Ordinance - 1865ORDINANCE NO. 1865
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1861,
DECLARING A LIMITATION ON THE SIZE
OF THE EXPANSION OR CONSTRUCTION OF
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND
isDECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Purpose.
(a) That the City wishes to encourage development which is a
harmonious, appropriable to and compatible with the
surrounding residential neighborhoods;
(b) That incompatible development may be detrimental to
public health and safety; and
(c) 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;
(d) That to address these concerns City staff presently is
preparing a discretionary site plan review process for
such proposed residences;
(e) 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
(f) 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.
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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 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.
(2) For purposes of this Ordinance, the gross floor
area of a detached garage shall not be counted
toward the gross floor area upon which the
expansion is based upon unless the proposed
expansion would connect the garage with the main
single family structure.
(3) The gross floor area of any new single-family
construction in an existing developed area (i.e.,
vacant lot or razed structure or tentative parcel
map development) shall not exceed the average
square footage of homes within the same block and
the block directly across of the property proposed
for development by 50%.
(4) All second story additions, expansions, and new
construction shall be set back from the front,
side, and rear property lines as follows:
Front
Side
Rear
Area District
I
30
10
30
Area District
IA
30
10
20
Area District
II
30
10
30
Area District
IIA
30
10
30
Area District
III
30
10
30
Area District
IV
30
15
30
Area District
V
30
15
30
PCD-1
15
15
15
(5) There shall
be a
limit
of one
(1) expansion,
addition, and/or new
construction
request per site
under this Ordinance
and
during its
life time.
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.
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Section 4. Effective Date.
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ordinance is an urgency ordinance necessary for the
public health, safety and welfare and therefore shall be
effective immediately upon adoption and continue in effect for
a period of no longer than ten (10) months and fifteen (15)
days from November 12, 1990.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
this loth day, of Dec
MAYOR
City of West Covina,
1990.
lifornia
I, hereby (,dertify 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 loth day of December 1990,
by the following vote:
AYES: Herfert, Jennings, Manners, McFadden, Tarozzi
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy 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.
Ja,pet Berry, City Clerk
City of West Covina, California
DATED: 90