Ordinance 991
ORDINANCE NO. 991
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING SECTIONS
31, 32 AND 33 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING
TO COMMERCIAL 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 amend-
ment 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 31, 32
and 33 of the Zoning Ordinance relating to commercial districts
be amended; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Gilroy has fixed the
4th day of June, 1973, at the hour of 8:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers in the City Hall at 7390 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, Cali-
fornia, 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 having been continued to this date, 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 Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF 'lHE CITY OF GILROY DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The following Sections of the Zoning Ordinance
shall be repealed, amended and renumbered as follows:
(A) Sections 31.5, 31.6, 31.7 and 31.8 shall be amended
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to read as follows:
31.5 Front ~ard. The front yard shall be the
same as that requ~red in the most restricted contiguous
zoning district on the same street fronta~e with a
minimum depth in all cases of fifteen (15 ) feet. The
Commission may under Section 53.1 of this Ordinance
require greater setback in specific areas or neighborhoods.
31.6 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.
31.7 Rear yard. The rear yard shall be the same as
that required in the most restricted contiguous zoning
district on the same street frontage with a minimum in
all cases of fifteen (15') feet.
31.8 Special regulations. The following special
standards shall apply in the PO, professional office,
district:
a) Off-street parking shall be as required
in Section 53.
b) Landscaping and fencing shall be provided
in such a manner as to insure that the development
will be harmonious with adjacent areas. Specific
requirements may be established by resolution of
City Council. All landscaping and fencing will be
maintained in good order at all times.
(B) Section 32.8(f) shall be amended and 32.8(g) enacted
to read as follows:
32.8(f) Parking shall be required as specified in
Section 53.
32.8(g) All landscaping shall be maintained in good
order at all times.
(C) Sections 33.1, 33.2(a), 33.4, 33.5, 33.6, 33.7 and
33.8(c) shall be amended and 33.8(d) enacted to read as follows:
33.1
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Uses permitted. The following uses are per-
a C2 general commercial district:
(a) Any use permitted in the Cl district.
(b) Ambulance service.
(c) Auto brake service.
(d) Auto electric shop.
(e) Auto parts and supplies.
(f) Billiard and pool halls.
(g) Boat sales.
(h) Business or retail store.
(i) Business college or private school
operated as a commercial enterprise.
(j) Blueprinting, photostating, photo
developing and printing.
(k) Card room.
(1) Catering establishment.
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Department, furniture or appliance store.
Film exchange.
Frozen food lockers, excluding wholesale
storage.
Glass shops.
Gymnasium and health studios.
Hospital or sanitarium (except animal
hospital) .
Ice cream processings.
Interior decorating store.
Medical or dental clinic and laboratory.
Music conservatory or music instruction.
Motorcycle sales and service.
Newsstand.
Pawn shop.
Pet shop.
Printing, lithographing or publishing.
Public services, including electric
distributing substation, telephone
exchange and the like.
Sign painting shop, if conducted wholly
within a completely enclosed building.
Studio for radio, television, motion
pictures and the like.
Theater.
Trade school, if not objectionable due to
noise, ordor, vibration or other similar
causes.
Wedding chapel, rescue mission or temporary
revival church.
Wholesale merchandise broker, excluding
wholesale storage.
Uses customarily incident to any of the
above uses when located on the same lot.
Uses similar to above as determined by
the planning commission.
33.2 Conditional uses. The following uses may also
be permitted if their location is first approved by the
planning commission as provided in section 71:
(1) Any use permitted in an R or PO district.
(2) Animal hospital.
(3) Automobile sales and services, new and used.
(4) Automobile service station.
(5) Bowling alley.
(6) Dry cleaning establishment.
(7) Mortuary or funeral home.
(8) Hotels and motels.
(9) On sale liquor establishments.
33.4 Hei ht and covera e limitations. Maximum build-
ing height s a not excee s~x stories or seventy-five
(75') feet. For buildings with four (4) or more stories
(or forty (40') or more feet in height), a conditional use
permit shall be obtained from the Planning Commission as
prescribed in Section 71. Coverage shall not exceed that
required to provide the necessary yards" open space and
parking required by this Ordinance.
33.5 Front yard. No specific front yard requirement
is required when all of the frontage of the building site
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is located within the C-2 district. Where frontage is
located contiguous to a more restrictive zoning district
on the same street, that district's requirements shall
prevail. The Planning Commission may under section 53.1
of this ordinance require greater setbacks in specific
areas or neighborhoods.
33.6 Side yard. None, except that the Planning
Commission may under section 53.1 of this ordinance re-
quire side yards in specific areas or neighborhoods.
33.7 Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not
less than fifteen (15%) per cent of the deft of the lot,
but such rear yard need not exceed ten (10 ) feet in
dept. The Planning Commission may under section 53.1 of
this ordinance require greater rear yards in specific
areas or neighborhoods.
33.8(c) Parking shall be required as specified in
section 53.
33.8(d) All landscaping and fencing shall be main-
tained in good order at all times.
Section 2: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
flict 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 appro-
val.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 1973, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DeBELL, DUFFIN, HUGHAN, PATE
STOUT and GOODRICH
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: SILVA
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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ELAINE C. CODIGA, Deputy
I , ~lJf,NW,f/ Jf/./ MM~, City Clerk of the City of G i 1 roy, do hereby
certify that the attached Ordinance No. 991 is an original ordinance,
duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of
said Counci 1 held on the 20th day of August
, 19~, 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 23rd day of August
, 19.Jl....
Deputy
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the City of Gilro')f'
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