Ordinance - 990ORDINANCE NO. 990
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING THE ZONING CHAPTER OF THE
WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO CREATE A NEW AREA
• DISTRICT IA AND PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS THEREFOR,
AND DECLARING THIS TO BE AN URGENCY ORDINANCE.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1. Paragraph (b) of Section 9204 of the West
Covina.Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(b) Buildings. No building shall occupy any portion
of a required front or side yard, and in the case
of reversed corner lots, no building shall be
erected upon such lot closer than 5 feet in Area
District I and IA, 7 feet in Area District II,
IIA, and III, and 10 feet in Area District 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.
On any lot, no building shall be located within
5 feet of the rear property line."
SECTION 2. Section 9204.1 of the West Covina Municipal
• Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9204.1 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 th?=rty-five feet of the rear lot line,
and within ten feet of a aide lot line in Area
Districts I, IA, 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."
SECTION 3. Section 9204.2 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9204.2 FRONT YARD.
Every lot or parcel in Zone R-1 shall have a
front yard not less than twenty-five feet,
except that in Area District IA the front
yard shall be not less than twenty feet."
SECTION 4. Item 1 of Paragraph.(a) of Section 9204.3
of the West Covina*Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
• follows:
"1. Five feet in Area Districts I and IA."
SECTION 5. Section 92014,4 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"92o 4.L4 REAR YARD.
. Every lot in the R-1 Zone shall have a required
rear yard of twenty-five feet, except that in
Area District IA the yard shall be not less than
fifteen feet."
SECTION 6. Section 92014.6 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"92o 4.6 GROUND COVERAGE.
Maximum ground coverage of all structures in
Zone R-1 shall not exceed 35% of the total
lot or parcel area, except in Area District
IA."
SECTION 7. A new Section 9217..2.1 is hereby added to the
West Covina Municipal Code reading as follows:
"9217.2.1 SAME. AREA DISTRICT IA
The lot or parcel area required in Area District
IA shall be a minimum of six thousand square
feet and no lot or parcel shall be less than
fifty feet in width, provided, however, that
• no lot or parcel shall be less than ninety-
five feet in depth,
In Area District IA the area of the dwelling
enclosed within the exterior walls of the
main building shall be not less than nine
hundred square feet, exclusive of garages
and porches."
SECTION 8. This ordinance is for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health and safety and shall be effective immediately
upon its adoption. The facts constituting the urgency are as follows:
Certain areas are in the process of annexation to the City. The
determination of the annexation will be completed before a regular
ordinance would take effect. The development within the proposed
annexed area does not comply with any existing Area District within
the City and upon annexation would immediately violate the West
Covina Municipal Code unless this ordinance is adopted effective
immediately.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause the same to be published as required
by law.
Passed and approved this 27th day of February, 1967.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 990 was
regularly introduced and passed as w urgency ordinance at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 27th day of February,
1967, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Gillum, Snyder, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: Nichols
City Clerk
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