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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #737 I ,1 ORDINANCE No. 737 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY CZF HUNT INGT ON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH OR- DINANCE CODE RELATING TO ZONING BY AMENDING SECTIONS AND ADDING NEW SECTIONS THERETO The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as follows: Section 1. Sections 9211.1 and 9211.2 are hereby amend- ed, and as amended shall read in words and figures as fol- lows: Section 2211.1. Designation of Districts., A-1 R-3-0 C-3 R-1 R-1- C-3-0 R-1-0 R-4--0 M-1 R.-2 R-5-0 M-1-A 15-2-0 C-1 M-1-0 R-3 C-2 M-2-0 S-1 Section 9211.2. Adoption of Districtss Ma s.' Said several districts and the boundaries of said districts, and each of them, are hereby established and adopted and are shown delineated and designated A-1, R-11 R-1-01 R-21 R-2-07 R-37 R-3-01 R-4, R-4-0, R-5-0, C-11 C-21 C-3, C-3-0, M-11 M-1-A7 M-1-01 M-2-0 and S-1 respectively, on those certain sheets numbered consecutively starting with No. 1 of "Dis- tricting Map of the City of Huntington Beach, Orange County, California" , which map together with all notations, references, data district boundaries, and other information thereon., is attached hereto, made a part hereof, and is hereby adopted. � 1. Ord.. No. 737 Section 2. That Article 947 is hereby amended, and as amended, to read in words and figures as follows: ARTICLE 947 M-1 and M-l-A DISTRICTS Section 3. The following new sections are hereby add- ed to the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code as part of Article 947, which new sections shall read in words and figures as follows: Section 9471. Statement of Intent and Purposes. a. To encourage the establishment of industries which are compatible with one another. b. To provide standards for off-street automobile parking and for loading and trucking operations. c. To provide operational standards for yards, struct- ures, and equipment that will minimize traffic con- gestion, noise, heat., glare , air and water pollut- ion, fire , radiation, electrical disturbance and safety hazards. d. To provide standards for location and illumination of advertising signs. e. To establish standards of environmental development such as landscaping and open space so as to encour- age healthful and productive working conditions, and to insure the development of a manufacturing 2• i Ord. No. 737 area which will be compatible with the surrounding community. f. To prohibit: non-compatible uses. Section 91+73.1. Uses Permitted. a. Any use permitted in the C-2 district except: 1. Motels, hotels or trailer parks. 2. Hospitals, Sanitariums, or rest homes. 3. Churches, clubs or lodges. I+. Residential use. b. The manufacturer compounding, processing, packing, assembly, distribution or treatment of such prod- ucts, articles or merchandise as follows: Aircraft engines or p arts. (no engine testing) Asbestos products. Automobile assembly. Automobile parts-wholesale,distribution or manufact- ure. Bakery - wholesale . Battery manufacture. Beverage manufacture , bottling or distribution. Billboard manufacture . Boatbuilding. (not ships) Box and Crate Assembly. Broom and Brush manufacture . Ord. No. 737 Candle manufacture . (no rendering Cannery. (no noxious odors) Canvas manufacture. Carpet and rug manufacture. Cement products manufacture. Ceramic products manufacture. Cigar manufacture. Cigarette factory. Cleaning and dyeing plant. Cloth manufacture. Cooperage. Coffee manufacture. Cork products manufacture. Cosmetics manufacture. Dairy products manufacture, bottling or distribu- . tion. Dehydrating of food. (no noxious odors) Distribution of goods, wares, articles or products. Draying yard or terminal. Drugs manufacture. Electric products manufacture or distributing. Electronics manufacture. Electroplating--wholesale in conjunction with a basic permitted use. Fencing manufacture. Fibre products manufacture. Ord. No. 737 Food products manufacture. (no noxious odors) Foundry electric or gas max capacity - melting unit 1000 lbs. Freighting yard or terminal. Fruit preserving or packing. Garment manufacture. Grain elevator. Ice manufacture, distribution or storage. Laboratories - research or testing. Machine shop - wholesale. Metal products manufacture. Moving van storage or operations yard. Novelty and toy manufacture. Paint mixing. Plastic products manufacture. Paper products. Perfumes manufacture - wholesale . Pottery manufacture - wholesale. Public utilities Service yards. Rubber products manufacture. Soap manufacture Storage yard. (see screening requirements) 5. r Ord. No, 737 Vending machine assembly. Wood products manufacture v wholesale c. Other research, testing, manufacturing, assembly, distributing, warehousing, or similar uses not specifically mentioned which shall conform to the performance standards and other "requirements set forth in this article. Section 91+73.2. Prohibited Industrial Uses. Industrial uses which because of potential emanation of dust, ash, smoke, heat, noise, fumes, radiation, gas odors, or vibrations are or may be inconsistent with the intent and purposes of this Article. Section 91+73,3. Yard Requirements. a. All front and side yard requirements shall be in addition to those required by the Master Plan of Streets and Highways. All provisions of said Master Plan shall be applicable in this Section. b, Front Yard. The minimum required front yard shall be forty feet from major or primary highways and thirty feet from secondary highways, measured from the .tiiltimate street property line to the nearest front wall of the building. The front yard shall be appropriately Ord. Nb. 737 landscaped, which may include automobile parking, however not less than 25% of the front yard