HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0267.007 2006-2008 BRENDA J. FORD Phone: (808) 326-5684
Council Member Fax: (808) 329-4786
District 7-Central Kona E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us
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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL `
County of Hawaii
Kailua Trade Cen(er
75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 `
DATE: October 16, 2007
TO: Pete Hoffmann, Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: ~~renda J. Ford
~ -Council Member
RE: Proposed Amendments to Bill 79, Draft 2, Relating to Chapter 25, Hawaii
County Code, Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
For your consideration, please find proposed amendments to Bi1179, Draft 2 within and attached
to this transmittal. Bill 79, Draft 2 proposes to amend chapter 25, article 4, division 5 of the
Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), relating to off-street parking and
loading requirements.
The proposed amendments to Bill 79, Draft 2 are to Section 2 of the bill. No amendments are
proposed for Section 3 of Bill 79, Draft 2, which relates to Hawaii County Code section 25-4-52
(Method of determining number of parking spaces).
Therefore, proposed amendments to Hawaii County Code section 25-4-51, Required number of
parking spaces, as presently set out in Draft 2 of Bill 79, are ramseyered and 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
two for the dwelling unit.
(2) Bowling alleys: four for each alley.
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(3) Commercial uses, including retail and office uses in RCX, CN, CG, CV,
MCX, V, RA, FA, A and IA districts: one for each [eye] three hundred square
feet of gross floor area.
(4) Day care centers: one for each five care recipients of design capacity or one
for every two hundred square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater.
(5) Dwellings, multiple-family: two [^~a-^^~-„"^"] standard-sized stalls for each
unit, plus:
(A) For complexes of five or less units, a minimum of one standazd-sized
pazking~ace per complex shall be provided for guests; and
B(__) For complexes greater than five units, [tom] an additional ten
percent of the total number of parking spaces in the complex shall be
standazd-sized parking spaces designated for guest parking [abbe
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[n~-~1~'.T] Single-family, two standard-sized parking spaces for
each dwelling unit [;~xd],
[a~~~'~;~=~Iy] Double-family or duplex, two [ate-erg] standard-
sized pazkine spaces for each dwelling unit[..-]mod
(C) For duplex complexes of five units or more, an additional ten percent of
the total number of pazkina spaces in the complex shall be standard-sized
pazkin¢ spaces designated for guest parkin
(7) Funeral homes and mortuaries: one for each seventy-five squaze feet of gross
floor azea.
(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 each unit, plus one space
for every three units for employee and additional guest parking;
(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
pazking.
(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 two machines.
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(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) Medical dental or medical and/or dental clinic one for each one hundred
squaze feet of gross floor area, plus one loading zone space for delivery or
ambulance.
(~4-) (15) Meeting facilities, including churches: one for each seventy-five squaze
feet of gross floor area.
(~-3j ~ Nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes and homes for the
elderly: one for every two beds.
(-1-6j (17) Parks: as determined by the director.
(-1-7-) 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).
(191 Restaurants: one for every one hundred squaze feet of gross floor area.
{~-8) (20) Rooming and lodging houses, religious, fraternal or social orders having
sleeping accommodations: one for each bed.
(-f9) ~ Schools (elementary and intermediate): one for each twenty students of
design capacity, plus one for each two hundred squaze feet of office floor
space.
(~9~ ~ Schools (high, language, vocational, business, technical and trade,
college): one for each ten students of design capacity, plus one for each two
hundred squaze feet of office floor space.
(231 Self-storage units: one for every one hundred units.
{~1-) (24) Sports azenas, auditoriums, theaters, assembly halls: one for every [twe]
three seats.
(2~) ~ Swimming pools (community): one for each forty square feet of pool area.
(23~ Wazehouse and bulk storage establishments where there is no trade or
retail traffic: one for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area.
(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 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 or restaurant use or from warehouse and manufacturing
use to retail or commercial or restaurant use.
