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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1021 ORDINANCE NO. 1021 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTIONS 9206 AND 9207 OF, AND ADDING SECTIONS 9220 TO 9220.80 TO, THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE PLANNED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE. The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. The following definition is added to Section 9206 of the Azusa Municipal Code, between the definition of "Street Line" and the definition of "Street, Side" : "Street, Perimeter : Any street that separates two different zoning designations, uses or areas . " SECTION 2. Section 9207 of the Azusa Municipal Code is amended by adding the following at the end thereof : "Planned Industrial Development ' . SECTION 3. Sections 9220 to 9220.80 are added to said code to read: "9220. Planned Industrial Development Zone. Purpose : The purpose of the Planned Industrial Development Zone is to provide for the orderly development of industrial areas that will preserve competitive industrial growth for the community's economic health while assuring adequate levels of light, air, noise, and density development control to maintain and enhance the appearance and aesthetic values of the community. It is intended to provide for an industrial development that will be compatible with all surrounding uses, regardless of what those uses may be . 9220.10 Uses Permitted Any of the following uses, not objectionable due to emissions of smoke, odors, fumes, dust, noise, vibrations, refuse material, water carried wastes, or other noxious materials, or otherwise prohibited in this Chapter shall be permitted. As used in this Section not objection- able means that all maximum standards set forth in the Chapter are not exceeded at the property line or at any external boundary of the Planned Industrial Development Zone . All developments permitted herein are subject to both pre- liminary review and Precise Plan review by the Planning Commission. a . Scientific research, experimentation and development of materials, methods or products. b . Storage, industrial or manufacturing operations compatible with uses expressly authorized in this section, and approved by the Planning Commission. c . Retail offices and retail sales rooms, but only when proven to be an incidental use for the sale of a product manufactured or assembled on the premises . d. Wholesale offices and wholesale sales rooms . -1- e . Professional offices. f . Services provided for the convenience of the persons employed in the area including, but not limited to, the following: 1 . Catering establishments 2. Emergency hospitals 3. Delicatessens 4. Restaurants or cafes g. Employee recreation area. h. One dwelling unit maintained for a caretaker or superintendent and his family employed on the premises of an industrial concern. i . Parking lot for automobiles . 9220.20 Uses Prohibited The following uses are prohibited without exception: a . All residential uses, except for caretaker ' s or superintendent 's dwelling unit. b. The keeping of animals and poultry, except sentry dogs . c . Churches d. Schools, except trade or technical. e . All uses prohibited in any M-1 or M-2 zones. f. Rest homes, homes for the aged, or convalescent hospitals . g. Retail-commercial uses, except as provided for in Section 9220.10. h. Uses considered unsafe or dangerous, such as explosion or radiation hazard. 9220.30 Performance Standards a . Smoke or other Particulate Matter : Any existing or proposed use producing smoke or other particulate matter shall not discharge such contaminants into the atmosphere, from any single source of emission whatsoever, for any period or periods aggregating more than three (3) minutes in any one (1) hour, where any such contaminant is : 1. As dark or darker in shade than the density reading designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, or -2- 2. Of such opacity as to obscure an observer' s view to a degree equal to or greater than smoke described as the equivalent of the density reading designated as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart as published by the U.S . Bureau of Mines . b . Dust, Dirt, Ash, Charred Paper, Soot, Grime, Carbon, etc . : Any existing or proposed use producing dust, dirt, ash, charred paper, soot, grime, carbon or other noxious material which can or may cause damage to the health of any individual, animal or vegetation, damage to property or the physical soiling or discoloring of the surfaces of any structure or materials located outside the property lines of the parcel of land from which such emission emanates, shall have the source of the contaminant muffled or controlled in a manner that will prevent the issuance, continuance or recurrence of any emission that