HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 752 ORDINANCE NO. 752
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA ADDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS TO THE ZONING
CHAPTER OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE CREATING A
SPECIAL HEIGHT DISTRICT.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine
and declare that the following amendment of the zoning ordinance has
been duly initiated, that notice of hearing thereon has been duly given
and published, that public hearings thereon were duly held by the Plan-
ning Commission and by the City Council and that the public convenience
and necessity and the general welfare require that the following amend-
ment be made.
SECTION 2. The Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended by
the addition thereto of three new sections, numbers 9230.90, 9230.91,
and 9230.92, reading respectively as follows:
"SECTION 9230.90. SPECIAL MULTI-STORY BUILDING PROVISIONS.
It is hereby recognized that due to the scarcity of land
and the resulting increased land values, new provisions to
accommodate the possibility of Multi-Story buildings in portions
of the City are warranted.
SECTION 9230.91. HEIGHT DISTRICT CREATED.
There is hereby created a special height district in the
City to be known as HEIGHT DISTRICT I consisting of the area
commonly known as the Central Business District, and more spe-
cifically described as the area circumscribed by the following
streets: San Gabriel Avenue, Santa Fe Avenue, Alameda Avenue,
and 6th Street.
SECTION 9230.92. PROVISIONS OF HEIGHT DISTRICT I.
It is recognized that the Central Business District,
because of its unique location as the center and focal point
of the community, and because it is so well served by traffic
arteries, warrants special consideration in the provisions for
Multi-Story buildings. Therefore, buildings exceeding the
height limits otherwise imposed by this Chapter and of unlimited
height may be built in Height District I subject to and in
accordance with the following provisions:
(a) There shall be landscaped setback areas, which shall
be totally and exclusively landscaped in accordance with a pre-
cise plan of landscaping which shall be approved by the Plan-
ning Commission and the Parks & Recreation Commission; and
which shall be exclusive of any required driveways, parking or
turn around areas.
1. The front setback shall be calculated to equal
2% of the depth of the lot times the number of
above-ground floors in the proposed building.
2. The side setback on each side shall be calculated
to equal 2% of the width of the lot times the
number of above-ground floors in the proposed
building.
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3. If a building abuts more than one street, the
front setback requirements shall prevail on all
such streets; provided however, that the depth
of the lot shall be considered to be the depth
calculated from each street so considered .
4. Provided further however, that floors which are
more than 85% devoted to garage parking space
shall not be considered in the calculations of
the required setbacks.
(b) As a consideration to possible commercial office
buildings in the Central Business District (Height District I)
and the beneficial effects which garages and underground garage
parking would provide to such buildings, the following provisions
are hereby enacted in Height District I, notwithstanding those
cited in Section 9230.51 (b) 8:
1. Surface parking shall continue to be provided at
a ratio of one space for every 160 feet of total
floor area of all floors excluding basement and
garage floor area in any such building.
2. Surface or above ground garage spaces may be pro-
vided in a ratio of one space for every 200 square
feet of floor area of all floors excluding basement
and garage floor area in any such building.
3. Completely underground garage spaces may be pro-
vided in a ratio of one space for every 250 square
feet of floor area of all floors excluding base-
ment and garage floor area in any such buildings.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law.
Passed and approved this 17th day of June , 1963.
Mayo,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 752 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 3rd day of June , 1963. That,
thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 17th day of June , 1963,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Memmesheimer, Cooney, Jackson, McLees, Ortuno
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
' City Clerk
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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 26th day of June , 1963, and that the same was
published in accordance with law.
ity Cler
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Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic, June 26, 1963
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