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Ordinance - 8407 a'. ORDINANCE NO. 840 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-3 ZONE. 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 9206 to 9208.16, 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 Municipal Code are hereby repealed.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 eighteen new sections numbered 9206 to 9206.17, inclusive, reading respectively as follows: "9206. MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY. PERMITTED USES. It is hereby declared that the R-3 Zone is the successor of the zones previously known as the R-3 Zone, the R-3a Zone and the R-3b Zone, and that all property presently classified as either R-3. R-3a or R-3b is now hereby included in the R-3 Zone estab- lished by this Part. • In the R-3 Zone no building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, nor shall any building or land be used for any purpose except as hereinafter and specifically provided and allowed by this Part. In the R-3 Zone the following uses are permitted: a Multiple family dwellings. b Boarding and lodging houses. c Private clubs, fraternities, sororities and lodges, excepting those the chief activity of which is a service custo- marily carried on as a business and education institution. (d) Accessory buildings. e A ublic parking area when developed as required by Section 9219.1 . (f) The following signs: 1. Name plates not exceeding two square feet in area containing the name of occupant of the premises. 2. One sign, attached to the main building, not to exceed twenty square feet of surface area and advertising only the name of the building and/or development. 3. One sign, attached to the main building, not to exceed twelve square feet of surface area pertaining only to the sale, lease or hire of only the particular building, property or premises upon which displayed. (g) For 'b' and 'c' above, eating and alcoholic beverage -1- i dispensement facilities, not exceeding twenty percent of the gross floor area of the main structure, may be permitted provided that such use is conducted primarily as a service to those using the building and subject to the limitation that entrances to these facilities are from the interior of the building with no out -door signs advertising such use being permitted and with additional' off-street parking being provided for such use as set forth in • 9219.14. 92o6.1. HEIGHT. No building or structure in the R-3 Zone shall exceed thirty-five feet in height. At any building setback line the maximum height shall not exceed eighteen feet. For every two feet of additional setback one additional foot in height will be permitted until the thirty-five foot maximum is reached. 92o6.2. FRONT YARD. Every lot or parcel in Zone R-3 shall have a front yard not less that the following: (a) Twenty-five feet where the property fronts upon a street shown as a Local Street on the adopted 'Master Plan of Streets and Highways' of the City. (b) Thirty feet where the property fronts upon a street shown as a Secondary Highway on the said Master Plan. (c) Thirty-five feet where the property fronts upon a street shown as a Major Highway on said Master Plan. • 92o6.3. SIDE YARD. In the R-3 Zone every 1ot.and every parcel shall have side yards as follows: (a) Interior lots or parcels and interior lot lines of corner lots or parcels shall have a side yard on each side of a. building not less than ten percent of the lot width. In no event shall the side yard be less than seven feet nor must it be more than fifteen feet. (b) All lots which have a lot line adjacent to a public street shall take the front yard set back requirement along the street as set forth in 92o6.2. 92o6.4. REAR YARD. Every lot and every parcel in the R-3 Zone shall maintain a year yard of not less than twenty feet. 92o6.5. AREA. The minimum required area of a lot or parcel in Zone R-3 shall be not less than the minimum lot size for the area district in which it is located. • 92o6.6. GROUND COVERAGE. Maximum ground coverage of structures in Zone R-3 shall not exceed an aggregate of thirty-five percent of the total lot or parcel area. Aggregate area shall be considered to be the total amount of land covered by enclosed structures including car ports -2- and garages but excluding such decks, patios and terraces as may be completely private to.and an integral part of individual apart- ments. 92o6.7. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS. In Zone R-3 the minimum distances between buildings shall be as follows: • WHERE WINDOWS FACE WINDOWS 40 feet WHERE WINDOWS FACE WALLS 24 feet WHERE WALLS FACE WALLS 15 feet "Windows" refers to living room or bedroom windows. "Walls" refers to walls without living room or bedroom windows. 92o6.8. DENSITY. In Zone R-3 the maximum density per net acre shall not exceed twenty-five dwelling units. 92o6.9. SIZE OF UNITS. No minimum size of individual residential dwelling unit is required. 9206.10. OFF-STREET PARKING. The provisions of Part 19 of this Chapter, providing for and regulating off-street parking, shall apply to Zone R-3. 9206.11. ACCESSORY STORAGE. • All storage area shall be within permanent buildings and completely screened from public view. 92o6.12. TRASH AND REFUSE RECEPTACLES. All trash, refuse and other such service containers shall be within a permanent building and completely screened from public view. 92o6.13. CLOTHES DRYING AREAS. All clothes drying areas shall be enclosed on all sides by a fence, solid wall or hedge not less than six feet high all of which shall completely screen the area from public view. 9206.14. REQUIRED LANDSCAPING AND RECREATION AREA. In Zone R-3 detailed plans shall be prepared and made a part of an approved precise plan showing the landscaping of the site and the improvement of all recreation areas. All recreation facilities shall be installed and located in such a manner so as not to be a nuisance to adjacent property. 92o6.15. OUTSIDE STAIRWAYS. • In Zone R-3 outside stairways.shall not be permitted within required yard areas or within the area between the front of the building and the front property line. Except where inner hallways are provided, no stairway shall serve more than four units on any one floor. -3- 9206.16. INTERNAL DRIVEWAYS. In Zone R-3 all vehicular driveways shall have a minimum width of twenty feet and a minimum turning radius of twenty-five feet. There shall be an adequate clear area for maneuvering vehicles into and out of all parking areas. All internal drive- ways and parking areas shall be surfaced in the manner specified in Part 19 of this Chapter." 9206:17. EFFECT ON EXISTING USES AND PRECISE PLANS. Notwithstanding any changes made in the uses permitted or the restrictions imposed within the R-3 Zone, any precise plan of design approved before January 1, 1964 for uses or structures in the R-3 Zone as it existed before that date, may be constructed and used at any time before January 1, 1966. Any use or structure so commenced and any use or structure lawfully existing in the R-3 Zone before January 1, 1964, shall be deemed to conform to this Part and shall not be considered to be non -conforming within the meaning of this Chapter. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law. Passed and approved this 13th day of January , 196 Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA •COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF WEST COVINA I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of tki,4eCCity of West Covina, do hereby certify that the above Ordinance No. was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular.meeting of the City Council on the 23rd day of December , 1963 . That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a re ular meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of January .1 199 4, by the following vote, to -wit: ' AYES: Councilmen: Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT:Councilmen: No$e -4- City Cler