HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 98-O1 ORDINANCE NO. 98-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA AMENDING TITLE 88 ENTITLED ZONING ARTICLE
VI "SPECIAL USE STANDARDS" ADDING DIVISION 5
PERTAINING TO "FUNERAL MERCHANDISE" AND
AMENDING THE TEXT OF TITLE 88 APPENDIX A
"REGULATION OF USES BY ZONING DISTRICTS" BY
ADDING "FUNERAL MERCHANDISE" PERMITTED IN THE
"M-1" AND "M-2" ZONES WITH A "CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Title 88 entitled Zoning Article VI"Special Use Standards"is hereby amended
by adding Division 5 "Funeral Merchandise"to read as follows:
"SECTION 88-1475.1 Conditional Use Permit Required.
Conditional Use Permit,obtained pursuant to the provisions of Article III,Division 7 of this
Title, shall be required for any business which sells funeral merchandise at a retail or
wholesale level.For purposes of this Section funeral merchandise shall include all retail and
wholesale sales of caskets, cremation urns,headstones, grave markers, and burial vaults.
(a) In approving an application for a Conditional Use Permit to establish a use
selling funeral merchandise,the Planning Commission may impose conditions
on the use to ensure that the use operates in a manner that provides adequate
protection of the general health, safety, and community welfare.
(b) In determining whether to approve a Conditional Use Application for funeral
merchandise sales and the conditions to impose on such use,the Commission
shall consider the nature and use of real property within 500 feet of the use,
and in particular, the location of similar nearby uses and the location and
potential impact on residences,parks,schools,churches,and other businesses
and properties which may be adversely effected by the use.
(c) The public display of funeral merchandise which is visible from outside the
building shall be prohibited.
(d) In the absence of state standards for consumer protection, the Planning
Commission may impose any additional conditions deemed necessary to
protect the public from fraud or misrepresentation including the requirement
that preneed sales funds be placed in a trust account,or that some other form
of financial assurance to the consumer be provided ."
SECTION 2. The text of Title 88 entitled Appendix A "Regulation of Uses By Zoning
Districts" is hereby amended to add"Funeral Merchandise"permitted in the"M-1" (Light
Manufacturing Zone) and"M-2" (Heavy Industrial Zone)with a"Conditional Use Permit"
and"Prohibited" in all other zones, as depicted in"Exhibit A" attached hereto.
SECTION 3. If any provision or clause of this ordinance is held invalid,such invalidity shall
not affect other provisions of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application,and to this end,the provisions of the Ordinance are declared to be
severable.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this 2"d day of February, 1998.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY/CLERK V
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF AZUSA )
I ADOLPH A. SOLIS, City clerk of the City of Azusa do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 98-01, was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 20`h day of January, 1998. That thereafter, said Ordinance was
duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 211d day of February, 1998,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE,
MADRID
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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CIT i CLERK
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APPENDIX A
REGULATION OF USES BY ZONING DISTRICTS
(continued)
LAND USE R-A R1-H R1 R2 R3 PRD C-1 C-2 C-3 CBD PID M-1 M-2 W CF
Florist Shop X X X X X X P P P P X P P X X
Food Processing X X X X X X X X X X X C C X X
Freight Terminals X X X X X X X X X X X X P X X
Funeral Merchandise X X X X X X X X X X X C C X X
Furniture Sales and/or Rental X X X X X X X P P P X P P X X
Furniture Transfer and Storage X X X X X X X X X X P P P X X
Game Courts(Badminton/Tennis/ A A A A A A C X C X X P P X C
Racquetball/Other)
Garden Equipment and Supply-Sales.and X X X X X X C P P P X P P X X
Service _
Gas Distribution,Meter,and Control Station X X X X X X X X X X C C C X C
Gift Shop X X X X X X P P P P X P P X A
Glass Studio(Stained and others) X _ X X X X X X X P P X P P X X
Golf Course and Clubhouse(Private) C X X X X X X X X X X X X X C
Golf Driving Range(not part of a course) X X HC X X X X X X X X C C C C
Government Offices X X X X X X P P P P P P P X P
Grocery Store,Retail X X X X X X P P P P X P P X _ X
Key: C = Use requires Conditional Use Permit. A = Use permitted as accessory use only.
P = Use permitted by right. C* = Use requires Conditional Use Permit,and special T = Use permitted as temporary use only.
P* = Use permitted by right,but special use use conditions and development standards apply. X = Use Is prohibited.
conditions and/or development standards
apply. 0 .1City of Azusa
AZoning Ordinance A-9 X k,1 I* December 1996