Ordinance - 821ORDINANCE NO. 821
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE
ZONING CHAPTER OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE R-A AND R-1 ZONES.
• The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and
declare that the following amendments were duly initiated, that notice
of hearing thereon was duly given and published, that public hearings
thereon were duly held by the Planning Commission and. City Council, and
that the public convenience and necessity and the general welfare require
that the following changes and amendments be made.
SECTION 2. Sections 9203 to 9204.6. inclusive, of the West
Covina Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. The West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended
by the addition thereto of seven new sections numbered 9203 to 9203.6,
inclusive, reading respectively as follows:
"PART 3 - R-A ZONE
9203.1 RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL ZONE. PERMITTED USES.
(a) One single family dwelling per lot.
b Accessory buildings. No accessory building shall
occupy any portion of a required front or side yard, and in the
• case of reversed corner lots, no accessory building shall be
erected upon such lot closer than 5 feet in Area District I, 7 feet
in Area Districts II, IIA and III and 10 feet in Area Districts
IV and V to the property line of the required side yard of the
abutting lot to the rear, nor closer to the street side property
line than a distance representing one-half the required front
yard of the lot to the rear in the required rear yard.
(c) Agricultural crops.
d The following poultry and animals of such type,
size and number so as not to be capable of inflicting harm or
discomfort or endangering the peace, health or safety of any
person or property.
1. Household pets.
2. Poultry, provided not more than 24 birds are
maintained on any lot or parcel.
3. Rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters and other small
animals raised for food, scientific or fur bearing purposes,
provided not more than twenty-four of any one or combination
of such animals may be maintained on a site.
4. Bovine animals, horses, sheep, goats and swine
may be maintained on permanent pasture only, provided that the
number of such animals shall not exceed 3 per acre (unweaned
litters or off -spring excepted) in any combination thereof
and that no such animals may be maintained on land containing
less than 20,000 sq. ft.
5. Poultry: -and animals, except household pets,
shall not be kept or maintained within fifty feet of any
dwelling or building used for human habitation, nor shall any
pen, coop, stable, barn or corral be maintained within forty feet
of any portion of adjoining property.
(e) The following signs:
1. One unlighted sign not exceeding six square
• feet in area pertaining only to the sale, lease or hire of only
the particular building, property or premises upon which
displayed.
2. One sign not larger than three feet by
four feet, identifying and advertising products produced on
the premises as permitted by this Chapter.
3. Name plates not exceeding four by sixteen
inches containing name of occupant of premises.
(f) Maitaining mail address for commercial and business
license purposes only.
(g) Storage of petroleum products for use on the premises,
but not for resale.
(h) The care of not to exceed three children, which
number shall be in addition to the related family of the person
conducting such use.
9203.1 HEIGHT.
No building or structure in the R-A Zone shall exceed
twenty-five feet in height or two stories. Within twenty-five
feet of the front lot line, within thirty-five feet of the
rear lot line, and within ten feet of a side lot line in Area
Districts I, II and IIA and fifteen feet of a side lot line
in any other area district, no building or structure shall
• exceed eighteen feet in height.
9203.2 FRONT YARD.
Every lot or parcel in Zone R-A shall have a front yard
not less than twenty-five feet.
9203.3 SIDE YARDS.
In the R-A Zone every lot shall have side yards as
follows:
(a) Interior and corner lots:
1. Five feet in Area District I.
2. Seven feet in Area Districts II, IIA and III.
3. Ten feet in Area Districts IV and V.
(b) Reversed corner lots:
1. Shall have the same side yard requirements
as interior lots except the street side shall be no less than
50% of the required front yard of the lot to the rear.
9203.4 REAR YARD.
Every lot in the R-A Zone shall have a rear yard of not
less than twenty-five feet.
9203.5 AREA.
The minimum required area of a lot or parcel in the R-A
Zone shall be that required for the Area District in which a lot
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is located and as provided in Part 17 of this Chapter.
