ORDINANCE 10815794
ORDINANCE NO. 1081
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, CHAPTER 20.35 (SPECIAL
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (C -3) ZONE) OF TITLE
20 (THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE)
OF THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 20.35.050, "Height Requirements ", of
Chapter 20.35 (Special Commercial District (C -3) Zone) of Title 20
(The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the E1 Segundo Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"20.35.050 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
A. No building within the C -3 zone shall exceed the
allowable floor area by virtue of the building height. No
building may exceed two hundred feet in height; however, when
the C -3 lot or parcel is adjacent to, adjoining, or abuts a
lot or parcel in any residential zone, in which case the C -3
development height limit shall not exceed one hundred feet in
height. No building or structure shall exceed these limits
except when expressly authorized in accordance with a
procedure requiring approval of the planning commission or
the city council. No building may exceed both the allowable
floor area and height limits under any circumstances. (Ord.
1227 Sec. 3 (part), 1982.)
B. No building west of Sepulveda Boulevard in the C -3
zone shall exceed the allowable floor area ratio of 1:1 by
virtue of the building height. Maximum building height shall
be forty -five feet, not to exceed four (4) stories; however,
when the C -3 lot or parcel is adjacent to, adjoining, or
abuts a lot or parcel in any residential zone, in which case
the C -3 development height limit shall not exceed forty feet
(40') in height. No building or structure shall exceed these
limits except when expressly authorized by variance,
conditional use permit or precise plan. No building may
exceed both the allowable floor area and height limits under
any circumstances."
SECTION 2. Section 20.35.060, "Area Requirements ", of
Chapter 20.35 (Special Commercial District (C -3) Zone) of Title 20
(The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the E1 Segundo Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
1120.35.060 AREA REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Front Yard. Each lot shall have a fully landscaped
and maintained front yard of not less than twenty -Five feet.
No encroachment shall be allowed except when expressly
author;.,,e.l in accordance with a procedure requiring approval
of the planning commission or the city council.
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(b) Side Yard. Each lot shall have a fully landscaped
and maintained side yard of not less than fifteen feet.
Where side yards abut a dedicated street the yard shall be
twenty -five feet. Where side yards abut property in a
different zone, the zone with the most restrictive side yard
requirement shall prevail, but in no case will the side yard
be less than fifteen feet. No encroachment shall be allowed
except when expressly authorized in accordance with a
procedure requiring approval of the planning commission or
the city council.
(c) Rear Yard. Each lot shall have a fully landscaped
and maintained rear yard of not less than ten feet. Where
rear yards abut an alley, dedicated street, public right -of-
way, or when the major access to the site is accomplished
through the rear yard, the yard shall be twenty -five feet.
No encroachment shall be allowed except when expressly
authorized in accordance with a procedure requiring approval
of the planning commission or the city council.
(d) Where the parcel abuts any residentially zoned
property there shall be provided within that set -back
landscaping of sufficient height and density to buffer the
visual impacts to said residential use, this landscaping
shall be in addition to the 5% parking lot landscape
requirement. Landscape plan to be approved by the Director
of Parks and Recreation.
(e) C -3 Minimum Lot Size and Frontage. Each lot in the
C -3 zone shall be a minimum of ten thousand sq. ft. and have
a minimum frontage of one hundred feet on a dedicated street;
provided, however, that if a lot of lesser size was of legal
record prior to May 24, 1970, this requirement shall not
apply. (Ord. 1027 Sec. 3 (part), 1982.) "
SECTION 3. Section 20.35.070, "Building Area ", of Chapter
20.35 (Special Commercial District (C -3) Zone) of Title 20 (The
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"20.35.070 BUILDING AREA.
(a) The total floor area of the main building, as defined
in Chapter 20.08 as principal buildings, on any parcel or lot
shall not exceed two times the parcel or lot area. Floor
area is defined in Section 20.08.193. (Ord. 1027 Sec. 3
(part), 1982.)
(b) For properties in the C -3 zone west of Sepulveda
Boulevard, the total floor area of the main building, as
defined in Chapter 20.08 of principal buildings, on any
parcel or lot shall not exceed one times the parcel or lot
area. Floor area is defined in Section 20.08.193."
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective at
midnight 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
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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 E1 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 4th day of March, 1986.
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Mayor of the City egundo,
Californ a
. ATTEST: V
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Ronald L. Hart , 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. 1081 is a
full, true correct original of Ordinance No. 1081 of the
said City of E1 Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
CHAPTER 20.35 (SPECIAL COMMERICAL DISTRICT (C -3) ZONE)
OF TITLE 20 (THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE
EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE.
which was duly passed and adopted b
approved and signed by the Mayor of
the City Clerk of said City, all at
Council held on the 4th day of
and that the same was so passed and
vote:
y the said City Council,
said City, and attested by
a regular meeting of the said
March , 19 86
adopted by the following
AYES: Councilmembers Jacobson, Synadinos
6 Mayor Armstrong
NOES: Councilmembers Schuldt, Siadek
ABSENT: Councilmembers 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. 1081 was duly
and regularly published according to law and the order of the
City Council of said City of 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 followin date, to wit: March 20, 1986
I
ty Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California
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