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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1565 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1565 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY ADDING THERETO ARTICLE 967 ENTITLED, "CIVIC DISTRICT SUFFIX" The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Article 967 , entitled "Civic District Suffix, " being Sections 9670 through 9677, to read at-- follows : 9670 . STATEMENT OF INTENT AND PURPOSE . This article is adopted pursuant to Government Code Section 65850 et seq. and is designed and intended to establish a method whereby the city may regulate the orderly, harmonious , attractive and aesthetic development of facilities around designated Community Facilities Districts in order to protect and preserve the character and integrity of the public development or facility , and thereby protect and preserve the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare . 9671. ZONING REGULATIONS . After public hearings- as pro- vided for zone changes in this code , the civic district suffix (-CD) may be combined with any basic zoning district and thereafter a developer shall comply with all requirements of the basic zoning district in addition to the requirements of this article . 9672 . REVIEW OF PLANS . Unless plans , elevations and pro- posed sites for buildings or structures in a civic district area have been approved by the Design Review Board or upon appeal by Council, no building permit shall be issued for any such building, structure or other development of property or appurtenances or alterations thereto . 9673 . EXCEPTIONS. When, in the opinion of the Director of Planning, the approval of an application for a minor or insignificant building permit does not defeat the purposes and objects of this article , a building permit may be issued without submitting the matter to the Design Review Board for its approval . 9674 . APPLICATION FOR REVIEW. Applications for design re- view required by this article shall be filed and reviewed in the same manner as provided in Article 985 of this code. 1 . The Design Review Board is to consider whether plans submitted comply with criteria adopted by resolution for the civic district . If such criteria are met , the application shall be approved. Conditions may be applied when the proposed building or structure does not comply with the above criteria and shall be such as to bring said building or structure into conformity . If an appli- cation is disapproved, the Design Review Board shall detail in its findings the criterion, or criteria, that are not met . The action taken by the Design Review Board shall be reduced to writing signed by the chairman and a copy thereof made available to the applicant upon request . 9675 . PLAN REQUIRED . Applicant shall submit a plan which shall be drawn to scale and shall indicate the following in- formation: (a) Dimensions and orientation of the parcel . (b ) Location of buildings and structures both existing and proposed. (c) Location of off-street parking and loading facilities . (d) Location and dimensions of present and proposed street and highway dedications required to handle the traffic generated by the proposed uses . (e) Location of points of entry and exit for motor vehicles and internal circulation pattern. (f) Location of walls and fences and the indication of their height and the materials of their construction. (g) Indication of exterior lighting standards and devices adequate to review possible hazards and disturbances to the public and adjacent properties . (h) Location and size of exterior signs and outdoor adver- tising. (i) A preliminary landscaping plan. (j ) Grading and slopes where they affect the relationship of the buildings . (k) Indication of the heights of buildings and structures . (1) Indication of the proposed use of the buildings shown on the site . 2 . (m) Such other architectural and engineering data as may be required to permit necessary findings that the provisions of this code are being complied with. (n) Any of the above requirements may be waived by the Planning Director if the information is deemed not essential . Where an attachment or minor addition to an existing building or structure is proposed , the plan shall indicate the relationship of such proposal to the existing development . 9676 . EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECISION. The decision of the Design Review Board shall not become effective until the expiration of ten (10) days after the date upon which a ruling was made . 9677 . APPEALS. The applicant or any interested party may file an appeal to the Planning Commission on any ruling by the Design Review Board made pursuant to this article . The appeal shall be filed or made within ten (10) days following the decision of the Board and shall set forth alleged inconsistency or nonconformity with the procedures or criteria set forth in this article or stand- ards set forth in or pursuant to this code . Appeals shall be heard and decisions of the Planning Commission may be appealed pursuant to the procedures set out in Article 988 of this code . SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of March 1970 . � Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: i City alerk _ ..... -City Attorn 3 . Ord. No. 1565 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss : CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I , PAUL C. JONES, The duly elected, qualified, and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of March, 19_L( , and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of March , 19_LO , and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: Shipley, Kaufman, Coen, Green NOES: Councilmen: Bartlett , McCracken ABSENT: Councilmen: Matney Cit C er an officio Clerk of the City Cotrncil of the City I_ PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the city of of Huntington Beach California Wancirtgton 8eacfi and ex offic90 Clerk of the Cfiy g ,©U,C"' do hereby certify that this ordinance has been fflWhed in 9 Huntington Beach News on Z .. L.-.. - - - --19 -.. rdime With the C Charter of said City. ` .........City•Clerk