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Ordinance 2953CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 2953 New Series AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 30-9A.8 (OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING SPACE) OF THE C-C COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONE OF CHAPTER XXX (DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS), TO ADD A PROCESS FOR PARKING EXCEPTIONS WHEREAS , the proposed Zoning Text Amendment implements one of the General Themes of the General Plan by de-emphasizing the automobile; and WHEREAS, the proposed Zoning Text Amendment wil have a positive effect on . the general. welfare of the community as it wil assist in the implementation of the Downtown Vision Plan , the Webster Street Specific Plan and the Retail Strategy Report; and WHEREAS , the project is equitable because it will apply to the entire C (Community Commercial) Zoning District , which encompasses both core commercial areas along Park and Webster Streets. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that: Section The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Subsection 30-9A.g.8. Off-Street Parking And Loading Space of the C-C Community Commercial Zone as follows: 30-9A.g.8 Off-Street Parking And Loading Space: As regulated by Section 30-7 unless a parking exception is granted. (a) A parking exception may be approved for new construction or existing buildings converted to new uses reducing the number of parking spaces to less than the number specified in the parking schedule in Section 30-6 provided the following findings are made by the Planning Board: (i) The parking demand will be less than the requirements Section 30-6, and (ii) The probable long-term occupancy of the building or structure based on its design , will not generate additional parking demand. (b) A parking exception granted by the Planning Board shall be limited to the specific structure and use. Any future alterations to the building or ohanges in the use shall require a new parking exception or shall be required to meet the parking supply requirements of the parking schedule in Section 30- Section.Severabiliy Clause. It is the declared intent of the City Council. of Alameda that .if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase , or provision of this ordinance is held . invalid or. unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionaliy shall. not be so construed as to render invalid or unconstitutional the remaining provisions of this ordinance. Section 3.This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the dat . 81 passage. .tJ LaraWeisiger , City Clerk City of Alameda Attest: ****** , the undersigned , hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance. was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the day of October, 2006 by the following vote to wit: AYES:Councilmembers , Daysog, deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese , and Mayor Johnson - 5. NOES:None. ABSENT:None. ABSTENTIONS:None. IN WITNESS , WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the offcial seal of said City this 4 day of October , 2006. Lara Weisiger, City Clerk City of Alameda