Ordinance - 8407
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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 Municipal Code are hereby repealed.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
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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
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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.
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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
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City Cler