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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 1712 ORDINANCE NO. 1712 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OFTHE CITY OF LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD "AFFORDABLE HOUSING" AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-3) ZONE, ESTABLISHING MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE "AFFORDABLE HOUSING" CATEGORY, AND CHANGING THE ZONE DISTRICT FROM SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND ZONING MAP ON ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBERS 6186-001-900, 6186-001-901, 6186-001- 902, 6186-001-903, 6186-001-904, 6186-001-905, 6186-001-906, 6186-001-907, 6186- 001-908, AND 6186-001-909 IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 1.1 Pursuant to the provisions of law, public hearings were held before the City of Lynwood Planning Commission and the City Council. 1.2 The matter was fully discussed and the public and other agencies presented testimony and documentation. 1.3. The City of Lynwood Municipal Code shall be modified to reflect the Zoning Code Amendment No. 2018-01. 1.4. This project would be exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines as provided for in Section 15305 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitation). Section 2. Findings. The following findings are adopted in support of Zone Code Amendment No. 2018-01. Based on substantial evidence presented to this City Council during its public hearing on September 4, 2018, including written and oral staff reports and the record from the public hearing, this City Council hereby finds as follows: A. Conformance with General Plan — The proposed amendment is consistent with the General Plan and its goals, objectives, policies, and programs. FACT: The proposed Zoning Code Amendment is consistent with the City General Plan Goal of establishing a balance of land uses that functions to provide benefit for the Lynwood community. The proposed Zoning Code Amendment will facilitate future provision of housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income households. In addition, the proposed Zoning Code Amendment complies with General Plan Land Use Element and Housing Element goals and policies that pertain to the following: further enabling the City to plan for a diversity of residential opportunities that will help to fit current and future housing needs of potential Lynwood residents (Land Use Element Goal LU-1); allowing development of apartments within the Residential High Density land use category (Land Use Element Policy LU-1-5); encouraging a variety of housing types to meet needs of City residents (Housing Element Goal 2); identification of suitable sites to accommodate the City's 2014-2021 Regional Housing Needs Allocation (Housing Element Policy 2.1); supporting innovative public, private and non-profit partnership efforts for development of affordable housing (Housing Policy 2.4); continuing to provide appropriate land use designations and maintain an inventory of suitable sites for residential development (Housing Element Objective 2.1); encouraging private development of moderate and lower-income housing units (Housing Element Objective 2.2); encouraging private development of housing units with three or more units that can accommodate large households (Housing Element Objective 2.3); and, promoting Fair Housing opportunities for all persons regardless of race, religion, sex, marital status, ancestry, national origin or color (Housing Element Goal 5). B. That a proposed Zoning Code Amendment will not adversely affect surrounding properties. FACT: The Project Site is bordered by Agnes Avenue to the north, Lavinia Avenue to the south, Atlantic Avenue to the east (and the Yvonne Burke Ham Park beyond across Atlantic Avenue), and a paved alley and adjacent single-family residences to the west. Access to the proposed Project Site is via the alley bordering the Project Site to the west and extending between Agnes Avenue and Lavinia Avenue. The alley separates future development on the Project Site from existing single-family residential uses to the west. The alley also provides vehicular access to the adjacent single-family residences. The proposed affordable multi-family residential use will not adversely affect surrounding properties in that the existing Zoning Code designation for the Project Site is R-3 Residential High Density. The Zoning Code Amendment will add "Affordable Housing" as a specifically permitted use within the R-3 zone. This will maintain an allowance for senior affordable housing but also include non-senior affordable housing as an allowed land use for the Project Site. Section 3. Municipal Code Amendment. 