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Home My WebLink AboutBIL 079 Draft 01 2006-2008 w COUNTY OF HAWAII ~ STATE OF HAWAII o.;;;•„« BILL NO. 7g ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ZONING CODE, ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 5, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Chapter 25, Zoning Code, Article 4, Division 5, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to Off-Street Parking and Loading, to improve the ability of the public to find and use parking spaces in appropriate locations. SECTION 2. Chapter 25, article 4, division 5, section 25-4-51, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 25-4-51. Required number of parking spaces. (a) The number of parking spaces for each use shall be as follows: (1) Bed and breakfast establishments: one for each guest bedroom, in addition to [ewe] two for the dwelling unit. (2) Bowling alleys: four for each alley. (3) Commercial uses, including retail and office uses in RCX, CN, CG, CV, MCX, V, RA, FA, A and IA districts: one for each [wee] one hundred square feet of gross floor area. (4) Day care centers: one for each [te»] five caze recipients of design capacity or one for every two hundred square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater. (5) Dwellings, multiple-family: ° f ~ ]two and one half standazd-sized stalls for each unit, plus: (A) An additional ten percent of total number of nazking spaces in the complex shall be designated for guest parking and shall be distributed evenly throughout the complex and marked as guest parking; and ~B~ An additional two and one half percent of total number of narking spaces in the complex shall be added for delivery and loading zone parking and shall be distributed evenly throughout the complex and marked as delivery and loading zone narking. (6) Dwellings, single-family and double-family or duplex: two and one half for each dwelling unit. (7) Funeral homes and mortuaries: one for each seventy-five square feet of gross floor area. (8) Golf courses: four for every hole. (9) Hospitals: one for each bed. (10) Hotels and lodges: (A) For hotel guest units without a kitchen, one for [eve~ee] each unit[s], plus one space for every three units for employee and additional ¢uest arp king; (B) For hotel guest units with a kitchen, one and one quarter for each unit, plus one space for every three units for employee and additional guest arm king. (11) Industrial uses in ML, MG, MCX, RA, FA, A and IA districts: one for each four hundred square feet of gross floor area. (12) Laundromats, cleaners (coin operated): one for every [fear] two machines. (13) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities: one for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area within enclosed buildings, plus one for every three persons that the outdoor facilities are designed to accommodate when used to the maximum capacity. (14) Meeting facilities, including churches: one for each seventy-five square feet of gross floor area. (15) Nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes and homes for the elderly: one for every two beds. (16) Parks: as determined by the director. (17) Recreation facilities, outdoor or indoor, other than herein specified: one for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area, plus three per court (racquetball, tennis or similar activities). (18) Rooming and lodging houses, religious, fraternal or social orders having sleeping accommodations: one for each [five-beds] bed. (19) Schools (elementary and intermediate): one for each twenty students of design capacity, plus one for each [fear] two hundred square feet of office floor space. (20) Schools (high, language, vocational, business, technical and trade, college): one for each ten students of design capacity, plus one for each [fear] two hundred square feet of office floor space. (21) Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, assembly halls: one for every [€eur] two seats. (22) Swimming pools (community): one for each forty square feet of pool area. 2 {23) Wazehouse and bulk storage establishrncn~s where there is no trade or retail traffic: one for each one thousand square feet of gross floor azea. (b) No additional parking is required for any change of use in a building as long as the previous use of the building had the required number of parking stalls for that use; provided, that additional parking [rnayJ shall be required pursuant to section 25-4- 51(a) above for a change of use in any building where the building is converted from residential to commercial use or from warehouse and manufacturing use to retail or commercial use. (c) Where uses and activities do no? occur simultaneously, pazking space requirements may be shazed, provided that: (1) The utilization of the combined pazking [is] shaIl be shown to the satisfaction of the director to be [rtenser~tpet#tg] non-competin¢ as to time of use; (2) The number of parking spaces [is] shall be based on the largest parking requirement of those respective facilities; (3) The parking areas [ere] shall not be more than [exe-tkeas:3nd] three hundred feet from any of the buildings housing the activities; and (4) The pazking areas [are] shall be encumbered for that use for the life of the facilities being served." SECTION 3. Chapter 25, azticle 4, division 5, section 25-4-52, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 25-4-52. Method of determining number of parking spaces. (a) When computation of required parking spaces results in a fractional number, the number of spaces required shall be the next highest whole number. (b) In stadiums, sports azenas, meeting facilities, and other places of assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similaz seating facilities, each twenty-four inches of width shall be counted as a seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking. (c) If bicycle parking stalls are constructed on any building site, the total number of required parking spaces shall be reduced by one pazking space for every five bicycle pazking stalls constructed. (d) At least sixty-seven percent of the required parking shall be standard-sized parking spaces, and thirty-three percent may be compact spaces except for multiple-family dwellines which shall all be standard-sized parkin sg paces. (e) The director may increase the required number of parking spaces for any use during plan approval if the director reviews the proposed use and its impact to the immediate azea and finds that the increase will further the public safety, convenience and welfare. (f) If there is any doubt as to the requirements for off-street parking for any use not specifically mentioned or for any other reason, the director shall determine the required number of parking spaces for such use. 3 SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 5. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declazed to be severable. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII Hilo, Hawaii Date of Introduction: Date of 1st Reading: Date of 2nd Reading: Effective Date: ~Q:r i:RLaCF: Comm: 267 4