ORDINANCE NO. 1300
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
AMENDING TABLES 17.56.060(B) AND 17.56.060(C) IN SECTION
17.56.060 AND TABLE 17.57.020(B) IN SECTION 17.57.020 OF THE
VERNON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING STANDARDS AND
REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMOBILE PARKING AND TRUCK LOADING
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. The City of Vernon (City) is a municipal corporation and a chartered city of the State of California organized and existing under its charter and the Constitution of the State of California.
B. Vernon Municipal Code Title 17 – Zoning (Zoning Code), establishes zoning regulations and provisions in the City and designates, regulates, and restricts various matters of zoning and land use.
C. The City Council desires to amend the Vernon Municipal Code regarding standards and requirements for automobile parking and truck loading for data centers.
D. This ordinance was assessed in accordance with the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the environmental regulations of the City. The City Council hereby finds that the proposed action is exempt from CEQA review because it is general policy and procedure-making activity that is unrelated to any specific project, which must undergo separate CEQA review, and that will not result in direct physical changes or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore does not constitute a “project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Vernon finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct and are a substantial part of this ordinance.
SECTION 3. Table 17.56.060(B) in Section 17.56.060 of the Vernon Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Table 17.56.060(B)
Minimum Number of Required Automobile Parking Spaces1
Use Type Required Spaces
Industrial Use, Industrial Gas
Manufacturing, and
Recycling Facility (including
1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area.
For new building construction, 6% of required parking
spaces, rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall
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Table 17.56.060(B)
Minimum Number of Required Automobile Parking Spaces1
Use Type Required Spaces
floor area used for ancillary
uses)
be equipped with a Level 2 or higher electric vehicle
(EV) charger.
Commercial Uses 1 space per 250 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Incidental Uses 1 space per 250 sq. ft. of floor area of incidental use.
For new building construction, 6% of required parking
spaces, rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall
be equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Data Centers 1 space per 7,500 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Emergency Shelter 1 space for each 5 beds plus 2 additional spaces. For new building construction, 6% of required parking
spaces, rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall
be equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Health Clubs (gyms) 1 space per 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Religious Uses 1 space for each 3 fixed seats, or where no fixed seats are provided, 1 space for every 35 gross sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of
required parking spaces, rounded up to the nearest
whole number, shall be equipped with a Level 2 or
higher EV charger.
Residential Uses Parking determined pursuant to Development Agreement, but no less than 1 space for each unit. For
new building construction, 6% of required parking
spaces, rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall
be equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Restaurant (take out) 8 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
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Table 17.56.060(B)
Minimum Number of Required Automobile Parking Spaces1
Use Type Required Spaces
Restaurant (sit down) 1 space per 100 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Retail (less than 25,000 sq.
ft.) and Multiple Tenant Retail
1 space per 250 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new
building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Retail (25,000 sq. ft. or
greater) - Single Tenant Only
1 space per 250 sq. ft. for the first 25,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area and then 1 space per each additional 500 sq. ft. of gross floor area For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces, rounded up to the nearest
whole number, shall be equipped with a Level 2 or
higher EV charger.
Studios (dance, etc.) 1 space per 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Trade Schools 1 space per 50 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Truck Terminals and Freight
Terminals
Parking shall be provided as determined by a parking
study prepared for the specific use. For new building
construction, 6% of required parking spaces, rounded
up to the nearest whole number, shall be equipped with
a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Warehouse Use, General 1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area. For new building construction, 6% of required parking spaces,
rounded up to the nearest whole number, shall be
equipped with a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
Warehouse Use, Cold
Storage
1 space per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area for the first 50,000 sq. ft., and 1 space per 5,000 sq. ft. of gross
floor area above 50,000 sq. ft. For new building
construction, 6% of required parking spaces, rounded
up to the nearest whole number, shall be equipped with
a Level 2 or higher EV charger.
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SECTION 4. Table 17.56.060(C) in Section 17.56.060 of the Vernon Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Table 17.56.060(C)
Minimum Required Truck Loading Spaces
Use Type Required Spaces
Industrial Use, Warehouse Use, Industrial Gas
Manufacturing (including floor area used for
ancillary and incidental uses)
1 space per 10,000 sq. ft. of gross
floor area
Cold Storage Warehouses 1 space per 7,500 sq. ft. of gross floor area
Data Centers 1 space per data center
Commercial Use and Retail Use Loading shall be provided as determined by a parking study
prepared for the specific use
SECTION 5. Table 17.57.020(B) in Section 17.57.020 of the Vernon Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Table 17.57.020(B)
Spaces Required for Retail, Industrial, and Institutional Uses Land Use Spaces Required
Primarily Retail Uses
Goods Sales 1.7 / KSF
Production Retail 0.7 / KSF
Restaurant 5.0 / KSF
Market 1.9 / KSF
Art Galleries 0.7 / KSF
Nightlife 5.0 / KSF
Personal Services 3.0 / KSF
Big Box Retail Parking study required
Drive-Through Retail Requirement of underlying use
Adult or Sexually Oriented Businesses 5.0 / KSF
Primarily Production / Industrial Uses
Artisan Industrial 0.7 / KSF
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Table 17.57.020(B)
Spaces Required for Retail, Industrial, and Institutional Uses Land Use Spaces Required
Light Industrial 0.6 / KSF
Data Centers 1.0/7.5 KSF
Primarily Civic / Institutional Uses
Community Facilities 1.0 / KSF
Trade School 0.3 per anticipated student
Religious Use 0.2 per seat or 5.0 / KSF, whichever is less SECTION 6. Any provision of the Vernon Municipal Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, is repealed or modified to that extent necessary to affect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 7. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, of this ordinance is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof, be declared invalid or unconstitutional. To this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 8. The Deputy City Clerk shall certify the adoption and publish this ordinance as required by law.
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SECTION 9. This ordinance shall become effective after the thirtieth day following its adoption.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED _________________, 2024.
CRYSTAL LARIOS, Mayor
ATTEST:
Yonnie Parker, Deputy City Clerk
(seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA, City Attorney