25-20-3-1 Affordable Housing Development Standards The development standards herein apply to multifamily properties consisting of more than ten units, of which over 90% are affordable units. Individual units may be rental, condominium, cooperative, or other form of fee simple ownership. A. Open Space Requirements. All multi-family affordable housing developments with ten (10) or more dwelling units shall provide a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet private usable open space per unit and two hundred (200) square feet of common usable open space per unit. Minimum open space dimensions for usable common and private open space areas shall apply in accordance with Table 20-2 "Usable Open Space Dimensions for Multi-Family Developments". The City may, at its discretion, include private patios, decks, or balconies when calculating open space areas within a multi-family affordable housing development. B. Trash Receptacles. All multi-family affordable housing developments are required to have the appropriated number of trash receptacles and recycling containers for the size of the development. C. Parking Location. Parking spaces shall be provided as specified in Article 65 of this Chapter. D. Number of Automobile Parking Spaces Required for Affordable Housing Units. 1. Zero to one bedrooms: one onsite parking space 2. Two to three bedrooms: two onsite parking spaces 3. Four or more bedrooms: two and one-half onsite parking spaces 4. Guest Parking: 0.5 onsite parking spaces per unit E. Building Separation. Building separation requirements shall be as outlined in Table 20-3 of Section 25-20-5-D (Multi-Family Housing Standards — Required Building Separation). F. Minimum Lot Size. 7,500 square feet G. Minimum Lot Width. 50 feet H. Minimum Lot Depth. 100 feet I. Maximum Lot Coverage (Building Coverage). 60 percent J. Maximum Density. Per approved Site Plan K. Maximum Building Height. 50 feet, or per approved Site Plan L. Minimum Front Setback. 20 feet, or pei• approved Site Plan M. Minimum Side Yard Setback. 5 feet (Interior); 10 feet (Street) N. Minimum Rear Yard Setback. 15 feet 0. Affordability 1) At least 30% of the dwelling units shall be available at affordable housing cost to households of low- and moderate-income. This applies to both rental and ownership projects. 2) At least 50% of the 30% described above shall be available at affordable housing cost to very low-income households. This applies to both rental and ownership projects. 3) The restrictions must remain available for the longer of: 30 years; or the period of land use controls established by the City. The City shall be named specifically in the Covenants, Conditions, & Restrictions (CC&Rs) having the right to enforce the affordability restrictions. 4) The City reserves the right to require more stringent low-moderate income requirements under circumstances where the City has provided financial assistance to the development. P. Development Incentives 1) The City shall waive park development fees for qualified affordable housing projects defined herein. 2) The maximum allowable density in an affordable housing project area is 95 dwelling units to the gross acre. Appendix A Uses by Zoning District C- C R- PR P C PC Land Use R-1 R-3 2 - CB-1 M HMD PF OS SPA CCOA 2 D -1 -2 D A 3 Adult business C Affordable P Housing Alcoholic CC C C C beverage off site sales in any store other than a supermarket or drugstore (see article 200 of this chapter) Section 4 Effect of Enactment. Except as specifically provided herein, nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be deemed to modify or supersede any prior enactment of the City Council that addresses the same subject addressed herein. Section 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Lynwood HEREBY DECLARES that it would have passed and adopted this Ordinance and each and all provisions thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions may be declared to be invalid. Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. Section 7. Adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall publish a summary of this Ordinance and post a certified copy of the full Ordinance in the office of the City Clerk at least five days prior to the adoption and within 15 days after adoption of the Ordinance, the City Clerk shall publish a summary of the Ordinance with the names of the Councilmembers voting for and against the Ordinance. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days after the date of its adoption. Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2"d day of October 2018. lee Jos ' uis Solache, Mayor ATTEST: 1 Maria Quinonez, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM APPROVED AT TO CONTENT . 4i r _ I -,C-o-r Francisco Leal,44 ity Attorney Jose tmeteotl, City Manager Aor STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) § COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood at a regular meeting held on the 2nd day of October 2018 and passed by the following votes: AYES: MAYOR PRO TEM SANTILLAN BEAS, CASTRO AND MAYOR SOLACHE NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER ALATORRE ABSTAIN: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ NONE / 4 / A.' Maria Quinonez, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) § COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and the Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1712 on file in my office and that said Ordinance was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 2"d day of October, 2018. C9,�,� Maria Quinonez, City Clerk • i I