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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 302 2004 0721ORDINANCE NO. 302 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. 95 -02 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on April 20, 2004, 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 on May 4, 2004, adopted Resolution No. PC -2004- 459 recommending approval of this Zoning Ordinance Amendment to the City Council; and WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing held on June 2, 2004 and July 7, 2004, 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. 95 -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. 95 -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. Subsections (B) and (C) of Section 17.74.040.1 of the Moorpark Municipal Code are hereby revised in their entirety as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. u Ordinance No. 302 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 this 21 ATTEST: 9S. Deborah S. Traffenste , City Clerk Attachment: Exhibit A Ordinance No. 302 Page 3 Exhibit A Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2002 -02 Section 17.74.040.1 Single- family residential site development standards. B. Specific Plan No. 2 Residential Planned Development Single - family (SP2- RPD -SF) 2.5 to 4.5 du /ac Zone. Planning Areas (P.A.) 2, 3, and 4. 1. Minimum lot area: six thousand (6,000) square feet. 2. Building Setbacks. a. The front setback minimum is twenty (20') feet for products where the garage door(s) is even with, or forward of living space, and all garage doors face the street. In order to encourage a varied street scene and reduce the potential for a garage door dominated project, the front setback may be reduced to fifteen (151) feet where any of the following design elements are incorporated into the architecture of the homes: (i) Living space is forward (closer to the street) of the garage door. (ii) Swing garages with the opening facing the side lot line. (iii) Products that incorporate port cocheres, or other architectural features that screen at least a portion of the garage doors from the street. (iv) Other elements as approved by the Community Development Director. Any two adjacent lots may have the same front setback; however the third consecutive lot should vary the front setback by three feet or more, as appropriate to the street and lot configuration and to provide variety in the streetscape. Ordinance No. 302 Page 4 b. Side setback minimum for a single- family dwelling unit adjacent to a street is ten (101) feet, with the exception that the minimum side setback adjacent to Spring Road shall be twenty (201) feet. C. Side setback minimum for a single- family dwelling unit on an interior lot shall be five feet (5') with an average of seven and one -half (71,�') feet and not less than fifteen (15') feet between structures. Side setback minimum for a second story deck or balcony is ten (101) feet. d. Rear setback minimum for a single- family dwelling unit is twenty (201) feet, for an enclosed patio or open patio cover is ten (101) feet, for a second story deck or balcony is twenty (201) feet, and for an accessory structure is five (51) feet. e. For projects on a hillside area and where it can be clearly established that reduced setbacks will enhance preservation of natural terrain and reduced grading, front setbacks may be reduced by the approving authority to ten (101) feet as applied to the main portion of the dwelling. Garage setbacks shall normally be twenty (20' ) feet except for a side loaded garage where a minimum driveway depth of twenty (201) feet from the right -of -way edge shall be provided. 3. Maximum building height: a. Thirty -five (35') feet for dwelling units; b. Fifteen (15') feet for accessory structures; C. Twelve (121) feet for a patio cover and second floor deck or balcony, not including railing height; 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. Ordinance No. 302 Page 5 5. Parking. Parking shall comply with Chapter 17.32 of the city of Moorpark Municipal Code, except as otherwise noted in this chapter. Tandem, i.e. end to end, garage spaces are allowed. 6. Signage. Signage shall comply with Chapter 17.40 of the city of Moorpark Municipal Code, except as otherwise noted in this chapter. 7. Recreational Amenities. Residential planned development permit areas with single- family lots that have an average size of less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet shall include private recreational amenities such as but not limited to the following: clubhouse, restrooms, swimming pool and spa, play apparatus, picnic shelter, barbecue area with seating, court game facilities (non - lighted), and multipurpose fields. The types of amenities shall be reviewed and approved with the required residential planned development permit. 8. Eaves and Window Treatments and Surrounds. The eaves and window treatments and surrounds on all sides of a structure shall be complimentary 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. C. Specific Plan No. 2 Residential Planned Development Single - family (SP2- RPD -SF) 6 du /ac Zone. Planning Area (P.A.) 1 1. Minimum Lot Area: three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet. 2. Building Setbacks. a. Front setback minimum is twenty (201) feet for products where the garage door(s) is even with or forward of, living space, and all garage doors face the street. In order to encourage a varied street scene and reduce the potential for a garage door Ordinance No. 302 Page 6 dominated project, the front setback may be reduced to fifteen (151) feet where any of the following design elements are incorporated into the architecture of the homes: (i) Living space is forward (i.e. closer to the street) of the garage door (ii) Other elements as approved by the Community Development Director Any two adjacent lots may have the same front setback; however the third consecutive lot should vary the front setback by three (3) or more feet, as appropriate to the street and lot configuration, and to provide for variety in the streetscape. b. Side setback minimum for a single- family dwelling unit adjacent to a street is ten (10' ) feet, with the exception that the minimum side setback adjacent to Spring Road shall be twenty (201) feet. C. Side setback minimum for a single- family dwelling unit on an interior lot shall be five (51) feet. Side setback minimum for a second story deck or balcony is ten (10') feet. d. Rear setback minimum for a single- family dwelling unit is twenty feet (201), for an enclosed patio or open patio cover is ten feet (10'), for a second story deck or balcony is twenty feet (201), and for an accessory structure is five feet (5'). 3. Maximum building height: a. Thirty -five (351) 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. 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 Ordinance No. 302 Page 7 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, except as otherwise noted in this chapter. Tandem, i.e. end to end, garage spaces are allowed. 6. Signage. Signage shall comply with Chapter 17.40 of the city of Moorpark Municipal Code, except as otherwise noted in this chapter. 7. Recreational Amenities. Residential planned development permit areas with single- family lots that have an average size of less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet shall include private recreational amenities such as, but not limited to the following: clubhouse, restrooms, swimming pool and spa, play apparatus, picnic shelter, barbecue area with seating, court game facilities (non - lighted), and multipurpose fields. The types of amenities shall be reviewed and approved with the required residential planned development permit. 8. Eaves and Window Treatments and Surrounds. The eaves and window treatments and surrounds on all sides of a structure shall be complimentary 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. 302 Page 8 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, Moorpark, California, do hereby ce that the foregoing Ordinance No. Council of the City of Moorpark at 21st day of July, 2004, and that following vote: ss. City Clerk of the City of rtify under penalty of perjury 302 was adopted by the City a regular meeting held on the the same was adopted by the AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Parvin, and Mayor Hunter NOES: Councilmember Mikos ABSENT: Councilmember Millhouse ABSTAIN: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 28th day of July, 2004. 0 Deborah S. Traffensted , City Clerk (seal)