Ordinance - 1650ORDINANCE NO. 1650
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 26, ARTICLES II AND VIII,
SECTIONS 26-31 AND 26-403 AS THEY RELATE TO BUILDING
HEIGHTS AND STORIES IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY (R-A AND
• R-1) ZONES. (AMENDMENT NO. 193)
The City Council of the City of West Covina, California,
does ordain as follows:
SECTION NO. 1: Chapter 26, Article II, Section 26-31 of
the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 26-31. Building Height
(Except in R-A/R-1 zones -see Section 26-403)
"Building height" means or is the vertical distance from
the "grade" to the highest point of the coping of a flat
roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the
highest point of the highest gable of a pitch or hip roof,
but exclusive of vents, air conditioners, chimneys or
other such incidental appurtenances.
SECTION NO. 2: Chapter 26, Article VIII, Section 26-403
of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 26-403. Single -Family Building Height
a. No building or structure shall have more than two
stories above ground.
• b. Chimneys, vents and other such incidental
appurtenances shall not be included in the measuring
of the highest point of a building or structure.
c. When measured from the highest point of ground
adjacent to a building or structure to the highest
point of the building or structure, the vertical
distance shall not exceed 25 feet.
d. When measured from the lowest point of ground adjacent
to a building or structure to the highest point of the
building or structure, the vertical distance shall not
exceed 35 feet.
e. In Area Districts IV and V, buildings on lots in
excess of 20,000 square feet may exceed the maximum
limits stated in Paragraph (c) and (d) by one foot for
every 500 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,500
square feet. Such increase in height shall increase
the yard requirements on a foot -to -foot ratio, i.e.,
one foot of additional height requires 11 foot side
yards and 26 foot front and rear yards, five feet of
additional height requires 15 foot side yards and 30
foot front and rear yards.
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SECTION NO. 3: The City Council finds and determines
said Amendment to the Municipal Code is a minor modification to
City's Zoning Ordinance and is, therefore, categorically exempt
(Class 5) from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA).
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SECTION NO. 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published
as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 13th day of Nnvamhar , 1984.
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1650 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 22nd day of October , 1984. That,
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of November ,
1984, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Manners, Tennant, Bacon
NOES: None
ABSENT :Chappel I, Shearer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Att rney
City C erk
• C E R T I F I C A T I O N
State of California )
County of Los Angeles
City of West Covina )
I, JANET BER#tY, - I)eputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., State of California, do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No.
Was published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina.
Janet Berry, Beputy City Clerk
City of West Covina, California