§ 38-1390.52. Parking.  


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  • NOTE: This section will occasionally refer to development standards in the Village Planned Development Code ("Village Code" division 8, section 38-1380 et seq., Orange County Code). Applicable references within the Village Code to "Village Roadways" or "Village Streets" shall be considered interchangeable with this Division's reference to Framework Streets.

    (a)

    Residential Parking. Residential parking, and related vehicular access, shall be provided in accordance with section 38-1384(i).

    (b)

    Nonresidential Parking. Nonresidential parking, and related vehicular access, shall be provided in accordance with the parking standards for Village Centers in section 38-1389(d)(4). However, the terms "village roadways" or "village" within that section refer to projects and development within the limits of the Horizon West Town Center. Proposals for shared parking may be submitted in accordance with the provisions outlined in chapter 38. All other provisions of section 38-1389(d)(4) shall apply, with the exception of the following modifications, deletions, and additions:

    (1)

    38-1389(d)(4)b. All at-grade parking lots fronting Town Center roadways shall be set back in accordance with the Framework Street Cross Sections in Article 2 [subpart 2], and the following:

    a.

    Corporate Neighborhood Center (CNC) Districts. Parking stalls are prohibited between CNC District buildings and the right of way of functionally classified roads.

    Drive lanes may be permitted between CNC District buildings and the right-of-way of functionally classified roads.

    No more than thirty (30) percent of an individual block face which abuts a Town Center Framework Street may include one (1) double-loaded drive aisle (e.g., single row of adjacent parking stalls placed on both sides of a two-way drive aisle). Drive lanes and parking stalls are prohibited between buildings and the adjacent roadway along the remainder of such block faces.

    b.

    Traditional Town Center Core (TTCC) District. On-site surface parking and associated driveway access for all structures within the TTCC District (regardless of Framework Street type or functionally classified road status) shall be located behind structures and within the interior of the block. Vehicular access to block interior surface parking facilities may be provided along the intersecting side streets or through approved right-in/right-out driveway curb cut locations.

    (2)

    38-1389(d)(4)d. Where off-street parking areas are permitted to adjoin Framework streets, there is no dimensional restriction on the maximum length of such street frontage. Within the Corporate Neighborhood Center District, limitations are placed on the percentage of individual block faces which may adjoin off-street surface parking areas.

    (3)

    38-1389(d)(4)h. (Parking). Off-street parking shall be located in accordance with the provisions of the Town Center Code. Landscaping for the screening and interior of off-street parking shall comply with chapter 24, and the Framework Street standards described in subdivision II of the Town Center Code. A masonry (with stucco finish) or brick knee wall, between forty (40) and fifty (50) inches high, including a decorative cap shall be installed along the parking lot edge, between the parking lot and the Framework Street. The knee wall shall not extend over thirty (30) feet without an offset or projection (for insertion of accent plantings) or projected pilaster and column feature which provides aesthetic variety. The wall shall be installed along not less than seventy (70) percent of the length of any parking or drive aisles adjacent to Framework Streets or functionally classified roads. Opaque plantings shall be installed within any interruptions of the knee wall in accordance with the parking lot perimeter landscape buffering requirements of chapter 24.

    Decorative screen fencing may be acceptable, with prior approval of the Development Review Committee (DRC), as an alternative to the masonry knee wall required along functionally classified roads. Such screen fencing shall be designed and constructed in a durable manner which minimizes the need for fence repairs. Decorative screen fencing shall be between forty (40) and sixty (60) inches high and shall feature at least fifty (50) percent opacity.

    (4)

    38-1389(d)(4)i. (Grocery Store Parking).

    a.

    Parking and parking access for grocery stores or other retail anchor establishments shall be located in accordance with the building and parking placement standards ascribed to the individual land use districts, or Framework Street type, of the Town Center.

    b.

    Regardless of the orientation of the side or rear of a grocery store, or other retail anchor establishment, relative to an adjacent roadway, parking and parking access shall be located in accordance with the building and parking placement standards ascribed to the individual land use districts, or Framework Street type, of the Town Center. Grocery store side or rear facades, which are visible from an adjacent Framework street, shall not project blank, or featureless walls. Instead, such walls shall incorporate projected architectural features including decorative trim, pilasters, recessed window glazing (transparent or spandrel) and projected window surrounds, awnings, varied roof and eaves lines, and paint color variations.

    c.

    Buildings within outlying portions of parking lots for grocery stores or other retail anchor establishments shall be located in accordance with the building placement standards ascribed to the individual land use districts, or Framework Street type, of the Town Center. Notwithstanding the colors or architectural forms or finishes which may be associated with any particular formula retail company, buildings within the outlying portions of parking lots for grocery stores or other retail anchor establishments shall, at a minimum, repeat the architectural style or selected trim on any existing adjacent retail anchor development or selected architectural features established. Parking for these buildings shall be located in accordance with the building and parking placement standards ascribed to the individual land use districts, or Framework Street type, of the Town Center.

    d.

    Parking lots shall be configured into a series of smaller modules or sub-lots and pedestrian pathways in accordance with section 38-79(153), Big Box development.

    (5)

    38-1389(d)(4)j. This provision for required pass-throughs in parking lots is redundant of the pedestrian pathways already required elsewhere and therefore is not applicable to the Town Center.

    (c)

    Front-Loaded Parking Options. Front-loaded parking configurations which place parking stalls, or drive aisles, in front of buildings (between buildings and the adjacent street) shall be limited to the following configurations. Listed from most preferred (narrowest footprint) to least preferred (widest footprint), they are:

    (1)

    One-way (or two-way) drive aisle. Drive aisle (with no associated parking), with no associated parking, which provides vehicle circulation around buildings.

    (2)

    Single (or double) loaded, one-way drive aisle for parallel parking stalls. One-way drive aisle which accesses a single row of parallel parking stalls, or which accesses parallel stalls on both sides of the aisle. Single-loaded configurations which place stalls only on the building side of drive aisles (not on the street side) are preferred.

    (3)

    Single (or double) loaded, one-way (or two-way) drive aisle for angled parking. One-way (or two-way) drive aisle which accesses a single (or double) row of angled parking stalls. Single-loaded configurations which place stalls only on the building side of drive aisles (not on the street side) is preferred.

    (4)

    Single (or double) loaded, one-way (or two-way) drive aisle for head-in (ninety (90) degree) parking. One-way (or two-way) drive aisle which accesses a single (or double) row of head-in parking stalls. Single-loaded configurations which place stalls only on the building side of drive aisles (not on the street side) is preferred.

    (d)

    Parking Lot Sub-Lots and Pedestrian Pathways. Expansive parking lot surfaces along Framework and functionally classified streets can detract from the desired visual character of Town Center neighborhoods. Therefore, surface parking lots of commercial projects abutting any Town Center streets shall be configured into a series of smaller sub-lots, in accordance with section 38-79(153)g. ("Big Box" ordinance). NOTE: Through-block pedestrian passageways (otherwise required in order to meet block length standards), including their required components as described within subdivision II of this division, shall replace an individual parking lot pedestrian pathway whenever a pathway is coincidental with a through-block passageway. However, no individual substitution of a pedestrian passageway for a pathway may cause more than three (3) adjacent head-to-head parking stall aisles that lack a pedestrian pathway. Furthermore, projects not meeting the seventy-five thousand (75,000) square feet gross floor area definition of Big Box, shall (to the extent possible) align required parking lot pedestrian pathways with the entries of smaller commercial structures.

(Ord. No. 2013-02 , § 1, 1-29-13; Ord. No. 2018-08 , § 3, 4-10-18)