HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-05 Related to Zoning Code Regulations for Residential FacilitiesORDINANCE NO. 13-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT CO -12-02 RELATED TO ZONING CODE
REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES. THE AMENDMENT IS PROPOSED
TO THE FOLLOWING CODE SECTION IN TITLE 13 OF THE COSTA MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE: CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 2, SECTION 13-6, DEFINITIONS, AS IT
PERTAINS TO THE DEFINITION OF "SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: CODE AMENDMENT. Title 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby
amended to include the following definition - Chapter 1, Article 2, Section 13-6, Definitions,
as it pertains to the definition of "single housekeeping unit":
Single housekeeping unit means that the occupants of a dwelling unit have established
ties and familiarity with each other, jointly use common areas, interact with each other,
share meals, household activities, lease agreement or ownership of the property,
expenses and responsibilities; membership in the single housekeeping unit is fairly stable
as opposed to transient, and members have some control over who becomes a member
of the single housekeeping unit.
SECTION 2: ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION. The code amendment has been
reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the CEQA
guidelines, and the City's environmental procedures, and has been found to be exempt
pursuant to Section 15061 (b) (3) (General Rule) of the CEQA Guidelines, in that the City
Council hereby finds that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the
passage of this ordinance amending the zoning code will have a significant effect on the
environment.
SECTION 3: INCONSISTENCIES. Any provision of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code or
appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and or further, is hereby repealed or modified to the extent necessary to
affect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4: SEVERABILITY. If any provision or clause of this ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or clauses or applications of this ordinance which can be implemented
without the invalid provision, clause or application; and to this end, the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5: PUBLICATION. 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 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
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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 and member of the
City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED 4WD ADOPTED this 3rd day of December 2013.
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I, Brenda Green, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above foregoing Ordinance No. 13-05 as
introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 5th day of November, 2013, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at
the regular meeting of said City Council held on the 3rd day of December, 2013, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Genis, Leece, Mensinger, Monahan, Righeimer
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 4th day of December, 2013.
Brenda Green,
City Clerk
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