9203.6 GROUND COVERAGE.
• Maximum ground coverage of all structures in Zone R-A
shall not exceed 35% of the total lot or parcel area.
SECTION 4. The West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended
by the addition thereto of seven new sections numbered 9204 to 92o4.6,
inclusive, reading respectively as follows:
9204. ONE-FAMILY,ZONE (R-1 ZONE). PERMITTED USES.
a) One single family dwelling per lot.
(b) Accessory buildings. No accessory building shall
occupy any portion of a required front or side yard, and in
the case of reversed corner lots, no accessory building shall
be erected upon such lot closer than 5 feet in Area District I,
7 feet in Area Districts II, IIA and III, and 10 feet in Area
Districts IV and V to the property line of the required side
yard of the abutting lot to the rear, nor closer to the street
side property line than a distance representing the required
front yard of the lot to the rear in the required rear yard.
�c Private green houses and horticultural collections.
d3 The following poultry and animals of such type,
size and number so as not to be capable of inflicting harm or
discomfort or endangering the peace, health or safety of any
person or property.
• 1. Household pets.
2. Poultry, hens only, rabbits, chinchillas,
hamsters and other small animals, all raised for domestic non-
commercial use provided not more than twenty-four of such
animals or birds may be maintained on a site.
3. Horses may not be kept or maintained on any
site containing less than one acre; however, on any site
containing more than one acre, one horse for every half acre
of the total acreage may be kept and maintained.
4. Poultry and animals, except household pets,
shall not be kept or maintained within fifty feet of any
dwelling or building used for human habitation, nor shall any
pen, coop, stable, barn or corral be maintained within forty
feet of any portion of adjoining property.
(e) The following signs:
1. One unlighted sign not exceeding six square
feet in area pertaining only to the sale, lease or hire of only
the particular building, property or premises upon which
displayed.
2. Name plates not exceeding four by sixteen
inches in size, containing name of occupant of premises.
(f) Maintaining mail address for commercial and business
license purposes only.
(g) Storage of petroleum products for use on the premises,
but not for resale.
(h) The care of not to exceed three children, which
• number shall be in addition to the related family of the person
conducting such use.
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92o 4.1 HEIGHT.
.No building or structure in the R-1 Zone shall exceed
twenty-five feet in height or two stories. Within twenty-five
• feet of the front lot line, within thrity-five feet of the
rear lot line, and within ten feet of a side lot line in Area
Districts I, II and IIA and fifteen feet of a side lot line
in any other area district, no building or structure shall
exceed eighteen feet in height.
92o4.2 FRONT YARD.
Every lot or parcel in Zone R-1 shall have a front yard
not less than twenty-five feet.
9204.3 SIDE YARDS.
In the R-1 Zone every lot shall have side yards as
follows:
(a) Interior and corner lots:
1. Five feet in Area District I.
2. Seven feet in Area Districts II, IIA and III.
3. Ten feet in Area Districts IV and V.
(b) Reversed corner lots:
1. Shall have the same side yard requirements
as interior lots except the street side shall be no less than
50% of the required front yard of the lot to the rear.
• 92o4.4 REAR YARD.
Every lot in the R-1 Zone shall have a rear yard of not
less than twenty-five feet.
92o 4.5 AREA.
The minimum required area of a lot or parcel in the R-1
Zone shall be that required for the Area District in which a
lot is located and as provided in Part 17 of this Chapter.
92o4.6 GROUND COVERAGE.
Maximum ground coverage of all structures in Zone R-1
shall not exceed 35% of the total lot or parcel area."
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law.
Passed and approved this 28thday of October , 1963.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
LELA W. PRESTON, Deputy
I, 3N)BBM*L4TMHK City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
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do hereby certify that the above Ordinance No. 821 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 14th day of October , 1963. That,
thereafter, said ordinance was duly a opted anpassed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of October ,
1963, by the following vote, to wit. -
AYES: Councilmen: Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes
NOES: Coun-bilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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