HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-944ORDINANCE NS-944 AMENDING ARTICLE IX OF THE SANTA
ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 9243 OF
PART 4, CHAPTER 2 THEREOF PERTAINING TO YARD
REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, Ordinance NS-932 contained a clerical error in
subsection (b) (3) of Section 9243 in that the word "adjacent"
was used instead of the word "coterminous" and said error should
be corrected;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Article IX of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
is hereby amended by amending Section 9243 of Part 4, Chapter 2
thereof to read in words and figures as follows:
Section 9243. Area.
(a) Any lot shown upon an official subdivision map duly
approved by the City Council and recorded in the office of the
County Recorder, or any lot for which a recorded contract of
sale was in full force and effect prior to June 3, 1954, and
the deed is so recorded in the office of the County Recorder,
may be used as a legal building site, subject to the conditions,
limitations, and restrictions governing the District in which
it is located.
(b) The following exceptions to yard requirements shall be
applied with respect to all buildings, structures, and uses
permitted in the Al, RE, R1, R2, R3, and P Districts only:
(1) Where a lot fronts on a cul-de-sac, the required front
yard may be reduced to not less than ten (10) feet.
(2)
Where forty (40) percent or more of the lots along any
block, excluding reverse corner lots and key lots,
are developed with buildings, the required front yard
for any new building or alteration to an existing
building shall be not less than the arithmetical
average of the front yards of said buildings existing
on forty (40) percent or more of the lots along said
block. In computing said average front yard, main
buildings situated entirely on the rear one-half (1/2)
of any lot along said block shall not be included.
Notwithstanding this sub-section, no front yard shall
be less than eight (8) feet from a front property line
or future right of way line, whichever results in the
larger minimum front yard.
(3)
The required rear yard may be reduced to not less than
ten (10) feet provided there would be not less than
1,200 square feet of open area remaining in the rear
yard after a proposed room addition. Further, the
required rear yard may be reduced to not less than
ten (10) feet where there would be less than 1,200
square feet of open area remaining in the rear yard
after a proposed room addition, in the event that
usable open area equal to the amount of open area by
which the 1,200 square feet is reduced is provided
elsewhere on the lot, not including any front yard,
or any required side yard area except that portion of
the side yard that is coterminous with the required
rear yard.
(c)
required for dwellings,
In any commercial district, the front and side yards
apartments, hotels, and boarding houses
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may be waived when such uses are erected above the ground floor
of a building when said ground floor has no required front and
side yard.
(d) In computing the depth of a rear yard where such yard
opens upon an alley, one-half (1/2) of the width of such alley
may be considered a portion of the rear yard; when such rear
yard opens upon a street, public park, creek, or river front
under public ownership, ten (10) feet of such public space may
be considered a portion of the rear yard.
SECTION 2: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty
days from and after the date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the city Council of the City of Santa
Aha at its regular meeting held on the
ATTE ST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
2nd day of December, 1968.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
SS
I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of
the Council of the city of Santa Aha; that the foregoing Ordinance
was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the
18th day of November, 1968, and was again considered at its meeting
held on the 2nd day of December, 1968, and was at said meeting
passed and adopted by the following vote, to' wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN:
NOES, COUNCILMEN:
Nerrin, Brooks, Carlson, Griset, Markel,
McMichael
None
ABSENT,
COUNCILMEN: Thurman
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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