HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 1360ORDINANCE N0. 1360
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LYNWOOD
AMENDING CHAPTER 25, THE OFFICIAL ZONING
ORDINANCE, OF THE LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE
WITH RESPECT TO PERSONAL STORAGE STANDARDS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
DOES HEREBY FINll, RESOLVE, AND
DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 25, Section 25-11 2.5 (Personal Storage
Development Standards)is hereby amended.
Section 2: 25-11 2.5 is hereby amended to read as follows:
4. Any personal storage use conditionally permitted in any
Manufacturing zone or Commercial zone within the City. (Ord.
No.).
Development Standards
(1) Minimum Lot Area. Minimum lot area shall be 40,000
sq, ft. in size.
(2) Minimum Frontage. Mimimum frontage shall be 100 feet.
(1) Front Yard. Required front yard is ten (10) feet. If
the use abuts or is across the street from a
residential use, the front yard requirement is twenty
(20) feet.
(2) Side Yard. Required side yard is ten (10) feet, it
the use abuts or is adjacent to a residential use.
(3) Rear Yard. A ten (10) foot rear yard is required if
the use abuts or i.s across from a residential zone.
However, if the use abuts a major highway, a rear yard
is not required.
(4) Lot Coverage. Maximum requirement for lot coverage is
50 0.
(5) Parking. Minimum off street parking requirements are
as follows:
a. Storage Buildings:
One (1) space for 25 storage cubicles and
distributed equally throughout the storage area;
two driveway, one (1) 26 foot wide parking lane.
b. Manager Unit.
One (1) uncovered parking spaces per unit.
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(6) Building Height. Building height shall not exceed two
(2) stories, or 35 feet.
(7) Fencing (screening). If the use is adjacent to a
residential use, a eight (8) foot high ornamental iron
fence must be erected.
(8) Landscaping. A five (5) foot landscape strip is
require if a. the use is along a frontage street b. if
the use is within 100 feet of a residential zone or
use, then a ten (10) foot landscape strip is required.
(9) Limitation. The Planning Commission may permit the
use of land in the zone for the purpose of personal
storage use on conditions as they deem just, but shall
include as a minimum the following:
a. Sale of personal property on site is prohibited.
b. No outside storage is allowed except for
Recreational Vehicle (RVs').
c. Vehicles ingress/egrees is limited to one point
each side of the property abutting the street lot
line.
d. No building placed within 50 feet of a residential
zoned area.
e. A manager's unit must be provided or the permit
will be revoked.
f. A manager or employee shall be cn the site at all
times.
g. Commercial deadbolt locks shall be installed for
each storage area.
h. For any storage space doors that opens outward, the
hinge pin shall be installed in such a manner that
it cannot be removed.
i. An alarm switchboard/indicator shall be installed
in the office to indicate when the storage area is
opened.
j. A check-in and check-out procedure shall be
instituted requiring, among other things, that each
visitor to the facility provide his/her name,
address, driver's license, or other legal
identification number, vehicle license, storage
area visited, and time in and out.
k. The manager and any person employed shall be
subject to a police record check.
1. That good and sufficient lighting, including roof
lighting, shall be maintained so that a person has
a good observation of the site and storage area
during the hours of darkness.
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Design Guidelines.
a. Design from building and roof should be compatible
with the surrounding uses.
b. Materials for structures should be compatible with the
character of the zone and be visually pleasing with
surrounding uses, especially residential.
c. Variation of building wall along street side of site
is desired.
d. Screening (fencing) shall be compatible with the
character of the area and sensitive to abutting
residential. Fencing such as rolled razor wire is
prohibited
e. The perimeter of the site should be designed to
provide adequate security for both the site and
abutting uses.
Section 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection
subdivision, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance, or the
application thereof, to any person or place, is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or it
application to other persons or places.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, phrases or portions, cr the application thereof to any
person or place, be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
First read at regular meeting of the City Council of said City
held on the 19th day of .March 1991, and
finally adopted and ordered published at a
meeting of said Council held on the 2nd __ ____ day of
April 1991 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, REA , RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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Robert Henning, Mar ------
ATTEST:
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Andrea L. Hooper, City Jerk
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Kenrick Karefa-Johnson, Director
Community Development Department
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RESOLUTION NO. 2366
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING CHAPTER 25,
LYNWOOD MUN CIPAL CODE WITHNRESPECT TO
PERSONAL STORAGE STANDARDS ~ OF THE
(MEDIUM COMMERCIAL) ZONE IN THE C-2A
COMMERCIAL) ZONES. AND C-3 (HEAVY
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission
did, pursuant to law, conduct of the
amendment to the L nwood a Public City of Lynwood,
subject; and y Municipal Code hearing on a proposed
with respect to the above
wishes and add
WH~RoEamendhe Plann Pe sonal1Stora of the City of Lynwood
(Medium Commercial) and C-3 (Heav g Standards
y Commercial in the C-2A
WHEREAS ) zones, and
wishes ~ The Planning Commission of the
to allow Personal Storage Facilities
Commercial) and C-3 City of Lynwood
(Heavy Commercial in the C-2A (Medium
zones, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the
considered all pertinent testimony offered at the
and City of Lynwood
public hearing;
that theEproposalow llty Development Director has determined
environment not have a negative effect
for the ~ and has therefore declared a Negative Declaration
project; and
Sect_ionl. The Planning Commission hereby finds and
determines as follows:
A. The proposed amendment will be consistent with the
objectives and the development policies of the City of
Lynwood.
B. The proposed amendment will not unreasonably constrain
the use of property by landowners and developers.
C. The proposed amendment will not adversely affect the
General Plan.
Sec t_ i_'o_ n 2, The Planning Commission of the City of
Lynwood, based upon the aforementioned findings and
determinations, hereby recommends City Council adoption of the
proposed amendment.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of February 1991 by
the members of Planning Commission voting as follows:
AYES: Conmlissioners Dove, Pryor, Haynes, Willis, McMiller,
Mushin
NOES:
ABSENT: Commissioner Cole-Dennis
ABSTAIN:
i/
an Haynes, hairparson
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
APPROVED-AS~TO CONTENT:
Kenrick~Karefa-Johnson, Director
Community Development Department
u'
u as D. B s, Deputy
City Attorn
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