HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2758 ORDINANCE NO. 2758
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 989.5.3 .12 THROUGH
989.5.3 .15, RELATING TO CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS
FOR A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending sections 989.5.3 .12 through 989.5.3 .15 to
read as follows:
989. 5.3 .12. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS. GENERAL. Except when
proposed on a beach, submerged lands, lots immediately adjacent
to the inland extent of the beach or of the mean high tide line
of the sea where there is no beach, and all areas within three
hundred (300) feet of the top of the seaward face of any coas-
tal bluff, any category of development, adopted pursuant to
California Public Resources 'Code section 30610(e) , shall be
exempt from the requirements of a coastal development permit.
A current record of all permits issued for categorically-excluded
developments shall be available for public and Coastal,
Commission review and shall contain the name of the applicant,
location and brief description of the project.
989.5.3 .13 . CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS. MINOR DEVELOPMENTS.
The following minor developments shall be exempt from the re-
quirements of a coastal development permit:
(a) Sign permits in conformance with applicable provisions
of this code.
(b) Revocation of permits in accordance with applicable
provisions of this code.
(c) Temporary use permits in conformance with applicable
provisions of this code.
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(d) Home occupation permits in conformance with applicable
provisions of this code.
(e) Leases .
( f) Entertainment/specific event permits .
(g) Minor variances that do not pertain to heights and
that do not negatively impact coastal access or view corridors .
(h) Grading which does not involve one hundred (100) cubic
yards or more of material and brush or vegetation removal other
than major vegetation of less than one-half acre of land.
( i) Fences and walls six (6 ) feet or less in height except
when such walls or fences will obstruct or otherwise limit
public access to the beach or other facilities to which access
is protected under the Coastal Act.
( j ) Installation of irrigation lines.
(k) Buildings or structures, or additions thereto, having
an aggregate value of $1,000 or less .
( 1) The addition of a solar-collection system to existing
buildings or structurs which complies with provisions of
Huntington Beach Municipal Code Title 17.
989. 5.3 .14. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS. DISTRICTS IN
EXCLUSION AREAS. Permitted uses in the following districts
shall not require coastal development permits:
( a) Rl, "Low Density Residential District ."
(b) R2, "Medium Density Residential District. "
(c) R3, "Medium-high Density Residential District. "
(d) R4, "High Density Residential District. "
(e) C4, "Highway Commercial District, " provided, however,
that no further intensification of use or reduction of parking
is allowed on the C4 parcel at the northwest corner of Pacific
Coast Highway and Warner Avenue without a coastal development
permit.
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(t) Old Town Specitic Plan Districts No. 1 and 2 .
(g) Ml, "Light Industrial District . "
989.5.3 .15. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS. MISCELLANEOUS
ACTIVITIES. The following miscellaneous activities are
included in the exclusion areas:
(a) Installation testing, placement in service or the
replacement of any necessary utility connection between an
existing service tacility and any development that has
previously been granted a coastal development permit.
(b) Minor accessory structures in contormance with
applicable provisions of this code.
(c) Actions listed as ministerial in the Calitornia
Environmental Quality ,Act, including:
( 1) Issuance of building permits ;
(2) Issuance of building licenses;
(3 ) Approval of tinal subdivision maps ; and
(4) Approval of individual utility service
connections and disconnections.
(d) Municipal improvement projects of less than $50, 000 in
cost and only where such projects would not alter vehicular
capacity of public streets o intersections more than 1 per-
cent s r o s b o 0 r
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cent (except trattic control devices such as stop signs or
lights) , would not alter on or ott-street parking that would
decrease the number of spaces, and would not alter circulation
patterns that would impair beach access.
( e) The construction, reconstruction, demolition, repair,
maintenance, alternation or addition to any single-tamely
dwelling unit or multiple-tamily dwelling unit, or accessory
structure which does not require a zoning variance, conditional
use permit or use permit .
( f) Traftic control signing and minor roadway improvements
including :
(1) Culvert replacement; _
(2 ) Guardrails, retaining walls ;
(3) Slope stabilization;
(4) Signs for trattic control and guidance,
including roadway markings and pavement delineation;
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(5) Drainage course maintenance and cleaning
involving less than 50 cubic yards of excavations; and
(6) Parking meter installation and repair.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15th
day of April 1985.
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Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
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City Administrator Director of De e p t
Services
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Ord. No. 2758
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, 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 lst day of April
19 85 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 15th day of April 19 85 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Kelly, MacAllister, Mandic, Bailey, Finley, Green, Thomas
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
i. Alicia M. Wentwoft CITY CLERK of rite City of
Huntington Beach and ex-oftielo Clerk of the City
Council. do hereby certify that a synopsis of this
ordinance has teen published in the Huntington
Beach Independent on
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A41CtA M. WENTWORTH
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