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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OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The following Sections of the Zoning Ordinance shall be repealed, amended and renumbered as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 979 -1- (A) Sections 22.6 and 22.8 shall be amended to read as follows: 22.6 Side yard.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 ORDINANCE NO. 979 -2- 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: -3- ORDINANCE NO. 979 a) 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. (10) I 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. ORDINANCE NO. 979 -4- 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 A TT9fI' : ' )?'))/~;)(.rmd ~-~.e1~ ' C1ty Clerk' / APPROVED: -1.4 /7~'-# -!~~~~4 ayor -5- ORDINANCE NO. 979 \. 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. -( 2iO(1'J1u!./' &. Clerk of the City of (S ea J) .