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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-12-28 10-038 ORDINANCECOUNCIL ACTION 0 0,3 8 Item No. Date: December 28, 2009 Item/Subject: Ordinance, Amending the Land Development Code, Chapter 165 § 165-72 — Required Number of Spaces — Retail or Service Business. Responsible Department: Planning Division Commentary: This amendment adjusts the parking requirement for retailers of furniture and large appliances. Based on national parking demand studies, furniture stores have a lesser parking demand per square foot than general merchandise stores. The additional parking area can have quite an impact on impervious surface for larger retail buildings. /s/ James D. Ring Department Head Manager's Comments: ) 6w C�l&JGNINw1 ' Associated Information: Budget Approval: Legal Approval: City Manager Finance Director Introduced for Passage X First Reading Page 1 of 1 X Referral to Planning Board Meeting, January 5, 2010 @ 7 p.m. 0%.I8 H�04 Assigned to Councilor - Hawes December 28 , 2009 CITY OF BANGOR Oq4� ED,* (TITLE.) Ordinance, Amending the Land Development Code, Chapter 165: § 165-72 — Required Number of Spaces — Retail or Service Business. Be it ordained by the City of Bangor, as follows: THAT § 165-72 is hereby amended to adjust the required number of parking spaces for retail stores limited to furniture and large appliance sales be amended as follows: 165-72 Required number of spaces: L. Retail or Service business: 1. Retail stores limited to furniture and large appliance sales: One space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area for the first 2.000 square feet and one space for each 600 square feet in excess of 2.000 square feet. 2. All other retail and Service businesses: one space for each 300 square feet gross floor area. STATEMENT OF FACT: Additions are underlined. IN CITY COUNCIL December 28, 2009 First Reading and Referral to Pla ing Board Meeting of 1/5/10 at 7 CITY CLERK IN CITY COUNCIL January 11, 2010 Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 9-0 Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Bronson, Gratwick, Hawes, Nealley, Palmer, Stone Weston & Wheeler Councilors Voting No: None Pa ed Q CITY CLERK # i n -nu ORDINANCE (TITLEJ-Aimi-nding the Land Development Coil,-- CbAprpr -72 - Required lblmmhaT of S — Retail or Service Assigned to Councilor 4.W—XZ MEMORANDUM DATE: January 6, 2010 TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: David G. Gould, Planning Officer SUBJECT: Amending Land Development Code 165-72 Council Ordinance 10-038 Please be advised that the Planning Board at its regularly scheduled meeting on January 5, 2010 held a public hearing on the above Land Development Code Amendment. Planning Officer David Gould explained that the proposed amendment was intended to add a specific parking standard for furniture and large appliance retailers. Historically, the Land Development Code treated all retailers with the same standard of one parking space per 300 square feet of floor area. It was brought to our attention that furniture stores tend to have about half the parking demand as general retail stores. The amendment would add that use to the off-street parking requirements section of the Land Development Code. There were no proponents or opponents from the public in attendance. Planning Board Members had no concerns with the proposed amendment and voted unanimously to recommend the amended parking standard for furniture and large appliance retailers contained in C.O. 10-038.