HomeMy Public PortalAbout08-1403 (2)ORDINANCE NO. 08 -1403
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 9138.17(D)(6) OF THE CARSON MUNICIPAL
CODE TO ALLOW ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES IN THE MU-CS
ZONE TO EXCEED THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT PROVIDED THAT
EXCEPTIONAL DESIGN STANDARDS ARE PROVIDED AS
DETERMINED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Code Amendment Section 9138.17(D)(6) (Mixed -Use — Carson
Street, Site Requirements, Building Height) of Division 8 (Special Requirements for
Certain Uses) of Part 3 (Commercial Zones) of Chapter 1 (Zoning) of Article IX
(Planning and Zoning) of the Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding the
following underlined text as follows:
6. Building Height.
a. No commercial building or structure shall exceed a height of thirty (30)
feet.
b. No residential or mixed -use building or structure shall have more than
three (3) stories, including a basement but excluding a cellar, nor shall it
exceed a height of forty -five (45) feet, except for residential projects for
affordable or senior households permitted in accordance with CMC
9126.91 or projects that have an exceptional design.
c. In cases in which CMC 9126.91 is applicable, no building or structure shall
have more than four (4) stories, including a basement but excluding a
cellar, nor shall the height exceed fifty -five (55) feet.
d. The minimum building height shall be eighteen (18) feet.
e. The Plannin • Commission ma
features that exceed the hei ht re • uirements described above onl
exce rovided as
Commission. The a • • licant must demonstrate exce 'bona! desi • • n based
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on the i of materials colors texture and • resentation and the
location orientation and overall a • •earance of the architectural feature.
The Plannin • Commission ma a • • rove an architectural feature that
exceeds the maximum hei ht as described above to a hei • ht not more
than 25 feet rovided that the architectural feature does not occu • more
than 10 ercent of an vertical • lane above the maximum hei • ht. The
Plannin Commission at its discretion ma re • uire conditions of a • • royal
or modifications to the architectural feature in order to achieve an
exce • tional desi • n or ma den the • ro • osal if it is unacce • table.
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Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or any ny, paragraph,
to be unconstitutional or contrary to state law, such decision shall not affect reason validity
held
of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any he validity
declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, Council hereby
sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section,
subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be ection,
unconstitutional or contrary to state law. declared
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15th day of Apri 1
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK HEL N KA AGOE
APPROVED AS TO FORM
MAYOR, JIM DEAR
, 2008.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 08 -1403 passed first reading on April 1, 200 8, was duly and regularly adopted by the
y certify that the whole
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on g g ordinance, being
that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote: the 15th day of April, 2008, and
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: Mayor Dear, Gipson, Santarina, Williams, and Davis - Holmes
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
City Clerk, City of Carson, C: lifornia