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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1984-080 1984-1988BILL N0. 1080 (Draft 4 COUNTY OF HAWAII - STATE OF HAWAII ORDINANCE N0. S4 8 D AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DIVISION 11, ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 25 (ZONING CODE), OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO OFF STREET PARKING. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Section 25-10 and 25-73 relating to off street parking by providing minimum parking requirements for various uses. This ordinance further provides a measure of relief for parking requirements where a use conversion occurs. SECTION 2. Section 25-70, Division 11, Article 1, Chapter 25, of the Hawaii County Code 1983, is amended to add a new section to read as follows: "SECTION 25-70. Off-street parking spaces; general requirement. (a) In all districts, in connection with every use, there shall be provided at the time certain uses are established and at the time any building or structure is erected, enlarged, or is reconstructed or increased in floor area, off-street parking spaces for automobiles in the number and in accordance with the requirement set forth in this division. (b) Revised parkinq requirements of this division which became effective on November 29, 1983 shall not apply to proposed developments which received plan approval or any written assurances from the director dated before November 29 1983 based upon those less stringent parkinq requirements then in effect; provided that the proposed developments having received such written assurances shall have received plan approval no later than May 31, 1985." SECTION 3. Section 25-73, Division 11, Article 1, Chapter 25, of the Hawaii County Code 1983, is amended to read as follows: "Section 25-73. PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR VARIOUS USES. (a) The number of parking spaces for each use shall be as follows: (1) Automobile, machinery or equipment sales and service garages: one for each five hundred square feet of gross floor area. (2) Banks, post offices, commercial offices [and]s professional and government offices which provide public entitlement services such as social securit or welfare, which require in-person registering or licensin [, furniture and appliance stores, household equipment or furniture repair shops:] one for each [two] four hundred square feet of gross floor area. -2- (3) Bowling alleys: four for each alley. (4) Churches: one for each six seats in the principal assembly room. (5) Clubs, lodges, social orders, fraternal organizations, dance halls, assembly halls without fixed seats, exhibition halls, night clubs, and commercial places of amusement: one for each one hundred square feet [of gross floor area] in the principal assembly area or main hall, and one for each employee [, in addition to any office parking requirement.]; for buildings with no principal assembly area or main hall, one for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area. (6) Dwelling: one for each family or dwelling unit. (7) Funeral homes and mortuaries: three for each parlor or one for each seventy-five square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater. (8) Hospitals, nursing homes, convalescent homes, rest homes, and homes for the elderly: one for each bed. -3- (9) Rooming and lodging houses, religious, fraternal or social orders having sleeping accommodations: one for each two beds. (10) Medical or dental clinics or groups and sole practitioners: five spaces for each professional practitioner. (11) Hotels, apartments, and motels: (A) Accessory portions same as otherwise regulated; (e) For hotel guest units without kitchen units, one for every three units; (C) For hotel guest units with kitchen units, one and one quarter for every unit; and (D) Apartments and motels, one and one quarter for each unit. (12) Retail stores and shops: (A) In a V district, in a CN district, or ire any district as part of a defined shopping center: one for each two hundred square feet of gross floor area; or (B) In other areas: one for each three hundred square feet of gross floor area. -4- (C) Furniture and appliance stores, household equipment or furniture repair shops: one for each five hundred square feet of gross floor area. (13) Industrial, manufacturing, and research uses: (A) If possible to determine, one for each employee based on the largest work shift; or, (B) If otherwise, one for each eight hundred square feet of gross floor area. (14) Wholesale establishments, warehouses and bulk storage: one for each one thousand square feet of gross floor area plus one for each employee on the largest work shift. (15) Other general business uses in CG districts and in other districts as permitted: one for each four hundred square feet of gross floor area. (16) Community swimming pools: one for each forty square feet of pool area. (17) Restaurants, bars, drive-ins: one for each one hundred and fifty square feet of gross floor area[.] where the main use utilizes -5- the entire building. Where the main food or beverage service use occupies a part of a larger building such as an office complex or hotel or shopping mall: one for each two hundred square feet of ross floor area. (18) Schools (grades k - 9): one for every classroom. (19) Schools (grades 10-12, colleges): one for every six seats and any office parking requirement in addition to one for every six seats in the principal assembly room. (20) Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, assembly halls with fixed seats: one for every four seats. (21) Self-service laundromats, dry cleaning: one for every [two] four machines [(washer or dryer)]. (22) Golf courses: four for every hole. (23) Tennis/racquetball courts: three for every court, domestic courts excluded. (24) Skating rinks: one for every two hundred square feet of gross floor area. (25) Full commercial laundry service establishment: one for each employee on the largest work shift plus loading space requirement." -6- (b) No additional parking is required for any changes in use; provided that the previous use(s) had the required amount of parking spaces and the applicant for the proposed use(s) provides adequate parkin to accommodate the anticipated level of traffic for the intended development(s). SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 5. In the event that any portion of this ordinance is declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other parts of this ordinance. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. Introduced by: Hilo, Hawaii Date of introduction Date of 1st Reading: Date of 2nd Reading: Effective Date: May 9, 1984 May 9, 7984 November 27, 1984 November 21, 1984 -~-