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ORDINANCE NS-932 AMENDING ARTICLE IX OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 9243 OF PART 4, CHAPTER 2 THEP~EOF TO PROVIDE FOR REAR YARD ROOM ADDITIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Article IX of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 9243 of Part 4, Chapter 2 thereof to read in words and figures, as follows: Section 9243. Area. (a) Any lot shown upon an official subdivision map duly approved by the City Council and recorded in the office of the County Recorder, or any lot for which a recorded contract of sale was in full force and effect prior to June 3, 1954, and the deed is so recorded in the office of the County Recorder, may be used as a legal building site, subject to the conditions, limitations, and restrictions governing the District in which it is located. (b) The following exceptions to yard requirements shall be applied with respect to all buildings, structures, and uses permitted in the Al, RE, R1, R2, R3, and P Districts only: (1) Where a lot fronts on a cul-de-sac, the required front yard may be reduced to not less than ten (10) feet. (2) Where forty (40) percent or more of the lots along any block, excluding reverse corner lots and key lots, are developed with buildings, the required front yard for any new building or alteration to an existing building shall be not less than the arithmetical average of the front yards of said buildings existing on forty (40) percent or more of the lots along said block. In computing said average front yard, main buildings situated entirely on the rear one-half (1/2) of any lot along said block shall not be included. Notwithstanding this sub-section, no front yard shall be less than eight (8) feet from a front property line or future right of way line, whichever results in the larger minimum front yard. (3) The required rear yard may be reduced to not less than ten (10) feet provided there would be not less than 1,200 square feet of open area remaining in the rear yard after a proposed room addition. Further, the required rear yard may be reduced to not less than ten (10) feet where there would be less than 1,200 square feet of open area remaining in the rear yard after a proposed room addition, in the event that usable open area equal to the amount of open area by which the 1,200 square feet is reduced is provided elsewhere on the lot, not including any front yard, or any required side yard area except that portion of the side yard that is adjacent to the required rear yard. (c) In any commercial district, the front and side yards required for dwellings, apartments, hotels, and boarding houses may be waived when such uses are erected above the ground floor of a building when said ground floor has no required front and side yard. (d) In computing the depth of a rear yard where such yard opens upon an alley, one-half (1/2) of the width of such alley may be considered a portion of the rear yard; when such rear yard opens upon a street, public park, creek, or river front under public ownership, ten (10) feet of such public space may be considered a portion of the rear yard. -1-