HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 63-104ORDINANCE NO, 63 -104
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY AMENDING THE MUNI-
CIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE LOT WIDTH REQUIRE -
MENT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sections 9108 through 9112 are hereby added to
the Temple City Municipal Code to read as follows:
"9103. LOT. "Lot" means (1) a parcel of real property
when shown as a delineated parcel of land with a number or other de-
signation on a plat recorded in the office of the County Recorder of
Los Angeles County; or (2) any parcel of land containing not more than
one (1) acre which was of record as a separate parcel on the effective
date of this ordinance and which abuts one or more public thorough-
fares and has direct legal access to at least one of such thorough-
fares, or a parcel of land not contiguous to a public thoroughfare but
having access to a public thoroughfar.etby -other means as provided in
the Subdivision Ordinance of Private Street Ordinance; or (3) any
approved parcel of land legally created subsequently to °the effective
date of this ordinance and containing not less than the minimum lot
area and width required by the zone in which the property is located
and having frontage on a-public- dedicated street or a private street.
"9109. LOT AREA AND DIMENSIONS.
(a) LOT AREA. "Lot Area" means the total horizontal area
within the boundary lines of a lot.
(b) LOT DEPTH. "Lot Depth" means the horizontal length
of a straight line drawn from the midpoint of the lot front line and
at right angles to such line to its intersection with a parallel line
passing through the midpoint of the lot rear line. In the case of a
lot having a curved front line, the lot front line, for purposes of
this section shall be deemed to be a line tangent to the curve and
parallel to a straight line connecting the points of intersection of
the lot side lines of the lot with the lot front line.
(c) LOT iIDTH. "Lot Width" means the horizontal distance
between the lot side lines measured at right angles to the line com-
prising the depth of the lot at a point midway between the lot front
and rear lines. The length of the line constituting the rear line of
the required front yard shall never be less than the lot width requir-
ed in the zone in which the property is located.
"9110. LOT LINES.
(a) LOT FRONT LINE. "Lot Front Line" means, in the case
of an interior lot, the boundary line separating the lot from the
street. In the case of a corner lot and reverse corner lot, the lot
front line shall be the line separating the narrowest street frontage
of the lot from the street. In the case of corner lots or reverse
corner lots having equal street frontages, that property line the pro
longation of which creates the front property line for the greatest
number of interior lots in the same block shall be considered as the
lot front line of such corner or reverse corner lot.
(b) LOT REAR LINE. "Lot Rear Line" means a lot line which
is opposite and most distant from the lot front line. For the purpose
of establishing the lot rear line of a triangular or trapezoidal lot,
or of a lot the rear line of which is formed by two or more lines, the
following shall apply:
(1) For a triangular or goreshaped lot, a line ten (10
feet in length within the lot and farthest removed from the lot front
line and at right angles to the line comprising the depth of such lot
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shall be used as the lot rear line.
(2) In case of a trapezoidal lot the rear line of
which is not parallel to the lot front line, the lot rear line shall
be deemed to be a line at right angles to the line comprising the
depth of such lot and drawn through a point bisecting the recorded
Ilot rear line, or
(3) In the case of a pentagonal lot the rear boundary
of which includes an angle formed by two lines, such angles shall be
employed for determining the lot rear line in the same manner as pre -
scribed for a triangular lot.
(4) In no case shall the application of the above be
interpreted as permitting a main buildings to locate closer'than five
(5) feet to any property line.
(c) LOT SIDE LINE. "Lot Side Line" means any lot boundary
line not a lot Front line or a lot rear line.
"9111. LOT TYPES.
(a) CORNER LOT. "Corner Lot" means a lot situated at the
intersection of two (2) or more streets, the street frontages ofowhich
lot form an angle not greater than one hundred tw8nty -eight (128 )
degrees, and not less than forty -five degrees (45 ).
(b) INTERIOR LOT. "Interior Lot" means a lot other than a
corner lot or a reverse corner lot.
(c) KEY LOT. "Key Lot" means the first lot to the rear of
a reverse corner lot and whether or not separated by an alley.
(d) REVERSE CORNER LOT. "Reverse Corner Lot" means a corner
lot the side street line of which is substantially a continuation of
the lot front line of the lot upon which the rear of said reverse cor-
ner lot abuts.
(e) THROUGH LOT. "Through Lot" means a lot having
frontage on two (2) streets, including a lot at the intersection of
two (2) streets when the street sides of such lot form an internal
angle of less than forty -five degrees (450). Corner lots and reverse
lots as defined in this ordinance are not through lots.
(f) TRANSITIONAL LOT. "Transitional Lot" means a residen-
tial classified lot a side line of which forms a common boundary with
contiguous property classified for either a higher density residential .
use of commercial or industrial uses.
"9112. No lot shall be developed or created after April 25,
1963, in zones R -1, R-2, R -3, or A -1, which shall have a lot width
(as defined in Section 9109 (c) above) of less than fifty (50) feet.
No building permit shall issue for construction on any lots developed
prior to April 25, 1963, which shall have less than a lot width of
fifty (50) feet without approval of the Planning Commission of the
plan of development for the particular lot. The Planning Commission
may deny the plan for development of any lot having less than fifty
.(50) feet of width in the event the plan for development shows that
the proposed development of the property will violate any provi *;onc
of the Temple City Municipal Code, will not maintain the character
and integrity of the district in which such development shown on the
submitted plan is intended to be constructed, or will be detrimental to
to the general welfare of the community."
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temple
City at a regular meeting thereof held this 25th day of Marcy, 1963,
by the following; roll call vote:
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AYES: Councilmen- Dickasn, Fitzjohn, Merritt, Nunamaker, Tyrell
NOES: Councilmen- None
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
ATTEST:
Mayor o
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY )
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California
I, Marjorie A, Woodruff, Deputy City Clerk, do hereby certify that
I have been duly appointed Deputy City Clerk of the City of Temple
City, California, and that the foregoing Ordinance No. 63-104 was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on March
11, 1963, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on March 25, 1963, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Dickason, Fitzjohn, Merritt, Nunamaker, Tyrell
NOES: Councilmen -None
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
Dated: March 25, 1963
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