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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1756 - Of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to Revise Various Development Standards Pertaining to Parking Lots, Yard Requirements, ...REL:adg 11/16/84 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1756 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 41-252, 41-368, 41- 369, 41-370, 41-380, 41-381, 41-383, 41-416, 41-610, 41-610.5 AND 41-611 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PERTAIN- ING TO PARKING LOTS, YARD REQUIREMENTS, WALLS, FENCES AND LANDSCAPING THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 41-252 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-252. Off?street parking in the R2 district. (a) Off-street parking shall be provided in the manner prescribed in Article IV of this chapter. (b) 41-247(c) An~ parking lot permitted pursuant to section shall conform to the following requirements: (1) To the extent that the lot on which the parking lot is located is adjacent to other resi- dentially zoned property, or separated therefrom only by a p~blic right-of-way, a landscaped plant- er of at least ten (10) feet in width shall be installed and maintained along the lot line; pro- vided, however, such minimum width requirement may be modified to accommodate unusual circum- stances or special design constraints. (2) Required landscaped areas shall include, at a minimum, one fifteen-gallon canopy tree, one five-gallon tree, and five (5) five-gallon shrubs for every thirty (30) feet of length of the land- scaped area. The trees and shrubs shall be mature and capable of acting as an effective buffer between the parking lot and nearby residentially zoned property. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1756 PAGE TWO (3) A decorative masonry block wall, at least (6) feet high and six (6)finches wide, shall be con- structed and maintained On the interior line of all required landscaped areas. A four (4) foot high decorative masonry block wall shall be constructed to the rear of the required ten (10) foot boundary i~ndscapi'ng Where such landscaping is orientated to a~residential street. (4) Vehicle access to and from the parking lot shall not be from a street which provides access primarily to nearby residentially zoned property. (5) A fully dimensioned site plan showing all parking spaces, vehicle access and landscaping treatment shall be submitted in duplicate to the Planning Manager. Each such site plan, or sub- sequent revision thereof, shall be approved, conditionally approved, or denied by the Planning Manager depending on its conformity with the re- quirements of this section. Any person may appeal the decision of the Planning Manager to the plan- n%ng commission, whose decision shall be final. SECTION 2: That Section 41-368 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: S~c. 41-368. Front yard requirements in in C1 district There shall be a front yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet. All required front yards shall be landscaped and maintained. SECTION 3: That Section 41-369 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is'hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-369. Side yard and building setback requirements in the C1 district ORDINANCE NO. NS-1756 PAGE THREE There are no side yard requirements, except that on corner lots the side adjacent to a street shall have a side yard of not less than ten (10) feet. However, no part of a building above the first fifteen (15) feet in height may be located within twenty (20) feet of the vertical plane of a side lot line if the lot is contiguous to residentially zoned or used property on such side. SECTION 4: That Section 41-370 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-370. Rear yard and building setback requirements in the C1 district. There is no rear yard requirement. However, no part of a building above the first fifteen (15) feet in height may be located within twenty (20) feet of the vertical plane of a rear lot line if the lot is contiguous to residentially zoned or used property on the rear. SECTION 5: That Section 41-380 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-380. Front yard requirements in the C2 district. Front yard requirements are the same as prescribed for the C1 district by section 41-368. SECTION 6: That Section 41-381 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-381. Side yard and building setback requirements in the C2 district. Side yard and building setback requirements are the same as prescribed for the C1 district by section 41-369. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1756 PAGE FOUR SECTION 7: That Section 41-382 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-382. Rear yard and building setback requirements in the C2 district. Rear yard and building setback requirements are the same as prescribed or the C1 district by section 41-370. SECTION 8: That Section 41-416 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-416. Yard and building setback re- quirements in the C4 district. (a) There shall be a front yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet. Ail required front yards shall be landscaped and maintained. (b) There are no side or rear yard requirements, except that on corner lots, the side adjacent to a street shall have a side yard of not less than ten (10) feet. (c) No part of a building above the first fifteen (15) feet in height shall be located within twenty (20) feet of the vertical plane of a side or rear lot line if the lot is contiguous to residentially zoned or used property on such lot line. SECTION 9: That Section 41-610 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-610. Fence regulations. Fences, hedges or masonry walls shall be permitted in all required yard areas and in all districts provided that: (1) Such fence, hedge or masonry wall on all lots except lots in the M1, M2 and LM districts shall not exceed six (6) feet in height and shall not exceed four (4) feet in height where the fence or hedge extends into the required front yard or any required landscape area. In the M1, M2 and LM districts, such fence, hedge or masonry wall shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height, and shall not exceed four (4) feet in height where the fence or hedge extends into the required front yard or any required landscape area. