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ORDINANCE NO. 2289
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
OR OPEN PARKING AREAS IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
ZONED PROPERTIES (CODE AMENDMENT NO. 150)
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 the 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
September 4, 1985, and by the City Council of the
City of Azusa on October 21, 1985;
C. On September 4, 1985, the Planning Commission
of the City of Azusa by Resolution No. 2214
recommended to the City Council that the proposed
amendment to the Zoning Code be adopted;
D. The City Council has considered all of the
information presented to it at the public hearing
held on October 21, 1985, and determines that the
public necessity, convenience, general welfare and
good zoning practice require the following
amendment to the Zoning Code be made;
E. The City Council further finds that the six-
month amortization period being adopted for
compliance with the landscaping requirements for
open parking and commercial and industrial zones is
eminently fair and reasonable given the minimal
work required by the owners of commercial and
industrial properties subject to the ordinance and
the fact that such work can be completed without
undue difficulty within said six-month period.
F. The proposed amendment to the Zoning Code
adopted by this ordinance is consistent with the
City' s General Plan and the various elements
thereof.
SECTION 2. Section 19.48. 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 provided in all parking
areas having fifteen or more parking spaces, as
follows:
" (1) An amount equal to not less
than two percent of the gross
parking area, which for the purpose
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) Planting along the perimeter
of parking area, whether for
required screening or general
beautification, shall not be
considered as part of the two
percent interior landscaping. Also,
where a parking area abuts the
buildings on the subject property,
the border plantings adjacent to
those buildings shall not be
considered as part of the interior
landscaping.
" ( 3) Notwithstanding the provisions
set forth in Section 19. 40 . 050 , all
parking areas shall be brought into
conformance with the requirements of
this section by July 1, 1986. "
SECTION 3 . The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published in the manner required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 18th day of November .
1985 .
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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. 2289
was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 4th day
of November . 1985. That thereafter, said Ordinance was
duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 18th day of November . 1985, by the
following vote, to wit :
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: CRUZ , COOK, CAMARENA, LATTA, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ADOL''�/' OLIS, C T CLERK