ORDINANCE 1167ORDINANCE NO. 1167
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING ZONING
STANDARDS FOR C -3, CM, M -1 AND M -2 ZONED PROPERTIES
LOCATED EAST OF SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD, DECLARING THE
URGENCY THEREOF; AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING AN EXTENSION OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the terms and conditions of
Section 65858 of the Government Code.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of El Segundo hereby directs the
Planning Department and the Planning Commission to conduct a study for the purpose of
holding public hearings and making recommendations to the City Council relating to the
adoption of amendments to the C -3, C -M, M -1 and M -2 zones for properties located east
of Sepulveda Boulevard.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of El Segundo hereby fords that there
is a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. The City
Council further fords that the approval of additional subdivisions, re- zonings, land use
permits, variances, building permits or any other applicable entitlements for use which is
required in order to comply with the current zoning ordinance for properties located east
of Sepulveda Boulevard would result in a threat to the public health, safety or welfare, for
reasons stated in the staff report presented to the City Council and incorporated herein
by reference.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby adopts the following interim standards:
1) Except as provided herein, all other provisions of the Zoning Ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
2) No building permit, business license except for renewals of existing
businesses, or other use entitlement shall be approved or issued for
properties located east of Sepulveda Boulevard unless in conformance with
the standards and requirements of this interim Ordinance.
3) Projects authorized by an existing approved Precise Plan, Specific Plan,
Conditional Use Permit, Development Agreement or other similar land use
entitlement shall be exempt from the provisions of the Ordinance.
4) The provisions of City Council Resolution No. 3517, Procedures for the
Implementation of the Provisions of the California Environmental Quality
Act, shall remain in full force and effect.
5) Existing non - conforming uses or structures shall continue to be subject to the
provisions of Chapter 20.70 of the El Segundo Municipal Code. Requests for
change of use or structural modification of non - conforming buildings on
properties within the C -3, C -M, M -1 and M -2 zones located east of Sepulveda
Boulevard shall, further, be in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance.
6) Uses and structures that are conforming as of the date of adoption of this
Ordinance may:
A Make minor interior or exterior alterations to existing buildings
that do not result in additional square footage and /or a change
from the existing use.
B. Construct expansions or additions to existing buildings that do
not result in a change from the existing use, or that do not
result in an expansion or addition of more that 20% over the
existing gross square footage or a maximum of 15,000 square
feet, whichever is lesser, of an affected building. For properties
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with more than one building, this shall mean that each building
is entitled to an expansion of not more than 20% over the
existing gross square footage, or 15,000 square feet maximum,
whichever is lesser.
7) Amendment to Section 20.36.020, Permitted Principal Uses, to require an
Administrative Use Permit for the following uses in the C -M Zone:
(6) Candles, manufacturing of;
(7) Catering services and flight kitchens;
(10) Extrusion of plastic (excluding any melting or odorous process);
(11) Fiberglass products, continuous filament lamination of;
(12) Furniture manufacturing;
(14) Manufacturing of cleaning agents, waxes and fmishes;
(15) Manufacturing of cutlery, hardware, hard tools and kitchen
utensils;
(16) Manufacturing and assembly of electrical appliances, electric
instruments and devices, radio and phonographs; including the
manufacturing of small tools and parts such as coils, condensers,
transformers, crystal holders, etc.;
(17) Manufacturing, processing and packaging of pharmaceutical,
drugs, toiletries and cosmetics, including soap;
(18) Processing and packaging of seeds and nuts;
(19) Production of investment castings;
(25) Warehouses.
8) Amendment to Section 20.36.020, Principal Permitted Uses, to require a
Conditional Use Permit for the following uses in the C -M Zone:
(13) Hotels and motels;
(25b) Transfer, moving and storage, freighting, truck yards, truck
terminals, distribution centers, freight forwarding or other air
cargo related uses.
9) Amendment to Section 20.40.020, Permitted Principal Uses, to require and
Administrative Use Permit for the following uses in the M -1 Zone:
(1) Light industrial uses and related offices;
(2) Warehouses.
10) Amendment to Section 20.40.020, Principal Permitted Uses, to require a
Conditional Use Permit for the following uses in the M -1 Zone:
(2) Transfer, moving and storage, freighting, truck yards, truck
terminals, distribution centers, freight forwarding or other air
cargo related uses.
11) Amendment to Section 20.40.020, Principal Permitted Uses, to require a
Conditional Use Permit for all new uses in the M -2 Zone.
12) Planning Director's Administrative Use Permit:
To provide an expeditious method by which certain provisions of this
Ordinance may be processed and decided, the City Council hereby directs
that the Director of Planning or her /his designee, shall have the authority
to make determinations on the following applications:
Administrative Use Permits. The Director of Planning shall have the
authority to determine petitions for Administrative Use Permits. The
procedures for an Administrative Use Permit shall be as follows:
1. A petition for an Administrative Use Permit shall be filed with the
Planning Department on forms provided by the Planning Department.
Within ten (10) working days of the filing of a petition, the Director
of Planning shall notify the applicant as to the completeness of the
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application. The Director of Planning shall have the authority to
request any additional information deemed necessary to evaluate the
application. Failure of the Director of Planning to respond within ten
(10) working days shall deem an application complete.
2. Within ten (10) working days from the date an application is deemed
complete, the Director of Planning shall issue a written determination
as to the approval or denial of the application. The written
determination shall state the findings for decision. In approving an
application the Director of Planning shall have the authority to attach
conditions to the approval deemed necessary.
3. All written application determinations made by the Director of
Planning shall be placed as a receive and file item on the next
available agendas of both the Planning Commission and the City
Council. Any Planning Commissioner or City Council member may
request that the item be set for a formal public hearing. An appeal of
any decision of the Director of Planning by the applicant or member
of the public at large may be filed with the Planning Department
prior to the meeting at which the decision is to be reviewed by either
the Planning Commission or the City Council. No decision of the
Director of Planning is final until the decisions are received and filed
by the Planning Commission and City Council.
4. Any appeal filed on the Director of Planning's determination by the
applicant, member of the public, Planning Commission or City Council,
shall be set for public hearing following the procedural and public
noticing requirements established by the El Segundo Municipal Code
and applicable provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
and State Planning and Zoning Law.
5. The filing fee for an Administrative Use Permit shall be $500.00. The
appeal fee shall also be $500.00. No fee shall be required of a Planning
Commissioner or City Council member.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an urgency measure
necessary for the immediate protection of the public health, safety and welfare and shall
take effect immediately upon its adoption by not less that a four -fifths (4/5) vote of the
City Council of the City of El Segundo. The facts constituting such urgency are as follows:
The City Planning Commission and Planning Department have been directed
in good faith to conduct the studies mentioned in Section 2 hereinabove. In
addition, the City Council has found in Section 3 hereinabove that the
approval of any land use entitlement during the period of the effectiveness
of the ordinance would result in an immediate threat to the public health,
safety and welfare.
SECTION 6. A public hearing shall be held before the City Council on December
17, 1991, beginning at the hour of 7:00 P.M., or as soon thereafter as may be heard, in the
Council Chamber of the City Hall for the purpose of considering an extension of this
ordinance for a period of time as authorized by law, and notice shall be given of such
hearing in the time, form and manner required by law.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption and shall continue
in effect forty -five (45) days after the adoption hereof unless extended as authorized by
law.
SECTION 8. 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, 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.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of November, 1991 by the
following vote:
AYES: JACOBSON, WEST, DANNEN, WISE
NOES: NONE
ABSTENTION: NONE
Carl Jacobson, Mayor
City of m1 Segundo
City of El Segundo
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