§ 17.46.030. Zoning Credit Parking Program

A.

Areas of applicability. This Section shall apply to areas of the City for which the Council has established a zoning credit parking program.

B.

Written contract requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter or Chapter 17.30 (Central District Specific Plan), zoning credit parking spaces ("zoning credits") must be provided by means of contracts with the City or the Parking Authority in compliance with this Section. A contract meeting the following requirements shall be deemed to be in compliance with the parking requirements of Table 4-6 (Off-Street Parking Space Requirements).

1.

Zoning credits. The designated number of parking spaces available for zoning credit purposes shall also be available for public parking. The contract may provide that the owner of the parking facility in which the zoning credits are located is free to retain any revenue from parking fees or to utilize the spaces for any purpose.

2.

Nontransferable provisions. The entitlement to use the zoning credits is conferred on a specified property in order to satisfy the parking requirements for a specified use. The zoning credits shall not satisfy the parking requirements for any other land use and shall not be transferred to any other property.

3.

Reversion of spaces. Any and all rights to use the zoning credits which are not used within three years of the execution date of the contract shall not, unless the period is extended by the City or Parking Authority, as appropriate, be conferred on the specified property and shall automatically revert to the City or Parking Authority, as appropriate.

4.

Allowable refunds. The contract may allow for refunds of zoning credit fees upon the occurrence of conditions to be specified in the contract.

C.

Future or planned parking facilities.  

1.

Future parking facilities. In the case of parking spaces that are to be developed, owned, or operated by the City or Parking Authority, the granting of zoning credits may be accomplished by indicating that the contract applies to a certain number of spaces which the City or Parking Authority intends to locate in a parking facility to be built in the future and for which financing has been obtained.

2.

Spaces in planned public parking facilities. Zoning credits for parking may be granted in planned public parking facilities to be owned or operated by the City or Parking Authority for which financing has not been obtained, provided the applicant demonstrates an alternative means for meeting the parking requirements identified in this Chapter if financing is not obtained.

D.

Maximum number of zoning credit spaces.  

1.

Number of zoning credit spaces. In no case shall the total number of zoning credits designated in a parking facility exceed the actual number of spaces in the parking facility.

2.

CD-1 Old Pasadena Historic Core Precinct. In the CD-1 Old Pasadena Historic Core Precinct, a parking facility used for the zoning credit parking program and which has a capacity of 100 spaces or more, may oversubscribe zoning credits by not more than 50 percent of the total provided in the parking facility. The Zoning Administrator and the Traffic Engineer may institute measures to accommodate parking within the parking facility during any part of the day or night as necessary to accommodate the parking demand. The measures may include tandem and valet parking.

3.

On-street parking spaces. On-street parking spaces may be granted as zoning credits in the area identified as the S. Lake Ave. Parking Credit District Boundary Map. The number of on-street parking spaces used as zoning credits shall be established by resolution.

E.

Distance requirement. A contract meeting the above requirements shall be deemed to be in compliance with the distance requirements identified in Table 4-4 (Maximum Distances for Off-Site Parking).

(Ord. No. 7225, § 2, 9-24-2012, eff. 10-24-2012)