ORDINANCE 459J
ORDINANCE NO. 459,
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 434
(THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF
SAID CITY BY AMENDING ITEM "(5)" OF "SEC-
TION 400" OF "ARTICLE 4 "; BY AMENDING
"SECTION 60$" OF "ARTICLE 61t; AND BY
AMENDING "SECTION 1516" OF "ARTICLE 15"
OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 434, AS AMENDED.
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission and the City Coun-
cil of the City of El Segundo, California, have duly and regularly
processed and held public hearings upon the hereinafter quoted
amendments to Ordinance No. 434 (The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance)
of the City of El Segundo, California, passed and adopted on the
14th day of April, 1954, as amended, pursuant to proceeding insti-
tuted by said City Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, said City Council has now acquired jurisdiction
to adopt this ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUN-
DO, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That said Council does hereby refer to Reso-
lution No. 216 of the City Planning Commission of the City of E1
Segundo, California, adopted on the 20th day of April, 1955, a
full, true and correct copy of which is on file in the office of
the City Clerk of said City, open to public inspection, and as
so on file is hereby referred to and by this reference incorporated
herein and made a part hereof.
SECTION 2. That said City Council does hereby make the
same findings and determinations with reference to the amendments
hereinafter set forth, as are made by said City Planning Commission
with reference thereto in its said Resolution No. 216.
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SECTION 3. That item "(5)" of "Section 400" of "Article
411 of said Ordinance No. 434 shall be and the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows, to wit:
"(5) Public parks and public playgrounds."
SECTION 4. That "Section 60$" of "Article 61t of said
Ordinance No. 434 shall be and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows, to wit:
"Section 608. LOT AREA PER DWELLING UNIT. The mini-
mum lot or parcel area per dwelling unit in the R -3 Zone
shall be five hundred (500) square feet, provided however,
that these regulations shall not apply to hotels or apart-
ment hotels where no cooking is done in any individual
room, suite or apartment."
SECTION 5. That "Section 1516" of Article 15" of said
Ordinance No. 434 shall be and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows, to wit:
"Section 1516. WALL, FENCE OR HEDGE MAY BE MAINTAINED.
In any R Zone, a wall, fence or hedge forty -two (42) inches
in height may be located and maintained on any part of a
lot. On an interior lot a wall, .fence or hedge not more
than six (6) feet in height may be located anywhere on
the lot to the rear of the rear line of the required front
yard. On corner lots, a six (6) foot fence may be located
anywhere on the lot to the rear of the rear line of the
required front yard except that on the side street side
of the lot a fence, wall or hedge not more than forty -two
(42) inches in height may be maintained from the rear
line of the required side yard to the front lot line. On
a reversed corner lot a wall, fence or hedge not more than
six (6) feet in height may be maintained anywhere on the
lot to the rear of the rear line of the required front
yard except that on the side street side of such lot such
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six (6) foot fence, wall or hedge may not be located
closer to the side street lot line than a distance rep-
resenting the depth of the front yard on the adjoining
lot to the rear. These limitations shall not apply to a
chain link fence enclosing school grounds and public
playgrounds.
Where a retaining wall protects a cut below the
natural grade, and is located on the line separating lots
or parcels, such retaining wall may be topped by a fence,
wall or hedge of the same height that would otherwise be
permitted at the location if no retaining wall existed.
Where a retaining wall contains a fill, the height
of the _retaining wall built to retain the fill shall be
considered as contributing to the permissible height of a
fence, solid wall or hedge, provided that in any event a
protective fence or wall not more than forty -two (42)
inches in height may be erected at the top of the retain-
ing wall, and any portion of such fence above the six -foot
maximum height shall be an open work fence. An open work
fence means a fence in which the component solid portions
are evenly distributed and constitute not more than sixty
per cent (60%) of the total surface area of the fact of
the fence. (Plate 9)"
SECTION 6. That said Ordinance No. 434, as amended,
shall be and the same is hereby amended as hereinabove in Sections
3, 4 and 5 of this ordinance set forth.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall become effective
at midnight on the thirtieth 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; shall cause the same to
be entered in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall
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make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall,
within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause
the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within
said City of E1 Segundo and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this 8th day of June,
1955.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
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Mayor of the City of El gizndo,
Calif orni
I, Neva M. Elsey, 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 or-
dinance, being Ordinance No. 459 , was 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 8th day of June, 1955,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baer Frederick rdon, Swanson and
Mayor Selb •
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this
8th day of June, 1955.
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City Clerk of the City
(SEAL) El Segundo, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I. Neva M. Elsey, City Clerk of the City of El 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. 459, is a full, true and correct
original of Ordinance No. 459 of the said City of El Segundo,
California, entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 434
( THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF
SAID CITY BY AMMENDING ITEM t(5)t OF ?SEC -
TION 4001 OF ?ARTICLE 41; BY AMENDING
tSECTION 60$1 OF tARTICLE 6t; AND BY
AMENDING tSECTION 15161 OF tARTICLE 15t
OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 434, AS AMENDED.'?,
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, ap-
proved 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 8th day of June, 1955, and that the same was
so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Baker, Frederick, Gordon, Swanson
and Mayor Selby;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provi-
sions of Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of
California, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 459 was duly and
regularly published according to law and the order of the City
Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper
of general circulation, printed, published and circulated within
the said City and that the same was so published therein on the
following date, to wit: June 16, 1955• •
City Clerk of the Ci o
El Segundo, Californ a.
(SEAL)
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Affidavit of Publication
5a,tTE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ss
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
Fl.arence� Farrel, ..
^1, g first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
he 1!7, and at all of the time; hereinafter menticned wr.s, a caizen of the United States of America,
over the age of eighteen years, and a res'_dent cf '1he County c` Los Angel.-s, State of California ; that he
was, at, and during all of the tine of the publication of the ir_s'.rumcnt hereunto attached the........
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Editor of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newsp_.p.r of genera'_ circulation, published and circulated weekly in
the City of El Segundo, in said County and State; 'ha; said newspaper has been so published and
circulated at regular intervals of one week for more tY;:n one year immediately preceding the
publication of the instrument hereunto annaxe3; t -iat sa-d newspaper is, and was,, at all of the times
herein mentioned, a newspaper of general eirc -. lation within the meaning of Sectic:. 4460 of the Political
Code of the State of California; that as provided by said &xtion, said ncwspap--r is published for the
dissemination of local or telegraphic news and irtelli „enc.2 of a general character, having a bona fide
subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein
referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular
class, profession, trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, professions, trades,
callings, races or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it
at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed -)r
otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denomin-
ations, or any of such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations.
That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page...... numbered
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hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full, true and
correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as
published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of
the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing
and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution
or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru-
ment; that the....... Ordinance N.o...`.5.g .. ..................... ...............................
of which the annexed is a printed copy as hcreinabove stated, was published and printed in said news -
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City clerk of the City of E1 Seguounty
of Los Angeles, State of California.
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Deputy City Clerk of said CY