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ORDINANCE NO. 2834
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE
CODE BY REPEALING ARTICLE 961 AND
ADDING THERETO NEW ARTICLE 910 ENTITLED
"RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE DISTRICT"
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1 . Article 961 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance
Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto new Article 910 entitled, "Residential
Agriculture District" to read as follows:
9100 GENERAL PROVISIONS. The Residential Agriculture
District (RA) is intended to serve as a transition or holding zone
for property with current agricultural activities and as a zone
where restricted residential development is permitted. 3
9101 PERMITTED USES. The following shall be permitted
within the RA district.
(a) Unregulated. Agricultural and horticultural uses such
as orchards, field or bush crops, vegetable and flower gardening.
(b) Building Permit. Single family dwellings and accessory
buildings w is are permanently located on a parcel and
greenhouses, barns, tool sheds, and buildings accessory to farming
uses shall be permitted subject to the approval of a building
permit. Tents, trailers, vehicles, or temporary structures shall
not be used for dwelling purposes.
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(c) Use Permit. The following uses shall be permitted
subject to the approval of a use permit by the Board of Zoning
Adjustments. The Board shall consider in its decision traffic
circulation, the provision of off-street parking, required
dedications and improvements, and the buffering and compatibility
of the site with surrounding uses.
( 1) Wholesale nurseries.
(2 ) Uses where animal feces are used in bulk
quantities or where packaging of products
constitutes more than twenty-five (25%) percent
of the site ' s activities.
(d) Conditional Use Permit. Unclassified uses pursuant to
Article 963 may be permitted subject to the approval of a
conditional use permit by the Planning Commission.
9102 PROHIBITED USES. The following uses shall be
prohiSited in the RA istrict:
(a) Garbage or sewage disposal plants.
(b) Animal husbandry and any commercial raising of
animals.
9103 MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE/FRONTAGE. A licensed land surveyor
or civil engineer shall submit calculations showing lot width,
depth, and area for any new parcel. The minimum lot size shall be
one acre and the minimum lot frontage shall be 150 feet.
9104 MAXIMUM DENSITY/INTENSITY. The maximum density shall
not exceed one unit per acre. A maximum of five units is
permitted on any single parcel .
9105 MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. Maximum building height shall
be twenty-five feet and maximum two stories for all structures.
9106 MAXIMUM SITE COVERAGE. Maximum site coverage shall be
fifty 50%) percent. Site coverage shall be as outlined in the
definitions section.
9107 SETBACKS. Setbacks for the dwelling shall be provided
as indicated below. Garages shall be set back a minimum of
twenty-two (22) feet from any exterior property line. Setbacks
for architectural features are contained in Section 9109 (b) .
Front Yard: Twenty (20) feet.
Interior Side Yard: Five (5) feet.
Exterior Side Yard: Twenty (20) feet.
Rear Yard: Twenty (20) feet .
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9108 PARKING. Parking shall comply with the standards
outlined in Article 960. The parking of inoperable motor
vehicles; trucks and machinery; trailers, campers and boats shall
be prohibited in front of the main dwelling.
9109 MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Accessory Buildings. Accessory buildings may be
permitted on a lot with a permitted main building. Setback
requirements are as specified for the main dwelling, except
accessory buildings other than detached garages shall set back
fifty (50) feet from the front property line. The minimum
distance from any building to any other building on the same lot
shall be twenty (20) feet.
(b) Architectural Features. Architectural features;
including eaves, fireplaces, and open unroofed stairways and
balconies shall maintain a minimum distance of five (5) feet from
any portion of any other building on the same lot . Such features
shall set back thirty (30) inches from the side property lines and
sixteen (16) feet from the front and rear property lines.
(c) Fencing. Fencing shall comply with the standards
outlined in Arta le 977.
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SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decisions shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City
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Council of the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portions thereof, and amendments
thereto, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions, or
amendments be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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 passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington beach at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 16th day of June 1986.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ity Clerk City Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator erector bf velopment
Services
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Ord. No. 2834
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 21st day of April
1986 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 16th day of June 1986 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Finley, Mandic, Bailey, Green, Thomas
NOES: Councilmen:
Kelly, MacAllsiter
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and ex-offico Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
it A1kNa M. Wa WWM CITY CLERK of the City at
Huntington Bch and ex-officlo Clerk of the City
Council. do taereby cerlffy that a synopsis of this
ordinance has been published In the Huntington
Beach Independent on 7 a 3 'o"t
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in accordarra with the City Charttr of said city.
)WCIA M. WENTI M-ii
' i City Clerk
Deputy City Clerk