HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-17 Amending Article 7, Title 13 of Code, to Revise Accessory Apartment RegulationsORDllMNCE NO. 87-17
AN ORDINANCE (' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE 7, TITLE
13 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL COIF TO REVISE
ACCESSORY APARTMENT RFGUTATIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLO[AU :
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds
and declares as follows:
A. That the California State Legislature amended Section 65852.2 of
the California Government Code in 1986. The amendment regarding second
units became effective April 1, 1987.
B. That the California Goverrment Code amendment necessitates an
amendment to the Costa Mesa Municipal Code.
ACODRDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does herewith
amend Article 7, Title 13, as hereafter set forth:
SECTION 2.
1. Amend Section 13-131 by removing the reference to an accessory
apartment having to be an attached unit as follows:
(b) If an accessory apartment is attached, in no case shall it exceed
the lesser of six hundred forty (640) square feet in area or
forty (40) percent cf the total area of the structure excluding
any garage area but including any new construction as provided
for in California Government Code Section 65852.2.
SECTION
3.
This
Ordinance shall
take effect arra
be in full
force
thirty (30)
days
frcan
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 MILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Ccsta 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 17th day of August, 1987.
ATTEST:
C
Ci y Clerk cf the City, of Ccsta Me ayo
ao24t.t.the City of Costa Mesa
STATE cF CALIFORNIA ) APPROVED AS TO FORM
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
CITY ATTORNEY
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Ccsta Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 87-17 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meting of said City Council held on the 3rd day of August,
1987, arra thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 17th day of August, 1987, by the following
roll call wte:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Hall, Amburgey, 'heeler, Hornbuckle, Buffa,
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: lbne
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Ccsta Mesa this 18th day of August, 1987.
City Clerk arra ex -officio Clerk e
City Council of the City of Costa ,�sa