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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1470REL:ms 8/27/79 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1470 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING PARAGRAPH (E) OF SECTION 41-607 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO SPECIFY THE YARD AREAS WHICH MAY NOT BE USED FOR OFF-STREET PARKING OR STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Section 41-607 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-607. Same - Miscellaneous provisions. (a) For an attached accessory garage, carport, or other accessory building, the same yards shall be maintained as are required for the main building except as provided in section 41-606(g). Furthermore, in the Al, RE, R1, R2, R3H and P districts an open breezeway or patio cover between a garage or accessory building and the main building becomes a part of the accessory building and shall comply with all provisions applying to accessory buildings except section 41-606(a). (b) No provision set forth in this chapter shRll permit any violation of any setback established as prescribed in Article VII of this chapter. (c) Where property fronts, sides, or rears onto any primary street, as shown on the adopted master plan of streets and highways, the required front, rear, or side yard for the district in which said property is situated shall be measured from the future right-of-way line adopted for such primary street; provided, however, with respect to the determination of required front yard for a lot zoned Al, RE, R1, R2, R3, or P, and fronting on such primary street, where forty (40) per cent or more of the lots along that block, excluding reverse corner lots and key lots, are developed with buildings, then paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 41-603 shall apply. (d) The front yard on key lot in any residential district shall be not less than three-fourths (3/4) the required front yard for the district in which located. (e) No part of any yard shall be used for the off-street parking of motor vehicles, trailers, or boats or for storage of personal property, which is: (i) The front yard, or a side yard which faces on a street, on any lot used for a single-family or two-family dwelling; or (ii) Within any area adjacent to a street which is required to be used as a yard by the yard requirements imposed by this Chapter; or (iii) within twelve feet of the centerline of an alley; provided, however, that driveways providing direct access to a garage accessory to a single-family or two-family dwelling may be used for the parking of operable motor vehicles incidental to such use. Yard areas other than those specified above may be used for the off-street parking of motor vehicles, trailers, or boats and for storage of personal property, provided such use is incidental to the primary use of the lot. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1470 PAGE TWO (f) Any setback line or required yard, whichever is greater, shall determine the building line. (g) There shall be a distance of not less than fifteen (15) feet between detached dwelling units and main buildings. (h) In the Ri, R2, R3, R3H, and R4 districts there shall be no display, storage of materials or supplies, no stock in trade or commodity sold upon the premises, no service rendered, no professional equipment, apparatus or business equipment or trucks kept or stored on the premises, no person, employee, or assistant in connection therewith engaged for services on the premises or dispatched from the premises; and no mechanical equipment used except as is customarily used for housekeeping purposes. (i) No wires, ropes, beams, boards or similar connecting material or device, which is attached to any building or structure or to any appurtenance thereon, including television or radio antennas, shall be attached to or connected with the ground or any fixture within any required front yard setback as provided for in this chapter. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance 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 portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obliRations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this 20th day of the following vote: August , 1979, by AYES: COUNCILMEN: NOES: COUNCILMEN: Bricken, Griset, Luxembourger, Markel, Ward, Yamamoto None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Serrato ATTEST: cL~9~K OF THE COUNCIL APPROVED AS TO FORM: KEITH L. GOW, City Attorney MAYOR