ORDINANCE 3482-2'1
ORDINANCE NO. 348
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUADO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 306 (THE
LAND USE PLAN - ZONING ORDINANCE) OF SAID
CITY, AS AMPJMBD, BY AMENDING SUBDIVISIOX 3
OF PARAGRAPH "A. USE" OF SECTION 4 THEREOF,
AND BY ADDING SUBDIVISION 6 THERMO ; BY
AV ENDI NG SUBPARAGRAPH 9 OF PARAGRAPH "A. USE"
OF SECTION 6 OF SAID ORDINANCE; BY AMEImIYG
SUBPARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 OF PARAGRAPH "A. USE"
OF SECTION 7 THEREOF; BY AMENDING SUBDIVISION
�- "l. GENERAL" OF PARAGRAPH "A. USE" OF SECTION
12 THEREOF: AND BY AMENDING PARAGRAPHS
"C "' "D"l "E", "F"s "G" AND "H" OF PART I OF
SECTION 13 OF SAID ORDINANCE DO. 306.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo, California,
does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Subdivision 3 of Paragraph "A. USE"
of Section 4 relating to "R -1" ONE FAMILY ZONE", of Ordiname
No. 306, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE BSTABLISHING ZONES WITHIN THE
CITY OF .EL SEGUNDO AND ESTABLISHING CLASSI-
FICATION OF LAND USES AND REGULATING SUM &AND
USES IN SUCH ZONES; REGULATING THE HEIGHT OF
BUILDINGS, AND OPEN SPACES FOR LIGHT AND
VENTIILATION.- ADOPTING A MAP OF SAID ZONES;
DEFINING. THE TERMS USED IN SAID ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR THE ADJUSTXW , UO;IpIUM AID
EXPORCMD? THEREOF; PRESCRIBING PENAMIES
FOR ITS VIOLATION. ",
Passed and adopted on the 22nd day of January, A. D., 19479
shall be and the same is hereby wended so as to read as follows:
"3. One (1) unlighted sign not exceeding six (6 )
square feet in area pertaining only to the sale. lease,
or hire of only the particular building, property or
Premises upon which displayed; name plates not exceeding
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three inches by twelve inches (3" a 12,,)# containing
name and occupation of occupant of premises when re-
quired by law or for physicians when used as an accessory
under Subparagraph 6 of paragraph 'A' of this section,
and when so used shall be attached to the building. No
other advertising Signs, structures or devices of any
character shall be permitted in any *R -1* One- family
Zone."
That a new Subdivision "6 "be added to said Paragraph
"A- USX" of said Section 49 which said new subdivision 6 shall
read as follows, to wit:
"6- Maintaining mail address for commercial and
business license purposes only, provided no stock in
trade, supplies, professional equipment, apparatus or
business equipment are kept on the premises, and pro-
vided that no employees or assistants are engaged for
services on the premises.,,
SECTION 2. That subparagraph 9 of paragraph "g. USE"
Of Section 6 relating to "R -3" MULTIPLE- FAMILY ZONE of said
Ordinance No. 306, shall be and the snow is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
"9. Identification signs not exceeding twenty (20)
Square feet in area for multiple dwellings, hotels, clubs,
lodges, hospitals, institutions and similar permitted
uses, and signs not exoeeding twelve (12) square feet
in area appertaining to the Sale or rental of the pro-
perty on which they are located; provided, however, that
no name plate or advertising sign of any other character
shall be permitted."
SECTION 3. That subparagraphs numbered 1 and 2 of
paragraph "A. USE" of Section 7, relating to "R -411 SERVICE
CORDIAL ZONE of said Ordinance No. 306, shall be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read respectively as follows:
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"1. Any use permitted in the "R -an Multiple -
family Zone, and when so used subject to all of the
provisions contained in the section defining Zone."