area shall be landscaped, and which shall include ade- quately maintained lawis, shrubs, trees, flowers or ground cover. c. Side Yards. The minimum required side yard shall be fift4en feet, except where such side yard is adjacent to a major or primary highway the minimum required yard shall be forty feet; and where such side yard is adjacent to a secondary highway the minimum requir- ed yard shall be thirty feet. Landscaping of side yards shall be required only when such yards are adjacent to streets, in which case the landscaping regulations for front yards shall apply. d. Rear Yards. No minimum rear yard is required by this article. Building Codes and Fire Protection Regulations as applicable shall govern in determining minimum rear yard requirements in the M-1-a zone. .Section 9�73. Outside Storage. a. No material, supplies or products shall be stored or permitted to remain on the property in unscreened areas. Screening of storage areas shall be accom- plished by the use of landscaping, walls, buildings, Ord. No. 737 or any combination thereof, to a height sufficient to screen the stored items, except that such height need not exceed seven feet. Storage shall be confin- ed to the rear two-thirds of the property. Section 9)-73.5. Waste Disposals A. No waste material or refuse shall be dumped, placed, or allowed to remain on the property outside a per- manent structure. b. Industrial waste disposal shall be in a manner as prescribed by the governing codes and ordinances. Section 91+73.6. Automobile Parking. a. Research; testing; manufacturing; assembly; fabrica- tion; and packaging facilities. Yard improvements shall be made to provide off-street parking spaces in the ratio of at least one space for each 350 square feet of gross floor area and at least one space for each 500 square feet of the remainder gross floor area. b. Wholesale; Warehousing; and Distribution facilities. Yard Yard improvements shall be made to provide off- street parking spaces of at least one space for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. c. Commercial uses as shall be permitted. Yard improve- ments shall be made to provide off-street parking as required in the Zoning Ordinance for C-1 and C-2 uses. Ord. No. 737 d. Where parking requirements for a use are not de- fined herein, such requirements shall be determined by the Planning Commiggion. °e. The minimum width for each parking space shall be nine feet, and each space shall contain at least 190 square feet, not including access. f. Auto parking areas shall be paved with asphaltic concrete or equal, placed upon suitable base mater- ial. g. All yard areas not facing streets may be used in total for automobile parking, when not in conflict with other provisions of this Article. h. Automobile parking areas shall be provided with entrance, exits, and aisles adequate to provide safe movement of vehicles. Section 9471.7. Trucking and Loading. a. Truck and rail loading areas, and loading wells, docks and doors shall not face on or encroach into the required front yard areas. b. Adequate area shall be provided for the safe opera- tion of trucks in loading areas. c. Trucking areas shall be adequately paved for the type of operation intended. Section 947 General Requirements. a. Fencing. No fencing will be permitted along front property, A_ Ord. No, 737 Fencing along the side yard within the front set- back is optional. Otherwise the sites shall be completely fenced with a six foot chain link type fence or equal to the front building line. b. Lighting. 1. On sites where night time operations are antic- ipated, adequate lighting shall be provided for all automobile parking areas, trubking and loading areas, and at pedestrian and vehicle access points. 2. No yard or sign illumination shall be allowed to shine directly upon, or to cast a glare upon any public street or any adjacent property. c. Signs. 1. No billboards or advertising leases shall be permitted within this zone. 2. A single sign shall be allowed on the front of each facility (facing the roadway) , advertising only the name , product, or service of the ten- ant. When the building is on a corner, or backs up to a freeway or highway, a second sign may be permitted. 3. Products and service signs shall be single- faced and confined to the walls of the larger buildings or to secondary structures which are 10. , Ord. No. 737 lower than the main building. However, a symbol or device , grouped with the sign, may extend above the roof or firewall, but not to exceed ten feet. Sign towers will not be permitted, nor illuminated water towers. Signs located on other than the main building (gate- ways, concrete or masonry yard enclosures) shall be subject to the approval of the Planning Commission. When permitted, they shall only be back-lighted or floodlighted, and letters shall not exceed 12 inches in height. 5. go advertising signs shall be placed on chain link fences. 6. Illuminated emblems may be placed on the roof pro- viding they do not exceed one-half the height of the major portion of the building or a maximum of 15 feet. 7. In addition to these requirements, signs shall meet the requirements of the Huntington Beach City Building Code. d. Buildings. 1. All structures erected within the M-1-A zone shall, with the exception of trim and raih.or architectural features, be constructed of ceram- ics, masonry, concrete, stucco or other mater- ials being similar in nature , or metal panels approved by the Planning Commission. 11. r Ord. No. 737 2. All buildings erected shall conform to the ap- plicable building codes and ordinances. . e, Area.. 1. No site within the M-1-A zone shall consist of an area less than one acre. f. Hem. Maximum height limitation shall be two stories, or not to exceed 40 feet , unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission. g. Standards of Performance. 