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Home My WebLink AboutPC RES 3729l0 14 20 2! 22 23 24 25 28 RESOLUTION NO. 3729 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT CODE AMENDMENT 00-001, AN AMENDMENT TO TUSTIN CITY CODE ARTICLE 9 CHAPTER 2 BY ADDING SECTION'S 9221.a.1(j), 9222.a.1(j), 9223.a.l(j), 9224.g.9, 9225.a.1(h), 9225.a.2(j), 9225.b. l(j), 9225.b.2(k), 9226.a. l(k), 9226.a:2(k), 9226.b.2(i), 9226.b.'3(k), 9226.b.4(i), 9226.b.5(j), 9226.b.6(i), 9227.b.12, 9228.b.4(k), 9228.b.5(j.), 9228.c.8, 9231.b.9, 9232.b(j)(10), 9232.b(k)(8), 9232.c(2)(g), 9233.b(7), 9233(c)(m)(10), 9234.b(h), 9234.d(h), 9234.e(i), 9235.f(9), 9241.c0), 9242.c(d), 9271.bb, AND 9299.b.(1)(h) RELATED TO DRIVEWAYS STANDARDS, AND AMENDING SECTION 9297 TO INCLUDE DEFINITION FOR A DRIVEWAY. The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows: The Planning Commission finds and determines' A. That amendment to Tustin City Code Article 9 Chapter 2 related to driveways has been prepared to provide standards in determining driveway widths for residential, commercial, and industrial properties. B, That a public hearing was duly noticed, called, and held on said application on June 11,2001, by the Planning Commission. C, Do It has been determined that this project, would not have a significant effect on the environment, and a Negative Declaration has been recommended for adoption. That the City's current standards for driveways within residential districts only provide the minimum, requirement for driveway width. As such, property owners could pave the entire front yards converting the yards into parking lots inconsistent with the goal of the Land Use Element of the General Plan to assure a safe, healthy, and aesthetically pleasing community for residents and businesses (Goal No. 4). E, That the City's current standards for driveways within the commercial and industrial districts only provide the minimum requirements for driveway width. As such commercial and industrial properties could have driveways wider than driveway approaches standards within the public right-of-way and resulting in safety hazards. l0 14 ]? 20 22 24 25 2? Resolution No. 3729 Page 2 of 4 II. F! The proposed amendment is regulatory in nature and would provide consistency for determining the minimum and the maximum driveway width in residential, commercial, and industrial zoning districts. The proposed amendment's limitation on the installation and maintenance of impervious materials in required front yards would limit the amount of storm-water run-off attributed to each developed property in the City. The proposed amendment would also create an aesthetically pleasing community for .residents and businesses by limiting the amount of hardscaping in the front of properties and requiring all unpaved areas be improved with landscape materials. G, The proposed amendment is consistent with the General Plan goals and policies, particularly: Goal 4:. Assure a safe, healthy, and aesthetically pleasing community for residents and businesses; Policy 6.2: Encourage and promote high quality design and physical appearance in all development projects; Policy 6.4: Preserve and enhance the City's special residential character and "small .town" quality by encouraging and maintaining Tustin's Iow density residential neighborhoods through enforcement of existing land use and property development standards and the harmonious blending of buildings and landscape; Policy 6.6.d' Improve the overall quality of Tustin's multi-family neighborhoods through improved site, building., and landscape design; and, Policy6.12' Review and revise, as necessary, the City's development standards to improve the quality of new development in the City and to protect the public health and safety. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve amendments to the residential, commercial, and industrial zoning districts of Tustin City Code as follows: Sections 9221 .a. 1 (j), 9222.a. l(j), 9223.a. l(j), .9'224.g.9, 9225.a. 1 (h), 9225.a.2(j), 9225.b.1(j), 9225.b.2(k), 9226.a.1 (k), 9226.a.2(k), 9226.b.2(i), 9226.b.3(k), 9226.b.4(i), 9226.b.5(j), 9226.b.6(i), 9227.b.12, 9228.b.4(k), 9228.b.5(j), 9228.c.8, 9231.b.9, 9232.b(j)(10), 9232.b(k)(8), 9232.c(2)(g), 9233.b(7), 9233(c)(m)(10), 9234'.b(h), 9234.d(h), 9234.e(i), 9235.f(9), 9241.c(j), and 9242.c(d) shall be added to read' "Driveways: Subject to Section 9271(bb)" Resolution No. 3729 Page 3 of 4 l0 14 20 2! 