Ordinance 720
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ORDINANCE NO. 720
ORDINANCE AHENDING'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 R3X, OR HIGH DENSITY
MULTIPLE RESIDENCE DISTRICT, AND BY ADDING TO
SAID ZONING ORDINANCE SECTIONS 24.10 to 24.20,
INCLUSIVE, DESIGNATING REGULATIONS APPLYING TO
SAID R3X DISTRICT
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
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:
RA or ResIdence Agriculture District
Rl or Single-family District
R2 or Two-family District
R3 or Low Oensity Multiple-family District
R3X or High Density Multiple Residence District
R4 or Medium Oensity Multiple-family District
CO or Commercial Office District
CI or Neighborhood Commercial District
C2 or General Commercial District
HI or Industrial Park District
H2 or light Industrial District
M3 or Heavy Industrial District
SECTION 2
Ordinance No. 711 (Zoning Ordinance of the City of Gilroy),
is hereby amended by adding thereto Secs. 24.10 to 24.20, inclu-
sive, governing and regulating R3X Districts: to read as follows:
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SEC. 24.10 HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE RESIDENCE DISTRICT. RlX
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 PERMITTED, 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 USES. RJX 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 RI districts.
(b) Parking lot, when established to fulfill parking
requirements for a permitted or conditional use or uses
in the district.
ec) Hospital, rest home, sanitarium, clinic or other
buildIng used for the treatment of human ailments.
SEC. 24.13 BUILDING SITE AREA REQUIRED. RlX 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 HE GHT AND COVERAGE LIMITATIONS R X 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.
SEC. 24.15 FRONT YARD. RlX DISTRICT. Except as othenwtse
provided In SectIon 64, the minimum depth of a front yard
shall be fifteen (15) feet, or In lieu thereof, shall be the
dist(ance 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 YARD. RlX DISTRICT. The requirement for
side yards shall be the same as in Rl districts except as
othe~ise specIfIed for dwelling groups.
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SEC. 24.17 REAR YARD R DISTRICT. ,The depth of the rear yard
shall be not less than fifteen 15 feet except as otherwise
specified for dwelling groups.
SEC. 24.18 DWELLING GROUP. R~X 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 pub I ic way.
(9) 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" ser i es).
no such building shall be closer than twenty-seven
(27) feet to any other such building.
SEC. 24.19 DENSITV 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 (I)
dwelling unit for each additional one thousand <1,000)
feet of area in such building site.
SEC. 24.20. OTHER REQUIREMENTS. R3X DISTRICT.
(a) The minimum required parking allowable in an R3X
district shall be one and one-half (1-1/2) parking speces
for each dwelling unit.
SECTION'
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby:repealed.
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This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty
(30) days from and after its adoption and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of Jul y
, 1964.
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Duffin,Goodrich,Jordan,
Quartiroli ,Wentworth, and Petersen.
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:None
ABSENT:
COUHCILMEMBERS:Eckard
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk ,:
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SUSANNE E. PAYNE
, City Clerk of
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the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Ordinance
of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on
Is an original ordinance, duly adopted by the Council
the 20th
a quorum was present.
day of
, 19 64, at which meeting
July
t further certify that the said ordinance has been pub-
lished In accordance with the charter of the City of Gilroy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and af-
fixed the official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 21st day of
J u 1 y , 19 64 .
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td affluJ f::,. 1/
~ity Clerk of the City of
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