Ordinance No. 689 - Floor-Area RatiosORDINANCE NO. 689
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD AMENDING ARTICLE IX OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
WITH REGARD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FLOOR-AREA
RATIOS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 9102.13(a) is hereby added to Part 1 of
Chapter 1 to read as follows:
Developed Living Area. The sum of the areas of all floors of a building
approved for residential use as measured from the interior faces of
exterior walls.
Section 2. Section 9102.21(a) is hereby added to Part 1 of
Chapter 1 to read as follows:
Floor-Area Ratio. (FAR). The total square footage of developed living area
on a lot divided by the gross area of the lot, prior to any required
dedications for street or utility rights of way. Such calculations shall
include only those structures intended for permanent habitation. For flag
lot developments. FAR calculations shall use the net area of the oronosed
lot.
Section 3. Sections 9104.2 and 9105.2 are hereby amended to read
as follows:
• Building Height Maximum. Two stories or thirty (30) feet, whichever is
less.
as follows:
Section 4. Sections 9104.4 and 9105.4 are hereby amended to read
Side Yard Minimum. For the first story, five (5) feet, except that on the
street side of a corner lot there shall be a side yard of not less than ten
(10) feet. For the second story portion of two-story dwellings the side
yard setback shall be ten (10) feet.
Section S. Sections 9104.5 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Rear Yard Minimum.
Twenty-five (25)
feet or twenty percent
(208) of the
depth of the lot,
whichever is less
. Whenever a dwelling
has more than
four (4) bedrooms
and over 2,000 squ
are feet of living area
, a rear yard
minimum of 35 feet
shall be required,
and said yard shall be
maintained as
•
a recreational area
and/or landscaped.
Section 6.
Section 9105.5 is
hereby amended to read
as follows:
Rear Yard Minimum. Twenty (20) feet or twenty percent (208) of the depth
of the lot, whichever is less. Whenever a dwelling has more than four (4)
bedrooms and over 2,000 square feet of living area, a rear yard minimum of
35 feet shall be required, and said yard shall be maintained as a
recreational area and/or landscaped.
Section 7. Sections 9104.10 and 9105.11 are hereby amended to
read as follows:
Parking Requirements. There shall be provided on the same parcel of land
not less than two (2) parking spaces for each dwelling unit, except that
for dwellings which contain over four (4) bedrooms and over 2.000 square
feet of living area, no less than three (3) parking spaces shall be
provided. Each such parking space shall be not less than ten (10) feet
wide, seven (7) feet high and twenty (20) feet long and shall be in a
garage.
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Section 8. Sections 9104.11 and 9105.12 are hereby amended to
read as follows:
Possible Lot Coverage. There is established, for residential development
purposes, a Floor-Area Ratio (FAR) of 45 percent, to be calculated pursuant
to Section 9102.21 (a). Any residential dwelling that exceeds 2500 square
feet of living area shall be processed as a conditional use permit pursuant
to Section 9181.1 (36).
Section 9. Section 9122.1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Dwellings. For every dwelling, multiple dwelling, or other structure
erected or intended to be used as a dwelling, there shall be provided on
the same lot or parcel of land not less than two (2) parking spaces for
each dwelling unit except that in the R-1 and R-2 zones for dwellings with
more than four (4) bedrooms and over 2,000 square feet of living area,
there shall be provided not less than three (3) parking spaces. Each such
parking space shall be not less than ten (10) feet wide, seven (7) feet
high, and twenty (20) feet long and shall be in a garage, except as
otherwise provided with respect to Zone R-3.
Section 10. Section 9181.1 (36) is hereby added to read as
follows: Any residential dwelling in the R-1 and R-2 zones that exceeds 2500
square feet of developed living area subject to the following findings:
• A. That the granting of such conditional use permit will not adversely
affect the established character of the surrounding neighborhood or be
incurious to the property or improvements in such vicinity and zone in
which the property is located; and
B. Architecture of the dwellings shall be consistent with and/or
complementary to the surrounding neighborhood to assure the
neighborhood's integrity and the character of the community.
Section 11. Any proiect that has been submitted and accepted as
a complete application by the Planning Department before November 26, 1991, is
exempted from the provisions of this Ordinance. Said project, if in compliance
with all existing codes and discretionary approvals, if any, may be constructed
without compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance No. 689. Said exempt
status shall expire one year after the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 12. Section 9121.7 is hereby amended to read as follows:
• Reconstruction of Damaged Non-Conforming Buildings. Nothing in this
Chapter shall prevent the reconstruction, repairing or rebuilding and
continued use of any non-conforming building or structure partially damaged
by fire, collapse, explosion or acts of God, subsequent to the effective
date of this Chapter, wherein the cost of such reconstruction does not
exceed seventy-five (75) percent of the assessed value of the building or
structure at the time such damage occurred as shown by the last equalized
assessment roll of Los Angeles County. All such reconstruction shall be
performed under one building permit, started within a period of one (1)
year from the date of damage and diligently prosecuted to completion. The
provisions of this Section shall not apply to public utility buildings and
structures.
In the event such reconstruction cost would exceed seventy-five (75)
percent of the assessed value (as shouin by said assessment roll) of the
building or structure at the time such damage occurred, no repairs or
reconstruction shall be made unless every portion of such building or
structure is made to conform to all the regulations for new buildings or
structures in the zone in which it is located. However, existing
non-conforming residential structures in the R-1 and R-2 zones which
structures are damaged or destroyed by fire, collapse, explosion or acts of
God, may be repaired or reconstructed and such non-conforming residential
use may be continued, regardless of the cost of such repairs or
reconstruction; subject to the limitation that such repairs or
reconstruction shall not enlarge or change the location of such
non-conforming structures.
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Section 13. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and shall cause the same to be processed according to law.
1991.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this
10th day of December
J
ATTEST
.City Clerk
I hereby certify that the.foregoing Ordinance No. 689 was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Rosemead held on the 26th day of November,
1991, and was duly adopted by said City Council at their regular meeting held on
the 10th day of December, 1991, by the following vote:
Yes: Bruesch,
• No: -.Taylor
Absent: None
Abstain: None
Imperial, Clark, McDonald
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Y CLERK
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