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Home My WebLink AboutA001 - Council Action Summary from January 19, 2010 meeting T COUNCIL ACTION SUMMARY Meeting Date: 1/19110 Agenda Item #: Comments SUBJECT: Letters from Scott Renaud,FOX Engineering,Dated January 15, 2010 RE: Parking Requirements for Grocery Stores in the HOC Zone ACTION TAKEN: Referred to staff. MOTION BY: Goodman SECOND BY: Davis VOTING AYE: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Orazem, Wacha VOTING NAY: None ABSENT: None B "Dlane�Vboss, City Clerk Copy to: Steve Osguthorpe Zfongineering 1601 Golden Aspen Drive•Suite H affln•Ann 411146922•www en .corn January 15, 2010 0 L lE Honorable Mayor & City Council JAN 15 2010 City of Ames 515 Clark Avenue CITY CLERK Ames, Iowa 50010 CITY OFAMES,IOWA RE: Parking requirements for grocery stores in the HOC zone. Dear Mayor & Council: On behalf of Hy-Vee we are requesting the City Council refer to Staff a request for a text amendment to lower the parking requirements for grocery stores in the HOC zone. Hy-Vee is working on an expansion at the Lincoln Center Mall site (east of the IDOT headquarters) which the current parking requirements will not permit. The current parking requirement for grocery stores is 6.67 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of store. This requirement is excessively high and results in many unused parking spaces at the Lincoln Center location. In order that the site may be fully developed and parking match the needs of the businesses we are asking for a revision of Table 29.406(2) Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements to allow for a more appropriate level of parking. Specifically we would like to allow for increased parking where there is a "Retail and Shopping Center". See the attached table with the recommended changes. In the case of the Lincoln Center Mall there is 187,842 square feet of proposed building space. That would put the Mall in the retail and shopping center category between 100,000 to 199,999 square feet of building space. Striking "exclusive of grocery stores" would allow parking for the grocery store to be dropped from 6.67 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of building space to 4.25 per 1,000. The current parking requirement results in a wasteful excess of parking spaces that are costly to build and maintain for no purpose except to create storm water runoff and store snow. Reduction to an appropriate level of parking adds redevelopment and expansion space to this site (as well as others) and will increase the tax base of the City by infill development (without any City participation and minimal impact on existing infrastructure). The City of Ames, along with significant financial consideration from Hy-Vee, has extended, widened, and signalized Grand Avenue. The City's investment in this street would be more fully leveraged by further redevelopment of the Lincoln Center Mall area. If the IDOT's office was included in the calculation for parking requirements, then the parking could be further reduced to 4.0 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet. The City has recently completed text amendments for grocery stores in the CVCN zone to allow grocery store parking at 3.33 spaces per 1,000 square feet. Changing the table as requested for the HOC zone would not lower the parking requirements to that level. The City's investment in Cy-Ride would also benefit from this change. The proximity of the bus routes to all HOC zones eliminates the need for excessive parking by providing a suitable alternative to get to shopping areas. Hy-Vee is anxious to resolve this issue so that it would allow for their expansion project to proceed immediately in March or April of this year. Thank you for your time and consideration of this request. We look forward to meeting with Staff and Council to discuss this issue. Sincerei �r Scott Renau , P.E. Attachment — Table 29.406(2) Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements Cc: David Bailie, Hy-Vee Jeff Stein, Hy-Vee Scott McMurray, Coppola Steve Schainker, City Manager Jeff Benson, Planner, Planning Department K:\!proj\5000\5147-09a Hyvee Gas Station\Parking Text Amendment jan 15 2010.doc increase of 10% or more in the number of existing parking spaces,such spaces shall be provided on the basis of such enlargement or change. (c) Whenever a building existing prior to the effective date of this Section is enlarged to the extent of 50% or more in the floor area, said building or use shall then and thereafter comply with the parking requirements set forth herein. Table 29.406(2) Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements PRINCIPAL LAND USE ALL ZONES EXCEPT DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN AND CAMPUS CAMPUS TOWN TOWN SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER ZONES ZONES ESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ne and Two-Family and Single 2 spaces/Residential Unit(RU) 1 space/RU amily Attached(including anufactured Homes outside RLP istrict) Apartment Dwellings 1.5 space/RU; for one-bedroom 1 space/RU nits 1 space/bedroom for units of 2 bedrooms or more 1.25 space/bedroom for units of 2 bedrooms or more in University Impacted (O-UIE and OUIW) welling House 1 space per bedroom /A amity Home 2 spaces plus 1 space/2 full time staff members of the largest shift NONE Group Living NONE Nursing and convalescent homes I space/2 beds,plus 1 space/2 staff members of the largest shift College and University housing, 1 space/bed raternities and sororities obile Home and Manufactured 2 spaces/Manufactured/Mobile NONE ome in Manufactured/Mobile Home Space plus 1 space for ome Parks guest parking/4 Manufactured/Mobile Home Spaces Sup#2010-1 Chapter 29,Article 4-8 Rev. 1-1-10 PRINCIPAL LAND USE ALL ZONES EXCEPT DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN AND CAMPUS CAMPUS TOWN TOWN SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER ZONES ZONES hort-Term Lodging Hotel/Motel, including ancillary uses 1 space/guest room;plus 6 1 space/guest room,plus paces/1,000 sf of ballroom, 5 spaces/1,000 sf of meeting,bar and restaurant areas; ballroom, meeting, bar plus I space/2 employees of the and restaurant areas; Boarding houses, rooming houses, largest shift plus I space/2 and lodging houses employees of the largest I space/bed shift 0.5 space/bed FFICE Medical/Dental office 1 space/143 sf where there is no NONE agreement for shared parking; 1 pace/200 sf where there is an agreement for shared parking or or medical facilities that exceed 0,000 sf Other office Ground level: I space/250 sf; NONE other than ground level: I pace/300 sf RADE AND WHOLESALE Retail Sales and Services-General Ground level: 1 space 200 sf; NONE Ltace/250 her than ground level: 1 sf %Vholesale Trade 1 space/500 sf NONE printing, I space/200 sf of retail area;plus NONE 1 space/2 employees on largest shift,plus 1 space/company vehicle Fuel Sale/Convenience Stores I space/200 sf, spaces at fuel NONE pump islands may be counted towards this requirement Retail Sales and Services-General Ground level: 1 space/200 sf; NONE other than ground level: 1 pace/250 sf;and all levels in VCN zone: I space/300 sf �nKt hi kL h CJRetail and Shopping Centers, 4.5 spaces/1,000 sf,except that in NONE --1� -- sand CVCN zone, I space/300 sf4.50 SCChm Offices Uses 50,000 -99,999 s . ft. aces/1 000 sf Sup#2010-1 Chapter 29,Article 4-9 Rec. 1-1-10 PRINCIPAL LAND USE ALL ZONES EXCEPT DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN AND CAMPUS CAMPUS TOWN TOWN SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER ZONES ZONES s�r�kr hI h}, etail and Shopping Centers, 4.25 spaces/1,000 sf,except that NONE KA in CVCN zone, 1 space/300 sf. SeG�to115 ffice Uses, 100,000 - 199,999 sq. t. A/71Q f4v hi p(- hkd ajor retail and Shopping Centers, 4.00 spaces/1,000 sf,except that NONE and in CVCN zone, I space/300 sf 5ech;M Office Uses Grocery Stores 1 space/150 sf,except that in NONE t7jCVCN zone, I space/300 sf. Display