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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 734 � L ORDINANCE NO. 734+ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA ADDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS TO THE ZONING CHAPTER OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON DEEP LOTS. 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. A new Section 9208.70 is hereby added to the Azusa Municipal Code reading as follows: "SECTION 9208.70. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN DEEP LOT AREAS. (a) INTENT AND PURPOSE. It is recognized that a substantial portion of the City's area now designated 'R-lc ' (Single-Family Residence - 6,000 square feet) is occupied by lots of 9,000 square feet or more in size. The purpose of this Section is to set forth prop- erty development standards to permit additional dwellings on these deep lots under certain circumstances and in so doing to safeguard the health, safety, and general welfare and to con- tinue the established character of these properties. This Section shall not permit the creation of sub-lots or new lots for resale, and each affected lot shall remain as a single lot unless otherwise subdivided. (b) REGULATION. By approval of a Precise Plan of Design covering the entire lot showing compliance with all of the requirements of this Section, an additional single-family dwelling or additional single-family dwellings may be permitted upon any lot in the R-lc Zone, subject to compliance with said requirements and with such Precise Plan of Design. The Precise Plan of Design shall not be approved if the additional dwelling or dwellings or the proposed design would be detrimental to the neighborhood or would not be to the interests of the public health, safety or general welfare. (c) BUILDING HEIGHT LIMITS. The maximum building height shall be two and one-half stories and not exceeding thirty-five feet except as otherwise provided in Section 9230.20. (d) MINIMUM LOT SIZE. Each lot falling within the provisions of this Section 9208.70 shall have a minimum area of not less than 9,000 square feet. The minimum width provisions of Section 9208.30 (c) shall apply. (e) MINIMUM LOT AREA PER DWELLING UNIT. 1. When more than one dwelling is constructed on a lot, dwellings shall be so located that the lot -1- can be divided for design purposes into sub-lots. Each sub-lot shall extend the full width of the lot and shall have a minimum area of 3,000 square feet except that the front dwelling shall have a lot area of 6,000 square feet. 2. When an existing dwelling extends beyond the limits of the 6,000 square foot front sub-lot, the City Planner may permit the combination of said lot with the first 3,000 square foot sub-lot and may permit the second dwelling in a location that will preserve the intent of this Section, provided, however, that the minimum yard setbacks from adjacent properties required by subsections (g) and (h) shall be otherwise maintained. (f) FLOOR AREA. 1. The minimum floor area for the dwelling on the front sub-lot shall be 1,000 square feet exclusive of open porches and garages. 2. The minimum floor area for all additional dwellings shall be 850 square feet exclusive of open porches and garages. (g) YARDS. There shall be established and maintained: 1. A front yard for each lot subject to the pro- visions of Section 9208.40 (a) . 2. A side yard for each lot not less than five feet. 3. A rear yard for each lot not less than five feet. (h) DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS. No dwelling shall be located closer than five feet from an interior sub-lot line except that an attached garage may extend to a sub-lot line. Two garages may be attached with a common wall on a sub-lot line and a dwelling may be attached to the opposite side wall of each garage. Not more than two dwellings may be attached in this manner. (i) PARKING. 1. Except as provided in this subsection, the pro- visions of Sections 9230.50 to 9230.52, inclusive, shall apply. 2. Each required parking space shall be located on the sub-lot with the dwelling to which it applies. (j) DRIVEWAYS. 1. Each driveway to a garage or parking space shall be at least ten feet wide, at least eight feet of which shall be paved, and shall be totally unob- structed from the ground upward with the following exceptions: eaves, no portion of which are less than thirteen feet above the ground, may overhang any such driveway a distance of not more than three feet; utility pole crossarms and utility service wires may be located not less than thirteen feet in height above the driveway. -2- -... 1 2. Signs indicating 'No Parking' with lettering not less than three inches in height shall be placed conspicuously at the entrance to and at intervals of not less than one hundred feet along every required driveway. No person shall park, stand or leave any vehicle in any portion of a required driveway except for the purpose of and during the process of loading or unloading passengers or merchandise and only while such vehicle is attended by the operator thereof. " 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 18th day of February , 1963. y - G%✓G� /6.-e CZ' Mayor//� 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. 734 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 4th day of February , 1963. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly idcopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 18th day of February , 1963, by the following vote, to-wit : AYES: Councilmen: Cooney, Jackson, McLees, Ortuno NOES: Councilmen: Memmesheimer ABSENT:Councilmen: None City Clerk I do further certify that I ' sed 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 27th day of February , 1963, and that the same was published in accordance with law. f, f, City Cler _2/ Publish Azusa Herald & Pomotropic February 27, 1963 -3-