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ORDINANCE NO. 1163
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 570, THE
ZONING ORDINANCE, REGARDING SITE PLAN REVIEW.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood HEREBY DOES ORDAIN
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 25-32 of the Zoning Ordinance is here-
by deleted in its entirety and a new section added to read as
follows:
25-32 SITE PLAN REVIEW
25-32.1 Purpose and Authority. The purpose of the Site
Plan Review is to coordinate the review of plans for
private development in the City so as to 1) ensure that
a proposed project is compatible with surrounding land
uses and will promote the harmonious, attractive and
orderly development of the City, and 2) avoid unnecessary
delays in the processing of such plans. In order to
achieve these purposes, the Community Development Director
is authorized to grant or deny Site Plan Review approval
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 25-32.
25-32.2 Effect Upon Building Permits. Where the provi-
sions of this chapter require that a site plan be sub-
mitted for review, no building permit shall be issued, or
if said permit is issued in error, the same shall be sus-
pended until a site plan has been approved in the manner
set forth herein.
25-32.3 Procedure.
a. Completeress of Application. Application(s) for Site
Plan Review shall he filed with th.e Community Development
Director and shall include the following:
1. Name and address of the applicant(s).
2. Status of the applicant (i.e., property owner,
owner's authorized agent, or purchaser of
property).
3. Notarized signature(s) of owner(s) of record of
property.
4. Address and legal description of the property.
5. A site plan illustrating the following:
a. The dimensions and orientation of each lot or
parcel to be built upon or otherwise used.
b. A statistical summary of the square footage
and percentage of the site devoted to build-
ings, parking, landscaping and other improve-
ments.
c. Location, size, shape and proposed use of all
structures both existing and planned, on the
site.
d. Distance to and use of structures on contiguous
properties.
e. Location, height, and composition of walls or
fences.
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f. Location and dimensions of st.:reets and sidewalks.
g. The location, typical dimensi~~ns, number and ar-
rangement of parking spares .
h. Internal circulation patterns and points of ingress
and egress.
i. The location and dimensions of any loading areas.
t. The location of building entrances.
k. The nature, extent and sources of exterior lighting.
1. The ].o cation of free-standing signs or other out-
door advertising.
m. The location and method of .refuse storage.
n. Exterior facilities fo:r the handicapped (ramps,
oversized parking spaces, etc..).
6. Building elevations, drawn to scale, which shall be
of sufficient deta%1 'to indicate the type and color
of materials to be employed and the methods of illumi-
nation for signs.
7. A landscaping plan which shall indicate the type (i.e.,
common name), size and arrangement of plant materials
to be utilized and the method of irrigation to be em-
ployed.
Eight (8) copies of all plans shall be submitted.
b. Delivery to City Departments. Planning Division staff
shall deliver copt.es of the submitted site plan to the
appropriate City departments and schedule preliminary
and/or final Site Plan Review Committee meetings. In
transmitting the site plan, the Planning Division staff
shall indicate the deadline for• the submittal of comments.
c. Site. Inspection (Optional). Representatives from appro-
priate departments are encouraged to inspect i.:he site(s)
and surrounding land uses prior to submitting comments
and/or suggested conditions for a protect to the Planning
Division.
d. Site Plan Review Committee Meetings.
1. Initial Meeting. Representatives from appropriate
City departments may initially meet as the: Site Plan
Review Committee: to conduct a joint r_eaieer of a pro-
posed project and to develop a unified set. of com-
ments and conditions for use of the Community Develop-
ment Director. The Committee shall be comprised of
representatives i'rom the Community Development,
Engineering, Fire and other City departments deemed
appropriate. by the Community Development Director.
When appropriate, the Community Deve:Lopmerrt Director
may include representatives frorn the County Sheriff's
Department, the Lynwood Unified School District and
other public agenr_ies on the Committee. These meet-
., _ngs__shall__be held.- in the_City Hall Confer:ence_ROOm,
2. Public Meeting. The Site Plan Review Committee (as
defined above) and the developer or applicant shall
meet i:o discuss the protect., If the Committee recom-
mends denial or approval with conditions that are,un-
accept:able to the applicant, the Committee will en-
courage the applicant to redesign the protect and sub-
mit ii: to the Committee for review at a subsequent
meeting. These meetings shall be public, shall be
held at such time as needed, and shall take place in
the City Hail Conference Room.
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e. Approval/Denial. The Community Development Director
shall act on the application at the public meeting and
may approve, conditionally approve, or deny the applica-
tion.
f. Appeal. The decision of the Community Development Di-
rector may be appealed to the Planning Commission within
15 days of the decision of the Director.
SECTION 2. Section 25-3.6 shall he deleted in ii;s entirety.
SECTION 3.. .. Section 25-5.6a is amended to read as follows:
a. Site plan and design review sh<jll be required on all
applications for conditional use permits for proposed
residential condominium pro;)ects. Said r.evievu shall be
conducted in the manner prescribed in Section 25-32.
SECTION 4. Section 25-S.db is amended to read as follows:
b. A;$itePlan Review shall be required f_or said ,development
pursuant to-Section 25.32'hereof.
