Ordinance - 904ORDINANCE NO. 904
itfollows:
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 amendments be made.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
(Amendment No. 68)
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
SECTION 2. Section 9201 "Definitions" is hereby amended as
follows:
1. The definition of "BOARDING HOUSE" is amended to read as
follows:
"BOARDING HOUSE (Or Lodging House) - A building where
lodging and meals are provided for compensation."
2. The definition of "CONVALESCENT HOMES OR GUEST HOMES"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"CONVALESCENT HOMES - An institution where nursing, dietary
and other personal services are rendered to convalescents, but
excluding mental cases and cases of contagious or communicable
diseases and excluding surgery or primary treatment. Convalescents
are persons who are gradually recovering health after an illness;
or persons requiring post -operative attention."
3. The following definition is hereby inserted immediately
following the definition of "GRADE":
."GROSS FLOOR AREA - The area included within the surrounding
exterior walls of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of:
a. Shaft inclosure
b. Courts
c. Floor area space devoted entirely to heavy mechanical
equipment (i.e. Air Conditioning Unit).
d. Public restrooms
e. Janitorial equipment room
f. Any other facility common to a central service core
4. The definition of "HOSPITAL" is hereby amended to read
as.follows:
"HOSPITAL AND SANITARIUM - An institution specializing in
giving clinical, temporary and emergency services of a medical
or a surgical nature to injured persons and patients other than
persons suffering from a mental sickness, mental disease, mental
disorder or mental ailment."
5. The definition of "LODGING HOUSE" is hereby deleted.
6. The definition of "REST HOME OR GUEST HOME" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"REST HOME (Or Guest Home) - A home operated as a boarding
house, and in which nursing, dietary and other personal services
are furnished to invalids and aged persons; but in which are kept
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no persons suffering from a mental sickness, mental disease,
mental disorder or mental ailment or from a contagious or com-
municable disease, and in which are performed no surgical or
other primary treatments such as are customarily provided in
sanitariums or hospitals or in which no persons are kept or
served who normally would be admittable to a mental hospital."
7. The definition of "SANITARIUM" is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"SANITARIUM- Same as hospital."
8. The following definitions are hereby inserted immediately
following the definition of "SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH AND
HIGH":
"SHOPPING CENTER - A group of businesses which comprise at
least five stores as shown on a common Precise Plan of Design,
functioning as a unit, with common off-street parking provided
on the property as an integral part of the unit, and having more
than 30,000 square feet of gross floor area.
SHOPPING CENTER, NEIGHBORHOOD - A shopping center under
30,000 square feet gross floor area, carrying convenience goods
such as groceries, drugs, hardward, liquor and some variety
items, and also including some service stores."
SECTION 3. Paragraph (b) of Section 9206 of the West Covina
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(b) Boarding houses and rest homes."
SECTION 4. Paragraph (b) of Section 9209 of the West Covina
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(b) Boarding houses and rest homes."
SECTION 5. Paragraph (p) of Section 9216 of the West Covina
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(p) Nursery schools, orphanages and convalescent homes."
SECTION 6. Section 9219.14 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
119219.14. SAME. PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.
The number of off-street parking spaces required shall be
no less than as set forth in the following:
Use
Residential Uses:
In
Zone
R-A
In
Zone
R-1
In
Zone
R-2
In
Zone
R-3
In
Zone
R-4
Parking Spaces Required
2 per dwelling unit
2 per dwelling unit
2 per dwelling unit
1 3/4 per dwelling unit
1 3/4 per dwelling unit
(a) At least 1 1/4 of such off-street parking spaces per
unit shall be enclosed on three sides and roof.
Offices - except as provided herein -- 1 per 300 sq. ft. of
gross floor area
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Dental & Medical Offices 1 per 150 sq. ft. of gross
floor area
Retail Stores and Neighborhood Under 30,000 sq. ft. gross
Shopping Centers T16®r area (shown on approved
precise plan) 1 per 200 sq.
ft. of gross floor area
Shopping Centers Over 30,000 sq. ft. gross
Tlo—or area ( shown on
approved precise plan) 1
per 150 sq. ft. of gross
floor area
Restaurants & On -Sale Liquor 1 per 3 seats
Manufacturing Uses, Storage, 1 per 2 employees or 1 per
Warehouses & Laboratories 500 sq. ft. of gross floor
area whichever is greater,
except in the I-P Zone in
which case the requirements
shall be 1 per 14 employees,
or 1 per 275 sq. ft. of
gross floor area whichever
is greater
Auto & Machinery Sales 1 per 300 sq. ft. of gross
floor area
Billiard Rooms 2 per table plus 1 for each
employee
Bowling Alleys 5 per alley
Churches, Mortuaries, Theaters, 1 per 4 permanent seats,
Auditoriums, Dance Halls and and/or 1 per 40 sq. ft. of
other Places of Public Assembly assembly area not occupied
by permanent seats
Convalescent Homes 1 per 2 beds
Hospitals & Sanitariums 1 & 1/2 per bed
Orphanages & Rest Homes 1 per 3 beds
Boarding House 1 per unit
Hotels, Clubs, Fraternal organi-
zations, etc. 1 per 2 units
Motels 1 per unit
Nursery Sales 1 per 150 sq. ft. of gross
floor area, plus 1 per 500
sq. ft. of exterior displays
Schools:
Elementary 1 per employee
Junior High 1 per employee plus 1 per
100 students
High School 1 per employee plus 1 per
10 students
Colleges 1 per 2 employees plus 1
per 2 students
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SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cuase the same to be published as required
by law.
Passed and approved
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
this 8th day of February 1965.
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Mayo r
I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 904 was regu-
larly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 25th day of January , 1965. That,
thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopa and pas-s-e-72r at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 8th day of February 1965,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Jett, Krieger, Nichols, Heath
NOES: Councilmen: Mayor Snyder
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
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City Clerk