HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1078ORDINANCE NS-1078 AMENDING THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL
CODE BY REPEALING SECTION 41-618 AND RE-ENACTING
SAID SECTION AS SECTION 41-629 AND ADDING A NEW
SECTION 41-618 PERTAINING TO LANDSCAPING STANDARDS
FOR OFF STREET PARKING LOTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 41-618 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: That Section 41-618 is hereby added to the
Santa Ana Municipal Code to read in words and figures, as follows:
Section 41-618. Landscapinq Requirements.
(a)
Minimum five (5) foot wide landscape strips shall be
planted and maintained where the offstreet parking area
abuts any public street, except at approved driveways.
(b)
In addition, at least three (3) percent of any parking
area shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs and ground
covers and be properly maintained.
(c)
The choice of plant material shall be trees and/or
shrubs, with a ground cover in keeping with the size
and limitations of the area. Ground covers alone are
not acceptable. A minimum of one (1) fifteen (15)
gallon tree shall be provided for each ten (10) parking
spaces, or portion thereof.
(d)
The landscaping shall be contained in planting areas
that are enclosed by minimum six (6) inch high concrete
or asphalt curbs.
(e)
Each interior planting area shall have an average width
of nine (9) or more feet and an average area of one
hundred and eighty (180) or more square feet. The
planting areas shall be located throughout the parking
area in order to obtain the maximum amount of dispersion.
(f) Ail planting areas shall be served by water irrigation
lines.
(g)
A plant list shall be shown on the required plot plan
to obtain a building permit for the building for which
the parking area is provided. The list shall include
the botanical and common names of the plant to be used,
the sizes to be planted, and the quantity of each.. The
plants shall be listed alphabetically and assigned key
numbers to be used in locating the plants on the plan.
(h)
A plot plan indicating the location of all landscaping
areas and the percentage of landscaping in the interior
planting areas shall be submitted to and approved by
the Planning Department. The decision of the department
may be appealed to the Planning Commission.
(i)
The provisions of Section 41-618 shall apply to parking
lots used with buildings which are hereafter constructed
or expanded in the R 3, R 3H, R 4, P, LP, C 1, C 2, C 3,
C 4, C 5 and CR Districts, except the following:
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(1) an addition to any building which is required by
other provisions of this Code or State law;
(2) any building addition which has less than five
hundred (500) square feet of floor area;
(3) the parking area is not viewed from a public street.
(j)
Parking lots in the M 1 and M 2 Districts may be excluded
from the provisions of Section 41-618 of this Code if it
is the Planning Director's determination that:
(1) the parking lot is used primarily for employee
parking; and
(2)
sufficient landscaping and/or solid walls or
fences are provided to screen such parking areas
from public streets.
(k)
all provisions of Section 41-618 shall be required except
for minor modifications approved by the Planning
Department.
SECTION 3: That Section 41-629 is hereby adopted to read in
words and figures, as follows:
Section 41-629. Zoning Administrator; administrative functions.
The Zoning Administrator may, as a pa~t of his administrative
function, authorize:
(1)
The temporary use of trailers for office space in the
P, LP, Cl, C2, C3, C4 and C5 Districts for a period
of time not exceeding two (2) years from the date of
approval; provided said determination shall be in
writing and show that the temporary office use is in
harmony with the purpose and intent of this chapter.
(2)
The construction of open buildings in the C 1, C 2,
C 3 and C 5 Districts; provided said determination
shall be in writing and show that the the_open, buildings
are not detrimental to the surrounding area and the open
portions of the structures are not visible from
adjacent properties or public streets.
However, the planning director may determine that a variance
is necessary when a proposed temporary office trailer or an
open building is so located as to be of importance to the
adjoining property owners or to be in conflict with the
orderly development of the area.
SECTION 4: 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 Ana at its regular meeting held on the 3rd day of May
1971.
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
SS
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the
Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana, California; that
the foregoing Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 19th day of April, 1971, and was
again considered by said Council at its meeting held on the
3rd day of May, 1971, and was at said meeting passed and adopted
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES,
NOES,
COUNCILMEN: Herrin, Evans, Markel, Patterson, Villa:
Yamamoto, Griset
COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
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