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ORDINANCE NO. 02 -874
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMPLE CITY AMENDING THE TEMPLE CITY ZONING CODE
RELATIVE TO LOT SPLITS AND FLAG LOTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Based upon the findings contained in the Planning Commission Resolution No.
02 -2025 and the discussion of pertinent information provided in Planning Commission Staff reports and
based upon the minutes of the Planning Commission for April 9 and May 14, 2002 and based upon the
Public Hearing conducted before the City Council on June 18, 2002, and further, based upon a joint
meeting between the Planning Commission and City Council held on July 30, 2002, and based upon a
revised Planning Commission Resolution, which was adopted after conducting a new noticed public
hearing, held on August 27, 2002, and based upon the Public Hearing conducted before the City Council
on September 17, 2002, the City Council amends the Temple City Zoning Code as described in Section 3
below.
SECTION 2. This project should result in no significant effects upon the environment, and a
Negative Declaration has been prepared in accordance with the State CEQA Guidelines. The initial
statement as prepared indicates that there is no potential for adverse impact to the environment as it
relates to all wild animals, birds, plants, fish, amphibians and related ecological communities, including
the habitat upon which the wildlife depends for its continued viability.
SECTION 3. The City Council amends the Temple City Zoning Code as recommended by the
Planning Commission in Resolution No. 02- 2025PC. The Zoning Code shall be amended as follows:
ARTICLE IX
PART XIII — RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
DIVISION 1 — ZONE R -1
SECTION 9333 STANDARDS OF DEVELOPMENT
All premises in the R -1 zone shall comply with the following standards of development.
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Lot Width. Each lot or parcel of land in Zone R -1 shall have a minimum lot width of
not less than 50 feet, provided that no lot shall be created after the effective date of these
regulations having a lot width of less than 60 feet.
Exception: R -1 zoned lots in existence on the effective date of this Ordinance (October 31,
2002) may be subdivided as described below:
1. Flag Lot Subdivision: With the approval of a Conditional Use Permit, an existing lot may be
subdivided in a flag lot configuration subject to the following limitations: j
a. No existing lot shall be subdivided into more than two lots
b. Each subdivision shall be subject to the approval of a Parcel Map as well as a
Conditional Use Permit
c. The original existing lot to be subdivided shall have a street frontage of at least
80 feet, and
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d. Each such subdivision shall be limited to the creation of no more than one flag
lot, with a minimum street frontage of 20 feet; within the required 20 foot wide
minimum accessway to any newly created flag lot, no more than 12 feet may
consist of hardscape, the remaining 4 feet on either side shall consist of
landscaping. The abutting landscape strips shall be fully irrigated and shall be
improved with shrubbery and tall, fast growing plants as opposed to ground cover
and low lying plants. The driveway shall contain decorative brickwork, stamped
concrete and /or landscaped pavers, subject to review and approval of the
granting body. No Parking or storage shall be permitted in the 20 foot wide
accessway; and
e. A minimum of 7,200 square feet of lot area shall be provided per newly created
lot, exclusive of any "pole" portion of a flag lot, which provides access from the
street, and
f. No such "flag lot" subdivision shall be created on Halifax Road between Daines
Drive and Live Oak Avenue, legally described as Lots #1 -12, Block A, Lots #1 -8,
Block B and portions of Lots #9 -11, Block B of Tract No. 11695, Los Angeles
County Recorder Map Book 215 -23 -24 and a portion of Lot 32 of E.J. Baldwin's
addition #1 to Santa Anita Colony, Los Angeles County Recorder's
Miscellaneous Records 52 -60, as shown on Exhibit "A" attached. {ova. No. 89 -645}
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No "flag lot" created under the provisions of this section shall be improved with
any structure which exceeds one story or twenty feet in height' {ova. No. 98 -82o}
2. Lot Split: With the approval of a Conditional Use Permit, an existing lot may be split into no more
than two lots, subject to the following limitations:
a. Each subdivision shall be subject to the approval of a Parcel Map as well as a
Conditional Use Permit, and
b. The original existing lot to be subdivided shall have a street frontage of at least
100 feet and each of the newly created lots shall have a street frontage of at
least 50 feet, and
c. A minimum of 7,200 square feet of lot area shall be provided per newly created
lot.
ARTICLE IX
CHAPTER 1 — ZONING CODE
PART VI — ZONE VARIANCES AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
DIVISION II — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
9202 - CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS. WHEN REQUIRED.
The following verbiage shall be added to the list of uses which require a Conditional Use Permit:
- Subdivisions, including tract maps and parcel maps for flag lots, lot splits and
condominium projects
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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and to its
approval by the Mayor and shall cause the same to be published according to law.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 1St DAY OF OCTOBER, 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
I, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance 01 -874 was introduced
at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City held on the 17th day of September,
2002 and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council, approved and signed by the Mayor
and attested to by the City Clerk at the regular meeting held on the 1 S of October, 2002 by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilman - Souder, Wilson, Zovak, Vizcarra, Gillanders
NOES: Councilman -None
ABSENT: Councilman -None