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1756 PAGE FIVE (2) Any fence, hedge or masonry wall expressly permitted by this section or any other section of this chapter shall comply with the provisions set forth in chapter 36 of this Code. (3) Wood and decorative masonry bloCk shall be permitted as fencing materials. Chain link fencing material shall only be permitted in the rear or side yard which cannot be viewed from the public right-of- way. (4) Barbed wire shall be permitted only in the side or rear yard of a lot in the Mi, M2, LM, CM, Cl, ~2 and C3 districts, except where adjacent to any residential use or where viewable from the public right-of-way. SECTION 10: That Section 41-610.5 of the Santa Ana Municl.pal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-610.5. Wall requirement in ~the industrial and commercial zones. On any lot in a C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, Mi, M2, LM or CM district, a concrete block wall not less than f.ive (5) feet in height shall be erected along any property line contiguous to any residentially zoned property, except that such wall shall not exceed the height limitations prescribed in Section 41-610. This requirement may be waived by the planning commission upon a finding that the abutting property is in a period of transi- tion to non residential use, or that, due to special circum- stances, the wall would not promote the public health, safety, or welfare. SECTION 11: That Section 41-611 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: ORDINANCE NO. NS-1756 PAGE SIX Sec. 41-611. B-suffix (parking modification). (a) Any district or any part thereof regulating the use of land estblished under Articles II and III may be modified at the time the zoning is first established, or by amendment, by adding to the district designation "B", which shall make no alteration in the uses permitted under the regu- lar district classification; except that in any district modified with B (parking modification) each parcel so zoned may be used exclusively for the parking of motor vehicles in con- nection with any commercial use or for private parking, ex- cept that no car, either new or used, shall be stored for sale or lease, or parked while such car bears signs, words, or figures indicating that the same may be for sale, and no hydro- carbon substance or other property of any kind may be sold, nor automobiles serviced or repaired on said "B" modified district lots. (b) When said "B" modified districts are used for parking in the aforementioned manner, the following conditions shall be c6mplied with: (1) Ail parking areas shall be paved and appropriately drained with pavement meeting specifications of the department of public works. (2) Ail parking areas shall have adequate entrances, exits and aisles to insure safe ingress and egress of vehicles. Vehicle access to and from the parking area shall not be from a street which provides access primarily to nearby resi- dentially zoned property. not (3) Ail floodlights shall be arranged as to interfere with adjacent residences. (4) when any land use district is modified with the "B" suffix and the lot so zoned abuts property used or zoned for residential purposes, a six (6) foot high masonry wall shall be erected ORDINANCE NO. NS-1756 PAGE SEVEN between said modified lot and residential property; however, the masonry wall shall not exceed four (4) feet in height between the front property line and the established building line of adjacent residen- tial property. (5) Landscaping shall be provided for in manner as described by section 41-618, Article of this chapter with the following additional requirements: the IV (i) A minimum ten (10) foot wide land- scape strip shall be planted and maintained where the off-street parking area abuts any public street providing access primarily to nearby residentially zoned property. (ii) Landscaping shall be installed and maintained in off-street parking areas having combined area equal to at least five (5%) per cent of the total area used for parking and vehicle access. (iii) When said "B" modified lots would otherwise be contiguous to property zoned RE, R1, R2, R3, R3H, or R4~ were it not for their separation by a street, a four (4) foot high decorative wall shall be constructed to the rear of the required ten (10) foot boundary landscaping. (6) A fully dimensioned site plan showing all parking spaces, vehicle access and landscaping treatment shall be submitted in duplicate to the Planning Manager. Each such site plan, or subsequent revision thereof, shall be approved conditionally or denied by the Planning Manager depending on it conformity with the requirements of this section. Any person may appeal the decision of the Planning Manager to the Planning Commission, whose decision shall be final. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1756 PAGE EIGHT SECTION 12: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or uncon- stitutional. SECTION 13: Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any cash deposit in lieu thereof, re- quired to be posted, filed or deposit pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this 7th day of January , 19~ . ATTEST: ~ ~ahlce C. Guy / ~'~ Clerk of the Counci~ COUNCILMEMBERS: Griset AyE Acosta AyE Hart AyE Johnson AyE Luxembourger AyE McGuigan Absent Young Aye Daniel E. Griset Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~C~rA~At~yper