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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 1344 ORDINANCE NO. 1344 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 COUhTCIL GF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE, AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS: Section l: Chapter 25, Section 25-2 (DEFINITIONS), 25-11 2.5 shall be amended. While 25-11 2.5 (Personal Storage Development Standards) is hereby added to Chapter 25. Section 2: Section 25-2 "Definitions" of the Offi~~ial Zoning Ordinance is amended by adding a new defini~ion as follow: "Personal Storage" shall mean a place which provides for rental of interior separated areas within a building to private individuals for the storage of nonhazardous personal goods." Section 3: 25-11 2.5 is hereby added to read as follows: "4. Any personal storage use conditionally permitted in any Manufacturing zone within the City.(Ord. No. ). A. Development Standards: (1) Minimum Lot Area. Minimum lot area shall be 85,000 sq. ft. in size. (2) Minimum Frontage. Minimum frontage shall be 100 feet. (3) 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. (4) Side Yard. Required side yard is ten (l0) feet, if the use abuts or is adjacent to a residential use. (5) Rear Yard. A ten (10) foot rear yard is rewired if the use abuts or is across from a residential zone. However, if the use abuts a major highway, a rear yard is not required. (6) Lot Coverage. Maximum for lot coverage is 50%. (7) Parking. Minimum off street parking requirements are as follows: A. Minimum Storage Buildings: One (1) space for each 25 storage cubicles and distributed equally throughout the storage area; two driveways, one (1) 26 foot wide parking lane. (See ord. No. 1326). B. Office. one (1) space for each 200 sq. ft. of gross floor area. (New) disk C:storl.ord 1 C. Managers Unit. Two (2) uncovered spaces per unit. (8) Building Height. Building height shall not exceed two (2) stories, or 35 feet. (9) Fencing (screening). If the use is adjacent to a residential use, an eight (8) foot high block wall fence must be erected. (10) 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 (l0) foot landscape strip is required. (11) Limitation. T;;e Planning Commission may permit the use of land in this 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 the Recreational Vehicles (RVs'). c. Vehicular ingress/egress 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 use. e. A manager's unit must be provided or the permit will be revoked. f. A manager or employee shall be on 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. i. That yuvd and suffict-''.=5t 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. disk c:storl.ord 2 t B. Design Guidelines. (1) Design from building and roof should be compatible with the surrounding uses. (2) Materials for structures should be compatible with the character of the zone and be visually pleasing with surrounding uses, especially residential. (3) Variation of building wall along street side of site is desired. (4) Screening (fencing) shall be compatible with the character of the area and sensitive to abutting residential. Fencing such as rolled razor wire is discouraged. (5} The periznete'_ of she site should be designed to provide adequate security for both the site and abutting uses." SECTION 4. Severability. If any section,subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phase, 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 or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its 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, Subdivisions, Sentences, Clauses, Phases, or portions, or the application thereof to any person or place, be declared invalid or unconstitutional. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held en the _3rd _ day of April _, 1990, and finally ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 17th day of April , 1990. AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, REA, RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 17th day of April 1990. disk C:storl.ord Robert Henning, yor 3 ATTEST: Andrea L. Hooper, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: /.~ Charles C. Gomez Ci`.:y ..Manager disk C:storl.ord APPROVED AS FORM: ~. Barbosa Attorney 4