"2. Commercial establishments specializing in
the rendering of services rather than the dispensing
of commodities, and involving a minimum of commercial
deliveries. Any use conforming to the general type
herein specified, but not enumerated in this Section,
shall be considered in the manner set forth in Section
12: General Provisions and Exceptions, paragraph A. USE,
titled "General'."
SECTION 4. That Subdivision "1- General" of paragraph
"A. USE" of Section 12, relating to general provisions and ex-
eeptions of said Ordinance No. 306, shall be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"l. General.
"a. Except as hereinafter provided, no building
shall be erected, reconstructed, or structurally altered,
nor shall any building or land be used for any purpose
other than is permitted in the same zone in which such
building or land is located. If any 'use' is for any
reason omitted from the lists of those specified as
permissible in each of the various zones herein designated,
or if ambiguity arises concerning the appropriate olassi-
fication of a particular use within the meaning and intent
of this ordinance, or if ambiguity exists with reference
to matters of height, yard requirements, or area require-
ments as set forth herein and as they may pertain to un-
foreseen circumstances, it shall be the duty of the City
Planning Commission to ascertain all pertinent facts con-
cerning said use and by resolution of record set forth its
findings and the reason therefor, and such findings and
resolutions shall be referred to the City Council, and, if
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approved by the City Council, thereafter such inter-
pretation shall govern."
SECTION 5. That paragraphs lettered "A ", "B ", "C ",
"F ", "G" and "H" of Part I of section 13, relating
to variances of said Ordinance No. 306, shall be and the same
are hereby amended so as to read respectively as follows:
"A. When practical diffioalties, unnecessary
hardships or results inconsistent with the general
purpose of this ordinance result through the strict
and literal interpretation and enforcement of the
provisions thereof, the Planning Commission of the
City of El Segundo, upon the receipt of a verified
application from the owner or lessee of the property
affected, stating fully the grounds for the application
and the facts relied upon, or upon the motion of the
said Commission, shall have authority, subject to the
provisions of this section, to grant, upen such con-
ditions and safeguards as it may determine, such variances
from the provisions of this ordinance as may be in harmony
with its general purpose and intent, so that the spirit
of this ordinance shall be observed, public safety and
welfare secured and substantial justice done."
"B. Upon the filing of a verified application by
a property owner, or by a lessee, or upon its own motion,
the Planning Commission shall give public notice of the
intention to consider the granting of a variance, as
provided in Section 17."
"C. Not more than forty (40) days following said
hearing, the Planning Commission shall announce its firA-
ings by formal resolution and said resolution shall recite,
among other things, the facts and reasons which, in the
opinion of the Commission, make the granting or denial
of the Variance necessary to carry out the provisions of
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this section and the general purpose of this ordinance,
and if such resolution grants the variance, it shall
also recite such conditions and limitations as may be
imposed to serve the purpose of this section.
Such resolutions shall be numbered consecutively
in the order of their passage and shall become a per-
manent record of the Planning Commission."
"D. The action of the Planning Commission on any
such variance shall be final and effective within
fifteen days (15 ) following the action thereon, pro-
vided that if within such fifteen (15) day period an
appeal in writing is filed with the City Council, the
filing of said appeal within such time limit aha11
serve to hold in abeyance the effective date of the
variance granted by action of the Planning Commission
until such time as the City Council, in the manner
prescribed in Section 17 hereof, shall have held a
public hearing on such appeal. The decision by the
City Council on such appeal shall be final and con-
clusive."
"E. Before any variance may be granted, it shall
be shown:
1. That there are exceptional or extraordinary
circumstances or conditions applicable to the property
involved, or to the intended nee of the property, that
do not apply generally to the property or class of use
in the same vicinity or zone.
2. That such variance is necessary for the preser-
vation and enj.oymirt of a substantial property right of
the applicant possessed by other property in the same
vicinity and zone.
3. That the granting of such 'variance will. not be
materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious
to the property or improvements in each vicinity and zone
in which the property is located: and
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4. That the granting of such variance will not
adversely affect the Comprehensive General Plan."