(c) Where uses and activities do not occur simultaneously, parking space requirements
may be shared, provided that:
(1) The utilization of the combined parking shall be shown to the satisfaction of
the director to be non-competing as to time of use;
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(2) The number of pazking spaces shall be based on the largest parking
requirement of those respective facilities;
(3) The parking areas shall not be more than three hundred feet from any of the
buildings housing the activities; and
(4) The pazking areas shall be encumbered for that use for the life of the facilities
being served."
A version of the bill that incorporates the proposed amendment is attached. In this attached
version, proposed changes are raznseyered to the existing language of chapter 27.
BJF
Encl.
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
[et~e] 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 three hundred square feet
of gross floor area.
(4) Day care centers: one for each [iee] five care recipients of design capacity or
one for every two hundred squaze feet of gross floor area, whichever is
greater.
(5) Dwellings, multiple-family: ~~a two standard-sized stalls far
each unit, plus:
~A) For complexes of five or less units, a minimum of one standazd-sized
parking space per complex shall be provided for euests; and
(B) For complexes greater than five units, an additional ten percent of the
total number of pazkinp spaces in the complex shall be standard-sized
pazking spaces designated for euest parking.
(6) Dwellings[, s.:b:c fu-: ily c.:.d d~ .~i° c _ a.._i°.,.....° F _ °°~w a.,,°n:,,,.
mtit]:
(A) Single-family, two standard-sized parking spaces;
~B) Double-family or duplex, two standard-sized parking spaces for each
dwelling_unit; and
(C) For duplex complexes of five units or more, an additional tenpercent of
the total number of parking spaces in the complex shall be standard-sized
parking aces designated for guest pazking.
(7) Funeral homes and mortuaries: one for each seventy-five square feet of gross
floor azea.
(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 [ever3~}xee] each unit,
plus one space for every three units for employee and additional guest
parking;
(B) For hotel guest units with a kitchen, one and one quarter for each unit,
plus one space for every three units for emyloyee and additional euest
an rkine.
(1 I) 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 [fexe] 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) Medical, dental, or medical andfor dental clinic one for each one hundred
square feet of Bross floor area, plus one loadine zone space for delivery or
ambulance.
(~4j ~ Meeting facilities, including churches: one for each seventy-five square
feet of gross floor area.
(-1-3j ~ Nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes and homes for the
elderly: one for every two beds.
(-1~ ~ Parks: as determined by the director.
(~j (18) 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).
(19) Restaurants: one for every one hundred suuaze feet of gross floor area.
(20) Rooming and lodging houses, religious, fraternal or social orders having
sleeping accommodations: one for each [twe-beds] bed.
~ Schools (elementazy and intermediate): one for each twenty students of
design capacity, plus one for each [fete] two hundred square feet of office
floor space.
(~9) Schools (high, language, vocational, business, technical and trade,
college): one for each ten students of design capacity, plus one for each [fetes]
two hundred square feet of office floor space.
(23) Self-storage units: one for every one hundred units.
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~ Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, assembly halls: one for every [€exr]
three seats.
~ Swimming pools (community): one for each forty square feet of pool area.
(~3j ~ Warehouse and bulk storage establishments where there is no trade or
retail traffic: one for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area.
(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 pazking stalls for that use;
provided, that additional parking [may] 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 or restaurant use or from warehouse and manufacturing
use to retail or commercial or restaurant use.
(c) Where uses and activities do not occur simultaneously, parking space requirements
may be shared, provided that:
(1) The utilization of the combined parking [is] shall be shown to the satisfaction
of the director to be [aanEempeting] non-competing as to time of use;
(2) The number of parking spaces [isJ shall be based on the largest parking
requirement of those respective facilities;
(3) The parking areas [aze] shall not be more than [ene-theasa~] three hundred
feet from any of the buildings housing the activities; and
(4) The parking azeas [are] shall be encumbered for that use for the life of the
facilities being served."
SECTION 3. Chapter 25, article 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 pazking spaces results in a fractional number, the
number of spaces required shall be the next highest whole number.
(b) In stadiums, sports arenas, meeting facilities, and other places of assembly in which
patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar 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 pazking spaces shall be reduced by one parking space for every five bicycle
parking 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
dwellings which shall all be standazd-sized parking spaces.
(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
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immediate area 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."
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 declared to be severable.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
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