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Home My WebLink AboutORD 314 2005 0420ORDINANCE NO. 314 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 17.74 OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN THE MOORPARK HIGHLANDS SPECIFIC PLAN AREA - SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 1995 -02 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on January 4, 2005, to consider a request to amend the Moorpark Municipal Code Chapter 17.74 pertaining to various development standards within the Moorpark Highlands Specific Plan Area, and adopted Resolution No. PC- 2005 -468 recommending approval of this Zoning Ordinance Amendment to the City Council; and WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing held on April 6, 2005, the City Council considered the agenda report and any supplements thereto and any written public comments; opened the public hearing, took and considered public testimony both for and against the proposal, closed the public hearing, and reached a decision on this matter; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment to be consistent with the Moorpark General Plan and Specific Plan No. 1995 -02; and WHEREAS, the City Council concurs with the Community Development Director's determination that the project is consistent with the findings of the Final Environmental Impact Report, and any amendments thereto, certified in connection with the Moorpark Highlands - Specific Plan No. 1995 -02 and has considered information in the environmental document in its deliberations of the project before making decision concerning the project. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Subsection (A) of Section 17.74.040.1 of the Moorpark Municipal Code is hereby revised in its entirety as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Ordinance No. 314 Page 2 SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark Star a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. „ PASSED AND ADOPTED th ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenste6t, City Clerk Attachment: Exhibit A Ordinance No. 314 Page 3 EXHIBIT A Zoning Ordinance Amendment 2004 -05 Section 17.74.040.1 Single - family residential site development standards. A. Specific Plan No. 2 Residential Planned Development Single - Family (SP2- RPD -SF) 1.3 -2.5 du /ac Zone. Planning Areas (P.A.) 8 and 9. 1. Minimum Lot Area: ten thousand (10,000) square feet. 2. Building Setbacks: a. Front setback minimum for ten thousand (10,000) square foot lots is thirty (30') feet. The front setback minimum for thirty- thousand (30,000) square foot lots is thirty -five (35') feet. The front setbacks for the proposed single - family dwelling units shall be varied so as to provide visual diversity. There shall be a minimum of three (3') feet variation for the front setback between adjacent lots, with no more than two (2) adjacent lots having the same front setback. Dwelling units constructed with garages having a curved or swing driveway, with the entrance to the garage facing the side or rear property line, shall have a minimum front setback of fifteen (15') feet. b. Side yard setback minimum for a single - family dwelling unit on a ten - thousand (10,000) square foot minimum lot is ten percent (100) of the lot frontage. However, the setback can be reduced to a minimum of seven (7') feet if a twenty (20') foot separation is maintained between adjacent structures. On irregularly shaped lots, a minimum side setback of seven (71) feet may be permitted at the discretion of the Community Development Director, so long as the average separation between the subject building and the adjacent building is at least twenty (20') feet. For a thirty- thousand (30,000) square foot minimum lot, the sum of side yards shall be a minimum of twenty (20' ) feet with a minimum side yard ( one (1) side) of seven ( 7' ) feet, and a minimum twenty (20') foot separation between adjacent structures. Recreational vehicle storage within the side yard shall be screened with a solid gate at least eight feet (81) in height, and shall occur only on a concrete surface capable of supporting the vehicle. Ordinance No. 314 Page 4 c. Rear setback minimum for a single- family dwelling unit on a ten - thousand (10,000) square foot minimum lot is thirty (301) feet, and on a thirty- thousand (30,000) square foot minimum lot is fifty (50') feet; for an enclosed patio or open patio cover is ten (10') feet; for a second story deck or balcony is twenty (20') feet, and for an accessory structure is five (51) feet. On a ten - thousand (10,000) square foot minimum lot, the rear setback may be reduced to fifteen (15') feet at the discretion of the Community Development Director, if at least one - thousand - six - hundred (1,600) square feet of contiguous private usable open space is maintained in the side and rear yard areas, and the minimum separation between the rear of the building and the rear or side of the building opposite the rear lot line is sixty (60') feet. d. For projects located in Planning Area 8, no habitable structures shall be located closer than two- hundred (200') feet from the north /east specific plan boundary. 3. Maximum building height: a. Thirty -five (35') feet for dwelling units; b. Fifteen (151) feet for accessory structures; C. Twelve (12') feet for a patio cover and second floor deck or balcony, not including railing height; d. No more than three (3') stories shall be permitted. 4. Fences and Walls. Fences and walls shall comply with the provisions of the Moorpark Municipal Code, with the exception that sound attenuation walls shall be constructed to a height as required by a city- approved noise study for the residential planned development permit. 5. Parking. Parking shall comply with Chapter 17.32 of the city of Moorpark Municipal Code. Tandem parking shall be permitted for garage spaces that provide for parking beyond the required minimum. 6. Signage. Signage shall comply with Chapter 17.40 of the city of Moorpark Municipal Code. Ordinance No. 314 Page 5 7. Standards Relating to Animals. The keeping of animals shall comply with Chapter 17.28.030 of the Moorpark Municipal Code. 8. Eaves and Window Treatments and Surrounds. The eaves and window treatments and surrounds on all sides of a structure shall be complementary with the eaves and window treatments and surrounds on the front elevation. 9. Wrap- Around Front Elevation Treatment. The architectural style and treatment included along the front elevation of a single- family unit shall continue along each side elevation until commencement of fencing or other architecturally feasible termination point as determined by the residential planned development permit approval body. Ordinance No. 314 Page 6 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, Deborah S. Moorpark, Californi< that the foregoing Council of the City 20th day of April, following vote: Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of 3, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury Ordinance No. 314 was adopted by the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 2005, and that the same was adopted by the AYES: Councilmembers Mikos, Millhouse, Parvin, and Mayor Pro Tempore Harper NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Hunter ABSTAIN: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 26th day of April, 2005. Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk (seal)