store(furniture,appliances, 1 space/500 sf NONE arpets,etc.) financial institution(freestanding or Ground level: 1 space/250 sf; NONE s ground level service area) other than ground level: I pace/300 sf Entertainment and Recreation Trade 14 spaces/1,000 sf NONE Sit-Down Restaurant 9 spaces/1,000 sf NONE Fast food restaurant 12 spaces/1,000 sf in dining or NONE waiting area,or 1 space/2 employees if no seating ecreation facility,health club 5 spaces/1,000 sf NONE nclosed tennis,handball, 4 spaces/court plus 1 space/200 sf NONE racquetball or squash courts for rest of building Bowling Alley 5 spaces/lane. Bar,restaurant and NONE ther uses shall provide parking according to the requirement for that use NSTITUTIONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS USES Auditoriums,theaters, stadiums and Greater of I space/5 seats or 10 Greater of 1 space/4 arenas paces/1,000 sf,with a minimum seats or 10 spaces/1,000 f 20 spaces sf,with a minimum of 2 paces Places of Worship When seating is provided in main NONE auditorium: I space/4 seats, exclusive of Sunday School and other special areas. When seating 's not provided in main auditorium: 1 space/60 sf of aQLLh_t.p area Sup#2010-1 Chapter 29,Article 4-10 Rev. 1-1-10 PRINCIPAL LAND USE ALL ZONES EXCEPT DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN AND CAMPUS CAMPUS TOWN TOWN SERVICE CENTER SERVICE CENTER ZONES ZONES rivate clubs, fraternal organizations, 1 space/200 sf NONE ibraries,museums and community uildings uneral Home/Mortuary 1 space/50 sf in slumber rooms, NONE parlors and funeral service rooms Vehicle Service Facilities NONE Fuel Sales Only 3 spaces plus I/employee Service/Repair Facilities 3 spaces plus 2 spaces/service bay Car Wash 2 spaces plus 5 stacking NONE paces/washing bay Motor vehicle sales and service 2 spaces plus 1 space/500 sf over NONE 1,000 sf in the showroom,plus 2 paces/service bay Heliport or helicopter landing area Greater of I space/employee or 2 NONE paces/1,000 sf of patron area,but of less than 10 spaces Hospital/medical center 1 space/2 beds plus 1 space/2 staff NONE embers of the largest shift Schools primarily serving children Greater of 2 spaces/classroom or 1 NONE younger than age 16 pace/4 seats in auditorium High schools and universities Greater of 1 space/2 students;or 4 spaces/classroom 10 spaces/classroom; or 1 space/4 eats in auditorium Sports Practice Facility 2 spaces/1,000 sq ft of gross floor 2 spaces/1,000 sq ft of area gross floor area NDUSTRIAL ndustrial Service,Manufacturing 1 space/500 sf plus NONE nd Production,Resource Production I/space/company vehicle nd Extraction Warehouse One(1)parking space per 5,000 NONE q.ft. IXED-USE DEVELOPMENTMixed-use development parking NONE hall be determined as the sum of Larking requirements of the individual use components (Ord. No. 3587, 9-12-00, Ord.No. 3643, 1-8-02, Ord. No. 3666, 6-11-02, Ord. No. 3720, 7-22-03, Ord. No. 3739, 10-14-03; Ord. No. 3866, 12-20-05; Ord. No. 3872, 03-07-06; Ord. No. 3967, 9-9-08; Ord. No. 3993.06-16-09) 3) Computation of Parking Spaces. For purposes of computing the minimum required parking spaces pursuant to Section 29.406(2),the following rules apply: Sup #2010-1 Chapter 29,Article 4-11 Rev. 1-1-10 Caring people 515 Clark Avenue,P. 0.Box 811 Quadry programs Ames,IA 50010 Ezcepfional Service Phone: 515-239-5105 Fax: 515-239-5142 January 21, 2010 FOX Engineering 1601 Golden Aspen Drive, Suite 102 Ames, Iowa 50010 Attention Scott Renaud, P.E. Dear Mr. Renaud: At its meeting of January 19, 2010, the Ames City Council referred to staff your letter dated January 15, 2010, regarding parking requirements for grocery stores in the Highway-Oriented Commercial Zoning District. Your letter has subsequently been forwarded to Steve Osguthorpe, Director of Planning & Housing. If this item is scheduled on an upcoming City Council Agenda, you will be notified. In the interim, if you have questions,please contact Mr. Osguthorpe at 239-5400. Sincerely, Diane Voss City Clerk /dry Copy to: Steve Osguthorpe