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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