Attachment 3
CCMC Title 9 and Title 12 REDLINE
The sections or subsections of Title 9 and Title 12 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code identified below shall be amended in the manner shown, with red bold italicized text representing added language, strikethrough text representing removed language and bold italicized text representing language that has been moved within the section. All unmarked text shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect:
9.12.100Access to parking (driveways).
All parking spaces and structures shall be served by a driveway that meets the following standards:
A. Minimum width of driveway: sixteen feet;
B. Maximum width of driveway: 36 feet;
C. Driveways shall be constructed of Portland cement concrete or similar durability material approved by the City Engineer; and
D. Driveways and open parking areas shall not cover more than thirty percent of the required front or street side yard area.
9.14.090 Parking
In addition to all the requirements of Chapter 9.58, the minimum parking shall be as follows:
A. Main dwelling: two car parking spaces within a garage.
B. Location of parking: no vehicles shall be parked in any area except within the garage, improved driveway, or improved accessory parking spaces.
C. Maximum parking spaces: the maximum number of parking spaces per lot shall not exceed four covered spaces (two hundred square feet each) and open parking not greater than one thousand square feet excluding driveways.
Additional covered parking in lieu of said open parking may be permitted by administrative design review provided all other applicable district standards can be met.
D. Vehicles shall not be parked or stored in any front or street side yard area except on driveways or open parking spaces constructed of Portland cement concrete or similar durability material approved by the City Engineer. Driveways and improved parking areas shall not cover more than fifty percent of the required front or street side yard area.
E. Parking lots, in conjunction with commercial uses, are allowed provided that the parking lot:
1. Solely serves an adjacent commercial development that has frontage along Ramon Road;
2. Shares a common property line or alley (not including a public street) with the commercial development;
3. Does not have vehicular access from an adjacent residential street, unless no other suitable options are available as determined by the city planner;
4. Is not located on a lot that fronts on Roundup Road; and
5. Is not used for any type of storage activity, sales or other non-parking use at any time.
F. For parking lots meeting the above criterion, the following development standards shall apply:
1. A solid decorative masonry wall shall be constructed between the parking lot and the adjacent residential properties. The wall shall be a minimum of six feet and a maximum of seven feet in height. Where the wall is adjacent to a residential front yard setback, the wall height shall step down, starting at the setback line to meet the perimeter screen wall height as described below.
2. A solid decorative masonry screen wall shall be constructed between the parking lot and the adjacent residential street(s) that is a minimum of thirty-six inches and a maximum of forty-eight inches in height. A minimum five-foot interior width planter shall be constructed along both sides of the decorative screen wall.
3. A minimum five-foot interior width planter shall be constructed along the perimeter of the lot where the lot is adjacent to residentially zoned properties.
4. All interior planters shall be protected from vehicle overhangs with concrete wheel stops. Exception: Vehicles may have a two-foot overhang into a planter that has a minimum interior dimension of at least seven feet and concrete wheel stops will not be required.
5. Parking lots shall have a minimum of fifty percent shade coverage of the parking area within ten years of construction. Trees should be planted between every three parking spaces. Arbors, courts and similar shade structures may be approved by the city planner instead of the tree requirement, provided that their supporting members are setback at least five feet from the property line that is shared with residentially zoned properties.
6. Parking lots shall maintain security lighting where a minimum of one foot- candle is provided for the interior. Additionally, a maximum of zero foot- candles are permitted at all property lines. Fixtures shall be bollard style or wall mounted and shall not exceed five feet in height.
7. Access to the parking lot shall be either from the adjacent commercial use via a common access easement or dedicated easement (a lot merger may be required) or from an adjacent public street or alley. The access shall be designed to city standards as required by the public works director/city engineer.
9.14.100 Access to parking (driveways)
A. Minimum width of driveway: 16 feet;
B. Maximum width of driveway: 36 feet;
C. Driveways and open parking areas shall be constructed of Portland cement concrete or similar durability material approved by the City Engineer; and
D. Driveways and open parking areas shall not cover more than fifty percent of the required front or street side yard area except where a property fronts onto a major or arterial street classification. For properties fronting onto a major or arterial street classification, up to seventy-five percent coverage may be allowed where the City Engineer determines that a turnaround or circular driveway is required or where on-street parking adjacent to the property is prohibited.
12.12.130 Civil fines
Each separate parking citation or notice of violation, related to charging violations of local or Vehicle Code regulations governing the parking or standing of vehicles, shall be subject to: (a) a fine in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for a first violation; (b) a fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for a second violation of the same offense within a twelve- month period of the date of the first; and (c) a fine in an amount not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars for the third violation of the same offense within a twelve - month period of the date of the first. The fine for a fourth and subsequent violations of the same offense within a twelve -month period of the date of the first offense shall be one thousand dollars.
12.32.080 No-parking areas
The city traffic engineer is authorized to maintain, by appropriate signs, markings or by paint upon the curb surface, certain no-stopping zones, no-parking areas, and restricted- parking areas, as defined and described in this section. No person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing any vehicle in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or other authorized officer or traffic sign or signal:
A. Within any divisional island unless authorized and clearly indicated with appropriate signs or markings;
B. On either side of any street between the projected property lines of any public walk, public steps, street or thoroughfare terminating at such street, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface; C. In any area where the city traffic engineer determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
D. In any area established by resolution of the council as a no-parking area, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface; E. In any area where the parking or stopping of any vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property;
F. On any street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice of such no-parking are erected or placed at least twenty-four hours prior to the effective time of such no-parking; G. At any place within twenty feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the midblock end of a safety zone, when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface;
H. At any place within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection when such place is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;
I. In any area of approach to any traffic signal, left -turn lane, boulevard stop sign or official electric flashing device when such area is determined by the city traffic engineer to be valuable in the interest of promoting traffic safety or convenience, and the area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop;
J. In front of, or within ten (10) feet of, any individual mailbox, community mailbox, cluster of mailboxes, or United States postal receptacle available to the public during the hours of eight a.m. to seven p.m. of that same day (except Sundays and federal holidays). The length of time a vehicle is permitted to stop in front of any individual mailbox, community mailbox, cluster of mailboxes, or United States postal receptacle available to the public shall be limited to the time a person is involv ed in the act of depositing and/or collecting mail in the applicable receptacle.