Ordinance No. 1053
ORDINANCE NO. 1053
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA, 1959, BY AMENDING
SECTIONS 26.2.14, 26.4.2-6, AND 26.5.2-9
REGARDING ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
THEREWITH
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7 WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the city of
8 Vernon was adopted on May 2, 1989, by Ordinance No. 973; and
9 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 26.2.4-6 of said ordinance,
10 refrigerated warehouses are required to meet the same automobile
11 parking requirements as other industries and warehouses, but have
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13 equipment subject to only limited occupancy by employees; and
14 WHEREAS, the definition of a refrigerated warehouse needs
15 to be clarified to exclude areas used for processing, preparing, and
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17 WHEREAS, the existing standards for automobile parking for
18 refrigerated warehouses have created hardships which can be remedied
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WHEREAS, the standard conditions for hazardous waste
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junk and salvage yards,
cogeneration
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23 26.5.2-9(b) (1) of said Ordinance require that "No building or
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26 WHEREAS, no alternative to such setback provision is noted
27 in section 26.5.2-9, and said section needs to be clarified to
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lines subject to use of said area for parking and other permitted
operations or subject to landscaping; and
WHEREAS, the standard conditions applied to hazardous waste
treatment facilities were adopted from Section 18A.2(b) with respect
to cogeneration facilities and are not practical as applied to
hazardous waste treatment facilities;
WHEREAS, the standard conditions in section 18A.2(d) with
respect to hazardous waste treatment facilities have been
incorporated into the general conditions contained in Comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance section 26.5.2-8 and made applicable to all
conditional use permits; and
WHEREAS, the Director of community services has recommended
that the changes set forth herein be made.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: The City council of the City of Vernon hereby
finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are
true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City council of the City of Vernon hereby
amends section 26.2.14 of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of
Vernon, California, 1959, so that the definition for "Refrigerated
Warehouse" reads as follows. The balance of Section 26.2.14 shall
remain unchanged:
Sec. 26.2.14
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Refrigerated warehouse shall mean a building or part of a
building used primarily to store nondurable, perishable goods under
refrigeration at temperatures of thirty-five degrees (350)
fahrenheit or below, excluding areas used for the processing,
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SECTION 3: The city council of the City of Vernon hereby
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Sec. 26.4.2-6. Automobile parking requirements. Adequate off-
8 street parking and loading space shall be provided for each use,
9 development or property, or for each building, to accommodate all
10 automobiles or similar vehicles of the officers, employees, vendors,
11 salesmen, visitors, and other persons normally transacting business
12 at such enterprise or building. To meet the intent of this section,
13 the minimum parking space requirements for certain uses and
14 buildings are declared to be as follows:
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USE TYPE
REQUIRED SPACES
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Industrial and manufacturing uses,
warehouses, wholesale uses, public
facilities and similar uses.
Refrigerated warehouses.
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Retail and commercial uses,
general offices, and similar uses
other than set forth hereinafter,
and any other uses or buildings
not defined or specified herein.
Uses including outdoor sales or
display (e.g. nurseries, vehicle
or boat dealers, etc.)
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One space per 1,000 square
feet of gross floor area.
One space per 1,000 square
feet of gross floor area
for the first 50,000
square feet, and one space
per 5,000 square feet of
gross floor area above
50,000 square feet.
One space per 500 square
feet of gross floor area.
One space per 500 square
feet of gross floor area
and one space per 5,000
square feet of open
display or sales area.
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USE TYPE
REQUIRED SPACES
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Restaurants, night clubs, bars and
similar uses.
One space per 100 square
feet of public area and
one space per 500 square
feet of remaining floor
area.
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AUditoriums, meeting halls, trade
schools, and other places of
assembly.
One space per 100 square
feet of public area and
one space per 500 square
feet of remaining floor
area.
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Schools (up to the 8th grade).
Resident Dwelling Unit - Detached.
Resident Dwelling Unit - Multiple
One space per classroom.
One space per unit.
One and one-half spaces
per unit.
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For uses not identif ied in this section, the director of
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community services shall recommend the number of spaces required at
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the time such use is proposed to be located in the city and shall
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notify the council of the recommendation. with the concurrence of
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uses.
Such determination of required number of spaces shall be
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SECTION 4:
The City council of the City of vernon hereby
20 amends section 26.5.2-9 of the Code of the City of Vernon,
21 California, 1959, by amending subparagraph (b) as follows. The
22 balance of section 26.5.2-9 shall remain unchanged:
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Sec. 26.5.2-9. Standard conditions for specific facilities.
