Resolution 831
RESOLUTION NO. ~
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY
FIXING T!ME AND PLACE OF HEARING OF REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION UPON PROPOSAL
TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY
TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF AN R3X HIGH DENSITY
MULTIPLE RESIDENCE DISTRICT
BE IT RESOLVED that Monday, the 6th day of July, 1964,
at the hour of 8 otclock, p.m., in the Council Chambers in
the City Hall, at No. 10 South Rosanna Street, Gilroy, Cali-
fornia, be and the same is hereby fixed as the time and the
place for the hearing upon the proposal of the Planning Commission
that the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Gilroy be amended by
establishing an additional zoning district to be known as R3X,
High Density Multiple Residence District, a copy of said
proposed amendment being attached hereto and marked "Exhibit A"
and made a part of this Resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that notice of the hearing upon
said proposed amendment be given as required by the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Gilroy and the law of the State of
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of June, 1964, by the
following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS : Duffi n, Eckard ,Goodr i ch ,Jordan,
Quartiroli ,Wentworth, and Petersen.
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS : None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS : None
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"EXHIBIT A"
ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC. 4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 711
(ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY) BY
ADDING TO SAID SECTION AN ADDITIONAL ZONING
DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS R3Xr OR HIGH DENSITY OR
MULTIPLE RESIDENCE DISTRICTr AND BY ADDING TO
SAID ZONING ORDINANCE SECTIONS 24.10 TO 24.20,
INCLUSIVEr DESIGNATING REGULATIONS APPLYING TO
SAID R3X DISTRICT
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
-a,S FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1
SEC. 4 of Ordinance No. 711, commonly known as the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Gilroy, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
SEC. 4 DISTRICTS. For the purposes of this chapter, the
area of the City of Gilroy shall be divided into the following
zoning districts:
J;{A or Residence Agriculture District
Rl or Single-family District
R2 or Two-family District
R3 or Low Density Multiple-family District
R3X or High Density Multiple Residence District
R4 or Medium Density Multiple-family District
CO or Commercial Office District
Cl or Neighborhood Commercial District
C2 or General Commercial District
Ml or Industrial Park District
M2 or Light Industrial District
M3 or Heavy Industrial District
SECTION 2
Ordinance No. 711 (Zoning Ordinance of the City of Gilroy) f
is hereby amended by adding thereto Secs. 24.10 to 24.20, inclu-
sive, governing and regulating R3X Districts, to read as follows:
( 1)
SEC. 24.10 HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE RESIDENCE DISTRICTz R3X
DISTRICT. The following regulations, except to the extent that
they may be modified by a combining district, shall apply to
every lot and building site in an R3X district and shall be
subject to all of the general provisions in this chapter.
SEC. 24.11 USES PERMITTEDz R3X DISTRICT. The following uses
are permitted in an R3X District:
(a) All uses permitted and as regulated in Rl districts.
(b) Multiple dwelling.
(c) Dwelling group.
SEC. 24.12 CONDITIONAL USESr R3X DISTRICT. The following uses
shall be permitted only if the issuance of a use permit is
approved by the Commission, or by the Council on appeal.
(a) All conditional uses permitted in Rl districts.
(b) Parking lot, when established to fulfill parking
requirements for a permitted or conditional use or uses
in the district.
(c) Hospital, rest home, sanitarium, clinic or other
building used for the treatment of human ailments.
SEC. 24.13 BUILDING SITE AREA REQUIREDr R3X DISTRICT. The
minimum area of a building site shall be as follows:
(a) For a dwelling, or dwelling group, six thousand
(6,000) square feet, or such greater area as may be
required to meet the density limitations of Sec. 24.20.
(b) For a church or school, twenty thousand (20,000)
square feet.
(c) A greater area where required as a condition of
approval under other provisions of this chapter.
SEC. 24.14 HEIGHT AND COVERAGE LIMITATIONSr R3X DISTRICT.
The aggregate ground coverage shall not exceed fifty (50)
percent of the area of the building site. No dwelling shall
have a height in excess of thirty (30) feet or two stories.
The height of a main building other than a dwelling shall
be as approved by the Planning Commission in accordance with
the provisions of Section 71 of this chapter.
SSC. 24.15 FRONT YARDr R3X DISTRICT. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 64,the minimum depth of a front yard
shall be fifteen (15) feet, or in lieu thereof, shall be the
distance from the front lot line to the building line, if a
building line is established by ordinance for the street on
which the lot faces.
SEC. 24.16 SIDE YARDe R3X DISTRICT. The requirement for
side yards shall be the same as in Rl districts except as
otherwise specified for dwelling groups.
SEC. 24.17 REAR YARD, R3X DISTRICT. The depth of the rear yard
shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet except as other~ise
specified for dwelling groups.
( 2)
SEC. 24.18 DWELLING GROUP, R3X DISTRICT. The following addi-
tional regulations shall apply to a dwelling group.
(a) No dwelling facing a side lot line shall be less
than fourteen (14) feet from such line.
(b) No dwelling having its rear to a side lot line
shall be less than seven (7) feet from such line.
(c) The distance between dwellings which face one
another and which are one-story in height shall not be
less than twenty (20) feet; and in case of two-story
dwellings shall not be less than twenty-four (24) feet.
In other cases the distance between dwellings shall not
be less than ten (10) feet.
(d) Where a driveway provides access to the parking
space for more than four dwelling units it shall have
a width sufficient to provide for two lanes of vehicle
movement, or there shall be two connected driveways.
(e) No building shall be so located on the lot that
the rear thereof abuts on any street line.
(f) The building site for a dwelling group shall have
a rear yard of a depth not less than ten (10) feet; or
five (5) feet if it abuts upon a public park or a public
way.
(g) In case the buildings of a group are so located on
the lot that the rear of the building which faces the
street is faced by the front of a building to the rear,
et seq. (i. e., in a "front to back" series), no such
building shall be closer than twenty-seven (27) feet to
any other such building.
SEC. 24.19 DENSITY LIMITATION, R3X DISTRICT.
(a) Every building site used for the construction of a
multiple dwelling shall not be used for more than three
(3) dwelling units for the first six thousand (6,000)
square feet of area, nor for more than one (1) dwelling
unit for each additional one thousand (1,000) feet of
area in such building site.
SEC. 24.20. OTHER REQUIREMENTSt R3X DISTRICT.
(a) The minimum required parking allowable in an R3X
district shall be one and one-half (1-1/2) parking spaces
for each dwelling unit.
SECTION 3
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty
(30) days from and after its adoption and approval.
( 3)
I, SUSANNE E.PAYNE , City Clerk of the City of
Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 831
is an original resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the
City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the
15th day of June , 19~. at which meeting
a quorum was present.
- IN WITNESS \-JHEREOF, have hereun to se t my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 25th day
of
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