ORDINANCE 8284 ..i
ORDINANCE NO. 828
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 20 (THE COM-
PREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE
"EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE" BY ADDING
CHAPTER 20.18 "OPEN SPACE (O -S) ZONE. "
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 20. 16. 010 and 20. 16. 020 of
Title 20 (The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the "E1 Segundo
Municipal Code ", are amended to read as follows:
"20.16. 010 DESIGNATION OF ZONE NAMES. In order to
classify, regulate, restrict and segregate the uses of lands and
buildings, to regulate and restrict the height and bulk of buildings,
to regulate the area of yards and other open spaces about buildings
and to regulate the density of population, the classes of use zones
are by this title established, to be known as follows:
R -1 - --
One Family Residential Zone.
R -2 - --
Two Family Residential Zone.
R -3 - --
Multiple Family Residential Zone.
P - --
Automobile Parking Zone.
C -1 - --
Service Commercial- Professional Zone.
C -2 - --
General Commercial Zone.
C -M - --
Commercial Manufacturing Zone.
M -1 - --
Light Manufacturing Zone.
M -2 - --
Heavy Manufacturing Zone.
O -S - --
Open Space Zone.
P -F - --
Public Facilities Zone.
PRD - --
Planned Residential Development Zone. "
"20.16. 020 DEGREE OF RESTRICTIVENESS. 'More
restrictive uses' as employed in this Title means the following:
(1) Those uses first permitted in the R -1 zone are the most
restrictive.
(2) All other uses are less restrictive in the order they are
first permitted in the zones in the sequence shown, R -2, R -3, P,
C -1, C -2, C -M, M -1 and M -2.
(3) The PRD zone is a zone established solely for the purpose
of implementing a specific planned residential use and the planned
residential use permitted in such zone shall be exclusive to that
zone and such zone shall not be considered in the restrictive sequence
set forth in Section 20. 16. 020 (2).
(4) The O -S zone is established solely for the purpose of
implementing an Open Space Plan and the open space use in such
zone shall be exclusive to that zone and such zone shall not be
considered in the respective sequence set forth in Section 20, 16. 020 (2).
(5) The P -F zone is a zone established solely for the purpose of
implementing the location of public facilities and the uses permitted
in such zone shall be exclusive to that zone and such zone shall not
"be considered in the respective sequence set forth in Section
20. 16. 020 (2). "
SECTION 2. That Section 20. 16. 025 of Title 20 (The Com-
prehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code ",
is added to read as follows:
"20. 16. 025 ADDITIONAL ZONES. In order to classify,
regulate, restrict and segregate the uses of lands and buildings,
to regulate and restrict the height and bulk of buildings, to
regulate the area of yards and other open spaces about buildings
and to regulate the density of population, three additional classes
of use zones are by this title established, to be known as follows:
PRD-- Planned Residential Development Zone.
O -S - -Open Space Zone
P -F -- Public Facilities Zone
"The foregoing zones are separate zones and shall not be deemed
to be more restrictive or less restrictive than any other zone but
shall be limited to the uses permitted in the specified zone. "
SECTION 3. That Chapter 20. 18 entitled "Open Space (O -S)
Zone" is added to the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code" to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 20.18
"OPEN SPACE (O -S) ZONE
"20. 18. 010 INTENT. The Open Space (O -S) zone is established
to provide adequate recreational opportunities and open space to
meet the needs of the community; to preserve and protect natural
resources; to provide visual relief from intense urban development;
and to prevent incompatible development of areas that should be
preserved or regulated for scenic, recreation, conservation, or
public health and safety purposes. The O -S zone provides for limited
recreational development of land and necessary public facilities.
"20. 18. 020 PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES. The following
principal uses are permitted in the O -S zone:
(1) Public outdoor recreati, >n including but not limited. to ball
parks and bleachers, swimming pools, parks, and other areas of
active or passive recreational usage; trails and other suitable
corridors including off -road bicycle paths.
(2) The preservation and conservation of natural resources
including, but not limited to areas required for the preservation of
plant and animal life and areas required to provide visual relief
from intense urban development and growth.
(3) The managed production of resources including but not
limited to agricultural lands and mineral deposits.
