along Third Stieet to the historic Santa Fe Depot property, including the Santa Fe Depot property, then running north again to Stuart Avenue, then running east along Stuart Avenue to Oiange Street, and then running south along Orange Street back to its intersection with the raihoad ti acks I \clerk\Resolutions\Res 7700-7799\Reno 7798- PARKING EXEMPTION docx