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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 0837r ORDINANCE N0. 837 AN ORDIIANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD REPEALING SECTION 16.10 OF CITY ORDINANCE N0. 57C TO ELIMIDIATE HOME OCCUPATIONS FROM USES REQUIRING A SPECIAL PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AP4EiQDING SECTIOPd 4.00 OF CITY ORDINANCE N0. 570 TO ADD SUBSECTION 5 THERETO (.HOME OCCUPATIONS), REPEALING SECTION 20.104 LYNWOOD CITY CODE AND SECTION 16.10 OF CITY ORDINANCE N0. 570 AMID ADDIiVG SECTION 20..55-H (HOME OCCUPATIONS). The City Council of the City of Lynwood does ordain as follows: Sectioh 1. Section 4.00. of City Ordinance No. 570 is amended to read as follows: °iSection 4.00.. R--l. ONE FAMILY ZONE. Use of property. IQo building or land shall be used or oacupied'.for•, and no building shall be erected, constructed, established, altered, enlarged, moved into. or within a zone R-1 which is to be used or occupied for any purpose other than as follows: "l. One family dwellings of a permanent character, placed in permanent locations, with a minimum gross floor area of 800 square feet. "2. Accessory buildings and uses provided. that no garage shall. contain space for more than three (3) automobiles. °`3. The raising of vegetables, flowers, ornamental trees and shrubs, on vacant lots, provided that no buildings are used in connection therewith and that no sales are made on the premises. "4. Poultry or rabbits for domestic non-commercial uses, provided. that such use shall not. violate any other ordinance of the City of Lynwood, not to exceed a total of twenty-four (24) birds and/or rabbits. -1- "5. Home Occupation. (See .Sections 2.00 and 14.12). "6. One unlighted sign not. exceeding six square feet in area .pertaining only to the sale, lease, or hire of the particular building,. property, or premises upon which displayed. No other advertising signs, structures, or devices of any character shall be permitted in any R-1 one-family zone except as provided by Home Occupation licensing procedure. Sectidh 2. Division 1 of Article II of Chapter 20 of the Lynwood City Code is amended to add to Division 1 of Article II, Section 20.55-H thereto, to read as follows: 'x20.55-H. HOME OCCUPATIONS. "(1) APPLICATION. Any person proposing to manage, conduct or carry on any business within the home at any location shall file a written application for a license with the City License Collector on forms prepared and provided the applicant by said License Collector. mhe applicant shall answer fully and freely all questions contained in the form of the application stating. fully the type of business to be conducted, the grounds for the application and the facts relied upon. The application shall be accompanied. by a filhg,.•,fee of five dollars ($5.00). The License Collector in addition to the requirements of this section, shall mail to the residents or property owners within said radius of .150. .feet of the location of the proposed business postcards stating the following: "(a( The type of business to be conducted, and the following: "(b) `Unless written objection is filed at my office within .ten (10) days from the date this postcard was mailed, provided the applicant is otherwise qualified by law and ordinance, I shall issue a Home Occupation License to applicant. An answer by you on the .reply postcard attached: "I do object to the business etc„ " and the :receipt of the card within said ten (10) day period in the License Collector's Office shall constitute -- 2 sufficient compliance.' "(2) SETTING APPLICATION POR PUBLIC HEARING. If an objection has been filed in the Office of the License Collector pursuant to Subparagraph (b) of Subsection (1) hereof, the License Collector shall forthwith norify the Secretary of the Planning Commission in writing. The application for Home Occupation shall then be set for public hearing by the Secretary of the Planning Commission, the date 'of the first of which hearings shall be not .less than 15 days nor more than 50 days from the date of the filing of .the notice by the License Collector with the .Secretary of the Planning Commission that an objection has been filed. "(3) NOTICE. Notice of the. time and place of such hearing shall be given to the applicant and to the objector by. the Secretary of the Planning Commission by registered or .certified mail at least .ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing. No other or additional notice shall be required unless otherwise directed by the Planning Commission. "(4) CONDITIONS AND RESERVATIONS. Any license granted hereunder shall contain the following conditions and reservations which the City. Council hereby adopts as part of this ordinance: "l. The carrying on of any business within the home shall be as a secondary use. "2. The business shall not .occupy .more than 400 sq. feet. per 25~ of the ground floor space, nor any part of the garage. "3• No employees or assistants shall be engaged for services on the premises. "4. No stock in trade shall be kept for display purposes on the premises. "5. The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic in excess of that. customarily associated with -3- the zone or district in which the use is located. "6. The use shall not be such as to require delivery, by commercial vehicle, of supplies or materials to or from the premises. "7 No use will be permitted which by reason of color, design, materials,. construction, lighting, signs, sounds, noises or vibrations alters the residential character of the premises or which unreasonably disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighbor(s). "8. The use shall not be such as Lo create excessive demand for municipal or utility services or community facilities beyond those actually and customarily provided for residential uses. "9. The following occupations are specifically excluded: Real. estate sales, beauty shops, doctors' offices, barber shops, cleaning and dyeing, and shoe reapiring. "10. Stored. materials used in connection with the home occupation shall not exceed 3-00 cubic feet nor stand more than six (6) feet in height, .from floor level. Total business usage will not increase the fire load by more than 5%. "11. Tne building and fire prevention inspectors shall have. the right of reasonable inspection as with any other business within the. city for t'ne purpose of protecting the general health and vaelfare. "(5) PUBLIC HEARING, REVOCATIONS AND APPEALS GOVERNED BY CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CITY ORDINANCE D10. 570. That the conduct of public hearing, revocation of a home occupation license and appeals shall be governed by Sections 16.36 through 16.39 of City Ordinance No. 570 .and said sections are hereby incorporated .herein by reference and made a part hereof as though fully set forth in this place. "(6) CLERK TO ISSUE IN ABSENCE OF OBJECTION. If applicant shall comply with subparagraph (l) hereof and no _q_ objection has been filed in accordance with subparagraph (b) of subparagraph (1) hereof and applicant shall have been .notified by the City License Collector of the 'conditions and reservations° contained in subparagraph (4) hereof, the Clerk shall, upon payment of the license .fee provided in hereof, issue to applicant a home occupation license. "(7) IF OBJECTION SUSTAINED AND APPLICATION DENIED BY PLANNING COMMISSION, ACTION FINAL. The decision of the Planning Commission after a hearing as provided in subparagraph (5) shall be final. "(8) HOME OCCUPATION, LICENSE FEE. The license fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00.) .per .year for every person managing, conducting or carrying on any business within the home." Sectioh 3: Section 16.10 of City Ordinance No. 570 and .Section 20.104. of the Lynwood City Code are hereby repealed. Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to certify to the passage of this ordinance, and to cause the same to. be published in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of .general. circulation, printed: and circulated in the City of Lynwood. First .read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City. held on the 21st day of November , 19.67, and finally adopted. and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council. .held on the 5th. day of December , 1867, by the; following vote: Ayes: .Councilmen Byork; Green; Sidkds; Smith; Stevens Noes: Councilmen Ndhe Absent: Councilmen None ~~ , , /~ ~~ ATT„F,$T: Mayor of the it of Lynwood r / /. .~ amity C~ erk, City of Ly wood STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk 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. 837 adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood, and that same was passed on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 6th day of December , 19 67 /~ CITY CLERK, CITY OF~LYNWOOD