HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-23 Concerning Setbacks from Bluff Crests for all Residential StructuresORDINANCE NO. 85-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING SETBACKS
FRCS! BLUFF CRESTS FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds and
declares as follows:
1.
Bluff areas may
be subject to
slope failure
or earth slippage.
2.
Integrity of the
bluffs should
be maintained
for aesthetic and
environmental reasons.
-- 3.- The addition of a 10' setback from bluff crests to the residential
development standards will implement General Plan Policy Number 61, thus
providing protection of the bluff line and providing sufficient access for
fire protection.
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. Add Section 13-130 to read:
"BLUFF -TOP DEVELOPMENT.
No building or structure shall be constructed closer than 10'
frau a bluff crest, unless permitted by a Conditional Use Permit. Review
of the Conditional Use Permit shall include the following criteria:
Project does not:
a) endanger stability of the slope
b) substantially interfere with access for fire protection.
c) detract from the identity and integrity of the bluffs."
2. Add Section 13-252.14 to read:
"Bluff -Top Setback: No building or structure shall be constructed
closer than 10' from a bluff crest, unless permitted by a Conditional Use
Permit. Review of the Conditional Use Permit shall include the following
criteria:
Project does not:
a) endanger stability of the slope
b) substantially interfere with access for fire protection
c) detract from the identity and integrity of the bluffs."
3. Amend Sub -sections 13-137.6, 13-149.6, and 13-175.6 to read:
"All bluff setbacks shall be the same as R1 (see Section 13-130)."
4. Add Sub -section 13-137.7 to read:
"R2 developments shall be subject to the requirements set forth in
Article 8 1/2, contained within this title.
5. Add Sub -section 13-149.7 to read:
"R3 developments shall be subject to the requirements set forth in
Article 8 1/2, contained within this title.
6. Add Sub -section 13-175.7 to read:
"R4 developments shall be subject to the requirements set forth in
Article 8 1/2, contained within this title.
SECTICN 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 summary 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 19th day of
August
, 1985.
May
_of the
City otl&
Mesa
ATTEST:
C y Clerk of the City of Costa Meds
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PII<NNEY, 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. 85-23 was introduced and considered section by sec-
tion at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 5th day of
August , 1985, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 1gt day of August ,
1985, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
S OUN
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT:, _COUNCIL MEMBERS: XA4_ 'l -f.
I_N TK-TNESS-,-'t�REOF,% I, have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the ,City, of Costa Mesa -this 20th day of August , 1985.
_= C' y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of fjhe
--- City Council of the City of Costa sa