2,4' 25 Section 9271 (bb) is added as follows' aJ Driveways for Residential Districts: If the garage or carport is designed for one or two vehicles, the driveway width within the front yard setback, as defined in Section 9297 of Tustin City Code, shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet and a maximum of twenty-four (24) feet; if the garage or carport is designed for three or more vehicles, the driveway width within the front yard setback shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet and a maximum of thirty (30) feet. Paved areas for accessory residential uses such as the .parking OF vehicles or providing pedestrian access to the residence may be provided within the front yard setback of residential districts if the total paved area does not exceed fifty (50) percent of the total front yard setback, the parking of'vehicles does not obstruct ingress and egress to required parking, and all of the requirements of this Section can be met. For.lots at the end of cul-de-sacs with a lot frontage of less than forty (40) feet, the parking and driveway areas within the front yard setback shall not exceed seventy (75) percent of the total front yard setback. Total width may be divided for properties with two (2) driveways. Parking. and driveway areas within the front yard setback shall be separated with a minimum of a three (3) foot landscape area between the parking or driveway area and the adjacent side or rear property line. b, Driveways for Commercial and Industrial Districts' One-way driveways within the front yard area, as defined in Section 9297 of the Tustin. City Code, would have a minimum width of fourteen (14) feet and a maximum width of twenty (20) feet. Two-way driveways within the front yard would have a minimum width of twenty-eight (28) feet and a maximum width of thirty-five (35) feet. C, Paved areas m~iy be improved with impervious materials including, but not limited to, concrete, bricks, slate or stone tiles, decorative stamped concrete, or any other permanent hardscape. No decomposed granite, gravel, or other loose materials shall be allowed. Unimproved and/or unpaved portions of the front yard setback area in residential districts or front yards in commercial or industrial districts shall be improved and maintained with appropriate landscaping in a healthy and vigorous condition. d, The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to' all lots-in' the City to the extent such lots have not been improved with paved areas authorized and approved through a building permit or discretionary entitlement by the City. Except as expressly provided in this paragraph d, nothing in this subsection shall be construed as creating or providing any nonconforming status or any other right to maintain paved area on any lot in the City in violation of this Subsection. Resolution No. 3729 Page 4 of 4 l0 14 15 20 2! Section 9297 is amended to include definitions for the following' "Driveway" means a paved area of a lot located between the public right- of-way and the garage, carport, or required parking space designed and intended as an access way between a private or public road and the garage, carport, or required parking space. "Paved Area" means an area of any required yard which is constructed with impervious materials which either results in an increase in the amount of storm water run-off into public storm drainage facilities or hinders natural percolation of storm water on the subject property. Section 9299.b.(1)(h) is added to read' "An increase of not.more than ten (10) percent in the maximum permitted driveways within the front yard setback for residential districts or the front yard for commercial and industrial districts." PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin at a regular meeting held on the 11th day of June, 2001. ELIZABETH A. BINSACK Planning Commission Secretary es ie Pontious Chairperson STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF TUSTIN ) SS I, ELIZABETH A. BINSACK, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Planning 24 Commission Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin, California; that 2~ Resolution No. 3729 was duly passed and adopted at regular meeting 'of the Tustin Planning Commission, held on the 11t" day of June, 2001. 2? 29 ELIZABETH A. BINSACK , Planning Commission Secretary