is, or may be, detectable beyond the property line of the premises . c . Non-Contaminated Emissions : Any existing or proposed use shall have all intakes and exhausts on all air-handling equipment designed, installed and operated in such a manner so as to prevent any per- ceptible acceleration of air movement across property lines . Cooling towers and condensers shall be designed, installed and operated in a manner which will prevent water spray from being carried across property lines . d . Vibration: Vibration in the form of earth-borne oscillations shall not cause displacement at any lot line exceeding the limits stated in the Table below . These limits shall not apply to operations Involved in the construction or demolition of structures . Maximum Displacement at any lot line (in inches ) Frequency Steady state Impact (cycles per second) Vibration* Vibration** 10 and below .0008 .0016 10 - 20 .0005 .0010 20 - 30 .0003 .0006 30 - 40 .0002 .0004 40 - 50 .0001 .0002 50 - 60 .0001 .0002 60 and over .0001 .0002 *Continuous vibration - discrete pulses occurring at more than 30 per minute shall be considered steady-state vibration. **Discrete pulses occurring at or less than 30 per minute . e . Odor : The emission of odors in such quantity as to be offensive, at any point along or beyond the property line of the source, shall not be permitted. In determining such quantities of offensive odors, Table III, "Odor Thresholds", in Chapter 5 of the "Air Pollution Abatement Manual" , copyrighted in 1951 by the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc . , Washington, D.C . , shall be used as a guide . Any process which may involve the creation or emission of any odor shall be provided with a secondary safeguard system that will control the odor, should the primary safeguard system fail. -3- f . Heat, Light and Glare : No direct or sky-reflected glare, whether from floodlights or from high temperature processes such as combustion, welding or otherwise, shall be discernible at any point along or outside the external property lines of the Planned Industrial Development Zone . g. Radioactivity and Electrical Disturbance : No activities shall be permitted which utilize fissionable or radioactive materials if their use results, at any time, in the release or emission of any fissionable or radio- active material into the atmosphere, the ground, or sewage systems, and no activities shall be permitted which emit electrical disturbances affecting the operation of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance. h. Fire and Explosion Hazard : All activities involving, and all storage of, flammable or explosive materials shall be provided with adequate safety devices against the hazard of fire and explosion, and adequate fire-fighting and fire suppression equipment and devices, which meet the City of Azusa Fire Safety standards . i . Sewage and Industrial Waste : All sewage and industrial waste systems shall comply with all requirements of the Los Angeles County Sanitation District and the City Engineer . All industrial wastes not approved for deposit in sewer lines shall be disposed of in a manner approved by the City Engineer. j . Noise : Noise radiated in each Standard Octave Band (Table 1) and/or at the Preferred Frequencies (Table II) by any use or facility (other than transportation facilities or temporary construction work) shall not exceed the values given in Table I and/or Table II, after applying the correction shown in Table III, when measured, (1) along any point on the property line of the property on which the use is located or (2) at any point along a line located 100 feet from the outer perimeter of the structure radiating said noise, whichever is applicable. Use of either Table I or Table II shall be at the discretion of the Planning Department, depending on availability of methods and equipment, but with either method, the sound pressure level shall be measured with a sound level meter and associated octave band analyzer, conforming to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association. -4- TABLE I (Octave Band Frequency Standard Method) Frequency Band in: Sound Pressure Level in Decibels Cycles per second Re : 0.0002 dyne/cm2 7 :00 p.m to 7:00 a .m. to 7:00 a .m. 7 :00 p.m. 20 - 75 69 74 75 - 150 54 59 150 - 300 47 52 300 - 600 41 46 600 - 1200 37 42 1200 - 2400 34 39 2400 - 4800 31 34 4800 - 10,000 28 32 10,000 - 15,000 28 32 TABLE II (Preferred Frequency Standard Method) Frequency in Sound Pressure Level in Decibels Cycles per second Re : 0.0002 dyne/cm2 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 a .m. 7:00 p.m. 31.5 75 79 63 65 70 125 52 57 250 46 51 500 40 45 1000 36 41 2000 33 37 4000 3o 34 8000 27 32 TABLE III Type of Operation or Correction in Decibels Characteristic of Noise Noise of Impulsive Character - (hammering, etc . ) Noise of Periodic Character - 5 (hum, screech, etc. ) 9220.40 Development Standards a . Building Height : Building height shall be as approved by the Planning commission after preliminary review of the proposed development. b . Minimum Area Requirements : Minimum area shall be five (5) acres, including adjacent half-streets . If split into lots, each lot shall have a minimum area of 30,000 square feet, shall have a minimum width of 100 feet, and shall front on a dedicated public street. -5- Each lot shall contain the necessary parking for any development on that lot or shall be within 400 feet of a central or common parking lot or structure . c . Lot Coverage : Lot coverage shall be as approved by the Planning Commission after preliminary review of the proposed development. A minimum of 25% of lot area shall be landscaped and maintained as landscaped area . The landscaped area may include any setback area, if not used for parking. A landscape plan and planting list, of any landscaped area adjacent to perimeter streets, shall be submitted to the Planning Director and Director of Parks for review and approval, prior to planting. d. Setbacks : Front : Setbacks along perimeter streets, major or secondary highways shall be a minimum of 50 feet from the property line . A minimum of 20 feet closest to the street must be landscaped, while the rear 30 feet may be utilized for customer or employee parking. If so utilized for parking, a minimum 3 foot wide planter shall be provided across the front of the building, except for entrances . If the rear 30 feet is developed for parking and across the street from a residential zone, a 36" high decorative masonry wall must be provided between the parking and landscaped area . If the rear 30 feet is not utilized for parking it must be landscaped. If a security fence is desired it must be of an open type (maximum 6 feet high) and not encroach within the minimum 30 foot landscaped area . No part of the front setback or parking area shall be used for the loading or unloading of trucks. Side : Setbacks along the side of perimeter streets, 75-15r or secondary highways shall be the same as the front . Setbacks along adjacent non-industrial zoned property shall be a minimum of 75 feet and shall have a minimum 6 foot high decorative masonry wall along the property line, except that within the required front landscaped areas, maximum height shall be 36" . Minimum 3 foot wide planter shall be provided on the Planned Industrial Development side of all such walls. No setback is required along adjacent industrial zoned property. Rear : Setbacks along the rear of adjacent non-industrial zoned property shall be the same as for the side. 9220.50 Parking Parking, including improvements and landscaping, shall comply with Section 9230.50 of the Azusa Municipal Code. All landscaping required under this section shall be in addition to that required in Section 9220.40. -6- 9220.60 Loading Space Loading space shall be provided on each individual parcel, as required in Section 9230.60 of the Azusa Municipal Code . Loading spaces shall not be permitted along any required perimeter setbacks . Any loading area visible along the perimeter of a Planned Industrial Development Zone, even though not along the perimeter setback, shall be adequately screened from public view. Any area where railroad cars are loaded or unloaded shall be considered a loading area . 9220.70 Utilities All utilities and services of every nature must be by means of an underground distribution system. All utility appurtenances (pumps, valves, transformers, distribution stations, etc . ) must be in underground vaults, proper buildings, or above ground with proper pro- tection and screening. All such installations placed above ground shall comply with all setbacks required hereunder. 9220.80 Signs All signs shall comply with Section 9230.70 of the Azusa Municipal Code . " SECTION . The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. Passed and approved this 6th day of July , 1971 • Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF AZUSA ) I, DEAN KLARR, City Clerk of the ';ity of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1021 was regularly intro- duced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 21 day of June , 1971. That, thereafter said ordinance was ding adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of July , 1971, by the following vote, to wit : AYES : Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem NOES : Councilmen : None ABSENT: Councilmen: None City erk I do further certify that I caused said ordinance to be published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 14th day of July , 1971, and that the same was published in accordance with law . A City Cler Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic, July 14, 1971 -7- 1