HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-38 - Amending the Provisions of Section 20.01.046 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code as It Pertains to Allowing Senior Citizen Housing Facilities (Where Residency Is Limited to Elderly Persons) to Exceed Floor Area and /or Dwelling Unit Limits EstabliORDINANCE NO. 87 -38
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 20.01.046
OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
AS IT PERTAINS TO ALLOWING SENIOR CITIZEN
HOUSING FACILITIES (WHERE RESIDENCY IS LIMITED
• TO ELDERLY PERSONS) TO EXCEED FLOOR AREA
AND /OR DWELLING UNIT LIMITS ESTABLISHED
ON THE DISTRICTING MAPS
(PLANNING COMMISSION AMENDMENT NO. 650
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION I. Section 20.01.046 of the Newport
Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
20.01.046 DISTRICT SYMBOLS. In addition to
the district designations established under Sections
20.01.040 and 20.01.045, the following symbols are estab-
lished for the purpose of designating maximum floor area
limitations and the minimum number of square feet of land
area required for each dwelling unit. When these symbols are
placed on the Districting Maps, the floor area and dwelling
unit limitations shall apply. Said symbols and limitations
• shall be shown in the following manner:
(a) A number following the district symbol and enclosed
by brackets shall designate the maximum floor area
permitted in relation to the buildable area of the
site.
Example: C -1 [0.5]
(b) A number following the district symbol and enclosed
by parentheses shall designate the minimum number
of square feet of land area required for each
dwelling unit.
Example: R -3 (2178)
Notwithstanding the floor area and dwelling unit limitations
defined on the Districting Maps enabled above, the floor area
and /or dwelling unit limits shall not apply to senior citizen
• housing facilities (where residency is limited to elderly
persons) up to a maximum floor area of 2.0 times the
buildable area of the site, subject to the securing of a use -
permit in each case. In order to approve a use permit under
this provision, the Planning Commission and /or City Council
on appeal or review, must find that the senior citizen
housing facility approved will generate no more automobile
traffic on a peak hour basis than would result from the
primary uses allowed by the underlying zoning district
at
the
• designated
floor area or density limitation specified
on
the
•
•
Districting Maps, and that the scale of the development is
compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on the 13th
day of July, 1987, and was adopted on the 27th day of
July , 1987, by the following vote:
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CITY CLERK
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AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Cox, Hart, Maurer,
Plummer, Strauss
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS Sansone
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
Abstained, Councilmember Turner
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