Ordinance - 1754•
ORDINANCE NO. 1754
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE VIII,
DIVISION 2, BY ADDING SECTION 26-405.5 AS IT
RELATES TO CERTAIN SMALL DETACHED STRUCTURES
IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES (Amendment No. 207).
The City Council of the City of West Covina, California,
does ordain as follows:
SECTION NO. 1: Chapter 26, Article VIII, Division 2, of
the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Section
26-405.5 to read as follows:
Section 26-405.5 exemption from yard and setback requirements.
a. All non -habitable freestanding roofed solid -walled
structures with a projected roof area of less than 120
square feet or non -roofed structures with a total floor
area of less than 120 square feet, and under 7 feet in
height in yards which are screened by fencing or shrubs
of at least 5 feet tall may encroach into the interior
side yard behind the main building as described in Section
26-405, and the rear five feet of the required rear yard.
b. All decorative -type structures such as, but not limited
to gazebos, with walls of such density that no more than
50 percent of the view is obscured, with a projected roof
area of less than 120 square feet, and under (15) feet in
height, may encroach into the interior side yard behind
the main building as described in Section 26-405, and the
rear five feet of the required rear yard, subject to the
review and approval of the Planning Director.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to
limit or interfere with the authority of homeowner
associations that determine that such encroachments are
undesirable in their particular case to incorporate the
prohibition of such encroachments into their conditions,
covenants, and restrictions.
d. The provisions of this Section do not apply to the
regulation of mechanical equipment as provided in
Section 26-409.
e. All structures must conform to the requirements of the
Uniform Building Code, if applicable.
f. The total square footage shall be limited to 120 square
feet.
g. For the purpose of this section, the projected roof area
shall mean the horizontal square feet of roof, excluding
slope, but including overhang.
SECTION NO. 2:. The City Council finds and determines that
• said Amendment to the Municipal Code is a minor modification to the
City's Zoning Ordinance and is, therefore, categorically exempt
(Class 5) from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA).
SECTION NO. 3: 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 28th day of September, 1987
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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 here-
by certify that the foregoing Ordinance No.1754 was regularly in-
troduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 14th day of Sept. That,
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of Sept.
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Tennant, Bacon, Shearer, Manners, Chappell
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Counci lmember: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
•
City Clerk
CERTIFICATION
1, JANET BERRY, Deputy 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 San
• Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of West Covina.
Janet Berry, City Clerk
City of West Covina, Cal6rornia
DATED: lh