HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-14 Amending Title 20 of Code Regarding Rooftop StorageORDINANCE NO. 00-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 20 OF
THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
ROOFTOP STORAGE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
a. Subsections (p) and (q) are hereby added to Section 20-4:
"(p) Keep, store, or maintain any materials, equipment or objects,
including, but not limited to, appliances, furniture, barbeques, plants,
toys, or other household items of any kind (except for roof -mounted
mechanical equipment with a valid building permit) on rooftops of
structures, including, but not limited to, carports and patio covers.
(q) Install, construct, or maintain any fencing or screening on,
about, around, or projecting above rooftops of structures, including,
but not limited to, carports and patio covers, without a valid building
permit and zoning approval."
Section 2. The proposed ordinance 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.
Section 3. Severability.
If any title, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person, is for
any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portion of this Ordinance or its application to other persons. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each title, chapter,
article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of the application thereof to any person,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional. No portion of this Ordinance shall
supersede any local, State, or Federal law, regulation, or codes dealing with life
safety factors.
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Section 4. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from and after its passage and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after
its passage, shall be published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA 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 day of4, 2000 rfinaL
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Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the City Council
of the Cit of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance
No. 00-2was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the ffday of �,��,�0� 2000, and thereafter passed and
adIPTed as a whole at a regular meeting of saidCi : City Council held on the . qday of
, 2000, by the following roll call vote:
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ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this ( day of , 2000.
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Deputy City Clerk and eTofficio
Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa