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Home My WebLink About72-41 - Creating Town Center DistrictORDINANCE NO. 72-41 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CREATING A TOWN CENTER DISTRICT, ADDING THE SAME TO THE ZONING LAWS OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, AND SETTING OUT REQUIREMENTS THEREFOR. 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 that the necessity for the orderly development of property within the City of Costa Mesa, and for the health, safety and welfare of the community, requires that it is necessary and desirable that a new section of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code be developed, providing for a Town Center District. Accordingly, there is enacted, Division XIV - B, entitled Town Center District, which by this Ordinance is made a part of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code. The Town Center District is intended to encourage the integration of a variety of urban uses in an aesthetic pedestrian environment. SECTION 2. DIVISION XIV - B Town Center District Section 9295.200 Uses Permitted 1. Retail shops 2. Administrative, and professional offices 3. Banks, savings and loan, and other financial institutions 4. Hotel and motels 5. Other uses determined by the Planning Commission to be similar or supportive in nature. Section 9295.201 Property Development Standards 1. Minimum site area - 20 acres net 2. Maximum structure height - none 3. Setbacks required: a. Street setback: 20 feet from property line (required setback to be landscaped). b. Building separation: None 2 4. Off Street Parking: The required number of off street parking spaces for a town center development shall be the sum of the required parking spaces for the specific uses included in the development. Required parking for the specific uses shall be calculated using the formula provided by Section 9370.2.2 of the Land Use Ordinance of the City of Costa Mesa. Reduction of the required number of parking spaces may be authorized if, in the opinion of the Planning Commission fewer spaces are needed due to the effects of agglomeration. 5. Parking area landscaping: All parking areas not within parking structures shall be provided irrigated landscaping at the rate of 15 square feet per parking space. Included in the required landscaping shall be one tree for every ten spaces. 6. Signs: A master plan of signs depicting all proposed signs shall be submitted for approval by the Planning Commission. Section 9295.202 Special requirements: 1. Structures shall be designed by a licensed architect. 2. Site plan shall be designed with the assistance of a licensed landscape architect. 3. A consulting engineer practicing in the field of traffic engineering shall prepare a report which includes the following information for both initial and ultimate project development: a. impact of project on off-site traffic facilities b. adequacy of on-site traffic and parking facilities 4. An economic report shall be prepared by a qualified firm which specializes in the field of locational economic analysis. Section 9295.203 Development Procedures All development must conform to a master plan of development approved for the complex by the Planning Commission and City Council. 1. Preliminary Plan: The applicant shall submit a preliminary plan for approval by the Planning Commission and City Council. The preliminary plan shall include the following items: - 3 - a. legal description b. proposed land uses and general location of structures c. a tabulation of total floor area distribution among the proposed uses d. circulation pattern (vehicular and pedestrian) including provisions for mass transit facilities, if any e. tentative development scheduling plan I. statement of relationship to the immediate area and the General Plan of the City of Costa Mesa g. any additional information required by the Director of Planning in order to evaluate the project 2. Final Development Plan: Subsequent to the approval of the Preliminary Plan, the applicant shall submit for approval by the Planning Commission and City Council, a final development plan. In the event that development is to take place in distinct phases, a final development plan may be submitted for each phase in the sequence identified in the tentative scheduling plan. The final development plan shall include the following: a. exact location of all structures, their proposed use, height, and exterior materials, floor plan b. proposed curb cuts, driveways, parking areas, loading areas, proposed off-site improvements, parking areas landscaping c. detailed landscape plan d. location, material and height of all proposed fences and screening e. all existing or proposed physical features (such as hydrants, utilities, drainage) f. elevation of all structures g, full color rendering of major features of development h. tabulation of total land and floor area and the percent thereof designated for various uses - 4 - i. a detailed development scheduling plan 3. Scheduling Plan defined: The scheduling plan shall consist of a site plan and supporting text which clearly indicates the development schedule to be pursued. The text shall include the following information for each structure: a. estimated construction starting date b. estimated construction completion date c. proposed uses of structure d. allocation of floor space among proposed uses e. amount and location of parking to be provided for each structure. Building permits shall be issued by the Department of Building Safety in the approved sequence only, unless after application the City Council shall authorize a different sequence. Should development fall more than 180 days behind schedule, the City Council may review developer's progress to determine whether the master plan of development has been violated. 4. Construction Schedule: Upon approval by the City Council, the final development plan shall constitute the "master plan of development" for the complex. The master plan of development shall consist of all the required documents, drawings, and plans (including the scheduling plan) required for final development plan approval. 5. Amendment of Master Plan: The approved Master Plan of Development may be amended by following the same procedure as required for initial approval. 6. Fees: a. all preliminary plans shall be assessed a $500 processing fee. 5 b. all amendments to approved preliminary development plans initiated by the developer shall be assessed a $250 fee. c. all amendments to an approved master plan shall be assessed a $250 filing fee. 7. Amendment defined: For the purpose of fee assessment, an amendment shall be deemed to consist of any modification of approved preliminary or final development plans which may, in the opinion of the Director of Planning, affect the objectives of the Town Center District. SECTION 3. 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 Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of November 1972 ATTEST: City Clerk of the City ofMao of [he City of Costa Mesa Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance Number 72-41 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on thel6rh day of October , 1972, and thereafter passed and adoptedasawhole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the k th day of November , 1972, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Hammett, Jordan, Raciti, Wilson, Pinkley NOES: COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT; COUNCILMEN: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 6th day of November , 1972. Ci y Clerk and ex- offiGCos City Council of the Ci STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA) 1 am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I am a principal clerk of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of Cal. ifornia, and I certify that City Ordinance Number SEE REVERSE SIDE. of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of said newspaper on November 11, 1972 I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on November 11 197-Z at Costa Mesa, California. .� spnaxes) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 72-41 was introduced and con- sidered, section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the 16th day of October 197? and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 6th day of November 1971, by the following roll -call vote AYES: COUNCILMEN- Hammett. Jordan. Pinklev. Wilson, Raciti NOES: COUNCILMEN - NOne ABSENT: COUNCILMEN I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance W. 72-41 was published in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the 11th day of November 1972 City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the Ci o mcil of the City of Costa Masa Pursued. eali°e finis matich feruanrndirotlure: eerlmaraa condruchn n snarling as. a. 611mal. sonshuaian completion dna Iran, N acre. nd height - bank be d India the licensed N..l .1 enema venin and .is report shall he Ned, uses and general ructuas R, t head Near eea ng the procoutl uses % n Were Nehixlar and ndudisg prmislons for ecilitle , if any development scheduling rl .1.1 ter to the im- ana the exenl.l'lan ad ",I ":lesson, a all structures E a. NII ler reassuring m ranks' Natures N aeveacpmmt h. 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