HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1993 0616 CC REG ITEM 11HAGENDA REPORT
TO: The Honorable City Council
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FROM: Jaime Aguilera, Director of Community Development
Paul Porter, Senior Planner
DATE: May 24, 1993 (CC meeting of June 16, 1993) �-
SUBJECT: REVISIONS TO CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE
Background
On December 16, 1992, the City Council began the public hearings on
the proposed changes to the City's Zoning Ordinance and closed the
public hearing on February 24, 1993. The Council directed staff to
make additional changes to the Zoning Ordinance and to bring the
draft Ordinance back for the Council's review prior to having the
proposed changes reviewed by the Planning Commission.
Discussion
Staff has completed the City Council's recommended additional
changes to the City's Zoning Ordinance which have been incorporated
into the attached draft. For ease in reading, all of the proposed
changes are in legislative format. This includes the previous
recommended changes to the Ordinance presented to the City Council
beginning on January 13,1993. The proposed Ordinance does not
address the recent changes to Article 10 - Sign Requirements that
has recently been reviewed by the Planning Commission, alcohol
sales in conjunction with gasoline sales, or drilling. The types
of proposed clean -up actions to the ordinance include the
following:
1. Page 7 - added definition for "Church ".
2. Page 7 - Modified Definition of "Commercial Vehicle ".
3. Page 8 - Modified definition for "Day Care Facility ".
4. Page 10 - deleted definition of "Family ".
5. Page 15 - Modified definition of "Motion Picture and
Television Production" to include provision for vehicles.
6. Page 20 - Modified definition of "Swap Meet ", modified
definition of "Vehicle Abandoned" and added definition of
"Temporary Special Use Permit ".
7. Section 8105 -5 - Eliminated requirement for Churches in the M-
1 Zone to have a Conditional Use Permit.
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8. Page 46 - Added section regarding parking of a trailer, bus or
similar recreational vehicles in setback areas and parking in
setbacks on page 47.
9. Page 48 - Modified requirements for second story decks.
10. Pages 52 and 53 - Added requirement that fixtures must provide
sharp cut -off qualities to minimize spill -off at property
lines.
11. Page 60 - Added section for "Satellite Dish Antennas ".
12. Beginning on Page 62 Section 8107 -2 - "Standards Relating to
Animals" has been rewritten.
13. Page 50 - Parking requirement for churches has been modified.
14. Page 97 through 102 - Parking requirements for some uses have
been decreased. The reason for this is to increase the AVR
(Average Vehicle Ridership) and to act as a TCM
(Transportation Control Measure) in order to help reduce air
emissions from vehicles. As an additional TCM measure, staff
has modified Section 8108 -1.1 - Mixed Uses allowing a
reduction in parking requirements for mixed uses that have use
different peak parking times. TCM measures such as shared
parking and decreasing parking standards have been discussed
as appropriate methods of reducing vehicular emissions at
monthly Transportation Control Measure (TCM) Working Group
meetings held by the County of Ventura Air Pollution Control
District.
15. Page 103 - Modified Section (c) to allow off -set of required
parking spaces if motorcycle parking provided.
16. Page 104 - Parking aisle and space dimension requirements have
been modified.
17. Pages 120 and 121 - Modified to address requirements for metal
buildings.
18. Page 144 - Section added for "Temporary Special Use Permit ".
19. Page 145 - Additional finding added to "Permit Standards"
regarding compatibility with surrounding properties.
20. Page 146 - City's Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance referred to
rather than "Chapters 1 and -211.
21. Page 149 - general clean -up to Sections 8111 -3.2 and 8111-
3.4.1.
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22. Pages 153 and 154 - Modified requiring posting of property 11
days prior to hearing and placement of signs regarding public
hearings.
23. Pages 157 and 158 - Added "Permit Adjustment" section for
minor adjustments for projects.
The Council previously approved churches as an allowed use in the
M -1 Zone with a modification to an Industrial Planned Development
Permit and retail sales in industrial zones with the following
requirements: a) That the areas used for retail may not exceed 20%
of the entire floor area of the building, b) That in the case of
an industrial complex under a single cumulative floor area of all
buildings, may be used by any one building for retail use, c)
Temporary retail sales may be allowed under the provisions of the
temporary use permit and must exhibit verification of State Board
of Equalization sellers permit, d) The temporary permit shall be
granted upon the stipulation that the sales activity occur no more
than once per month and not on more than three consecutive days.
and d) Items a & b above shall be allowed only as a modification
to the original development permit. In the case of a non - existent
development permit, one shall be required. These changes have been
incorporated into the attached Ordinance.
In addition, the Council approved "Density Bonus Provisions" have
been incorporated in Article 16 of the attached Ordinance. Section
8111 -8.1 regarding appeals has also been incorporated in the
Ordinance. This provision increases the number of days to file an
appeal from 15 to 16 days and states that approval of a Zone
Clearance or other ministerial approvals are not appealable other
than by the applicant of the Ministerial Approval.
Previously, staff had indicated that the setback requirements in
RPD Zones appeared to be restrictive. The Council indicated that
this matter had been previously discussed by Committee and
suggested that staff review previous Council actions on this issue.
In reviewing this matter, staff notes that the setbacks as
recommended by the prior Council Committee are currently found in
the Zoning Ordinance as the "Standards for the Residential Planned
Development Zone in Section 8109 of the Zoning Ordinance.
Recommendation:
Review the proposed changes, and advise staff of any additional
recommended changes to the Zoning Ordinance to be reviewed by the
Planning Commission for recommendation to the City Council.
Attachment: Zoning Ordinance with revisions completed in
legislative format
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