"F. Application for a variance shall set forth in
detail Bach facts as, in the opinion of the applicant,
Pertain to subparagraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of paragraph 'L-
next above."
"G. All of the following, and all matters directly
related thereto, are declared to be special uses,and
authority for the location and operation thereof shall
be granted only under the provisions of this section.
This declaration is based on the fact that all of the
uses here enumerated possess characteristics of such
unique and special forms as to make impractical their
being included automatically in any classes of use as
set forth in the various zones herein defined;
1. Airports,
2. Cemeteries
3. Columbariums
4. Crematories
5. Establishments or enterprises involving large
assemblages of people or automobiles, including;
a. Amusement parks
b. Circuses
c. Fair Grounds
d. Open -air Theatres
e. Race Tracks
f. Recreational Centers privately operated
g. Hospitals and Sanitariums
60 Institutions of a philanthropic or eleemosynary
nature.
7. Mausoleums
8. Mental Hospitals
9. Natural resources, development of, together
with necessary buildings, apparatus or appur-
tenances incident thereto.
10. Radio or Television transmitters (commercial)."
"H. All matters required in Section 12 to be reviewed
shall be approved and allowed only under the provisions of
this Section 13, and provided that no filing fee be required."
SECTION 6. That said Ordinance No. 306, as amended,
shall be
and the
same is
hereby amended as
hereinabove in
Sections
1, 2, 3,
4 and 5
of this ordinance
set forth.
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SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall beoome
effective at midnight on the 30th day from and after the
date of the final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this ordinance; and shall cause
the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a
weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and
cirdulated within the said City of El Segundo, and which is
hereby designated for that purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this 2d day of
February , A. D., 1949.
EST:
Ci %y Clerk
( SEAL )
Mayor of the City of 1 3egando,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SS.
CITY OF BL SEGUNDO.
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of t he City of
?:1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five: that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 348,
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said
Council held on the 2d__ day of February , 1949, and that
the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and
Mayor Selby
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
(SEAL)
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CLERK 13 CERT IF I CATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SS,
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of
E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 348,
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance
No. 348 of the said City of El Segan o, ornia, entitled:
"AD1 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 306 (THE
LAND USE PLAN - ZONING ORDINANCE) OF SAID
CITY, AS gMENDED� By .AMENDING SUBDIVISION 3
OF PARAGRAPH "A. USE" OF SECTION 4 THEREOF,
AND BY ADDING SUBDIVISION 6 THERETO; By
AMENDING SUBPARAGRAPH 9 OF PARAGRAPH "A. USE"
OF SECTION 6 OF SAID ORDINANCE ; BY AMENDING
SUBPARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 OF PARAGRAPH "'Q • USE" OF
SECTION 7 THEREOF; BY AMENDING SUBDIVISION
"1. GENERAL" OF PARAGRAPH "A. USE" OF SECTION
12 THEREOF; AND BY AMENDING PARAGRAPHS "A ",
"B"I "C"$ "D"* 111111, "F"t "G" AND "H" OF PART I
OF SECTION 13 OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 306, ".
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor of said City,
by the City Clerk of said City, and attested
the said Council held on the y'2d11 at o regular meeting of
1949, and that the same was ao day of February
following vote; Passed and ad cite y e '
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Peterson, Swanson, Thompson and
- Mayor Selby
NOES: Councilmen N2ae
AB SENT : Councilmen None
provisions
1ofo3her bn 878t a Acertify that
Pursuant to the
the State of California, (Deeri 5233 of the General yaws of
to date, that the foregoing Ordiinnan9eano.ii348nwassdu amended
regularly published according to the law and the order of
the City Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a
weekly newspaper of general circulation,
and circulated within the said City, ,� published
so published therein on the followingadate,�totwit same was
Febr arx 10 1949
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this 11th
day Of February , A. D. , 194 9.
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