HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0267.011 2006-2008 BRENDA J. FORD +`•~,•~•"!!w Phone: (808) 326-5684
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Distrlet 7 -Central Kona E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Kailua Trade Center
75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite l09 c"
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 -
DATE: October 25, 2007
TO: Pete Hoffmann, Chair =
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: _ renda J. Ford
Council Member
RE: Proposed Amendments to Bi1179, Draft 3, Relating to Chapter 25, Hawaii
County Code, Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
Please find proposed amendments to Draft 3 of Bill 79 within and attached to this
communication. The proposed amendments to Draft 3 of Bi1179 are to SECTION 2 of Bi1179,
Draft 3 and relate to Hawaii County Code section 25-4-51, Required number of parking spaces.
The proposed amendments are ramseyered against Draft 3 of Bi1179 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.
(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 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 standard-sized stalls for each unit, plus:
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(A) For complexes of five or less units, a minimum of one standard-sized
parking space per complex shall be provided for guests; and
(B) For complexes greater than five units, an additional ten percent of the
total number of parking spaces in the complex shall be standard-sized
parking spaces designated fox guest parking.
(6) Dwellings:
(A) Single-family, two standard-sized parking spaces for each dwelling unit;
(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 ten percent of
the total number of parking spaces in the complex shall be standazd-
sized pazking spaces designated for guest parking.
(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 pazking;
(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
parking.
(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.
(13) Major outdoor amusement and recreation facilities: one for each two hundred
squaze 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 clinics: one for each
[exe] two hundred squaze feet of gross floor azea, plus one loading zone space
for delivery or ambulance at the discretion of the director.
(15) Meeting facilities, including churches: one for each seventy-five square feet of
gross floor area.
(16) Nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes and homes for the elderly:
one for every two beds.
(17) Parks: as determined by the director.
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(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 similaz activities).
(19) Restaurants: one for every one hundred square feet of gross floor area, or one
stall per two hundred square feet for restaurants located within shopping
complexes where less than 25% of the Bross floor area is occupied by
restaurants.
(20) Rooming and lodging houses, religious, fraternal or social orders having
sleeping accommodations: one for each bed.
(21) Schools (elementary and intermediate): one for each twenty students of design
capacity, plus one for each two hundred square feet of office floor space.
(22) 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.
(23) Self-storage units: one for every one hundred units.
(24) Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, assembly halls: one for every three seats.
(25) Swimming pools (community): one for each forty square feet of pool area.
(26) 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 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
maybe shazed, 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;
(2) The number of parking 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 parking areas shall be encumbered for that use for the life of the facilities
being served."
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 pazking 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
[eae] 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 [tea] five Gaze recipients of design capacity or
one for every two hundred square feet of gross floor area, whichever is
greater.
(5) Dwellings, multiple-family: °~a °~~°~'°r] two standard-sized stalls for
each unit,,plus:
(A) For complexes of five or less units, a minimum of one standard-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 pazkinS spaces in the complex shall be standazd-sized
parking spaces designated for guest pazkine.
(6) Dwellings[,-~ ,.i,. r°.,,a.. ,,.,a a°..~i° r ..,a.. a,...i°.,:....° F a.. ,.n:.,,.
(A1 Single-family. two standard-sized pazking 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 ten percent of
the total number of pazking spaces in the complex shall be standard-sized
parking spaces designated for guest parking.
(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 [°°°~°.,~-~.;:s] 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 uest
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kine.
(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) Medical clinics: one for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area, plus
one loading zone space for delivery or ambulance at the discretion of the
director.
[(~4)] ~ Meeting facilities, including churches: one for each seventy-five square
feet of gross floor area.
[(-13)] ~ Nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes and homes for the
elderly: one for every two beds.
~ Parks: as determined by the director.
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 square feet of gross floor area, or one
stall per two hundred square feet for restaurants located within shoppine
complexes where less than 25% of the dross floor area is occupied by
restaurants.
[(~8)] ~ Rooming and lodging houses, religious, fraternal or social orders having
sleeping accommodations: one for each [ewe-beds] bed.
[(-1-9j] ~ Schools (elementary and intermediate): one for each twenty students of
design capacity, plus one for each [few] two hundred square feet of office
floor space.
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[(~9j] ~ Schools (high, language, vocational, business, technical and trade,
college): one for each ten students of design capacity, plus one for each [€eur]
two hundred square feet of office floor space.
(23] Self-storage units: one for every one hundred units.
~ Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, assembly halls: one for every [€eur]
three seats.
f~ Swimming pools (community): one for each forty square feet of pool
area.
[(~3~] 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 parking stalls for that use;
provided, that additional parking [rnay] 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 [r~easereipetiftg] non-competing 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 [are] shall not be more than three hundred
feet from any of the buildings housing the activities; and
(4) The parking areas [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 parking 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 parking spaces shall be reduced by one parking space for every five bicycle
parking stalls constructed.
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(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 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
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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