Ordinance 842
ORDINANCE NO. 842
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING SECTION
53.2(b) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE SO AS TO ELIMINATE
OIL MACADAM SURFACING AS ACCEPTABLE SURFACING ON
PARKING LOTS
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Gilroy has on
its own motion studied the advisability of amending the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Gilroy so as to eliminate oil macadam
surfacing as acceptable surfacing on parking lots; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Gilroy has given
due notice of a public hearing upon the proposed amendment in accor-
dance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Gilroy, has held the
hearing, and has made its report to the Council of the City of Gilroy,
in which it recommends that Section 53.2(b) of the Zoning Ordinance be
amended as hereinafter set forth so as to eliminate oil macadam
surfacing as acceptable surfacing on parking lots; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Gilroy has fixed the 20th
day of January, 1969, at the hour of 8:00 o'clock p.m. in the
Council Chambers in the City Hall at No. 10 South Rosanna Street,
Gilroy, California, as the time and place for hearing the said
report and recommendation upon the proposed amendment, 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 amendment and the evidence presented, and has determined
that the said Zoning Ordinance should be amended in accordance with
the report of the said Planning Commission,
NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1: Section 53.2(b) of the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Gilroy is hereby amended as follows:
(b) Design standards. All parking lots shall be
surfaced with Portland cement concrete or asphaltic concrete
surfacing placed upon a suitable base and built to a
thickness which meets the approval of the city engineer.
Lots shall be adequately equipped with bumper guards, drive-
ways, walkways, lighting, fencing, landscaping, directional
signs and space marking which will meet the standards es-
tablished by the Planning Commission. The minimum size for
parking spaces to be used in connection with any residential
occupancy shall be ten (10) feet wide and twenty (20) feet
long when measured at right angles to the axis of the vehicle
occupying the same. All other parking spaces may be reduced
to a minimum of 9.0 feet measured in the same manner. Every
parking space used for a residential occupancy shall have
to its rear, and immediately contiguous thereto, a space
twenty-five (25) feet long and ten (10) feet wide which is
kept free and clear of obstructions of every kind at all times.
Driveways to service parking spaces may occupy a portion or
all of this clear space. The commission shall have authority
to waive any of the above requirements if in its opinion such
item is inappropriate or unnecessary.
Section 2: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force thirty (30) days from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of February, 1969, by the
following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Duffin, Kennedy, Quartiro1i,
Wentworth and Goodrich
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: Allemand and Silva
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Ordinance No. 842 is an original
ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 3rd day of February
, 19 69 , 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 5th day of February
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