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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1935 - Amending Sections of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to Revise the Zoning Regulations for the R2 Use DistrictREL :mb(12) 10/21/87 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1935 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 41-247, 41-247.5, 41-250, 41-251 AND 41-252 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTIONS 41-255 AND 41-256 THERETO, TO REVISE THE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE R2 USE DISTRICT. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Chapter 41 to read as That the title of Division 4 of Article III of of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended follows: DIVISON 4. R2 (TWO-FAMILY RESIDENCE) SECTION 2: That section 41-247 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-247. Uses permitted in the R2 district. The following uses are permitted in the R2 district: (a) Ail uses permitted in the Ri district pursuant to section 41-232. (b) Two-family dwellings. SECTION 3: That section 41-247.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-247.5. Uses subject to a conditional use permit in the R2 district. Any use which may be permitted in the Ri district subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit pursuant to section 41-232.5 may likewise be permitted in the R2 district subject to the issuance of a con- ditional use permit. SECTION 4. That section 41-250 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-250. Side yard. There shall be a side yard of not less than four feet. On corner lots the side yard on the street side shall be not less than ten (10) feet. (4) 226 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1935 PAGE TWO SECTION 5: That section 41-251 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-251. Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet. SECTION 6: 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) Each dwelling unit shall have a two (2) car garage. SECTION 7: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-255, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 41-255. Open space standard for the R2 district. (a) Usable open space shall be provided at the rate of three hundred square feet of area for each residential unit. Such usable open space shall be divided between common and private open space. (b) Each unit shall be provided with a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet of private open space in the form of a private landscaped yard, patio or deck. The minimum dimension of the private open space shall be six (6) feet. (c) A single common open space shall be provided at the ground level at the rate of not less than one hundred (100) square feet per 'unit. The minimum dimension of the common open space area shall be twenty-five (25) feet in one direction. The common open space area may be in conjunction with the side or rear yard setback areas. (d) The remaining open space (100 square feet) may be provided as separate common open space at different locations and/or levels on the project site or as part of the required open space on the ground or as part of an enclosed indoor ORDINANCE NO. NS-1935 PAGE THREE recreational open space or as a part of the private open space. (e) For two-family dwellings, the private open space of one unit may be located in the required rear yard area. (f) The side yard area may be incorporated into the private open space area for individual units if it is contiguous to a private yard area with a separate minimum dimension of six (6) feet. SECTION 8: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-256, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 41-256. Landscape standards for the R2 district. (a) Ail areas, except hardscape, in the designated setbacks shall be landscaped. Minimum require- ments are as follows: Front Yard: Ail developments require one 24" box canopy tree per 25' of street frontage. Six 5-gallon size or a combination of three 5-gallon size and ten 1-gallon size shrubs are required per 25' of street frontage. Side Yards: Ail areas, exclusive of hardscape, shall be planted and maintained in turf or an acceptable groundcover. In addition, corner lots shall require six 5-gallon size shrubs as a founda- tion planting. Rear Yards: A buffer shall be provided for privacy from adjoining property. A hedge or vines on a fence are satisfactory screens. (b) Ail new homes or relocations shall provide a manual or automatic irrigation system. ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1935 PAGE FOUR SECTION 9: 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 of 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 unconstitutional. SECTION 10: 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 violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this ]6th day of N0¥ember , 1987. Mayor ATTEST: rk of the Council COU NCI LMEMBE RS: Young A,¥e McGuigan Acosta Absent Griset Aye Hart A.ye May Aye Pulido Aye APPROVED AS TO FORM: E~wa~/ C~ oper City At t o-T?Yey