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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 1159 ORDINANCE N0. 1159 AN ORDINANCE OF T'.-tE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYtd6'7O0D AU4EZ,DING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE N0. 570, LVITH RESPECT TO THE REGU- LATIODI OF AUTOt1OTIVE USES IN COIL^ERCIAL A~VD A7AtIUFACTURING ZONES The City Council of the City of Lynr~ood DOES HEREEY ORDAIN as follows: SECTIOPd 1. Section 14.13 of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: A. Purpose Tl:e City Council hereby finds that the erection, construction or maintenance of automobile repair busi- nesses, unless subject to review and control provided in this section, can adversely affect the development of the surrounding areas for residential, business, in- dustrial or other purposes. It is also the purpose of this section to pre- vent those and other harmful effects .and to promote the public convenience and welfare, consCrve the value of property, and encourage the most a?propriate use of land within the City of Lynwood by requiring review and/or control as set forth herein. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a Conditional Use Permit shall be required for the construction, reconstruction, or operation of an automotive use on appropriately zoned properties iri the City of Lynwood. B. Definitions 1. Automotive Use shall mean: sales, repairs, ser- vicing, reconditioning, painting, upholstering, body work, washing, and shall include new and used vehicles or parts for vehicles. 2. Vehicle shall mean automobiles, trucks, tractors, wheeled heavy equipment, motorcycles, motorbicycles, mo- peds, recreational vehicles, and off-road vehicles. C. Development Standards Zn order to adequately address the potential deleterious effects of automotive uses in the city, the following standards shall be adhered to: 1, Automotive uses shall provide adequate vehicular .circulation so as not to create traffic problems; Z, All work shall be conducted entirely within an en- closed building; 3, All structures shall be sufficiently soundproofed to pre- vent annoyance or detriment to surrounding properties; 4. All damaged or wrecked vehicles awaiting repair shall be effectively screened from view from any public street or highway or adjoining properties by a six (6') foot high wall that shall be constructed of decorative masonry or other opaque material .approved by the Director of Community Development; 5. Five (5%) percent of the net area of a site for auto- motive use shall be improved with well-maintained landscaping as approved by the Director of Community Development; 6. A sprinkler system shall be installed in all land- scaped areas to ensure proper maintenance; hose bibbs may be substituted for a sprinkler system; 7. Only one (1) spray paint booth may be allocied; pro- vidAd all necessary permits have been obtained from the appropriate agency; 8. All activities as described_herein shall be confined to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily. 9. Any artificial light shall be designed to reflect away from adjoining properties. 10. The use shall have a minimum of 6,000 square feet of lot area. 11. Unless authorized otherwise by a Conditional Use Permit, a reinforced masonry wall six (6') feet in height shall be maintained along the exterior boundaries of the business, excluding the front yard setback area, those locations approved for ingress and egress, and areas abutting a street other than an alley. 12. Pdo damaged or wrec;:ed vehicles shall be stored for pur- poses other than repair; 13. Adequate off-street parking shall be provided in ac- cordance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance; 14. No vehicles may be stored at the site for purposes of sale (unless the use: -is also a vehicle sales lot). 15. Defuse storage areas. Garbage or trash receptacles shall be metal or plastic containers equipped with overlapping, fly-tight lids, or other comparable container;, as may be approved by the Director of Community Development. Such containers shall be stored in an area that is en- closed on three sides by a solid masonry and equipped with a latched gate. The wall should be at least six (6') feet in height. -2- D, Application for Conditional Use Permit Each application for a Conditional Use Permit for auto- motive uses shall be accompanied by a site plan that clearly shows the following: 1. Parcel dimensions 2. Location, proposed use, size, height, and floor plans of all existing and proposed buildings 3. Location, height, and materials to be used in tite con- struction of all walls and fences 4. vocation, number, and dimensions of all proposed off- street parking spaces 5. Location, size, height, and composition of signs, in- cluding method of illumination, if applicable G. Location and general nature. of outdoor lighting 7. A landscaping and sprinkler plan, indicating the common name, number, and size of plant materials to be utilized S. Size and location of storage area for vehicles await- ing repair. E. Approved Plan No Conditional Use Permit for any automotive-.use shall be approved except upon a finding and determination t!Zat the standards of this section, as well as the general purpose of this section have been met, or that the same will be met upon the imposition of such reasonable and necessary conditions to ensure conformity vaith the terms and provisions of this section. In granting a Conditional Use Permit, the Planning Com- mission and/or the City Council may impose any other rea- sonable conditions that are deemed necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare, including an expiration date for the Conditional Use Permit. F. Existing Automotive Uses Automotive Uses, as defined in this section and exist- ing in the City of Lynwood as of the adoption date of this ordinance shall be required to obtain a Conditional Use Permit in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance upon a change of ownership. -3- SECTIODI 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sub- division, 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 this ordinance or its applica- tion to other persons or places. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each section, sub- section, 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 ap- plication thereof to any person or place, be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3. 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 the City of Lynwood held on the 2nd day of March 1982, and finally ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 16th day of Mar 1982. AYES: Councilmen Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson, Byork LdOES: None ABSENT: None J N D. BYORK, Mayor City of Lynwood ATTEST: LA RENE COFFEY, City lark City of Lynwood APPRO AS TO FORM: DAVID }Z. MC EN, City Attorney APPRO QED AS TO CONTENT: /~. S ~. S NDRA READ, Acting Director COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -4- , STATE OF CALIFORiVIA ) ss. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersi.Ened, Cit;v C7_erk of the City of Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1~~9 _ adopted b,,/ the City Cour.cii of the City of Lynwood, and that the same was passed on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 18th day of Mar~___,_s 19 82 ' ~~..a ~ Q~.-._z/ ~ CiCy Clerk, (,itp of T; wo~ - (SEAL)