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(b) Junk and salvage yards.
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(1) No building or structure shall be located within
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yards shall be landscaped and sprinklered in accordance with a plan
approved by the director of community services department, unless
paved and used for access, parking or maneuvering in accordance with
this Chapter.
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SECTION 5: Any ordinance, part of an ordinance, or code
section in conflict with this ordinance is hereby repealed.
SECTION 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
phrase or word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be void
or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance; it being the intention of
the City Council of the City of Vernon to adopt and pass this
ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections,
subsections, clauses, sentences or phrases thereof may be declared
void or unconstitutional.
SECTION 7: There being no newspaper printed, published or
circulated in the City of Vernon, the City Clerk is hereby directed
to certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall post the same,
or cause the same to be posted, within fifteen (l5) days after its
passage in accordance with section 36933 of the Government Code, in
three (3) of the most public places in the City of Vernon, to wit:
the northwest corner of 38th Street and Santa Fe Avenue, the
northeast corner of Leonis Boulevard and Pacific Boulevard, and on
the bulletin board in the lobby of the city Hall of said city,
located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, all in the city of Vernon, County
of Los Angeles, State of California.
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SECTION 8: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1 s t day of
July
, 1997.
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1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
3 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the city of Vernon,
4 do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance
5 No. 1053, was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of
6 the City Council of the City of Vernon, held on Tuesday, June 17,
7 1997, and thereafter finally adopted at a regular meeting of said
8 City Council held on Tuesday,
July 1 , 1997, by the following
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Councilmen:
Malburg, Ybarra, Davis
Gonzales, McCormick
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS
CITY COUNCIL
LEONIS C. MALBURG
Mayor
THOMAS A. YBARRA
Mayor Pro-Tern
Wm. "BILL" DAVIS
Councilman
H. "LARRY" GONZALES
Councilman
W. MICHAEL McCORMICK
Councilman
BRUCE V. MALKENHORST
City Adrninistrator/City Clerk
FAX: (213) 581-7924
City Council
City of Vernon
Honorable Members:
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DAVID B. BREARLEY
City Attorney
FAX: (818) 330-5818
KEVIN WILSON
Director of Community Services & Water
FAX: (213) 588-2761
KENNETHJ. DeDARIO
Director of Light & Power
FAX: (213) 583-1983
DAVE TELFORD
Fire Chief
FAX: (213) 581-1385
LOUIS ROSENKRANTZ
Police Chief
FAX: (213) 581-1178
CITY HALL
4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058
TELEPHONE (213) 583-8811
June 12, 1997
The Director of Community Services and the City Attorney's office have
reviewed the zoning ordinance and have determined that minor
amendments to same would be appropriate. One amendment discusses the
reduction of parking requirements for refrigerated warehouses. Based
on this they are requesting to reduce the number of parking spaces
required for this type of business. The second amendment addresses
hazardous waste facilities and the required ten foot setback. It is
recommended that this be dropped as a standard condition. With this
in mind, it is hereby recommended that the following ordinance be
adopted.
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Bruce V. Malkenhorst
City Clerk
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Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City Administrator
FROM: Samuel "Kevin" Wilsoe-"nirector of Community Services
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SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE
After careful consideration it has been determined that a
minor amendment to the zoning ordinance is appropriate.
It has come to our attention that the parking requirements
for refrigerated warehouses are excessive. Due to the bitter
cold within the structures the occupancy level is very limited.
Therefore it is my recommendation that for refrigerated
warehouses that the requirement be one parking stall per 1,000
square feet of gross floor area for the first 50,000 square feet
and one space per 5,000 square feet of gross floor area above
50,000 square feet.
Currently the zoning ordinance requires that all buildings
and structures be set back 10 feet, soundproofing be provided and
that noise be limited to 65 db for hazardous waste facilities at
the property lines, trash related activities shall be within an
enclosed setting and that the facility receive a permit from
SCAQMD and other required agencies. This appears to be very
restrictive. It is my understanding that originally these
requirements were established for cogeneration facilities only.
When the latest zoning code was adopted these standard conditions
were applied to hazardous waste facilities for no apparent
reason. There appear to be alternative measures that can be
applied to adequately project the public in lieu of the required
standard conditions.
Therefore it is recommended that the reference to hazardous
waste facilities in Section 26.5-2-9(b) be eliminated.
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