HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-12-07ORDINANCE NO. 0-12-07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, AMENDING LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTIONS 54-3-10.6(a)(3) and 54-3-10.7(c)(1) REGARDING
PARKING AREAS AND BACKING INTO A PUBLIC STREET; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the updated CRA Master Plan
recommends embracing opportunities to increase public parking in the Redevelopment Area,
including on-street parking spaces, which in turn reduce the need for private off-street parking
while still providing adequate parking for business and activities in the CRA district; and
WHEREAS, City Council has previously accepted the 2010 Evaluation and Appraisal
Report and the 2011 Riverfront Parking Study, both recommending to explore ways to increase
the amount of on-street parking in the Downtown/Ftiverfront area; and
WHEREAS, the Loca1 Planning Agency held a public hearing on August 2, 2012, and
made a recommendation to City Council to adopt Ordinance 0-12-07.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 54 Land Development Code, City
of Sebastian, Florida, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 54-3-10.6. — Design and specifications for parking areas.
(a) General design standards.
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(3) No backing into a public street; exceptions. Each parking stall for
all parking areas other than for single-family homes�-a�duplexes, and
city designated areas approved for parkin in public ri�hts-of-waX shall be
accessible from an aisle or driveway and designed so that no automobile
shall back into a public street in order to exit a parking stall. The internal
design of the parking lot shall be designed to facilitate vehicular
circulation and avoid conflict between pedestrian and vehicular
movements.
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Sec. 54-3-10.7. — Entries, exits, drives and vehicle maneuvering areas for multifamily
(excluding duplex lots), commercial, industrial and institutional lots.
(c) Internal circulation system.
(1) The internal circulation system, including drives and maneuvering
areas, shall be designed to permit convenient maneuvering of cars and
service vehicles into and out of each parking and loading space, and shall
be arranged so that no vehicle need back onto a public right-of-way unless
otherwise specificall�pproved by the city. No occupied parking or
loading space shall interfere with access to any other parking or loading
space, or with any pedestrian walkway.
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Section 2. SEVERABILITY. In the event a court of competent jurisdiction shall
determine that any part of this Ordinance is invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance shall not be
affected and it shall be presumed that the City Council of the City of Sebastian did not intend to
enact such invalid provision. It shall further be assumed that the City Council would have
enacted the remainder of this Ordinance without said invalid provision, thereby causing said
remainder to remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. CONFLICT. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed. Resolutions R-98-13, R-03-O5, and R-03-35 are hereby rescinded.
Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption
by the City Council.
The foregoing Ordinance was moved for adoption by Councilmember
c o y . The motion was seconded by Councilmember W r i g h t and,
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Mayor Jim Hill
Vice-mayor pon Wright
Councilmember Andrea Coy
Councilmember Richard Gillmor
Councilmember Bob McPartlan
aye
aye
aye
aye
aye
The Mayor thereupon declared this Ordinance duly passed and adopted this 2 6 thday of
;�:�p.tei�b�,r� 2012.
City Clerk
ATTE :
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Sally A. M ' , MMC
City Clerk
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
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Approved as to form and legality for
reliance by the City of Sebastian only:
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Robert A. Ginsburg, City Attorney
Words stricken shall be deleted; words underlined constitute the proposed amendment; remaining
provisions continue in effect.