Ordinance - 1861ORDINANCE NO. 1861
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
DECLARING A LIMITATION ON THE SIZE
OF THE EXPANSION OR CONSTRUCTION OF
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND
DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Purpose.
(b) That the City wishes to encourage development which is a
harmonious, appropriable to and compatible with the surrounding
residential neighborhoods;
(c) That incompatible development may be detrimental to
public health and safety; and
(d) That expansion or construction of single family
residences far larger in height, width, area, scale and bulk than
surrounding residences may be incompatible with the surrounding
residential dwellings and inconsistent with the General Plan;
(e) That to address these concerns City staff presently is
preparing a discretionary site plan review process for such
proposed residences;
(f) That the City believes that absent the adoption of this
urgency ordinance during the preparation of an ordinance providing
for such review, incompatible dwellings may be constructed, which
could be injurious to the public health, safety and welfare; and
(g) The immediate enactment of this ordinance is necessary
for the preservation of the public safety, health and welfare by
placing a moratorium on the construction or expansion of single
family residences which may be incompatible with the height, width,
area, scale and bulk of surrounding residences and inconsistent
with the general plan.
Section 2. Limitation on Expansion and Construction.
Now, therefore, the City Council orders as follows:
A. Definitions:
1. The terms used in this ordinance shall have the meanings
set out in Article 26 of the West Covina Municipal Code.
2. "Expansion" as used herein shall exclude the addition of
swimming pools, spas, patios, skylights, solar panels or similar
improvements or accessory structures.
B. Notwithstanding any provisions of the West Covina
Municipal Code to the contrary,
(1) No expansion of the gross floor area of any single-family
1p dwelling, when added to the existing gross floor area of that
dwelling, shall result in a gross floor area which exceeds 50% of
the existing gross floor area or existing elevations before
expansion; or
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(2) The gross floor are of any new single family construction
in an existing developed area (i.e., vacant lot or razed structure)
shall not exceed the average square footage of homes within the
same block and the block directly across the property proposed for
development.
Section 3. Severability.
If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid by a court
of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of the ordinance shall not
be invalid and shall be affected thereby.
Section 4. Effective Date.
This ordinance is an urgency ordinance necessary for the
public health, safety and welfare and therefore shall be effective
immediately upon adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this lstday, of October
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
1990,
I, hereby cd tify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina, California,
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 1st day of October,
1990, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Herfert, Jennings, Manners, McFadden, Tarozzi
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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City Clerk
is APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Cit Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
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I, JANET BERRY, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, State of
California, do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of
Ordinance No. was published, pursuant to law, in the
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation
published and circulated in the City of West Covina.
Janet Berry, City Clerk
Cty oif West Covina, California
DATED: /,� — Ar-- 11,9