HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3017 ORDINANCE NO. 3017
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY REPEALING ARTICLE 985 AND ADDING NEW ARTICLE 985
TITLED "DESIGN REVIEW BOARD"
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain
as follows :
SECTION 1: Article 985 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance
Code is hereby repealed:
SECTION 2: The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto new Article 985 to read as follows:
Article 985
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
Sections•
9850 Design Review Board Established
9851 Duties
9852 Appeals
9853 Members
9853 . 1 Terms of Office
9853 .2 Removal of Members
9853 . 3 Bylaws
9853 .4 Secretary
9853 . 5 Advisors and Assistants to the Board
9854 Design Review by Application
Form and Content of Application for
Design Review
9854 . 1 Criteria for Approval
9854 . 2 Factors to be Considered in Applying
Design Criteria
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9850 Design Review Board Established. There is hereby created a
Design Review Board for the City of Huntington Beach referred to
herein as the "Board. " (2381-7/79)
9851 Duties . The duties of the Board shall include the following:
a. Encourage, control, and maintain harmonious, compatible,
attractive, and aesthetic development within special and
unique areas of the city.
b. Review and act on the design of any structure, facility,
landscaping or architecture to be constructed, altered or
modified in areas designated Civic Facilities, Civic
Districts, Redevelopment Survey and Project Areas, and/or
other areas so designated by the City Council .
C. Approve, conditionally approve, or deny any design review
application forwarded to them by the Director, Zoning
Administrator, Planning Commission and/or City Council .
d. Recommend to the Director, Zoning Administrator, Planning
Commission and/or City Council either approval, conditional
approval or denial of any design review application.
9852 Appeals. Any action of the Board may be appealed to the
Planning Commission as provided in this code.
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9853 Appointment of Membership. The Board shall be composed of
five (5) members appointed by and responsible to the City Council .
The membership shall consist of at least one (1) Planning
Commissioner, two (2) City residents, and two (2) staff members.
9853 . 1 Terms of Office. The terms of office of Board members shall
be as follows : Two (2) citizen members shall be appointed initially
for a four (4) year term, and Planning Commission and staff members
shall be appointed initially for a two (2) year term except that
after the expiration of these initial terms, all Board members shall
be appointed for four (4) year terms .
9853 .2 Bylaws . The Board may adopt bylaws and rules as it deems
necessary for the selection of its officers, the time and place of
its meetings and such other matters relative to its work and
administration of its duties which are not otherwise provided for by
statute, ordinance or resolution.
9853 .3 Secretary. The Director of the Department of Community
Development, or a person so designated by the Director, shall serve
as secretary to the Design Review Board without the power to vote.
9853 . 5 Advisors and Assistants to the Board. The Board may request
attendance at its meetings of any officer or employee of the City to
assist the Board. The Board may make investigations and employ
persons, subject to approval of the City Administrator, as it may
deem necessary to perform its duties and functions .
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9854 Design Review by Application. Prior to the issuance of any
permits a project within areas designated for design review must
first submit an application to the Department of Community
Development. The Board shall act on all applications within thirty
days of submittal .
9854 . 1 Criteria for Approval . The Board shall utilize the
following criteria in the review of applications:
(a) The architectural and landscape design of a project must
integrate harmoniously with the existing or planned character
of the immediate neighborhood.
(b) The design must stabilize and protect civic facilities or
civic district areas and be compatible in scale and aesthetic
treatment.
(c) The design must enhance the desirability and/or enjoyment of
the immediate neighborhood.
(d) The design must improve community appearances by preventing
extremes of dissimilarity or monotony in new construction or
alterations of facilities .
9854 .2 Factors to be Considered in Applying Design Criteria. The
Board shall consider the following factors in applying criteria to a
design being considered under this article:
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(a) Height, location, bulk, area, materials, type and variations
in any structure, facility, landscaping or architectural
feature so considered.
(b) Site layout, orientation and relationship to open areas,
topography and existing or proposed structures in the
surrounding neighborhood.
(c) Sign design and its relation to the proposed use and
surrounding neighborhood.
(d) The probable and useful life of other structures on the site
and in the immediate area.
(e) All applicable provisions of this code.
(f) Relation of the proposed use to other existing and proposed
facilities .
(g) Any other factors which the City Council may deem relevant.
SECTION 3 : This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days
from the date of its passage.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day
of November 19 89
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attor ey 1
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator Director of Community
Development
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Ord. No. 3017
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, 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 therof held on the 16th day of October
19 89 and was again read to said City Council at a' regular
meeting therof held on the 6th day of November , 19 89 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of
all the members of said City Council .
AYES: Councilmembers:
MacAllister, Green, Winchell , Bannister, Mays, Silva, Erskine
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
I, Connie Eroc,way CJY CLERK of the City of •
Htinfi agton beach and e -off,co Lih.A of t�13 City
Coif t,do� _ty r - r, t �, of this
=Yt'�n t.��a:y Pitot on City Clerk and ex-offi o Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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L�C:hy Clerk