Ordinance - 1280a
ORDINANCE NO. 1280
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTION 9218
OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
GRA ING AND EXCAVATION OF LAND. (Amendment No. 129)
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 amendment was duly initiated,
that notice of hearing thereon was duly given and published, that
public hearings thereon were duly held by the Planning Commission
and the City Council, that the public convenience, necessity and
general welfare and good zoning practice require that the following
amendment be made.
SECTION 2. Section 9218 of the West Covina Municipal
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WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
9218. WHEN REQUIRED.
• (a) No person shall commence any use for which
an unclassified use permit is required or any use not per-
mitted in either the R-A or R-1 Zone, and no building permit
shall be issued for any structure to be used for or in
conjunction with any such use, until a precise plan of design
covering the parcel or parcels to be so used shall be approved
and adopted as herein provided.
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(b) No person shall commence the grading or
excavation of any land, and notwithstanding any provision
of the Uniform Building Code, no grading permit shall be
issued for the grading or excavation of any land, until a
precise plan of design.covering the property proposed to be
graded or excavated has been approved and adopted as herein
provided.
This paragraph (b) shall not apply to the grading
or excavation required in connection with (1) the construction
of a swimming pool on property in the R-A or R-1 Zone or
(2) the movement of less than 50 cubic yards of earth or
(3) the grading of any parcel of property outside of the
Hillside Overlay Zone so as to improve the land for emergency
drainage purposes.
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SECTION 3. The City Council does hereby find and
.declare that the amendment to the zoning ordinance contained
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Section 2 hereof is a minor revision which does not result
in the creation of any new parcel of land nor change land use
or density of use and is, therefore, categorically exempt
under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality
Act of 1970 and the State Guidelines.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as
required by law.
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Passed and approved this loth day of November
Attest:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
Mayor
1975.
I, LELA W. PRESTON, City Clerk of the City of West
Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1280
was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 27th day of October ,
1975. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the loth day of
November , 1975, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Shearer, Miller, Browne, Tice, Chappell
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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City C erk
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