(4) The regulation of areas for public health and safety including
but not limited to areas which require special management or
regulation because of hazardous or special conditions.
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"20.18. 030 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES. The following
accessory uses are permitted in the O -S zone when developed and
used in conjunction with one or more principal uses permitted in
Section 20. 18. 020:
(1) Comfort stations.
(2) Concession stands.
(3) Maintenance buildings.
(4) Parking areas provided the area is blacktopped, screened
by means of a solid masonry wall and provided the landscaping
within the parking area is in the amount of four percent of that area.
(5) Signs, directional, not to exceed twelve square feet in area
for the purpose of informing the viewer of the route to, direction
of, or location of a given goal, but shall not include signs adver-
tising activities conducted or products sold on or off the premises.
"20.18.040 USES SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
The City Council determines that the following uses are compatible
with the intent and purpose of the O -S zone if such uses are developed
in a manner consistent with the open space objectives of the O -S
zone. The following uses shall not be permitted in the O -S zone
unless a Conditional Use Permit authorizing the use has been granted:
(1) Landscape Nurseries (No wholesale or retail sales on
premises).
(2) Private Recreation.
(3) Recreational or multi - purpose recreational building in
conjunction with park or playground facilities.
(4) Utility facilities.
(5) Any other use which in the opinion of the City Council is
similar to the permitted uses and complementary to the intent of
the O -S zone.
"20. 18. 050 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. No building within the
O -S zone may exceed a height of one -story or twenty feet, whichever
is the lesser; provided, however, that buildings in excess of the
height limitation may be approved by the granting of a Conditional Use
Permit.
"20.18. 060 FRONT YARD REQUIREMENTS. Property in the
O -S zone shall have a front yard of not less than the required front
yards of adjoining properties. Where the required front yards of
adjoining properties are different, they shall be averaged to deter-
mine the required front yard in the O -S zone; provided, however, that
a reduced front yard may be approved by the granting of a Conditional
Use Permit.
"20. 18. 070 SIDE YARD REQUIREMENTS. Property in the O -S
zone shall have a side yard of not less than the required side yards of
adjoining properties. Where the required side yards c,f adjoining
properties are different, they shall be averaged to determine the
required side yard in the O -S zone; provided, however, that a reduced
side yard may be approved by the granting of a Conditional Use Permit.
"20. 18. 080 REAR YARD REQUIREMENTS. Property in the O -S
zone shall have a rear yard of not less than the required rear yards
of adjoining properties. Where the required rear yards of adjoining
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"properties are different, they shall be averaged to determine
the required rear yard in the O -S zone; provided, however, that
a reduced rear yard may be approved by the granting of a Condi-
tional Use Permit.
"20.18.090 PARKING REQUIREME NTS. Parking and uses
in the O -S zone shall be fixed in the same manner as set forth in
Section 20. 54. 050 and until such requirements are established,
the parking requirements shall be as otherwise established in
Chapter 20. 54 of this Code.
"20.18. 100 FENCE REQUIREMENTS. Fences in the O -S
zone shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 20. 58 of this
Code. "
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective at mid-
night on the thirtieth day from and after the date of the final passage
and adoption thereof.
SECTION 5. 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 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 El Segundo, and which is
hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 18th day of
December , 1973.
Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo, California.
ATTEST;
JANE D. HOUGH, City Clerk
By
Deputy
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I JANE D. HOUGH
. ................................. , 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. 828. .
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. . , 828....... of the said City of
El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 20 (THE COM-
PREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE
"EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE" BY ADDING
CHAPTER 20.18 "OPEN SPACE (O -S) ZONE. "
which 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 .. 18th. , day of . December
19.73....... , and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen . , McGiLL, .Morgan,. Nagel, Stephens
and Mayor Balmer
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NOES: Councilmen .... None . , ,
ABSENT: , Councilmen .. , None ...................................
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933
of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance
No. ..828 ... was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of
the City Council of said City in the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation, printed, published and circulated within said City and that the
same was so published therein on the following date, to wit: .. P F. 5-..?
JANE D. HOUGH
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City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo, California
(SEAL) -
By,. .......... .
Deputy