Ord 2016 - Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the Town Code to delete obsolete references to compact spaces, to modify provision relating to parking dimensions, to add a prohibition of assigned prking spaces and to permit ground floor office uses on Los GatORDINANCE 2016
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN CODE
TO DELETE OBSOLETE REFERENCES TO COMPACT SPACES, TO MODIFY
PROVISION RELATING TO PARKING DIMENSIONS, TO ADD A PROHIBITION OF
ASSIGNED - PARKING SPACES AND TO PERMIT GROUND FLOOR OFFICE USES ON
LOS GATOS - SARATOGA ROAD WHERE THEY ARE PRESENTLY NOT ALLOWED
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Town Code Section 29.10.145(i) is added to read as follows:
(i) Prohibition of assigned parking spaces. No private parking lots shall have parking
spaces assigned to a specific business unless there is excess parking available for the site. The
number of spaces assigned to a business shall be limited to the number of excess parking spaces
available over the number required by Town Code.
SECTION II
Town Code Section 29.10.155(m) is amended to read as follows:
(m) Standards for disabled accessibility. Parking lot improvements shall be rendered
disabled - accessible. Each application for a permit for parking lot improvements shall be reviewed
and determined in accordance with the requirements for disabled - accessibility as set forth in title
24 of the California Administrative Code. The Development Review Committee may approve a
permit for parking lot improvements which reduces the number of parking spaces required
pursuant to section 29.10.150. This approval must be based upon a finding that public necessity
for disabled - accessible parking spaces outweighs the need for the number of parking spaces
required by section 29.10.150.
SECTION III
Town Code Section 29.10.155(d)(5) is amended to read as follows:
(5) Aisle widths and stall sizes are described in the following table:
Angle of stall (Degrees)
Depth of stall, perpendicular
to aisle ( Feet)
Minimum width of one -way
aisles (Feet)
Parallel Parking
8.5
12.0
30
16.4
12.0
45
18.7
13.0
60
19.8
15.0
90
18.0
25.0
SECTION IV
Town Code Section 29.60.320 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 29.60.320. Permitted uses.
(a) Activities permitted in the C -2 or Central District Commercial Zone are those
involving the conduct of commerce and general business and the sale of
commodities necessary for the needs of residents and visitors of the Town, such
as:
(1) Retailing.
(2) Personal service businesses.
(3) Service businesses necessary for the conduct of households or businesses.
(4) Office activities subject to subsection (c) below.
(5) Limited manufacturing activities when a majority of sales are made, on
site, to the ultimate consumer.
(6) Wholesaling without warehousing on the premises.
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(7) Single - family and two - family uses, in conjunction with the other uses
permitted in this Section.
(b) Example of proper C -2 activities are apparel stores, launderettes or dry
cleaning agencies, travel agencies, antique stores, telephone answering services,
artist studios, sales offices for merchandise stored elsewhere, craft studios, auto
parts sales, and paint shops. Examples of activities which are not proper in the C-
2 zone are vehicle sales or service, manufacturing, warehousing, laundry or dry -
cleaning plants.
(c) Office activities in the C -2 zone are subject to the following:
(1) Office activities shall not be located on the ground floor along any street,
alleyway, or public parking lot except:
a. Lyndon Avenue;
b. Pageant Way;
C. Properties abutting Wood Road;
d. The west side of Victory Lane;
e. The south side of Los Gatos - Saratoga Road excluding:
i. That portion of the property located at the southwest corner of Los
Gatos - Saratoga Road and Santa Cruz Avenue described more
precisely as located between a straight line extended northerly along
the west side right -of -way line of Santa Cruz Avenue and 140 feet
west of that extended line.
ii. The south side of Los Gatos - Saratoga Road between Santa Cruz
Avenue and University Avenue;
and
f. The east side of South Santa Cruz Avenue directly across the street from
Wood Road.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(1), office activities on ground floors
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described below shall be considered conforming and shall be allowed to continue
so long as the office use is not discontinued for one hundred and eighty consecutive
days. If the office use is discontinued for such a period, then the office use shall
not be resumed, and token use shall not toll or interrupt a period of discontinuance.
a. Office activities existing on June 17, 1991; or
b. Office activities in a building under construction on July 16, 1990, if the
applicable Architecture and Site Approval specifically stated that the
building was approved for office activities.
SECTION V
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos on May 6, 1996, and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town of Los
Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on May 20, 1996. This
ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Joanne Benjamin, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck,
Mayor Randy Attaway
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Patrick O'Laughlin
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
MAYOR O HE TOWN O LOS GATOS
LOS GAT S, CALIFORN
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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