Ordinance 1986-06 ORDINANCE NO. 86-6
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING
SECTIONS 2.20, 5.5, 11.30, 18.30, 22.30, 25.33,
31.62, 31.64, 34.30, 37.55, 37.56 and 40.40
OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Gilroy
has given due notice of a public hearing upon the proposed
Amendment in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Gilroy, has held the hearing, has approved a
Categorical Exemption under California Environmental Quality
Act, and has made its report to the Council of the City of
Gilroy, in which it recommends that various sections of the
Zoning Ordinance be amended as specified herein, and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Gilroy fixed the
3rd day of March 1986, at the hour of 8:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers in the City Hall at 7351 Rosanna Street, Gilroy,
California, as the time and place for hearing the said report
and recommendation on the proposed amendments, and due notice
of the said hearing has been given in accordance with the said
Zoning Ordinance, and a public hearing has now been held upon
the said application, at the time and place fixed in the
said notice, before the Council, and the Council having duly
considered the proposed amendments and the evidence presented,
has approved the Categorical Exemption under the California
Environmental Quality Act and has determined that the following
sections of the Zoning Ordinance should be amended in accordance
with the report of the said Planning Commission.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Section 2.20 of the Zoning Ordinance is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 2.20
Dish Antenna
Definitions
An antenna which has a solid, mesh, or nearly-solid
surface area greater than five (5) square feet.
Lot Area
The computed area contained within the lot lines of
a parcel as recorded under a record of Survey Map,
approved as provided in the Subdivision Map Act,
except that the access strip of a flag lot shall be
excluded in the computation of required lot area.
Front Lot Line
The property line along a lot's street frontage. If
any official plan line has been established for the
street upon which the lot fronts, the official plan line
shall be considered the front lot line. For developed
lots with more than one street frontage, the street
frontage towards which the main building fronts shall
be considered the front lot line, except if the main
building was clearly constructed under reverse conditions.
If the lot is vacant, the shortest street frontage shall
be considered the front lot line.
Section 2: Section 5.5 of the Zoning Ordinance is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 5.5 Site DesiEn Requirements
Section 5.51
Single family dwelling units shall have at leas. t three (3)
of the ~oltowing-five· (5) design~elem~ntS~f~e~en~ .~ ~
from single ~amzly dwellzng unzts on any acoacenn ion
on the same street frontage:
(a) Floor plan.
(b) Front elevation.
(c) Roof design.
(d) Exterior materials.
(e) Reversed floor plan.
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Section 3: Section 11.30 of the Zoning Ordinance is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 11.30 Residential Site and Building Requirement
Table
(footnote #4)
4- For dwellings located within new subdivision (after
the effective date of this Ordinance), containing five
(5) or more lots, the total width of the two side
yards for any one lot in an RI or R2 district must
equal twelve (12) feet. For structures in existence
on the effective date of this Ordinance, a six-foot
yard setback shall be maintained, unless a smaller
side yard has been allowed by a variance, planned
unit development, or pre-existing non-conforming use.
Section 4: Section 18.30 of the Zoning Ordinance is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 18.30 Commercial Use Table
Commercial Use
Kennels
Veterinarian Office
PO C1 C2 C3 HC CM
C C
X X
Section 5: Section 22.30 of the Zoning Ordinance is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 22.30 Industrial Use Table
Industrial Uses
Hazardous Waste Transport, Recycling, Processing, or
Storage Facility 1,2' --
M1
M2
C
C= Permitted only with Conditional Use Permit granted by
the Planning Commission
1- If a caretaker's residence is in a trailer or a mobile
home, a conditional use permit is required and is valid
for only one year, with a maximum one-year extension.
One unit for caretaker's quarters is an unconditionally
permitted use when in conjunction with hotel, motels,
ambulance services, mini-storage, or hazardous waste
processing or storage facilities.
2- Not permitted within one thousand (1,000) feet of the
exterior limits of any school property or City of Gilroy
water well.
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Section 6: Section 25.33 of the Zoning Ordinance is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 25.33 Maximum Building Height (Public Facilities
District~
The maximum building height shall be thirty (30) feet.
The maximum height for communications facilities shall
be fifty (50) feet. With an approved Conditional Use
Permit, granted by the Planning Commission, communication
facilities or other buildings may be permitted to a
maximum height not to exceed seventy-five (75) feet.
