Res 02-129RESOLUTION NO. 02-129
A RESOLUTION 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 Resolution; 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 of the City of Poway does resolve as
follows:
Section l: The City Council has considered the Environmental Initial Study (ELS) and
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:
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Architectural
3. Height:
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.
Parking Standards
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.
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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.
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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.
Subterranean parking areas shall not contain habitable space or storage
space, excepting that building equipment rooms are permitted.
Subterranean parking areas shall not be subject to compliance with
parking lot landscaping requirements.
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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PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway,
State of California, at a regular meeting this 17th day of December 2002.
Michae'T1s. Cafagna,
ATTEST:
L~i ~knr~e- Peoples, Cit~7 ~;]e~rk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
)ss.
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Lori Anne Peoples, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify, under
penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution No. 02-129 was duly adopted by the
City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day of December 2002
and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: GOLDBY, HIGGINSON, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: EMERY
Lori ,~,nne~Peoples, city Clerk
City of Poway