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Home My WebLink About74-70 Establishing a Commercial Limited (CL) DistrictORDINANCE NO. 74- '% a AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIAL LIMITED (CL) DISTRICT. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I - PURPOSES The Commercial Limited (CL) District is intended for unique areas of land which, due to the proximity of residential development or the potential for traffic circulation hazards, require special precautions to be taken to assure appropriate development. The District is also intended for industrial areas where commercial uses must be considered according to their compatibility with existing or proposed industrial uses. SECTION II PERMITTED USES 1. Professional or business offices 2. Retail commercial shops 3. Financial institutions SECTION III CONDITIONAL USES 1. Other uses which the Planning Commission determines to be consistent with the standards established in Section IV of this ordinance. SECTION IV STANDARDS FOR APPROVAL OF PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES Standards for approving permitted and conditional uses shall be based on a determination that the business does not produce dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable noise, odors, vibration, air pollution, glare, airborne particles, or traffic congestion in such an amount as to affect adversely the surrounding area or adjoining premises. 1. A use may be authorized if it is determined that the proposed location will be necessary to the public convenience or welfare and will be consistent with the various ele- ments and objectives of the General Plan. 2. A use may be authorized if it is determined that it would preserve the integrity and character of the dis- trict, the utility and value of adjacent property, and the general welfare of the neighborhood. 3. A use may be authorized if it is determined that it will not jeopardize, adversely affect, endanger or otherwise constitute a menace to the public health, safety, or general welfare. SECTION V NEW CONSTRUCTION Any construction, including signs, in the Commercial Limited (CL) District shall be submitted to the Planning Department for review according to the following procedures and subject to the following criteria. 1. Application Any individual proposing construction of a building, structure, or sign within the Commercial Limited District shall make application to the Planning Department for site review on forms provided by the Planning Department. 2. Action Planning Department shall approve, approve with condi- tions, or deny each application. 3. Appeals The applicant or any interested person may appeal a decision of the Planning Department according to appeal procedures prescribed in the Costa Mesa Municipal Code, Article 2, Chapter IX, Sections 2-300 et seq. 4. Building Permits Required permits shall not be issued until Planning Department review approval has been obtained. 5. Compliance Final occupancy shall not be granted unless the site development conforms to the approved set of building plans. 6. Review Criteria Review criteria shall include, but shall not be limited to the following: (1) Compatible and harmonious relationship between the proposed building and site development and the buildings and site developments that exist or have been approved for the general neighborhood. (2) Safety, compatibility, and quality of the design of buildings, signs, parking areas, landscaping, lumin- aries, and other site features which may include functional aspects of the site development, such as automobile and pedestrian circulation. SECTION VI - DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS The development requirements enumerated hereinafter are for the Planning Department to consider for a Commercial Limited District and are in addition to, and not a limitation on, requirements of other departments in the City of Costa Mesa for developments. 1. Maximum building height shall be two -stories. 2. Maximum lot coverage by building or structures shall be a maximum of 40% of the lot area. 3. Lot size - Minimum lot shall be 6,000 square feet. 4. Setbacks - Minimum setbacks from the property line shall be as follows: (a) When property is adjacent to any public street or right-of-way - 15 feet. (b) Side yard - 10 feet (c) Rear yard - 10 feet (d) When a property line abuts a residential district the setback shall be two feet times the height of the nearest structure on the site adjacent to the residential district. 5. Landscaping All required setbacks abutting a public right-of-way shall be landscaped (except for walks and driveways which bisect or encroach upon the required landscape area). In any required off-street parking facility a minimum of 15 square feet of landscaped area shall be provided per required parking space. (a) A landscape plan shall be under the jurisdiction of the Planning Department. (b) All required landscaping shall be separated from paved areas by six inch high cement concrete curbing and shall be provided with automatic sprinkler facilities which shall be maintained in an operative condition. (c) One tree (15 gallon minimum size) shall be installed per 200 square feet of landscaped area. (d) Every site in which landscaping is required (accord- ing to this Ordinance) shall be landscaped according to plans approved as specified herein. 6. Uses underroof - All permitted uses shall be conducted underroof as that term is defined in Section 13-64 of Costa Mesa Municipal Code. 7. Outdoor Storage - All outdoor storage is prohibited. 8. Underground Utilities - For all new construction, all utilities shall be installed underground on the building site in accordance with the serving utilities rules, regulations, and tariffs on file with the CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The Planning Commission may waive the required under- grounding whenever such installation is determined by the Planning Commission to be not practically feasible. Provided, however, that all required termination facili- ties on the structure and conduit, at least to the outer wall, at a point designated by the serving utility, shall be furnished and installed to facilitate future con- nection to an underground system. 9. Parking Standards - The number of required parking spaces for the Commercial Limited District shall conform to the standards in Section 13-606 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code. QL'OrPTAXT VTT This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be published once in the.Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7A4 day of , 1974. ayor of the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of Cost esa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No.'14 -"10 was introduced and considered section by section t a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day of eCO- „„ b o 19 tom_, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the__Zg _day of ,19 75' by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: rrxJ y NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:xt� IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this._gt./,_day of , . City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of ZVe City Council of the City of Costa sa