HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1859 ORDINANCE NO. 1859
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY REPEALING SECTION 9792 .2 .3 , AMENDING SEC-
TIONS 9792 . 2 AND 9792 . 2 . 2; AND ADDING SECTION
9730 . 28 PERTAINING TO LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS
AND REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL PARKING LOTS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. Section 9792 .2 . 3 of the Huntington Beach Ordi-
nance Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending Sections 9792 . 2 and 9792 .2 . 2 to read as
follows :
9792 . 2 . LANDSCAPING. Landscaping requirements shall
be as follows :
(a) Fifteen (15) gallon trees shall be placed through
the off-street parking lot within the planter areas . Distri-
bution of such trees shall be subject to the approval of the
Planning Department .
(b ) All landscaping within five ( 5) feet of a public
right of way shall be subject to the approval of the Department
of Public Works in accordance with the latest landscaping stand-
ards .
(c) A six (6) foot wide (inside dimension) landscaped
planter shall be located along the street side property line
except for driveway openings .
Planting shall be harmonious with the architectural
design and site location and shall be maintained at all times
in a neat , clean, healthy condition.
(d) All required landscaped areas shall be provided with
a sprinkler system.
9792 . 2 . 2 . PERCENTAGE OF LANDSCAPING. A minimum of six (6)
percent of the site shall be landscaped. Said landscaped areas
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shall be determined by calculating six (6) percent of the
net area of the total site .
SECTION 3 . The Huntington Ordinance Code is hereby amended
by adding thereto Section 9730 . 28 to read as follows :
9730 . 28 . TEMPORARY COMMERCIAL PARKING LOTS . Temporary
parking lots may be permitted for a period of five (5) years
subject to approval of use permit application by the Board of
Zoning Adjustments .
(a) All parking space dimensions , �landscaping, sprinkler
systems striping, driveway widths and parking layout shall com-
ply with Article 979 .
(b ) Paving shall be two (2) inches of asphalt over ninety
(90 ) percent compacted native soil or as approved by the Depart-
ment of Building and Community Development .
(c) On-site signs shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet
and shall be in accordance with the design established on the
municipal parking lot at the pier, and shall not exceed ten (10)
feet in height .
(d) Physical protection from vehicle and pedestrian
damage to landscaping shall be provided by one of the follow-
ing methods :
(1) Wheel bumpers
(2) Concrete curbs
( 3) Any other design that will provide protection
and is acceptable to the Board of Zoning Adjustments at
the time of approval.
(e) Parking lots that are designed to have automatically
controlled entry devices shall have these devices set back twenty
( 20 ) feet from the property line at such entrance or .at a distance
stipulated by the Board of Zoning Adjustments .
(f) The Board of Zoning Adjustments approval action on the
application shall be subject to periodic review for compliance
with the initial conditions of approval . The Board of Zoning Ad-
justments shall initiate permit revocation proceeding when the
conditions of approval of the use permit have not been complied
with.
(1) Failure or refusal of the property owner to
clean up the site or maintain the site in a clean con-
dition and free of trash or debris .
(2) A condition which may tend to depreciate the
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value of the surrounding properties .
(3) The Board of Zoning Adjustments may order the
immediate cessation of the temporary use if all conditions,
requirements and provisions of Division 9 have not been
met
SECTION 4 . The provisions of this ordinance insofar as
they are substantially the same as existing provisions of the
Huntington 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 Huntington
Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th
day of August, 1973 .
May or
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk City Attorney
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Ord. No. 1859
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly appointed, qualified 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 16th day of July
19 73 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 6th day of Auzust , 19 73 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Gibbs, Green, Coen, Duke, Matney
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Shipley
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
1, Alicia M. Woratwcrth CITY CLERK of the City of
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