ORDINANCE 1170ORDINANCE NO. 1170
APPROVAL OF EA -269 AND ADOPTION OF A NEGATIVE
DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND EXTENSION
OF AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING ZONING
STANDARDS FOR C -M, M -1 AND M -2 ZONED PROPERTIES
LOCATED EAST OF SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD.
WHEREAS, on November 5, 1991, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1167 as an
urgency ordinance pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, and whereas said
Ordinance established zoning standards for C -M, M -1 and M -2 zoned properties located east
of Sepulveda Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, on December 3, 1991, the City Council received and filed a status report
pursuant to Government Code Section 65858 a minimum of ten (10) days prior to the
expiration of Ordinance No 1167 on December 19, 1991; and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 1991, the Planning Commission held a duly advertised public
hearing on EA -269 and recommended to the City Council approval of EA -269 and extension
of the Interim Zoning Ordinance adopted by Ordinance No. 1167; and
WHEREAS, on December 17, 1991, the City Council held a duly advertised public hearing
and opportunity was given to all persons to present evidence for and against EA -269 and
the extension of the Interim Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, at said City Council hearing on December 17, 1991, the following facts were
established:
That the General Plan revision project currently underway is scheduled for adoption
in March, 1992.
2. That there exists a threat to the health, safety and welfare unless interim zoning
standards are adopted.
3. That the interim zoning standards are necessary to guide the consideration of
additional subdivisions, re- zonings, land use permits, variances, building permits, and
other applicable land use entitlements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This extending Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the terms and
conditions of Section 65858 and Section 65090 of the Government Code. Pursuant
to Section 65858, the term of this interim Ordinance shall be ten (10) months and
fifteen (15) days.
SECTION 2. 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.
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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 -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
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 finishes;
(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 an
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.
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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
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 appeal fee shall be required of a
Planning Commissioner or City Council member.
SECTION 3. 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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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Ronald L. Hart, 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. 1170 is a full, true correct original of
Ordinance No. 1170 of the said City of El Segundo, California, entitled:
APPROVAL OF EA -269 AND ADOPTION OF A NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND EXTENSION OF AN INTERIM ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING ZONING STANDARDS FOR C -M, M -1, M -2 ZONED
PROPERTIES LOCATED EAST OF SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD.
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor or said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of
the said Council held on the 17th day of December, 1991, and the same was so passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor Pro Temp Dannen
Councilmembers Cruikshank, Wise.
NOES: Councilman West
ABSENT: 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. 1170 was
duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said
City of El 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 day, to wit:
Ronald L. Hart
City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, California
(SEAL)
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of DECEMBER , 1991,
by the following vote:
AYES: JACOBSON, DANNEN, WISE, CRUIKSHANK
NOES: WEST
ABSTENTION: NONE
ATTEST:
nald Hart, City erk
City of El Segundo
City of .Fl Segundo