HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-14 - Amending Standards for Height & Design of Walls & FencesRESOLUTION NO. 85-14
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AMENDED
STANDARDS PERTAINING TO THE HEIGHT AND DESIGN
OF WALLS AND FENCES.
WHEREAS, the City Council has held first reading of Ordinance 85-4;
and
WHEREAS, that Ordinance specifies that various standards for design
and location of walls and fences shall be adopted by resolution of the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Camnission of the City of Costa Mesa has recom-
mended to the City Council that the fence standards listed below and shown
on Exhibit A attached hereto be adopted:
1. The maximum height of any fence or wall located bewteen the
property line and the required setback line for main buildings, as estab-
lished in Title 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code, shall be six (6) feet.
2. Where the grade level on one side of a fence or wall is higher
than the grade level on the other side, the permitted fence or wall height
shall be measured from the higher grade; provided, however, that the fence
or wall shall not exceed nine (9) feet in height as measured from the lower
grade. This exception shall not apply, however, when the fence or wall
separates a privately -owned property from a permanent public open space
such as a street, park, school or flood control channel, when the permanent
public open space is at the lower grade.
3. For fences in excess of 6 feet, to prevent the blockage of light
and/or air from adjacent dwelling units, there shall be at least a 2 -foot
6 -inch clear separation from any point on the fence to the lowest point of
the rafter tail or facia of any adjacent dwelling unit.
4. Fence extensions shall be consistent in design, color, and
material with the remainder of the fence.
5. Fences and walls abutting streets classified as secondary high-
ways or greater on the City's Master Plan of Highways shall be constructed
of the sane materials, color, and design as other fences and walls in the
same block, under the direction of the Planning Division. It is not the
intent of this section to prevent construction of masonry walls in blocks
where no masonry walls exist. Newly constructed masonry walls shall be
consistent with other masonry walls; if any, in the sane block. Newly
constructed non -masonry fences shall be consistent with other non masonry
fences in the same block. Masonry walls may not be replaced by non -masonry
fences.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa that the fence standards listed above and shown on the attached
Exhibit A shall became effective upon adoption of Ordinance 85-4, and that
nothing in this resolution shall be construed as modifying or replacing
the standards adopted under 1�a solution No. 81-47 for noise attenuation
walls.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February, 1985.
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ATTEST:
y Clerk of the City of Costa Me
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 fore-
going Rasolution No. 85-14 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 19th day of
February, 1985.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 20th day of February, 1985.
C' C erk and ex -officio Clerk of
City Council of the City of Costasa