Item 10 - Review of Parking Standards for South Poway Bus. Park's Industrial Park
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AGENDA REPORT SUMMARY
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: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council ~ -?- ~
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James L. Bowersox, City Man~ ~ '" no. ~:.~
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INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manager~7 r .&.
Reba Wright-Quastler, Director of Pla ing Services ~
DATE: December 19, 1995
SUBJECT: Review of Parking Standards for South Poway Business Park's Industrial Park
and Light Industrial Areas
ABSTRACT
At the November 28, 1995 City Council Meeting, the City Council continued Development
Review 95-12 to December 19, 1995. It was requested that staff assess the adequacy of
the project parking and review the effectiveness of the adopted parking standards
throughout the South Poway Business Park.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is not subject to CEQA.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
A copy of this report was mailed to Bill Main, California Data Cable.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report.
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CITY OF POW A Y
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Man~
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City ManagerCb"\~ "~
Reba Wright-Quastler, Director of Pl~services~
Stephen A. Streeter, Principal Planner
Carol M. Rosas, Assistant Planner II
DATE: December 19, 1995
SUBJECT: Review of Parking Standards for South Poway Business Park's
Industrial Park and Light Industrial Areas
BACKGROUND
On November 28. 1995, Development Review 95-12, a proposal to construct a
52,475 square foot industrial building on Kirkham Court within the Scenic View
Business Park was reviewed by the Council. During the hearing, Bill Main, of
California Data Cable located at 12545 Kirkham Court, expressed the following
concerns:
1. the appropriateness of such a large building with an unknown tenant in
an area of generally smaller multi-tenant buildings; and
2. the amount of truck traffic that may be generated by a future tenant of
a building having 14 loading doors.
The City Council continued DR 95-12 and requested that staff assess the adequacy
of project parking and review the effectiveness of the adopted parking standards
throughout the South Poway Business Park.
Proiect Site Historv
On August 29, 1989, the City Council approved DR 89-07 allowing the construction
of eleven buildings on three lots in the Scenic View Business Park. Several of
the buildings were constructed. however, two of the buildings totalling 30.180
square feet and which were approved for the subject site were not built. The
current appl icant is requesting approval to construct a 52,475 square foot
building in the same area.
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FINDINGS
To assess potential project parking impacts and the overall effectiveness of
parking standards within the South Poway Business Park staff inspected parking
areas throughout the South Poway Business Park, contacted a few research/advisory
agencies, reviewed a South Poway parking survey prepared by Planning Services in
1992, researched established parking standards for industrial areas in selected
San Diego County and Southern California cities and considered City
Transportation Demand Management policies.
South Powav Field Insoection
Some of the observations made during a field trip with Mr. Main on December 5,
1995 were:
1. Parking within the general area of the proposed project is utilized, but
not 100 percent.
2. The project parking is what had been approved for parking under DR 89-07
for two industrial buildings on the same site.
3. Illegal parking of trucks in fire lanes occurs periodically and multiple
parking spaces are used consistently for parking semi-truck tractors and
trailers at certain businesses.
Parkino Standards of Other Advisorv/Research Aoencies
Staff contacted the Urban land Institute, the National Association of Industrial
and Office Properties, and the American Planning Association regarding parking
standards in industrial areas. The parking standards reported by these agencies
were identical and obtained from information published by the Institute of
Transportation Engineers. The reported parking standard for Light Industry is
2.43 spaces per 1,000 square feet of building area and 2.11 spaces per 1,000
square feet of building area within an industrial park. The comparative South
Poway Planned Community parking standards are 2 spaces per 1,000 square feet of
gross floor area for projects within the Light Industrial designated areas and
4 spaces per 1,000 gross floor area for projects within the Industrial Park
areas.
1992 South Powav Parkina Survev
The Planning Services Department surveyed South Poway businesses in 1992
concerning parking within the business park. Approximately 35 percent of the
survey respondents (28 of the 81 total respondents) thought parking supply was
adequate within the business park, while 19 percent of the survey respondents (18
of the 81 total respondents) felt there was not adequate parking provided.
Parkina Standards for Industrial Uses in Other Jurisdictions
Business park standards from other Southern California cities are shown in
Attachment A. The City of Poway parking standards for the business park compare
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favorably with other cities surveyed. As an example, Poway's standard of one
space per 500 square feet is either matched or within 100 square feet of most
parking standards.
