HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 32 (1989)ORDINANCE NO. 3_(1989)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DIAMOND BAR AMENDING SECTION 22.20.120 OF
CHAPTER 22.20 OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE,
AS HERETOFORE ADOPTED, PERTAINING TO SIDE YARD
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
A. Recitals.
(i) On April 18, 1989, the City of Diamond Bar was
incorporated as a duly organized municipal corporation of the
State of California. On June 27, 1989, pursuant to the
provisions of California Government Code Sections 50023, et seq.,
the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar adopted its Ordinance
No. 14 (1989) thereby adopting the Los Angeles County Code as the
ordinances of the City of Diamond Bar. Title 22 of the Los
Angeles County Code contains the planning and zoning ordinances
of the County of Los Angeles (hereinafter referred to as the
"Zoning Ordinance") now currently applicable to development
applications within the City of Diamond Bar.
(ii) As part of the land use and development scheme of
the County of Los Angeles, the Zoning Ordinance currently
provides for certain setback requirements for single family
residential zoned property (R-1).
(iii) The City Council finds that it is necessary to
amend the Zoning Ordinance to provide for increased interior side
yard setback requirements in order to provide for a more orderly
development of single family residential zones.
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(iv) on December 5 , 1989, the City Council
conducted a duly noticed public hearing with regard to the
amendment to the Zoning Ordinance contained herein and such
public hearing was concluded prior to the adoption of this
Ordinance.
(v) All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this
Ordinance have occurred.
1L. Ordinance.
The City Council of the City of Diamond Bar does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1 The City Council finds that all of the
facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Ordinance are
true and correct.
SECTION L. The City Council hereby finds and
determines that the amendment to the Zoning Ordinance specified
herein is categorically exempt from the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended, and the
guidelines promulgated thereunder pursuant to Section 15305 of
Division 6 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
SECTION 3. Section 22.20.120 A.3. of Chapter 22.20
of Title 22 of the Los Angeles County Code hereby is amended to
read, in words and figures, as follows:
113. Interior Side Yards. Each lot or parcel of
land shall have interior side yards of not less than ten (10)
feet; provided, however, with respect to any lot or parcel of
land having two (2) interior side yards, one such interior side
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yard shall be not less than ten (10) feet and the remaining
interior side yard(s) shall be not less than five (5) feet;
provided, further, that no interior side yard of five (5) feet
shall abut another side yard of five (5) feet.
"EXCEPTION: If a dwelling unit, or appurtenant
structure, in existence at the time of the effective date of this
Ordinance, is partially or totally damaged or destroyed by wind,
fire, flood, explosion, act of God or any other occurrence, then,
in that event, such dwelling unit or appurtenant structure may be
reconstructed without compliance with the increased side yard
requirement set forth herein. Any such reconstruction of an
existing dwelling unit or appurtenant structure shall be in
-- substantial conformity with the side yard setback requirements in
effect at the time of the original construction thereof."
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be posted in
three (3) public places within the City of Diamond Bar pursuant
to the provisions of Resolution No. 89-6.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 2nd day of
January-, 199e.
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I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar,
California do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Diamond Bar held on the 5th day of December , 1990, and
was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Diamond Bar held on the 2nd day of January , 1990
at Diamond Bar, California.
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