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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1970 - Amending Sections of Santa Ana Municipal Code and Adding Section to Revise the LM District Zoning RegulationsREL :mb(18) ~ 443 7/5/88 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1970 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 41-505, 41-506, 41-507, 41-508, 41-509, AND 41-510 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTION 41-512, TO REVISE THE LM (LIMITED MANUFACTURING) DISTRICT ZONING REGULATIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 41-505 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-505. Purpose. The purpose of the LM district is to provide for orderly, spacious, and landscaped business parks and light industrial development free of obnoxious uses. SECTION 2: That section 41-506 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-506. Uses permitted in the LM district. The following uses are permitted in the LM district: (a) The assembly or packaging of products from pre- viously prepared materials. (b) Printing and publishing facilities and facilities for blueprinting, photo-engraving and other reproduction processes. (c) Wholesale establishments not open to the general public and not exceeding 10,000 square feet of gross floor area. (d) Research and development facilities and labor- atories. (e) Professional, administrative and general offices. (f) Commercial and service uses, provided they are located in a business park and do not occupy more than ten percent of the gross floor area of such business park in the aggregate, and provided fur- ther that they serve or support the users and employees of other businesses in such business park. As used herein "business park" means a physically integrated development having more than one business owner or tenant. 444 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1970 PAGE TWO SECTION 3: That section 41-507 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-507. Operational standards. (a) No activity permitted in this district shall be conducted in a manner creating adverse impacts on adjacent property, such as, but not limited to, vibration, sound, electromechanical disturbance and radiation, air or water pollution, dust, emission or odorous, toxic or noxious matter. All lighting is to be shielded and confined within property lines. (b) Ail activities permitted in this district and all materials, supplies, products, and equipment shall be conducted, stored and maintained entirely within an enclosed building. (c) Loading areas shall not be visible from arterial streets or from streets adjacent to front yards. Loading areas facing other streets shall be screened with decorative walls of a material compatible with the building design and by bermed landscaping abut- ting such walls. Loading areas not facing a street shall be set back at least 35 feet from the property line. (d) Railroad tracks are not allowed on any street side of a building. If railroad tracks and loading docks are located other than at the rear of a building area, the tracks and the loading dock shall be com- pletely screened from view from any street. (e) There shall be erected and maintained a solid wall not less than six (6) feet in height along the rear lot line where said rear or side lot lines abuts property which is either used, zoned, or designated on the general plan for residential purposes. (f) Public utility electric distribution and trans- mission substations shall be wholly enclosed within a solid wall not less than six (6) feet in height. (g) Any persons building, erecting, altering or replacing any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, the use of which may cause the issuance of air or water contaminants, shall present to the planning department, prior to the issuance of 445 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1970 PAGE THREE a building permit, a written statement from the appli- cable Orange County control district confirming that said use complies with the current air or water pollution control regulations. SECTION 4: That section 41-508 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-508. Building height. No building shall exceed four stories or 55 feet unless located in a "height exemption area" established pursuant to section 41-602.5. SECTION 5: That section 41-509 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-509. Building site area. Each building site shall contain not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet and shall have not less than one hundred (100) feet of frontage on a public street, measured at the setback line. A physically integrated development having common and/or reciprocal vehicular access ways shall be considered a single building site for purposes at this section, not- withstanding any division into multiple ownership units. SECTION 6: That section 41-510 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-510. Required yards. (a) Front yards. (1) There shall thirty (30) street. be a front yard not less than feet in depth abutting the (2) The entire depth of the front yard shall be bermed and landscaped, with the exception of driveways and walks bisecting the land- scaped area. (b) Side yards. (1) There shall be a side yard of not less than ten (10) feet. The side yard shall 446 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1970 PAGE FOUR be landscaped unless screened from streets and adjacent properties or used for approved driveways or walkways. (2) Side yards abutting a street shall be at least twenty (20) feet deep. Such yards shall be bermed and landscaped except at approved driveways and walkways. (c) Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard of not less than ten (10) feet. The rear yard shall be landscaped unless screened from public streets and adjacent properties. (d) Distance between buildings. There shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet distance between any two (2) buildings or structures. SECTION 7: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-512, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 41-512. Landscaping. (1) One 24-inch box canopy tree shall be provided for each 25 linear feet of yard (exclusive of driveways). Such trees may be placed in clusters. (2) Six five-gallon size shrubs shall be provided per 25 linear feet of yard (exclusive of drive- ways). As an alternative, the use of three 5- gallon size shrubs and ten 1-gallon shrubs is acceptable provided the plant material adds color and variety to the design. (3) The front yard shall be planted in turf. A ground cover is required in shrub areas and as accents in small pockets. Redwood header boards or similar barriers shall be placed between turf and other plant materials. 447 ~RDINANCE NO. NS- 1970 PAGE FIVE (4) (5) (6) (7 (9 Redwood chips, decorative stone and other in- organic materials are not acceptable substitutes for ground cover or turf. Berms having more than a 4:1 slope shall be planted in ground cover. Turf is not acceptable. Ail appurtenances, such as transformers, backflow preventors, trash enclosures, signage, meters, and lights, shall be shown on landscape plans and screened with plant materials. Parking areas shall be designed so that parked vehicles shall not encroach into landscape areas. When ~arkway trees are required by the City, they shall be integrated with the on-site landscape plan to ensure proper spacing and species selec- tion. Parking areas shall be landscaped as follows: (i) In parking areas available to parking by the general public, a landscape planter shall be provided for every ten parking spaces. Each planter shall have minimum dimensions of six feet in width and 18 feet in length including concrete curbing. Each planter shall be bordered on two sides minimum by parking area. The planter strips shall run parallel to the parking spaces and be consistently spaced throughout the parking area. Each planter shall require one 15-gallon size tree, five 5-gallon shrubs plus ground cover. (ii) In lots that are solely used by employees of the company, a landscape planter shall be provided for every five consecutive parking spaces. Each planter shall have minimal dimensions of four feet by four feet, including concrete curb. Each planter shall require one 15-gallon size tree and a suit- able ground cover or low growing shrubs. These planters may be located between parking spaces so as to maximize the amount of avail- able space for parking. Planters may also be 448 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1970 PAGE SIX consistent with general parking landscape requirements. Each Darking area shall be enclosed by perimeter planters abutting the lot or parking spaces, except for the drive- ways. The planter size shall be a minimum five foot width, including concrete curb, and include one 15-gallon size tree, five 5-gal- lon shrubs plus ground cover for every 18 linear feet of planter. (iii) Ail trees in parking areas shall be placed in root barriers. (10) Ail planting areas must be designed with an automatic irrigation system. Modifications shall be allowed for dry climate landscapes. Pop-up sprinklers shall be used in all areas other than installations against foundations for the sake of public safety. Drip, bubbler, or other low gallon- age systems may be used in buffer areas and narrow strips. Sleeving must be called out wherever irrigation pipes are installed under hardscape. SECTION 8: 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 9: 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 449 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1970 PAGE SEVEN ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ATTEST: ADOPTED this ]st day of August , 1988. Mayor 1nj'ce C- Guy / ~ erk of the Council COUNCILMEMBERS: Young A~e McGuigan Na~ Acosta Aye Griset Absent Hart ~t May ~ Pulido ~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney