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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2321 • New ORDINANCE NO. 2321 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTION 19. 48 . 060 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Azusa does hereby find, determine and declare that: A. The change and amendment to the zoning ordinance set forth below was duly initiated, and notice of public hearings thereon were duly given and published in accordance with applicable law. B. Public hearings thereon were duly held by the Planning Commission of the City of Azusa on June 18, 1986, and by the City Council of the City of Azusa on July 21, 1986. C. On June 18, 1986, the Planning Commission of the City of Azusa by Resolution No. 2332 recommended to the City Council that the pro- posed amendment to the Azusa Municipal Code Zoning Title 19 be adopted. D. The City Council has considered all of the information presented to it at the public hearing held on July 21, 1986, and finds, determines and declares that the public neces- sity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practice require that the zone text amendment set forth in this ordinance be adopted. E. The City Council further finds, determines and declares that the zone text amendment is consistent with the General Plan of the City of Azusa and all the elements thereof. F. In taking this action the City Council considered the effects of the decision on the housing needs of the region in which the City is located and balanced those needs against the public service needs of the City residents and available fiscal and environmental resources . SECTION 2. Section 19. 40. 060 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "19. 48 . 060 LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. Landscaping of open parking areas in commercial and industrial zoned properties shall be pro- vided in all parking areas having 15 or more parking spaces as follows: (1) An amount equal to not less than two percent of the gross parking area, which for the purposes of calculation shall include all that area improved and used for the parking of vehicles, as well as aisles, shall be landscaped and maintained as interior landscaping. (2) A three (3) ft. wide planting shall be required along the perimeter of the parking area, except where the parking area abuts the entrances of the buildings on the subject property. Said land- scaping shall not be considered as part of any required interior landscaping. (3) This section shall apply only to parking areas open, developed, altered or enlarged after July 3, 1967. " SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify the passage of this ordinance and shall cause it to be published in the manner required by law. PASSED AND APPROVED this 18th day of August 1986. 4644eYOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF AZUSA I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2321 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 4th day of August , 1986. That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 18th day of August , 1986, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: AVILA, COOK, CRUZ, LATTA, MOSES NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ' / / J' CITY CLE * -2-