SECTION 5. Section 25-5.6c is amended 'to read as follows:
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c. An application for approval of a site plan as defined
in Section 25-32 shall be submitted to the Planning
Division for determination in any case involving any
of the following:
1. Construction of new building.
7_. Expansion, additions, alterations or repairs to
existing structures, or. other const;r.uction, if:
(a) The estimate cost of the vvor.k is five thousand
($5,000.00) dollar;; or more; and
(b) The work involves changes in eaaerior architec-
tural desiyn, landscaping design or parking
facilities.
3. Signs involving an estimated one thousand ($1,000.00)
dollars or more.
The Community Development Director shall have authority
to approve development plans for work not exce~°ding the
above limitations.
SECTION 6. Section 25-5.6d 6 is 'amended to read as follows:
6. Conformance to any applicable design standards._and
guidelines which have been adopted pursuant to sub-
section 25-5.1, Such design standards and guide-
lines may be generally applicable or may specify
different requirements for different areas.
If the proposed development complies with all applicable re-
quirements and standards of this chapter and other laws and regula-
tions, and the approving authority finds that the above cr:i.teria are
adequately met, or can be met if specified conditions are observed,
the Director shall forward the completed application to the: Planning
Commission with recommendation that the application for conditional use
permit be approved, subJect to such specified conditions. If the ,,.
Director finds that the proposal cannot be modified to meet:: the require-
ments of. this chapter and the above criteria, the Director shall recom-
mend the application for conditional use permit be disapproved. In
all cases, findings strall be made concerning the grounds for approval
or disapproval.
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SECTION 7. Section 25-5.7 is emended to read as foLtows:
25-5.7 Appeal•
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Planning Com-
mission, within fifteen (15) days after the date of determ..-
nation of the Planning Commission may appeal in writing to
the City Clerk for a review of the decision by the City
Council. The City Council, after the filing of such appeal,
shall review said mattes and may affirm, modify or reverse
the decision of.~the Planning Commission. The deter;nination
of the City Council hereto shall be final and conclusive.
SECTION 8. Section 25-7.4 is hereby added to read as follows:
25-7.4 Site Plan Revie•.v. Site Plan review shall be required
before building permits are issued for development invoivinn
new construction in the CB-1 Zone, except when a Conditional
Ilse Permit is otherwise required. Said review shall be con-
ducted in the manner prescribed in Section 25-32.
SECTION 9. Section 25-8.9 is hereby added to read as follows
25-8.9 Site Plan Review. Site-Plan review shall be required
before building permits are issued for developmient involving
new construction i.n the C-2 Zone, except when a Conditional
Use Permit is otherwise required. Said reviewshall be
conducted in the manner prescribed in Section 25-32.
SECTION 10. Section 25-9.8 is hereby added to read as to].!ows:
25-9.8 Site Plan Review. Site Plan review shall be re-
quired before building permits are issued for development
:.nvolving new construction in the C-?-a"Zbne, ercc-p,~;;wi~~.n a
ConrJii;iunal Use Pe_*irdt is otherwise r~i_red. Said 2~ri~~~ ,•i,:il i iJ2 con-
ducted in tte manner pres¢ibed in action ?.5-32.
SECTION 11. Section 25-10.7 is hereby added to read e.s fo':;.,ws:
25-10.7 Site Plan Review. Site Plan review shall be required
before building permits are issued for development involving
new construction in the C-3 Zone, except when a Conditional
Use Permit is otherwise required. Said review shall be con-
ducted in the manner prescribed in Section 25•-37_.
SECTION 12. Section 25-11.1 is amended to read as follows:
'c5-11.1 Purposes.
The Manufacturing Zone is intended to provide for the develop-
ment of manufacturing areas and industrial enterprises con-
sistent with the character of the community. A wide variety
of industrial and manufacturing uses will not generally have
an adverse impact upon residential, commercial, and other in-
dustrial areas within the City; however, in order to insure
that said uses wilJ_ have no such adverse impact, Site Plan
Review will be required. Said review shall be conducted in
the manner prescribed in Section 25-32. Other types of manu-
facturing and industrial uses may create obnoxious, offen-
sive hazardous conditions by reason of the emission of odor,
dust, smoke, gas, vibration, noise, or otherwise. Such uses
may be permitted only if the potentially obnoxious, offensive
or hazardous conditions can be adequately controlled; thus,
those uses will require a Conditional Use Permit. All uses
permitted in the Manufacturing Zone must conform to the
developmental standards set forth in this chapter.
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SECTION 13. Severability. In any section, subsection, subdi-
vision, sentence; 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 the 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, sub-
division, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivision,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof
to any person or place be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 14. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed
to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to cause the same
to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said
City held on the 20th day of Aril , 1982, and finally
ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the
4th day of blav , 1982.
AYES: Councilmen Byork, Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Louis A. Thompson, May
City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
Andrea L. Hooper, City Clerk
APPROV AS TO FORM:
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~ ss.
COUNTY OE LOS ANGELES ~
rk of the City of
the undersigned, City Cle cil of said City,
I, the Coun
officio clerk of correct
Lynwood, and ex- above is a true and
that the the City Council
do hereby certify adopted by
of Ordinance No• ----- assed On
°Opy and that the same was p
City of Lynwood,
of the stated.
the date and by the vote therein
Dated this 6~_ day of ~1AY , 1982.
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CitTy -Clerk..C:ty of Lynwood