Conclusion
The parking requirements for the business park are generally consistent with
standards in use elsewhere and parking provided is generally adequate. Some of
the businesses that have experienced parking shortages have grown to the point
of relocating to larger buildings within the business park or acquiring off-site
land for overflow employee and customer parking.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is not subject to CEQA.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
A copy of this report was mailed to Bill Main, California Data Cable.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report.
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Attachments:
A. Industrial Parking Standards Telephone Survey - 1992
B. Parking Survey of Tech Business Center
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INDUSTRIAL PARKING STANDARDS
TELEPHONE SURVEY RESULTS
FEBRUARY 14, 1992
Coronado
1 space for each 1.5 employees on the shift with the greatest
number of employees - 1 space per 1,000 sq ft
Costa Mesa
Corporate headquarters 4 per 1,000 sq ft
Buildings 25,000 sq ft or less 3 per 1,000 sq ft
Buildings 25,000 sq ft to 50,000 sq ft 2 per 1,000 sq ft
Buildings 50,000 sq ft and above 1. 5 per 1,000 sq ft
Chula Vista
Manufacturing or R&D 1 space for each 1.5 employees
or 1 space per 800 sq ft
whichever is greater
Warehousing 1 space for each 1.5 emploY<ges
or 1 per 1,000 sq ft
Carlsbad
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Manufacturing 1 per 400 sq ft plus 1 space
for each vehicle used in
conjunction with the business
Warehousing 1 per 1,000 plus 1 space for
each vehicle
R&D 1 per 250 sq ft
El Cajon
Li ght Industrial 1 per 600 sq ft
Warehousing 1 per 1,000 sq ft*
*provided there is land
available to add more parking
should the use change
Trade & Service Use 1 per 300 sq ft
Manufacturing Zone 1 per 600 sq ft
Escondido
Light Industrial 1 per 500 sq ft plus 1 space
per vehicle used in business
Warehousing 1 per 800 sq ft
,- Mini-storage 1 per 5,000 sq ft
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Industrial Parking Survey
February 14, 1992
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National City
Light & Medium Industrial 1 per 800 sq ft or 1 per each 2
employees plus 1 for each
service plus I visitor space
Wholesaling & Distribution 1 per 1,000 sq ft (up to 4,000
sq ft) plus 4 spaces
Warehousing & Storage 1 space plus 1 space for each 2
employees
San Diego
Manufacturing Industrial Park 1 space for each 1.5 employees
on the largest shift
M-IA Light Industrial Reserve 50 percent lot acreage
for parking
M-IB Reserve 40 percent of lot
acreage for parking
Santee
Industrial I per 400 sq ft
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December 12, 1995
Results of parkinq Survey l1am TUesday December 12, 1995, in stowe
Business Park and poway Tech center by Neville BOthwell
stowe Bu.iB... 'ark
Lot 10 Brookprinter Place ( Great Western coin , RainbOW crane)
occupant needs additional space and parkinq baving
outgrown existing buildinq. Intends to build on lots
recently purcbased in parkway Business center.
Lot 11 Brookprinter Place ( wassco)
Has outgrown I:>uilding " parking. Proposes to I:>uild
nearDY.
Lot 12
thru 18 Brookprinter Place.
Multi-Tenant buildings with twelve tenants - occupying
58,000 sq. ft. fully lea.ed. There were approximately 100
vehicles parked durinq the survey. There are 116 parking
stalls plus another 26 graveled stalls under the sesco
C.U.P.
Lots 29
" 30 on Stowe Drive ( Norris" Hughes Missile).
There were 38 vehicles parked in 98 stalls.
(Note: Norris has reduced staff levels).
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A drive through of the scenic view development found approximately
90 unoccupied paved parking space.. '
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Lot 14a psicor 8 in 25 stalls
Lot 14b psicor
Lot 15 Envirobest 4 in 16 stalls
Lot 16 production Mechanical 8 in 16 stalls
Lot 17a Ickier Electric 7 in 12 st.alls
Lot 19 Vacant
Lot 20 Sonic Dry: Clean 8 in 21 stalls
Lot 21 Montqolll E ator 7 in 21 stalls
Lot 51:> orkin 6 in 17 stallS
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