Ordinance 979
ORDINANCE NO. 979
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING SECTIONS
22,23, 24 AND 25 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING
TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
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; and
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, and has made its report to the Council of the City of
Gilroy, in which it recommends that Sections 22, 23, 24 and 25 of the
Zoning Ordinance relating to residential districts be amended; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Gilroy has fixed the 20th day
of February, 1973, at the hour of 8:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers in
the City Hall at 7390 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, California, as the time
and place for hearing the said report and recommendation upon the pro-
posed 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 Zoning Ordinance should be amended in accordance
with the report of the said Planning Commissiono
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The following Sections of the Zoning Ordinance shall
be repealed, amended and renumbered as follows:
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(A) Sections 22.6 and 22.8 shall be amended to read as follows:
22.6 Side yard. The minimum width of each side yard
shall be six (6) feet. The side yard on the street side of a
corner lot shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet.
Whenever a dwelling is so placed that the front
or rear thereof abuts a side lot line, such dwelling shall
be not less than twenty-five (25) feet from such lot line.
22.8 Parking requirement. Parking shall be provided as
specified in section 53.
(B) Sections 23.7 and 23.8 shall be amended to read as follows:
23.7 Rear yard. Same as Rl district. No dwelling shall
face an alley.
23.8 Parking requirement. Parking shall be required as
specified in section 53.
(C) Sections 24, 24.5, 24.7, 24.8(a), 24.8(c), 24.8(f) and
24.9 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 24.
LOW-DENSITY MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT,
R3 DISTRICT
The following regulations except to the extent that they
may be modified by Section 53.1 shall apply to every lot and
building site in an R3 district and shall be subject to all
the general provisions of this chapter.
24.5 Front yard. Except as otherwise provided in section
64, 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. Minimum
setback for a garage facing the street shall be twenty (20)
feet.
24.7 The depth of the rear yard shall not be less than
fifteen (15) feet. No dwelling shall face an alley.
24.8(a) No dwelling facing a side lot shall be less
than fifteen (15) feet from such line.
24.8(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-five (25) feet. In other cases
the distances between dwellings shall not be less than twelve
(12) feet for one story and fifteen (15) feet for two story
dwellings.
24.8(f) The building site for a dwelling group shall
have a minimum rear yard depth of fifteen (15) feet.
24.9 Density limitation. The average density for an
R3 district should be within a maximum of 16 dwelling units
or 32 bedrooms per acre. The number of dwelling units in a
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multiple dwelling or dwelling group shall not exceed the
number obtained by dividing the area of the building site
by the following:
(a) For subdivided lots 24,000 square feet or less:
1) 2,000 square feet of land for each one
bedroom.unit
2) 2,000 square feet of land for each two
b~droom.unit
3) 3,500 square feet of land for each three
bedroom unit
(b) For subdivisions or lots with total acreage over
24,000 square feet:
1) 2,000 square feet of land for each one
bedroom ,unit
2) 2,700 square feet of land for each two
bedroom.unit
3) 3,700 square feet of land for each three
bedroom unit
(c) Four to five bedroom units in any area would
require a conditional use permit. In the event
any of the dwelling units in a multiple dwelling
appear to be designed for occupancy by eight (8)
or more persons per unit, regardless of the number
of bedrooms, such proposed development shall be
considered a conditional use for which a conditional
use permit must be obtained prior to the issuance
of a building permit.
(D) Sections 24.10 to 24.18 inclusive shall be renumbered Section
25 to 25.20 inclusive and amended as follows:
(1) Section 24.10 shall be amended to read:
Sec. 25. HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE DISTRICT, R3X DISTRICT
The following regulations except to the extent that they
may be modified by Section 53.1 shall apply to every lot and
building site in an R3X district and shall be subject to all
the general provisions of this chapter.
(2) Section 24.11 shall be amended to read:
25.1 Uses permitted, R3X district. Any uses permitted in
an Rl, R2 or R3 zone.
(3) Section 24. 12 shall be renumbered 25.2.
(4) Section 24.13 shall be amended to read:
25.3 Buildin R3X district. The
minimum area 0 e as follows:
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feet or
density
size of
For a dwelling or dwelling group, 6,000 square
such greater area as may be required to meet the
limitations of Section 25.9 to a maximum lot
15,000 square feet.
For a church or school, 20,000 square feet.
b)
c) A greater area where required as a condition
of approval under other provisions of this chapter.
(5) Section 24.14 shall be renumbered 25.4
(6) Section 24.15 shall be renumbered 25.5
(7) Section 24.16 shall be renumbered 25.6
(8) Section 24.17 shall be renumbered 25.7
(9) Section 24.18 shall be amended to read:
25.8 Dwelling group, R3X district. The requirements
for dwelling groups shall be the same as an R3 district.
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Section 24.19 shall be amended to read:
25.9 Density limitation, R3X district.
(a) A building site used for a multiple
dwelling shall be used for no 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) square feet of area in such building site.
(b) A dwelling unit in an R3X district shall
contain no more than two bedrooms, nor shall it
appear to be designed for occupancy by more than
four (4) persons.
(11) Section 24.20 shall be amended to read:
2~.10 Other requirements, R3X district.
(a) Parking shall be required as specified
in section 53.
(b) No units shall be permitted to face an
alley.
Section 2: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
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Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after its passage and approvalo
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of March, 1973, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS: BATREZ, DUFFIN, HUGHAN, PATE,
SILVA, STOUT and GOODRICH
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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APPROVED:
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby
certify that the attached Ordinance No. 979 is an original ordinance,
duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 5th day of March
, 1912-, 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 14th day of March
, 197L.
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Clerk of the City of
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