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Ordinance - 31s ORDINANCE NO. �? / , ■ AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, OF ZONES CONSISTING OF VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND PRESCRIBING THE CLIESES OF BUILDIItiGS, STRUCTURES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SAID SEVERAL ZONES, AND THE USES THEREOF. The Board of Trustees of the City of West Covina do ordain as.follows: Section 1: Except as hereinafter provided, the use or uses of all buildings, improvements and structures existing in the zone created by this ordinance, or hereafter to be created by amendment hereto, at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, may be continued. Except as herein provided no building, struc- ture or improvement now existing shall be altered or enlarged, and no building, structure or improvement shall be erected, con- structed or established which is designed, arranged or maintained for occupancy or use in the zone or district hereby created, or in any zone or district hereafter to be created, restricted by this ordinance against such erection, construction or establish- • ment . Section 2. All of the City of West Covina is hereby created as and declarea to be in the "A" zone. Section 3. No building, structure or improvement shall be erected, constructed., established., altered or enlarged in the "A" zone which is designed, arranged or intended to be occupied or used for any purpose other than a single family dwelling, together with the usual accessories located on the same lot or parcel of land, including a private garage containing space for automobiles owned and used by the ottiTner or occupant of such lot or parcel of land, and a stable or other structure for the housing of horses, cows, and other animals owned by the owner or occupant of such lot or parcel of land, and. structures for the use and pro- tection of produce raised upon such lot or parcel of land. Only one (1) single-family dwelling house shall be erected, constructed or established, altered or enlarged upon any one lot or parcel of land which is forty (40) feet, or less, in width, other probisions • of this ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, how- ever, that the provision pertaining to the minimum width of lots in the said "A" zone shall not apply to any lot officially recorded in a map or plat of record in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County prior to the adoption of this ordinance. Section 4. The Board of Trustees of the City of West Covina shall have power, from time to time, to create and establish other and additional zones, and to provide for the use and occupancy thereof. Section 5. Upon the verified petition.of any property owner, filed with the said Board of Trustees, stating fully the grounds of his application and all the facts relied upon by the • petitioner, the said Board of Trustees may create exceptions to . any of the restrictions established by this ordinance in the zone or district -created by this ordinance, or in any zone or district hereafter to be created, and the said Board of Trustees may, by ordinance, permit the erection, alteration, reconstruction or enlargement of any building, structure or improvement in any of the said zones which is restricted against said building, structure or improvement, upon such terms and conditions as said Board of Trustees may deem proper under -the special circumstances so shown to exist, whenever the said Board of Trustees shall be satisfied from a con- • • • sideration and investigation of the facts stated in the said petition, that such exception or permit is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of any substantial property right or rights of the petitioner, and not materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property and improvements in 4,.-- the said zone or district thereof. Upon the filing of such peti- tion the said Board of Trustees shall appoint a time for the hearing thereof, and shall give notice of such hearing b7 po,sting of notices thereof at the places provided for the posting of ordinances of the said city, and by such other means as the said Board may direct, and upon such hearing the said Board shall hear all evidence in support of the said petition and in opposition thereto, and the decision of the said Board of Trustees upon said petition shall be final and conclusive as to all matters and things.involved therein. Section 6. Except as herein specifically provided, it is not intended by this ordinance to modify or abrogate or repeal any ordinance heretofore adopted relating to the use, occupation, management or conduct of buildings, structures, im- provements or premises. Section 7. Any person, firm or corporation, violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punish- able by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment for a period of not more than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any part of which any violation of any provision I • • of this ordinance is continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided by this ordinance. Section:S. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase 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 the ordinance. The Board of Trustees of the City of West Covina hereby declare that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 9. The erection, construction, establishment, alteration or enlargement of buildings and structures in the City of West Covina contrary to the provisions of #� ordinance is hereby declared to endanger public peace, health and safety, and for that reason this ordinance is urgently necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to post this ordinance in the manner required by law and the ordinances of the City of 4iest Covina and thereupon the same shall be in full force and effect. President of the Bddrd- o"f Trustees of the City of Nest Covina. STATE OF CIZIFORNIA, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS: CITY OF WEST COVINA, ) . I, C. D. Wolfinger, City Clerk of the City o-' West Covina, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was • ovina adopted by the board of trustees of the City of y9day ze regular meeting of the said board on the of 192ol, and signed by the president of the said board,, and that the said ordinance was adopted by the following votes: Ayes: Noes: �61 --- Ab s e n t : `�wvtrr city Clerk. State of California ss. 3 County of Los Angeles C. D. Wolfinger being first duly sworn, says: That he is the City Clerk City West Covina, the United of.the of a citizen of Stales and over the age of 21 years, and that on the 11 th d.ay of February, he 192.7, three copies of Ordinance NO-31 entitled .posted "An ordinance. providing for the creation, in the City of West Covina. of zones consisting of various districts and prescribiI the class- buildings, es of structures and improvements in the said several zones, and the uses thereof+# in three ppublic places in the said . City, to -wit: one at the door of the West Covina Club House, where the meetings of said board of said city held, Sunset Ave are one on in front of the Wiest Covina School House and one at the north�� corner of Puente St and Lark Ellen Boulevard. Subscribed and sworn to before me this //�'� day of Febrgary, 1927., ,4,'r' /Y. J ... Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California.