16-16 Amend 1143.05 Schedule of Uses & Space Requirements

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Placed on first reading and referred to Planning Commission 2/1/2016; second reading 2/16/2016. Please substitute for the original. ORDINANCE NO. 16 -16 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, to amend Section 1143.05, Schedule of Uses and Space Requirements, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, revisions were made to the Zoning Code in 2015 in order to update the parking provisions; and WHEREAS, an important provision which prohibits front yard parking in most residential districts was inadvertently deleted from the code; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits municipalities to exercise all powers of local self - government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such as local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that relevant provisions of the parking schedule were inadvertently omitted with a previous code update; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Chapter 1143.05, Schedule of Uses and Space Requirements, of the Zoning Code within the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 1143.05 SCHEDULE OF USES AND SPACE REQUIREMENTS. The required number of off - street parking spaces for a use category described in Section 1143.04 shall be as set forth in Schedule 1143.05 following this Chapter. Parking in accordance with the schedule is required. The Director is hereby authorized to determine the required off - street parking requirements for uses not specifically listed in this Ordinance, based on the most similar use(s) that are listed. Such determination by the Director shall be in writing and shall be appealable to Planning Commission, per Section 1173.03.