HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-04 - Small-Lot Residential Projects; Size and Lot RequirementsORDINANCE NO. 04-4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 13 OF
THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND COMMON LOT
REQUIREMENTS IN SMALL -LOT RESIDENTIAL
PROJECTS LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL AND PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (6) of Section 13-41(b) of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code is hereby deleted and reserved for future use.
"(6) Reserved."
Section 2. Table 13-41(b) of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby
amended to include the following information:
-TABLE 13-41(b)
COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
STANDARDS
SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS (located on Individual
OTHER UNITS
dwelling unit lots and excluding townhouses)
Individual Dwclling Unit
All zones: 3,000 square feet with an overall average of 3,500
No minimum requirement.
Minimum Lot Arca
square feet. The required common lot shall not be included in
the calculation oflot area. Note: Lotsizesmorybereduced
proportionately ifodwr useable open space Is provided within
the overall development
Common lot required
All projects shall be designed with a minimum of one lot to be held in common ownership and maintained
by a homeowners association. This lot shall be used for common driveways, parking areas, and at least 10
feet of street setback landscaped areas"
Section 3. Table 13-58 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby
amended to include the following information:
"TABLE 13-58 (CONTINUED)
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENTSTANDARD
PDR -LD
PDR -MD
PDR -HD
PDR -NCM
PDC
PDI
Common Interest Developments
Permitted, Rcferto CHAPTER V, ARTICLE 2 COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS. In any
instance where the development standards in CHAPTER V, ARTICLE 2 con ilict with the development
standards in this article, the development standards in this article shall take precedence.
SMALL LOT RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
Minimum Lot Size
5,000 square feet
3,00 square feet
Not applicable."
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square feet. The
required
required
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perimeter open
space and any
space and any
common lot
common lot
shall not be
shall not be
included in the
included in the
calculation of
calculation of lot
lot size Note:
size Note: Cor
Lot sins may be
sizes may be
reduced
reduced
prommonatelyif
proportionately if
other useable
other useable open
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spacek provided
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within the overall
the overall
development.
development.
Section 4. Environmental Determination. The project 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 5. 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 no further, is hereby repealed or modified to the
extent necessary to affect the provisions of this Ordinance.
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Section 6. Severability. If any chapter, 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 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.
Section 7. Publication. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law in that regard and this
Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its final passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 51" day of April, 2004.
ATTEST:
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DepuW City Clerk of the
City of Costa Mesa
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Mayor of a City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA)
I, Julie Folcik, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 044 was
introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council
held on the le day of March, 2004, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at
a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 5� day of April, 2004, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Monahan, Mansoor, Cowan, Steel, Scheafer
NOES: Mone
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City
of Costa Mesa this 6� day of April, 2004.
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Deput ity Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa