Item 11 - Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA 86-04) ®AGENDA REPORT
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CITY OF POWAY
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Mana .. v
INITIATED BY: Reba W. Touw, Director of Planning Services,
James H. Lyon, Assistant Planner a.
DATE: September 2 , 1986 v
SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance Amendment ( ZOA 86-04 ) : A City-
initiated amendment to Section 17 .10 .080 of Title
17 ( Zoning) of the Municipal Code regarding
hotel/motel development standards .
ABSTRACT
As a result of the denial of a proposed motel, Staff was directed
to bring forward a recommendation for changes to Title 17 ( Zoning
Development Code) of the Municipal Code regarding hotel and motel
standards .
BACKGROUND
Earlier this year the City Council heard Conditional Use Permit
85-14 and Development Review 85-20 that proposed the construction
of a 55-unit motel complex on Poway Road . The Council denied the
applications on the grounds that the project was not consistent
with adjacent structures, uses and intensity of development. To
provide guidance for future hotel/motel developers, Staff was
directed to prepare additional performance standards for City
Council review.
The City' s Zoning Development Code allows, with approval of a
conditional use permit, hotels and motels only in the General and
Community Commercial Zones .
Under the current motel/hotel standards, no more than 20 percent
of the rooms may have kitchen facilities, rooms must be for tran-
sient lodging only ( 30 days or less) , and each hotel/motel must
provide a swimming pool.
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ACTION: : Held first reading for Ordinance No. 193, and set second reading for
September 16, 1986. ISSIr-'d Negative Declaration.
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Staff has reviewed the characteristics of all existing and proposed
motels in the City and the surrounding communities , as well as
guidelines used by the Best Western, Quality Inn and Comfort Inn
for the construction of new facilities . Interpretation of this
data indicates that a majority of new motels under consideration/or
construction contain 100 units or more and have associated
restaurants or cocktail lounges . Room sizes ranged from 288 square
feet to 370 square feet, with the minimum room size being 11 .5 feet
by 25 feet. Projects with 120 units typically required a 2 . 5 to
3. 5 acre parcel. Design standards stipulated 1 . 2 to 1 . 5 parking
spaces per unit, with 10 percent of the project site to be
landscaped. A majority of the motels were providing kitchenettes,
with few cities having any regulations on a maximum number or per-
centage.
In adapting this data to comply with the needs and character of
Poway, Staff is suggesting the following standards for all new
hotel/motel sites :
1 . they shall be one acre or larger in size;
2 . the minimum lot width shall be 150 feet;
3 . the minimum room size shall be 300 square feet;
4 . a maximum of 10 percent of the proposed rooms may contain
kitchenettes ;
5 . 400 square feet of landscaped open space shall be provided
for each unit; and
6. the pool shall be a minimum of 500 square feet in size.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW _
The proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment will not result in any
potentially significant environmental impacts . The issuance of a
Negative Declaration is recommended.
FINDINGS
The proposed modifications are consistent with the intent and pur-
poses of the General P1an and Zoning Development Code.
RECOMMENDATION
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It is recommended that the City Council adopt the proposed Zoning
Development Code Amendment, issue a Negative Declaration, and set
the second reading for September 16 , 1986 .
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Attachments :
1 . Proposed Ordinance
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 17
( ZONING DEVELOPMENT CODE)
OF THE POWAYIMUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the City Council periodically finds it necessary to
amend Title 17 ( Zoning Development Code) of its Municipal Code in
response to changing conditions within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly advertised public hearing
to provide interested parties the opportunity to address the pro-
posed amendments .
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ordained that the City Council hereby
adopt the following amendments as part of Title 17 ( Zoning
Development Code) of the Poway Municipal Code:
SECTION 1 : Amendments to the following sections of the
Municipal Code are hereby established and shall read as shown
in Exhibit A by a dashed underline for addition :
17 . 10 . 080 E - Permitted and Conditional Uses - Commercial Zones
SECTION 2 : The City Council of the City of Poway hereby
finds that these amendments re consistent with the General
Plan and the intent and purpose of the Zoning Development Code.
SECTION 3 : The City Council of the City of Poway hereby
finds that these amendments will not cause significant adverse
impacts on the environment arid issues a Negative Declaration .
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
thirty ( 30 ) days after the date of its passage; and before the
expiration of fifteen ( 15 ) days after its passage, it shall be
published once with the names and members voting for and against
the same in the Poway News Chieftain, a newspaper of general cir-
culation published in the City of Poway.
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Introduced and first read at , a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Poway held the 2nd of September, 1986 ,
and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of said City
Council held the 16th day of September, 1986 by the following roll
call vote :
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Carl R. Kruse, Mayor
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Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
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Section 17 . 10 . 080 Commercial Zones
17 . 10 . 080 General Commercial Uses in Commercial Zones (cont . )
CO CN CG CC
25 . Food stores and supermarkets ,
drugstores with and/or without
pharmacies X P P X
26 . Fortunetelling X X C X
27 . Furniture stores , with or without
repair and upholstery (no outdoor
storage and/or display except as
permitted by Section 17 .10 .150 ) X P P P
28 . Gasoline dispensing and/or auto-
motive service stations X C C X
29 . Hardware stores X P P C
30 . Hobby shops X P P P
31 . Hotels and motels subject to the
following :
A. A minimum of one net acre
of land area
B . A minimum lot width of
150 feet
C. All units shall be 300 sguare
feet or larger
D. A 500 square foot or larger
pool shall be provided
E. No more than ten percent of
the rooms shall have kitchen
facilities
F. Rooms shall be for transient
lodging only ( thirty days or
less) with the exception of
the on-site manager ' s
residence
G. Four hundred_sguare feet of
landscaped open space shall be
provided_per_room '
H. The hotel/motel standards shall
be applicable to development in
the Planned Community (PC)
zone
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