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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance #1754 ORDINANCE NO. 1754 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY REPEALING ARTICLE 925, AMENDING THE TITLES OF ARTICLES 910, 916, 920, AND 923, AND ADD- ING THERETO ARTICLE 940 ENTITLED, "OFFICE PRO- FESSIONAL DISTRICT" The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. Article 925 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by amending the titles of Articles 910, 916, 920 and 923 to read as follows : Article 910, Rl District, Low Density Residential District Article 916, R2 District, Medium Density Residential Dis- trict Article 920, R3 District, Medium-high Density Residential District Article 923, R4 District, High Density Residential Dis- trict SECTION 3 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Article 940 entitled, "Office Pro- fessional District" to read as follows : ARTICLE 940 R5, OFFICE PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT 9400. STATEMENT OF INTENT AND PURPOSE. This district is primarily intended to provide hotel and motel accommodations for transients and vacation visitors . It is further intended to provide as a part of these accommodations, the necessary per- sonal service establishments to serve transients and vacation visitors . This district is not intended to allow general shopping, 1 . merchandising, multiple-family dwelling units , mobile homes or mobilehome parks . 9401. USES PERMITTED . The uses and regulations set out hereinafter shall apply in the R5 district subject to approval of an administrative review application by the Board of Zoning Ad- justments . 9401. 1. PROFESSIONAL OFFICES . Professional services may be located in professional business buildings . Professional offices are defined as offices for the conduct of any one of the follow- ing uses only : Accountant archi tect ,ltect attorney , chiropractor,ractor col lection i t on agency , dentist , engineer, insurance broker, optometrist , phy- sician and surgeon, private detective, real estate sales , social workers , surveyor and pharmacies . Diagnostic laboratories and biochemical laboratories that do not exceed fifteen hundred (1500 ) square feet in gross area are also permitted . 9401. 2 . USE PERMITS REQUIRED . The uses set out hereinafter may be permitted in this district subject to approval by the Board of Zoning Adjustments of a use permit application. 9401 . 3 . MOTELS AND HOTELS . (a) Minimum Lot Area . The minimum lot area shall be nine thousand (9000) square feet . (b ) Minimum Frontage . The minimum frontage shall be seventy (70) feet . (c) Location and Access . All motels shall be located on and shall be accessible from an arterial highway which has been depicted on the Master Plan of Arterial Streets and -Highways . 9401 . 4 . SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS DEFINED . Service estab- lishments shall include restaurants , cocktail lounges , barber shops , beauty shops , laundry or dry cleaning agencies , travel bureaus and magazine stands . 9401. 5 . SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS PERMITTED . Service estab- lishments are permitted in this district within a hotel or motel . In all cases , public access to these service establish- ments shall be by way of an inner court or lobby from the hotel or motel. No direct public access shall be permitted to the front yard area or exterior side yard area from said service estab- lishments . 2 . 9402 . PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLIC USES . Churches , private clubs or lodges , private or public educational institutions , rest homes , sanitariums , convalescent hospitals and hospitals. 9403 . ON PREMISE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGES . On premise sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages within private clubs or lodges may be permitted subject to the following requirements : (a) A site plan application shall be submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission; and (b ) Such sale shall be conducted within the same building and in conjunction with the permitted use . 9404 . DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS . ALL PERMITTED USES . (a) Minimum Building Site . The minimum site area shall be six thousand ( 000) square feet . (b) Minimum Frontage . The minimum frontage shall be sixty (60 ) feet . EXCEPTION: Any parcel or lot , or combination of parcels and lots , 'existing as a legal building site on or before the ef- fective date of this section shall remain a legal building site . 9404 . 1. BUILDING HEIGHT. The maximum building height shall be three (3) stories , but not to exceed thirty-five (35) feet . EXCEPTION: Rooftop mechanical equipment and screen- ing may exceed the thirty-five (35) 'foot height limit , provided that they shall not exceed building height by more than fourteen (14) feet . Screening shall set back fifteen (15) feet from any exterior building edge and shall not project above the equipment which it is designed to shield from view. 9404 . 2 . OFF-STREET PARKING. The arrangement , access , and number of all parking spaces and/or lots shall conform to • Article 979 . 9404 .3 . YARD REQUIREMENTS . ALL PERMITTED USES . All yards shall be measured- either from the existing property line, the ultimate right of way line as adopted on the Master Plan of Ar- terial Streets and Highways and any amendments thereto, or any precise plan of a street and/or alley alignment , whichever may be the greater. (a) Front Yard . The minimum front yard shall be five ( 5) feet . Parcels fronting on a state highway shall be required to 3 . set back a minimum of fifty (50 ) feet from the ultimate right of way . (b ) Exterior Side Yard . The exterior side yard shall be ten (10 ) feet . (c) Interior Side Yard . The interior side yard shall be five (5) feet . (d) Rear Yard . The rear yard shall be a minimum of five (5) feet except where permitted uses abut an Rl district , in which case the minimum rear yard shall be fifteen (15) feet . 9.404 .4 . CHURCHES, PRIVATE CLUBS OR LODGES . PARKING RE- QUIREMENTS . Ten percent (10%) of the required parking area shall be landscaped and permanently maintained. 9404 . 5 . HOSPITALS . DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS . (a) Minimum Area. The minimum area shall be six thousand (6000) square feet . (b ) Minimum Frontage . The minimum frontage shall be sixty (60 ) feet . SECTION 4 . The provisions of this ordinance insofar as they are substantially the same as existing provisions of the Hunting- ton Beach Ordinance Code relating to the same subject matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations and not as new enactments . SECTION 5 . 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 news- paper of general circulation, printed and published in Hunting- ton Beach, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of June, 1972 . } Mayor 4 . ATTEST : Paul C. Jones City Clerk Assistant City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: 1 City Attorne 5 . Ord. N,o. 1754 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 5th day of June 19 72 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of June , 19 72 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, Bartlett, Green, Matney, Duke, Coen NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Gibbs Paul C. .Tnnp. !- PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Of the City Council of the City Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has of Huntington Beach, California been publishe in the Huntington Beach News on ' - - - -._...., 19 �z In accordan with the City Charter of said City. C PAUL C. JONES BY yi c.,.Clerk Assistant City Jerk Deputy City Clerk