HomeMy WebLinkAbout1536 - ORDINANCES - 9/4/1996 ORDINANCE NO. 1536
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 9217-1. 03C. AND
9309 . 00 OF' THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO
INCREASING THE ALLOWABLE BUILDING HEIGHT IN
THE "M-2" ZONE AND DELETING REQUIREMENTS FOR '
RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL
PROJECTS WHICH DO NOT CREATE AN INCREASE IN
INTENSITY OF LAND USE.
THE. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 9217-1. 03C. of the Zoning Ordinance is amended
to read as follows:
"BUILDING HEIGHT
1. Buildings and structures shall have a height not greater
than thirty (30) feet.
2 . Exceptions:
a. Permitted Projections Above Building Height Limit:
The provisions of Section 9303 . 00 shall apply.
b. Buildings and structures may have a height not
greater than forty (40) feet, provided 1) that they
are located on a parcel of not less than one (1) '
acre in size; and 2) that any portion of the
building .in excess of thirty (30) feet is set back
1t feet from any property line along a street for
every one (1) foot of vertical rise. "
SECTION 2 . Section 9309 . 00D. of the Zoning Ordinance is amended to
read as follows:
"DEDICATION OF STREETS
1. The applicant for a building permit in any zone district
shall dedicate street right-of-way as follows:
a. To provide for a half-street in accordance with the
ultimate right-of-way shown by the City's General,
Plan Street Plan.
b. To provide for a minimum half-street of twenty-five
(25) feet for any street not shown on the City's
General Plan Street Plan. (This requirement may be
modified by the Planning Commission for hillside
streets or for streets within developed
neighborhoods. )
C. To provide for right-of-way as required by a
Planned Development District Plan or Specific Plan.
2 . Street dedication shall not be required as follows: '
a. When a building permit is issued for the purpose of
remodeling, and said remodeling does not involve
extensive construction of the front of '-.Ihe building
where it would be possible to conform to required
setbacks.
b. When a building permit is issued ;:or an addition to
a commercial., industrial or multi-family
residential yr ,perty which does not increase the
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floor area of an existing structure by more than
ten (10) percent and said addition, in the opinion
of the Director of Planning & Building, does not
increase the intensity of use of the property
involved.
C. When a building permit is issued for an addition to
a single-family residential property which does not
' increase the floor area of an existing structure by
more than forty (40) percent.
d. When a building permit is issued for the purpose of
the demolition of a structure.
e. When a building permit is issued for the
construction of a wall, as long as said wall is not
to be constructed within an existing right-of-way
or any future right-of-way as indicated by the
General Plan Street Plan. "
SECTION 3 . EFFECTIVE DATE. The Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect thirty days after passage.
SECTION 4. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to certify the passage of this Ordinance, and cause the
same or a summary thereof or a display advertisement, duly prepared
according to law, to be published in accordance with law.
ADOPTED this 4th day of September , 1996 .
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Spurgin and Mayor K1eindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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City Clerk Mayor
REVIEWED BY: A✓4 -
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing OKdinance 1536 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a
meeting held the 4th day of September, 1996, and that same was published
in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on September 10, 1996.
l./JUDITH SUMICH
City Clerk