HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-07 Building Height Limits in R1 and CL Zones, an Exception from Building Height Limits for Certain AntennasORDINANCE NO. 85-7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING BUILDING
HEIGHT LIMITS IN THE R1 (SINGLE-FAMILY RESI-
DENTIAL) AND CL (COMMERCIAL LIMITED) ZONES,
AND AN EXCEPTION FROM BUILDING HEIGHT LIMITS
FOR CERTAIN ANTENNAS. -
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
1. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
a. All zones have a specific building height limit, with the
exception of R1 and CL zones.
b. All zones, including R1 and CL zones, indirectly regulate
height by limiting number of stories.
C. With the addition of specific height limits for the R1 and
CL zones, all zones would regulate building height in a
consistent manner.
d. Antennas, such as television antennas, which do not require
building pennits, are not considered visually obtrusive and
have not been a source of camplaints, should therefore be
exempted from building height limitations which might other-
wise preclude their installation.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends
Title 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as hereinafter set forth:
SECTION 2.
1. Amend Sections 13-127.3 and 13-230.1 to read as follows:
"Maximum building height - two (2) stories not to exceed thirty
(30) feet."
2. Amend Section 13-313 to read as follows:
"Building height limitations shall not apply to antennas which
do not require building pewits, provided however that, in all
cases, satellite earth station antennas shall comply with height
limitations and other applicable regulations."
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days
from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen
(15) days from 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 or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to
be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text
of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5)
days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen
(15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the
aforementioned sumnary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a
certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names of the members of
the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this lst day of April, 1985.
Vie- ? Mayor o the City of Costa r+lesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa r
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APPROVED AS TO FO
CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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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 Ordinance No. '85-7 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meting of said City Council held on the 18th day of March,
1985, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 1st day of April, 1985, by the following roll
call vote: 7b�f
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: p LA"j
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 2nd day of April, 1985.
C Clerk and ex -officio Clerk the
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City Council of the City of Cos Mesa
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