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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS <br /> ORDINANCE: ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> REFERENCE: ARTICLE 10 OFF-STREET PARKING- AND LOADING <br /> ORIGIN' OF' AMENDMENT: X STAFFX PLANNiNG 80. BOCC <br /> PUBLIC . OTHER <br /> STAFF , PRIORITY' RECOMMENDATION: X HIGH . <br /> COMMENT: To , address a functional gap in the <br /> ordinance. <br /> EXPECTED PUBLiC HEARING DATE: AUGUST 26, 1986 <br /> ********************* <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To provide design standards for <br /> handicapped parking facilities In the <br /> Zoning Ordinance. <br /> - ISSUES/ IMPACTS No requirement exists in the Zoning <br /> Ordinance - for the,.. provision of <br /> handicapped parking facilities. <br /> Currently these facilities are <br /> provided through the attachment of <br /> conditions of approval on <br /> . subdivisions, planned developments <br /> and special, use permits. <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISION(S) : <br /> Section 10.3 b) Each parking space ,shall contain a <br /> minimum area of one hundred eighty . <br /> square feet and have a minimum width <br /> of 9 feet. However, where there are <br /> lots designed to .accomodate more than <br /> ten vehicles, up to twenty-five <br /> percent of the spaces may contain a <br /> minimum area of one hundred twelve <br /> point five square feet and a minimum <br /> width of seven point five feet. The <br /> smaller spaces, if provided, shall be <br /> designated for ,use only by compact cars (Manufactureres' frame classes <br /> ' four through eight.) <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENT(S) : <br /> ADD TO Section 10.3 b) Handicapped parking spaces shall <br /> have a minimum width of 13 feet and <br /> length of 20' feet. <br /> lNEW3, Section. 10.8 Hand I'c,Dpped_&r.Iiagq..F.;s-a r itIea <br />