Section 7: Section 31.62 of the Zoning Ordinance is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 31.62 (Off-Street Parking Design Criteria)
Ail parking stalls abutting sidewalks, planters,
buildings and landscaped areas shall be provided with
a permanent curb, bumper, wheel stop or similar
device. The stopping edge of such protective wheel
stops shall be placed two (2) feet from the edge of
the sidewalks, planters or landscaped areas and from
any buildings. Such protective wheel stops may not
be required, as determined by the Planning Director,
where the sidewalks or landscaped areas are specifically
designed for automobile overhang and have thirty (30)
inches additional depth than that which is otherwise
required. Automobile overhang shall not be permitted
to encroach within the front or street side yard
planter area as required under Section 38.22.
Section 8: Section 31.64 of the Zoning Ordinance is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 31.64 (Off-Street Parking Design Criteria)
Required off-street parking for any residential use
may not be located in the required front yard setback area
or required side yard setback area adjacent to a
street as established by this Ordinance. Off-street
Off-street parking for any commercial or industrial use
shall not occupy the front one-half (1/2) of any setback
adjacent to a public street.
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Section 9: Section 34.30 of the Zoning Ordinance
is hereby amended as follows:
Section 34.30 Location and Height (for fences)
In commercial or industrial districts, fences
or walls within the buildable areas as allowed
for a main building, are permitted up to
twelve (12) feet in height, except when abutting
any residential zone. Such fencing over six (6)
feet in height shall be designed as an integral
part of the main building on the site, and shall
be approved through the Architectural and Site
Review process under Section 50.40 of this
Ordinance.
Section 10: Section 37.55 of the Zoning Ordinance
is hereby amended as follows:
Section 37.55 Service Station Signs
The following regulations shall appl~ to all service
stations signs regardless of the zQnzng district in
which the service station is located:
(a) The maximum allowable sign area for all signs
shall be one hundred (100) square feet.
(b) Ail freestanding signs shall meet the require-
ments as listed in Section 37.50 for the zone
in which it is located, except that one (1)
ground sign per station frontage for price
display is permitted up to fifteen (15) square
feet in area. Such ground signs shall not
exceed five (5) feet in height and shall be
located so as not to obstruct free and clear
vision of traffic or traffic signs and devices.
A freestanding sign may incorporate a price sign
only where the height of such sign does not exceed
five (5) feet. Price signs that comply with these
regulations will be permitted in addition to the
maximum allowable sign area. Price signs that do
not comply shall be included as part of the total
allowable sign area for the service station.
(c) Signs advertising items such as batteries, tires
and other accessories or products shall be counted
as part of the total sign area allowed.
(d) A maximum of two (2) square feet of signs and
information mounted directly to the top of
gasoline pumps will be permitted in addition to the
total allowable sign area.
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(e)
Gasoline grade and pricing information which
is mounted on, and is an integral part of,
a gasoline pump will be permitted in addition
to the allowable sign area.
Section 11: Section 37.56 of the Zoning Ordinance
is hereby amended as follows:
Section 37.56 Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Signs
Real estate signs located in commercial or industrial
districts shall be non-illuminated, shall be set back
at least ten (10) feet from the property line
adjacent to a public street, and shall be removed
immediately upon sale or lease of the land or building
advertised by the sign, or after one (1) year, whichever
occurs first, unless granted an extension by the Planning
Director. Such signs shall meet the following criteria:
Section 12:
(a) On lots of one (1) acre or less, the maximum
number of signs shall be one (1), the maximum
sign area shall be eight (8) square feet, and
the maximum height shall be six (6) feet.
(b) On lots or a tract of lots over one (1) acre,
the maximum number of signs shall be one (1),
the maximum sign area shall be thirty-two (32)
square feet, and the maximum hegght shall be six (6)
feet.
(C) On lots or a tract of lots totaling over twenty
(120) acres, only one (1) sign shall be permitted
per street frontage with a maximum of two (2)
such signs allowed, the maximum sign area shall be
seventy-five (75) square feet per sign, and the
maximum height shall be ten (10) feet.
Section 40.40 of the Zoning Ordinance
is hereby amended as follows:
Section 40.40 Uses Not Permitted as Home Occupations
(f)
Palmistry, fortune tellers, astrology readers,
mystics, and all other prophecy for a fee related
businesses.
Section 13: Ail ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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Section 14: This ordinance shall take effect
and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its
passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17thday of March 1986
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES:
ALBERT, GAGE, KLOECKER,
MUSSALLEM. PALMERLEE VALDEZ
and HUGHAN '
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
APPROVED:
_~ Mayor
ATTEST: '
~ City ~lerk ~
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I, SUSANNE E0 STEIN~TZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Ordinance NOo 86-6 is an
original ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of
Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the'17th
day of March , 19 86 , at which meeting a quorum was
present°
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy, this 28th ~. day of
-~ April ~86
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