Ord 572 ORDINANCE NO. 572
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 84-01FFF
PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVISIONS
FOR SUBTERRANEAN PARKING AREAS FOR PROPERTIES
WITHIN THE SOUTH POWAY PLANNED COMMUNITY
WHEREAS, it is the duty of the Poway City Council to review and amend the
adopted Specific Plans in the City whenever the public interest requires; and
WHEREAS, Section 17.46.020B of the Poway Municipal Code provides that any
change to City regulations may be initiated by Resolution of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2002, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 02-
112 initiating the Specific Plan Amendment; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 17.47 (Specific Plan Regulations) of Title 17 (Zoning
Development Code) of the Poway Municipal Code provides the requirements for the
initiation, preparation, and adoption of Specific Plans in accordance with Section 65450,
et seq. of the California Government Code (Article 8, Specific Plan); and
WHEREAS, Section 17.47.020 C (Initiation) of the Zoning Development Code
provides that the City Council may initiate the preparation of, or amendment to, a
Specific Plan on property by Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, a Specific Plan Amendment is proposed to modify designated land
uses for certain properties; and
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2002, the City Council held a duly noticed public
hearing on the proposed specific plan amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1: The City Council has considered the Environmental Initial Study (ELS),
Negative Declaration (ND) for the project. The subject ElS and ND documentation are
fully incorporated herein by this reference. The City Council finds, on the basis of the
whole record before it, that there is no substantial evidence the project will have a
significant impact on the environment and that the ND reflects the independent
judgment
Section 2: Chapter 3, Section IV.A.3 and Section C of Volume 2, Development
Standards, of the south Poway Specific Plan is amended to add the following:
A. Architectural
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3. Height:
e. Subterranean areas shall not be considered a story for purposes of
determining a building's number of stories. Such facilities shall
comply with the design standards specified in subsection C. 14. of
this Chapter.
C. Parking Standards
14. Subterranean Parking
a. Subterranean parking areas shall be a minimum of 50% below
grade as measured from the finished floor of the area to the bottom
of the ceiling above the area. The subterranean parking area shall
be 50% below grade on each side of the building exterior, except
for those portions of the building exterior that provide vehicular and
or pedestrian access to the subterranean parking area.
b. For projects proposing subterranean parking areas on pre-graded
pads, any increase in the building pad elevation, intended for the
sole purpose of bringing a proposed subterranean parking area into
compliance with the 50% below grade standard, shall not be
permitted.
c. Vehicular access (i.e., driveways) to subterranean parking areas
should occur from within the project site and not from the street,
unless it would be the only project driveway. Any driveway to a
subterranean parking area, which is visible to the street, shall be
screened to the maximum extent possible with earth mounding and
enhanced landscaping.
d. Subterranean parking areas shall not contain habitable space or
storage space, excepting that building equipment rooms are
permitted.
e. Subterranean parking areas shall not be subject to compliance with
parking lot landscaping requirements.
f. Any portion of a subterranean parking area that is above grade
shall comply with the applicable underlying land use designation
building setback requirement. Those portions of subterranean
parking areas that are 100% below grade shall not be subject to
building setback requirements.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30)
days after the date of this 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 circulation
published in the City of Poway.
Introduced and first read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Poway held this 17th day of December 2002 and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED
at a regular meeting of said City Council held the 7th day of January 2003, by the
following roll call vote.
AYES: ENERY, GOLDBY, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: HIGGINSON
Mic~'~ae~yor
ATTEST:
Lori~,nne Peoples, City Clerk