ORDINANCE 1483 ORDINANCE NO. 1483
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL
CODE DEFINITION OF SETBACK (ESMC §15-1-6) AND OFF-
STREET PARKING DRIVE-AISLE WIDTH AND PARKING
SPACE DEPTH (ESMC §15-15-5).
The City Council of the City of EI Segundo does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. On October 10, 2012, the City of EI Segundo initiated an application for
Environmental Assessment No. EA-1002 and Zone Text Amendment No.
12-06 to amend the ESMC definition of setback and modify the ESMC
table identifying off-street parking drive aisle width and parking space
depth;
B. The application was prepared and reviewed by the City's Planning and
Building Safety Department for, in part, consistency with the General Plan
and conformity with the ESMC;
D, The City reviewed the project's environmental impacts under the California
Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et
seq., "CEQA") and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California
Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq., the CEQA Guidelines") and the
City's Environmental Guidelines (City Council Resolution No. 3805,
adopted March 16, 1993);
E. The Planning and Building Safety Department completed its review and
scheduled the public hearing regarding the application before the Planning
Commission for September 26, 2013;
F. On September 26, 2013, the Planning Commission held a public hearing
to receive public testimony and other evidence regarding the proposed
amendment, including, without limitation, information provided to the
Planning Commission by City staff and public testimony;
G. On September 26, 2013, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution
No. 2738 recommending the City Council approve Environmental
Assessment No. EA-1002 and Zone Text Amendment No. 13-06;
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H. On October 15, 2013, the City Council held a public hearing and
considered the information provided by City staff and public testimony
regarding this Ordinance; and
1. This Ordinance and its findings are made based upon the entire
administrative record including, without limitation, testimony and evidence
presented to the City Council at its October 15, 2013 hearing and the staff
report submitted by the Planning and Building Safety Department.
SECTION 2: Findings. The City Council incorporates by reference all of the findings
and conclusions set forth in Planning Commission Resolution No. 2738 as if fully set
forth including, without limitation, the Environmental Assessment set forth in Section 3
of Resolution No. 2738.
SECTION 3: The definition of "SETBACK" in ESMC §15-1-6 captioned "Definitions" is
amended in its entirety as follows:
"SETBACK: The minimum required distance between the interior lot line or the edge of
public right-of-way and the building line."
SECTION 4: The table entitled "Drive Aisle Width and Parking Space Depth" in ESMC
§ 15-15-5(n)(1) is amended in its entirety as follows:
Parking Aisle width - Aisle width - Standard Compact Space width
an le one wa two wa s ace de th s ace de th
A B B C C D
0° - arallel 12 feet 18 feet 8.5 feet 8.5 feet 24 feet
30° 12 feet 18 feet 16.36 feet 14.86 feet 17 feet
45° 15 feet 18 feet 18.74 feet 16.62 feet 12.02 feet
60° 16 feet 18 feet 19.84 feet 17.24 feet 9.82 feet
90° 25 feet 25 feet 18 feet 15 feet 8.5 feet
SECTION 5: CONSTRUCT/ON. This Ordinance must be broadly construed in order to
achieve the purposes stated in this Ordinance. It is the City Council's intent that the
provisions of this Ordinance be interpreted or implemented by the City and others in a
manner that facilitates the purposes set forth in this Ordinance.
SECTION 6: ENFORCEAB/LITY. Repeal or amendment of any provision of the EI
Segundo Municipal Code does not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred
before, or preclude prosecution and imposition of penalties for any violation occurring
before this Ordinance's effective date. Any such repealed or amended part will remain
in full force and effect for sustaining action or prosecuting violations occurring before the
effective date of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 7: VAL/D/TY OF PREV/OUS CODE SECT/ONS. If this entire Ordinance or
its application is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, any repeal or
amendment of the ESMC or other city ordinance by this Ordinance will be rendered void
and cause such previous ESMC provision or other the city ordinance to remain in full
force and effect for all purposes.
SECTION 8: If any part of this Ordinance or its application is deemed invalid by a court
of competent jurisdiction, the city council intends that such invalidity will not affect the
effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the provisions
of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 9: The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance; cause it to be entered into the City of EI Segundo's book of original
ordinances; make a note of the passage and adoption in the records of this meeting;
and, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, cause it
to be published or posted in accordance with California law.
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SECTION 10: This Ordinance will become effective on the thirty-first (31 st) day
following its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of November, 2013.
i11 Fisher, Mayor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy S. Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of inembers of the City Council of said City is five; that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 1483 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular
meeting held on the 15t" day of October, 2013, and was duly passed and adopted by
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk,
all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of November, 2013, and the
same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Fisher, Jacobson, Fuentes, Atkinson, Fellhauer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
BSTAIIeI: None
Tracy S. �er, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark D. He y, City Attrar
By: C�'L-� �
Karl . Berger, Assistant City Attorn y
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