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ORDINANCE N0. 1145
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING THE ZONING
ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE N0. 570, TO PROVIDE
FOR EFFICIENCY DWELLING UNITS AND TO
CHANGE THE REQUIRED MINIMUM DWELLING
UNIT SIZES AND OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIRE-
MENTS.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood HEREBY DOES ORDAIN
as follows:
SECTION 1. The definitions of "Apartment" and "dwelling unit"
as found within Section 2.00 of the Zoning ordinance are amended to
read as follows:
Apartment is a dwelling unit within a multiple dwelling
which includes a single kitchen, and is occupied or suitable
for occupancy as a residence for one family.
Dwelling unit is one or more rooms in a dwelling or apart-
ment hotel designed for occupancy by one family for living
and sleeping purposes and having only one (1) kitchen.
SECTION 2. Section 2.00 of the Zoning Ordinance is further
amended to include definitions for "efficiency dwelling unit" and
"habitable room", as follows:
Efficiency Dwelling Unit is a dwelling unit containing only
one (1) habitable room.
Habitable Room is a space in a building for living, sleeping,
eating, and/or cooking. Bathrooms, toilets compartments,
closets, halls, storage or utility rooms, and similar areas,
are not considered habitable rooms.
SECTION 3. Section 4.04 (A) (11) and 4.04 (A) (12) of the
Zoning Ordinance are amended to read as follows:
4.04 (A) (11) Minimum floor area in square feet
No dwelling unit shall have less total floor area than is
specified in this section. The total floor area shall be
determined by the outside dimensions of the structure, ex-
cluding porches, garages, and similar areas.
Minimum area in square feet
R-1 R=2 R_3
1,000 One bedroom 800 Efficiency 500
Two bedrooms 900 One bedroom 600
Three bedrooms 1000 Two bedrooms 750
Three bedrooms 900
For the purpose of this Section and Section 4.04 (A) (12),
any habitable room other than a primary living room, dining
room, or kitchen shall be classified as a bedroom.
Section 4.04 (A) (12): Required parking spaces per unit with-
in a garage or within a carport in the R-3 zone
R_1 R_2 RR=3
Z 2 Efficiency dwelling - 1
One bedroom units -li
Units with two or more
bedrooms - 2
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Developments of three or more dwelling units in the R-3 zone
shall include one-half (~) spaces per unit for guests and/or
recreational vehicle parking. -These spaces shall be access-
ible to visitors without the use of a key. An intercom
system with remote control from individual apartments must be
provided for security parking lots.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sub-
division, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance, or
the application thereof to any persons or place, is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of com-
petent 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, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof to any per-
son or place, be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. 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 circula-
tion, 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 15th day of December, 1981, and finally ordered pub-
lished at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of
January 1982 ,
AYES: Councilmen Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson, Byork
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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OQHN D. BYORK, MAYOR
City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
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Lauiene Coffey, ,City ~lerk
City of Lynwood.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Charles G. Gomez,
Acting City Manager
APPR ED AS TO ONTENT:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~ ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, and ex-officic clerk of the Council of said City,
do Hereby certify that the above is a True and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 1145 adopted by the City Counci'i of
the City of Lynwood, and that the same was passed on the
date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 6th_ day cf _ Jahuary , 1.9 82.
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