1. Sound shall be muffled so as not to become ob- jectionable due to intermittance, beat frequency or shrillness. The measurement of sound shall be: measured at the lot lines and shall be meas- ured to decibels with a sound level meter and associated octave band filter, manufactured ac- cording to standards prescribed by the American Standards Association. Maximum permissible sound pressure levels shall comply with the following standards: Maximum Sound Pressure Level in Decibels 0.002 Dynes per Square Centimeter Octave Bank in Adjacent Residential hot Line of Use Cycles/Second District Boundaries in the M-1-A Zone 0-7, 7 5-150 59 74 150-300 52 66 600-1200 42 53 1200-2400 39 47 2400-4800 34 41 Above 4800 32 39 12. Ord. No. 737 2. Smoke, shall not be emitted from any source in a greater density of grey than that described as No. 1 on the Ringlemann Chart, except that visible grey smoke of a shade not darker than that described as No. 2 on the Ringlemann Chart may be emitted for, not more than four minutes in any thirty minutes. These provisions applicable to visible grey smoke , shall also apply to visible smoke of a different color but with an equivalent apparent opacity. 3. Dust, Dirt, Fly Ash, or Airbourne Solids, from any sources shall not be in a density greater than that described as No. l on the Ringlemann Chart. Odors, from gases or other odorous matter shall not be in such quantities as to be offensive beyond the lot line of the use. 5. Toxic Gases or Matter, shall not be emitted which can cause any damage to health, to animals or vege- tation, or other forms of property, or which can cause any excessive soiling beyond the lot lines of the use. 6. Vibration, from any machine, operation or process which can cause a displacement of .003 of one (1) inch as measured at the lot lines of the use shall be prohibited. Shock absorbers or similar mounting shall be allowed which will reduce vibration below .003 of one (1) inch as measured at the lot lines, 13. Ord. No. 737 7. Glare and Heat, from any source shall not be pro- duced beyond the lot lines of the use. 8. Radioactivity and Electrical Disturbances. 1. Except with the prior approval of the Commission as to specific additional uses, the use of radio- active materials within the M-1-A Zone shall be limited to measuring, gauging and calibration devices; as tracer elements; in X-ray and like apparatus; and in connection with the processing and preservation of foods. In no event shall radioactivity, when measured at each lot line be in excess of 2.7:x10-11 microcuries per milli- liter of air at any moment of time. 2. Radio and television transmitters shall be oper- ated at the regularly assigned wave lengths (or within the authorized tolerances therefor) as assigned thereto by the appropriate govern- mental agency. Subject to such exception and the operation of domestic household equipment,all electrical and electronic devices and equipment shall be suitably wired, shielded and controlled so that in operation they shall not, beyond the lot lines, emit any electrical impulses or waves which will adversely affect the operation and control of any other electrical or electronic devices and equipment. Ord. No. 737 Section 974.3.9. Dedication and Improvements. A. Dedication. No building shall be used or constructed for any commercial or industrial uses permitted in the "M-1- A Restricted- Manufacturing District", nor shall a permit for the construction of such building be is- sued by the Building Department, nor shall any land be used, where the land upon which such building is to be used or constructed or where the land to be used for said uses abuts upon, and the ingress or egress to the said building or land is upon any indicated Arterial Highway shown on the Master Flan of Streets and Highways adopted February, 1957, and as hereafter amended, until and unless the right-of" way for such highway to the width shown on the Mas- ter Plan has been dedicated to or vested in the City of Huntington Beach. b. Improvements. No final notice of completion shall be issued by the Building Department until such required dedica- tion of right-of-way as described in subparagraph a of this section has been improved by installatiom of curbs, gutters and street drainage in full com- pliance with City of Huntington Beach street stan- cards, or until, with the consent of the City En- gineer, an agreement is entered into with the City Orjd. No. 737 in accordance with an accepted plan of improvements. In the event an. agreement for the improvements is entered into, the City Council may require that the agreement be secured by a good and sufficient bond, or it may accept in lieu thereof a cash deposit,which bond or cash deposit shall be in an amount equal to the cost of the improvements estimated by the City Engineer. Section )+. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, California, and thirty (30) days after the adoption thereof, the same shall take effect and be in force. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, this 2nd day of November , 1959• Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Ord. No. 737 STATE OF CALIFORNIA County of Orange ) ss City of Huntington Beach I, JOHN L. HENRICKSEN, the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council .at a regular meeting 26th October thereof held on the day of , 1959, and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting there- of held on the end day of November 9 1959, and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: LAMBERT, SORK, TERRY, WAITE, IRBY. NOES: Councilmen: NONE. ABSENT: Councilmen: NONE. h 0 N L. E: RI KSE_ City Clerk and ex-off icio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California